architecture portfolio 2014
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URBAN HOUSING
My building, situated in the middle of the site, faces directly onto two larger urban pockets. The portion facing onto the northern urban pocket has commercial and retail space. The portion facing onto the southern ur-ban pocket has access to live/work spaces, and an entry ramp onto the raised green courtyard within the apartment complex. My design strat-egy is centered around creating the feeling of a woodland within Berlin’s urban context, alluding to Germany’s own southern forests.
There are several aspects of my sus-tainable strategy, however the largest is the use of massive timber construc-tion. The building, which is five stories tall in the front, and four stories tall in the back, is made entirely out of environmentally friendly wood. The large courtyard between these two apartment blocks is filled with plant-ings and trees. The two roof surfaces are topped with a solar panels and a community garden for apartment residents. There is also a bike storage room situated on the ground level beneath the entrance ramp into the courtyard. The building overall has a social sustainability aspect, with en-trances to all apartments facing out onto an exterior circulation system. The elevator, not regularly used, is a platform which when added to the floor’s circulation creates an outdoor gathering space
Existing Conditions Proposed Conditions
Berlin, Germany
A B C D
Level 0
A B C D E F
A B C D
E H
DOWN
DOWN
DOWN
Level 1
L
KI
J
M N
DOWN
Level 4
Ground FloorTree Planters
Level 0
Trunk location
Level 1 Level 4
Tree Canopy
North Side Street Elevation
work space
bed/other
down
up
bed/other bed/other
living
kitchen
workspace
down
down
bed/other
bed/otherbed/other
living
kitchen
workspacerrre
up
down
ResourceRecycling
Harvesting
Plantation
Cultivation
Transporation
Construction
Waste Materiall
Recycled Material
Construction
Wood Chip Fuel
Facade Detail
Apartment Configurations
Circulation Parti Roof Surface Parti
Sample Apartments
North Side Elevation
Section A
Section B
R p (
North Block14 Apartments
South Block10 Apartments
Commercial/ Retail Space, 1200 sq meters
Section A
Section B
Facade Detail
VISUAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
My Visual Arts School reveals the art school program-ming to the inside of the site, and within the building itself. It presents a cellular casing to the exterior edges of the site. The arts programing, in contrast to the compart-mentalized outside, is read as individual floating volumes within the school. The volumes create subsequent spaces beneath their mass, and also usable space on their tops. The volumes break out of the implied grid created on the buildings boundaries, making them a prominent feature. This hierarchy creates an environment where creativity and distinct character are valued.
South EndBoston, MA
UP
UP
UP
Section A
Section B
First Floor
UP
UP
DOWN
UP
Second Floor
DOWN
DOWN
Third Floor
Elevation From Shawmut
Section A
Section B
Third Floor
Perspective from Riverside Drive
Perspective from Deck
7'-4
"21
'-6”
Elevation North
Elevation South Elevation East
Elevation West
Section A
T.O. Parapet+ 1998’2”
500 Year Flood Elevation+ 1984’-0”
Main F.F.+1976’-8”
Grade at SW Corner+1970’-0”
Column- Brick
Column- Steel
Column- Steel
Column- Gluelam Beam
Deck- Concrete
Railing- Gluelam Beam
Railing- Steel
DN2’-8”
DN
3’-3”
RIVE
RSID
E D
RIVE
OFFICE OFFICE
MEETING ROOM
RIVERSIDE REDEVELOPMENT
Perspective from Riverside Drive
Perspective from Deck
7'-4
"21
'-6”
Elevation North
Elevation South Elevation East
Elevation West
Section A
T.O. Parapet+ 1998’2”
500 Year Flood Elevation+ 1984’-0”
Main F.F.+1976’-8”
Grade at SW Corner+1970’-0”
Column- Brick
Column- Steel
Column- Steel
Column- Gluelam Beam
Deck- Concrete
Railing- Gluelam Beam
Railing- Steel
DN2’-8”
DN
3’-3”
RIVE
RSID
E D
RIVE
OFFICE OFFICE
MEETING ROOM
This site, located within the flood zone of the French Broad river, is being developed into an outdoor activities center. This building, originally part of a larger industrial complex, also lays directly over an active tributary. The main electrical and plumbing systems are built within a seal able portion of the building, to withstand flood damage. The remainder or the building is light partition walls attached to the trusses, which can be relocated, removed, or replaced due to the current demands of the building..
Asheville, NC
1900 1925
1975 Current
1875
1950
Massachusetts Avenue is a defining feature of the Boston urban area. It is a major transpor-tation road and is used as a way finding de-vice within the city. Because of its prominent state, and its passage through many different areas, the road takes on several different personalities along its extensive route. This can be seen and observed most visibly in the materiality shift from the 1960’s work done by I.M.Pei to the historic back bay. Even the larger urban street scape reflects the varying spaces and experiences held within it. In my analysis I focused on the differing aspects of Mass Ave and their evolution through time.
MASSACHUSETTSAVENUEANALYSIS
BUILDING MATERIAL ON MASS AVE
BrickConcreteStone Masonry
Boston, MA
IN- FILL MAPPING PROJECT
Big Architecture
Original 1630’s Waterline
Current Waterline
Large Asphalt Areas
Abandoned Lots
Designed Green Space
Railways
Major Highways
Road Patterns
Bridges/ Tunnels
Ferry Routes
300 300
300
300
300
300
300
200
200
200
200
200
200
100
100
100
100100
250
145
700
800900
1000
300
100
LINGERING IMPACTS OF THE EAST BOSTON IN-FILL PROJECT
CSO Output Site
Allowable Building Heights
Noise Contours
Overflow Parking
Airport Connectivity Airport Restrictions
East Boston
MODEL PHOTOS Wiliam Rawn Architects, Associates.
Boston Public Library 1:4
Boston, MA
Hackley School Proposal 1:40
Stanford University 1:40 Stanford University 1:16
LIGHT WOOD WATCHTOWER
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Section
OTHER CREATIVE ENDEVORS
Foot, graphite pencil on paper
Leaf, watercolor
Portrait, acrylic paint on canvas Self-Portrait, coffee and milk in creamer cups