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South By South West (SXSW) is a major annual event hosted in the city of Austin. The conference/festival oer the unique conver-gence of original music, independent lms, and emerging technologies. Although SXSW is the highest revenue-producing event for Austin, it is scattered throughout the city in many dierent venues. The project aims to create the Main head quarter for SXSW which will become the core of this ten day event. The concept is to design a structure that captures the culture of the festival. The main characteristics that were important to grasp is the way unocial bands would pop up around the area of the event on the streets, sidewalk or in local bars and restaurants. This incredible convergence of ocial scheduled performances and unocial guerilla style street performances has become the event itself. Therefore the design strives to celebrate this collision and embrace it by drawing this energy right into the center. The rst two oors are accessible to the public with outdoor performance spaces and stages open for unocial performers. However, progressing to the upper oors, the event becomes more private and exclusive to ocial attendees with passes. The upper oors would host admission performances, conferences and the main trade show of the event.

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The purpose of the frit glass skin system was to acheive two things. The structure is out of scale in contrast to the surrounding context because of the required square footage needed for the program. To reduce its obstructive scale, the reective skin allows the structure to mirror and blend into the encompassing environment. The second issue the skin adresses are the amount of radiant heat caused by the large window walls. The frit patterning was gener-ated, through parametric coding on Grasshopper Software, to reduce direct sunlight exposure while still preserving visibility.

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Technology Institution Visitor Center The concept of this center is to create the technology hub of automobile design in the city of Houston. As one of the largest cities in North America it is important to be a leader in automobile technology and design. The project intends to create world class venue for hosting international car exhibitions and conferences. Also integrated into the program is a Technology Institution to serve as the educational founda-tion. The site is broken down to three main subdivisions. The visitor center, exhibition space, and the institution.

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The thesis of this project is to create a library that reects Manhattans dynamic urban fabric. The concept strives capture the city's unique characteristic that lies in contrast of hyper density/low trac versus open/high trac spaces. This condition, which occurs in multiple scales throughout the mega-metropolis, allows an opposition that forces high levels of movement to ow around the hyper density. An example would be the way Central Park is carved right out of in the core of the compact texture of the city blocks. Though abrupt, this collision creates an enormous amount of energy and vibrancy to occur in a very local place. In the same way the library attempts to recreate this distinct feature by highlighting the programs that are more energetic with higher levels of foot trac.

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Top two rows: comparison of Palm Center in its prime and its current state: street view, breezeway and street sign.

Bottom: panorama of Park at Palm Center and the adjacent Palm Center

When it first opened in September of 1955, Palm Center was the first automobile oriented shopping mall in Houston. It featured 41 stores, and a 2000 car surface parking lot that could accommo-date Houstons growing enthusiasm for car culture. Palm Center opened to an enthusiastic reception and remained popular well into the 1980s when it saw a sudden decline. Since then, there have been multiple attempts to redevelop Palm Center that have been unsuccessful due to lack of investments. Recently, however, because of the catalyst of the new Southeast line and the terminal station of METRO's light rail system at Palm Center, the Park at Palm Center will be developed in an attempt to better serve the needs of the current residents in and around the area by provid-ing a walkable corridor and new greenspace.

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The map illustrates the lack of grocery stores in the area within walking distance, especially problematic for a large part of the population living below the poverty line. The location of the METRO lightrail station and line, directly in front of the Park at Palm Center, and the fact that it runs through so much of Houston, will connect the Palm Center neighborhood to many amenities that residents need as a source of nutritious, affordable food.

Like most of Houston, this area was developed around the idea of having a private car as the preferred mode of transportation, and therefore, all of the local business including grocery stores are surrounded by vast parking lots that are not accommodating to pedestrian shoppers.

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Because Palm Center, like most of Houston, was developed to accommodate widespread car usage, its neighborhood has become more or less car dependent. Though this was not a problem during its prime, changing economics within the neighborhood has reduced retail activity such that it no longer meets the needs of its current residents. One problem that stands out is the lack of access to healthy food for the approximately 1 in 5 individuals without private cars. Adding to the problem of sparcely spaced grocery stores, is an abundance of fast food restaurants and convenience stores that offer cheap but unhealthy food choices.

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4The second phase of the Park at Palm Center is the community garden, which includes a shade structure and demonstration kitchen. The main goal of the community garden is to facilitate an ecologically sustainable urban agricultural system that allows for inter-generational learning and activity.

The design and fabrication of the shade structure is made through the collaboration of University of Houston architecture and graphic communi-cations students. The concept of the shade structure is a sustainable and environmentally conscious structure that provides an open and engaging learning environment.

The prefabricated steel structure allows for the structure to be assembled quickly on site, and strong enough to withstand hurricane winds and other weathering forces in the outdoor environment for years. The structure also includes a rainwater harvesting system that stores up to 375 gallons of water used for watering the garden, and photovoltaic panels that power the structures lighting and fan. Whether or not there is a demonstration or event taking place the shade structure at the Park at Palm Center provides information about sustainable practices through graphic panels, and the structure itself becomes an exhibition of those systems in action.

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Photovoltaic panels, located on the roof of the structure, are used to collect energy from the sun. This energy can then be used to provide lighting for the structure and to power other electric appliances that may be used on the site for cooking demonstra-tions or other events.

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FacultyPatrick Peters - ArchitectureCheryl Beckett - Graphic Communications

Architecture StudentsRaul BaezSammy ButtsRobert CecalaAldo DiazSusan GeorgeLonginos GutierrezWilliam HoangQuysi van HuynhLeticia LopezNadia MohamedHai Vu

Graphic Communications StudentsValeria Cortez Lana FloresJorge RoblesSara FaizpourKenneth GroveDiana MantillaOsama AshawaEdgar CordovaMichael EdwardsAnnette ElizaldeThao HuynhJoie ChungRobin KleselSandra RojasDustin TongTaylor WeaverRachel FloresDanielle GarbouchianLouis Pitre IIThi HoElena TubbTian Wei Yu

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