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TODD JOSEPH GRACI STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO

UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIOFALL 2006 - FALL 2009

BUFFALO SCALEDIntructors: Beth Tauke and Mike Zebrowski

TA: James Teese Jr.Fall 2006

SECOND SKINIntructors: Joyce Hwang and Mike Zebrowski

TA: Matt HumeSpring 2007

MEDIATING VISIONIntructors: Joyce Hwang and Mike Zebrowski


DOUBLE TAKE: A HOUSE FOR TWINSIntructors: Joyce Hwang and Mike Zebrowski


FORTIFICATIONSCoordinator: Mehrdad Hadighi

Instructor: Dennis MaherFall 2007

BASIC FORMS: SPHERESCoordinator: Sergio Lpez-Pieiro

Instructor: James LowderSpring 2008

TEXTILE PROJECTIONCoordinator: Kenneth Mackay

Instructor: Israel LowryFall 2008

LABORATORY FOR EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS Coordinator: Omar Khan

Instructor: Peter StecSpring 2009

DEN[CITY]COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO

Instructor: Annette LeCuyerFall 2009

SEMESTER 1 PROJECT 1BUFFALO SCALED

The telephone book is a utilitarian and cultural artifact that can be read in many ways. It is a physical object with size, mass, material properties, and structural / construction systems that allow it to open / close and take a variety of positions. It is information about a place, its residences, businesses and institutions, and its streets and addresses. It is a system of organization that uses several ordering methods (alphabetization, subject headings, color coding, and location) to establish multiple modes of understanding and access. Certainly, the telephone book is a reference to the city, and might even be thought of as a condensed version of it. Its presence as both a physical object and a reference to a larger location offers rich possibilities as an architectural site.

The Buffalo Scaled project used the Buffalo and Erie County Telephone Book as a site, a site that contains a compressed version of the city and its surroundings. Students began by focusing on the primary structuring element of the phone book - the white pages and yellow pages. Each developed constructions for an individual residence from the white pages and a business from the yellow pages, and established an architectural relationship between the two.

Intructors: Beth Tauke and Mike ZebrowskiTA: James Teese Jr.Fall 2006

Multi-View Drawing of Phone Book Site Isometric Drawing of Phone Book Site

Excavated Phone Book Site

Foundation and Framing

Construction Models

Massing Models

Tonal Section

SEMESTER 2 PROJECT 1SECOND SKIN

Second Skin was an investigation in constructing relationships between architecture and the human body through built form. Initially, the possibilities of indexing the body through a process of folding planar material were explored. In translating scaled models to full-scale constructions, students were able to test hypotheses relative to structure, inhabitation experience and performance. Students were asked to work in pairs, emphasizing the deliberate choreography between two occupants.

Intructors: Joyce Hwang and Mike ZebrowskiTA: Matt HumeSpring 2007Partner: Jordan Plyler

Position to Accomodate

Accomodation Study Model

Partners Accomodation Study Model Innitial Collaboration Study Model

Full-Scale Construciton

CONCEPT

AS THE POSITON OF THE OCCUPANTS LOWER OCCUPANT CHANGES THE POSITIONS OF THE APPARATUS CHANGES.

AS A RESULT, THE POSTION OF THE STANDING OCCUPANT IS CHANGED TO SITTING.

THE APPARATUS IS A MEDIATION BETWEEN THE TWO OCCUPANTS, REGISTERING THIER POSITIONING IN BOTH TIME AND SPACE.

POSITION OF APPARATUS OVER TIME

SEMESTER 2 PROJECT 2MEDIATING VISION

In automobile design, a system of three well-placed mirrors allows the vehicles operator to see / capture multiple views simultaneously. The perceptual space of the driver therefore included not only the space in front of the windshield, but also the spaces behind and adjacent to the car.

The arrangement of mirrors and their relationship with the human body are of critical importance in optimizing or enhancing ones vision from a specific location in space. This form of mediation also creates a disjunctive, fragmented space, first, by collapsing multiple views into a singe frame and second, by excluding specific views from the drivers scope of perception.

Using Parker Hall as a site, through processes of photographing and drawing, the possiblility of reconstructing the space of Parker was achieved.

Intructors: Joyce Hwang and Mike ZebrowskiTA: Matt Hume Spring 2007

Image of Original Space Plan and Sections of Original Space

Perspective of Original Space

Mediating Apparatus

Image of Space After Visual Mediation

Plan and Section of Mediated Space Architectural Interpretation of Mediated Space

Perspective of Mediated Space

SEMESTER 2 PROJECT 3DOUBLE TAKE: A HOUSE FOR TWINS

The presence of identical twins often produces a double take. While we comprehend and believe in the seeming immaculacy of natural human processes (i.e. reproduction), we also understand that the very existence of twins stands as evidence of anomalies in the process of reproduction.

Double Take: A House for Twins was an exploration into architectural concepts and tectonics derived from the dual logics of twinning, to list a few: twoness, the double, the other, mirroring, etc. This investigation took form through the development of a House for a specified pair of Identical Twins as its inhabitants. Through this project, students were confronted with the task of strategically staging relationships between two human individuals.

Intructors: Joyce Hwang and Mike ZebrowskiTA: Matt HumeSpring 2007

Axonometirc Diagram Shifting Orientation of Framewook and Resulting Form

Study Model of Framwork and Resulting Form

Section and Isometric Section

Exterior Perspective

Interior Perspective

SEMESTER 3 FORTIFICATIONS

The second year of the University at Buffalos Architecture curriculum was constructed around the principles of designing and constructing buildings. One of the methods utilized to explore these principles was the analysis of precedents as a tool for analyzing and understanding the construction of buildings.

FORTIFICATIONS was a semester-long projects based on the analysis of precedents.

The work of the semester was based on speculating the architectural innovations, situational principles, material properties, and spatial and formal attributes of historic structures and their contemporary possibilities. The semester began with an in-depth analysis of Fornications and continued with their transformations into contemporary structures.

Coordinator: Mehrdad HadighiInstructor: Dennis MaherFall 2007

CASE STUDY: BUNKER VALENTINWHERE: A PLACE CALLED FARGE ALONG THE RIVER WESER NEAR THE CITY OF BREMEN,GERMANY

WHEN: 1943-1945

WHO: ORGANIZATION TODT (UNDER ADOLF HITLER), FORECED LABOR (FRENCH, POLISH, AND RUSSIAN)

WHAT: AN ASSEMBLY FACTORY OF TYPE XXI SUBMARINES

WHY: BOMB ATTACKS REDUCED PRODUCTION OF OPEN SHIP YARDS; VALENTIN WAS BUILT AS A BOMB-SAFE SHIPYARD

FORTIFICATIONLENGTH: 426 mWIDTH: 94 mHIGHT: 42m

WALL THICKNESS: 4.57 mROOF THICKNESS: 7.5 m

35,000 SQUARE METERS OF GROUND5,200,000 CUBIC METERS OF SPACE500,000 CUBIC METERS OF CEMENT

220,000 TONS OF CEMENT27,000 TONS OF STEEL

CONCEPT:

SOLID AND VOID AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEY HAVE ON PROGRAM AND CIRCULATION. SOLID AND VOID WORKING AT DIFFERENT SCALES AND THESE SCALES SUPPORTING SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

MOVEMENT THROUGH AND AROUND, IN AND OUT, OF SOLIDS AND VOIDS AS AN ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE.

PRECEDENT

THESE CONCEPTUAL MODELS EXPERIMENTED WITH THE CONCEPT OF SOLID AND VOID; THE MOVEMENT THROUGH AND AROUND SOLIDS AND VOIDES AS WELL AS THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO.

MODEL OF THEATRE SPACE WITHIN THE PROPOSAL

PLAN AND SECTION OF THEATRE SPACE WITHIN THE PROPOSAL

SECTIONS AND MATERIAL STUDY MODELS

SEMESTER 4BASIC FORMS: SPHERES

The second year of the University at Buffalos Architecture curriculum was constructed around the principles of designing and constructing buildings. One of the methods utilized to explore these principles was the analysis of precedents as a tool for analyzing and understanding the construction of buildings.

SPHERES was a semester long project dedicated to the of the sphere as a formal , programmatic, organizational, and symbolic archetype. the design methodology was divided into two interrelated phases. First, an initial analysis of architectural precedents was used as a way of uncovering architectural principles. the second phase used these principles and strategies to propose new architecture. the process was reapeaed twice, for two sphere proposals.

SPRING 2008COORDINATOR: SERGIO LPEZ- PIEIROINSTRUCTOR: JIM LOWDER

PRECEDENTS

REPUBLIC OF KUGELMUGEL(1984, Edwin Lipburger)

MAPPARIUM (1935, Chester Lindsay Churchill)

CENOTAPH FOR NEWTON (1784, Etienne-Louis Boulle)

ROTATION HOUSE (1993, Arkawa and Gins)

ROTATION HOUSE

SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION (1920, Rodchenko)

REPUBLIC OF KUGELMUGEL MAPPARIUM

SPHERE 1

SPHERE 2

CENOTAPH FOR NEWTON

SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION

ROTATION HOUSE

CONCEPTS:

LINEAR CONTRUCTION TYPE AND MATERAL PRODUCING NONLINEAR FORMS AND SPACES

SURFACE ARTICULATION TO PRODUCE SPATIAL AND TECTONIC LIGIC

DIAGRAMATIC PLAN(DETAILED VIEW STATION POINTS)

CINEMA

DISCO

POOL

MONOTHEISTIC SPACE

POLYTHEISTIC SPACE

GNOSTIC SPACE

VIEW 4

VIEW 5VIEW 1

DETAILED VIEW 1

DETAILED VIEW 4

DETAILED VIEW 5

SEMESTER 5TEXTILE PROJECTION

The production of textiles among the oldest known manufacturing processes. The third year of the University at Buffalos Architecture program began with the research and acquisition of a manufactured textile sheet.

The research consisted of analyzing the elements which made up the pattern of the textile and how those elements could be projected into three dimensions to create spatial enclosure. A three-dimensional model based upon this analysis was constructed and this model became the foundation of the semester project; TEXTIAL PROJECTION.

FALL 2008COORDINATOR: KENNETH MACKAYINSTRUCTOR: ISRAEL LOWRY

TEXTILE AND PATTERN STUDY

PATTERN STUDY MODELS

PATTERN DRAWING

PATTERN MODEL DRAWING

ORIGINAL PATTERN MODEL

PATTERN MODEL WITH LIGHTBULB

VENTILATION

CONDITIONEDAIR

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

NATURAL LIGHT WATER

SYSTEMS MODEL AND DIAGRAMS

SITE ANALYSISNIAGARA DISCOVERY CENTER

NIAGARA FALLS, NY

WIND DIRECTION SUNPATH VEHICLE CIRCULATION

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

LEGEND

PATTERN PLACEMENT AND SITEPLAN

CONCEPTS:

FOLDING OF PATTERN ELEMENTS TO CREATE A R C H I T E C T U R A L UNIQUE SPACES

SPEADING OF PATTERN ACCROSS SITE IN THE HORIZONTAL PLAN AS WELL AS THE VERTICAL PLAN

INCOMPLETNESS OF PATTERN RESULTS IN OPEN SPACE, FORCING INTERACTION WITH THE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT

BLUR BETWEEN INTERIOR SPACE AND EXTERIOR SPACE

SEMESTER 6LABORATORY FOR EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS

The program for the Junior Design Studio was a Laboratory for Evolutionary Systems that was to be modeled on the research mission of the Santa Fe Institute. The laboratory provided a useful program to study how specialized scientific practices, technologies, and building systems could be organized to create an integrated architecture.

We began the semester by examining organizational principles- both architectural and scientific- to develop models that helped us understand the dynamic relationship between space, program and people. The architectural principle that we interrogated was Louis Kahns concept of servant/served spaces. Kahn used this principle to design both his seminal laboratories, the Richards Medical Research Building (1952-57) and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1959-66). In addition we looked at evolutionary models derived from biology, including cellular automata, genetic algorithms, L-systems, neural networks, boolean networks, autopoesis and self-organization to understand how complex relations between parts and wholes could emerge.

SPRING 2009COORDINATOR: OMAR KHANINSTRUCTOR: PETER STEC

PRECEDENT STUDY

BARCELONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PARK

MENGER SPONGE ANALYSIS

MEGNER SPONGE WITH PROGRAM ANALYSIS

POSSIBLE BUILDING WITH PROGRAM

STUDY MODEL IMAGES

PROGRAM ORGANIZATION STUDIES

PROGRAM OCCUPANCY STUDY

PROGRAM MAINTENANCE / TIME STUDY

PROGRAM LIGHT SENSITIVITY STUDY

FINAL PROPOSAL PROGRAM ORGANIZATION

SEMESTER 7DEN[CITY]COMPREHENSIVE STUDIOMIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

The city is perhaps the richest, most complex artifact of human culture; it is also a living organism. Becuase of its collective character, one of the challenges of the city is the balance between the public and private realms, an issue that becomes central in the design of urban housing.

Den[city] was a semester long comprehensive architectural design project of a mixed-use urban scheme The scheme included housing, a public or semi-public funtion and parking. Through the project, the aesthetic, technical, social and environmental aspects of design were engaged. Matters ranging from the scale of the city to the tectonic detail were primary considerations.

FALL 2009COORDINATOR: ANNETTE LeCUYER

URBAN FORMPRECEDENT STUDY:RUE DES SUISSES, HERZOG + de MEURON, PARIS 1996-200

- CONTRAST OF URBAN FORM VS. RURAL FORM- UNDULATION IN PLAN AND SECTION- ACTIVE FACADE- INFILL BUILDINGS AND OBJECT BUILDING- INTERIOR COURTYARD

COURTYARD

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS / CIRCULATION

RURAL FORM

VEHICLE ACCESS

UNDULATION IN PLAN

UNDULATION IN SECTION

A - URBAN APARTMENTS (SINGLE OR DOUBLE)

B - RURAL APARTMENTS (FAMILY SIZE)

C - RURAL COTAGES (INDIVIDUAL SECLUSION)

1A

1A

8A

5A

7A6A

1B

6B

2B

7B

3B

8B

4B

9B

5B

10B

1C 1C

2A

4A 5A

3A

SITE PLAN

CONCEPTUAL CORE DIAGRAMTYPICAL RESIDENTIAL TOWER

DISSEMINATION OF THE BUILDING CORE

BUILDING COREVERTICAL CIRULATION

VERTICAL SERVICES

SERVICE SPACES AROUND CORE

(KITCHENS, BATHROOMS,UTILITY ROOMS)

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

NEW BUILDING

CORE

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION(SKIP STOP)

LIVING SPACES AROUND SERVICE SPACES

(BEDROOMS, LIVING AREAS,)

BUILDING SPACESBREAKDOWN

SERVICE SPACES AROUNDHORIZONTAL CIRCULATION

(SKIP STOP)

LIVING SPACES MOVE ABOVE OR BELOW SERVICE

SPACES

NEW BUILDING

CORE

SERVICE SPACES(KITCHEN, BATHROOMS,

LIVING ROOMS)

LIVING SPACES(BEDROOMS, LIVING

AREAS)

PARKING / BASEMENT(-510)

FITNESS CENTER / RESIDENTIAL LOBYGROUND FLOOR (+510)

SCHEME DESIGN PLANS AND BUILDING SECTION

FITNESS CENTER / RESIDENTIAL LOBYFLOOR 2 (+176)

BUILDING SECTION

FLOOR 3 - RESIDENTIAL(+292)


SCHEME DESIGN PLANS AND BUILDING SECTION


BUILDING SECTION

UNIT PLANS AND AGGREGATION

4 BEDROOM UNIT(2,100 SQ. FT.)

STUDIO UNIT(580 SQ. FT.)



6 STUDIO UNITS

3 TWO BEDROOM UNITS6 THREE BEDROOM UNITS3 FOUR BEDROOM UNITS

3 TWO BEDROOM UNITS3 THREE BEDROOM UNITS

SECTION / ELEVATION STUDY

Noncombustible

1-Hour Unprotected3- Hour

Type I-A

SprUHUH

UH

UH UH

UHUHUHUH

60 180 60 85 60 70 50Spr Spr Spr Spr Spr Spr Spr

Type I-B Type II-A Type II-B

2-Hour

1 96,000

72,000

2 144,0003 216,0004 216,000

24,000

24,000

48,00072,00096,000

64,000

48,000

96,000144,000144,000

16,000

16,000

32,00048,00064,000

56

789

101112UH

216,000 144,000

Area and Height Limitations/Type of Construction

R-2

Occupancy Group

Fire Rating Maximum oor area

Maximum height

Material

S-2Parking Garages

Assembly, IndoorA-4

A-5Assembly, Outdoor

2 HR 57000 75 ft Reinforced Concrete

Reinforced Concrete

Structural Steel

Reinforced Concrete2 HR UA

UA

UA

60

Unprotected

Unprotected

75 ft

UH

(feet squared)

Occupancy groups + means of egress

R-2

Occupancy Group

Occupancy Load

Maximum oor area

Number of occupants

Number of egress staris

Stair Width

Smokeproof Staris

SprinkelersMaximumtravel distance

S-2Parking Garages

Assembly, IndoorA-4


200 2176 136 2 44 No Yes 250

200 12000 60 NA NA NA Yes 250

50 6800 136 2 44 No Yes 75

50 6600 132 2 44 No Yes 75

(feet squared) (feet squared) (feet squared) (inches) (feet)

PARKING / BASEMENT (-510)

LIFE SAFETY: OCCUPANCY GROUPS AND FIRE RATED CONSTRUCTION

Noncombustible

1-Hour Unprotected3- Hour

Type I-A

SprUHUH

UH

UH UH

UHUHUHUH

60 180 60 85 60 70 50Spr Spr Spr Spr Spr Spr Spr

Type I-B Type II-A Type II-B

2-Hour

1 96,000

72,000

2 144,0003 216,0004 216,000

24,000

24,000

48,00072,00096,000

64,000

48,000

96,000144,000144,000

16,000

16,000

32,00048,00064,000

56

789

101112UH

216,000 144,000

Area and Height Limitations/Type of Construction

R-2

Occupancy Group

Fire Rating Maximum oor area

Maximum height

Material

S-2Parking Garages

Assembly, IndoorA-4


2 HR 57000 75 ft Reinforced Concrete

Reinforced Concrete

Structural Steel

Reinforced Concrete2 HR UA

UA

UA

60

Unprotected

Unprotected

75 ft

UH

(feet squared)

Occupancy groups + means of egress

R-2

Occupancy Group

Occupancy Load

Maximum oor area

Number of occupants

Number of egress staris

Stair Width

Smokeproof Staris

SprinkelersMaximumtravel distance

S-2Parking Garages

Assembly, IndoorA-4


200 2176 136 2 44 No Yes 250

200 12000 60 NA NA NA Yes 250

50 6800 136 2 44 No Yes 75

50 6600 132 2 44 No Yes 75

(feet squared) (feet squared) (feet squared) (inches) (feet)

BUILDING SECTIONFLOOR 4 - RESIDENTIAL(+4010)

2 HR FIRE RATED STRUCTURAL WALLS

1 HR FIRE RATED ROOF

2 HR FIRE RATED FLOORS

3 HR FIRE RATED PARKING STRUCTURE

1 HR FIRE RATED WALLS

RESIDENTIAL UNITS AREAS OF REFUGE ESCAPE STAIRS EGGRESS CORRIDOR (44 WIDTH) FITNESS CENTER RESIDENTIAL LOBY

FITNESS CENTER / RESIDENTIAL LOBY GROUND FLOOR (+510)


RESIDENTIAL UNITS AREAS OF REFUGE ESCAPE STAIRS EGGRESS CORRIDOR (44 WIDTH) FITNESS CENTER RESIDENTIAL LOBY


LIFE SAFETY: MEANS OF EGRESS

ACCESSIBLE ELEVATORS

AREAS OF REFUGE

5 FT. TURNING SPACE ESCAPE STAIRS

ACCESSIBLE UNITS EGGRESS CORRIDOR (44 WIDTH)

PARKING / BASEBMENT LEVEL ACCESSIBILITY

-Elevator 1 - 7 x 7-Elevator 2 (Freight) -12 x 7

-4 Standard Accessible Parking Spaces-1 Van Accessible Parking Space

FITNESS CENTER / RESIDENTIAL LOBY LEVEL ACCESSIBILITY

-Elevator 1 - 7 x 7-Elevator 2 (Freight) -12 x 7-Elevator 3 (Fitness Center) - 7 x 7

FITNESS CENTER / RESIDENTIAL LOBY GROUND FLOOR (+510)


ACCESSIBLE ELEVATORS

AREAS OF REFUGE

5 FT. TURNING SPACE ESCAPE STAIRS

ACCESSIBLE UNITS EGGRESS CORRIDOR (44 WIDTH)

ACCESSABILITY

FITNESS CENTER / RESIDENTIAL LOBY LEVEL ACCESSIBILITY

-2 Residential Accessible Entrances-1 Fitness Center Accessible Entrance

-All fitness areas and privite fitness rooms are fully accessible via a 36 path or elevator

FLOOR 2 - FITNESS CENTER / RESIDENTIAL LOBY(+176)


SITE CAST CONCRETE FLOORS SITE CAST CONCRETE BEAMS

PILES

STEEL COLUMNS

PILE CAPS

LOAD BEARING WALLS

SHEAR WALLS

SITECAST CONCRETE COLUMNS DIAGONAL BRACING

PRE-FAB STEEL STRUCTURE



STRUCTURE

SITE CAST CONCRETE FLOORS SITE CAST CONCRETE BEAMS

PILES

STEEL COLUMNS

PILE CAPS

LOAD BEARING WALLS

SHEAR WALLS

SITECAST CONCRETE COLUMNS DIAGONAL BRACING

PRE-FAB STEEL STRUCTURE

INDIVIDUAL UNITS

AIR IN (CEILING)

AIR OUT (CEILING)

HEAT PUMPS

FITNESS CENTER (AIR CONDITIONED SPACE)

RESIDENTIAL LOBY (AIR CONDITIONED SPACE)

MECHANICAL SERVICE ROOMS AND CHASES

GEOTHERMAL WELLS (15 FT. GRID)

CLOSED LOOP RADIANT HEATING (FLOOR)

BUILDING SERVICES: HVAC + PLUMBING

Geothermal Well placed beneath parking stucture supply the heat pumps.

Parking Gargae is open at ground level for natural ventilation.

Radiant Heating Tubes set in floor topping.

Fed by heat pumps located in each unit.

No Air Conditioning within Residential Units

INDIVIDUAL UNITS

AIR IN (CEILING)

AIR OUT (CEILING)

HEAT PUMPS

FITNESS CENTER (AIR CONDITIONED SPACE)

RESIDENTIAL LOBY (AIR CONDITIONED SPACE)

MECHANICAL SERVICE ROOMS AND CHASES

GEOTHERMAL WELLS (15 FT. GRID)

CLOSED LOOP RADIANT HEATING (FLOOR)

SUNPATH STUDY

SOLAR SHADING

SOLAR SHADING

DENSITY

1 SUBURBAN UNITON 1 ACRE

CROSS VETILATIONIN EACH UNIT

24 URBAN UNITSONE 1/2 ACRE

RECYCLED FLYASH AGGREGATE IN SITECAST CONCRETE

TERA COTTA RAIN SCREEN

PASSIVE SOLAR SHADING

SUSTAINABLILITY

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