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Historical Society: Rare Books Addition Graduate Work

collabriTORIUM Graduate Work

Auditorium Re:Design Graduate Work

Graham Foundation Re:Location Undergraduate Work

Gateway Fitness Center Undergraduate Work

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This graduate project is an addition to house the rare books collection of the Milwaukee Historical Society. The addition is phyiscally a seperate building therefore it needed to establish it’s own identity, yet still maintain a connection back to the existing historical structure.

The design was conceived as two interacting volumes. The glass volume, housing the reading room, rotates out of the wood wrapped solid volume that houses the rare books collection. This geometry, along with the ex-isting building, help define the outdoor space of Pere Marquette and maintain the street edge.

Milwaukee Historical Society : Rare Books AdditionGraduate Work : Professor Jim Shields

Since this was a graduate level comprehensive studio, we were required take the project through each phase of design from schematic design through construction documents. We were also given requrements for construction methods, depending on cost and square footage , and asked to consider a strategy for dealing with the sun.

The solid volume is site cast concrete that is wrapped in IPE that continues into the building. This mainains continuity from outside to inside while providing a seperation between the collection and reading room.

The glass volume is constructed with a Truss Wall system, motor-ized Mecho shades, and a translucent glass ceiling. The idea of the glass volume continues down to the human scale, with specially designed tempered glass bookshelves.

FIRST FLOOR

STREET ELEVATION

SECOND FLOOR

PARAPET DETAILGROUND DETAILCORNER DETAIL

TRANSVERSE SECTION

For years, the Graham Foundation has catered solely to the architecture community, but now they want to open their doors and connect with the general public. This group project focused on the relocation of the Graham Foundation into the Rookery Building in Chicago, Illinois and it’s connection to the community.

The design is centered around two main focal points. A large wall that cuts through the floor plane, which orga-nizes the private functions of the foundation. The second focal point is a suspended, free form object that acts as a beacon for knowledge to the community. It houses a library and lecture hall within it’s walls and marks a public gallery below.

Graham Foundation Re:LocationUndergraduate Work : Professor Neil Frankel

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C O M M U N I C A T E

C H A L L E N G E

C H A N G E

Auditorium Re : DesignGraduate Work : Professor Jeffery Ollswang

This project was a re-design of a lecture hall in UW-M’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning building. The goal was to improve the lighting and acoustics of the lecture hall, while creating a stimulating learning environment. Each team was to specify specific lighting fixtures based upon their desired light-ing design and photometrics, while integrating materials to achieve desired acoustic levels.

The focal point of the auditorium was a red undulating ceiling that added drama and interest to the room. Spot lighting was interspersed within the ceiling to add drama before a lecture but could be dimmed during class. Spot lighting was also used in the front of the lecture hall to draw the eye forward. The rest of the project took advantage of indirect lighting through wall washes and up lighting in the rear of the auditorium.

CEILING DETAIL

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

REFLECTED CEILING PLAN AUDITORIUM PLAN TRANSVERSE SECTION

collabriTORIUMGraduate Work : Professor Grace La

In this group project, we were asked to explore the future pos-sibilities of theater and performance. Since the project is located on the UW-M campus, our group came up with the idea of a “col-labritorium”. A facility where different departments can come together to collaborate in the production of their own unique “performance.”

To assist the students and faculty in this process, the collabrito-rium would provide an array of spaces to aid in the process and production of the final performance. The building houses a large interactive theater, a black box theater, collaboration rooms, cafe, and multiple exterior performance spaces. In a larger sense, the building also helps define a quad where students can gather to share their ideas and interests.

LOWER LEVEL FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR

Gateway Fitness CenterUndergraduate Work : Professor Brian Peterson

Health clubs have come to serve the social and psy-chological needs of a community over the past few years. They have become places of social interaction and not just a place for a great work-out. They have also become centers for mind-body wellness recog-nizing the importance of this connection.

The Gateway Fitness Center contains the tradition spaces to exercise, swim, and participate in various sports but it also embodies the spirit of the mod-ern health club. It provides such amenities as a rock climbing wall, internet cafe, health store, juice bar, and a seperate spa retreat. A ramp connects the fit-ness center to the bike path below recognizing the connection of city, ftiness center, and daily activity.

LOWER LEVEL FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

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