selected works

Jackson Hole, WY, USA

Building Arts Institute

Igualada Visitors Center

Mapping New Orleans

Global Architecture Brigades

MImeo

AWKND 2013

A Walking Table

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collection of work vi2012-2013

sam-naylor.com

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BUILDING AS LANDSCAPE CREATING PUBLIC AMENITIES

render thru workzone - under canopy

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New Orleans Building Arts Institute

CULTURAL CENTER + FABRICATION SHOP

Professor: Charles Jones

Identifying issues within the community of St. Roch and within the greater New Orleans Area led to this project, which houses the only archive and gallery of traditional building arts in the city. As well a

fabrication shop which will serve as the stagging grounds for all new building trades.

The building form resulted from a need to redevelop the community park and fit this program on the site. These conflicting ideas led the design of a folding landscape that houses the program while

preserving the park, and forms a strong cultural icon as the focal point.

BUILDING AS LANDSCAPE CREATING PUBLIC AMENITIES

District 7 : Bywater1.25 sq mileselevation : 0population: 3,255

29º59’06”N 90º03’13”W

ST. ROCH

Medium Home Value = $100,000

Median Household Income = $19,600 /yr.~right along poverty line

55% of population has graduated high school

All students in public school, which the only high school has a ranking of 4/10

LOCATED IN ONE OF THE EARLIEST DEVELOPED REGIONS OF NEW ORLEANS

OVER 20% DECLINE IN POPULATION SINCE 2000

38% of homes Vacant

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GREEN SPACE SCHOOLSBUILDING TRADES RELIGIOUS CENTERS TRANSPORTATION

PROGRAM

COMMUNITY

CULTURE

EDUCATION

> EDUCATE COMMUNITY> INVIGORATE ECONOMY> PROMOTE ART>FOSTER INNOVATION>SELL PRODUCTS> CREATE + PRESERVE PUBLIC SPACE> STENGTHEN COMMUNITY> PROMOTE OLD BUILDING TECHNIQUES> SHARE AND PROMOTE HISTORY> CREATE ARTIST COMMUNITY UTILITY

EDUCATION

COMMUNITY

CULTURE

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view from top of archive / fractured cube

With the proximity of the St. Roch Neighborhood to the historic center of New Orleans it would have benefited from a prevalence of master craftsmen. Downtown was not only the center of commerce but the center for Jazz which was the nighttime activity for many of these artisans.

9wall section / elevation / plan detail of archive

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Igualada Cemetery

The project was to create a visitors center for Enric Miralles’ and Carme Pinos’ Igualada Cemetery in Spain.

Through research and personal accounts it was clear that Igualada Cemetery has far been forgotten by most of the town. It now resides behind the new industrial sector of Igualada. My scheme was to create a beacon or ‘tower’ to mark the location as well as serve as a memorial to the deceased.

VISITORS CENTER + RESIDENCE

Professor: Scott Ruff

must be erected, strongly opposed to

the existing language, but in contrast

it can signal the significance of an

important cemetery without competing.

A TOWER

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view into arhive

site plan

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The tower is consists of two planes rising from the landscape. A series of steel rods placed irregularly emphasizes their rigidity. At the human scale an eternal flame is burning in the ground. This space is the most public, where locals visiting their family members can burn the old flowers on their tombs while they replace them with new ones.

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view from fire pit up into tower

north north north

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Our city used to be more defined by the river and lake, this diagram hopes to show the lack of current access to the waterways. It is clear in contrast to the linear water model overlaid, that compared to the amount of water present the ability for the public to interact with it is minimal.

CONNECTION TO WATER // PATHWAYS

OLD - CURRENT CANALSBefore the modenization of the New Orelans drainage system

canals used to run alongside every street which gave people moreinteraction with the water every day; whether it was in the form

of an obsticle or observational element. As the city progressedcanals were covered and underground pipes did most of the work.Unfortunatly even in the canals that remain, public access to themUnfortunatly even in the canals that remain, public access to them

became limited. Perhaps this situation, a consequence of industrialization led the people who live here to

neglect the aquatic forcesthat so shape their built enviroment.

To control water flow and drain out the swamps the city originally had to construct many irrigation canals. Over time these were covered and converted to underground pipes. Similarly levees have been raised and thus even the view of water was cut off from most people in New Orleans. Much of this disconnect with water has led to ignorance of the systems that sustain the city.

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Through intensive research I was able to collect a series of maps and create diagrams to start

understanding more about the city and its history.

This research led to two seperate preoccupations with the city. The first being a lack of access to water,

and the second being substantial land subsidence that has affected the fabric of the city.

Mapping New Orleans

THE CITY CHANGES OVER TIME

Professor: Sarah Howell

Through looking at the city ground levels over time it is clear that certain areas of the city have sunk more than others. Some of this is due to foundation types, and areas in which there were once swamps. By looking as subsidence maps and diagramming the occupation of the city over time I synthasised information deeply connected by shared urgencies.

A SINKING CITYWithout water to provide density in the soil the land

started to sink. The diagram below represents where there is the highest velocity of subsidence, as well as

the urban form around those areas. The city was first developed in areas where subsidence occurs at a slow pace. Parallels can be drawn between where

the highest velocity of subsidence occurs and building age and type that rest on that ground. building age and type that rest on that ground.

SECTION OVER TIME At first the city developed along the natural elevations in the river basin, but when the time came to expand, the swamps were drained and the wetland became a popular suburban retreat. On which the ground slowly subsided over time and led to New Orleans having places below sea level particularly where specific building types lie,sea level particularly where specific building types lie,in part because of their foundation systems.

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As the research project progressed I zoomed in on a section of New Orleans, the Central City precinct. I started to understand how Central City related to its neighboring urban centers. Central city differs greatly in its block subdivision than the business district next to it. The neighborhoods were split when Interstate 10 was built, but art centers still connect the two.

The resulting model snythasises two disconnected art districs that lie in close geographic proximity.

Central City

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Global Brigades is the largest student led international development organization. I have been working with them extensively over the past two years. This project was part of a large team design competition to create a health center in rural Honduras. Our project utilized local materials and sustainable local building practices. The project also lifted the building off the ground to minimize excavation and flood damage.

The second part of this project was to travel in country and start work on the foundations. Even though our design did not win, we broke ground on a different teams design, as well as working on past ongoing projects in country.

Global Architecture Brigades

HEALTH CENTER COMPETITION

Professor: Emily Taylor

mixing concrete foundataion layout

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LA ARquITECTURA DE EL PARAiSO´

techniques in rural Honduras a manual on the architecture and construction

During a month long internship in Honduras with Global Architecture Brigades I conducted intensive hands on research in the local area. My focus was on getting to know families and their homes in an effort to understand the vernacular. I documented

construction practices as well as building types.

This booklet is a manifestation of that research. It is meant to serve as an educational guide to those

traveling to the area (for use by Global Brigades).As well as the only document existing that records

and analyses the vernacular architecture in rural Honduras.

The research portrays a built environment free from considerations beyond basic shelter and protection, and a personal history/engagement with structures

that is rare in the more deveoped world.

VERNACULAR RESEARCH BOOKLET

Advisor: Hazel Mealy

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Mimeo

A prototypical structure that was derived from research and case study of “aggregations” - kit of parts architecture.

Building from Sanchez and Andresek’s “Bloom Game,” we created an aggregated

system of units each with 15 different potential points of connection, allowing for

almost unlimited manifestations of form and figure. Just as well, when constrained with multiple of the same connections it

can self assemble into a strong aggregated form.

Created for the advanced digital fabrication class with Charles Jones and David Merlin,

using a 3-axis CNC router.

CREDIT: Sara Conner, Kyle Graham, Emily Hayden,

mimeo [mimeograph] -a machine for making copies from a stencil,

a duplicate

Professor: Charles Jones + David Merlin

AGGREGATED UNIT

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This three day design build project focused on using grasshopper for rhino and other plug-ins to create a 3d surface. Using geodesic curves we were able to contour the surface into members. Grasshopper programming allowed us to set a confined length for the wood and bending strength, leading to a close connection between the digital and physical.

Andrew Kudless was the faculty advisor who helped our team learn the advanced technologies and complete the project.

CREDIT: Charles Boyne, Jack Waterman, Kyle Graham, Sarah Cumming, Dennis Palmadessa, Elizabeth Kovacevic, Lauren Evans

Architects Weekend 2013

GRIDSHELL

Visiting Professional: Andrew Kudless

maimum curvature analysis

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labeling members drilling holes

layout fastening

human scaffolding bolt detail

WHY SHOULD A TABLE STAND WHEN IT CAN

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A Walking Table

A five week furniture project utilizing Rhino, RhinoCAM, a 3-axis MultiCAM CNC router,

and various shop tools. Meant to explore the anthropomorphic qualities of a stereotomic mass

cantilevered to imply motion, instability and momentum.

CREDIT: Emily Hayden, Kyle Graham

Professor: Charles Jones + David Merlin

CANTILEAVERD MASS + MOVEMENT

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WHY SHOULD A TABLE STAND WHEN IT CAN WALK

Austin, TX, USA

ObservationsSKETCH + WATERCOLOR + PHOTO

El Paraiso, Honduras

Shaker Heights, OH, USA

I Build.

Verticality

Urbanism

Connections

Distrations

Living

Making

EMOTION

fear

happiness

confusion

wonder

arousal

Landscape

People

Time

Monuments

Research

Collaboration

Movement

A digital drawing as part of a workshop lead by Morphosis