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ICONIC GUIDNACE

POSSIBILITIESI.DESIGN

D.C.enter

VICTOR [email protected]

HOWARD UNIVERSITYBachelor of Architecture

2006-2011

EXPRESS

city center

other designs I partake in like industrial designs

world trade center/skyscraper

music hall 21/consort hall

thesissuperhero headquartersPOSSIBILITIESI.DESIGN

thesis

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ICONIC GUIDNACE

POSSIBILITIESI.DESIGN

D.C.enter

VICTOR [email protected]

HOWARD UNIVERSITYBachelor of Architecture

2006-2011

EXPRESS

city center

other designs I partake in like industrial designs

world trade center/skyscraper

music hall 21/consort hall

thesissuperhero headquartersPOSSIBILITIESI.DESIGN

thesis

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This project located at the old DC Convention Center, called for an urban plan that would transform the now parking lot site back into a thriving place, where people will be able to work, live and play throughout the majority of the day.The program consisted of a civic center, library, hotel, office building, and apartment/condo residences.

MY APPROACH:To have the surroundings dictate the shape and organization of the site. This site will thrive from the organization of the site. This site will thrive from the population of the area in addition to it’s own so the characteristics of the area should be implementeed into the site. Angles of boundaries, roadways, and other adjacent factors will create shapes, and lanes of the site.

D.C.enterWhere: Washington, DC/Location: Old Washington Convention Center

Type: Mixed Use Urban Planning & Design

Objective: To create an urban design for a mixed use project

City Center, DC

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This project located at the old DC Convention Center, called for an urban plan that would transform the now parking lot site back into a thriving place, where people will be able to work, live and play throughout the majority of the day.The program consisted of a civic center, library, hotel, office building, and apartment/condo residences.

MY APPROACH:To have the surroundings dictate the shape and organization of the site. This site will thrive from the organization of the site. This site will thrive from the population of the area in addition to it’s own so the characteristics of the area should be implementeed into the site. Angles of boundaries, roadways, and other adjacent factors will create shapes, and lanes of the site.

D.C.enterWhere: Washington, DC/Location: Old Washington Convention Center

Type: Mixed Use Urban Planning & Design

Objective: To create an urban design for a mixed use project

City Center, DC

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SITE

ANAL

YSIS1. Hot spots (attractions) around

the site (darker green) that influence the activity that will occur on site in terms of the

amounts of people that will use the site due to proximity of their

location during the day.

5. Main roads and circulation that take people to and from the site

These roads are the main access ways into the site in terms of amount of people/vehicles that use these streets. They will dictate where to have buffers, angles, etc.

2. Minor roads that transport circulation

These roads are main access These roads are main access ways into the site at a lesser concentration than the major

streets that affect the shape and access into the buildings that will

3. Other hotels that are around the site which

showcases competition, and insists that the hotel on site stand out in it’s appearance,

size or configuration.

4. Metro access around the site

These are major access points that affect the population towards site without physically affecting the site as roads do.This will influence where the site will This will influence where the site will need openings or pedestrian lanes

6. Axis points of angles that influenced the designs of the buildings

Angles run along all grid points of Washington, DC but rarely in the form of buildings, so to bring the angles into built form would translate the urban plan to the architecture

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SITE

ANAL

YSIS1. Hot spots (attractions) around

the site (darker green) that influence the activity that will occur on site in terms of the

amounts of people that will use the site due to proximity of their

location during the day.

5. Main roads and circulation that take people to and from the site

These roads are the main access ways into the site in terms of amount of people/vehicles that use these streets. They will dictate where to have buffers, angles, etc.

2. Minor roads that transport circulation

These roads are main access These roads are main access ways into the site at a lesser concentration than the major

streets that affect the shape and access into the buildings that will

3. Other hotels that are around the site which

showcases competition, and insists that the hotel on site stand out in it’s appearance,

size or configuration.

4. Metro access around the site

These are major access points that affect the population towards site without physically affecting the site as roads do.This will influence where the site will This will influence where the site will need openings or pedestrian lanes

6. Axis points of angles that influenced the designs of the buildings

Angles run along all grid points of Washington, DC but rarely in the form of buildings, so to bring the angles into built form would translate the urban plan to the architecture

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new york ave.

h street 9 th. S

treet

11 th. S

treet

new york ave.

a.b.

c.d. e.

n.

a.hotelb.office/retail

c.cultural centerd.library

e.apartments

The streets that normally end at the site, or that do

not go through the site now are extened throughout for pedestrians and vehicles. This also devides the site into spaces to organize buildings on and create buildings on and create

open/green spacesThe buildings all share

angles consistent with the site boundaries directly or

inversely, or with the angles towards the

direction of places that affected the site

378x771x706x827

D.C.enter

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new york ave.

h street 9 th. S

treet

11 th. S

treet

new york ave.

a.b.

c.d. e.

n.

a.hotelb.office/retail

c.cultural centerd.library

e.apartments

The streets that normally end at the site, or that do

not go through the site now are extened throughout for pedestrians and vehicles. This also devides the site into spaces to organize buildings on and create buildings on and create

open/green spacesThe buildings all share

angles consistent with the site boundaries directly or

inversely, or with the angles towards the

direction of places that affected the site

378x771x706x827

D.C.enter

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CONCEPT:

The The BALTIMORE HARBOR once served as a gateway for trades of different cities, and countries into Maryland. Nations were brought together by the LIGHTHOUSE, the 1st indication of reaching Baltimore by sea. Sitting right infront of the old docks, this skyscraper uses the light-house as a theme to once again serve as something to bring nations together (workers of the world trade and tourists) at the Harbour. While presenting itself as an tourists) at the Harbour. While presenting itself as an ICONIC GUIDE for all those coming into Baltimore City, the building towers high above the city,becoming an iconic World Trade Center while providing places to work and play.

ICONIC GUIDANCEWhere: Batimore, MD/Location: Inner Harbor

Type: Skyscraper

Objective: To design a new world trade center in the same location as the existing one on the Baltimore Harbor

WORLD TRADE CENTER

what exactly is a world trade center...what does it represent?

bringing nations/parts together in form

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CONCEPT:

The The BALTIMORE HARBOR once served as a gateway for trades of different cities, and countries into Maryland. Nations were brought together by the LIGHTHOUSE, the 1st indication of reaching Baltimore by sea. Sitting right infront of the old docks, this skyscraper uses the light-house as a theme to once again serve as something to bring nations together (workers of the world trade and tourists) at the Harbour. While presenting itself as an tourists) at the Harbour. While presenting itself as an ICONIC GUIDE for all those coming into Baltimore City, the building towers high above the city,becoming an iconic World Trade Center while providing places to work and play.

ICONIC GUIDANCEWhere: Batimore, MD/Location: Inner Harbor

Type: Skyscraper

Objective: To design a new world trade center in the same location as the existing one on the Baltimore Harbor

WORLD TRADE CENTER

what exactly is a world trade center...what does it represent?

bringing nations/parts together in form

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II.II ...THE PROCESS

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II.II ...THE PROCESS

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ground floor

7th floor

21st floor

33rd floor

40th floor

47th floor

CIVICspatial breakdown CIVIC

II.ground floorII

ICONIC GUIDANCEspatial breakdownwo

rld//

trade

//ce

nter

spatial breakdown

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ground floor

7th floor

21st floor

33rd floor

40th floor

47th floor

CIVICspatial breakdown CIVIC

II.ground floorII

ICONIC GUIDANCEspatial breakdown

world

//tra

de//

cente

r

spatial breakdown

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MUSIC HALL 21Where: Washington, DC/Location: Kalorama Park

Type: Concert Hall (Theater)

Objective: To create a place for the 21st Consort to practice and perform

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MUSIC HALL 21Where: Washington, DC/Location: Kalorama Park

Type: Concert Hall (Theater)

Objective: To create a place for the 21st Consort to practice and perform

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a basic shape of geometry, placed in a natural setting where things are organized into rules but also occur freely. When under the surface, begins to take on a new form and interpretation.

aa basic shape of geometry, placed in a natural setting where things are organized into rules but also occur freely. When under the surface, begins to take on a new form and interpretation.

bthe triangular form designated into various sections1. Green: the form exposed 2. Purple: the entrance into the form 3. Red: the form as a new place, submerged into the

cthe exterior separated to provide an open realm of the design where people can be inside the design while still outside. The now separated forms still align and create an imaginary container which provides the designed open space.

dthe two exterior forms providing the boundaries of the built form create different ways of experiencing the building, either by looking into the Green volume where perfor-mances take place in the submerged portion or by entering the Purple form, where people can actually be a part of the building’s interior where the auditorium, service, and reception spaces are located. Yellow volume is recessed to lead into the entrance.

The task of the project was to create a place that would serve as both a designated practice and performance venue for the musicians, which would eliminate the need to have to find other locations to display their work. The venue is to provide the essentials for the group to operate while provide an intimate and relatively affordable space.

CONCEPT:

The concept formThe concept form is comprised of two parts: an exterior: the way that others perceive or assume the music that the Consort might play and an interior: entering the world of the Consort, and experiencing what they play and who they are (an unexpected surprise from what someone “knows” on the interior. The exterior is a traditional form to represent classical pieces but placed in a wooded/natural area so that it stands out, but remains “safe” and “known”. The interior begins with a narrow entrance that then opens up (as will the audience/visitors experience) to the artistic creativity of the Consort that interprets classical pieces in a contemporary manner. classical pieces in a contemporary manner.

Music Hall 21 is a performance and practice facility for the 21st Century Consort: an ensemble for contemporary music that has performed at many acclaimed venues and for many acclaimed organizations in the Washington, DC area.

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a basic shape of geometry, placed in a natural setting where things are organized into rules but also occur freely. When under the surface, begins to take on a new form and interpretation.

aa basic shape of geometry, placed in a natural setting where things are organized into rules but also occur freely. When under the surface, begins to take on a new form and interpretation.

bthe triangular form designated into various sections1. Green: the form exposed 2. Purple: the entrance into the form 3. Red: the form as a new place, submerged into the

cthe exterior separated to provide an open realm of the design where people can be inside the design while still outside. The now separated forms still align and create an imaginary container which provides the designed open space.

dthe two exterior forms providing the boundaries of the built form create different ways of experiencing the building, either by looking into the Green volume where perfor-mances take place in the submerged portion or by entering the Purple form, where people can actually be a part of the building’s interior where the auditorium, service, and reception spaces are located. Yellow volume is recessed to lead into the entrance.

The task of the project was to create a place that would serve as both a designated practice and performance venue for the musicians, which would eliminate the need to have to find other locations to display their work. The venue is to provide the essentials for the group to operate while provide an intimate and relatively affordable space.

CONCEPT:

The concept formThe concept form is comprised of two parts: an exterior: the way that others perceive or assume the music that the Consort might play and an interior: entering the world of the Consort, and experiencing what they play and who they are (an unexpected surprise from what someone “knows” on the interior. The exterior is a traditional form to represent classical pieces but placed in a wooded/natural area so that it stands out, but remains “safe” and “known”. The interior begins with a narrow entrance that then opens up (as will the audience/visitors experience) to the artistic creativity of the Consort that interprets classical pieces in a contemporary manner. classical pieces in a contemporary manner.

Music Hall 21 is a performance and practice facility for the 21st Century Consort: an ensemble for contemporary music that has performed at many acclaimed venues and for many acclaimed organizations in the Washington, DC area.

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...THE PROCESS

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...THE PROCESS

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back

frontground floor

theater floor

right

site planleft

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back

frontground floor

theater floor

right

site planleft

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rior

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rior

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IV

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IV

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Where: Detroit, MI,USAType: Laboratory/Training Facility

Task: A training facility for people w/”super-human” abilities where their movements influence the

architecture they inhabit

superhero headquarters

Enabling the “POSSIBILITIES” then meets the practicality of the practice of architecture. How can these questions really exist or be solved

through designing? For example: the superhero. What if superheroes were real? The ability to fly, to exert super strength, etc. are products of our imaginations and desires, products of possibilities, these possibilities which stem from what humans can do on a tame level. In this case, possibilities become actualities because there are people that have these uncanny abilities of superheroes...people that move and experience places differently, people that look like you and me.people that look like you and me.

. "Everything exists and can happen". By exploring the what if's, and what could be's...there is an ample amount of things to question in comparison to people and their actions in the actual physical world.

concept approach:concept approach: IVsuperhero headquarters

Location: 1580 E.Grand Blvd. - The Packard Plant (designed by Albert Kahn..."the architect of Detroit")

Location: 1580 E.Grand Blvd. - The Packard Plant (designed by Albert Kahn..."the architect of Detroit")

Site constraints

Major traffic

Minimal Vehicular Circulation

Occupied Site Near Site

Vacant SitesVacant Sites

Entrances to the Site

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Where: Detroit, MI,USAType: Laboratory/Training Facility

Task: A training facility for people w/”super-human” abilities where their movements influence the

architecture they inhabit

superhero headquarters

Enabling the “POSSIBILITIES” then meets the practicality of the practice of architecture. How can these questions really exist or be solved

through designing? For example: the superhero. What if superheroes were real? The ability to fly, to exert super strength, etc. are products of our imaginations and desires, products of possibilities, these possibilities which stem from what humans can do on a tame level. In this case, possibilities become actualities because there are people that have these uncanny abilities of superheroes...people that move and experience places differently, people that look like you and me.people that look like you and me.

. "Everything exists and can happen". By exploring the what if's, and what could be's...there is an ample amount of things to question in comparison to people and their actions in the actual physical world.

concept approach:concept approach: IVsuperhero headquarters

Location: 1580 E.Grand Blvd. - The Packard Plant (designed by Albert Kahn..."the architect of Detroit")

Location: 1580 E.Grand Blvd. - The Packard Plant (designed by Albert Kahn..."the architect of Detroit")

Site constraints

Major traffic

Minimal Vehicular Circulation

Occupied Site Near Site

Vacant SitesVacant Sites

Entrances to the Site

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DESIGN:

The actuality of the possibilities of superhero characteristics found in "real life" are characteristics that all humans could have, and are characteristics that many have. It is either through training, or discrepancies in the anatomy structure which allows these uncanny traits to occur. Within the Packard Plant, there is the astounding structure Within the Packard Plant, there is the astounding structure of the facility which now will undergo some discrepancies/alterations to create a space/shape/form/place for people with special abilities ("superhero powers") to train and hone their skills. A place that in design will embody the characteristics of highlighting the structure of a "thing" to display an extent of its capabilities...as a whole unit and as individual spaces, while providing an a whole unit and as individual spaces, while providing an example of thinking out of the box...anything is possible.

To present the existing structure in a new uncanny use on the exterior. This shows the possibilities of the being (the building), in a manner past what it was expected to do.

or

The questions lead to evaluations of the ways people can move in various settings, then attempts to fuse as many like settings into spaces where a person can test their abilities in all the ways a person can move.

The idea is to ask what is possible from the impossible, to bring out the "superhero-ness in the common". This creates interesting, dynamic, and challenging approaches to design spaces for people to interact with

What does a person need to swim like Aquaman? : The directions and the areas to swim in.

or

or

To walk and move like Spider-Man/Daredevil, how much room is needed?: This affects the size and height of space to design and build.To move by sound not by sight, what has to be in a room pro-portionately, and functionally?

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DESIGN:

The actuality of the possibilities of superhero characteristics found in "real life" are characteristics that all humans could have, and are characteristics that many have. It is either through training, or discrepancies in the anatomy structure which allows these uncanny traits to occur. Within the Packard Plant, there is the astounding structure Within the Packard Plant, there is the astounding structure of the facility which now will undergo some discrepancies/alterations to create a space/shape/form/place for people with special abilities ("superhero powers") to train and hone their skills. A place that in design will embody the characteristics of highlighting the structure of a "thing" to display an extent of its capabilities...as a whole unit and as individual spaces, while providing an a whole unit and as individual spaces, while providing an example of thinking out of the box...anything is possible.

To present the existing structure in a new uncanny use on the exterior. This shows the possibilities of the being (the building), in a manner past what it was expected to do.

or

The questions lead to evaluations of the ways people can move in various settings, then attempts to fuse as many like settings into spaces where a person can test their abilities in all the ways a person can move.

The idea is to ask what is possible from the impossible, to bring out the "superhero-ness in the common". This creates interesting, dynamic, and challenging approaches to design spaces for people to interact with

What does a person need to swim like Aquaman? : The directions and the areas to swim in.

or

or

To walk and move like Spider-Man/Daredevil, how much room is needed?: This affects the size and height of space to design and build.To move by sound not by sight, what has to be in a room pro-portionately, and functionally?

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MAIN SPACES

STRENGTH:

the most effective way to display strength is to display strength. The acts of someone lifting, pushing, or pulling are acts of astonishment when observed by others that cannot do the same. Within this facility, the strength must merge with the architecture, with the slabs, the joints, windows, solids, voids, etc. Participants will train by being able to interact with the architecture by Participants will train by being able to interact with the architecture by pushing, pulling, and moving parts of the building like the facade, the floor, the ceiling, the walls, etc. while exercising their strength.

THE ACT OF HEARING:

hearing is a capability often underestimated in terms of training yourself to hear better. When other senses are taken away like sight, a person is able to heighten the ability of hearing due to necessity. To take this process to testing people, a space in the facility must be able to serve as an architectural design and test for the ability to hear. The space should have different materials and obstacles for a person to bounce sound materials and obstacles for a person to bounce sound waves off of in attempts of navigating through a space based on sound only.

THE ACT OF SWIMMING:

People are known to swim but some posses the ability to swim longer, deeper or further than others. In attempts to testing the extents a person can swim, the space has to be able to provide a deep enough venue to swim, but with places to exit in case of emergencies, while providing a place long enough to swim for a distance. The space must also be strong enough to hold the weight of water as it is in the building...this also will test the abilities of structure.

THE ACT OF FLIGHT:

in attempts to "fly", it would only be appropriate for the space to embody the task at hand. For a space to float above and move through air would not only give the space the appropriate personification watching the activity above and at other angles not common to witnessing flight. The very act of watching flight take place and being in flight is about looking up or being up, which limits the way you could watch flying.

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MAIN SPACES

STRENGTH:

the most effective way to display strength is to display strength. The acts of someone lifting, pushing, or pulling are acts of astonishment when observed by others that cannot do the same. Within this facility, the strength must merge with the architecture, with the slabs, the joints, windows, solids, voids, etc. Participants will train by being able to interact with the architecture by Participants will train by being able to interact with the architecture by pushing, pulling, and moving parts of the building like the facade, the floor, the ceiling, the walls, etc. while exercising their strength.

THE ACT OF HEARING:

hearing is a capability often underestimated in terms of training yourself to hear better. When other senses are taken away like sight, a person is able to heighten the ability of hearing due to necessity. To take this process to testing people, a space in the facility must be able to serve as an architectural design and test for the ability to hear. The space should have different materials and obstacles for a person to bounce sound materials and obstacles for a person to bounce sound waves off of in attempts of navigating through a space based on sound only.

THE ACT OF SWIMMING:

People are known to swim but some posses the ability to swim longer, deeper or further than others. In attempts to testing the extents a person can swim, the space has to be able to provide a deep enough venue to swim, but with places to exit in case of emergencies, while providing a place long enough to swim for a distance. The space must also be strong enough to hold the weight of water as it is in the building...this also will test the abilities of structure.

THE ACT OF FLIGHT:

in attempts to "fly", it would only be appropriate for the space to embody the task at hand. For a space to float above and move through air would not only give the space the appropriate personification watching the activity above and at other angles not common to witnessing flight. The very act of watching flight take place and being in flight is about looking up or being up, which limits the way you could watch flying.

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ground level lobby level

real time crime center level

main building office level

strength levelhearing level

drawingsTHESISdrawingsinterior building max

238’ 11 7/8”

exterior building height max

101’ 8 5/8”

ground level

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ground level lobby level

real time crime center level

main building office level

strength levelhearing level

drawingsTHESISdrawingsinterior building max

238’ 11 7/8”

exterior building height max

101’ 8 5/8”

ground level

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movable walls

floor slabs

rope

strength structure diagram

in order for the strength room to work, the walls that are weighted must be able in order for the strength room to work, the walls that are weighted must be able to be moved back and forth (a way to always interact person and architecture)

on rollers that are apart of the floor. Also to provide resistance to keep the walls in place, a rope system that all movable walls are attached to will be controlled at the middle of the room, which will serve as the equipment to use to pull and

then push from.movable walls

middle anchor middle anchor

floor slab

bracing

container structure

swimming container

container bracing

various material posts

floor slabs

spacing for equipment(hydaulic system, post pockets)

floor finish

swimming structure diagram the weight and size of the swimming container will cause for custom made

parts, in order to have support for the massive container and water that will fill the container. The container will have to be supported at all floor levels and will

have to be braced onto the floor itself which has its own support system, thus providing a secondary support system for the swimming area.

hearing structure diagram

the hearing area must create different environments for the occupants to be the hearing area must create different environments for the occupants to be tested in, in order to prevent recognition. To do so, the floor spacing must be

wide enough to have a hydraulic system that can move a material sensitive floor surface/finish which will alter the positioning of the hearing posts. Also,

the spacing must be large enough for the posts to be able to move up, down, and side to side under control of an electronic system to also change the

controlled test environment.

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movable walls

floor slabs

rope

strength structure diagram

in order for the strength room to work, the walls that are weighted must be able in order for the strength room to work, the walls that are weighted must be able to be moved back and forth (a way to always interact person and architecture)

on rollers that are apart of the floor. Also to provide resistance to keep the walls in place, a rope system that all movable walls are attached to will be controlled at the middle of the room, which will serve as the equipment to use to pull and

then push from.movable walls

middle anchor middle anchor

floor slab

bracing

container structure

swimming container

container bracing

various material posts

floor slabs

spacing for equipment(hydaulic system, post pockets)

floor finish

swimming structure diagram the weight and size of the swimming container will cause for custom made

parts, in order to have support for the massive container and water that will fill the container. The container will have to be supported at all floor levels and will

have to be braced onto the floor itself which has its own support system, thus providing a secondary support system for the swimming area.

hearing structure diagram

the hearing area must create different environments for the occupants to be the hearing area must create different environments for the occupants to be tested in, in order to prevent recognition. To do so, the floor spacing must be

wide enough to have a hydraulic system that can move a material sensitive floor surface/finish which will alter the positioning of the hearing posts. Also,

the spacing must be large enough for the posts to be able to move up, down, and side to side under control of an electronic system to also change the

controlled test environment.

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thesis

renderings

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thesis

renderings

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thesis

renderings

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thesis

renderings

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“ Art and architecture have an intimate relationship, where art enhances the total experience of interacting with architecture. It is the ability to comprehend and implement artistic gestures in relation to the construct of architecure that affects the people that inhabit the spaces. An understanding of a relationship be-tween art and architecture does not simply call for merely placing art in or part of a work of architecture, but rather demands for the integration of art into the architecture itself to create a single the integration of art into the architecture itself to create a single cohesive unit.”

-excerpt from my contribution to the book-photo taken of the Firenze Santa Maria Novella (Stazione) taken by myself for the book

A collection of essays on various topics centered on the architecture of Italy (primarily the churches) written

by myself and other classmates after travelling to Firenze, Rome, Milan, Pisa, Venezia, Napoli, and Siena

“Understanding the ARTchitecture of the Santa Trinita”

My essay used the Santa Trinita of Firenze, Italia as an My essay used the Santa Trinita of Firenze, Italia as an example of the understanding cultures had towards the

combination of art and architecture in the past and using it to compare to the usage of art in/as/with

architecture in the present.

IDIOMVOLUME 1

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“ Art and architecture have an intimate relationship, where art enhances the total experience of interacting with architecture. It is the ability to comprehend and implement artistic gestures in relation to the construct of architecure that affects the people that inhabit the spaces. An understanding of a relationship be-tween art and architecture does not simply call for merely placing art in or part of a work of architecture, but rather demands for the integration of art into the architecture itself to create a single the integration of art into the architecture itself to create a single cohesive unit.”

-excerpt from my contribution to the book-photo taken of the Firenze Santa Maria Novella (Stazione) taken by myself for the book

A collection of essays on various topics centered on the architecture of Italy (primarily the churches) written

by myself and other classmates after travelling to Firenze, Rome, Milan, Pisa, Venezia, Napoli, and Siena

“Understanding the ARTchitecture of the Santa Trinita”

My essay used the Santa Trinita of Firenze, Italia as an My essay used the Santa Trinita of Firenze, Italia as an example of the understanding cultures had towards the

combination of art and architecture in the past and using it to compare to the usage of art in/as/with

architecture in the present.

IDIOMVOLUME 1

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more photos I took while in

Italy

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more photos I took while in

Italy

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Design samples for a clothing line idea I began developing in 2012 which initially will predominately offer t-shirts and sweaters for both genders; often in a unisex format.

In addition to providing the apparel, packaging ideas must also be explored to follow the same identity that the clothing line articulates.

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What: a collection of industrial design ideas that extend my interests in designing

Collection: 1. Sketches-Drawings of ideas of shoes

2. The Cave-The beginnings of a bookshelf which contains a space for reading and/or storage3. Idiom: Vol.1- Input on the final cover design of a book in which I was a contributing author of the

section “Understanding the ARTchitecture of the Santa Trinita”

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a bookshelf that also offers a space for children to be inside of while reading...reminiscent of a cave, it is a place for young readers to escape anywhere

FurnitureDesign

My interest in designing for what people use (architecture, clothing, footwear), led to my intrigue with the industrial designing of furniture...(architecture for the interior)

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a bookshelf that also offers a space for children to be inside of while reading...reminiscent of a cave, it is a place for young readers to escape anywhere

FurnitureDesign

My interest in designing for what people use (architecture, clothing, footwear), led to my intrigue with the industrial designing of furniture...(architecture for the interior)

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THE BRANCH

the branch continues the furniture theme of “the cave” bookshelf by

combining natural and artificial together this time to create a LAMP.

the lamp takes on the same forms as the cave does, but mimics a tree and its components. it is a free standing

tree like lamp that has appears to have a branch which houses the bulb; while

the lamp also opens up to present another branch to provide a surface

for note taking and placing smaller objects like cups on.

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process

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interior design options for a salon located in

washington, dc where the client wishes

to explore options of realignment, and

aesthetics

these design developthese design develop-ment ideas give various

options in materials, colors, and lighting that could be used in order

to make the space seem larger and brighter

without having a hefty without having a hefty budget in order to do so.IN

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for a salon located in washington, dc

where the client wishes to explore options of

realignment, and aesthetics

these design developthese design develop-ment ideas give various

options in materials, colors, and lighting that could be used in order

to make the space seem larger and brighter

without having a hefty without having a hefty budget in order to do so.

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interior design options for a salon located in

washington, dc where the client wishes

to explore options of realignment, and

aesthetics

these design developthese design develop-ment ideas give various

options in materials, colors, and lighting that could be used in order

to make the space seem larger and brighter

without having a hefty without having a hefty budget in order to do so.IN

TERI

ORS

OPTI

ONSinterior design options

for a salon located in washington, dc

where the client wishes to explore options of

realignment, and aesthetics

these design developthese design develop-ment ideas give various

options in materials, colors, and lighting that could be used in order

to make the space seem larger and brighter

without having a hefty without having a hefty budget in order to do so.

a

b

c

d

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