Christopher Pulcer

Design Intent

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WindsorDetroit: WoodbridgeDetroit: Cork TownLong IslandChicagoDigital Practice

Windsor

University of Windsor Art School Function : Foreign Language Center

Collaboration: An individual school function for the University to connect with neighboring buildings and create community develop-ment.

Program: An education path for foreign language skills separated into multiple spaces.

Comprised of multiple components:

Welcome/IntroductionA Day in the LifeCulture and Current TimesCultural Cuisine

Back form for residence halls

Designed using the base word multiplcity

Multiplicity: Varying forms of space combined together acting as one

Functions are connected to neighboring buildings:

On Left: Sculpture Center uses Foreign Language Cafeteria with adjoined freight elevator for top floor access

On Right: Residence Hall connects to Foreign Language via balcony

Detroit: Woodbridge

Walking Within the Wind

Pedstrian walkway that was to go in between two retail centers in downtown Detroit.

Feelings of footsteps and wind was the design element.

Interactive forms of rest and gather for public

Woodbridge Art Gallery

4700 square foot art gallery at a site in the Woodbridge area of Detroit.

Program : Gallery space Lobby Storage Resident artist studio Office space Restrooms Outdoor space

Gallery spaces are tiled in various colors

Transition areas built with wood glu lam beams to support glass roof

Windows along the back of the exterior provide seeing into the outside space

Studio is separated from the rest of the main building to give a private setting

Detroit: Cork Town

Unclear Boundaries:Community credit union mixed with studio apartments

Qualities: Frosted curtain wall exterior with clear glass ribbontransitioning into the brick of the adjacent building.There are prevalent themes with curved organic form.

Program Interior:

Exterior walls are peeled inward and curved to form individual spaces. As the plans move more to the right, the forms become less organic and more box like to suit the needs of the bank and office spaces.

Curved Continous Form:

The interior walls from the lower levels continue and rise through the upper floors as to be one continuous wall moving freely in the building.

Long Island

Writing With Lighthouse

Exploration on Architect Steven Holl

Project Case study on how light is translucent in the house

Qualitites: Sunlight filters through the central living spaceHorizontal timber slats cover glass windowsWindows cannot be seen from the outside

Chicago

Chicago River Orchestral Center

School function built on the bend of the Chicago River.

Site: Currently a parking lot near the waterfront.Near Chicago Sun Times Building

Structure:Entirely built underground and in certain areas rose it above the ground plane at specific elevations to appear as though there are separate buildings attached to the hilled landscape

Rooftops of the underground structure are exposed and used as walkways for the students

Building heights decrease as the river slopes toward the river displaying a clear and picturesque view of the waterfront

Underneath the surface lies the complete auditorium accessed by any of the fragmented spaces above ground.

Broken fragments: The small spaces above ground are used as classrooms and rehearsal spaces.

Digital Practice

Gardella Honors House Screen Design

Shaded canopy for the students to rest and interact

Built around existing honors house

Tables are grouped together for classsroom setting

Canopy Design:Framed angles for white canvasMeet at intersecting points inside honors house

Improving Window wall Insulation

Using Therm and Window Analysis Program from Lawrence Berkely National Lab.

Brick veneer wall section with air cavity wall and extruded polystyrene

Revised by adding a thin vapor barrier .7500 inches thick

Results:Achieving max temperature of 69.8 F

Original Thermal Analysis Improved Thermal Analysis

with .7500” Vapor Barrier

U Factor Model Calculation