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Table of Contents

Design Studios

Advanced Studio V

Made In L.A., 2040 3

C-BIP: Integrated Design Studio:

- Building Retrot Strategy

Recirculating 60 Broad Street 22- Building Element Design

Climatarium 30

Core Studio III: Housing Studio

Circulate, Delaminate, Incubate 34

Core Studio II:

Museum o Diaspora 52

Core Studio I:

AirLab 62

Architectural Technologies

and Fabrication

Surace/Screen/Structure

Crinkle! 73

Visual Studies / Formworks:

Filtro-Kiosk 82

Architectural echnologies V

Te New ilt-Up 88


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ADVANCED STUDIO V

Fall 2010

Made in L.A., 2040Future Manufacturing Districts

Critic: Laurie Hawkinson

+ Christian Uhl

Site: Los Angeles, CA

With the emergence o new manuacturingtrends (clean, small scale, data-driven hyper-customization, service oriented), actories andspaces o material production could once againtake advantage o the urban environment -not only as source o labor, but also or itsconnectivity, accessibility and proximity tomarkets, intelligence, and exchange.

Downtown Los Angeles provides a primeopportunity or a new center o uture

manuacturing with its existing and propoinrastructural connections, its leading andgrowing importance in logistical ows andcultural production. A relatively under-developed and under-dened area, it isa site to experiment and exploit the newrelationships between the city and the spaco production and consumption, and callor new inrastructural strategies, buildinginterventions, and urban experiences.

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Made in L.A., 2040

The future of manufacturing -

clean, small scale, data-driven,

networked, hyper-customized,

service oriented.

Recent technological developmentshas greatly expanded the capabilities ocustomization in multiple industries,allowing smaller scale production to meet abigger diversity in demands.

With the prolieration o I technologiesand networked business activities ,manuacturers are ever more responsive to

markets and niche demands - becomingservice-oriented and demand a new,broader set o skilled and intellectuallabors.

op let to bottom right:Printed organs and tissues; 3d printed mechandiserapid outsourced prototyping services; customizedaccessories; ancy gastronomical creations;customized cognitive devices; architecturalabrication; customized electronic devices; custom

built electronic accessories, etc.

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Downtown LA

CM; CM(GM)

MR1

M1; M(PV)

MR2

M2; M2(PV)

M3

Other Zones(CCS; LAX; SL)

Industrial Zones inthe City of Los Angeles

UP Rail Lines

BNSF Rail Lines

Freight Rail Networks

High Speed Rail

Passenger Rail Networks(Regional)

Los Angeles

CLASS I FREIGHT RAIL

NETWORK OF USA

BNSF

CN/GTWCP/SOOCSX

FXE

KCS/KCSMNSUP

LARGEST CONTAINER PORT

IN THE UNITED STATES

PORT OF LOS ANGELES + PORT OF LONG BEACH

Made in L.A

Downtown L.A. is a major conuenceo ows crucial to sustaining the city, theregion, and the nation. It is adjacent tomajor reight rail junctions and heavyindustrial areas or acilitating the owo physical materials and goods. TeRedondo Junction marks an importantnode that regulates goods rom the Port o

L.A. and Long Beach - the largest in thenation - owing into the national reightrail network.

Te area also have convenient access tomajor multi-modal transportation nodes(Union Station, HSR), allowing ortapping into the regional skilled labor andintellectual networks o Caliornia.

Downtown L.A. - a site of

connectivity, accessibility and

proximity to a wide spectrum of

labor, capital, and intellect.

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STAPLES

CENTER

LA CONVENTION

CENTER

SCI-ARC

DODGER

STADIUM

USC

BUNKER

HILL

FASHION

DISTRICT

Union

Station

VERNON

Dowtown L.A. Zoning2010

Residential

Commercial

M2 Light Industrial

M3 Heavy Industrial

Redondo

Junction

Alameda

Corridor

UPRR

CLEAN-TECH

MANUFACTURING

CENTER

DWP CLEAN-TECH

RESEARCH

CENTER

L.A.Clean-TechCorridor

SILVER LAKE

ECHO PARK

Made in L.A., 2040

The Fashion District -

situated between the nancial,

residential, and green-

manufacturing centers - pose

a new opportunity for a newurban industrial identity.

Te Los Angeles CRA has designatedthe industrial land adjacent to the L.A.River as the L.A. Greentech Corridor - anambition to launch production o cleantechnologies and transorm the existingindustrial landscape.

Although the demand or industrialspaces were constantly high(vacancy rate is among the lowestin the country), the buildings andinrastructures in Downtown L.A. arenot able to support more advancedindustrial operations. Most industrialoor space are currently used orwholesale retail activity - a prominentand popular economic activity, yet

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Lucia Tower31F, 200 units

1027 Wilshire48F, 402 units

Vibiana Lofts40F, 300 units

Concerto27F x 2, 627 units

City House and The Olympic60F & 50F

Figueroa South/West Tower34F, 324 units

Figueroa South/East Tower34F, 324 units

Zen Tower50F, 302 units

9th and Flower St.37F, 214 units

FIDM Tower19F

Hanover Tower27F

Elleven13F, 176 units

Evo South23F, 311 units

The Medallion11F x 2, 370 units

655 Hope St.17F

Block 8 Little Tokyo22F+6F x 3, 750 units

SCI-ARC Towers40F x 2, 400 units

Alexan Savoy Apartments4F, 303 units

Alexan Savoy Phase II+III18F & 25F, 497 units

Trinity Towers34F

The Met Lofts8F, 264 units

The Medici6F x 6, 632 units

The Piero8F, 225 units

City Lights on Fig5F, 100 units

The Orsini5F, 297 units

Bridge Lofts2F, 8 units

1010 Wilshire17F, 240 units

1100 Grand Lofts8F, 66 units

Hope Condos18F, 200 units

Olive St Lofts17F, 105 units

Glass Tower25F

Luma19F, 236 units

Teramachi Senior Housing8F, 127 units

717 Olympic28F, 156 units

Hikari6F, 128 units

Union Station Apartments5F, 278 units

Grand Ave PlanMixed use development, 2600 units

Metropolis Phase I53F, 548 units

Metropolis Phase II47F, 288 units

Bartlett Building12F, 139 units

El Dorado Lofts12F, 65 units

Higgins Bldg10F, 135 units

Reserve Lofts7F, 60 units

308 E9th St.5F, 38 units

Barker Bros. Convertion5F, 230 unitsSantee Court Phase II

4bldgs, 165 units

Rives Bldg10F, 60 units

Molino Street Lofts3F, 91 units

Roosevelt Building16F, 222 units

Sixth Street Lofts2F, 63 units

Union Bank Bldg10F, 90 units

Biscuit Company Lo7F, 104 units

Brockman Bldg12F, 80 units

Chapman Building13F, 168 units

East Columbia Lofts13F, 147 units

Pan American Lofts5F, 40 units

Rowan Bldg12F, 200 units

Shybarry Bldg12F, 84 units

Shybarry Tower12F, 84 units

Sky Lofts12-22F, 132 units

Broadway Plaza8F, 82 units

Mandell Bldg12F, 55 units

Library Court6F, 90 units The Milano

13F, 99 units

Security Bldg12F, 153 units

Main Mercantile Bldg6F, 40 units

Mercantile Arcade Bldg12F, 143 units

Packard Lofts7F, 116 units

Title Guarantee Bldg12F

Victor Clothing Lofts5F, 38 units

Santee Court Phase I12F, 64 units

Santee Court Phase III9bldgs, 445 units

South Village4 phases, 1190 units

Residential Real Estate Developments

in Downtown Los Angeles(past decade, built+proposed)

Lengends:

New Developments

Adaptive Reuse

UNION STATION

Made in L.A

Booming residential real

estate speculation andindustrial zoning limitations

led to disinterest in investing

and developing advanced

industrial operations.

highly redundant in its spatial usage and

visitor experience. Intensity o urbanactivity cannot be sustained throughoutthe sprawling expanse o the FashionDistrict - partly due to the highlyrepetitive nature o the products andservices being sold.

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Made in L.A., 2040

EFFICIENCY + SPECACLEBuckminster Fullers Geodesic

Cotton Mill

GENERIC + ECONOMY OF SCALETe Starett-Lehigh Building

New York City, NY, USA

SPECIFICIY + COMPOUNDTe Fiat Lingotto Factory

urin, Italy

Precedent Urban Factories:

While the heart o the Fashion District,Santee Alley, is a popular attraction - theduplicity o products and shops, as well asthe large walking area - leaves much o theFashion District deserted.

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Made in L.A

Site Building ypologies:

Wholesale Retail MegablocksStanord Mart

Te Big ChairCaliornia urniture trading center

Wholesale Retail CourtsSantee Alley Extension

Wholesale Retail AlleySantee Alley

High Density ShowroomsCaliornia Market Center

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Santee

Alley

LA Fashion Mart

CaliforniaMarket

Center

City Market ofLos Angeles

FashionDistrict2040

Tissue & OrganDistrict

JewelryDistrict

FarmingDistrict

GamificationDevicesDistrict

PersonalMobilityDistrict

CustomElectronics

District

CustomFabrication

District

FancyPackaging

District

Hi-TechGastronomy

District

LAFASHIONDISTRICT2010

SOUT

HMAINST

.

FashionDistrict2010

Made in L.A., 2040

Te productive landscape o DowntowLA, 2040 takes ull advantage o theintellectual and skilled labor madeaccessible through its proximity toexisting urban centers and its connectito regional transportation networks.

Fancy* Manufacturing Districts

of Downtown Los Angeles:

Niche products +

Production space as attraction

Te signicant land area enclosed

by todays ashion district should beconsolidated into a more walkable area.

Consolidation Diversication Densication

Activities that were consolidated and

condensed should be accommodatedby up-zoned buildings with adequateinrastructural support, whileincentivizing development interest.

Te reed-up land should provide

accommodation or other industries thatmay take advantage o this prime location- adding diversity to not only the producebut also labor population and visitorexperience.

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UNION STATION

REDONDO

Made in L.A

A Hybrid Inrastructure Network

Access + Mediation + Services

- New opportunities or synergicrelationships and programmatic activit- Providing physical ramework oruture inrastructural overlays

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Made in L.A., 2040

Industrial agship spaces

and demonstrative energy

infrastructures accelerate the

proliferation and hybridization

of public programs intoindustrial and infrastructural

spaces.

As the popularity or lower carbon-emission living and consuming locallyproduced and morally produced productsincrease, the spaces o productioncan now become the ideal agship

spaces or branding. Te proximity tothe urban centers and connections tobroader networks urthermore makeDowntown L.A. an ideal place or anew generation o didactic actories totake place. It also sets the environmentor demonstrative public and privateinrastructures to open to the public.

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Fullers Cotton Mill Model:Textile Recycling Plant

+ Education/Exhibition Institution

Synergic Energy Programs:Refridgerated Warehouse

+ Heated Public Pool

Fancy Gastronomy Lab:Product Sampling+ Exclusive Dining

Bio-Waste-Power:Bio-waste Processing+ Energy Generation

e Sofa Hostel:Overstocked Furniture

+ Frugal Accommodation

Fancy Packaging Plant:Product Sampling+ Exclusive Dining

e Fiat Lingotto Model:Testing + Demo+ Entertainment

e Spandex Pavillion:Fabric Material Research and Display

+ Public Space

Wind Tunnel Facility:ProductTesting

+ Spectacle

Fancy Bar of the Industrial Past:Locally Produced Beverages

+ Remodelled Industrial Setting

Building Slot:Inter-connected Sky Plane+ Old Building Stimulator

Prototype Museum:Prototype Testing and Display+ Market Reaction Research

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Made in L.A., 2040

Infrastructural interventions

are phase-based, responsive,

adaptive, and provisional.

Mega-inrastructural Clusters takeadvantage o economy o scale. Withlarge enough o a development justiyingthe cost or built-in, ully integrated,massive shared inrastructures.Neighborhood Facilitators andDistributed Sharing Systems areormed through more collective eorts,evolving through dierent phases. TeOld Building Adaptors strategicallyplace interventions so old structuresmay interace with new inrastructuraladvancements, while also activating andaltering program within the building.

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Made in L.A

Mega-inrastructural Cluster Neighborhood Facilitators

Old Building Adapters Distributed Sharing Systems

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SOUTH MAIN ST. S LOS ANGE

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SANTEE ST. SANTEE ALLEY

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C-BIP Integrated Design Studio:

Building Strategy Phase

Spring 2011

Recirculating 60 Broad StreetC-BIP | Building Retroft Strategy

Critic: Laura Kurgan

Team: Collin Anderson

Alexis BursonStephen Chou

Site: 60 Broad St.,

New York, NY

60 Broad Street suers rom poor natural day-lighting and air circulation - a problem knownas sick building syndrome - which is prevalentin many glass towers constructed during 1970sin New York City. Afliated single-client leasesare ractured among various oor levels, creating

working conditions that inhibit collaborationand exibility.

Tis retrot strategy pairs new methods

o inhabitant connectivity with passiveventilation and natural daylighting torecirculate people and recirculate air. Te goo the retrot strategy is to positively alter theinternal lie o the building, drive down energcosts and decrease carbon emissions. Tis is

accomplished via a double-skin cladding thathouses perimeter stairwells and programmatibreakout nodes.

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BUILDING AREA: 975,000 SF

COMMERCIAL AREA: 975,000 SF

NUMBER OF FLOORS: 38

YEAR BUILT: 1961

ZONING: C5-5

BUILDING FAR: 21.78

MAX ALLOWABLE FAR: 15

NLEVELS 1-5 LEVELS 6-10

N

LEVELS 11-14

N

LEVELS 15-18

N

LEVELS 19-26

N

LEVELS 27-38

C-BIP Building Retrot Strategy: Recirculating 60 Bro

Conventional building constructionpractices advocate air-tight buildingenvelopes, but i not paired with adequHVAC systems, building-related illnesscan develop or the inhabitants due to building syndrome. Due to changes inregulation or without upgrade over a lo

period o time, many glass towers in thmay promote sick building syndrome.Te tallness o the building and itsenormous amount o inhabitable squarootage resulted in a large, dominatingsolid core, blocking cross-oor buildingcirculation.

Old air-tight glass boxes risk

sick building syndrome.

Dominant core size, blockage

of cross-oor circulation,

and high dependence on

elevators.

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HEATING DRIVEN VENTILATION

HEAT HARVESTED FROM

CAVITY AIR VIA HEAT

EXCHANGER

KNEE WALLS HOUSE

DUCTS TO AHU

AHU AHU AHU

OPTIMAL CROSS-VENTILATION COOLING DRIVEN VENTILATIO

WINTER CONDITIONS SPRING/FALL CONDITIONS

SUMMER CONDITIONS

D

D= depth of the floorplate (from coreto perimeter)

THE DEPTH OF THE OCCUPIEDSPACE DRIVES THE CAVITY DE

RULE OF THUMB:

FOR EVERY20 ft. OF OCCUPIABLE FLOOR DEPTH,THERE SHOULD BE 1 ft. OF CAVITY DEPTH

d= depth of the cavity

w= width of the module

d

w

C-BIP Building Retrot Strategy: Recirculating 60 Broad St.

Te goals o recirculating air o 60 BroadStreet is achieved through re-skinning byadding an extra layer to orm a double skinacade. Te air space sandwitched betweenthe original acade surace and the newskin is regulated seasonally - storing hotair to assist the building HVAC in winter,

reject heat in summer, and promote naturalventilation in the shoulder seasons throughstack eect.

Recirculating Air

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48.61%OF TOTAL OCCUPIABLE S

CONCENTRATED IN LEVE6F

4,386 sqft

11F12,650+1,590 sqft

15F1,716+771 sqft

19F8,580+2,926 sqft

27F7,873 sqft

PATIO SPACES

circulationefficiency

structuralefficiency

programmatic

qualities

adaptability

to existingfloor plans

aesthetic

circulation

efficiency

structural

efficiency

programmatic

qualities

adaptability

to existingfloor plans

aesthetic

circulation

efficiency

structural

efficiency

programmaticqualities

adaptabilityto existing

floor plans

aesthetic


Circulation Intervention Permutations

Recirculating People

Reprogramming Newly Accessible Spaces

Te goals o recirculating people in 60Broad Street is achieved through strategicperimeter circulation paths that connectto dierent oors and shared patio greenspaces that are newly activated.

Vertical Perimeter Stairwells Promenade Instantiare Local Zip Lines Hybrid

Optimize with stuinternal programs,even distribution oconnected green spsquare ootage.

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YEARLY HEATING LOAD

75% 25%YEARLY COOLING LOAD YEARLY HEATING LOAD

49% 25%YEARLY COOLING LOAD

TEMPERATURE RANGES IN NEW YORK CITY

BEFORE

AIR-TIGHT, PRESSURIZED ENVELOPE WITH

NO NATURAL VENTILATION CAPABILITIES

0-09

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

1 0 -1 9 2 0 -2 9 3 0 -3 9 4 0 -4 9 5 0 -5 9 6 0 -6 9 7 0 -7 9 8 0 -8 9 9 0 -9 9 1 00 - 10 9

NUMBER

OFHOURS

OVER

ONEYEAR

TEMPERATURE RANGES IN NEW YORK CITY

26%NO LOAD

0-09

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

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NUMBER

OFHOURS

OVER

ONEYEAR

AFTER

POTENTIAL TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF WEATHER

CONDITIONS APPROPRIATE FOR NATURAL VENTILATIO

AVERAGE DRY-BULB TEMPERATURE

PER MONTH IN NYC

JANUARY: 34

given 1,909,950 CFM required for the building...

ENERGY NEEDED TO HEAT THE BUILDING

BTUHbldg

= .018 CFM reqd 60 (Th-T

o)

BTUHbldg

= .018 1,909,950 (95-40)

= 1,909,950 BTUH

ENERGY SUPPLEMENTED BY THE DOUBLE SKIN FACADE

BTUHbldg

= .018 CFM reqd 60 (Th-T

c)

BTUHbldg

= .018 1,909,950 (95-70)

= 859,477 BTUH

AVERAGE WINTER

DRY-BULB

TEMPERATURE:

40

FEBRUARY: 31

MARCH: 42

APRIL: 51

MAY: 61

JUNE: 71

JULY: 77

AUGUST: 77

SEPTEMBER: 68

OCTOBER: 57

NOVEMBER: 45

DECEMBER: 38

55% POTENTIALENERGY SAVINGS

IN THE WINTER


Te recirculation o air and incorporat

o the double skin gives the buildingnew opportunities to utilize and betterrespond to the exterior climate.

Although metrics play essential rolesin dening parametric relationships, agreater theme o interest is the potentiao triggering liestyle changes throughprogrammatic changes - by simply brinthe inhabitants out o the air-tight boxand have more awareness and utilizatio

o the outside environment. Changes the internal lives o the building may bdifcult to reect through numbers, yeis essential to all architectural experiencand retrotting strategies.

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B


Te exterior orm o the double skinacade may be congured dierentlyor dierent aects and environmentalpurposes. Variations can be generated relation to its distance to the core, provshading, or to orient towards/away solaradiation, etc.

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Te perimeter pathways oer connectionsto patio green spaces, but they are alsoattractions by themselves, providing break

out spaces and connections to otheroors. Longer, promenade ormationscan be desirable at higher levels totake advantage o the excellent viewsthe building has to oer, but previousinaccessible to most.

Parametric relationships can also bedeveloped between the pathway elementand the double skin element - optimizing

programmatic intent, structure, air cavitysize, and orm.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

STRUCTURE

+

INFRASTRUCTUREPROGRAM

SYSTEMS

ELEMENT

ClimatariumC-BIP Integrated Design Studio:

Building Element Design

Spring 2011

Critic: Laura Kurgan

Te Climatarium adds to the building

envelope an inhabitable buer spacebetween interior and exterior climates.Climatarium adds extra square ootagewhile its orm (in plan and section) can beadjusted to orient towards or away rom thesun exposure or dierent environmentalpurposes. When aggregated across theacade it has the potential o altering theoverall orientation property o a building.

Te element seeks to bring the dwellers

o air-conditioned spaces closer to theNYC climate. Te user should be able tcustomize the usage and comort levels this buer space, thereore achieving bebuilding perormance not only throughimproved metrics but also through liesand programmatic changes.

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Element orientation changes with foorTe higher the element, the more chance over-exposure: Element plan and main gsurace orient away rom the sun.Te lower the element, the more chance o

under-exposure: Element plan and main gsurace orient towards the sun.

Aggregation seeks to minimize blockagother windows.

Application Scenarios

East Facade

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Element orientation seeks to avoid direct sexposure to main glazing surace to reducecooling loads.

Element orm (in section) seeks to increaseshading with larger overhang.

Aggregation seeks to provide shadingor both the other elements and existing

windows.

Element orientation seeks to increase sunexposure. For instance, morning or lateaternoon in New York City.

Elements can be used discretely andindependently.

South Facade

North Facade

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Collaborative Developments

543 3rd. AVENUE(Highrise Residential)Simon McGown + Omar Morales-Armstrong +Stephen Shaun Salisbury

Climatarium used in conjunction withMary McConnells Light Shel element to beintegrated into a larger building inrastructuresystem that provides resh air supply andincreases natural light penetration.

1980 LAFAYETTE(Stevenson School)Kelly Danz + Rikki Frenkel + Garth Priber

Climatarium used as additions o a variety onew programmatic spaces.An external knowledge pattern was used tourther control the total amount o inhabitabarea created.

Te climatarium adds new programmaticopportunities to existing programs.

According dierent seasons, the climatariummay also be attached to other systems to

become light shelves.

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CORE STUDIO III: HOUSING

Fall 2010

Circulate, Delaminate, IncubateHousing for Entrepreneurship

Critic: Michael Bell

Team: Stephen Chou

Allison Rozwat

Site: Hoboken, NJ

Te ocus o Circulate, Delaminate, Incubateis exploring how architecture and spatial ormmay inuence social interactions - a topic thathas a long history in architecture discourse.

We proposed to create a mixed-usedevelopment specically or harboring startupcompanies and entrepreneurs in the master

planning phase. As the scope concentratesonto housing, we seek to create a new spatialorm - dierent rom the existing hallwaymodel - that not only adequately regulatespublic/private in an entrepreneurial, extroverenvironment, but also respond more to therichness o human interactions.

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Restaurant

Service Industries

Offices

Te 76-acre site sits between HobokenJersey City - two cities with very diervisions - Hoboken seeks to preserve ithistoric character and small, intimate swhile Jersey City aspires to become a cor world-class corporations and businactivity.

Recognizing the relationship between t

scale and type o business and its assocspatial characters and needs, we propoto create a mixed use development orentrepreneurship: accommodating theand interactions o small startup compwhile nurturing world-class creativitybusiness potential.

Two cities, two visions.

An entrepreneurial

environment that responds to

both cities aspirations.

Jersey CityWorld Class Center

- Jersey City Master Plan, 2000

HobokenHistoric Urban Village- Hoboken Master Plan, 2004

Housing Studio: Circulate, Delaminate, In

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information

Entrepreneurers

Mentors

VCs

Jersey

City

Population

Hoboken

Population

Visitors

Employees

Commuters

Programsof

Dissemination

COFFEESHOP

5,400,000 sqft

7,400,000 sqft

500,000 sqft

500,000 sqft

SEMINAR

PUBLICTHEATER

MEETINGROOMS

TRANSIT

HOUSING

OFFICES

RETAIL

Using both program and

spatial setups to promote the

dissemination and exchange of

information and ideas.

InTe Strength of Weak ies, sociologistMark Granovetter demonstrateda model o understanding humanrelationships through strong vs. weaties. He argued that strong ties connecpeople through similarity and tend

to orm closed loops, while weak ties(acquaintances) more oten propagatenew ideas and opportunities.

However, all relationships are importanin their own ways in the entrepreneuriprocess.

Te proposed development, in additioto housing and ofces, will encorporatprograms o dissemination strategicaselected and placed so that it may

accommodate and acilitate meaninguinteractions across dierent orms orelationships.

Diferentiated by:- Scale o interaction

- Specicity o the inormation being exchanged

SEMINAROFFICE

(small startup)

TRANSIT

Using information to attractweak ties and facilitate meaningful

interactions between them.

Weak Ties

Strong Ties

Strong tieseamwork, camaraderie,

strong support systems

Neutral conditionfor testing, experimenting,

and broadcasting ideas

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HALL

CHAMBERCHAMBER

SITTING

ROOM

SITTING

ROOM

ENTRY I I

HALL

GREAT DINING ROOM

CHAMBER #2

CHAMBER #3

CHAMBER #1

CHAMBER #4

...it would be foolish to suggest t

(architectural) plan could compel peo

behave in a specific way towards one an

enforcing a day-to-day regime of greg

sensuality. It would be still more fo

however, to suggest that a plan coul

prevent people from behaving in a par

way, or at least hinder them from doing

-Robin Evans, Figures, Doors and Passages, 19

Te spatial ramework described byplan can be used as a device to orgapublic/private, to inuence ways pemanage and engage with other peo

Te ree grid and the total hierarchrooms are here taken as two extremTe hallway is interpreted as an exisolution to a middle ground betwetwo extremes.

o seek or a new spatial rameworkplans are operated, transormed, aninterpretated.

We seek a new spatial

framework that can respond

to the richness of human

interactions.

19th Century Victorian Home16th Century Italian Villa

Te introduction of hallways associal regulating device

Free Grid Hierarchical Te Hallway

DELAMINATION

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STUDIO

1 BEDROOM

2 BEDROOM

3 BEDROOM


A wall has two surfaces, each

having its own distinctive

qualities - materiality, public/

private, opacity, etc.

These qualities and their

relationships are

re-dened by delaminatingthese two surfaces.

Te apartment unit is here examinedmore closely - the relationships betweeninterior and exterior suraces wereinverted by the delamination operation.

By reconsidering the public/privateand materiality o the inverted unit, wepropose an atrium complex in whichunits looks into each other and thedissemination programs below. All units

o the atrium are connected by a spiralramp system on which residents andguests may circulate through blurredprivate/public zones o each unit as theyhead to the incubators below, or to theoutdoor amenities on the roo level.

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Changing mediating surface

Ramp circulationconstantly changing verticalrelationship with unit


Each unit would have multiple layers oviews into the dissemination program.

DISSEMINATION

PROGRAM

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Te site plan grid is ormed rst byextending the Hoboken street gridto connect to Jersey City. Strips areurther divided into blocks that encloseregularized rail track patterns. Te abrico atrium housing complexes blankets over

the wide expanse o dissemination progand public spaces. Atriums may changsize and height, inuencing the relationwith the programs below.

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STUDIO

2 BEDROOM

PUBLIC SPACE

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FREESPACE

PUBLIC RAMPS

PUBLIC BALCONY

FREESPACE

PUBLICBALCONY

PUBLIC RAMPS

FREESPACE

PUBLICBALCONY

PUBLIC RAMPS

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2BR 3BR

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A three-panel system using light weightPanelitepanels to mediate opacity andtransparency o the bed room to the resto the atrium. Inhabitants can have visualprivacy but still be aware o the activityoutside.

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CORE STUDIO II

Spring 2010

The Museum of DiasporaAn Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments

Critic: Mark Wasiuta

Site: Chinatown,

New York, NY

Te Museum o Diaspora provides

curators an opportunity or an extradimension o sensory experiences- the atmospheric environment -an experience that has long beenneutralized with the wide-spread o air-conditioning technologies and notions

o modern comort.

Te project then seeks to disintegrateconventional air-conditioningtechnologies and building envelops tocreate and contain diverse atmospherienvironments in the museum.

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The Museum of Diaspora: An Exhibition of Atmospheric Environ

Macro

Micro

Meso

Sauna

Finland

OnsenJapan

IslamicCourtyardsMiddleEast

Macro

Micro

Meso

Fireplace/Hearth

MidwestUSA

Dessert ShopSingapore

Macro

Micro

Meso

Kang

Northern China

MeenakshiTe

mple

Madurai,India

IceCreamVendorinFlorida

We live in a world o atmosphericdiversity - countless human creations,traditions, rituals, behaviors, andsensibilities o dierent groups o peoplecan be directly or indirectly related tothe atmospheric environment o a certaintime and place that they inhabit in.

However, the global diaspora o air-conditioned environments has greatlyneutralized many o these experienceswith the wide-spread notions o moderncomort and modern environmentalcontrol equipments.

Museum environments are amongthe most controlled, conditionedenvironments. Te Museum o Diasporachallenges the normative enironment by

providing curators the opportunity tointegrate the atmospheric environment othe museum into the curation process.

Te Museum o Diaspora challengescurators to include another sensorydimension to the museum experience.Te air can enhance, contrast, inducecomort/discomort, producephysiological eects or museum exhibits,the air can even be the exhibit itsel.

The diaspora of air-conditioned

environments has neutralized

the atmospheric diversity of

everyday experiences.

72F, 50%RH, neutral light.

The air will now carry curatorial

purpose.

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Rain Screen/

FilterAir Space/

Insulation 1 Polyurethane/

Insulation 2 Vapor

Barrier

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Cooler

Humidity

Control

Active Control

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Exterior

Interior

Full

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Exterior

Interior

Full

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Control

Exterior

Interior

Full

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Control

Exterior

Interior

Full

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Control

Lobby

+

Reception

Cafe Seating + Lounge

Kitchen

+

Storage

Classrooms

Multimedia

Gallery

Edu.

Offices

Admin.

Offices

Social

Spaces

The Museum of Diaspora: An Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments

Te air-conditioning process itsel existsa diverse set o atmospheric conditions- all within the air handling unit! TeMuseum o Disapora seeks to inhabit theAHU.

Inhabiting the AHU.

Seasonal

Gallery

Outdoor

Garden

Human

Residue

Space

Contolled

Air

Exhibits

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Reception

Changing Rooms

LobbyMechanicalCore

MechanicalCore

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Te environmental control systems oarchitecture consists o:- Active control system - mechanicalsystems that condition atmosphere- Passive control system - materialsystems that control the containment/

separation o atmospheres.

Trough the separation o theconventional (stacked) systems, newcontainments could be ormed to housea variety o conditions between theexterior/interior and no-control/ull-control zones.

Te ormal logic o the building is the

separation o wall layers creating pocketso dierent types o containments.

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Air will be ltered and taken in romthe Chrystie Street aade and will beventilated through layers o dierentcontainments in piecewise conditioningprocesses at each level.

Curators are not only able to generatespecic atmospheres or curatorialpurposes in the ully enclosed, controlledBowery side, but may also selectivelyutilize the New York City atmosphere(exterior/ Chrystie st. side) along the airprocessing sequence.

The museum takes advantage

of the piecewise active control

with the layers of passive

control systems to create

curated environments.

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Te Chrysite St. acade is composed o a

grid o lters that would register the aircondition o the site as it lters air intothe building.

Te exterior space can utilize the climateo NYC to hold seasonal exhibits, itcan also serve as an mixing air space toexhibit the eects when the curated aircomes in contact with the exterior.

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CORE STUDIO I:

Degrees of Uncertainty

Fall 2009

Airlab

The Urban Science Research Institution

Critic: Janette Kim

Site: The High Line

Chelsea, NYC

Te Airlab aims to respond to the urbanconditions o the site - as a science researchinstitution, how to benet rom the highdensity o audiences on site; as a building,how to strategically share spaces to the public,

while taking advantage o the surroundingopportunities.

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As a result o the rapid, continualpopulation growth and othereconomic, social, political orces, themassive, global trend o urbanizationextending into the coming decadeshas become a certainty. High densityurban areas may become preerable orits ability to maximize the sharing o

resources (internally and externally)and the increased interaction betweenpeople to generate new socialconditions.

Te airlab as a science institution inan urban setting can benet throughpromoting its work to the dense anddiverse population living or traveling

The sharing of resources +

the increased interaction

between people

through the site. As an urban buildinit can share space to the public whileattracting interest or new urban unctin return. It can also strategically utiliexisting site conditions to activate dipublic programs. By urther investigaprogram timetables, airlab may eectiachieve the sharing o resources both

internally and externally.

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Scientists + Staff

Tourists

Visitors

Neighbors

VIP

Ad-Hoc Dry Lab

Stationary Dry Lab

Administrative Offices

Auditorium

Vehicle Garage

Principal Offices

Outdoor Observation Area

Monitoring Station

Rest Areas

Observation Deck

Library Stacks

Reading Room

Generator Room

Kitchen

Common Room

Deck

24hr Public Cafe

Convenience Store

Conference Room

Wet Lab

Materials Storage Hub

Photography Work Station

Data Storage

Lab Toilets

Elevator

Public Toilet

Public Elevator

Auditorium Toilets

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 1 2 13 1 4 15 1 6 1 7 18 1 9 20 2 1 2 2 20

Nighttime Public Open Space

Airlab: The Urban Science Research Institution

Internally, programs are organized

according to its determinacy to generatemore exible spaces that could be adoptedor the use o dierent publics at dierentamounts. A system o wire-raming isused to divide, sub-divide, and connectspaces, while dierent enclosures can stillexist in parallel by adding glass or solid

Time-sharing between

different programs and

providing exibility in

divisions for multiple public/

private congurations.

divisions. Te screening capability o th

wirerame also provides dierent momeo interaction between the buildingsdierent users.

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1F 2F

Materials

Storage

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3F

Wet

Lab

Wet

Lab

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Lab

Wet

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Storage

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Storage

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Area


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1F

2F

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Te bottom levels provide public accessto the Highline, while sharing the garagespace to mobile acilities in the city (oodtrucks or bodega carts or instance).

Te mid-levels provide an auditorium

that connects to the highline or publicuse, while taking the Highline as stage ovisual attention.

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By utilizing the existing High Lineauditorium, Airlab becomes a stage tocommunicate science or environmentalissues to the broader public, with its toplevels oering the opportunities or largescale display that will ace the Highline.

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BUILDING TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE

Fall 2011

Crinkle!Surface/Screen/Structure

Instructor: Joseph Vidich

Team: Stephen Chou

Kelsey Lents

Allison Rozwat

Site: Adidas Performance Store

610 Broadway,

New York, NY

Crinkle!is a sunscreen system developed orthe Adidas Sports Perormance Store on 610Broadway. It consists o lasercut stainless

steel sheet metal units that aggregate into a3-dimensional, undulating, porous system thatnot only dissolves the severity o the originalgridded acade, but also wraps around thebuilding to accentuate the top levels o the streetcorner.

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Crinkle!: Surface/Screen/Structure

60

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potential aggregations of basic bean

l l ll

aggregation to createbasic beandashed line showing fopattern

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Te current acade o the Adidas SportsPerormance Store is a regularized glassscurtain wall system. We wanted to

introduce a united system that has thepotential to create a more sculptural,engaging screen to break the severityo the current mullion grid, and takeadvantage o the wide street crossing - aprime opportunity or the viewer to seethe entire acade at street level.

A unitized panel system that

creates a 3-dimensional,

undulating, porous surface

that does not conform to the

mullion grid.

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Te overall aggrgation wraps around thebuilding to re-congure the uniormglass curtain wall acade by purposeullyrevealing the top levels o the buildingstreet corner. As a wide crossing gatheringa large amount o trafc, it would serveto bring visual attention and suggestdierent programs with the building.

Re-accentuating the building

corner to the Broadway-

Houston St. crossing.

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Te laser cut-stainless steel panels arealso perorated with a dotted patternthat would serve as rivet points or theconnecting ties to the armature system.Te ties are special laser cut joinery pieces

that t the panel peroration pattern andand accommodate the armature pipes topass through on multiple directions.

CNC-Bent pipe armature

system that not only supports

the panel system, but also

supplement the overallsculptural quality.

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FABRICATION: FORMWORKS

Fall 2010

Filtro-Kiosk

Instructor: Josh Draper

Team: Stephen Chou

Nicole Kotsis

Chris Powers

Jodie Zhang

Site: School in Lionwe, Malawi

Filtro-Kiosk is a specially developed bricksystem to construct a wall that is able to carrythe ow o water through cascading levels andmultiple ltration units. Tese ltration kiosksare sited in a school in Malawi, where waterinrastructure is under-developed and mainaccess to water are through water kiosks. Te

goal is not only to provide or useable water, butto also visualize the ltration process, and createa visually and ambiently compelling space.

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LILONGWE

Lake Malawi

The intervention for bringing

fresh water will be at the scale

and type similar to existing

water kiosks, presently the

predominant water source in

Lilongwe.

Water kiosks present an eective way odelivering sae drinking water to urbancommunities where there is a basicdomestic supply network in place. Tesupply network may lack the capacityto support the connection o individualhouseholds but water kiosks oer a wayto dispense drinking water using existingcapacity.

Te Filtro-Kiosk will encorporate a waterholding wall at the scale o a typical kiosk.

Te goal is not only to supplement cleanwater through ltration, but also servean educational purpose by visualizing theow o water and ltration process.

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AGGREGATION POSSIBILITIES

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Aerated concrete is a light weightstructural concrete, created by a mixtureo concrete and aluminum powder, whichgenerates hydrogen bubbles during thecuring process.Te trapped bubbles o hydrogen

ultimately evaporates and creates smallclosed cell air pocket in the concrete.

We hypothesize that by manipulatingthe amount o aluminum added into themixture, the density o the cell structurescan then be manipulated, allowing ow owater at a rate to be determined.

A kiosk that would not only

provide ltered water, butalso visualize the ltration

process, and create a visually

and acoustically interesting

place.

Te ltro-wall system may tap intoexisting grey water acilities on site, andtake advantage o the terrain to introdunaturally owing water. Given theeducational purpose o the site, and theevaporative cooling eects and acousticambience o owing water, the waterkiosks may extend beyond utilitarian uand become a place that is communal,educational, and compelling.

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op to bottom:Material studies in aerated concrete - concretemixture with aluminum powder at dierentratio mixtures. CNC milling o the two partmold. Finial casting result.

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ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIES V

Spring 2010

The New Tilt-UpA Composite Tilt-Up Panel Industrial Loft

Instructors: A J. Hibbs + Pat Hopple +

Elias Dagher

Team: Benjamin Brichta

Stephen Chou

Rubah Musvee

Allison Rozwat

For the Bunker Lot in the Bronx, NewYork, we revisit the notion o load-bearingmasonry construction through exploring thepossibilities o precast concrete construction.Rather than the stacking o purely generic,mass-produced blocks(such as bricks, stoneblocks or CMUs, as traditionally used), we

propose exploiting the contemporary abilityto manuacture highly-designed buildingcomponents, and seek to simultaneously addrbuilding unctions other than structure such athe enclosure and mechanical systems throughmasonry construction.

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The New Tilt-Up: A Composite Tilt-Up Panel Industrial B


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4. TYPICALPANELPLANSCALE 1 =1-0

2. TYPICALPANELELEVATIONSCALE 1 =1-0

3. TYPICALPANEL SECTIONSCALE 1 =1-0

2. GROUND FLOOR PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1 =1-0

3. GROUND FLOOR PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1 =1-0

4 . GROUND FLOOR PANELPLANSCALE 1 =1-0

2. PARAPET PANELELEVATIONSCALE 1 =1-0

3. PARAPET PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1 =1-0

4 . PARAPET PANELPLANSCALE 1 =1-0

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AHU

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Supply air delivery throu

Supply air feed into Termodeck

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Air Exhaust

Radiant Heating/Cooling Supply and Return PipesConnects to Boiler/Chiller

Radiant HeatingEmbedded in To

Radiant Heating/CoolingManifold Access Box

2. LIGHT WELL PANELE LEVATIONSCALE 1 =1-0

3. LIGHT WELL PANELSECTIONSCALE 1 =1-0

4. LIGHT WELL PANELPLANSCALE 1 =1-0

1-1 . TOP FLOOR PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1 =1-0

1-2 . TOP FLOOR PANELSECTIONSCALE 1 =1-0

1-3 . TOP FLOOR PANELPLANSCALE 1 =1-0

2-1 . SIDE WALL PAN2-2 . SIDE WALL PANELSECTIONSCALE 1 =1-0

2-3 . SIDE WA

3-1 . CORNER PANELELEVATIONSCALE 1 =1-0

3-2 . CORNER PANELSECTIONSCALE 1 =1-0

3-3 . CORNER PANEL PLAN

SCALE 1 =1-0

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