seanramseiertowards an architectural synthesis

cook remodeling sci-arcmichael maltzan architecturemichael maltzan architecture

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civicestateresidential behavioral

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3 residentialexecuted: cook remodeling [08_2005]project: bedroom and golf cart garage

bedroom and golf cart garage addition to residence in sun lakes, az. constructed of 2x6 balloon frame covered in stucco with a concrete tile roof. construction drawings and construction (excavate footings, lay concrete, rough framing, lay roof tiles, finish carpentry).

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foundation plan floor plan electrical plan

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roof framing plan details

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elevations

framing sections

7estateexecuted: michael maltzan architecture [02_2008] project: austin, tx residential estate

a 54 acre parcel of land in austin, texas to be converted into a nature preserve/estate. consists of five buildings including a main house, guest house, recreation pavilion, entertainment pavilion, and security barn. currently in the schematic design phase, i worked on the design of three of the buildings, including a preliminary drawing set, and physical and computer models.

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birch veneer site model

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recreation pavilion plan recreation pavilion model roof plan

recreation pavilion model interior

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entertainment pavilion sunken deck

entertainment pavilion plan entertainment pavilion guardrail around deck entertainment pavilion interior model

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barn 2nd floor planbarn 1st floor plan barn facade studies

12civic executed: michael maltzan architecture [09_2008] project: bandshell and stage

playa vista park bandshell. constructed of steel tubing coped at every joint with translucent white architectural fabric as envelope. covers a 45 foot diameter concrete stage and lower level bathrooms. construction drawings and 3d modeling for fabrication.

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site plan generative geometry

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refelcted ceiling plan north-south section

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lighting entry bridge

16behavioral executed: sci_arc [09_2007]project: death of stagnation|thesis

in order to test this thesis a taxonomy of techtonic components was generated from particle simulation tests. an existing building/parking garage in downtown los angeles bounded by a highway on one side was then chosen as the test bed for site specific application of the generated taxonomy. this existing structure was “wrapped” in order to create a new form directly derived from existing conditions. the resultant form encloses the existing slabs of the parking structure in order to create a sort of billboard for the added gas station program.

“and as every state of a simple substance is a natural consequence of its preceding state, so that the present state of it is big with the future.” -gottfried leibniz

i postulate that architecture as a profession has become a procession of iterations and the categorization and deployment of the outcome of these “tests”. thus, a momentum is continuously and consistently built towards the development of a personal aesthetic. however, on the odyssey that is a career one must always begin from the bottom up, whether literally as in ranking, or in this case metaphysically as a design methodology. gottfried leibniz defines the monad as a basic unit of perceptual reality, or according to epicurus “the smallest unit of matter, indivisible”. i believe the use of particle simulation allows an attempt to consolidate the idea of time being built from abstract ideas that are indivisible and infinitesimal with the development of space from this same principal. simulation by definition is an abstraction of “real” ideas that is relied upon to then inform decisions extraneous to the simulation, in other words this abstract simulation is not merely attempting to mimic or predict the “real” world but eventually comes to fruition as the “real” world. so, what better instrument of this transference than the simplest and most abstract unit available within the virtual world, the particle. over the course of this thesis an attempt at categorizing a series of these “tests” informed by some perceived “real” world input has been made in order to understand that if indeed something abstract, metaphysical, and esoteric can evolve into a concrete idea that is understandable by the populace.

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video and audio

intended site force

existing site force

inherent �uid forcein�uenced by site

inherent �uid force

tbdno architectural applicationyet determined

envelopethin shell envelopewrapping space

structurethin shell madeof structural members

volumehybrid of structure andenvelope to create space

input|output index chartaudioandvideo

intendedsiteforce

existingsiteforce

inherentfluidforce

inherentfluid forceinfluencedby the site

tbdno architectural applicationyet determined

envelopethin shell envelopewrapping space

structurethin shell madeof structural members

volumehybrid of structure andenvelope to create space

inherent fluid force study model wrapping sequence

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component sequence site plan intended affect of new building wrapper