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“You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain
vividly with you.”
-Tadao Ando
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PG 3 Harrier Meadow Air & Space Museum
PG 21James Street Residence PG 23 Nauticus Lamp PG 26 Chess Face Off Arena
PG 9Framingham Timeline Walkway PG 13 Lagoon Athletic Center
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HARRIER MEADOW AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
NORTH ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
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Harrier Meadow is the marshland East of the deteriorating Bergen County Baling Facility and between Erie and E-I Landfills. Harrier Meadow once was where shot rock from the construction of route 280 was dumped. Surprisingly the marshland has grown over many years to maintain a healthy ecosystem. A large variety of bird species inhabitant it as well as small fish turtles and insects. Harrier Meadow and its thriving ecosystem becomes the focal point of this project and site strategy. Walking trails along the edges of the landfills always maintain a visual reference to Harrier Meadow, but also outdoor program will be dispersed amongst the site with specific vantage points towards the meadow and Air and Space Museum. These edges will frame Harrier Meadow and create a stage for the proposed aviation museum.Harrier Meadow Landfill
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Kingsland
Erie
BalerWalking Trail
Outdoor Program Views
EXISTING BERGEN COUNTY BALING FACILITY
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Existing Reinforced Concrete Combined Footing#4 Rebar
Concrete Column FootingConcrete Reinforced Foundation 4” Gravel
2” Sand
3/16” Vapor Barier
Air Intake Duct
9 Air Return Duct
12” Concrete Slab on Grade
TerazzoSteel Cap Plate
Expansion Steel Bearing
W8X22 Steel Beam
W12X34 Steel Counterweight Structure
Shear Plate
17 Prestressed Concrete Beam 10”x10”
18 Prestressed Concrete Column 10”x10”
3/4” Insulated GlassMullion Assembly
Angled Steel Connection Clips
Perforated Copper Panel
W12X42 Steel Column
W30X96 Castellated Steel Beam
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Steel Stifner
1 1/2” Insulated Glass
W14X56 Steel Cross Bracing
Cellular Decking
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Hardwood FlorringW24X40 Open Web Steel Joist2” Steel Decking
6” Rigid Insulation
Existing Concrete Wall
Track Lighting
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Existing Structure Study Interior Rendering of Main Corridor
Sectional Detailed Rendering
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2 Cast in place concrete grid
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6 W27X108 castellated steel beams
7 Floor assembly 8 Steel cross bracing
3/4” insulated glass pane
10 Roof assembly 11 W30X108 castellatedsteel beam
12 Stair assembly
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FRAMINGHAM TIMELINE WALKWAYFRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Located between Worcester’s Union Station and Boston’s South Station, the Framingham Commuter Train stop serves a large influx of commuters. Once off the train there is nothing leading passengers into Framingham’s downtown district. This covered walkway is designed as a way-finding structure guiding passengers from the commuter stop into the downtown area. With safety being a major concern, the design employs the use of wooden slats with gaps. The gaps allow pedestrians to see through the structure preventing potential ambiguity towards what is behind it. The angulations of the roof structure reflect the same structure used in the interior of the original train station designed by H.H. Richardson. The original train station is adjacent to the walkway. There are plans to renovate it as mixed-use station. The black panels projecting from the structure will display information about chronological events in the town’s history for commuters to read.
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Day Montage
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Current MBTA Commuter Rail Stop 2 Original H.H. Richardson Train Station Detailed Ground Plan
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Ground Plan
Structural Inspiration From Adjacent H.H. Richardson Train Station Black Plexi Panels Display Historical Framingham Events
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LAGOON ATHLETIC CENTERVENICE, ITALY
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNVenice, Italy, a historically revered city is slowly sinking. Recent studies of the lagoon in which the city floats upon, shows that higher flood rates have increase drastically in the last thirty years. Much of this is a result of global environmental changes, but also the result of human interactions with the lagoon. With more motorboat traffic and larger boats, the silt of the lagoon is disturbed. Although Venetians have learned to live with the flooding, the increasing flooding frequency is alarming. In the last decade and a half a large focus was placed on what should be done to save the city from sinking.
WHY AN ATHLETIC CENTER?Unfortunately, in the past two decades the local Venetian population has declined. With tourism as the leading revenue for Venice, many local Venetians are leaving, their ancestral city, to find work on the mainland. A proposed 61,000sqft (5667sqm) athletic center is intended to serve as an institutional incentive for the local Venetian populous. While there already are established athletic facilities in Venice, many are designed for small neighborhoods and also difficult to reach. The proposed site is located in Piazzale Roma, adjacent to the main waterway of Venice; the Grand Canal. Boats are the dominating means of transportation; however the site is unique because it is the only part of Venice with automobile traffic. A 70ft (21m) modern parking garage stands directly west of the site and holds a large presence over the site. Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia is the train station North of the project site. Pedestrian foot traffic coming from the train station brings visitors across a newly constructed modern foot bridge design by architect Santiago Calatrava onto the site. With the site located on a major intersection of traffic, the site strategy is very conscious of the importance of circulation through it. Essentially the front door of Venice, the Lagoon Athletic Center is intended to be a new modern design which respects the rich history of the city, but provides a state of the art facility in which local Venetian are able to take pride in and display to any visitors of the city.
Picture credit: AFP/GETTY
Picture credit: Giulio Fecchio
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1. Parking Deck Entrance2. Information Center
5. Hotel Santa Chiara & Water Taxi6. Entrance to Gardini Papadipoli
3. Water Bus & Tickets4. Ponte Della Constituzione
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Foot traffic from train station as well as water taxi stop make North end of site an area of congregation
Form 1 :Creating an open courtyard facing public gardens instead of parking garage
EXPLORATION OF PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
Form 2:Opening passageway inviting visitors coming from train station or water taxi
Form 3:Arcade provides open circulation from parking garage and buffers views
To the east of the site is Giardini Papadopoli, a public garden which would provide pleasant views
During times of emergency flooding, the athletic center will serve as refuge for locals. Alternative entrances by boat in high waters will be considered
The 70ft (21m) parking garage limits views to the West of the site. It also casts a large shadow upon site
Due to limited automoblie access locating service program is restricted to the West and South edges of the site
Project calls for 50% left for outdoor space. Exploring possible building footprints
Bus Boat
Monorail(People Mover)
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OBSTRUCTED VIEWS
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LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD
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Raise site plane above 150 year flood level (30in/72cm)
Shift pool hall to allow passage from zone A to zone B
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ADDRESSING THE AQUA ALTA
The design of the athletic center is responsive to its surrounding context. There are many site opportunities as well as site constraints which influenced design strategies. The most significant design decision adresses the “Aqua Alta” (high water) which is the daily flooding of Venice. How does one design a building responsive to site inundation? The lowest point in Venice is Punta della Salute which is 80cm above the mareographic zero. Piazza San Marco, Venice’s most visited piazza, has been inundated with as much as 3m of water. Fortunately, Piazzale Roma is located higher than Piazza San Marco and therfore does not inundate as much. The athletic center is designed to withstand to a 150 year flood which would inundate Piazzale Roma with as much as 58cm. The athletic center will also serve as an emergency refuge when waters rise dramatically.
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Gradual slopes & steps allow access to raised site from street
Supporting program help create framed piazzas
Gathering zones for A) local community & B) visitors
Allow pedestrian circulation through site
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West Elevation
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SWIMMING POOL MAIN LOBBY GYMNASIUM
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Gym
Health Bar
Sports Retail
Visitor Lobby
PoolWet Storage
Security Control Room
Locker Rooms
Spectator Entrance
Locker Rooms
Locker Rooms
Locker Rooms
Lobby
Daycare
Loading Dock
RoomStaff
Exercise Studio
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Ground Floor Plan
STRUCTUREGlulam structure in large halls
ISTRIAN STONE BASETraditional impervious stone
AMBASADOR BRICKBrick reflects horizontality of design
STANDING SEAM COPPER ROOFModern roof with traditional color
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Given the historically rich context, the athletic center is wrapped with a modern stone veneer. As with most of the architecture in Venice, the design uses traditional Istrian stone as a base. It is a dence stone making it impervious. This Istrian base is built up to the top of the ground level. From the second level up, the building is wrapped with grey ambassador stone. The elongated stone compliments the low horizontality of the design. Being a West facing facade, this part of the athletic center is designed with a horizontal timber lattice. This lattice provides shading for afternoonsunlight and heat, keeping the center cooler in hotter temperatures.
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STUDY MODELS
1. Volume Study 2. Fenestration Study
3. Material Study
View of North Piazza
4. Final Model
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James Street in Newark, NJ is a small neighborhood made up of brick row housing. With a vacant housing lot 25ft (7.6m) wide by 136ft (41.3) deep, this project aims to create a contemporary street facade respecting the all brick neighborhood. The mixed-use program requires a doctor’s office on the ground level and a one family residence above.
Ground Floor Plan Physical Model
Street Elevation
JAMES ST. RESIDENCENEWARK, NEW JERSEY
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Second Floor Living Room
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NAUTICUS LAMP
Conceptual Sketches
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270 RotationLED bulbs are embeded
into the chrome ring under the frosted glass. The glass reflects the
light in a certain direction. The direction
of where the light shines can be adjusted by rotating the glass
shade which is attached to the chrome handle
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1/16” Frosted Glass
Chrome Ring
LED Bulb
Grooved Wheel
1/8” Aluminum
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CHESS FACE OFF ARENACENTRAL NEW JERSEY
Once every month, two hedgefund managers meet in a cornfield 2000ft x 1000ft (609m x304m), to have a game of chess. One is a surrealist and the other a geometric abstractionist. The project asks for the design of an arena within the cornfield boundary for the two competitors to engage in their monthly game of chess.
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FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS TO THE CONSCIOUSSurrealism gives form to subconscious themes supplied through chance, madness, dreams, hallucinations or automatism. Sigmund Freuds defines the subconscious as the place where a person’s irrational thoughts are kept. Within the subconscious lies unacceptable desires, fatancies, repressed memories. These thoughts are restrained from entering the conscious thought. However, concrete conscious items could trigger subconscious thoughts as well. When one is challenged to a game of chess, it is expected that they will sit to play. Without having to think about it, a person automatically associates a game of chess with sitting. Because people subconsciously associate chess with sitting, a chair, which is a concrete thought, can trigger this conscious thought of playing chess. The design strategy for this project is to use chairs as a link to the subconscious. The cornfield will be piled with different type of chairs. Those who visit the arena cross the field of chairs through formed tunnels. As the field of chairs approaches the chess arena, the chairs organized into rows representing the transition from the subconscious to the conscious. Piet Moudrian, Dutch De Stijl painter, describes geometric abstraction as, “pure representation of the spirit, art will express itself in purified- that is abstract-esthetic form”. Half of the arena is formed with chairs while the other half is constructed from the geometric proportion of selected chairs.
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Barrel ChairFrank Llyod Wright
Le Corbusier ChairLe Corbusier
CardBoard ChairFrank Gehry
Pedestal Chair Eero Saarinen
Barcelona ChairMies Van Der Rohe
Lounge ChairLe Corbusier
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SITE PLAN
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