Aaron Poritz Portfolio 2012

Aaron Poritz

Portfolio 2012

504 Grand St. APT A34 New York, NY

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917 755 [email protected]

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Contents:

4 Solar Decathlon House

26 Equitable Origin

38 Exploring a Hertzian World

50 837 Washington Street

60 Orellana

78 902 Broadway

90 Baker Beach Memorial

98 83 Walker Street

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Solar Decathlon House

Equitable Origin

Exploring a Hertzian World

837 Washington Street

Orellana

902 Broadway

Baker Beach Memorial

Equator

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

83 Walker Street

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Solar Decathlon:Refract House

2009Refract House800 Square FeetWashington D.C.California College of the Arts

Role: Project and Concept Designer, Roof Team Manager, Assembly Crew on Washington Mall, Competition Tour Guide.

Awards:Advanced Studio project winner. 2009 Solar Decathlon: First place in architecture, second place in communications and third place over all.

The Solar Decathlon is a bi-annual international com-petition sponsored by the US Department of Energy that challenges twenty architecture and engineering teams to design and build individual 800 square foot ‘off-the-grid’ solar houses. Each house is judged in ten different categories ranging from architecture and engineering, to efficiency and performance. The win-ner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence, prioritizing optimal energy production and maximum efficiency.

My team’s project began during an individual Ad-vanced Studio at the California College of Arts in 2008. There were two rounds of elimination to deter-mine whose design would represent the college. My scheme, the “Refract House”, was selected in both rounds. During the first two phases of the process, I worked independently ; during the third phase—imple-mentation and refinement—I worked with a group of CCA and Santa Clara University students. This group used my original design to construct what ultimately represented CCA-SCU and won three awards in the 2009 Solar Decathlon.

Project 1: Solar Decathlon

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Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu being interviewed by 60 Minutes about the Refract House.


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Stage 1: Inquilism

The Inquili house is a self-sustaining living modular that occupies the unused zones in cities. The house latches onto large buildings with bare, south facing sides. The house can use the excess mechanical waste from adjacent buildings; for example, using the excess heat produced from a pizza shop to provide heat for the house. The house can also provide excess solar power to adjacent buildings.

The house’s metabiotic relationship with the building it is latching to is similar to a commensalistic relation-ship often seen in nature; one organism benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped. The Inquili house can also be configured to sit on the ground or atop an open roof in the city. There are multiple configurations the house can take on, one of them be-ing stacked to allow for multi-unit housing. The house is configured out of two main prefab units broken up by their program. Unit one is deformed and divided evenly with the mechanical, kitchen, and bathroom. Unit two is unevenly deformed to provide a more pri-vate bedroom, and a larger living room. Both units are

made from three basic elements: program, frame, and a solar skin.

The solar skin is a typical solar panel that has been narrowed and elongated. This allows the solar panel to not only provide solar power but also function as a solar shading screen. The house is made with an over-engineered frame, allowing it to be transported on the back of a large truck, and lifted into place with a crane without the risk of damage. The house can serve as refuge to a multiplicity of people and can adapt to many site conditions while always providing an off-the-grid solar power home.

Inquili concept rendering.


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The Inquili house is a self sustaining living modulal that occupies the unused zones in cities. The house latches on to large buildings with bare, south facing sides. The house can use the excess mechanical waste from adjacent buildings E.G. using the excess heat produced from a pizza shop to provide heat for the house. The House can also provide access solar power to adjacent buildings.

The houses metabiotic relationship with the building it is latching to, is similar to a commensalistic relationship often seen in nature; one organism benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped.

The Inquili house can also be configured to sit on the ground, or atop an open roof in the city. There are multiple configurations the house can take on, one of them being stacked to allow for multi unit housing.

The house is configured out of two main prefab units broken up by their program. Unit one is deformed and divided evenly with the mechanical, kitchen, and bathroom. Unit two is unevenly deformed to provide a more private bedroom, and a larger living room. Both units are made from three basic elements, program, frame, and a solar skin.

The solar skin is a typical solar panel that has been narrowed and elongated. This allows the solar panel to not only provide solar power but also function as a solar shading screen. The house is made with an over built frame, allowing it to be trans-ported on the back of a large truck, and lifted in to place with a crane with out the risk of damage. The house can serve as refuge to a multiplicity of people and can adapt to many site conditions while always providing an off the grid solar power home.

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Inquili concept rendering living on exisitng building.


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Stage 2: Refract HouseRefract House is a design challenge that was ap-proached with the key question being how to find the balance between performance, aesthetics, and modu-lar construction. Refract House integrates optimal solar systems with optimal living conditions. A house designed to be self-sufficient does not have to trade its livability for sustainability.

Refract House breaks away from the typical stag-gered rectangle, often seen in modular houses, and bends, creating an exterior courtyard that blurs the boundary of the interior living space with the exterior veranda. This allows a small amount of square foot-age to become a large amount of habitable space. The bends in the units not only correspond to interior program, but to optimal solar orientation and façade exposure. The house has minimal western façade, lim-iting the amount of solar gain during the hottest part of the day. The faces of the house that do receive sun exposure are integrated with phase change solar ther-mal louvers. These louvers move throughout the day, providing shade to the interior of the house, while si-multaneously preheating water, minimizing the amount of energy needed to provide hot water.

The deck and yard of the house integrate the oppor-tunity to provide food and a sustainable lifestyle, with space for exterior gathering and recreation. The exte-rior front deck is split into two sections: one is located in front of the private side of the house, and one is located in front of the public side of the house. The private side has a shallow water collection and reflec-tion pool. This pool collects excess rainwater that is used to feed, via gravity, a garden that is large enough to provide vegetables for two people. The public side provides seating to watch movies that project from within the house.

Refract House integrates current environmental and sustainable technologies, while providing optimal liv-ing amenities. Combining a modular, prefabricated, and potentially aggregated living unit, Refract House achieves a high level of architectural and technologi-cal integration in a high performance dwelling.

Refract House massing concept diagram.


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Refract House ground floor plan.

Refract House module components.


Refract House crane diagram.

Refract House module components.

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Refract House exterior rendering.

Refract House physical model.

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Shipping route from Santa Clara, CA to Washington, DC.

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Stage 3: Solar DecathlonThe final stage of the Studio was to take the Refract House design and refine the technical components of the house to the specifics of the Solar Decathlon competition. All the systems of the house, such as the heating, cooling, lighting, solar panels and plumbing were optimized to get results during the competition. The structure was tested and modified for transport and assembly on the Washington Mall. The final con-struction documentation was produced and all the landscaping arrangements were made.


Refract House ground floor plan.


Refract House assembly diagram.


Refract House North & South elevation.

Refract House East and West elevation.


Refract House detail wall section and exploded axon.

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Refract House exterior photo during Solar Decathlon competition.






Refract House kitchen.


Refract House bedroom.


Refract House bathroom.


Refract House living room.


Equitable Origin

2009Equitable Origin10,000 Square FeetLocation TBD

Role: Creative Director and Designer.

Publication:Bloomberg Businessweek 12.10.2011 GOOD Magazine 1.16.2011

The EO Station marks a new beginning in the future of energy distribution. As an innovative and widely scal-able alternative to the conventional gas station, the EO Station offers consumers the opportunity to make informed choices about the fuel they use. The EO Sta-tion embodies responsible consumption and reflects sustainability through its architecture and products.

The EO Station will be the first outlet for introduc-ing EO Certified Fuel to the marketplace. Everything - from the gas at the pump to the food and bever-ages - is sourced in a sustainable and fair manner. The EO Station represents a true step forward in fuel infrastructure and provides consumers with a way to support responsibly and equitably sourced energy.

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EO Station concept rendering.

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EO’S MISSION:

Do fragile ecosystems where oil and gas are extracted need to be environmentally and socially compromised for our world to meet its growing energy needs? Equitable Origin’s mission is to preserve and protect the environment, biodiversity and people where oil and gas are produced through the creation of a stakeholder-based, market-driven certification system.

Equitable Origin seeks to create a new norm for oil and gas exploration and production in which oil and gas operators are public-ly distinguished and financially rewarded for outstanding social, environmental, and safety performance.

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Copyright © 2011 Equitable Origin LLC. All Rights Reserved.

For the first time consumers have the choice to support and reward social and environmental responsibility in the oil and gas industry through their purchases.

EO100 STANDARD PRINCIPLESThere are five EO100 Standard principles which cover governmental, social and environmental issues around oil and gas production.

EO System

Developed under stakeholder consultation and international best practices.

EO EXCHANGEEO Certificates are sold to gas stations, consumer manufacturers and retailers using the online EO Exchange trading platform.

EVALUATION & CERTIFICATION

EO100 content is implemented through existing management systems and audited by ISO 65 accredited organizations under rigorous protocols.

CONSUMER CHOICE

EO CERTIFIED OIL PRODUCTSPurchasing EO Certificates enables gas stations, consumer manufacturers and retailers to differentiate their products and support responsible oil and gas production.

EO100 STANDARD

The oil refining process mixes oil from different sources, so it is impossible to trace the origin of each drop.

Third-partyaudits operation togenerate site score.

Non-certified oil.

With a site score of 50/100 points, 50% of oil produced earns EO Certification andgenerates EO Certificates.

One EO Certificate is earned for each barrel of EO Certified oil.

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EO OnlineExchange

Sellers listEO Certficates online Buyers purchase

EO Certficates

Buyers have right to use EO logo on their products

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Project Life Cycle Management

Corporate Governance,

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Human Rights,Social Impact &

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Climate Change, Biodiversity

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Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

Fair Labor & Working

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Through the EO100 Standard, Equitable Origin is creating a new marketplace for responsibly produced oil and gas and its derivatives, akin to those created for FairTrade Certified coffee, Kimberly conflict-free diamonds and Forest Stewardship Council Certified paper products.

The EO mark will be a readily identifiable seal of ap-proval for the support of responsibly produced oil and gas, thereby giving consumers, for the first time, the choice to support and reward both oil and gas pro-ducers that operate under stringent environmental and social guidelines as well as businesses that support responsible oil and gas production.

Once an operating site achieves certification, the op-erator receives EO Certificates in proportion to their certification score to represent the quantity of EO Certified oil and gas that is being produced. Similar to a Renewable Energy Certificate (REC), an EO Cer-tificate monetizes the social and environmental ben-efits associated with EO Certified production. Once issued, the certified operator can then sell its certifi-cates on the EO Exchange to manufacturers, retailers, and transportation companies looking to support best practices at the point of production.

The EO Certificate purchasers may then place the EO Certified logo on a number of products containing the quantity of oil and gas represented by the certificates. The logo signals to consumers the highest social and environmental responsibility in oil and gas exploration and production and represents the tangible social and environmental attributes associated with certified pro-duction.


The EO Station Concept:The EO Station concept is a scalable franchise model for a sustainable energy station. The station is de-signed for implementation on three scales: a ground- up station for construction on empty lots, a small sta-tion for small lots and dense urban areas and a retrofit station for converting existing station to EO Stations.


EO CONVENIENCE STORE ELECTRIC RECHARGE TERMINALS

EO CLOUD CANOPY

CNG PUMP

OUTDOOR SEATING AREA CNG RETROFIT GARAGE

EO CONVENIENCE STORE

ELECTRIC RECHARGE TERMINALS EO CLOUD CANOPY

CNG PUMP

OUTDOOR SEATING AREA

CNG RETROFIT GARAGE

EO Station plan.

EO Station rendered diagram.


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EO Station electric recharge area rendering.

EO Station cafe rendering.


EO Station located in rural location.

EO Station located in urban location.


Exploring a Hertzian world

2006Hertzian Space288 Square FeetCalifornia College of the Arts

Awards:Studio 2 project winner.

Hertzian space is the study of electromagnetic waves (EMW) and the possibility of creating architectural spaces as a result of mapping the invisible topogra-phies they create. New advancements in technology have drastically changed the age of communication over the past decade. The way in which we commu-nicate is faster and as cell phones, laptops, and other communication devices become more present in our lives, so do the EMW they create.

EMW become an invisible part of our everyday lives. We already respond to these waves by moving when we are not getting a strong signal on the phone, or go-ing to higher ground to intercept a stronger cell tower signal. These physical acts are just the beginning in the exploration of Hertzian space and how EMW can become an integrated part in our lives.

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Inside the Hertzian inflatable installation.

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What would happen if we could see elec-tromagnetic waves?

Would we build architecture to prevent electromagnetic waves from entering our homes and lives?

How can we create architecture that adapts to our daily interaction with electronics?

How can Hertzian Space become archi-tecture?

Photo by Andrew Dune.


The Hertzian inflatable installation is an interactive environment in which the user has the control to manipulate the size and shape of the architecture by controlling the amount of electromagnetic waves they emit through the use of a cell phone call.

A cell phone wired to an amplifier, wired to a switch, wired to a fan would modulate according to a per-son’s voice intensity, thus allowing one to change the air pressure in the pneumatic space and move a party wall from one chamber to another.

Concept sketch of Hertzian inflatable installation.


Small scale mockups of pneumatic architecture.


Diagram showing the relationship of cell phone usage and the movable party wall.




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The Hertzian inflatable installation.





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837 Washington

2010837 Wasington Street50,000 Square FeetNew York, NYMoris Adjmi Architects

Role: Designer

Project Team:Aaron Poritz, Josh Makley, Lester Katz

837 Washington Street is located in a historic land-marked area in the Meatpacking District of New York City. The steel frame of the 50,000 square foot office building draws historic reference from the surrounding buildings while offering a clean and modern interior. The centralized structure of the building allows floors to be free of invasive columns, providing maximum flexibility in the floor plans. The staggered floor plates create green space at each level as well as differing views of the city. As the floors rise the floor plates twist to capture views west above the High Line.

Exterior rendering.

Project 4: 837 Washington

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Site plan.


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Ground floor plan.

Forth floor plan.

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Street level exterior rendering.


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Exterior rendering.

View from High Line exterior rendering.


Physical model.


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Orellana

2011OrellanaSquare Feet TBDOrellana, Ecuador

Role: Project Designer

The Orellana project reflects the time I spent living and working in the northeast portion of the Ecuador-ian Amazon with the Secoya, one of six remaining in-digenous tribes of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Over the course of six months I worked with the local Secoya leaders to develop various components of a thirty-year town expansion plan funded jointly by PetroAmazonas and the Ecuadorian government.

The development of the Secoya territory is a result of the Ecuadorian government allowing large oil com-panies access to land for drilling and oil production beginning in 1964. Once oil companies found large amounts of oil, they began to drill and establish towns for the oil workers. In an effort to further develop the

regions where oil was located, the government gave away large swaths of virgin rainforest to impoverished coastal farmers. These farmers were unaccustomed to farming in the jungle and made no effort to assimi-late their methods. Thousands of acres of rainforest have since been clear cut and replaced with Cacao, African Palm, banana and cattle. The large virgin rainforest territories where Secoya and other indig-enous tribes once led lives of resource abundance have been severed and reduced by new encroaching boundaries that leave little land to separate their crops from contaminated soil and loud oil-drilling platforms.

The town expansion plan is intended to create a pro-tected area where the Secoya can farm, hunt, export goods and educate their children in an ever-shrinking territory. The plan was to include a school with a cov-ered playing field, a large eating hall, dorms for chil-dren as well as teachers, a community center, perma-nent houses for families, designated land for farming crops for daily consumption, expansion land for larger areas of crops to generate income and botanical gar-dens to educate children about local medicinal plants.

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Oil Contamination.

Trans-Ecuadorian Pipline.

Location and Density of Oil Wells.

Size and Location of Oil Production.

Population Living in Poverty.

Biodiversity Hotspots and Intact Forest Landscapes.

Orellana Site.

Orellana Site.

Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Quito

Quito

Equator

Map of Ecuador

Map of Ecuador

Equator

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Oil Contamination.

Trans-Ecuadorian Pipline.

Location and Density of Oil Wells.

Size and Location of Oil Production.

Population Living in Poverty.

The site of the Orellana project is located in a region exemplifying abundance. Prior to 1964 in-digenous people led lives rich in food, medicine and culture. Oil was found directly under the feet of many tribes previously uncontacted by society. Now, forty-six years later while western society continues to consume vast amounts of resourc-es, the most impoverished people are those lo-cated where oil is extracted.

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Project 5: Orellana

Looking down on Secoya territory.

A – Large-scale agriculture land for crops such as African Palm, Cacao and bananas.

B – Secoya houses and small scale personal farming area for crops such as Yucca, rice, mango, avocado, and other root vegetables.

C – Light planting for shade and food.

D – Large outdoor playing field.

E – Community center.

F – Indoor playing field and classrooms.

G – Botanical gardens.

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Master plan.

Project 5: Orellana

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East elevation.

West elevation

Ground floor plan.


Community Learning Center:

Exterior rendering of Community center.

Community Center site.


Passive wind circulation diagram. Air travels through the perforated screen walls as well as large entrances and up through the large courtyard keeping the building cool throughout the hot days.

Rainwater catchment diagram. Rainwater is collected through the slanted roof planes that bring the water toward the center courtyard as well as being collected for a gray water system.


Circulation diagram. The circulation of the building is de-signed around a central courtyard. The courtyard draws in cool air and promotes ventilation. There is a perimeter walk-way around the program that helps with solar gain as well as makes accessing the program quick and easy. One has visual connection to all program from each room, making it simple to know where you are within the building at all times.

Program massing diagram. The massing of the building is organized according to programmatic adjacencies. The dorms of the building are all placed in one section adja-cent to the kitchen and dining hall while the media center and conference rooms are placed away from where people sleep and eat.


Project 5: Orellana

House plan.

North and South elevations.

West elevation.

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Secoya House:

Traditional Secoya house.

Project 5: Orellana

Exterior rendering.

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Smoke ventilation diagram.

Ventilation diagram of Secoya house concept.


The roof of the house is designed based on the traditional shape and functionality of the Secoya house.

The sleeping and living quarters are organizd in one area to keep with traditional Secoya culture.

Circulation separates the cooking and sleeping areas to in-crease ventilation and keep the house cool on hot days.

The cooking area of the house is separated from the liv-ing area to minimize bugs and smoke entering the sleeping quarters.


School Facility:

Project 5: Orellana

Ground floor plan.

Section.

West elevation.

West elevation.

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View of playing field surrounded by classrooms.

Traditional Secoya gathering house with oval shaped roof.


A - Sixteen classrooms are located around the playing field.

B - The roof of the learning center is designed based off of the traditional Secoya semi-circle form.

C - The covered playing field allows children to have soccer games during the rainy season.

D - The seating for the playing field also serves as the class-room wall.

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902 Broadway

2010902 Broadway 14,000 Square FeetNew York, NYMorris Adjmi Architects

Role: Project Architect

Project Team:Aaron Poritz, Mohammad Rajab

Cramer-Krasselt, a Chicago-based ad agency, recent-ly acquired a full floor loft space for a new satellite office in New York’s Flatiron District. The one hundred and seventy-four-foot central axis of the office, where critical workspace is located, receives little daylight. This design challenge was resolved by placing a fac-eted high gloss ceiling extending the entire length of the floor. In addition, a band of up lights was placed on the desks below, illuminating the space with both natural and artificial light. The center of the space fea-tures two glass conference rooms that can close off to be separate from one another, or opened to be-come one large meeting area.

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Interior view of kitchen and lounge area.

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View looking down central space prior to construction.

The unique one hundred and seventy-four-foot through floor plan posed an exciting design opportunity as well as design challenge: how to bring light toward the center of the space where studio desks were located.


Process sketch of ceiling lighting system.




View of faceted ceiling concept.

Physical model of faceted ceiling.

Axon of faceted ceiling.


Illuminated ceiling grid

Framing to be clad with GYP

Framing

Faceted ceiling rendering.


Faceted ceiling under construction.

Interior view of faceted ceiling over work area.


Ground floor plan.


Reception desk.

Reception area.


Conference room with doors partially closed.

Conference room with doors open.


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Baker Beach Memorial

2007Baker Beach Memorial10,000 Square FeetSan Francisco, CACalifornia College of the Arts

The premise of this studio was creating architecture that overcomes the traditional notion of building as a still, tectonic traditional construct; rather we were to engage the hand, palate, nose, and eye into the architecture while designing a non-denominational mausoleum.

My project began as an exploration examining the mental and tactile effect of a descending, narrowing, and darkening path. I studied how the loss of sight can heighten and engage the physical relationship of the architecture to the body. Furthermore, how the loss of architecture can engage the body and mind to the land.

Each person experiences reflection and mourning dif-ferently. While some prefer to be alone, some need the proximity of others to provide physical and psy-chological support.

The memorial on Baker Beach functions as a pathway that collects individuals into a main gathering space, and then disperses them along a dematerializing nar-rowing, and then dispersing again path, which allows one to reflect and mourn with a group as well as alone.

The memorial is not only paying respect to the many people displaced during the early San Francisco ex-pansion, but also a personal place of meditation and reflection on one’s own life and experiences.

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Exterior rendering showing decomposing bridge.

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Rendered plan.


Section through gathering space.

Section through decomposing path.


Decomposing bridge rendering.

Reflection room rendering.



Exterior rendering.



Reflection room view rendering.


Physical model section.


83 Walker Street

201083 Walker Street 14,000 Square FeetNew York, NYMorris Adjmi Architects

Role: Project Architect

Project Team:Aaron Poritz, Garrett Gourlay

83 Walker Street is located in a landmarked district in TriBeCa. The lot is twenty-four feet wide and seventy-five feet long. The building will hold nine residential units. The façade of the building is a play on the his-toric cast iron architecture seen throughout TriBeCa and Soho. Using James Bogardus’ basic structural el-ements and Rachel Whiteread’s idea of casting the in-verse of an object, the 83 Walker Street façade takes a typical cast iron façade and inverts it. The result is a contextual façade with subtle differences when compared to the adjacent buildings, yet still feels as though it belongs within the district.

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Exterior night rendering.


James Bougardus’ Cast Iron factory New York City.

James Bogarduss’ basic structural elements.

Rachel Whiteread sclupture. Classic Cast Iron facade from Badgers Catalogue.


Floors 3 - 9 typical layout.

2nd floor plan.

Mezzanine floor plan.

Ground level plan.

Roof plan.


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Detail rendering.

Interior rendering.


Exterior rendering.

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Aaron Poritz Portfolio 2012

Documents

house latches

inquilismthe inquili

grid solar houses

teams project

ex cess solar power

adjacent buildings

design excellence

original design