roy peer undergraduate portfolio 2013

0302 04 0501A Collection of Undergraduate Projects + Competitions

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PAGEPORTFOLIOROY PEER

EducationCollege of ArchitectureFall 2009- Spring 2014

University of ArizonaTucson, AZ

Bachelors in ArchitectureCollege GPA (3.5)

Deans List 2012, 2011 Academic Year Academic Distinction

Leadership Institute Program: AIA National Convention Speaker

Mentorship Program 2012-13: Mentor

Certified Laser Technician

AwardsAIA Design Excellence Student Traveling Exhibition: MOCA, several architectural firms, Development Services office, etc.

Manuel A. Pombo Scholarship 2012

AIA Design Excellence Fall 2011 Winner: One of eight chosen in whole studio (60) to present design proposal to actual clients

Arizona Excellence Award Fall/Spring 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

Certificate of Achievement International Youth Sketch Design Competition: Shortlist: Summer 2011

RSUM

SkillsAutodesk: Revit, Auto CAD, 3Ds Max, Maya, Ecotect Analysis, Map 3D

Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Audition, Acrobat

Other: Rhino, Grasshopper, Sketch Up, Kerkythea 2008, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adforce, Classforce

Miscellaneous AIAS: 2012-2013Languages: English & Hebrew

ReferencesSusannah DickinsonStudio [email protected]

Paul ReimerStudio [email protected]

Cynthia CallahanThe Daily Wildcat Design [email protected]

Curt EnrichTreehouse Design Group Principle [email protected]

(818) 585-5781

[email protected]

age:21

hometown: LA

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ROY E PEER

Project Designer01/2013-presentSustainable City Project Tucson, AZ

Revit Instructor09/2012-presentTreehouse Design GroupTucson, AZ

Revit Technician + Graphic Presentation Drawings08/2012-presentTreehouse Design GroupTucson, AZ

Designer08/2012-presentThe Daily WildcatTucson, AZ

Project Designer05/2012-08/2012 &05/2011-08/2011Quality Assurance05/2010-08/2010Data Entry for Amoeba Music Project05/2009-09/2009Casamba Inc.Los Angeles, CA

Laboratory Manager08/2010-05/2011University of ArizonaTucson, AZ

President of Pledge Class08/2010-01/2011Beta Theta PiTucson, AZ

Professional Experience Personal Outlook

I believe that architecture

should be a reflection of our

zeitgeist. It should reflect

todays status quo in the

cultural, social, economic, and

political realms.

Our work, our manifestations,

should be the artifacts that

respond to these realms and

seek to solve todays issues.

Let these issues not be viewed

as problematic, but as an

opportunity for progress and

innovation.

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Years of Creative Events

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A Collection of Undergraduate Projects + CompetitionsRoy E Peer

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Site: Catalina Foothills, AZ

Program: Viewport

Scale: S

THE WAITING

ROOMARC 302 201204

Site: Tucson, AZ

Program: Mix Use

Scale: L

DOWNTOWN MARKET PLACE

ARC 302 201203Site: Manhattan, NY

Program: City Bridge

Scale: XL

AECOMURBAN

SOS SUMMER 201202

Site: Tucson, AZ

Program: Sanctuary

Scale: M

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS

CAMPUS ARC 301 201105

Site: Tucson, AZ

Program: Library

Scale: L

01 INFORMATION + COLLABORATION CENTER ARC 401 2012

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With the site located in Tucson, AZ.

This information + collaboration center

lies in a campus full of a variety + cul-

ture. Tucson's is not as mixed + it's cli-

mate features harsh rays all year long.

When thinking of the mixture of

ideas, talents, + thought I studied

the insect, who in the need to collect

pollen, cross pollinates the flowers it

visits.

The symbolic relationship between

pollinator + pollen benefits both par-

ties. In search of creating cross pol-

lination in architecture, I studied the

"chance like" city Rem describes in

Delirious New York, + Tschumis's cross

pollination principles.

From these precedents the program

begins to intersect, collect, + even

avoid each other in hopes of creating

not an organized program but sponta-

neous events.

This is human entomophily.

01 INFORMATION + COLLABORATION CENTER ARC 401 2012

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points

changes in sensory experience:

entrance

exits

thresholds

interactions

events

moments

points help dictate changes in space along paths or changes in sensory intake. if the user experiences a threshold this is considered a point. if a user is exposed to a new smell or change in air pressure, this is considered a point. Whether or not the change was consciously observed.

people naturally travel between point. hence the saying, from point a to point b. but for there to be a change in experience there must almost always be movement whether the movement of the user, or of the sur-roundings perceived.

lines

movement and path:

stairs

hallways

walkways

elevators

areas of rotation

areas for movement

lines are the movement between dif-ferent experiences.

when designing with lines and points we deconstruct common notions about circulation and begin to integrate it more closely to the program.

diagrammed below are different oppor-tunities and events that can result from line and point design.

planes

space definers:

opaque walls

translucent walls

ceilings

floors

negative space by-product

material

Before solids come planes, and ulti-mately the negative space between solids and adjacent spatially to points and lines.

What are the spaces between your building and the surrounding site? What is seen, is it a treat or is your building exposed, hidden, or focused? Planes can be made of any material but the importance is the formal space it creates.

With planes one can manipulate the experience by concentrating on how the spaces and points are created through the movement of lines around space.

solids

program:

library

art gallery

auditorium

reception

study rooms

bathrooms

solids, or pieces of program, can be designed in the same fashion as lines and points.

within ever line and point configura-tion you will find a space that de-fines its overall composition.

interesting events occur when whole pieces of program begin to buildrelationships.

[origin]point a

[target]point b

[origin]point a

[target]point b

user a

user b

cross of paths: event createdlibrary

study

gallery

FORCE INTEREST

CALA

UNIONGOERS

COMPUTERENGINEERS

ARTBICYCLISTS

OTHERVEHICULAR

HUMAN ENTOMOPHILY(A CROSS POLLINATION

OF DISCIPLINES)ARCHITECTURE

events in space

CENTRAL HUB

URBAN SPACE

visibility FUNCTION-ALITY

awareness

Lobby + Reception 3,000Caf 500

Library Reference 1,5005,000

Gallery 1,500 Gallery Private Collections 4,000

Auditorium 6,000 1 Library Collections 7,000 1 Community Meeting Room 300

18,800

Open Study Area 9,000 1 Study Carrels 70X60=4,200

13,200

Large Work Room 400 Medium Work Room 250

Large Study Room (8-10) 200X11=2,200Small Study Room (4-5) 75X16=1,200

Conference Room 200X2=400Visiting Faculty Office 100X8=800

Audio Visual Lab 100X2=200Music Rehearsal Room 100X4=400

5,850

Breakout 120Coffee 200

IT 220Storage 120Servers 900

Administration Offices 2,0003,560

Public Stair 300X4=1,200 Public Rest rooms 300X2X4=2,400

Cafe Deliveries 200General Loading Area 200 1 1 200

Mechanical 2,000 1 4 8,000Janitorial Storage 500 1 4 2,000

Elevators 100 2 4 800Exit Stairs 300 2 4 2,400

17,200

Outdoor Caf 1,500 Exterior Terrace 6,000

7,500

NASF TOTAL

63,610BGSF TOTAL based on 30%

Multiplier

82,693sf

TOTAL w EXTERIOR

90,193

exteriorpublic

public

ext.

service

admin

collaboration

collabo-ration

when the standard line is modified the user can be exposed to different points along the path. this gives the architect more control, and allows the user to experience new events in space.

when the paths cross between two different used the oppro-tunity for an event, or meet-ing, or change in awareness of the other can occur.

library

study

gallery

ENTOMOPHILY IN NATURE POLLINATORSPOLLEN/INFORMATION

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Entomophily:

is a form of pollination whereby pollen or sporesare distrib-uted by insects.

SITE

ELLERUndergraduates:

5,476Graduate:

663Total:

6,139

EngineeringUndergraduates:

2,266Graduate:

609Total:

2,875

CALAUndergraduates:

432Graduate:

117Total:

549

STUDENTUNION

Daily Visitors:

22,000

ARTSUndergraduates:

1,594Graduate:

352Total:

1,946

SOCIAL COMMUNITIES

SITE

COLLABORATION CENTER + SITE FORCES

ELLERUndergraduates:

5,476Graduate:

663Total:

6,139

EngineeringUndergraduates:

2,266Graduate:

609Total:

2,875CALA

Undergraduates:

432Graduate:

117Total:

549

STUDENTUNION

Daily Visitors:

22,000ARTSUndergraduates:

1,594Graduate:

352Total:

1,946

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Circulation space leading to the library. Note, the systems are visible below ones feet, allowing one to learn and visually see how and where they lead. Low opacity is vital in creating awareness. When you see the pieces of program and the activity that happens within them, curiosity is bound to emerge.

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water proofing

solar panels

glazing

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floor glazing

supply fans

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structuralglass

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insulation

steel panels

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concrete

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floor structure

floor glazing

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floor structure

Exploded Bay


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1/4 Section Model1/16 Structural Model


1/16 Model with Site

Site Model Completed by members of Brad Lang Studio Fall 2012

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2013


Let's cross a frontier; one that has

been unsuccessfully attempted, and

not widely applied.

Bridge cities.

Living on a bridge brings great value

to many fields related and adjacent

to architecture. Architecturally living

over a river is a first pass to a new

kind of excitement. From a developer's

point of view, you have the height of a

high-rise, and you are exposed to the

water. But how come this idea has not

been exploited all over the globe?

The biggest issue with this scale is

the lack of urban outdoor green space.

And after analyzing the past, it can

help better design the future.

The answer to creating a better city

bridge is the combination of commercial,

residential, and urban space all within a

functional infrastructure.

Instead of creating more conventional

bridges, we can use the structure of

the bridge to facilitate a city. In a city

that already so dense, the transition

from bridge to city can be seamless,

bringing the rest of NYC and the NJ

area closer.

AECOMURBAN SOS COMPETI-

TIONSUMMER 2012

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The site lies over the Hudson River between Upper West Side Manhattan, NY, and

North Bergen, NJ. These cites both have existing parks and have a relationship that,

although

physically divided by the Hudson, is extremely strong, not only with view but with hu-

man activity. Everyday millions of people travel to Manhattan for work and pleasure.

Many

different types of transportation are currently being used, such as ferries, subways,

trains, automobile, buses, and certain types of aircraft.

A connection between these two cities will break the frontier that the Hudson has

physically created and bring the communities closer together.

Site

New York City is one of the most expensive dollars/sqft2 areas in the United States. Everyday millions of people travel through and to the Manhattan area. And as we escalate up from the street level the price of real estate increases. The same can be said as we get closer to the waterfront. Theo-retically the highest floor on the waterfront holds the most value.

Why build only on the available land? Why not build on the water? Why not con-nect the millions of people who travel from and to Manhattan and create a beauti-ful place to live. The proposal is briefly explored, and the numbers are staggering.

Lets create a new urban area, while bringing the Manhattan area, and the burros and states around it closer. Bridge cities in the past have created an inhabitable connection of two different areas of interest. Lets take a look at how it has been done before.

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What if you buildingon the water?

Building Diagramfor most desired

real estate

Concept

Images: The Bay Line Case Study Submission #: P1140 http://sf.streetsblog.org/wp-content/upload1/TheBayLineWPA2.O.PDF

The Ponte Vecchio Where: Florence, Italy

When: 996-1345Who: Taddeo Gaddi

Pulteney BridgeWhere: Bath, England

When: 1773

London BridgeWhere: London, England

When: 1176-1209

Skyscraper Bridges Who: Raymond Hood

Chateau ChenonceauWhere: Loire Valley, France

When: 1515-1521Who: Thomas Bohier

Bridge of HousesWhere: New York City

When: 1981Who: Steven Holl

Many of the precedents that have been executed lack a great urban space.

The Pointe Vecchio in

Florence creates a great

human condition along the bridge. Some may even forget they are traveling

across a bridge due to the markets and street life that exists on the bridge.

But the scale is not appropriate for span of the Hudson.

The Skyscraper Bridge by

Raymond Hood was never brought to fruition. The

biggest issue with this scale is the lack of urban outdoor green space. After

analyzing the past, it can help better design the

future.

Precedent

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LEGENDUrban Park

Residential Units

Commercial/Civil Units

Bridge Highway

Bridge Structure

Elevators to/from Beaches

Public Beaches

Instead of creating more

conventional bridges, we can use the structure of the bridge to facilitate a city. In a city

that is already so dense, the transition from bridge to city can be

seamless, bringing the rest of NYC and the NJ area closer.

Program

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Beach Landing

2013


The third year studio was asked to design a mixed use market place with a site that existed on the border of a dense downtown, and a quiet neigh-borhood.

The initial response was in hope of creating balance, and creating a place where the synergy of the two opposite neighborhoods could merge in harmony.

The north, downtown edge, featured heavy traffic (public transportation, automobiles, bicycles, and pedestrians) in which the design proposed a public orchard. If one was to walk from this public orchard which functioned as a park as well, they would progressively make their way into the market, or the center of the sites differences. Once continuing past the market one would find themselves in a green scape that encourages community based ac-tivities (soccer fields, storytelling ar-eas, and places of private relaxation.

When one travels vertically you pass the more public areas on the ground floor and make your way to the private dwellings above; arranged in response to the solar conditions of the harsh Tucson sun.

The market itself served two pri-mary purposes; a day-to-day interior market and a weekly exterior farmers market in which the neighborhood could engage in.

To achieve a more synthesized relationship between the permanent market spaces and the weekly farmers the faade of the markets were oper-able. When raised there was no longer a distinction between interior or exte-rior, or, permanent or temporary. The marketplace could be one.

DOWNTOWN MARKET PLACE

ARC 302 201203

From Broadway

Lower Market

2nd Floor Cafe

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Public Park

Neighborhood Greenscape

Outdoor Market Area


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Shaded Public Space

Circulation to 2nd Floor

Residential Units

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The city of Tucson lies in a vast valley surrounded by beautiful mountains. Naturally the city's fabric is constructed within the valley but begins to fade away as the topography becomes less forgiving. Only the wealthy live in the private homes, although even those diminish after one enters the mountain's canyon.

The Waiting Room, a small-scale rest space amongst the mountain trail is designed to create awareness. Siting on the edge of the mountain it waits to be understood.

The chosen site reveals three different types of human inhabitance, almost a gradient change from human to natural habitat.

The waiting room consists of a central room with three openings. The central room shares no relationship with the sun or views, leaving the inhabitant disoriented. Only through double shelled roofing and angles walls can light enter. Each open-ing points the user to a different condition of the city: the valley, the mountain side, the canyon.

Will the waiting room ever create awareness by a passing hiker? Will this inspire thoughts of our inhabit-ance in cities? Should we live in a man-made valley or amongst dense nature and can a room help to explain this?

THE WAITING

ROOMARC 302 201204

Building transcends physical and functional requirements by fusing with a place, by gathering the meaning of a situation. Architecture does not so much intrude on a landscape as it serves to explain it. (Steven Holl, Anchoring)

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LOCATION ON TRAIL

SITE PHOTOS

SITE PANORAMA

CANYON/CITY/MOUNTAIN

HUMAN INHABITANT GRADIENT

ROOM DISORIENTATION

REARRANGED

ENTRANCE/EXIT

Visual views through room exits.

A panorama that places the rooms location into perspective.

The user centered within the waiting room. Visual allowance is represented through shading opacity.

2013


The Unitarian Universalists have an unique goal within their religious endeavours. They are open to all kinds of religious practice. In an architectural sense the response must accommodate all types of religious rituals.

The campus called for a sanctuary, a chapel, a school, an administration office, and a social gathering place.

When designing the sanctuary the objective was not set a hierarchy be-tween religions but to break all hier-archy in order to respect all UU goes. The floor plan is made of alternating slabs, all at different heights but eas-ily walkable, just like any stair. Each block left room for a number of activi-ties including: preachable area, choir space, praying plinths, processions, audience seating, etc. This allowed the space to never be defined by form, but defined by its inhabitants.

The rest of the campus held close to a system of roof structure. One for the land, which was designed to allow the earth to cover the program below. One for humans, which allowed teachers to have a bird's eye view of the students playing below, or turn-ing a outdoor space into an outdoor auditorium. The last is for spiritual experience, designed in such a way that when the south sun struck its reflective metal it would bounce onto a opaque lightly colored panel which was offset to allow ambient light to enter the spaces, instead of the harsh direct rays of the sun.

Through these systems the campus seeks to acknowledge the user and land we intrude on.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS

CAMPUS ARC 301 201105

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The path leading to the UU sanctuary entrance.


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CAMPUS CONCEPT The site features programs such as a multifunctional parking lot, a school, administration building, social hall, exterior coffee room, a chapel, and the sanctuary. Hierarchically the sanctuary holds the most value to the clients; respecting this the other pieces of program are assembled to reveal and hide the sanctuary [or treat.] Before one makes their way to the sanctuary they must pass through the other pieces of program. Each space before controls the visibility of the treat, some whose relationship focuses and others whose deny view according to program necessity. Subsequently each given moment reveals different levels or details and perspective of the sanctuary. Essentially this began as an investigation of the use of planes and controlling user experience and later developed into the forms shown in the animation frames above.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

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ClassroomClassroom

Classroom

Classroom

Play AreaSandbox

InformationCenter

& Waiting Area

Offices

Confrence

TeachersLounge

Parking Lot / Market Area / Wedding Space

Activity Area

Coffee Area

Coffee Area

Kitchen

Kitchen

Kitchen

ExteriorSitting

ExteriorSitting

ExteriorSitting

ExteriorSitting

ExteriorSitting

ExteriorSitting

Conditional Block Space

Exterior Block Space

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Storage

Parking Lot / Market Area / Wedding Space

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This section perspective displays the activity around and within the different building systems. The interior serves the many rituals of the UU, the stair roof serves as an auditorium for the arts and lectures, and the double skin system (to the left) creates an area to admire the nature that surrounds the site.


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To Accommo-date Us

This system has bifunctional attributes as a roof and as auditorium seating.

The risers of the steps function as a se-ries of windows and allows another op-portunity for ambient light to enter the space.

The variance of three different stair sets allows for the void spaces that they create to change the openness of the space below.

To Control

Light

This double skin system filters the harsh sun and allows a minimal amount of light to enter the space.

Light is important in most religious spaces, and the skin aims to create moments where light can penetrate through, and others where the light hold ambient qualities.

The reflectivity of the concrete and the mirror (which exists on the other side) re-flects whatever light that isnt absorbed by the concrete to enter the space in an ambient fashion.

To Distort

Hierarchy

The module varies in height giving the floor plan a distorted hierarchy. Due to the mul-tiple religions with different rituals the floor plan serves all religions by not serving one specifically.

The space between the floor slab and the seated area houses the mechanical systems and lighting, creating the affect of light-ness in the space.

Building Systems

Light Studies

Module Detailed Section

Light Studies

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