Work Samples SP13

Doug NiemannUndergraduate Work Samples

Spring 2013

A2.3 B3.2

B3.2Subtraction Subtractive

AggregationAggregation

50’

43’

45’

50’

38’

26’

50’

MICHIGAN AVENUE FLAGSHIP STOREAMAZON.COM para.SITE

ORGANIZATIONAL EVOLUTION

FORMAL/SPACIAL OUTCOME

5th FLOOR PLAN

DOUG NIEMANN | FALL 2010

para.SITE explores the increasing tension between printed and digital media by placing a flagship gadget store within a library for Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Techtonic and stereonomic massing strategies were explored and combined in the form of subtractive aggregation to create the parasitic effect of the flagship store.The space of the conventional host structure is eroded away, filled by the modular aggregations of the bright and loud gadget showrooms that create a rich sensory and social tension with the library, bookstore, and meeting rooms of the host. The preforated envelope of the building serves to both accentuate the paracitic effect through its parapetric dissolution as well as to reduce the heat gain of its massive facade.

A2.3 B3.2 C1.1

Retail

Office

2’

14’

26’

38’

50’

62’

74’

86’

98’

MICHIGAN AVENUE FLAGSHIP STOREAMAZON.COM para.SITE

EAST/WEST SECTION

UNFOLDED FACADE DESIGN

NORTH/SOUTH SECTION


2’

14’

26’

38’

50’

62’

74’

86’

98’

When bleachers are engaged for a lecture or meeting When bleachers are retracted for recreational activities When Theater space is not in use

AA

Section AASightlines Diagram

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AA

B

B

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Section AASound Vector Diagram

Section BBTheater Seats Retracted

On the ‘mezzanine’ level of the house hangs the catwalks for the space and an area known as “The Nest,” an enlarged catwalk that acts as a lounge for triangle brothers. The flooring of the nest is metal grate to allow visual and acoustical access to the events below in times of recreation. Underneath the nest hangs a “Big Ass Fan” to be used for ventillation in the space, as well as a dropped ceiling of reclaimed wood to act as an acoustic reflector.

When the space is in use as a meeting room or lecture hall, the projector screen will be raised, and wall panels will be lowered out from the wall to create reflection panels, allowing for reflective amplification of the speaker’s voice. Given the small amount of space between the reflection and the audience, reverberation will be minimal, if at all noticible. Absorbtive panels will be fitted not only to the ceiling and rear wall, but also to the north wall, so as to prevent standing waves.

Acoustically Absorptive Panels

Plan12’ Below Grade

PlanAt Grade

Plan10’ Above Grade

TRIANGLE FRATERNITY HOUSETHEATRE & NEST

PROGRAMMATIC INTERACTION

PROCESS SKETCHES

PLANS SECTIONS


This theater space was designed for the Triangle Fraternity house as part of Greg Luhan’s Fall 2011 third year design studio. Although the primary functions of the space are as an all-chapter meeting room once a week, as a theater in the evenings, and as a lecture hall when presentations by their philanthropy (Habitat for Humanity) or for UK classes need to be given. The space also includes a multitude of other functions, thanks in part to the retractable theater seating, which allows recreational activites such as basketball to take place.

TRIANGLE FRATERNITY HOUSETHEATRE & NEST


UNITS AS VIEWED ON VINE STREET

URETHANE-NYLON

THERMAL INSULATION

NEOPRENE

HYDRONIC LAYER

MOISTURE EXCHANGER

NYLON-COTTON BLEND

CROSS-SECTION OF MATERIAL USED IN SPACE SUIT CROSS-SECTION OF MATERIAL USED IN HOTEL UNIT

ENVIRONMENTALCONTROL

SUBSYSTEM

COMMUNICATIONSUBSYSTEM

WATERMANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

N2

H2O O2

O2

PORTABLE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM (PLSS) LAYOUT UNIT HYDRONIC SYSTEM

UNIT AIR SUPPLY

P

CURBSIDE MICRO-HOTELLEXINGTON, KY

SPACE SUIT PRECEDENT MICRO HOTEL UNIT RENTAL EXPERIENCE

DOUG NIEMANN | SPRING 2012

axon

proposed platform conditionalexanderplatz s-bahn platform

kino 2.5

proposed platform condition

elevation

plan

kino 2.4alexanderplatz s-bahn platformproposed platform condition

elevation

plan

kino 2.4alexanderplatz s-bahn platform

alexanderplatz s-bahn platform

the zimmer spaces on this platform are defined by the centrally arranged circulation, kiosks, and signs. very little seating is provided.

kino 2.1

S-BAHN KINOALEXANDERPLATZ

SPACIAL ANALYSIS

DESIGN INTERVENTION

AXON

AXON

PLAN

PLAN

SECTION

DOUG NIEMANN | SUMMER 2012

1:50 SCALE MODEL

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PROGRAMMED SPACE

OCCUPIABLE SPACE

SPACIAL DIVISIONS

CIRCULATION SPACE

INTERIOR RENDER

FIGURE/GROUND PLANS

FIGURE/GROUND AXON

RELOCATION AND BOOLEAN TRANSFORMATIONS

SCALAR IMPLEMENTATION: 1000 ft2FORMAL EXPLORATION

TYPO-LOGIC, TYPO-GRAPHICEXPLORING FORM AND TYPE


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b

g i

d

d

c

a

f

h

a.VENTED ROOF

b.RETAIL

c.GARDEN BALCONY

d.RESTROOMS

e.BAR

f.BOIL/BIERGARTEN

g.MATURATION TANKS

h.FERMENTATION

FH

ANGELICA TREE

TRUMPET CREEPER

EASTERN RED COLUMBINE

ELDERBERRY

DETAIL FH1. 2 x double-pane glass wall2. HVAC out3. steam to HVAC4. sediment base on floating floorslab5. CO2 vents from fermentation tanks

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PROGRAMPROFILE

SYSTEMS

ECOLOGY

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a.VENTED ROOF

b.CIRCULATION

c.BRIDGE

d.RETAIL

e.KITCHEN

f.BAR

g.CAFÉ

h.STORAGE/LOADING

j.MATURATION TANKS

i.BOTTLING

FH

SLOUGH’S SEDGE

LADYFERN

EASTERN RED COLUMBINE

YELLOW MONKEY FLOWER

DETAIL CF1. 2 x double-pane glass wall2. floorslab3. steam out

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1

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PROGRAMPROFILE

SYSTEMS

ECOLOGY

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a.VENTED ROOF

b.LOADING/STORAGE

c.BRIDGE

d.GRAIN STORAGE

e.ATRIUM

f.CIRCULATION

h.MATURATION TANKS

g.WHIRLPOOL

CE

g

DETAIL CE1. 2 x double-pane glass wall2. structural slab3. glass vent bridge4. steam out

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4

1

2

BABY BLUE EYES

BROADLEAF SEEDUM

EATON’S PENSTEMON

JIM BUSH

03

PROGRAMPROFILE

SYSTEMS

ECOLOGY

1

2

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TYPO-LOGIC, TYPO-GRAPHICEXPLORING FORM AND TYPE


GREENHOUSE TUBES

GREENHOUSE TUBE PROFILES

BREWING EQUIPMENT

STRUCTURAL WALLS

FORMAL/OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS

This design exercise began with an exploration into the typological and topological elements of existing works of architecture. This specific project began with documentation and transformation of the Rolex Learning Center, designed by the Japanese firm SANAA. The banner image above represents one of the early formal transformations.

From these transformations, formal elements and operations were then isolated and recombined in order to achieve a spacial affect phenomenologically similar to the original SANAA building, focusing on the compression of undulating planes combined with a series of transparent punctures through these planes. This was first implemented through a 1000 sqft pavilion, featured on the previous page.

The next iteration of this process was a 100,000 sqft programmed building. Within this complex space, a hybrid program of brewery/greenhouse was selected. Visitors would be able to visit the five greenhouse ‘tubes’ sustained by the wastes of the brewing process.

OPERATIVE GEOMETRY OPERATIVE GEOMETRY

CUBIC FORMBASE ARCHITECTURAL GEOMETRY

TOPOGRAPHICAL TRANSFORMATIONSIII TOPOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

BA SURFACE DEFORMATIONVERTICAL INTERSECTION

3 AGGREGATION

2 SCALAR TRANSFORMATION

1 RELOCATION 1 AGGREGATION

3 REFLECTION

4 STEPPING

2 AMPLITUDE MODULATION

4 TOPOLOGICAL SHIFT

5 PARTIAL INTERSECTION

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