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OXFORD SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENToxford, ukherzog & demeuron03|12 - 11|12

Located in the heart of Oxford University, the school is on a prominent and architecturally signi cant site. The building needs a strong form to sit within its complex arrangement respectfully, while also ensuring its own presence and identity. Our proposal started as a series of shifted discs, pure geometric circles, developed from the parameters of the site and plot boundaries. The proposal maintains a difference to the orthogonal and rectangular form of the surrounding buildings as a primarily curved building form, a form just as geometric and purposeful as its neighbors yet distinctly individual.

The main entrance is located, in a classical manner, in the middle of the Walton Street elevation underneath an orthagonal form which addresses the historic facade of the Oxford University Press across the street.

The facade of the school was developed as a contemporary interpretation of the universitys surrounding classical buildings. A double skin of glass and concrete allow transparency in the interior but also lend the building a robust, mineral quality on the exterior.

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PUBLIC REALM

The scheme lies within the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Master Plan bordered by Walton Street to the south west, Freuds Cafe to the north west, Plot F to the north, Plot G to the east and Somerville College to the south. The footprint of the building is circular creating a much larger public space surrounding the BSG than a rectangular building built up to the site perimeter would. Not unlike some of the more iconic circular historic buildings in Oxford which are sited within a rectangular urban fabric, the BSG attempts to give back to its surrounds an inviting and generous public realm.

The generousity of the public realm surrounding the BSG helps both to welcome pedestrian and bicycle traffic into the new ROQ and allows the historic listed neighboring structures to keep a strong frontage to the street.

The BSG development proposes to remove the wall currently in place along Walton street which will open up the schools surrounding to Walton street and the Oxford University press across the street. The BSG is set back more than 8.5 meters from the pavement edge which has a widening effect along Walton street and aids in estabishing a civic space in which the surrounding historic ensemble is givven more open public realm than in the previous hospital developments on Plot L. Both the Somerville College Extension and St-Pauls Church will gain maximum frontage along Walton Street and frame the BSG public realm like 2 book-ends. On the oposite side of Walton Street the Oxford University press provides a formal edge to the BSG public realm allowing Walton street to be read as part of the larger civic space created by inserting the BSG as a circular volume set back from the street within the historic surrounds.

The proposed teaching space will be at ground floor level which will provide an active frontage to the proposed public realm. Flanking St-Pauls church will be the student cafeteria which will form a strong active link back to the church.

Walton street and the Oxford press are understood to be a crucial part of the BSG setting and public realm, therefore the only separation between the BSG and Walton street is a generously spaced line of low steel bollards which will allow foot and bicycle traffic to enter the ROQ from Walton street along the full length of the site. Apposed to more solid barriers such as planters or benches, the line of low bollards provides a required security barrier with little visual impact and becomes a natural delineation between the BSG and the street. However, both the surfacing of Walton street between the Oxford press and the BSG as well as the line of proposed bollards will be further tested and developed during the coming design phases with input from both stakeholders.

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Radcliffe Camera Sheldonian Theatre

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PUBLIC REALM

The scheme lies within the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Master Plan bordered by Walton Street to the south west, Freuds Cafe to the north west, Plot F to the north, Plot G to the east and Somerville College to the south. The footprint of the building is circular creating a much larger public space surrounding the BSG than a rectangular building built up to the site perimeter would. Not unlike some of the more iconic circular historic buildings in Oxford which are sited within a rectangular urban fabric, the BSG attempts to give back to its surrounds an inviting and generous public realm.

The generousity of the public realm surrounding the BSG helps both to welcome pedestrian and bicycle traffic into the new ROQ and allows the historic listed neighboring structures to keep a strong frontage to the street.

The BSG development proposes to remove the wall currently in place along Walton street which will open up the schools surrounding to Walton street and the Oxford University press across the street. The BSG is set back more than 8.5 meters from the pavement edge which has a widening effect along Walton street and aids in estabishing a civic space in which the surrounding historic ensemble is givven more open public realm than in the previous hospital developments on Plot L. Both the Somerville College Extension and St-Pauls Church will gain maximum frontage along Walton Street and frame the BSG public realm like 2 book-ends. On the oposite side of Walton Street the Oxford University press provides a formal edge to the BSG public realm allowing Walton street to be read as part of the larger civic space created by inserting the BSG as a circular volume set back from the street within the historic surrounds.

The proposed teaching space will be at ground floor level which will provide an active frontage to the proposed public realm. Flanking St-Pauls church will be the student cafeteria which will form a strong active link back to the church.

Walton street and the Oxford press are understood to be a crucial part of the BSG setting and public realm, therefore the only separation between the BSG and Walton street is a generously spaced line of low steel bollards which will allow foot and bicycle traffic to enter the ROQ from Walton street along the full length of the site. Apposed to more solid barriers such as planters or benches, the line of low bollards provides a required security barrier with little visual impact and becomes a natural delineation between the BSG and the street. However, both the surfacing of Walton street between the Oxford press and the BSG as well as the line of proposed bollards will be further tested and developed during the coming design phases with input from both stakeholders.

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Radcliffe Camera Sheldonian Theatre

36 | Blavatnik School of Government Design and Access Statement

PUBLIC REALM

The scheme lies within the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Master Plan bordered by Walton Street to the south west, Freuds Cafe to the north west, Plot F to the north, Plot G to the east and Somerville College to the south. The footprint of the building is circular creating a much larger public space surrounding the BSG than a rectangular building built up to the site perimeter would. Not unlike some of the more iconic circular historic buildings in Oxford which are sited within a rectangular urban fabric, the BSG attempts to give back to its surrounds an inviting and generous public realm.

The generousity of the public realm surrounding the BSG helps both to welcome pedestrian and bicycle traffic into the new ROQ and allows the historic listed neighboring structures to keep a strong frontage to the street.

The BSG development proposes to remove the wall currently in place along Walton street which will open up the schools surrounding to Walton street and the Oxford University press across the street. The BSG is set back more than 8.5 meters from the pavement edge which has a widening effect along Walton street and aids in estabishing a civic space in which the surrounding historic ensemble is givven more open public realm than in the previous hospital developments on Plot L. Both the Somerville College Extension and St-Pauls Church will gain maximum frontage along Walton Street and frame the BSG public realm like 2 book-ends. On the oposite side of Walton Street the Oxford University press provides a formal edge to the BSG public realm allowing Walton street to be read as part of the larger civic space created by inserting the BSG as a circular volume set back from the street within the historic surrounds.

The proposed teaching space will be at ground floor level which will provide an active frontage to the proposed public realm. Flanking St-Pauls church will be the student cafeteria which will form a strong active link back to the church.

Walton street and the Oxford press are understood to be a crucial part of the BSG setting and public realm, therefore the only separation between the BSG and Walton street is a generously spaced line of low steel bollards which will allow foot and bicycle traffic to enter the ROQ from Walton street along the full length of the site. Apposed to more solid barriers such as planters or benches, the line of low bollards provides a required security barrier with little visual impact and becomes a natural delineation between the BSG and the street. However, both the surfacing of Walton street between the Oxford press and the BSG as well as the line of proposed bollards will be further tested and developed during the coming design phases with input from both stakeholders.

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HERZOG & DE MEURON AXO L4387 Blavatnik School of Government 09.13.2012

HERZOG & DE MEURON AXO L5387 Blavatnik School of Government 09.13.2012

Forum Level

Teaching Large teaching spaces including

220 seat Auditorium Support facilities

Basement Level

Services Plant room and services Tanks

Level 2

Academic

Open plan work areas receiving natural light from skylights above and the Forum

Meetings spaces School Administration

Level 3

Academic

clustered around three outdoor courtyards, providing natural light and ventilation to every

Meetings spaces

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Teaching A range of teaching spaces to

teaching methods Spaces for research and meetings

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Library Resource Centre Study areas Meeting rooms

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Coffee BarH108

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Blavatnik School of Government

Copyright Herzog & de Meuron.

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ARCHITECT

Oxford University Fixed Assets LimitedUniversity Offices Wellington Square,Oxford OX1 2JD

Herzog & de Meuron (UK) Ltd76 New Bond Street,London W1S 1RX+44 20 7887 8766

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All dimensions are in millimetres unless otherwise indicated. Do not scalefrom this drawing. All dimensions to be verified on site prior to thecommencement of any work or the production of the shop drawings. Anydiscrepancies to be reported to the construction manager. To be read inconjunction with all related H&deM, conultant drawings and any otherrelevant information.

GENERAL ARRANGEMENTThis drawing is for general arrangement and coordination purposes ONLY.

Planning Application 03.01.2013

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Floor Plan Ground (Walton Street)

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Precast Reconstituted Stone Element

Motorised Blind

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Unitised Curtain Wall

Laminated Glass

In-situ Concrete

Adjustable Bracket

Blavatnik School of Government

Copyright Herzog & de Meuron.

CLIENT

ARCHITECT

Oxford University Fixed Assets LimitedUniversity Offices Wellington Square,Oxford OX1 2JD

Herzog & de Meuron (UK) Ltd76 New Bond Street,London W1S 1RX+44 20 7887 8766

All dimensions are in millimetres unless otherwiseindicated. Do not scale from this drawing. All dimensionsto be verified on site prior to the commencement of anywork or the production of the shop drawings. Anydiscrepancies to be reported to the constructionmanager. To be read in conjunction with all relatedH&deM, conultant drawings and any other relevantinformation.

GENERAL ARRANGEMENTThis drawing is for general arrangement and coordinationpurposes ONLY.

KEY PLAN

FORMATSCALEPROJECT NUMBER

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Adjustable Bracket

Blavatnik School of Government

Copyright Herzog & de Meuron.

CLIENT

ARCHITECT

Oxford University Fixed Assets LimitedUniversity Offices Wellington Square,Oxford OX1 2JD

Herzog & de Meuron (UK) Ltd76 New Bond Street,London W1S 1RX+44 20 7887 8766

All dimensions are in millimetres unless otherwiseindicated. Do not scale from this drawing. All dimensionsto be verified on site prior to the commencement of anywork or the production of the shop drawings. Anydiscrepancies to be reported to the constructionmanager. To be read in conjunction with all relatedH&deM, conultant drawings and any other relevantinformation.

GENERAL ARRANGEMENTThis drawing is for general arrangement and coordinationpurposes ONLY.

KEY PLAN

FORMATSCALEPROJECT NUMBER

A1

- Stage D 25.10.2012A Stage D1 15.02.2013

1 : 5387

HDM-DR-A-387-4-7120

Typical Facade Detail L02

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the main material expression isprovided by a precast concrete element at the slab-edge whichbridges the inner and outerskin. a limestone aggregate gives the building the same texture and color hue as the limestone found throughout oxfords historic core.

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the exterior skin is composed ofnarrow glazed panels which spanfrom the underside of the slab tothe top of slab, making each floorslab read like a pure stacked disk.the narrow glazed panels, capturedonly at the top and bottomby the stone catwalk element, allowfresh air to pass inside througha full height vertical seam betweeneach panel

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MUSEUM PLUSherzog & demeuronhong kong, china12|12 - 04|13

Museum Plus will be built along the harbor in the the kowloon district of Hong Kong. It will be a center for contemporary visual culture including art, design, architecture and the moving image. As such it requires a wide range of display opportunities ranging from the conventional white cube, to recon gurable spaces, screening rooms, multipurpose spaces and raw space.

It was the requirement for a raw space that provided the impitus for our design. Directly underneath the site of the proposed museum exists a railway line. We proposed unearthing this infastructure to create a spectacular space for display. It is the heart of the design, and roots the building into its site.

Above this excavation hovers a horizontal plane which houses all the conventional display spaces. This plane is intersected by a vertical tour which is comprised of more resource spaces, administrative of ces and roof gardens which connect the museum to the skyline of Hong Kong across the harbor.

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A mere 20 years ago, the groundoccupied by the West KowloonCultural District (WKCD) waspart of the seaport. Section by section,the land has been reclaimedfrom the sea and the naturalharbour filled with earth.

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Vip Drop Off

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Resource Centre

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Study GalleryExhibition Preparation[Future Gallery]

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Kitchen

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Theatre Bar

Dressing Room

Theatre Foyer

Dressing Room

Storage[Future Gallery]

Storage

SecurityGroup Check-in

Lockers

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Museum Entrance

Dirty Workroom

Reception Room

VentilationPlantroom

50-60 Seat Film Theatre

50-60 Seat Film Theatre

Ventilation Plantroom

ElectricalSubstation

IncomingICT

Incoming District Chilled Water

IncomingPotable Water

Storage[Future Gallery]

Storage

Private Care/ Taxi Drop Off

Coach Drop Off

SecurityControl Room

Museum Bookshop Museum Entrance

Collection StorageApparatusCool Dry[Costume]

Collection StorageWorks On PaperCool-dry[Scenery Workshop]

Collection StoragePhoto & Synthetic Media Cool- Dry[Props]

Collection StorageObjects InorganicCool-dry[Dressing Rooms]

Collection StoragePhoto & SyntheticSpecial Cold[VIP Dressing]

CollectionScreens[Scenery Storage]

Ventilation Plantoom

Hot Water Plant Room

Collection Storage VaultCool-dry[VIP Dressing]

Collection Storage Oversize Works 1Organic & MixedCool-dry[Rehearsal]

ICT North

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this place: an underground tunnel.

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300 Seat Theatre

Focus Gallery

Resource Centre Courtyard

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Art Historarium

Pontus Hulten Study Gallery

Ink Art Introduction

Ventilation Plantroom

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conventional white cube spaces of the museum. A central void connects the slab to the vertical tower

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Kitchen

StaffLockers

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Kitchen

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Sky GardenPatrons Lounge

Restaurant

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Artist-in-residence Studio

Artist-in-residence Studio

Artist-in-residence Studio

Artist-in-residence Studio

Artist-in-residence Studio

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HIGHLAND PARK RESIDENCEalterstudio architecturedallas, texas02|14 - 05|14

Designed for a prominent art collector in Dallas, the Highland Park Residence is designed as a house where art and life are encouraged to coexist. Through an interplay of space, areas are clearly de ned as either for living or for viewing, yet can overlap and enrich each other.

On the exterior, a solid concrete mass hovers over and shelters an open living room which invites views across the large suburban lot. Spaces for living and entertaining are at ground level and spaces for sleeping are placed above. A large void in the second oor connects the levels and creates a dramatic double height space in the heart of the house.

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MASDAR HEADQUARTERSadrian smith + gordon gill architecturevancouver, canada11|09 - 07|10

Masdar Headquarters will be the worlds rst mixed-use, positive-energy building, using sustainable design strategies and systems to produce more energy than it consumes. The project is the centerpiece of Masdar City, a zerowaste, zero carbon-emission development outside Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The seven-story, 135,000 square-meter structure (including landscaped areas) will accommodate commercial, retail and cultural uses.

The buildings form, sculpted in response to extensive environmental analysis, adapts the ancient science and aesthetics of Arabic wind towers, screens and other vernacular architecture, which emphasize natural ventilation, sun shading, high thermal mass, courtyards and vegetation.

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Technology and Urban Integration

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Based on the City of Austins Creative Austin Cultural Master Plan, the building provides young companies with the resources to prosper while supporting the artistic culture of Austin. At 80,000 square feet, the building is designed to be have both an institutional presence and a casual attitude.

The building is conceived as a series of thresholds - facade, enclosure and interior. From a distance the incubator is meant to appear rather monolithic, providing a backdrop to the street. A rich tapestry of layers and components reveal themselves only upon closer inspection. The facade is made up of operable exterior shades, allowing the appearance of the building to be in constant ux while providing the inhabitants protection from the intense Texas sun.

A break in the 400 foot facade invites street life into the buildings public courtyard where the building reveals its main hall, communal gathering spaces, individual work spaces and resource labs. Covered exterior walkways provide the main circulation allowing the user to experience the buildings courtyards and create an intimate relationship to the surrounding environment. The enclosure layer, comprised of glass and mirror plated columns, creates ambiguous re ections, blurring the boundary between interior and exterior. Programs requiring rigorous speci cations - the lecture hall, fabrication lab and recording studio - are individual volumes placed within a sea of ultra exible work space.

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previous - the central courtyard is an extension of the city into the heart of the site and serves as the main point of entry and communal space for the project

above left - concept models simultaneously exploring issues at the urban and material scales

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previous - exterior balcony at meeting rooms

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as part of the design process, we made mock-ups of several components of the project

we tested three layers of thebuilding at full scale

1 - the facade layer, an operableshade made of solar screen

2 - the glazing layer, deep mirrorclad mullions doubling as thebuildings structure

3 - the interior layer, a plywoodstorage wall which runsthroughout the work spaces

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The University of Texas Club provides a space that allows members to connect with fellow members, the community and the traditions of The University of Texas. This unique program calls for both insular, private spaces, as well as transparent, open spaces. The site is surrounded by three of Austins most crucial attributes: the Texas Capitol, the Governor s Mansion and Congress Avenue to the east.

The vertical organization of the building minimizes the building footprint and allows for a generous extension of the preexisting public park located to the east. The skin, comprised of precast panels, is the antithesis to a highly saturated interior world. This skin dissolves as it moves upward, allowing for a pool terrace and the exposure of a glass hotel block.

The interior of the building is an assemblage of paths, volumes and voids creating a Parnassian space, where the unexpected is celebrated. Two signi cant rooms, the great hall and the dining room, have a large degree of exposure to the exterior which promote visual links to the Capitol, University Tower and the city.

These signi cant rooms have a series of smaller, more intimate spaces attached to them to provide a variety of environments. These adjacent spaces are more transparent, exposing the innards of the building, the city and providing a unique relationship of seeing and being seen.

UNIVERSITY CLUButsoaaustin, texas08|13 - 12|13

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previous left - process models

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left - conceptual model of volume and void relationship

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VoidThe space around the volumes serves as lobby and pre-function space.

siteThe site is surrounded by Austins most important landmarks: the Texas Capitol, Governors Mansion and Congress Avenue.

external connectionEach volume has a connection to the exterior.

skinThe precast, concrete panel facade wraps the volumes, dissipating the higher it reaches to create a more open experience on the upper levels.

programThe major programs were divided into volumes optimized to their programmatic requirements.

VolumesThrough materiality and portions, each volume has an individualized experience specific to its program.

Conceptual model of volume/void relationship

TEXAS CAPITOL

GOV. MANSION

CONGRESS AVE

VoidThe space around the volumes serves as lobby and pre-function space.

siteThe site is surrounded by Austins most important landmarks: the Texas Capitol, Governors Mansion and Congress Avenue.

external connectionEach volume has a connection to the exterior.

skinThe precast, concrete panel facade wraps the volumes, dissipating the higher it reaches to create a more open experience on the upper levels.

programThe major programs were divided into volumes optimized to their programmatic requirements.

VolumesThrough materiality and portions, each volume has an individualized experience specific to its program.

Conceptual model of volume/void relationship

TEXAS CAPITOL

GOV. MANSION

CONGRESS AVE

VoidThe space around the volumes serves as lobby and pre-function space.

siteThe site is surrounded by Austins most important landmarks: the Texas Capitol, Governors Mansion and Congress Avenue.

external connectionEach volume has a connection to the exterior.

skinThe precast, concrete panel facade wraps the volumes, dissipating the higher it reaches to create a more open experience on the upper levels.

programThe major programs were divided into volumes optimized to their programmatic requirements.

VolumesThrough materiality and portions, each volume has an individualized experience specific to its program.

sitethe site is surrounded by austins most important landmarks: the texas capitol, governors mansion and congress avenue

external connectioneach volume has a connection to the exterior

voidthe space around the volumes serves and lobby and pre-function space

programthe major programs were divided into volumes optimized to their programmatic requirements

volumesthrough materiality and proportions, each volume has an individual experience specific to its program

skinthe precast, concrete panel facade wraps the volumes, dissipating the higher it reaches to create a more open experience

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This project explored how material properties can be exploited to generate intriguing form and unexpected uses. We tested the elasticity, strength and nature of paraf n wax over the course of several weeks. Using the information we gathered from numerous physical studies, we designed a conical plastic armature which acted as stable form for the wax to react with.

After studying patterns of aggregation, we developed a formwork for the armatures that allowed for a high degree of variation in size and density. The wax was then repeatedly poured onto the formwork until the holes in the formwork were lled. The radius and the length of the armature determined how much wax was able to ow through each hole before becoming plugged. While the process is repetitive, the result is always unique so in nite variations could be created. Light then lters through in unexpected ways resulting in a highly varied play of light and shadow.

LAMP PROTOTYPEutsoaaustin, texas01|11 - 05|11

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previous - final prototype

left - prototype showing resulting wax formations

right - formwork plan showing varying aperture size and

density

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above left - material process; plastic armature assembly, wax pour process, final cooling

above right - potential implementation and linear aggregation

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PRAIRIE RESEARCH PLOTSutsoaaustin, texas08|10 - 10|10

The Lady Bird Johnson Wild ower Center in Austin, Texas is an invaluable public asset. The institution is partners with the University of Texas and pioneers research in the native plants and prairie of Texas. As part of their ongoing research, large portions of surrounding land is dedicated to test plots where baf ing patterns of controlled burns, mowing and simulated droughts are performed. Our studio focused on creating a rain shelter over one of these plots where a variety of more speci c drought tests could be carried out.

The unstable nature of the immediate landscape inspired a solution that incorporated ideas of uidity into the design. The canopys shape re ects the control of rainwater runoff, and dictates episodic spaces underneath. The undulations of the roof are mirrored in the bare ground below, emphasizing the inseparable union of architecture and landscape. The frame that supports the roof varies in depth according to solar and structural needs. The project is the elegant compromise of multiple, often opposed, natural and building systems.

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left - concept model exploring sectional relationships of the site

right - the roof canopy and landscape below undulate according to the needs of program and rain water collection

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The seed bank has been relatively unexplored as an architectural typology. Yet as biodiversity continues to decrease at alarming rates, cataloguing, protecting and promoting awareness of the species that remain becomes an increasingly critical endeavor.

Austin Seed Bank is designed to be a register of the natural forces on site, both to protect existing site features and to display them to the general public. The form of the building is a platonic solid hovering above the ground against which site irregularities can be read, such as the slope of the land, the location of trees and the patterns created by light ltering through the tree canopy. Trees actually puncture the mass of the building, blurring boundaries between interior and exterior and allowing natural features to play an active role in creating architectural space.

The interior of the project is then what remains between the trees and the exterior shell of the structure. These spaces are organized into loosely programmed zones, but the patterns of use are not prescribed. Instead, a range of scales and associations are provided which allow for the often unscripted events that can occur in the uid process of scienti c collaboration.

AUSTIN SEED BANKutsoaaustin, texas10|10 - 12|10

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previous left - building section through research labs and seed bank

previous right - interior of research labs

left - building elevations

right - building plan at research labs

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