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My portfolio debuts projects created during my study of design at the Gerald D Hines school of Architecture.
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PORTFOLIO 2015
ANDY C OKONKWO
Email [ [email protected]]
Phone [ 214-773-1940]
My first career choice was to become an ASTRONAUT
Architecture is something that I gained an appreciation for when I was in high school. Its something that contributes to society and encourages the idea for future generations to innovate in the built environment. Architecture became my passion through the romanticism of what society can be. It is a fulfilling profession that demonstrates the subconscience of the client, architect, and all who experience the structure.
ILLUMINATING A TOPOGRAPHICAL LANDSCAPE: HOUSTON TEXAS BUFFALO BAYOU
This project captures the relationship of refuge and open space at Eleanor Tinsley Park in Hous-ton Texas. The topographical representaion is essentially a light fixure made up of translucent and opaque straws that demonstrate the rela-tionship of tree and tree shade in the park. The translucent straws abstracts areas in the park that have tree shade and the fully opage black straws prevent llight to demon-strate topography.
Red Maple Mexican PlumBald CypressOak BurElm American
REDESIGNING MUSEUM STORAGE SPACE FOR THE MFAH
The museum storage space named SHIFT, is an addition to the art collection of the MFAH. The parti design is a block 100 x 50 that is sliced to a biased dimension to reveal served and servant spaces with in the structure. The servant spac-es house the staircases, elevators, bathrooms, and mechanical rooms, while the served spaces house the art in storage. Because the structure is a storage facility it was appropiate to designiate all the storage aspects, such as crate storage, climatization, and load-ing on the first floor. In section, there are views of holes in the structure to invite site and produce a promenade within in the struture. The facade acts as sun shading and responds the sun pat-tern during the day.
Elevator Circulation
Spatial Connectivity
Circulation Study
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REFRAME X FRAME
REFRAME X FRAME is a design build project that aims to provide transitional housing to dev-astated or impoverished areas gloabally. In col-laboration with AllSteel and Pioneer located in Houston, Texas, REFRAME X FRAME was devel-oped using recycled cubical parts in an effort to repurpose the steel. Celebrating the centennial celebration at Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, REFRAME X FRAME will exist as a pavilion in the park. At night, LED lights provided by US LED will illuminate the lantern wall inviting all to enjoy.
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SOLAR PANEL LAYOUT PERSPECTIVE VIEW1 SCALE 1 = 1-0
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ArchitectPatrick Peters, LEED AP, DirectorRegistration No. 19306Graduate Design/Build StudioGerald D. Hines College of Architecture122 College of Architecture BuildingUniversity of HoustonHouston, TX 77204-4000Telephone: 713.320.5185
EngineerChristof Spieler, P.E., LEED APMorris Architects1001 Fannin, Suite 300Houston, TX 77002Telephone: 713.622.1180Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-12597
Drawn by: Stephen GistDate: 07.09.2013Revision: 1
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ArchitectPatrick Peters, LEED AP, DirectorRegistration No. 19306Graduate Design/Build StudioGerald D. Hines College of Architecture122 College of Architecture BuildingUniversity of HoustonHouston, TX 77204-4000Telephone: 713.320.5185
EngineerChristof Spieler, P.E., LEED APMorris Architects1001 Fannin, Suite 300Houston, TX 77002Telephone: 713.622.1180Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-12597
Drawn by: Andy Okonkwo
Date: 06.19.2013 Revision: 06.25.2013
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ReFRAME transitional housing units can be readily shipped to recently distressed locations such as Haiti, Indonesia, Japan, Somalia or Uganada.
Hurricanes, tsunami and mudslides are among many natural disasters that create the need for transitional housing.
Tropical Rainforest: average precipitation of at least 2.4 inches
Tropical Monsoon: monsoon winds with a driest month occuring just after the winter solstice
Tropical Savanna: long dry period with less than 2.4 inches rainfall annually
In addition to weather related housing displacement, many cities
and settlements are subjected to forced migrations and sudden
housing loss due to civil unrest and changes of governing regimes
OPTIMAL CLIMATE
Tran
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CentennialGardens
Sam HoustonMonument
Houston Zoo
Hermann ParkGolf Course
Greenway Trail
Marvin TaylorExercise Trail
Miller OutdoorTheatre
Japanese Garden
McGovern Lake
Houst on M useu mof Natural Science
Mary Gibbs &Jesse H. Jones
Buddy CarruthPlayground For
All Children
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Patrick Dougherty
FlorentijnHofman
Ugo Rondinone
Orly Genger
Louise Bourgeois
Yvonne Domenge
HERMANN PARK
SITE MAP
Major SiteMicroPavilion
Walking Trails
Art
MAP LEGEND
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Hermann Park, presented to the City of
Houston by George Hermann in 1914, is
one of Houstons most popular and his-
Located in the heart of Houston, the 445
acre park has been an important resource
for Houstonians for generations, and is
celebrated as a place that has always
welcomed diversity and fostered a strong
sense of community among its patrons.
Truss Cord
Upper Frame
Roof Shell
Butterfly Frame
Horizontal Tie
Water Barrel
Frame Wall Structure
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ROAD TO WELLNESS
The ROAD TO WELLNESS is the development of a bi-national clinic attached to the Del Ro-Ci-udad Acua International Bridge. The purpose of the building is to create an out-patient clinical center designated to provide affordable and accredited health care to individuals who other-wise would not have the opportunity. In addition, the Clinical Express hopes to provide care to people living in the colonias; extremely poor Mexican and American housing situations along the Rio Grande border. Within the clinic, patients will have access to standard check-ups and vaccination as needed. The clinic hopes to blur the lines between the Mexican-American border on the basis of health, a right that should be accessible to all despite financial situations.
PEOPLE LIVE IN COLONIAS ON THE BORDER
ARE CHILDREN
400,000
86,000
INSPIRATION
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1 NURSE
GOAL
Lack of potable water influences public health
Extreme cases of low income that discourages healthcare coverage
Low availability for patientswithout Medicare or Medicad
Unreliable electircal power
Lack in vaccinationsand medication
No found data on existingpublic transit
Lack of sewage systems influences public health
Failing Infastructrue prohibits transportation
COLONIAS LOCATED ALONG THE BORDER
MASTER PLAN
COLONIAS (THE FORGOTTEN AMERICA)
ROUTES TO ACCESS THE WELLNESS CENTER
MAJOR CITIES IN THE AREA
PERIPHERAL CITIES IN THE AREA
JIMENEZ
QUEMADO
EL MORAL
LA PURISIMA
CIUDAD ACUNA
PIEDRAS NEGRAS
EAGLE PASS
DEL RIO
FLOOR I FLOOR IIA FLOOR IIB FLOOR III
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MUSICS MOTION
THE BROWNCAFE
NORTH SECTION
1FT 15FT 60FT
NORTH ELEVATION
1FT 15FT 60FT
EAST SECTION CUT
1FT 15FT 60FT
EAST ELEVATION
1FT 15FT 60FT
Located in downtown Houston, Touching music aims to create a vicarious link between music and the physical space. In order to achieve this value of design the parti of flow was explored. The theme of the project was to ask the question if music had a physical form what would it look like? To achieve this, the faade will be the pri-mary medium of representing this notion. The ki-netic faade is a series of square metallic panels that rotate autonomously on a center axis. This center axis allows for the creation of different pat-terns of flowing. The actual form of the building is inspired by blocks of program that was devel-oped by understanding adjacencies within this building typology.
WEST STRUCTURAL SECTION
1FT 15FT 60FTSOUTH STRUCTURAL SECTION
1FT 15FT
UP
SHOP STORAGE8
SETS STORAGE16
LIGHTING ANDINSTRUMENTS
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PROPS18
COSTUMES19
SOUND20
MECHANICAL21
BELOW GRADE_CONNECTED TO UNDERGROUND TUNNEL
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MENS SOLOIST9
MENS CHOIR10
MENS MUSCIANS11
LADIES SOLOIST12
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LOUNGE AREA15
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MENS RESTROOM26
OFFICE27
OFFICE28
OFFICE29
OFFICE30SOUND ROOM
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SOUND ROOM32
SECOND FLOOR_DRESSING ROOMS
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THIRD FLOOR_PRACTICE SPACES
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COAT CHECK7
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MENS BATHROOM23
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FIRST FLOOR_MAIN SPACE
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2% INCLINE
WATER PROOFED MECHANICAL BOX
DETAILED WALL SECTION
1FT 15FT 60FT
INSULATION
PANELED CONCRETE FINISH
FLOOR
HINGE POINT
HVAC
PARAPET
DOUBLE GLAZING
METAL PANEL
PUBLIC AREAS AND WORKSHOP ADJACENT TO THEATER
PRIMARIY CHANGING AREAS
PRACTICE FLOOR
LIGHT RAIL AND POINTS OF INTERESTIMPORTANT LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH RAIL LINE
NRG PARK
RICE UNIVERSITY
HOUSTON ZOO
MUSEUM DISTRICT
BRAYS BAYOU
HERMANN PARK
NORTH LINE RAIL
FORM EXPLORATION DIAGRAMS
ENTIRE SITE USED TO MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL PROGRAM RESIZED BUIDLING FOR PARKING BUILDING SET BACK
FLOORS TWIST TO PROVIDE PANORAMIC VIEW
My project Community Towers is a luxury apartment on the corner of Main Street and Berry Street in midtown Houston Texas. The building is a 15 story apartment that twist vertically providing a sculptural building in an otherwise orthogonal urban context. The eccentric building will provide luxury living spaces for high income young pro-fessionals looking to live in an advantageous area that serves as a midpoint connecting both the downtown area and the medical center. Within the 15 story tower there are 20 rooms in total of each unit size and a ground floor restaurant called LoCal, which serves local low calorie foods. There are two unit sizes; the first size is a one bedroom unit at 900 sqft and the second unit size is a two bedroom unit at 1800 sqft.
COMMUNITY TOWER
Standard high rise structure. Resturant at the base including a 3 level garage. 20 rooms for each unit. The total amount of units are 40. Glass and concrete construction.
Personal and communal balconey spaces. The idea of communal balconey spaces was derived from Herzog and De Meurons high rise tower.
Complete structure without the base
TWISTTYP. FLOOR PLAN
TYPICAL WALL SECTION CORRESPONDING ELEVATION
Hidden A/C units
NEW HARMONYS GROTTO ON THE UH CAMPUS
The goal of the master planning project was to transform the Kiesler inspired New Harmony Grotto site on the UH campus. In collaboration with external landscape architectural firm and UH Facilities, we began to reshape the Grotto experience. The design proposed the inclusion of the Kielser designed gate to create a formal entrance into the space. Enclosing the space are four grassy burms to create both a psychological guidance to and through the gate. In addition, it created tension using opposite forces produced by the design of the burms. Using a voronoi in-spired pattern, stone pavers will be included in the site to promote walking within the site. The stone pavers will have water rushing through them providing an elegant design element. A sluice bridge is also included to provide variety of circulation in the space. Conclusively, the pond will be reshaped to accomodate the new bridge design that will provide an elegant transition from either end of the site.GULF COAST MUHLY
YELLOW IRIS
LIZARDS TAIL
MEXICAN FEATHER
MEXICAN BUTTERFLY
BLUE PRINCESS
Study Model of Sluice Study Model of Sluice
Kieslers Sketch of Gate Kielsers Gate in Model
Early Sluice & Footbridge Sketch 1 Kieslers Grotto Sketch
Early Site Plan Kieslers Grotto Sketch
site cast paver
1" sand bed
brick
bolts
lights
st. stl. angle
5" mud slab
concrete slab
vegetationt.b.d.
st.stl. ledge beyond
5" mud slab
site cast pavers
1" sand bed
site cast concrete
st.stl. bridge formwork
2" sq. st.stl. tube
vegetationt.b.d.
st.stl. edge angle
5" mud slab
1" sand bed
site cast paver
site cast paver
5" mud slab
1" sand bed
bolt
st.stl. angle
vegetationt.b.d.pond
st.stl. ledge beyond
conc. sidewalk
no. 4 rebar
control joint
expansion joint
st.stl. ledge beyond
st.stl. bridge formwork
st.stl. angle
2" sq. st. stl. tube
site cast concrete
bolt
site cast paver
1" sand bed
5" mud slab