Assembly Building Design
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Making Architectural Form with Italo Calvino Pedro Jacobo Instructor: Carol Burhmann
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The idea behind this public assembly building is a lot like TheHub signature in San Francisco, California. It was designed to fit the needs of various kinds of performing arts. The location of the theater is 939 Mission Street with two performance spaces, a theater and a lecture hall. They showcase a new kind of relationship among the performing arts for collaborative performances. The building features a facility for organizations that support innovative programs for San Francisco's homeless population. This is an innovative building solution that extends the arts West down Mission Street and especially one that showcases the mission of the arts and HUB to the urban public.
Transcript of Assembly Building Design
Making Architectural Formwith Italo Calvino
Pedro Jacobo
Instructor: Carol Burhmann
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In the novel Invisible Cities the Italian writer Italy Calvino describes the city of Zaira as a sponge, soaking up memories. The narrative starts with Marco Polo, a messenger who has visited the city and attempts to describe it to the emperor Kublai Khan. Marco Polo begins by describing the city by its objective properties, “I could tell you how many steps make up the streets rising like stairways and the degree of the arcades’ curves, and what kind of zinc scales cover the roofs; but I know this would be the same as telling you nothing.” The city can’t be defined by these objective properties, but by the experiences and connections people make with these objects. The connections that people make with the city of Zaira are seen as physical and psychological. This is what gives the city substance. The city of Zaira is “a sponge soaking up memo-ries,” and these memories have been categorized as physical because they physically change the city like “the bomb that destroys the guttering.” There are also psychological changes that change the city like “the queen’s nuptial procession.” The wedding takes place in a setting in the city and people define the space differently. The city of Zaira is an objec-tive property defined as space and volume. It is only when there are personal connections with inhabit-ants that the city starts get its name.
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Model: Site Analysis
Date: 1905Major Street distances, Landmarks, Lodging, Flats, Stores.
Location: San Francisco
JESSIE ST 05TH S
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ST
MISSION ST
05TH S
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MISSION ST
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TMINNA ST MINNA ST
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NATOMA ST
05TH S
T05TH
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HOWARD ST HOWARD ST
Lodging
Flat/ Dwelling
Store/ Business
Landmark
Academy Hall Theater
Historical Map Date:1905
35 feet wide
40 feet wide
35-40 feet wide60 feet wide
60’60’
20 ft wide
25 ft wide
Use Type:
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MISSION ST
06TH S
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MIN
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MISSION ST
06TH S
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06TH S
TMINNA ST
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MINNA ST06TH
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NATOMA ST
MA
RY
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NATOMA ST
HOWARD ST HOWARD ST
Hotel
Office
Industrial
Bank
Use Type:Hotel, Office, Industrial, Bank, Commercial
Stone Walls, Brick Partitions, Steel
Vaulted Ceilings, and Cement Floors
Commercial
2012
Brick
Frame
Fireproof
Date:1905 MaterialsBrick, Frame, Special
Textures: Construction Type
JESSIE ST
MISSION ST
06TH S
T06TH
ST
JESSIE ST
MIN
T ST
MISSION ST
06TH S
T
MISSION ST
06TH S
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MINNA ST MINNA ST
06TH S
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NATOMA ST
MA
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ST
NATOMA ST
Stone Walls, Brick Partitions, Steel
Vaulted Ceilings, and Cement Floors
Brick
Frame
Fireproof
MIN
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JESSIE ST
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MISSION ST
06TH S
T06TH
ST
JESSIE ST
MIN
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MISSION ST
06TH S
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MISSION ST
MA
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ST
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TMINNA ST
MA
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MINNA ST06TH
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NATOMA ST
MA
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ST
NATOMA ST
Concrete
Brick
Frame
Special
Stone Walls, Brick Partitions, Steel
Vaulted Ceilings, and Cement Floors
Textures: Construction TypeDate:2012 MaterialsStone, Brick, Steel, Cement, Concrete
MIN
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MISSION ST
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JESSIE ST
MIN
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MISSION ST
06TH S
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MISSION ST
MA
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06TH S
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MINNA ST
MA
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MINNA ST
06TH S
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NATOMA ST
MA
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NATOMA ST
HOWARD ST HOWARD ST
Stone Walls, Brick Partitions, Steel
Vaulted Ceilings, and Cement Floors
A-Known HistoricResourceB-Potential HistoricResourceC-Not a Historic Resource
MaterialsStone, Brick, Steel, Cement, Concrete
Historic Preservation:
Psychological, Metaphysical,Spiritual
Texture,Somatic, Physical
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AVG 72.5(dB) AVG 70(dB)
AVG 81(dB)
AVG 80.5(dB)AVG 64(dB)
AVG 69(dB)
AVG 69.5dB)
AVG 75.5(dB)
AVG 78.5(dB)
AVG 82(dB)
AVG 80(dB)
AVG 65(dB)
Decibels & Their EffectsComparative Examples of Noise Levels
Decibel Level Decibel Effect
100908070605040302010
8 times as loud as 70 dB. Serious damage possible in 8 hr exposure
4 times as loud as 70 dB. Likely damage 8 hr exp
2 times as loud as 70 dB. Possible damage in 8 hr exposure.
Half as loud as 70 dB. Fairly quiet
Arbitrary base of comparison. Upper 70s are annoyingly loud to some people.
One-fourth as loud as 70 dB.
One-eighth as loud as 70 dB.
One-sixteenth as loud as 70 dB. Very Quiet
Barely audible
Howard and 5th StPeak- 61 / Max-96
9080706050403020100
Mission and 5th St(dB)
Howard and Mary St Peak- 59 / Max-75
9080706050403020100
Mission and Mary St(dB)
Howard and 6th StPeak- 60 / Max-97
9080706050403020100
Mission and 6th St(dB)
6th and Natoma StPeak- 61 / Max-89
9080706050403020100
Natoma and 5th St(dB)
6th and Minna StPeak- 62 / Max-98
9080706050403020100
Minna and 5th St(dB)
6th and Mission StPeak- 61 / Max-98
9080706050403020100
Mission and 5th St(dB)
Comparative Examples of Noise Levels
