Translations _ Michael Burch

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TRANSLATIONS MICHAEL BURCH a logical creavity

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A collection of my architectural designs, thoughts, and observations.

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TRANSLATIONSMICHAEL BURCH

a logical creativity

CULTURE

CONTEXT

PERSONALITYHUMANITY

BEAUTY ARCHITECTURE

trans·la·tiontransˈlāSH(ə)

the conversion of something from one form or medium into another

Through an evolution in personality, observation, abstraction, and application comes the ability to design. The design is born in the culture, that of a specific time and place, the architect is merely the translator. In a modern world relying heavily on imagery, I seek to preserve the integrity of place and experiential space. Here lies my observations paired with intuition, a translation of my mind.

RESUME

A MEANS OF EXPRESSION

DALLAS CENTER FOR ACOUSTICS

RAMMED EARTH

TRUCK BED HOUSING

STUDIO POD

KCAI STUDENT HOUSING

CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

THE NETWORK

UNIVERSITY OF KANSASGRADUATION MAY 2015

[email protected] 630 4245

M. ARCH

SKILL SET FOCUS

RevitAuto CadMicrostationPhotoshopIllustratorIn DesignSketchupLumionArtlantisV-RayIntuition is best communicated through the hand with pen on paper

Site / ContextPracticality / FunctionalityDaylightingSustainable Design

passive simple beautifulHospitalityInterior / Exterior RelationshipModularity / Spatial ConservationDensity

compression expansion

michael BURCH

RESUME

WORK EXPERIENCE AWARDS

2013Summer internship with Jacobs Engineering and Architecture

Dallas, TX

20146 month internship with DP Architects

Singapore, Singapore

Design build studio

2010H. Roy Mock Architectural Scholarship

2013Design Contest “Student Winner”

Radical Innovation in Hospitality Design Competition

Presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium

Modular study of Work / Live / Sleep Environment

St. Louis Branch AIA Scholarship

2014JA Burzle Architectural ScholarshipIP Study Abroad Scholarship

Lawrence, KS

REFERENCES

Kapila Silva

Chua Zi Jun

Chad Kraus

+1 785 864 1150

+1 785 864 4129

[email protected]

[email protected] of Kansas, Assistant Professor

University of Kansas, Associate Professor

[email protected] Architects, Associate Director

Bly Windstorm+1 360 643 [email protected], Lead ContractorEarth Dwell LLC

20153 months constructing Alaska’s first rammed earth home

Palmer, AlaskaDesigner for Kinitiative - a non profit organization providing affordable residential and health care solutions to The Gambia in Africa

Lawrence, KS

EXPRESSIONCOMMUNCATION

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(far left) Tempietto - Rome, Italy

(far right) Marina - Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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(middle left) Taj Mahal - Agra, India

(middle right) Delta Shelter - Mazama, Washington

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“LEARNING TO DRAW IS REALLY A MATTER OF LEARNING TO SEE. TO SEE CORRECTLY-AND THAT MEANS A GOOD DEAL MORE THAN MERELY LOOKING WITH THE EYE. THE SORT OF ‘SEEING’ I MEAN IS AN OBSERVATION THAT UTILIZES AS MANY OF THE FIVE SENSES THAT CAN REACH THROUGH THE EYE AT ONE TIME”

KIMON NICOLAIDES

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As the trial run for a six month University program partnered with South East Asia’s largest architectural firm, DP Architects, I spent half of the final year of my Master’s interning in Singapore, Singapore. Learning an entirely new working culture paired with full submersion into a foreign environment facilitated more than an increased learning curve, but an essential change in perspective. The experience began to profoundly reveal the meaning of place in architecture.

EXPLORATIONS

OBJECTIVE

“IT IS BETTER TO LIVE IN A STATE OF IMPERMANENCE THAN IN ONE OF FINALITY.”

GASTON BACHELARD

Cultural AdaptationObservation

Master PlanningGraphics

International Projects

INTERNSHIP OBSERVATIONAsia

PERSPECTIVEcultural

DPA with Maki and AssociatesSINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

mediacorp HEADQUARTERS

Two weeks shadowing the project architect on site, attending client meetings, and studying construction drawings.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Community integrated national broadcasting headquarters

BALI, INDONESIA

bali GALLERIA

Shopping center renovations: all facades, circulation, interiors, programming, entry portals, parking, and courtyards.

CONTRIBUTIONS

LEVEL 2 FLOOR PLAN

Presentation Layouts Atrium / Facade / Interiors Design Graphics Construction Drawings Programming

FACADE AND PORTAL DEVELOPMENT

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CONSTRUCTION PHASING CONNECTING GREEN SPACE COMMUNITY PLANNING

astana ECO CITYConceptual master plan for a green centered multi use community development.

Presentation Layouts Massing Studies GraphicsPrecedent Research Diagramming Conceptual Design

CONTRIBUTIONS

ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN

2014India - Singapore - Thailand - Cambodia Japan - Vietnam - Indonesia - Malaysia

OBSERVATIONArchitecture of PlacePublic Space

Aside from interning in Singapore, my learning and personal growth came extensively from observations and interactions. Post internship travels took me across Asia from Indonesia to Japan reveling in timeless architecture and uncovering how people use space. During a four week trip through India I did research for a later paper analyzing the usage of space as a bi-product of culture and environment in Indian cities paired with criticisms of Corbusier’s master plan of Chandigarh. His focus on creating an “ideal city” lost cultural focus and is at a critical disconnect with the Indian way of life. Every architectural move must be focused entirely on providing space for a particular body in a particular place.

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(upper left) Angkor Wat - Siem Reap, Cambodia

(lower left) Fushimi Inari Shrine - Kyoto, Japan

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(upper middle) Ayutthaya Temple Complex - Ayutthaya, Thailand

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(upper right) Red Fort - Agra, India

(lower middle) Sunny Hills Tea House - Tokyo, Japan

(lower right) Henderson Waves Bridge - Singapore, Singapore

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MAHATMA GANDHI

The Network is a two part project, the first being a masterplan component aimed at transforming the downtown into a more livable urban fabric, and the second being a designed programmatic insertion into the created masterplan.

The masterplan leaves the city’s existing main street intact, but looks to provide a lateral pedestrian extension with a focus on existing green space, supplemental housing, and appropriate program. The building design component is to be a new cultural hub for downtown Lawrence, a collaborative center for students and the community to fuse in the heart of this historic town.

EXPLORATIONS

Green SpaceDaylight Manipulation

CollaborationWalkability

Passive Heating / Cooling

OBJECTIVE

“NO CULTURE CAN LIVE IF IT ATTEMPTS TO BE EXCLUSIVE.”

CONVENTION CENTERLawrence, KS

MASTERPLAN

NETWORKthe

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CONCENTRATIONAn increase in residential units downtown to drive business interest and convert the area into a thriving living network.

ACTIVATIONConnecting downtown to the existing green spaces, and providing additional outdoor space encouraging community living and healthier lifestyles.

EXPANSIONSupplimental program along downtown’s East-West axis to convert a main street into a downtown fabric.

INTEGRATIONConnecting the University to the community with carefully placed multifunctional program.

population density2011

change in population-20% +20%

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POPULATION FIGURE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY

green space

parking

traffic6th street activity

campus disconnect

massachusetts streetinfrastructurehuman scale

employment density2011

lawrence

STRATEGIES

EXISTING URBAN

ZONING PROPOSAL

Cultural Hub

Mixed Use

Residential

Activated Green

MASTERPLAN

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A lateral expansion of Massachussetts Street, Lawrence’s main street, as an activation and extension of the city’s existing green space.

Pedestrian Greenway

massachusetts st

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CULTURAL HUB

PLANNING

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CITY MARKETB

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CAMPUS - COMMUNITY

CONFERENCE HALL

LOBBY / LOUNGE

CONFERENCE HALL+STUDENT CENTER+PUBLIC FORUM the network COLLABORATION

RIVER DEVELOPMENT RIVERSIDE PARK EXPANSIONproposal proposal

6TH STREETKANSAS RIVER

COLLABORATION

A collaborative programmatic insertion to join the community and student body in an prominent downtown location. The building activates the adjacent park, acts as an urban student union, and holds a 1500 person conference hall for both community and university functions.

PEDESTRIANGREENWAY

SUN SHADES

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An elevated lobby lounge provides Westward sunset views above the park tree line. A system of operational curtains adjust to permit appropriate levels of natural light.

ENTRY+LOBBY

BUS STOP+TRANSIT LOBBY+BIKE SHARE

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(left) Exterior of elevated lobby - East facing

(right) Interior of elevated lobby - Northwest facing, operable canvas screens

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A north facing conference hall optimizes river views and indirect lighting, and a canvas screened, west facing conference lounge provides elevated sunset views of the adjacent park.

CONFERENCE HALL+LOUNGE

VIEWS+NOISE CONTROL+INDIRECT LIGHT

6th street

kansas river

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(left) Interior of Conference Hall - North facing

(right) Interior of Conference Lounge - South facing, Setting sun

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A South facing Eco-Atrium acts as a trombe wall and gathering area for the 5 level student center. The student center is equip with a coffee shop, library, book store, and open studio space.

STUDENT CENTER+ECO ATRIUM

CLIMATE CONTROL+ENERGY REDUCTION

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(left) Exterior of the Eco-Atrium - North facing

(right) Interior of Eco Atrium - West facing

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Design a museum located in the arts district of Dallas, Texas showcasing all things related to acoustics and musical performance. Formal decisions were heavily guided by a series of moves reflecting off of the movement of sound as well as the abstraction of a violin and a facade treatment in response to musical sheet music. The museum is designed with acoustical experiences, putting the occupant in sensory conditions weighing primarily on auditory, but are also visually restricting to heighten acoustic awareness.

EXPLORATIONS

OBJECTIVE

“MUSIC IS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL AND THE SENSUAL LIFE.”

ACOUSTICS MUSEUM AND

Dallas, TX PERFORMANCE HALL

Large programInterior/exterior relationship

Private vs Public

Acoustics

Plans as art

Curvilinearity

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

CENTER FORdallas

ACOUSTICS

FORMAL CONCEPTION ORGANIZATION CIRCULATIONENTRY

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Planning of the building focused around a perimeter circulatory path of ramps, slowly revealing downtown Dallas and providing natural light through a paralleled density gradient of louvers and wall openings. Formal, material, and experiential decisions are all guided by musical instruments and acoustical properties, and the organization of the building is divided by audio-centric spaces.

Urban Integration Manipulated ViewsCONTEXT

Formal Decisions

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GALLERY

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W H I T E G L O S S F I N I S H E D P L A S T E RA L U M I N U M T R A C K S Y S T E M

P O W D E R C O A T E D A L U M I N U M C A P

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W H I T E E P D M M E M B R A N E

A L U M I N U M G U T T E RP L Y W O O D S H E A T H I N GA L U M I N U M L O U V E R S ( 2 I N C H X 8 I N C H ) A L U M I N U M S P I D E R C L A M P

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W H I T E G L O S S F I N I S H E D P L A S T E RA L U M I N U M T R A C K S Y S T E M

P O W D E R C O A T E D A L U M I N U M C A P

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A L U M I N U M G U T T E RP L Y W O O D S H E A T H I N GA L U M I N U M L O U V E R S ( 2 I N C H X 8 I N C H ) A L U M I N U M S P I D E R C L A M P

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W H I T E E P O X Y F L O O R

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R E D P O W D E R C O A T E D A L U M I N U M H A N D R A I L

R E D E P O X Y F L O O RA L U M I N U M L O U V E R S U P P O R T

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4 I N C H M E T A L D E C K I N GC A S T - I N - P L A C E C O N C R E T EG R A V E L

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The perimeter path of ramps, louvers, and wall openings provides a collage of calculated views towards key pieces of the Dallas urban landscape as well as allows filtered light into the building.

Perimeter CirculationSPATIAL PLANNING

Light Modulation

Indirect Light intothe Galleries

VIEWS

NATURAL LIGHT

Towards Arts District in Downtown Dallas

Diffused Light ontoperimeter ramps

NATURAL LIGHT

VIEWSChanging downtown views with a linear permieter progression

VIEWSUnresitrictedskyline views from a public rooftop

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AUDIAL INTENSITY+UBRAN INTEGRATIONwater passage

A play on elevation to gradually remove the city and submerge the occupant into a self reflective auditory experience. Placed at the corner of two busy streets, the passage is designed to be a regularly used alteration to the adjacent sidewalk.

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CAFE GALLERY

ACOUSTIC CHAMBER GALLERY

GALLERY

LOBBYPERFORMANCE HALL

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OFFICE

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LIBRARY

RAMP

GALLERY

COMPOSITIONAL EXTRACTION+INSTRUMENTAL ISOLATIONacoustic chambers

The chamber is an auditory experience meant to remove all but certain instruments in each of the four acoustically designed rooms. The linear progression takes occupants in and out of the central room (the song in its entirety), and into rooms of instrumental isolation. Five chambers provide for a variety of displays, the primary chamber extending from the ground floor up to the sky.

acoustic propertiesinstrumental isolationchamber plan: blues acoustic chamber gallery floor plan

blues song in full

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As a part of an internship at Jacobs Engineering and Architecture in Dallas, TX, I led a multi-disciplinary team of interns to design this hypothetical solution to the current disaster relief problem. Truck bed housing is a transportable, adaptable, and simple interlocking cubic combination designed to maximize spatial conservation and provide immediate relief.

EXPLORATIONS

OBJECTIVE

“I LONG, AS DOES EVERY HU-MAN BEING, TO BE AT HOME

WHEREVER I FIND MYSELF.”

INTERN DEVELOPMENT DISASTER RELIEF

Economic PlanningTransformation

Disaster Relief

Adaptation

Modularity

Practicality

MAYA ANGELOU

Dallas, TX

HOUSINGtruck bed

CollapsabilityTransformationEfficient Simplicity

ADAPTATION

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dining

sleeping

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As a design-build studio of 16, our goal was to formalize a local conservation area entryway into a concretized expression of rammed earth. As project architect, my role was to initially conceptualize the project through contextual and material studies, and later transitioned into a construction leader for the project.

The Field Station Gateway stands as a public expression of the institution’s identity. The project’s location is characterized by transition - an edge mediating between a native prairie to the west and deciduous woodlands spreading out east and south.

EXPLORATIONS

CollaborationSustainability

Rammed EarthConstruction

Contextual abstraction

OBJECTIVE

“IN ALL THINGS OF NATURE THERE IS SOMETHING OF THE MARVELOUS.”

PLATO

Lawrence, KS

RAMMED EARTH

STUDIOdirt works

design-build

PRARIE

CLAY / SAND / SHALE MIXTURE7% PORTLAND CEMENT

6-10 % MOISTURE CONTENT BLEND, APPLY PRESSURE

From the horizontality of the prairie to the verticality of the woodlands, a thick wedge-shaped rammed earth mass rises and thins as it establishes the

threshold through which one enters the tree-lined entry drive. Contextual ExpressionSustainability

TRANSITION- PRARIE TO FORREST

mixture content

7% FLY ASH

CHARRED CEDAR CAP REFURBISHED FARMER’S GATE

P R O C E S S

P R O D U C T

FORREST

foundation mix pour ram descend reveal

SITEGOLDWING ESTATES LOT 4

butte rd palmer, ak 99645

The project is the first rammed earth structure in Alaska. It is a collaboration between the Aleutian Housing Authority, Earth Dwell LLC, and West Virginia University’s rammed earth research department. The home has a passivhaus standard envelope with nearly no thermal bridging and walls of R value 40.

In an effort to quantifiably understand the performance of rammed earth, this prototype home is equipt with humidity, temperature, and energy monitors. Alaska’s severe climate provides radical temperature swings, ideal for research motives in understanding the performance of this material.

EXPLORATIONS

Collaboration

Sustainability

Rammed EarthConstruction

Climate

OBJECTIVE

Palmer, AKconstructionRAMMED EARTH

MEDIA“Ramming Alaska”_youtube.com

A short documentation I made for the project showcasing the construction experience.

PROTOTYPErammed earth

CONSTRUCTION PHASINGWeek 1: Wall G Week 2: Wall E Week 3: Wall B Week 4: Wall K Week 5: Wall A

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Week 5: Wall A Week 6: Wall I Week 7: Walls D+F Week 8: Walls H+J Week 9: Wall A+Window Sills

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Pushing the conventional ideas of hospitality outside of the typical realm of design. The annual design competition, Radical Innovation in Hospitality award, is open internationally to professionals and students. The Studio Pod develops a modular studio desk that transforms into a sleeping station. An arrangement of pods can suit settings from libraries to airports to the generic workplace. The Studio Pod combines ideas of work efficiency, simplicity, organization, versatility, and comfort into a practical way of considering the common cubicle.

EXPLORATIONS

OBJECTIVE

DESIGN COMPETITION LAS VEGAS, NV

WORK - LIVE - SLEEP

Industrial DesignSpatial Conservation

CustomizationOrganization

Community

ACCOLADE2013 Radical Innovation in Hospitality Competition: Student WinnerLive - Work - Sleep Presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium

WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR

“WE ARE SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON, AND OUR LIFE IS ROUNDED WITH A SLEEP.”

PODtheSTUDIO

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The Studio Pod features two interior working surfaces, split by function, one for digital and the other for the hand. The chair swivels between the two, as well as out onto an extruded platform, and transforms into a sleeping station. The interior is designed to maximize space usage and optimize customization, organization, and comfort.

Work - Live - Sleep Spatial ConservationOrganization

transform WORK TO SLEEP

modular units

BEDDING STORAGE

PERSONAL BELONGINGS

PHYSICAL WORKSPACE

DIGITALWORKSPACE

CHAIR TRACK

BALCONY

MODEL MATERIAL STORAGE

WASTE

OPEN SHELVING

DRAWINGUTENSILORGANIZATION

PRESENTATION SHELF

PresentationFOLDING DISPLAY SHELF

Pocket HandrailRECESSED LADDER

Finger Grooves

EfficiencyASSEMBLY / PACKAGING

COMMUNITY ELECTRIC NETWORK

TranslucentPhotovoltaicPanels

TranslucentPhotovoltaicPanels

Solar Energy Storage/

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KCAI Student Housing is a contextually designed revitalization of the current student housing. Through investigations of public and private space evolved the project’s concepts. A privacy hierarchy is defined through spatial separation planned to provide stepping stones for social engagement. Materiality is reflective of adjacent buildings, but contemporary adjustments were made to emphasize formal decisions as well as provide unique experiences.

EXPLORATIONS

OBJECTIVE

HIERARCHICAL SOLITUDE Kansas City, MO

Spatial hierarchyCommunity integration

MaterialityDaylightingSocial planning

“THE SUN NEVER KNEW HOW GREAT IT WAS UNTIL IT STRUCK THE SIDE OF A BUILDING.”

LOUIS KAHN

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Material StudiesCONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

Beginning with a study of concave and convex surfaces and how they react to light and sound, I associated their behaviors with the division of space; concave with private space and convex surfaces with public space. Material studies of high density foam, plaster and rubber to abstract the conceptual narrative ultimately lead to the buildings form.

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The wall must be reflective of the space which it defines, the body it defines for.

The wall as a formal representation of the conceptual narratives it speaks to.

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A gradual descending entry sequence pays respect to the existing site conditions and brings the occupant into the building through its core.

Spatial appropriationPRIVACY HIERARCHY The plan is the result of a modular “neighborhood” rotated around a central public union. Vaulted

ceilings of brick and wood provide a unique undulating circulatory experience, define space, and gently catch the rising and setting suns. Corbeled brick extrusions provide pockets of daylight and exterior views - a skyward focus.Social engagement

STUDENT UNION NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES COMMUNITYKITCHEN

CONNECTIONLOBBIES

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CORBELLED BUBBLE CONSTRUCTION

ORGANIZATION + DAYLIGHTING + VIEWS

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3” pre-cast concrete bubble

8” concrete hollow core slab

4” rigid insulation

air and weather barrier

2” steel plate1/2” wood finished trim

pre-cast concrete panel

2” concrete finish

vaulted reinforced brick ceiling

8” diameter round duct

double pane low-E glass

pre fab masonry bubble

Sleeping Pod Shared Living Space Neighborhood Communities

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3 SLEEPING PODS+1 SHARED LIVING SPACE+1 BATHROOMneighborhood

CORBELLED BUBBLE CONSTRUCTION

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ORGANIZATION + DAYLIGHTING + VIEWS

RESIDENTIAL LINK + COMMUNAL SPACEconnection lobbies

The two story connection lobby breaks up the building sectionally, and provides interaction points between

floors. The space also connects the student union with the residence hall, controlled by a key card access door.

A large skylight provides light to the entire space, but manipulates vantage points for unique experiences and

asserts an appreciation of scale.

SPACED BRICK CURTAIN

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UNIQUE TRANSITION + DAYLIGHT MANIPULATIONvertical circulation

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CENTRAL STAIR

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SPACED BRICK CURTAIN

PATIO+FIRE STAIR 02

SPACED BRICK CURTAIN

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