LLoo_Portfolio

selected workslesley loo

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68-05 150th streetflushing, new york 11367

lesley loo

[email protected]

the hydracastle

freegan friendly market

rgb firm

construction technology studies

discovering tokyo

the tripar pavilion

aquatic wellness center

table of contents

the hydracastleprofessor georg rafailidis

teaching assistant scott archambault

group memebers: lesley loo, ryan macari, kyle mcmindes, kenzie mcnamara, ana misenas, christopher ruggiero, alexandra strycharz,

and christopher wisdom

A new form with both space and structure was produced through casting, inverting, and manipulating an existing piece of the room. In

order to build, materials and various aspects of the room were explored in order to find limits and capabilites. Fabric was chosen due to its light weight and ability to absorb the given material, hydrocal plaster, and its

manipulability. A section of the room with the most geometric variety was utilized for the casting process. Folds created by the fabric were

filled with hydrocal plastor to create beams and columns that structure against gravitational and lateral loads. The final structure spaned 10

½’ and was able to hold up four of the group members.

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various methods were tested with the given

material, hydrocal plaster, to determine

the most efficient and stable way to construct

the full scale unit.

01_the pillow: two sheets of canvases were sewn together

to make a pillowcase which was later filled with hydrocal plaster.

it was stable, but inefficient.

02_the quilt: similar to the pillow method, but

with several knots to form structure within the pillow. it required less hydrocal plaster

than the previous method.

03_the wave: by wrapping hydrocal

plaster covered newspaper around the pipes in studio,

it formed a wave-like formation, which was stable, but inefficient.

04_the teepees: cloth was dipped into a small

bucket of hydrocal plaster and wrapped

around triangle shaped foam, it resulted in a

stable and efficient form.

05_exploded diagram:displays the three main

components of the hydrocastle, the front wall, the roof, and the

side wall.

06_elevation of studio wall and unrolled

elevation of the unit walls and roof.

07_group photograph

08_photograph of beams on roof: beams

were integrated into the design of the roof to further structure it.

09_detail photograph of beam and draping

of fabric.

10_photograph of final model

11_interior geometries

of final model

12_interior photograph of model: due to the

characteristics of the fabirc, it allows a sufficient amount of light into the space.

freegan friendly marketprofessor nicholas bruscia

Inspired by the spatial qualities of the columns and coffers of Salon del Incanti, produces the freegan friendly market; which would be located

on the intersection of grant street and west ferry street in westside buffalo. the market houses a farmer’s market, a soup kitchen, and an outdoor community theater. The vendors of the farmers market would not only be selling their self-grown produce, but also be beneficial for

the numerous freegans in the area. Due to freegans’ practice and beliefs, instead of purchasing the goods, visitors will have the ability to

not onyl buy but also trade for goods. Any left over produce that doesn’t get sold in the market would be used in the soup kitchen to feed the

homeless within the area. During nice summer nights, the community will be able to come together and watch movies on the outdoor screen.

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01_ground floor plan: a. datum: grid

broken up into smaller segments where needed, such as for placement of

columns and furniture. b. market space: the market space is a

large open space within the building and provides

ample space for famers and other vendors to

display their goods for the neighborhood.

c. cafe/soupkitchen d. general offices

e. bathrooms f. outdoor community

theater g. park

02_assembly diagram:

the cone-shaped columns would be interlocked with

one another through a grid system of steel T-beams. transformation model b:

warping of the arches, formed with rope and

hydrocal plaster, based off of catenary

03_section: cuts across the outdoor community

theater and several columns of the market.

different transformations such as extend, warp, rotate, and scale were

applied to various aspects of the salon del incanti

market. the preferred transformation was the

inspiration for the freegan friendly market.

04_transformation model a: extension of coffered

ceiling (preferred)

05_transformation model b: warping of the arches,

formed with rope and hydrocal plaster, based off

of catenary

06_transformation model c: rotation of the crown of

the arch

07_transformation model d: scaling of the arches

and crown of arches

08_roof plan

09_aerial photograph

10_detail photograph of roof

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11_exploded diagram: displays the structural

and ornamental columns, and also the

glazing that is along the perimeter and on the

roof of the market.

12_perspective drawing: interior

drawing of market looking out to cafe.

13_perspective drawing: exterior

drawing of market looking out towards

the outdoor community theater.

14_column diagram: diagram of the columns

that makes up the market. the tulip-like

columns gradually taper on top which would ultimately turn into stem-like columns.

rgb firmprofessor brian carter

Located on the corner of delaware avenue and west chippewa street is the proposed site of rbg firm, a studio that also houses a day care

center that watches over the children of the studio workers’. The form of the firm takes from the undulating square playgrounds. this form

allows for various levels of balconies and outdoor spaces giving users the similar feeling of playing on the playgrounds. In the middle of the

building is a courtyard which provides ample room for visitors and workers to enjoy their lunch or to relax.

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01_site plan showing proposed site on the

corner of delaware avenue and west chippewa street.

02_eggres diagram: escape stairs are

located on the corners of the building and one

esape stair is located on the second floor of the

day care center.

03_outdoor diagram: the two largest outdoor spaces would be used

by the firm as exhibition space or for special

events. the four smaller outdoor spaces are for the office’s private use

and for the daycare center’s playgound.

04_shading device: vertical louvers that

reacts to the sun’s angles, allowing for

an adequate amount of sunlight into the

building without any glare.

05_ground floor plan: the ground floor consists several programs, the archives; located in the back of the building, the entrance for the day care center on the left, the entrance for the firm on the right, and a cafe with outdoor seating in the middle.

06_second floor plan: located on the second floor is the firm which has a library, bathrooms, workspaces, offices, and meeting room, and the day care.

07_third floor plan: the third floor is the second level of the firm, which has balconies, offices, workspaces, and printers.

08_fourth floor plan: the fourth floor is the third level of the firm, it contains the break room, and the outdoor exhibition space.

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09_setion a: section cutting through the builing along west

chippewa street.

10_section b: section cutting through the

building along delaware avenue.

11_south elevation: elevation composed

of colored louvers that correlate to the program

within the building; red: egress

green: daycare centerblue: firm

yellow: cafe.

the opacity of the colors correlate to the time

and length of occupancy within the program.

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structural grid of the building are two

main sheer walls and supporting beams.

14_program diagram: displaying the

aggregation of the programs within the

building. blue: firm

green: daycare centeryellow: cafe

red: means of egress

15_detail photograph of louvers

16_photograph of overall building

17_detail photograph of balcony

18_detailed section of building exhibiting the

hollow concrete planks used to structure the

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construction technology studiesprofessor annette lecuyer

Drawings were completed in construction technologies to exhibit and teach how various materials and systems come togehter in a

completed building. The two buildings studied were the menefee cabin by clark & menefee architects and the pierce county enviornmental

services building by miller|hull partnership.

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menefee cabinclark and menefee architectscharlottesville, virginia

pierce county enviornmental services buildingmiller|hull partnership

university place, washington

discovering Tokyoprofessor nicholas bruscia

After being submerged in a whole new culture and way of living, Tokyo was graciously welcoming with many new discoveries. A city is a

writing, and the user is a reader who samples fragments of statements according to their movements and obligations. Toyko consists of many

centers, but few tend to forget what makes up the city: its alleyways. viewing and combining the alleyways as segments of a sentence,

a mapping of Tokyo is formed, much like a paragraph. Through desconstruction and analyzation, the characteristics of the alleyways

were much more clear.

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the tripar pavilion professor nicholas bruscia

group members: andrew barkhouse, zakaria bouccetta, james kubinec,

daniel lamm, ryan macari, kyle mcmindes, michael rigaglia, gabrielle roncone, louis rosario, john sanchez, nick traverse

The tripar pavilion was inspired by the spatial qualities and structural stability of a hypar. The tripar was the result of a three day design-build

in fukushima, which was graciously provided for by the shioya steel company. They provided us with square steel pipes (40 mm, 3.2mm thick, 3m in length) and access to their multi-axis laser cutter, which

allowed us to fabricate the pavilion. The pavilion is grounded at three points and is symmetrical at all three points. Each cut is significant due to the fact that all the joints are hook joints. It is also structured purely

by its own weight.

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aquatic wellness centerprofessor nicholas bruscia

The Aquatic Wellness Center is a tensile structure athletic arena focusing on development and support of children on the autistic

spectrum. the arena is sited in Masten Park in Buffalo, NY. Across the street from the site is the City Honors School, which also has the

STARS program (students with autism rising to success). Ideally, the arena would be used for the children in the STARS program for athletic

activites, special olympics, and various other events. The arena is a multi-level space that includes a pool for competitive swimming,

several wading pools for sensory overloads, and several ‘funnels’ that possess other functions such as lightwells and sensory deprivation.

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The space is dedicated mainly to the families who have children on the autistic spectrum

and also to the public. In the middle sits an olympic sized

swimming pool for comepttive swimming

and the occassional community lessons. In order to get to the

bleachers vistors would enter from the north and south entrances

and decend grand staircases that allow

them to experience the massive space that the

two tensile structures create.

Children on the spectrum are generally

infatuated with water, however they very rarely know how to swim. Thus

causing a lot of scares. At the south end of the

center are wading pools that are meant

to help children on the spectrum learn how to swim while safely enjoying the lessons.

01_long section cut through the middle of the aquatic wellness center.

02 - 04_photograph of fabric study model

05 - 06_detail photograph of fabric final model

At a much smaller scale, the funnels can offer multiple functions for many visitors and for the space itself.