Portfolio of Work

portfolio of worklibby norris7824 Sunkist BlvdBrooklyn Park, MN [email protected]

table of contents

1. the music machine live-work-performace space gives shape to complexities of the music industry

2. materiality and methodology showroom and factory informed by material qualities

3. field cloud artistic installation grounds an open site

4. revealing structure a precedent study of form and appearance

5. design by site forces site forces inform a park pavilion

Live. Work. Perform. These are the basic programmatic requirements for this musicians’ building located in Lowertown St. Paul. Beginning with an exercise of diagramming, I became intrigued with the complexities of the music industry and how those intangible ideas could be physically manifested in a building. The process of “getting to the top” for a musician is a highly intense, and personal struggle. However, the general public is the backbone of the music industry and serve as both supporters and recipients of musical output from artists. This basic concept is exaggerated in the general form for the building- a main “musician’s building” supported by a separate “public tower.” Each floor represents a step up for the artist in the process of “making it to the top,” and terminates with the top floor concert hall. The building enhances the connections between musicians and the general public while providing a private sanctuary that physically reflects the struggle to reach success in the music industry.

the music machine

intangible characteristics of the music industry take on physical formstudio 4spring 2014

CONCEPT

FORM

ORGANIZATION

PROGRAM

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE

LARGE PERFORMANCE

SMALL PERFORMANCE LIVE ROOMS

BAR/CAFE

RECORD SHOP

RETAILCONTROL ROOMS

STORAGEGREEN ROOMS

LOUNGE SPACE FOR RECORDING

PUBLIC BATHROOMS

PRIVATE BATHROOMS

JAM SESSION ROOMS

HOTEL ROOMSCOMMUNAL KITCHEN

APARTMENTS

STAFF OFFICES

RECORD LABEL OFFICES

MECHANICAL

LOBBY

THE RECORD MAKING MUSIC MACHINE

PEOPLENEED TO EAT.

PEOPLESMELL FOOD,

COME IN TO EAT,

SEE AND HEAR

MUSICIANS

WHO NEED EXPOSURE

TO GET A

RECORD LABEL.RECORD LABELS WANT MONEY.

RECORD LABELS NEED MUSICIANS

WHO NEED LIVING SPACE

FROM THE

MUSICIANS

TO RECORD MUSIC

AND CONTROL ROOMS

TO PRODUCE RECORDS

THAT ARE BOUGHT BY

PEOPLE.

(and use the bathroom)

$$

$$

PEOPLE

WANT VIDEOS AND CONCERTS

AND THE BIGGER THE VENUE, THE MORE MONEY IS MADE.

WHICH BRINGS IN MORE

PEOPLE

$$$ $$$

Restaurant Lobby/atrium Record shop Rentable retail/space Bathrooms Bar

Restaurant Jam rooms Recording and offices Residences Small performance(Large live room)

Large performance space

THE MUSIC MACHINE L. NORRISSOUND STUDIO

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE

LARGE PERFORMANCE


BAR/CAFE

RECORD SHOP

RETAILCONTROL ROOMS

STORAGEGREEN ROOMS


PUBLIC BATHROOMS

PRIVATE BATHROOMS

JAM SESSION ROOMS

HOTEL ROOMS

COMMUNAL KITCHEN

APARTMENTS

STAFF OFFICES


MECHANICAL

LOBBY


PEOPLENEED TO EAT.

PEOPLESMELL FOOD,

COME IN TO EAT,

SEE AND HEAR

MUSICIANS

WHO NEED EXPOSURE

TO GET A




FROM THE

MUSICIANS

TO RECORD MUSIC

AND CONTROL ROOMS

TO PRODUCE RECORDS

THAT ARE BOUGHT BY

PEOPLE.


$$

$$

PEOPLE




PEOPLE

$$$ $$$ CONCEPT

FORM

ORGANIZATION

PROGRAM

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE

LARGE PERFORMANCE


BAR/CAFE

RECORD SHOP

RETAILCONTROL ROOMS

STORAGEGREEN ROOMS


PUBLIC BATHROOMS

PRIVATE BATHROOMS

JAM SESSION ROOMS


APARTMENTS

STAFF OFFICES


MECHANICAL

LOBBY


PEOPLENEED TO EAT.

PEOPLESMELL FOOD,

COME IN TO EAT,

SEE AND HEAR

MUSICIANS

WHO NEED EXPOSURE

TO GET A




FROM THE

MUSICIANS

TO RECORD MUSIC

AND CONTROL ROOMS

TO PRODUCE RECORDS

THAT ARE BOUGHT BY

PEOPLE.


$$

$$

PEOPLE




PEOPLE

$$$ $$$





CONCEPT

FORM

ORGANIZATION

PROGRAM

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE

LARGE PERFORMANCE


BAR/CAFE

RECORD SHOP

RETAILCONTROL ROOMS

STORAGEGREEN ROOMS


PUBLIC BATHROOMS

PRIVATE BATHROOMS

JAM SESSION ROOMS


APARTMENTS

STAFF OFFICES


MECHANICAL

LOBBY


PEOPLENEED TO EAT.

PEOPLESMELL FOOD,

COME IN TO EAT,

SEE AND HEAR

MUSICIANS

WHO NEED EXPOSURE

TO GET A




FROM THE

MUSICIANS

TO RECORD MUSIC

AND CONTROL ROOMS

TO PRODUCE RECORDS

THAT ARE BOUGHT BY

PEOPLE.


$$

$$

PEOPLE




PEOPLE

$$$ $$$





CONCEPT

FORM

ORGANIZATION

PROGRAM

OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE

LARGE PERFORMANCE


BAR/CAFE

RECORD SHOP

RETAILCONTROL ROOMS

STORAGEGREEN ROOMS


PUBLIC BATHROOMS

PRIVATE BATHROOMS

JAM SESSION ROOMS


APARTMENTS

STAFF OFFICES


MECHANICAL

LOBBY


PEOPLENEED TO EAT.

PEOPLESMELL FOOD,

COME IN TO EAT,

SEE AND HEAR

MUSICIANS

WHO NEED EXPOSURE

TO GET A




FROM THE

MUSICIANS

TO RECORD MUSIC

AND CONTROL ROOMS

TO PRODUCE RECORDS

THAT ARE BOUGHT BY

PEOPLE.


$$

$$

PEOPLE




PEOPLE

$$$ $$$





Concept drives the form of a musician building and supporting public tower.

Initial diagram of reaching success in the music industry.

CIRCULATION

OPENINGS

CONNECTIONS

SITE

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CIRCULATION

OPENINGS

CONNECTIONS

SITE

+

CIRCULATION

OPENINGS

CONNECTIONS

SITE

+

CIRCULATION

OPENINGS

CONNECTIONS

SITE

+

PLANS

North East Elevation

South East Elevation

Seventh Floor

at 1/16”:1’ scale

Sixth Floor

Fifth Floor

Fourth Floor

Sky bar/ party space

Outdoor patio

Large performance control room

Open to below

Residence Residence

Lobby space

Residence

Performance entry

ResidenceRestrooms

Overnight

Leasable space

Small performance control room

open to below

Overnight

Green room

Green room

Large performanceinterior stage

Exteror stage

Leasable space

Greenroom

Greenroom

Overnight Overnight

1/8”:1’

1/8”:1’


Connections between public and musicians determine circulation between the two builidings.

Site factors drive the details of the building, informing openings and materiality.

Connections between the general public and the music industry are made visible by carrying the copper panel cladding of the musicians building through to the public circulation stiarcase.

The atrium divides the musican residences from the working and performace spaces. The shape of the atrium exagerates the idea that for artists just starting out, success may seem to be a distant dream.

4th St.

Wacouta

Ave.

The ground floor allows the general public to view new artists practicing in the “jam” rooms, with visual connection to the restaurant seating area.

The sixth floor of the public tower is the main lobby space for the large performance area. The large glass pane at the stage is able to be opened up, to become an outdoor stage with the lawn of Union Depot as the seating area.

A wooden box is designed to come apart in 3 pieces. This box is reinterpreted into cast concrete, adapting to the change of material qualities. The resulting spatial ideas are further developed to fit the program requirements for a ceramics showroom. Lighter elements become roof planes and walls, and heavy masses become thought of as rooms with programmable spaces. My showroom focuses on the slippage of space between planes and masses and how these create different spatial experiences through lighting effects and ceiling heights.

An adjacent ceramics factory space is created to compliment the showroom. This space is created through exploring the pattern relationships found in repeated truss systems. The combination of these two buildings creates a linear relationship between the buildings based on sight lines and focused natural lighting effects.

materiality and methodology

exploring material qualities through the iterative design process studio Ifall 2012

The concrete showroom is made up of masses, thought of as rooms, roof and wall planes. Two opposing masses are united through interlocking roof planes, recalling the way the original MDF box fit together with interlocking planes and masses. Directed sunlight calls attention to specific areas of the showroom.

The visual axis connecting the showroom and factory terminates at the kiln. The central location of the kiln also determines the cyclical movement pattern of the workspace. The glass hall that links the two buildings allows the defining interior axis to become visible element in the exterior building elevation.

Exploration of the Walker Art Center Open Field begins through a photography exercise in understanding what qualities define the space. My photographs are assembled into a collage revealing my interpretation of the site as a floating space somewhere between the terrestrial and surreal landscape. Based on the understanding of the site gained through the photo collages, I designed an art installation responding to the site conditions. Field Cloud is a sculptural piece that appears to be suspended above the entrance to the Sky Pescher. The cloud provides visibility for the site and acts as a centralizing force, organizing an otherwise open space lacking any sense of direction.

field cloudusing art to anchor a site

studio IIIfall 2013

Edges are visible from interior spaces, but visitors must come outside to experience the entire sculpture

Photo collage interpreting the site as the “in between”

Field Cloud acting as a visible anchor, drawing people to the center of the site

revealing structurecomplex structural systems allow for a seamless design aesthetic materials and methodsfall 2012

Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum (HGA) serves as a unique precedent study for understanding how materials and structural systems can define the experience for patrons of the building. As a place of burial and reflection, light, shadow and specific detail elements are paid special attention to provide a sense of connection between the ground and the sky and allow for a peaceful, contemplative space.

Photography and drawings by L. Norris. Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum by HGA.

On the exterior, windows are surrounding by white tiles sweeping upward, drawing the eye from the ground to the sky above. The effortless appearance of this sweeping gesture results from a complex structural system including small C-channels covered by a plaster form to create the curve.

Site is considered to be the most important design factor in this design for a park pavilion with a food vendor, rental space and public gathering area on Lake of the Isles. Initial observations recognize the linear nature of the site and patterns of movement. This linear quality of the site, determined by parallel paths is a defining element in the design. A connection to the water, while maintaining most of the natural shoreline is providing through an extension of the linear layout. Finally, the design becomes permeable by allowing for void spaces based informed by the direction of main access roads to the site. The resulting masses and voids are adapted to fit programmatic needs and are unified by two interlocking roof planes.

design by site forcesunderstanding how elements of the site can inform design studio IIIfall 2013

Site forces of path, water and street access inform the design and layout of the building com-plex. The layout is adapted to fit programmatic needs and unified by roof planes recalling the linear movement of the site.

The roof planes grow out of the narrow end of the site, gesturing to the lake and surrounding neighborhoods, connecting this small linear site to the greater context of the area.

Site forces of paths, natural features, and access determine the shape of the builing complex.

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Solid masses are used for more private program spaces such as the kitchen and offices, while the void spaces are used as covered public gathering spaces. The fireplace hearth is defined by where the two roof planes intersect and serves as the central gathering space.

Separated paths cater to walkers and bikers, giving each their own spaces. The lakeside gathering is used as a warming house in the winter.

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