lindsey m. newmann

design discoursebridging the voidrehabilitation retreat

building. nature. synthesized. laundry house and gardens

design discourse

design-builddesign-buildwine tableconcrete marker

healing waters

joint puzzleinterpreted cube

bridging the void

physical spine

building layout

visual spine

re-ligareseperation into four pods by function: exercise, social, spa, meditation

neurobio1 cluster per floor, 2 floors per building plus 1 shared prep floor, at 4 buildings gives 8 clusters.

spinemain circulation element all pods stem from spine

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copper roofwaterproofi ngrigid insulationsteel deck

lightc channel structurewood slatted ceilingMEP space

secondary girders

aluminum mullionsglass

steel girdersteel deckfl at-plate concretecupboards

interior structural columnexterior structural column

roof assembly

c channel structure

ceiling assembly

lightc channel structurewood slatted ceilingMEP space

ceiling assembly

curtain wall system

The Re-Ligare Institute is a collaborative project between Michael Batryn and myself, and began schematically through the eyes of Zach Crocker. Completed during 3rd Year with supervising professor Mark Cabrinha. This project is a molding of landscape and architecture, connecting the environment and the built form integrating their relationships into one spatial experience. This building seeks to blend nature and building, questioning what is inside and outside and how those exchanges take place. The building begins inside the earth and breaks out to draw people in. Playing the role of architecture wedged into the earth, and the earth splitting open to allow for architecture. The neurobiological laboratories focus on the biology of the human and nature, they become the most integrated part of the landscape. Their need for privacy is also a defining factor for the building being pushed into the ground. The Re-Ligare is an active public facility that acts as a node for people and activities. Its active program pulls up out of the earth making a garden space and a meeting point. The program is split into four different buildings each signifying a different activity, developing from the north to the south starting with meditation and worship, then to spa and hydrotherapy. Two buildings are quiet and meditative signifying the mind and its relationship to nature. The next two buildings become the active buildings for theatre and exercise facilities, which constitutes the change from mind to social and from social to body. The connection of all of these buildings is the interconnecting spine, which runs roughly perpendicular to all four buildings and the research laboratories. The spine becomes the connection of both the Re-Ligare to itself as well as to the laboratories making the two programs cohesive and functional.

1 shared lab space2 yoga3 meditation4 worship5 massage6 hydrotherapy7 lockers8 lobby9 theatre lobby10 theatre11 classroom12 music13 dance room14 exercise room15 spinning room16 weight room

�rst �oor planscale 1” = 45’

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1/32 Inch Site Model constructed on Walnut CNC Routed Base

1/8 Inch Site Model on CNC Routed Base

rehabilitation retreatin progress: thesis

Learning

Exercise

Lodge

R o o t s i n t o e a r t h

B r a n c h e s e x t e n do u t a b o v e g r o u n d

T r u n k a s m a i n c o r e e l e m e n t

building meets contours

building wraps around topography topography

shapes building

contours fall over building

This thesis is a study of health, the four areas of health: physical, intellectual, spiritual and mental; through the idea that nature can be a catalyst for learning, understanding, relaxing and rehabilitating. The journey to health and the change of lifestyle has become a key element in the design, as well as integrating water, the life giving element throughout the project.

Located in the Willamette National Forest in Oregon the site sits on a south facing hill right next to the Terwilliger Hot Springs. The Hot Springs were an inspiration for this porject in demostrating how nature can heal ailments like arthritis and skin conditions.

The design stems from the site topography seeking to blend into the landscape. It also mimics trees in the program layout with atriums forming the trunk for various program elements to branch off of it.

Learn Soothe

Relax

QuietUnity

Depth

Calm

Peace

Alleviate

Solace

Soul

Delight

Unwind

Massage

Pools

Sauna

Spa

Dining

Sleeping

Library

Learning

TherapyExercise

Loosen up

Taste

Happiness

Body

Nature

See

Touch

Sacred

Beauty

Hear

Mind

Sense

Faith

Smell

Harmony

Cleansed

Spiritual

Refresh Interventions

RestaurantStaff Quarters

Mechanical

Lobby

Aroma

Lockers

Water

lodge

learning center

Entry ReceptionElevator

Offices

Restrooms

Janitor

LoungeCafe

KitchenCafeteria

Terraces

LaundrySleeping

Entry Lecture Hall

Classrooms

Restrooms

Exercise Pavilion

land usegrowinginterventions

trails

gardenstool shed

recycle/compost

chickenshealth center

bath house

Entry ReceptionElevator

Offices

Restrooms

Janitor

Waiting

Consultation

TreatmentPhysical Therapy

Staff RoomLaundry

Storage

Entry ReceptionElevator

Changing

Locker Rooms

Janitor

Steam Room

SaunaFrigidarium

Treatment Rooms

Yoga

Caldarium

TepidariumSudatoria

Exercise Rooms

Library

Massage

laundry house and gardens

Union Street Laundry House and Gardens

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Scale 3/32” = 1’-0”

This laundry facility is located in the heart of Olf Town Alexandria, Virginia in a park that is currently underutilized. The concept was to integrate a building into a landscape to make both better. Water flow was a huge priority as it is located on the waterfront and laundry produces a large amount of greywater, so a park setting was particularly attracting as the water can be completely recycled on site.

Union Street Laundry House and Gardens

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Scale 3/32” = 1’-0”

1/8 Inch Site Model

building. nature. synthesized.

site

form

mirror

public

private overlap

pull up

push down

extrudesite

splinessite contours from splinesheightfield from splines

Connect back to nature, integrate built form with landscape, nature and the urban setting. separated into spaces based on private and public designation, private entities are integrated into the ground to provide privacy, the public areas are pulled out of the ground to create nodes. the building acts as a centerpiece for everything surrounding it, enticing people to towards it.

Two very different programs are brought together by a large plaza and an underground lobby connecting and creating two lobbies, one formal and one central. the orientation of the building gives every space a view of the ocean encouraging interaction with nature and those around them.

floor plates | circulation

program space

structure

enclosing roof plane

exterior | interior barrier

enclosing vine mesh

Re-LigaRe institute

design-build design-build

concrete marker

This project was an annual concrete competition at Virginia Tech to design with a primordial element and use in mind. This marker is used to provoke the understanding that two different objects a Square and a Triangle can work together to become something better than either can be alone.

1st Place Winner - Awarded a Trip to FallingWater by Frank Lloyd Wright

wine table

this product design class focused on the conception of the project through many iterations into a built final piece. Built out of south american walnut the table is conceived as a pinwheel tension joint with the ability to rotate until the final joint is inserted. Aluminum rods allow for movement in one direction. Every piece was milled and manufactered myself.

healing waters

Water is the essential element to human life, and life on earth, without it we become nothing. This pedastool is a celebration of water and how critical it is to our lives. Every part of this pedastool required water to become what it is, from creating the concrete to growing wood over the course of many years.

interpreted cubeour first woodworking project designed to let the imagination flow and use our hands to create our vision. Built of walnut and red oak wood with a glass pane window.

puzzle table

The puzzle table was inspired by beautiful pieces of australian cypress scrap that was to be burned. I salvaged the pieces as well as the steel to create a coffee table of 100% recycled materials.

mixed mediamixed media

fear installationThis installation was a collaboration between Kimberly Dillin, John Delleny and myself in response to designing and creating a 3d space through 2d media screenprinting that envokes fear.

alexandria, va. avila beach, ca.

bend, or. chicago, il.

new york, ny. paris, france

san luis obispo, ca. smith rock, or. tillamook, or.

medias: colored pencil. watercolor. melted crayon. wood block print. acrylic.ink.pencil.

medias: colored pencil. watercolor. melted crayon. wood block print. acrylic.ink.pencil.