Academic Portfolio Excerpt 2011- 2013

HOUSING STUDIO: The Chicago Bungalow Instructor: Xavier Vendrell

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23’

8’

2.5 room apartment, 480 sq ft

4.5 room apartment, 820 sq ft

4.5 room apartment, 1030 sq ft

ProgramsKitchen/Bathroom

Flexible WallsSliding/ Folding

Types of Units

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FLOORPLAN ANALYSIS: Graz-Straßgang (Riegler Riewe)Each unit has a central zone of bathroom, kitchen, hall and circulation that provides access to each room. The central zone acts as an expanded hallway, gathering various activities of the apartment whilst allowingmultiple connections to the outer rooms.

Weekend House

8 am - client wakes up 11 am - gallery opens 7 pm - dinner time

Two volumes form an enclosed rectangle

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LIFESTYLE ANALYSIS: THE WEEKEND HOUSE (NISHIZAWA)The house was intended to be used on the weekendsand as an exhibition gallery for the architect’s daughter. It is located in a forest, two hours away from the Tokyo metro. These scenarios show the seperation of zones that occurs when the house is used as an exhibition gallery, but the private activities spill over into this public zones when the house gets used for relaxation

AGGREGATION ANALYSIS: Kölner Brett (B&K)The building volume consists of twelve identical spatial modules which are partially on two levels and have an average usable surface area of 140 m2 per unit. The functionally neutral modules, providing a spatial indeterminacy that typically only exists in industrial or commercial buildings, are personalised through the use put to them by their inhabitants, who are handed over the raw shell of their space.

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_calculated versus built version

1”=1’ 1”=1’ 1”=1’[elevation] [elevation] [elevation]

ORDER : 024816Shaft: 55555555

Entasis: 55555555Capital: 08

ORDER : 024816Shaft: 55555555

Entasis: 987654321Capital: 08

ORDER : 024816Shaft: 86422468

Entasis: 987654321Capital: 08

detail, 5”=1’

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FABRICATION TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS: Thrust Order (Ciro Najle)“Thrust Order” sets up parametric possibilites and variations, which are at the core of its capabilites as a designed object. It is composed of a triparte structure: the basement, shaft, and capital. Each of these variables can be manipulated in the x and y direction, pushed, pulled and reshaped. Variations also occur in plan, appearing as differences in geometrical divisions. Combining of these myriad variables results in a matrix of unique orders.

DIGITAL FABRICATION TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS: Gantenbein Winery (ETH)Robotic production method was used to lay each one of the 20,000 bricks divided into 72 single segments. Each brick is rotated by a different value and thus creating a plasticity of the façade, which when seen from afar creates an image of an oversized basket filled with grapes. Approached from a close range the figurative image, which appears soft and almost textile, dissolves in favour of the hard materiality of the brick.

FUTURA, studio spring 2012instructor: Andrew ZagoExploration of the a perfectly geometric font type for its architectural potential. was the goal of this studio. Through three dimensional modeling commands such as ‘boolean’ this type converted into a design exercise.

large exhibition

medium exhibition

study

large exhibition

sculpture

garden

staging

study

auditorium

workshop

sculpture garden

staging & loading

sculpture garden

study

auditorium

cafe

large exhibition

medium exhibition

sculpture garden study

auditorium

FABRICATION TECHNIQUE: Heavy RotationExploration of the architectural potential of a rhino command

NO PLACE FOR SOFTNESS studio fall 2012instructor: Marina Nicollier, Alexander EisenschmidtThe monotony of the urban environment propels the idea of preserving a space solely meant to fulfill man’s desire for understanding. This convention center followsit’s traditional role of being a gathering space for people with similar avocations but furthers this idea by becoming a pensieve for soft moments. It is an assortment of atmospheres that allow for an empathetic experience within the uncompromising city.

Running Track

Skate Ramp

Bicycle Track

Fresh Air Area

Activity Amphitheatre

Central Trampoline

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Competition: Building Trust InternationalThe site chosen for this playscape was once destined to become a new icon for chicago, designed by the famed architect Santiago Calatrava. After a series of economic failures all that is left is a void in the urban fabric. Utilizing this void as a basis of a productive design, we aim to celebrate this gaping hole by placing a trampoline over its heart. Our proposal is that of an adaptive reuse, rather than wasting more resources to hide the void, we designed a playscape that embraces it. A spiral ramp, a typology reminiscent of Calatrava’s spire, is placed atop the structure, allowing views into the city and over the river. Through this type of design the playscape is an attempt to bring chicago back to the Daniel Burnham’s 1909 plan for Chicago. Rather that using architecture as a means of exclusion, this type of architecture allows for enjoyment and participation. It allows for the users to stand over the river, and once again claim it as their own.

EXPLODED PROGRAM DIAGRAMTHE ACTIVITY AMPHITHEATER SHOWING THE CENTRAL TRAMPOLINE OVER EXISTING HOLE

SECTION LOOKING NORTH

Competition: Building Trust International

Competition: Building Trust International“THE LAKEFRONT BY RIGHT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE. NOT A FOOT OF ITS SHORES SHOULD BE APPROPRIATED TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE PEOPLE.” DANIEL BURNHAM, 1909 PLAN FOR CHICAGO

Aerial View of Pavilion