PORTFOLIO Joseph Rosenberg

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PERSONAL

ACADEMIC

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46 Stevens

1100 West Burnside

Parametric Possum Trot

Finnish Cultural Center

Bamboo Study

Ny Torget

Shadow Box

UNCC Campus Expansion

Digital Fabrication

46 STEVENS Neighborhood Housing Services of New HavenNew Haven, Connecticut, 2012Role: Collaborative DesignerResidential/1704 Sqft

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Site plan Axonometric floor plan

As a non-profit organization, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven's mission is to revitalize blighted communities through rehabilitating derelict homes to become affordable housing.

46 Stevens is a two and a half storey house that was formerly atwo family home. Given limited space and budget, it became redesigned for single family use.

Major RENOVATION design created a CENTRAL CIRCULATION route with a wider staircase. Views were carved out from the front to the back of the house, creating OPENNESS in the building.

Existing dining room condition

Renovated dining room perspective

View from Burnsides street

The idea of the pool is to have an EXERCISE facility to use ANYTIME for people in an URBAN SETTING. The under utilized water towers that stand above West Burnside Street is the ideal location for a single lap pool. It is self-operated from start to finish:

and finish in reverse.

The steel frame bears the concrete bed carrying the water. The frame is braced backed to the reinforced silos. The pool spans 50' and is 8' wide. Glass is read as the "circulation material" as it brings the user from the ground to the top, piercing through the silos to the lap pool, as it reaches over the street.

At the end of the pool, the swimmer views down Burnside Street to North Park. There are also voids within the bottom of the concrete bed for passersby to see overhead, a fortuitous glimpse of a swimmer.

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1110 WEST BURNSIDE PDX Water Tower CompetitionPortland, Oregon, 2011Role: Collaborative Designer707 Sqft

Concept sketch of "new piercing old"

Street perspective of back

Aerial view Section diagram

translucent cover

rain catchment tank

shower drain

changing room

FINNISH CULTURAL CENTER Washington, D.C., 2010Role: Lead DesignerRandy Beaver Honor Design Award25,500 Sqft

The Finnish Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. is located on Massachusetts Ave. The cultural center is intended to EMBODY an integral part of the FINNISH CULTURE: SAUNAS.

In Finland, folklore tells of babies born in saunas as well as the dead carried there. The saunas are spread throughout, inside the building and out. The experience of the building is a progression of:

exposing one to the seasonal elements.

The sauna forms are generated from the many positions one can be in a sauna (sitting, laying). Using the positions as sections of the forms, creates a continuum of postures.

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Perspective from Massachusetts Avenue

Perspective from Fulton Street Site plan

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OFFICE SPACE

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MEDIA CENTER

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Building plan with circulation routeModel section

Interior perspective of main sauna Model of fabrication of sauna

Form generator diagram

NY TORGET Lund, Sweden, 2009Role: Lead DesignerMix-Use Development +Urban Planning

Ny Torget ("new square") enables a new community and pond for the burgeoning town.

Between the old town square and Ny Torget is a warehouse district. Having the district redeveloped to a more commercialized area ameliorates connectivity.

The idea is to create a SPACE that is ENGAGED throughout the whole DAY AND NIGHT. Ny Torget has a mix-use building in the square with shops, offices, restaurants and a theater. Surrounding the square are three-storey level housing apartments.

The mix-use building's exterior material corresponds to the brick used in the area. The ground floor displays a playful way of stacking the masonry.

Map of old town square connecting ny torget

Pond area sketch

Housing area sketch

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Second floor plan

Building program diagram

Theater

Shops/restaurant

Offices

Offices

Shops/restaurant

Loading dock

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Interior perspective of the mix-use building

Front facade of mix-use building from the square

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UNCC CAMPUS EXPANSION Charlotte, North Carolina, 2008Role: Collaborative Designer1.67 million sqftF.A.R.: 82%

Building phasePhase 1: housing

Phase 2: housing

Phase 3: institution

Phase 4: retailPhase 3: light rail

Phase 5: housing

Site topography

Site plan

Problem: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte's campus is expanding.

Solution: Provide an extension off campus, connecting through roads and light rail.

The expansion includes institution, living, and retail buildings. With the light rail coming through, this will connect the campus to downtown Charlotte. As a TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, the buildings are within a quarter-mile radius of the light rail stop.

A challenge of the site is the steepness of the topography by the light rail stop. A solution is a terraced space down to the train stop.

Map of old and new campus

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Aerial view of campus expansion

View of terrace space from light rail stop

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PARAMETRIC POSSUM TROTBy linking parametric processes with the realities of prefabrication construction, the design incorporates algorithmic software to produce a traditional building typology: the dogtrot, or "possum trot".

To outline a methodology that includes the form and structural grammar of a dogtrot, multiple variables need recognition. Such variables consist of the house's dimensions, height, thickness, and roof slope.

With generative algorithmic software, the gap between the selection of a building system and the selection of a design solution can be bridged.

Examples of outcomes of the dogtrot

Role: Collaborative Designer + Researcher

SHADOW BOX

An amalgam of elegance and machinery, the structure takes the female torso and represents it as a steel structure.

BAMBOO STUDY

Bamboo connection study from simple lashing with twine, to advanced withwood pin joinery and metal clamp.

DIGITAL FABRICATION STUDY

Digital fabrication study of tessellating a two-dimensional plane to create a three-dimensional form.