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Bay Street Arts InstituteCritic: HillSpring 2009

The Urban StitchCritic: WaltersFall 2009

City in TranslationCritic: WaltersFall 2009

Homage to Fort MatanzasCritic: MacLeodFall 2008

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Homage to Fort MatanzasCritic: MacLeodFall 2008

Stretch HouseCritic: MacLeodFall 2008

Surface SkateparkCritic: RonSpring 2009

The Traleving Wilburys’ Institute of Rock EducationCritic: KaraSpring 2008

Carving the Earth and SkyCritic: KaraSpring 2008

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C I T Y I N T R A N S L AT I O N New York City, NY Critic: Bradley Walters Design 7: Fall 2009 In collaboration with Chris Malcolm

New York, originally devised as an ideological ambition, was preoccupied with economical ef-

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a deterministic weed growing from the seemingly ceaseless cold sidewalks or dances how it is

The city of New York is home to two distinct inhabitants, namely the permanent and the tem-

of time as the temporary and the locals who are of the city, living and dwelling in it as the perma-The City folding into the hotel

Programmatic Diagram

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Circulation Public Spaces Facade Transparent Skin Structure

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We strove to capture this essence of New York in such a way that a hotel becomes the destination place instead of a transitory element to the desired

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the city, this skin is where these two people come together to communicate thus establishing

Grid folds up / Nodes extracted from city

Nodes translated into program / fed back into city and Tourists

Grid and Indeterminate Lobby

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Longitudinal SectionCross Section

Yoga Studio Digital Media Theater

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T H E U R B A N S T I T C H

Critic: Bradley Walters Design 7: Fall 2009 In collaboration with Chris Malcolm

UndergroundOpen spaceKnowledge

New York City is an eclectic place that has many important urban conditions but no clear

of the structures, the historical feel of the buildings, and the subterranean feel of the subway were the experiences we used to connect the various programmatic pieces we incorporated

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A loop of thread from a single pass or movement of the needle

SacredHistory

open spacesacredhistoryunderground

verticalityhistorysacred

knowledgehistoryunderground

knowledgeverticalityopen space

open spacehistoryunderground

Program and their relationships

sacredopen spacehistoryknowledge

knowledgeverticality

Verticality

Superimposition of 3 scales

Personal scale

Intermediate scale

Distant scale

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2 Entrance to bazaar

Film and Modern Arts Museum

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The split between the Film School and Theater frames the tower’s circulation

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Bazaar

Groundscape

Circulation pods

and theater

Bookstore and Library

Reading area

Retail

Envelope

Walkway from bookstore to retail

Residential towers

Walkway to

Film and Modern Art Museum

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Diagrams of Movement and Screen

R A I N + S C R E E N D E V I C E Philadelphia Alley, Charleston, SC Critic: Rocke Hill Design 6: Spring 2009

Pipe system

Overhead

Structural beams

Articulated ground

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primary paths of movement are the main streets followed by a more intimate, slower path composed

The insertion in Philadelphia alleys addresses this rhythmic movement underlying the city while also

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Location map

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B AY S T R E E T A R T S I N S T I T U T E Charleston, SC Critic: Rocke Hill Design 6: Spring 2009

Facade analysis

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The Bay Street Art Institute is a place where artists from different disciplines can work and collaborate to share their abilities

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Site Plan Level 1

Library

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Structure

Circulation

Envelope

Light Wells

Groundscape

Level 2 Level 3

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The historic Fort Matanzas in an important heritage site located on the coastline of Saint Augustine,

system to guard against attackers that perched in

On the same inlet as the fort is the compound that hous-es a museum and educational facilities functioning to teach students and the public the historical content of the fort, as well as exhibiting artifacts that relate to the

but to humbly serve the fort by facilitation classroom and exhibits spaces that would be used for educational pur-

The gestural form the compound obtained came from a series of diagrammatical studies on the

and views to ultimately generate what became the

Elements from the site

HOMAGE TO FORT MATANZAS

Critic: Robert MacLeod Design 5: Fall 2008

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Section through main auditorium

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Longitudinal Section

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Eastern Facade

Western Facade

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S T R E T C H H O U S E Gainesville, FL Critic: Robert MacLeod Design 5: Fall 2008

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Located in the heart of Gainesville, Florida, the Hog-town Creek winds its way through the city, creating

The Stretch House sits in such a location, which blends itself into the natural environment, creating

house stretches itself cantilevering into the land-scape on its western side, while on the eastern

gestures become the icon of the house: an interior-

Due the pleasant climate of northern Florida, the Stretch House takes advantage and opens itself to the natural environment visually, tectonically and

On the site, the Hogtown Creek acts like an anchor

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comes an extension of the existing trails that wind through the site, creating an approach that effort-lessly acts as an expansion from the natural to the

Elements taken from the site

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Approach

Longitudinal Section

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Cross Section

Western Facade

The house is also extremely po-rous, opening itself to certain views and allowing sunlight to

-ing this porosity quality to it, the Stretch House creates a relation-ship from the outside in through light entering and inside out

seems to blend into the land-scape from the exterior but at the same time hold its presence from

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Points taken from negative space Zones from points Hand Traced points

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SURFACE SKATEPARK Critic: Ruth Ron Design 6: Spring 2009

Sheared points vertically Manipulated surfaces Extruded surfaces

Beginning with a two-dimensional image, a series of points were selected along its

was then manipulated by choreographing various parts of it vertically with the central

Grinding surfaces

Riding surface

Railing

Walking surface

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D O O R W I N D O W S TA I R

Design 3: Fall 2007

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D O O R W I N D O W S TA I R

Design 3: Fall 2007

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Sketch analyzing the human scale

Drawing of Cartesian cross un-derstanding space in three dimensions

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The way a person moves through space is an integral part of the

-ing of space in multiple directions then evolves by incorporating a

became central, as well as how the human scale interacts with a

The circulatory movement of the human body then intertwines these

within it there are created moments of viewing, as well as thresholds

Sketch modelPreliminary sketches of the model

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THE TRAVELING WILBURYS’ INSTITUTE OF ROCK EDUCATION Critic: Levent Kara Design 4: Spring 2008

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series of pods hold different programmatic pieces within themselves and its circulation links itself

pods are linked through vertical spaces that move uninterrupted unifying different programmatic

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This process ultimately lead into a model that contained a satellite moment that radiated

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it, large open spaces serve communal areas where the land artists and archeologists

C A R V I N G T H E E A R T H A N D S K Y Critic: Levent Kara Design 4: Spring 2008

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Diagrams that developed from image belowFrom the diagrams on the right, a model developed with a satellite moment that extends from a mother ship

Watercolor drawing analyzing heat, wind, and horizon

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Longitudinal section through the model seeing the overhang and the Sacred Space emerging from the ground

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