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Stephen Chou
GSAPP | Columbia UniversityMaster of Architecture, 2012
Table of Contents
Design Studios
Advanced Studio VMade In L.A., 2040 3
C-BIP: Integrated Design Studio: - Building Retrofit Strategy Recirculating 60 Broad Street 22 - Building Element Design Climatarium 30
Core Studio III: Housing StudioCirculate, Delaminate, Incubate 34
Core Studio II: Museum of Diaspora 52
Core Studio I:AirLab 62
Architectural Technologies and Fabrication
Surface/Screen/StructureCrinkle! 73
Visual Studies / Formworks:Filtro-Kiosk 82
Architectural Technologies VThe New Tilt-Up 88
DesignStudios
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ADVANCED STUDIO VFall 2010
Made in L.A., 2040Future Manufacturing Districts
Critic: Laurie Hawkinson + Christian UhlSite: Los Angeles, CA
With the emergence of new manufacturing trends (clean, small scale, data-driven hyper-customization, service oriented), factories and spaces of material production could once again take advantage of the urban environment - not only as source of labor, but also for its connectivity, accessibility and proximity to markets, intelligence, and exchange.
Downtown Los Angeles provides a prime opportunity for a new center of future
manufacturing with its existing and proposed infrastructural connections, its leading and growing importance in logistical flows and cultural production. A relatively under-developed and under-defined area, it is a site to experiment and exploit the new relationships between the city and the spaces of production and consumption, and call for new infrastructural strategies, building interventions, 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 developments has greatly expanded the capabilities of customization in multiple industries, allowing smaller scale production to meet a bigger diversity in demands.
With the proliferation of IT technologies and networked business activities , manufacturers are ever more responsive to markets and niche demands - becoming service-oriented and demand a new, broader set of skilled and intellectual labors.
Top left to bottom right:Printed organs and tissues; 3d printed mechandise; rapid outsourced prototyping services; customized accessories; fancy gastronomical creations; customized cognitive devices; architectural fabrication; customized electronic devices; custom built electronic accessories, etc.
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CM; CM(GM)
MR1
M1; M(PV)
MR2
M2; M2(PV)
M3
Other Zones(CCS; LAX; SL)
Industrial Zones in the City of Los Angeles
UP Rail Lines
BNSF Rail Lines
Freight Rail Networks
High Speed Rail
Passenger Rail Networks(Regional)
HSR
Union Station
BNSF Railyards
UP Railyards
Port of L.A.and Long Beach
RodondoJunction
Downtown LA
CM; CM(GM)
MR1
M1; M(PV)
MR2
M2; M2(PV)
M3
Other Zones(CCS; LAX; SL)
Industrial Zones in the City of Los Angeles
UP Rail Lines
BNSF Rail Lines
Freight Rail Networks
High Speed Rail
Passenger Rail Networks(Regional)
HSR
Union Station
BNSF Railyards
UP Railyards
Port of L.A.and Long Beach
RodondoJunction
Downtown LA
Los Angeles
CLASS I FREIGHT RAIL NETWORK OF USA
BNSFCN/GTWCP/SOOCSX
FXEKCS/KCSMNSUP
LARGEST CONTAINER PORTIN THE UNITED STATES
PORT OF LOS ANGELES + PORT OF LONG BEACH
Los Angeles
CLASS I FREIGHT RAIL NETWORK OF USA
BNSFCN/GTWCP/SOOCSX
FXEKCS/KCSMNSUP
LARGEST CONTAINER PORTIN THE UNITED STATES
PORT OF LOS ANGELES + PORT OF LONG BEACH
Made in L.A., 2040
Downtown L.A. is a major confluence of flows crucial to sustaining the city, the region, and the nation. It is adjacent to major freight rail junctions and heavy industrial areas for facilitating the flow of physical materials and goods. The Redondo Junction marks an important node that regulates goods from the Port of L.A. and Long Beach - the largest in the nation - flowing into the national freight rail network.
The area also have convenient access to major multi-modal transportation nodes (Union Station, HSR), allowing for tapping into the regional skilled labor and intellectual networks of California.
Downtown L.A. - a site of connectivity, accessibility and proximity to a wide spectrum of labor, capital, and intellect.
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STAPLESCENTER
LA CONVENTIONCENTER
SCI-ARC
DODGERSTADIUM
USC
BUNKERHILL
FASHIONDISTRICT
UnionStation
VERNON
Dowtown L.A. Zoning2010
Residential
Commercial
M2 Light Industrial
M3 Heavy Industrial
RedondoJunction
AlamedaCorridor
UPRR
CLEAN-TECHMANUFACTURING
CENTER
DWP CLEAN-TECHRESEARCH
CENTER
“L.A.Clean-TechCorridor”
SILVER LAKEECHO PARK
Made in L.A., 2040
The Fashion District - situated between the financial, residential, and green-manufacturing centers - pose a new opportunity for a new urban industrial identity.
The Los Angeles CRA has designated the industrial land adjacent to the L.A. River as the L.A. Greentech Corridor - an ambition to launch production of clean technologies and transform the existing industrial landscape.
Although the demand for industrial spaces were constantly high (vacancy rate is among the lowest in the country), the buildings and infrastructures in Downtown L.A. are not able to support more advanced industrial operations. Most industrial floor space are currently used for wholesale retail activity - a prominent and 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 units717 Olympic
28F, 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 Building 16F, 222 units
Sixth Street Lofts2F, 63 units
Union Bank Bldg10F, 90 units
Biscuit Company Lofts7F, 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 Developmentsin Downtown Los Angeles(past decade, built+proposed)
Lengends:
New Developments
Adaptive Reuse
UNION STATION
REDONDO JUNCTION
Fashion District 2010
Made in L.A., 2040
Booming residential real estate speculation and industrial zoning limitations led to disinterest in investing and developing advanced industrial operations.
highly redundant in its spatial usage and visitor experience. Intensity of urban activity cannot be sustained throughout the sprawling expanse of the Fashion District - partly due to the highly repetitive nature of the products and services being sold.
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Made in L.A., 2040
EFFICIENCY + SPECTACLEBuckminster Fuller’s GeodesicCotton Mill
GENERIC + ECONOMY OF SCALEThe Starett-Lehigh BuildingNew York City, NY, USA
SPECIFICITY + COMPOUNDThe Fiat Lingotto FactoryTurin, Italy
Precedent Urban Factories:
While the heart of the Fashion District, Santee Alley, is a popular attraction - the duplicity of products and shops, as well as the large walking area - leaves much of the Fashion District deserted.
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Made in L.A., 2040
Site Building Typologies:
Wholesale Retail MegablocksStanford Mart
The Big ChairCalifornia furniture trading center
Wholesale Retail CourtsSantee Alley Extension
Wholesale Retail AlleySantee Alley
High Density ShowroomsCalifornia Market Center
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SanteeAlley
LA Fashion Mart
CaliforniaMarketCenter
City Market ofLos Angeles
FashionDistrict2040
Tissue & OrganDistrict
JewelryDistrict
FarmingDistrict
Gamification DevicesDistrict
PersonalMobilityDistrict
CustomElectronics
District
CustomFabrication
District
FancyPackaging
District
Hi-TechGastronomy
District
LA FASHION DISTRICT 2010
SOUTH
MAI
N ST.
Fashion District 2010
Fashion District2040
Fashion District 2010
Fashion District2040
Fashion District 2010
Fashion District2040
Made in L.A., 2040
The productive landscape of Downtown LA, 2040 takes full advantage of the intellectual and skilled labor made accessible through its proximity to existing urban centers and its connection to regional transportation networks.
Fancy* Manufacturing Districts of Downtown Los Angeles:Niche products +Production space as attraction
The significant land area enclosed by today’s fashion district should be consolidated into a more walkable area.
Consolidation Diversification Densification
Activities that were consolidated and condensed should be accommodated by up-zoned buildings with adequate infrastructural support, while incentivizing development interest.
The freed-up land should provide accommodation for other industries that may take advantage of this prime location - adding diversity to not only the produce but also labor population and visitor experience.
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HSRHSRUNION STATION
REDONDO JUNCTION
Silver LakeEcho Park
FashionDistrict2040
Tissue& OrganDistrict
FancyFarmingDistrict
JewelryDistrict
PersonalMobilityDistrict
ArchitecturalFabricationDistrict
CentralLogisticsDistrict
CustomElectronicsDistrict
FancyPackagingDistrict
CleanTechCorridor
AmericanApparel
FurnitureDistrict
Hi-techGastronomyDistrict
FancyFabricationDistrict
GamificationDevicesDistrict
Made in L.A., 2040
A Hybrid Infrastructure NetworkAccess + Mediation + Services
- New opportunities for synergic relationships and programmatic activities - Providing physical framework for future infrastructural overlays
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Made in L.A., 2040
Industrial “flagship” spaces and demonstrative energy infrastructures accelerate theproliferation and hybridization of public programs into industrial and infrastructural spaces.
As the popularity for lower carbon-emission living and consuming locally produced and morally produced products increase, the spaces of production can now become the ideal “flagship” spaces for branding. The proximity to the urban centers and connections to broader networks furthermore make Downtown L.A. an ideal place for a new generation of didactic “factories” to take place. It also sets the environment for demonstrative public and private infrastructures to open to the public.
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Fuller’s 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
Made in L.A., 2040
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Made in L.A., 2040
Infrastructural interventions are phase-based, responsive, adaptive, and provisional.
Mega-infrastructural Clusters take advantage of economy of scale. With large enough of a development justifying the cost for built-in, fully integrated, massive shared infrastructures. Neighborhood Facilitators and Distributed Sharing Systems are formed through more collective efforts, evolving through different phases. The Old Building Adaptors strategically place interventions so old structures may interface with new infrastructural advancements, while also activating and altering program within the building.
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Made in L.A., 2040
Mega-infrastructural Cluster Neighborhood Facilitators
Old Building Adapters Distributed Sharing Systems
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SOUTH MAIN ST. S LOS ANGELES ST. SANTEE ST. SANTEE ALLEY
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES L.A. FASHION DISTRICT
MADEINL.A.2040
Made in L.A., 2040
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SOUTH MAIN ST. S LOS ANGELES ST. SANTEE ST. SANTEE ALLEY
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES L.A. FASHION DISTRICT
MADEINL.A.2040
Made in L.A., 2040
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Made in L.A., 2040
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Made in L.A., 2040
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C-BIP Integrated Design Studio: Building Strategy PhaseSpring 2011
Recirculating 60 Broad StreetC-BIP | Building Retrofit Strategy
Critic: Laura KurganTeam: Collin Anderson Alexis Burson Stephen ChouSite: 60 Broad St., New York, NY
60 Broad Street suffers from poor natural day-lighting and air circulation - a problem known as “sick building syndrome” - which is prevalent in many glass towers constructed during 1970s in New York City. Affiliated single-client leases are fractured among various floor levels, creating working conditions that inhibit collaboration and flexibility.
This retrofit strategy pairs new methods
of inhabitant connectivity with passive ventilation and natural daylighting to recirculate people and recirculate air. The goal of the retrofit strategy is to positively alter the internal life of the building, drive down energy costs and decrease carbon emissions. This is accomplished via a double-skin cladding that houses perimeter stairwells and programmatic breakout nodes.
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NYC: +40.71°
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
BUILDING AREA: 975,000 SFCOMMERCIAL AREA: 975,000 SF
NUMBER OF FLOORS: 38YEAR BUILT: 1961ZONING: C5-5
BUILDING FAR: 21.78MAX ALLOWABLE FAR: 15
PRIVATE SECTOR TENANTS
EXISTING PROGRAM STRUCTURE + SITE CONDITIONS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES(STATE + CITY)
PRIVATE SECTOR TENANTS +GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL
N
N
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
LEVELS 1-5
6F LEVEL4,282.8 sqft
LEVELS 6-10
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
N
11F LEVEL12,650 sqft
11F LEVEL1,589 sqft
LEVELS 11-14
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
N
15F LEVEL1,716 sqft
15F LEVEL771.2 sqft
LEVELS 15-18
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
N
19F LEVEL8,580 sqft
19F LEVEL3,926 sqft
LEVELS 19-26
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
N
27F LEVEL7,873 sqft
LEVELS 27-38
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
N
C-BIP Building Retrofit Strategy: Recirculating 60 Broad St.
Conventional building construction practices advocate air-tight building envelopes, but if not paired with adequate HVAC systems, building-related illness can develop for the inhabitants due to sick building syndrome. Due to changes in regulation or without upgrade over a long period of time, many glass towers in the city may promote sick building syndrome.The tallness of the building and its enormous amount of inhabitable square footage resulted in a large, dominating solid core, blocking cross-floor building circulation.
Old air-tight glass boxes risk sick building syndrome.
Dominant core size, blockage of cross-floor circulation, and high dependence on elevators.
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HEATING DRIVEN VENTILATION
HEAT HARVESTED FROMCAVITY AIR VIA HEATEXCHANGER
KNEE WALLS HOUSEDUCTS TO AHU
AHU AHU AHU
OPTIMAL CROSS-VENTILATION COOLING DRIVEN VENTILATION
WINTER CONDITIONS SPRING/FALL CONDITIONS
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET RECIRCULATING AIR
SUMMER CONDITIONS
D
D= depth of the floorplate (from core to perimeter)
THE DEPTH OF THE OCCUPIED SPACE DRIVES THE CAVITY DEPTH
RULE OF THUMB:FOR EVERY 20 ft. OF OCCUPIABLE FLOOR DEPTH,
THERE SHOULD BE 1 ft. OF CAVITY DEPTH
d= depth of the cavityw= width of the module
d
w
RECIRCULATING AIR
DOUBLE SKIN TO INCREASENATURAL VENTILATION
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
C-BIP Building Retrofit Strategy: Recirculating 60 Broad St.
The goals of recirculating air of 60 Broad Street is achieved through re-skinning by adding an extra layer to form a double skin facade. The air space sandwitched between the original facade surface and the new skin is regulated seasonally - storing hot air to assist the building HVAC in winter, reject heat in summer, and promote natural ventilation in the shoulder seasons through stack effect.
Recirculating Air
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RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET RECIRCULATING PEOPLE
INCREASE INHABITANT FLEXIBILITYPERIMETER WALL CIRCULATION TO
REPROGRAMMING NEWLY ACCESSIBLE SPACES
RECIRCULATE AND REPROGRAMTO ACTIVATE OUTDOOR PATIO SPACES
RECIRCULATING 60 BROAD STREET
MORE INTERVENTION NEEDEDFOR THE LOWER LEVELS - CONVENIENT VERTICAL ACCESSESCOMPENSATING SEGREGATION CAUSED BY LARGE CORE - INTEGRATED BREAK-OUT SPACES - MULTIPLE ACCESSES TO PATIO SPACES
LESS BUT STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS ON MID-LEVELS - TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VIEWS - INTEGRATED BREAK-OUT SPACES
INTERVENTION LESS DESIRABLEON HIGHER LEVELS - SMALLER IN PLAN AND OCCUPANCY - PLENTIFUL VIEWS
48.61%OF TOTAL OCCUPIABLE SPACECONCENTRATED IN LEVELS 1-11
6F4,386 sqft
11F12,650+1,590 sqft
15F1,716+771 sqft
19F8,580+2,926 sqft
27F7,873 sqft
PATIO SPACES
circulationefficiency
structuralefficiency
programmaticqualities
adaptabilityto existingfloor plans
aesthetic
circulationefficiency
structuralefficiency
programmaticqualities
adaptabilityto existingfloor plans
aesthetic
circulationefficiency
structuralefficiency
programmaticqualities
adaptabilityto existingfloor plans
aesthetic
circulationefficiency
structuralefficiency
programmaticqualities
adaptabilityto existingfloor plans
aesthetic
circulationefficiency
structuralefficiency
programmaticqualities
adaptabilityto existingfloor plans
aesthetic
circulationefficiency
structuralefficiency
programmaticqualities
adaptabilityto existingfloor plans
aesthetic
circulationefficiency
structuralefficiency
programmaticqualities
adaptabilityto existingfloor plans
aesthetic
C-BIP Building Retrofit Strategy: Recirculating 60 Broad St.
Circulation Intervention Permutations
Recirculating People
Reprogramming Newly Accessible Spaces
The goals of recirculating people in 60 Broad Street is achieved through strategic perimeter circulation paths that connect to different floors and shared patio green spaces that are newly activated.
Vertical Perimeter Stairwells Promenade Instantiare Local Zip Lines Hybrid
Optimize with stucture, internal programs, and even distribution of connected green space square footage.
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YEARLY HEATING LOAD75% 25%
YEARLY COOLING LOAD YEARLY HEATING LOAD 49% 25%
YEARLY COOLING LOAD
TEMPERATURE RANGES IN NEW YORK CITY
BEFOREAIR-TIGHT, PRESSURIZED ENVELOPE WITH NO NATURAL VENTILATION CAPABILITIES
0º-09º
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2200
10º-19º 20º-29º 30º-39º 40º-49º 50º-59º 60º-69º 70º-79º 80º-89º 90º-99º 100º-109º
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F H
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TEMPERATURE RANGES IN NEW YORK CITY
26%NO LOAD
0º-09º
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2200
10º-19º 20º-29º 30º-39º 40º-49º 50º-59º 60º-69º 70º-79º 80º-89º 90º-99º 100º-109º
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AFTERPOTENTIAL TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF WEATHER
CONDITIONS APPROPRIATE FOR NATURAL VENTILATION
REDUCTION IN HEATING AND
COOLING LOAD
Lights
Plugloads
Space Heating
Space Cooling
Heat Rejection
Pumps
Ventilation Fans
Domestic Hot Water
Lights
Plugloads
Space Heating
Space Cooling
Heat Rejection
Pumps
Ventilation Fans
Domestic Hot Water
AVERAGE DRY-BULB TEMPERATURE PER MONTH IN NYC
JANUARY: 34º
given 1,909,950 CFM required for the building...
ENERGY NEEDED TO HEAT THE BUILDING
BTUHbldg = .018 · CFM req’d · 60 · (Th-To)
BTUHbldg = .018 · 1,909,950 · (95-40)
= 1,909,950 BTUH
ENERGY SUPPLEMENTED BY THE DOUBLE SKIN FACADE
BTUHbldg = .018 · CFM req’d · 60 · (Th-Tc)
BTUHbldg = .018 · 1,909,950 · (95-70)
= 859,477 BTUH
AVERAGE WINTER DRY-BULB
TEMPERATURE:
40º
FEBRUARY: 31º
MARCH: 42º
APRIL: 51º
MAY: 61º
JUNE: 71º
JULY: 77º
AUGUST: 77º
SEPTEMBER: 68º
OCTOBER: 57º
NOVEMBER: 45º
DECEMBER: 38º
55% POTENTIAL ENERGY SAVINGS IN THE WINTER
C-BIP Building Retrofit Strategy: Recirculating 60 Broad St.
The recirculation of air and incorporation of the double skin gives the building new opportunities to utilize and better respond to the exterior climate.
Although metrics play essential roles in defining parametric relationships, a greater theme of interest is the potential of triggering lifestyle changes through programmatic changes - by simply bring the inhabitants out of the air-tight box and have more awareness and utilization of the outside environment. Changes of the internal lives of the building may be difficult to reflect through numbers, yet is essential to all architectural experiences and retrofitting strategies.
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C-BIP Building Retrofit Strategy: Recirculating 60 Broad St.
The exterior form of the double skin facade may be configured differently for different affects and environmental purposes. Variations can be generated in relation to its distance to the core, provide shading, or to orient towards/away solar radiation, etc.
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C-BIP Building Retrofit Strategy: Recirculating 60 Broad St.
The perimeter pathways offer connections to patio green spaces, but they are also attractions by themselves, providing break out spaces and connections to other floors. Longer, promenade formations can be desirable at higher levels to take advantage of the excellent views the building has to offer, but previous inaccessible to most.
Parametric relationships can also be developed between the pathway element and the double skin element - optimizing programmatic intent, structure, air cavity size, and form.
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INPUT PARAMETERS
Orientation_AngleSRF_Ratio
Element_DepthTop_Panel_Depth_RatioOffset_TOPOffset_BTMOffset_LEFTOffset_RIGHT
OUTPUTPARAMETERS / EFFECTS
Output_AreaOutput_Volume
-30deg0.6
6ft1.20ft0ft0ft0ft
-15deg0.6
0deg0.6
15deg0.8
30deg0.4
30deg0.8-0.6-0.4
3ft1.20ft0ft0ft0ft
10in1.00ft0ft0ft0ft
6ft0.750ft0ft0ft0ft
4ft1.13ft0ft0ft0ft
4ft1.1-2ft0ft5ft0ft
2.942 m29.583 m3
PRARMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS
Change in overhang to introduce more sun exposure into element.
The width and height of the element are user-definable to create a variety of spaces for different uses and performances.
The percentage glazing can be controlled to meet desired conditions.
The buffer air space can either be inhabitable, or reduced in depth to form a double skin facade.
Reclaiming site environmental factors
for user's own purpose/comfort
ENVIRONMENTAL
STRUCTURE+
INFRASTRUCTUREPROGRAM
SYSTEMS
Reduction in heating and
cooling loads
Improvement in glazing quality and quantity
The flexibility to respond to changes
The ability to influence at
multiple scales
Ability to exist independently but also aggregate/expand to
entire building
Amount/scale of change to
existing structure
Integratedness between element and
existing building infrastructures
User configurability and flexibility
Enhancement to existing programs
ELEMENT
ClimatariumC-BIP Integrated Design Studio: Building Element DesignSpring 2011
Critic: Laura Kurgan
The Climatarium adds to the building envelope an inhabitable buffer space between interior and exterior climates.Climatarium adds extra square footage while its form (in plan and section) can be adjusted to orient towards or away from the sun exposure for different environmental purposes. When aggregated across the facade it has the potential of altering the overall orientation property of a building.
The element seeks to bring the dwellers of air-conditioned spaces closer to the NYC climate. The user should be able to customize the usage and comfort levels of this buffer space, therefore achieving better building performance not only through improved metrics but also through lifestyle and programmatic changes.
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C-BIP Building Element Design: Climatarium
Element orientation changes with floor level. The higher the element, the more chance of over-exposure: Element plan and main glazing surface orient away from the sun.The lower the element, the more chance of under-exposure: Element plan and main glazing surface orient towards the sun.
Aggregation seeks to minimize blockage to other windows.
Application ScenariosEast Facade
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C-BIP Building Element Design: Climatarium
Element orientation seeks to avoid direct sun exposure to main glazing surface to reduce cooling loads.
Element form (in section) seeks to increase shading with larger overhang.
Aggregation seeks to provide shading for both the other elements and existing windows.
Element orientation seeks to increase sun exposure. For instance, morning or late afternoon in New York City.
Elements can be used discretely and independently.
South Facade
North Facade
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C-BIP Building Element Design: Climatarium
Collaborative Developments
543 3rd. AVENUE (Highrise Residential)Simon McGown + Omar Morales-Armstrong + Stephen Shaun Salisbury
Climatarium used in conjunction with Mary McConnell’s Light Shelf element to be integrated into a larger building infrastructure system that provides fresh air supply and increases natural light penetration.
1980 LAFAYETTE(Stevenson School)Kelly Danz + Rikki Frenkel + Garth Priber
Climatarium used as additions of a variety of new programmatic spaces.An external knowledge pattern was used to further control the total amount of inhabitable area created.
The climatarium adds new programmatic opportunities to existing programs.
According different seasons, the climatarium may also be attached to other systems to become light shelves.
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C-BIP Building Element Design: Climatarium
CORE STUDIO III: HOUSINGFall 2010
Circulate, Delaminate, IncubateHousing for Entrepreneurship
Critic: Michael BellTeam: Stephen Chou Allison RozwatSite: Hoboken, NJ
The focus of “Circulate, Delaminate, Incubate” is exploring how architecture and spatial form may influence social interactions - a topic that has a long history in architecture discourse.
We proposed to create a mixed-use development specifically for harboring startup companies and entrepreneurs in the master
planning phase. As the scope concentrates onto housing, we seek to create a new spatial form - different from the existing hallway model - that not only adequately regulates public/private in an entrepreneurial, extrovert environment, but also respond more to the richness of human interactions.
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INDEPENDENT BUSINESSESRetailRestaurantService IndustriesOffices
CORPORATE/CHAIN BUSINESSESRetailRestaurantService IndustriesOffices
(commercial listings on google map)
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The 76-acre site sits between Hoboken and Jersey City - two cities with very different visions - Hoboken seeks to preserve its historic character and small, intimate scale, while Jersey City aspires to become a center for world-class corporations and business activity.
Recognizing the relationship between the scale and type of business and its associated spatial characters and needs, we propose to create a mixed use development for entrepreneurship: accommodating the scale and interactions of small startup companies, while nurturing “world-class” creativity and business potential.
Two cities, two visions.
An entrepreneurial environment that responds to both cities’ aspirations.
Jersey City“World Class Center”- Jersey City Master Plan, 2000
Hoboken“Historic Urban Village”- Hoboken Master Plan, 2004
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Weak TiesStrong Ties
Granovetter, Mark“The Strength of Weak Ties”
information
Entrepreneurers
MentorsVCs
JerseyCity
Population
HobokenPopulation
Visitors
Employees
CommutersPrograms
ofDissemination
COFFEESHOP
5,400,000 sqft
7,400,000 sqft
500,000 sqft
500,000 sqft
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PUBLICTHEATER
MEETINGROOMS
TRANSIT
HOUSING
OFFICES
RETAIL
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information
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MentorsVCs
JerseyCity
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Visitors
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5,400,000 sqft
7,400,000 sqft
500,000 sqft
500,000 sqft
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PUBLICTHEATER
MEETINGROOMS
TRANSIT
HOUSING
OFFICES
RETAIL
Weak TiesStrong Ties
Granovetter, Mark“The Strength of Weak Ties”
information
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JerseyCity
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HobokenPopulation
Visitors
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COFFEESHOP
5,400,000 sqft
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PUBLICTHEATER
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HOUSING
OFFICES
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Using both program and spatial setups to promote the dissemination and exchange of information and ideas.
InThe Strength of Weak Ties, sociologist Mark Granovetter demonstrated a model of understanding human relationships through “strong” vs. “weak” ties. He argued that strong ties connect people through similarity and tend to form closed loops, while weak ties (acquaintances) more often propagate new ideas and opportunities.
However, all relationships are important in their own ways in the entrepreneurial process.
The proposed development, in addition to housing and offices, will encorporate “programs of dissemination” strategically selected and placed so that it may accommodate and facilitate meaningful interactions across different forms of relationships.
Differentiated by: - Scale of interaction
- Specificity of the information being exchanged
SEMINAROFFICE(small startup)
TRANSIT
Using information to attractweak ties and facilitate meaningful
interactions between them.
Weak TiesStrong Ties
Granovetter, Mark“The Strength of Weak Ties”
information
Entrepreneurers
MentorsVCs
JerseyCity
Population
HobokenPopulation
Visitors
Employees
CommutersPrograms
ofDissemination
COFFEESHOP
5,400,000 sqft
7,400,000 sqft
500,000 sqft
500,000 sqft
SEMINAR
PUBLICTHEATER
MEETINGROOMS
TRANSIT
HOUSING
OFFICES
RETAIL
Weak TiesStrong Ties
Strong tiesTeamwork, camaraderie,
strong support systems
Neutral conditionfor testing, experimenting,
and broadcasting ideas
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14TH CENTURY ITALIAN VILLA 19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN HOME
HALLHALL
CHAMBERCHAMBER
SITTINGROOM
SITTINGROOM
ENTRY GREAT DINING ROOM
CHAMBER #2
CHAMBER #3
CHAMBER #1
CHAMBER #4
14TH CENTURY ITALIAN VILLA 19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN HOME
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CHAMBER #3
CHAMBER #1
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“...it would be foolish to suggest that a
(architectural) plan could compel people to
behave in a specific way towards one another,
enforcing a day-to-day regime of gregarious
sensuality. It would be still more foolish,
however, to suggest that a plan could not
prevent people from behaving in a particular
way, or at least hinder them from doing so.”
- Robin Evans, Figures, Doors and Passages, 1978
The spatial framework described by a plan can be used as a device to organize public/private, to influence ways people manage and engage with other people. The free grid and the total hierarchical rooms are here taken as two extremes. The hallway is interpreted as an existing solution to a middle ground between the two extremes.
To seek for a new spatial framework, plans are operated, transformed, and re-interpretated.
We seek a new spatial framework that can respond to the richness of human interactions.
19th Century Victorian Home16th Century Italian VillaThe introduction of hallways as
social regulating device
Free Grid HierarchicalThe Hallway
DELAMINATION
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A wall has two surfaces, each having its own distinctive qualities - materiality, public/private, opacity, etc.
These qualities and their relationships are re-defined by delaminating these two surfaces.
The apartment unit is here examined more closely - the relationships between interior and exterior surfaces were inverted by the delamination operation.
By reconsidering the public/private and materiality of the inverted unit, we propose an atrium complex in which units looks into each other and the dissemination programs below. All units of the atrium are connected by a spiral ramp system on which residents and guests may circulate through blurred private/public zones of each unit as they head to the incubators below, or to the outdoor amenities on the roof level.
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SEMI-PUBLIC ZONE
SEMI-PUBLIC ZONE
SEMI-PUBLIC ZONE
Changing mediating surface
Ramp circulation constantly changing vertical relationship with unit
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Each unit would have multiple layers of views into the dissemination program.
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The site plan grid is formed first by extending the Hoboken street grid to connect to Jersey City. Strips are further divided into blocks that enclose regularized rail track patterns. The fabric of atrium housing complexes blankets over
the wide expanse of dissemination programs and public spaces. Atriums may change in size and height, influencing the relationship with the programs below.
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STUDIO
2 BEDROOM
PUBLIC SPACE
3 BEDROOM
1 BEDROOM
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FREE SPACE
PUBLIC BALCONY
PUBLIC RAMPS
FREE SPACE
PUBLIC BALCONY
PUBLIC RAMPS
FREE SPACE
PUBLIC BALCONY
PUBLIC RAMPS
FREE SPACE
PUBLIC RAMPS
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PUBLIC BALCONY
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FREE SPACE
PUBLIC BALCONY
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FREE SPACE
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FREE SPACE
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FREE SPACE
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FREE SPACE
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PUBLIC BALCONY
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2 BEDROOM1’-0” = 0’-1/4”
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1 BEDROOM1’-0” = 0’-1/4”
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A three-panel system using light weight Panelite panels to mediate opacity and transparency of the bed room to the rest of the atrium. Inhabitants can have visual privacy but still be aware of the activity outside.
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CORE STUDIO IISpring 2010
The Museum of DiasporaAn Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments
Critic: Mark WasiutaSite: Chinatown, New York, NY
The Museum of Diaspora provides curators an opportunity for an extra dimension of sensory experiences - the atmospheric environment - an experience that has long been neutralized with the wide-spread of air-conditioning technologies and notions
of “modern” comfort.
The project then seeks to disintegrate conventional air-conditioning technologies and building envelops to create and contain diverse atmospheric environments in the museum.
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The Museum of Diaspora: An Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments
Macro
Micro
Meso
Sauna
Finland
OnsenJapan
Islamic CourtyardsMiddle East
Macro
Micro
MesoFireplace / Hearth
Midwest USA
Dessert ShopSingapore
Macro
Micro
Meso
KangNorthern China
Meenakshi Temple
Madurai, India
Ice Cream Vendor in Disney WorldFlorida
We live in a world of atmospheric diversity - countless human creations, traditions, rituals, behaviors, and sensibilities of different groups of people can be directly or indirectly related to the atmospheric environment of a certain time and place that they inhabit in.
However, the global diaspora of air-conditioned environments has greatly neutralized many of these experiences with the wide-spread notions of “modern comfort” and modern environmental control equipments.
Museum environments are among the most controlled, conditioned environments. The Museum of Diaspora challenges the normative enironment by providing curators the opportunity to integrate the atmospheric environment of the museum into the curation process.
The Museum of Diaspora challenges curators to include another sensory dimension to the museum experience. The air can enhance, contrast, induce comfort/discomfort, produce physiological effects for museum exhibits, the air can even be the exhibit itself.
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/Filter Air Space/
Insulation 1 Polyurethane/Insulation 2 Vapor
Barrier
FanFilter
HeaterCooler
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Passive Control
AHU
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Classrooms
MultimediaGallery
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Admin.Offices
SocialSpaces
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SocialSpaces
The Museum of Diaspora: An Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments
The air-conditioning process itself exists a diverse set of atmospheric conditions - all within the air handling unit! The Museum of Disapora seeks to inhabit the AHU.
Inhabiting the AHU.
SeasonalGallery
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SocialSpaces
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connected to grid
Rain Screen/Filter Air Space/
Insulation 1 Polyurethane/Insulation 2 Vapor
Barrier
FanFilter
HeaterCooler
HumidityControl
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Interior/Full Control
ACTIVE CONTROL
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Macro
Micro
Meso
Sauna
Finland
OnsenJapan
Islamic CourtyardsMiddle East
Macro
Micro
MesoFireplace / Hearth
Midwest USA
Dessert ShopSingapore
Macro
Micro
Meso
KangNorthern China
Meenakshi Temple
Madurai, India
Ice Cream Vendor in Disney WorldFlorida
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The Museum of Diaspora: An Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments
The environmental control systems of architecture consists of:- Active control system - mechanical systems that condition atmosphere- Passive control system - material systems that control the containment/separation of atmospheres.
Through the separation of the conventional (stacked) systems, new containments could be formed to house a variety of conditions between the exterior/interior and no-control/full-control zones.
The formal logic of the building is the separation of wall layers creating pockets of different types of containments.
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The Museum of Diaspora: An Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments
Air will be filtered and taken in from the Chrystie Street façade and will be ventilated through layers of different containments in piecewise conditioning processes at each level.
Curators are not only able to generate specific atmospheres for curatorial purposes in the fully enclosed, controlled Bowery side, but may also selectively utilize the New York City atmosphere (exterior/ Chrystie st. side) along the air processing 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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The Museum of Diaspora: An Exhibition of Atmospheric Environments
The Chrysite St. facade is composed of a grid of filters that would register the air condition of the site as it filters air into the building.
The exterior space can utilize the climate of NYC to hold seasonal exhibits, it can also serve as an mixing air space to exhibit the effects when the curated air comes in contact with the exterior.
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CORE STUDIO I: Degrees of UncertaintyFall 2009
AirlabThe Urban Science Research Institution
Critic: Janette KimSite: The High Line Chelsea, NYC
The Airlab aims to respond to the urban conditions of the site - as a science research institution, how to benefit from the high density of audiences on site; as a building, how to strategically share spaces to the public, while taking advantage of the surrounding opportunities.
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As a result of the rapid, continual population growth and other economic, social, political forces, the massive, global trend of urbanization extending into the coming decades has become a certainty. High density urban areas may become preferable for its ability to maximize the sharing of resources (internally and externally) and the increased interaction between people to generate new social conditions.
The airlab as a science institution in an urban setting can benefit through promoting its work to the dense and diverse population living or traveling
The sharing of resources + the increased interaction between people
through the site. As an urban building, it can share space to the public while attracting interest or new urban functions in return. It can also strategically utilize existing site conditions to activate different public programs. By further investigating program timetables, airlab may effectivelt achieve the sharing of 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 230
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Internally, programs are organized according to its determinacy to generate more flexible spaces that could be adopted for the use of different publics at different amounts. A system of wire-framing is used to divide, sub-divide, and connect spaces, while different enclosures can still exist in parallel by adding glass or solid
Time-sharing between different programs and providing flexibility in divisions for multiple public/private configurations.
divisions. The screening capability of the wireframe also provides different moments of interaction between the building’s different users.
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Monitoring Station
Rest Areas
Observation Deck
Library Stacks
Reading Room
Generator Room
Kitchen
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Deck
24hr Public Cafe
Convenience Store
Conference Room
Wet Lab
Materials Storage Hub
Photography Work Station
Data Storage
Lab Toilets
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Monitoring Station
Rest Areas
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Reading Room
Generator Room
Kitchen
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Conference Room
Wet Lab
Materials Storage Hub
Photography Work Station
Data Storage
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Elevator
Public Toilet
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Monitoring Station
Rest Areas
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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
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Ad-Hoc Dry Lab
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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
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Monitoring Station
Rest Areas
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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
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The bottom levels provide public access to the Highline, while sharing the garage space to mobile facilities in the city (food trucks or bodega carts for instance).
The mid-levels provide an auditorium that connects to the highline for public use, while taking the Highline as stage of visual attention.
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By utilizing the existing High Line auditorium, Airlab becomes a stage to communicate science or environmental issues to the broader public, with its top levels offering the opportunities for large scale display that will face the Highline.
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BUILDING TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVEFall 2011
Crinkle!Surface/Screen/Structure
Instructor: Joseph VidichTeam: Stephen Chou Kelsey Lents Allison RozwatSite: Adidas Performance Store 610 Broadway, New York, NY
Crinkle! is a sunscreen system developed for the Adidas Sports Performance Store on 610 Broadway. It consists of lasercut stainless steel sheet metal units that aggregate into a 3-dimensional, undulating, porous system that not only dissolves the severity of the original gridded facade, but also wraps around the building to accentuate the top levels of the street corner.
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8"16" 3 scales of base triangle
potential aggregations of basic bean
possible folding variations using only 130 and 160 degree bendsconnections between beans also occur at 130 and 160 degree
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The current facade of the Adidas Sports Performance Store is a regularized glasss curtain wall system. We wanted to introduce a united system that has the potential to create a more sculptural, engaging screen to break the severity of the current mullion grid, and take advantage of the wide street crossing - a prime opportunity for the viewer to see the entire facade 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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portion of aggregation
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The overall aggrgation wraps around the building to re-configure the uniform glass curtain wall facade by purposefully revealing the top levels of the building street corner. As a wide crossing gathering a large amount of traffic, it would serve to bring visual attention and suggest different programs with the building.
Re-accentuating the building corner to the Broadway-Houston St. crossing.
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The laser cut-stainless steel panels are also perforated with a dotted pattern that would serve as rivet points for the connecting ties to the armature system.The ties are special laser cut joinery pieces that fit the panel perforation pattern and and accommodate the armature pipes to pass through on multiple directions.
CNC-Bent pipe armature system that not only supports the panel system, but also supplement the overall sculptural quality.
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showing armature system along perforation
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example showing creation of
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Construction Diagram
working drawing for construction of fabricated metal panels showing:
pipe bend anglespanel bend angles pipe and perforation pattern
Crinkle!: Surface/Screen/Structure
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FABRICATION: FORMWORKSFall 2010
Filtro-Kiosk
Instructor: Josh DraperTeam: Stephen Chou Nicole Kotsis Chris Powers Jodie ZhangSite: School in Lionwe, Malawi
Filtro-Kiosk is a specially developed brick system to construct a wall that is able to carry the flow of water through cascading levels and multiple filtration units. These filtration kiosks are sited in a school in Malawi, where water infrastructure is under-developed and main access to water are through water kiosks. The goal is not only to provide for useable water, but to also visualize the filtration process, and create a visually and ambiently compelling space.
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WATER INFRASTRUCTURES
Unsafe sewage disposal, agricultural runoff, and soil erosion due to deforestationcombine to contaminate much of the country’s fresh water.
73%of populationhas access to safe water (2004)
0.9% Deforestation Rate(one of the highest in Africa)
40%of rural populationhas access to safe water (2004)
Self-organized community associations operate, maintain, and collect revenue.It is often inappropriate to sink wells or drill boreholes in urban and semi-urban neighbourhoods as conditions of overcrowding and poor waste disposal can lead to groundwater contamination and pollution of these sources.
Water kiosks present an effective way of delivering safe drinking water to urban communities where there is a basic domestic supply network in place. The supply network may lack the capacity to support the connection of individual households but water kiosks offer a way to dispense drinking water using existing capacity.
LILONGWE
Lake Malawi
WATER INFRASTRUCTURES
Unsafe sewage disposal, agricultural runoff, and soil erosion due to deforestationcombine to contaminate much of the country’s fresh water.
73%of populationhas access to safe water (2004)
0.9% Deforestation Rate(one of the highest in Africa)
40%of rural populationhas access to safe water (2004)
Self-organized community associations operate, maintain, and collect revenue.It is often inappropriate to sink wells or drill boreholes in urban and semi-urban neighbourhoods as conditions of overcrowding and poor waste disposal can lead to groundwater contamination and pollution of these sources.
Water kiosks present an effective way of delivering safe drinking water to urban communities where there is a basic domestic supply network in place. The supply network may lack the capacity to support the connection of individual households but water kiosks offer a way to dispense drinking water using existing capacity.
LILONGWE
Lake Malawi
WATER INFRASTRUCTURES
Unsafe sewage disposal, agricultural runoff, and soil erosion due to deforestationcombine to contaminate much of the country’s fresh water.
73%of populationhas access to safe water (2004)
0.9% Deforestation Rate(one of the highest in Africa)
40%of rural populationhas access to safe water (2004)
Self-organized community associations operate, maintain, and collect revenue.It is often inappropriate to sink wells or drill boreholes in urban and semi-urban neighbourhoods as conditions of overcrowding and poor waste disposal can lead to groundwater contamination and pollution of these sources.
Water kiosks present an effective way of delivering safe drinking water to urban communities where there is a basic domestic supply network in place. The supply network may lack the capacity to support the connection of individual households but water kiosks offer a way to dispense drinking water using existing capacity.
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 effective way of delivering safe drinking water to urban communities where there is a basic domestic supply network in place. The supply network may lack the capacity to support the connection of individual households but water kiosks offer a way to dispense drinking water using existing capacity.
The Filtro-Kiosk will encorporate a water holding wall at the scale of a typical kiosk. The goal is not only to supplement clean water through filtration, but also serve an educational purpose by visualizing the flow of water and filtration process.
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Formworks: Filtro-Kiosk
AGGREGATION POSSIBILITIES
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Aerated concrete is a light weight structural concrete, created by a mixture of concrete and aluminum powder, which generates hydrogen bubbles during the curing process.The trapped bubbles of hydrogen ultimately evaporates and creates small closed cell air pocket in the concrete.
We hypothesize that by manipulating the amount of aluminum added into the mixture, the density of the cell structures can then be manipulated, allowing flow of water at a rate to be determined.
A kiosk that would not only provide filtered water, but also visualize the filtration process, and create a visually and acoustically interesting place.
The filtro-wall system may tap into existing grey water facilities on site, and take advantage of the terrain to introduce naturally flowing water. Given the educational purpose of the site, and the evaporative cooling effects and acoustical ambience of flowing water, the water kiosks may extend beyond utilitarian use, and become a place that is communal, educational, and compelling.
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Formworks: Filtro-Kiosk
Top to bottom:Material studies in aerated concrete - concrete mixture with aluminum powder at different ratio mixtures. CNC milling of the two part mold. Finial casting result.
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ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIES VSpring 2010
The New Tilt-UpA Composite Tilt-Up Panel Industrial Loft
Instructors: A J. Hibbs + Pat Hopple + Elias DagherTeam: Benjamin Brichta Stephen Chou Rubah Musvee Allison Rozwat
For the Bunker Loft in the Bronx, New York, we revisit the notion of load-bearing masonry construction through exploring the possibilities of precast concrete construction. Rather than the stacking of purely generic, mass-produced “blocks”(such as bricks, stone blocks or CMUs, as traditionally used), we
propose exploiting the contemporary ability to manufacture highly-designed building components, and seek to simultaneously address building functions other than structure such as the enclosure and mechanical systems through masonry construction.
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The New Tilt-Up: A Composite Tilt-Up Panel Industrial Building
4. TYPICAL PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. TYPICAL PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. TYPICAL PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. GROUND FLOOR PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. GROUND FLOOR PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
4 . GROUND FLOOR PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. PARAPET PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. PARAPET PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
4 . PARAPET PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. LIGHT WELL PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. LIGHT WELL PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
4. LIGHT WELL PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
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1-2 . TOP FLOOR PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
1-3 . TOP FLOOR PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2-1 . SIDE WALL PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2-2 . SIDE WALL PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2-3 . SIDE WALL PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3-1 . CORNER PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3-2 . CORNER PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3-3 . CORNER PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
1/2” INCH STEEL WINDOW SEAT AND SILLRACEWAY ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND RADIANT SYSTEM (HIDDEN) INTEGRATED MECHANICAL AIR DUCT (HIDDEN)
1/2” INCH STEEL PLATE, FIELD WELDED 1/2” INCH STEEL PLATE, FIELD WELDED
CONNECTOR BETWEEN INSULATION AND CONCRETE
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AHUAir Intake
Supply air delivery through panel
Supply air feed into Termodeck
Supply Air Diffusers
Air Exhaust
Radiant Heating/Cooling Supply and Return PipesConnects to Boiler/Chiller
Radiant Heating/Cooling SystemEmbedded in Topping Slab
Radiant Heating/CoolingManifold Access Box
4. TYPICAL PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. TYPICAL PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. TYPICAL PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. GROUND FLOOR PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. GROUND FLOOR PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
4 . GROUND FLOOR PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. PARAPET PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. PARAPET PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
4 . PARAPET PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2. LIGHT WELL PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3. LIGHT WELL PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
4. LIGHT WELL PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
1-1 . TOP FLOOR PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
1-2 . TOP FLOOR PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
1-3 . TOP FLOOR PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2-1 . SIDE WALL PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2-2 . SIDE WALL PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
2-3 . SIDE WALL PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3-1 . CORNER PANEL ELEVATIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3-2 . CORNER PANEL SECTIONSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
3-3 . CORNER PANEL PLANSCALE 1” = 1’-0”
1/2” INCH STEEL WINDOW SEAT AND SILLRACEWAY ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND RADIANT SYSTEM (HIDDEN) INTEGRATED MECHANICAL AIR DUCT (HIDDEN)
1/2” INCH STEEL PLATE, FIELD WELDED 1/2” INCH STEEL PLATE, FIELD WELDED
CONNECTOR BETWEEN INSULATION AND CONCRETE
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