BLACK ROCK LEARN-TO-SAIL BOATHOUSE

INTERDISCIPLINARY OUTPOST

CARTOGRAPHY MAPPING CENTER

CULINARY ARTS SCHOOL

PROFESSIONAL WORK

ALEXANDER C WONG2013 SELECTED WORKS OF ARCHITECTUREwonga@wit.edu pwong@bates.edu[207] 740-5146 [207] 753-0758

BLACK ROCK LEARN-TO-SAIL CENTERPIER 4 SOUTH BOSTON, MAPROFESSOR ELIZABETH GHISELINEFALL 2011

The Boathouse project was for a small sailing company located in the Boston Harbor named Black Rock Sailing Co. The project called for a boathouse that would house the new Black Rock Sailing School and all its fixings. The program included a large event space available for rent, classrooms, sailing equipment storage, exercise rooms, and a covered area for the Sailing Company’s largest boat. The project entailed very unique site and edge conditions that were driving forces in the design process.

I wanted to call out the four individual edge conditions that surrounded the site and made it a very intricate and in-depth. The four conditions include:~ land-to-land ~ vertical seawall~ gradual sloping into water ~ dock directly over waterThe concluding design spoke to each conditions indiviually and brought them together to create one form. Each condi-tion were brought up to the building’s form to create the exterior walls. For example, on the side of the seawall, the building extends the seawall to make that particular edge continuous through the seawall and into the building.

INTERDISCIPLINARY OUTPOSTHYPOTHETICAL MEADOW SITEPROFESSOR ANNE-SOPHIE DIVENYISPRING 2012

The Interdisciplinary Outpost Project was an introduction to Site and Landscape design. I was given a hypothetical 10,000 square foot site with the conditions of an open meadow. Before this project, I had designed only on flat sites. This was the first time I was given a site with any contour whatsoever. The outpost was intended for a single or couple of cartographers where they could work in the seclusion, peace, and tranquility of the site.

My Outpost was influenced by the optical illusion of the Penrose Staircase. The Penrose Staircase is a stair that continues upwards forever and never ends. The image below is a sketch of the original Penrose concept. In my Interdisciplinary Outpost, one would enter by walking down the slope of the hill and enter the outpost by going down a small set of stairs. Then when walking across the building one would find him or herself on the top floor of the building even though they did not go up and stairs. This works vice versa as well when someone enters from below. One would walk up the stairs to the second floor but then be level with the ground on the backside. Not only did this concept lead to a interestingly unique building, but created some very complex and beautiful views.

CARTOGRAPHY MAPPING CENTERWORLD’S END HINGHAM, MAPROFESSOR ANNE-SOPHIE DIVENYISPRING 2012

The Cartography Mapping Center was an expansion on the Interdisciplinary Out-post Project. This was a site and landscape driven project that pushed me to design a building that corresponded to the unique site conditions of World’s End. The program included office space, classrooms, and several exterior spaces that blurred the boundaries between building and site.

My Center for Cartography Mapping was designed to control the views of visitors towards and over the water. The building opens up views at the turns in circulation allowing for clear view directly through the building. At the program spaces, the views are closed off up the hill, but open towards the water. This concept was intended to create moments where a visitor would turn a corner in the main circulation path of the building and have an amazing view over the water. The cross section shows how the center, including its exterior spaces, creates a descending procession towards the water. This enhances the experience of one inside the center by making him or her feel more prominent in the space by being at the highest point of said procession.

CULINARY ARTS SCHOOLSOUTH END BOSTON, MAPROFESSOR HERMAN ZINTERFALL 2012

The Culinary Arts School Project was established in order for me to grasp the concept of an entire comprehensive design. The project required a clear understanding of structure, facade, program, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, passive systems, green space, material, and overall layout. The site was located in a unique part of Boston where New England townhouses meet modern buildings such as the Hancock Tower.

My conceptual approach to the Culinary Arts School was to make the teaching kitchens an interactive facade. The kitchen is the essential piece of the school and is what best represents what happens within the walls of the building. So with the kitchens clearly visible from the street, people can understand what the building is used for and what goes on inside. The building as a whole resembles the townhouses that oppose the school on the other side of Montgomery Street. The school replicates the idea of townhouses abutting one another with alleyways for parking, trash receptacles, etc. The spider clip glazing piece of the facade act as an alleyway in the manner of being a gap in between the two larger portions of the building that represent the townhouses.

ALEXANDER C WONG2013 SELECTED WORKS OF ARCHITECTUREwonga@wit.edu pwong@bates.edu[207] 740-5146 [207] 753-0758