Category: Development

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Potentials of Unitized Panel Construction

As the thesis project moves toward the development of a working piece of architecture, the process    begins to highlight several possibilities for the use of a specialized system of unitized panels.  This design for an office building in downtown Chicago will house a workshop, event spaces, gallery and offices for companies that are involved in sustainable design and construction. Integrated louvers, greenhouse space, solar chimneys, and p.v. arrays can all become de-coupled from the thermal envelope with the use of the SpeedClad panel system.

 

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AMS – East Riverside Library and Masterplan – March Presentation

Following the last upload, I reworked the entire plan based on my reviewers comments. I looked into the idea of “inhabited wall” and the relationship of mass and void. From this point, I introduced a structural grid that formed a relationship with the “mass” portion of the building, but obeyed its own rules. While the mass dictates the program in the civic, technology, and community buildings, the grid dictates the program in the  book stacks/library portion. This shift in programmatic influence causes an anomaly in the book stack buildings, creating a paradoxical relationship between materials and transparency between the “mass” buildings and the “grid” building.                

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JMP Design Development

Design Development Presentation

For this presentation, I focused on moving the building to new site locations and the development of the building design criteria. As the schematic design was not discussed in my previous meeting, it did not receive any major updates outside of the updating of a schematic road plan around the building.

Site Plan

Site Section

Design Options

Also focused on was a variety of sketches and models that researched how different forms and criteria, such as a requirement of seeing the Union Terminal from Ezzard Charles, would affect the design.

Vertical Circulation

Finally, as circulation is a key part in how the building will function I created a diagram that highlights the location of vertical circulation throughout the building in a way that would help drive the conversation to a discussion on how to improve circulation.

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2/22 – BGO Schematic Review

Center for Innovation

Schematic design stage. Review Friday 22, 2019.

For this stage in my project I focused on formal aspects of the shell of the proposed addition to Alumni hall. Programmatic studies determined that an additional 55k square feet would be needed. While the existing building would largely contain classrooms, faculty offices, and lecture rooms, the addition is meant to accommodate the large workroom spaces expected for interdisciplinary use. In addition to these spaces, a large portion of the addition would be designed as a multi-use auditorium space with its main focus as an Esports arena.

Following are precedent images, schematic drawings , and a navigable 3D schematic model.

Precedents

 

Schematic Drawings

3D model viewer

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JMP Schematic Design

Schematic Design Presentation

For this presentation I focused on a full schematic design floorplan layout of the hyperloop terminal building. This started with a look at the latest technology to be introduced to hyperloop, the Quintero One from Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (See image below). This capsule is much larger than the expected design I was working with and required a redesign of the station size from last semester.

Redesign Following the Release of Quintero One

After deciding the Enlarged Circular Design (bottom right on image above) was the best option in terms of efficiency and building options (Coming in at 30% higher than the next design in terms of capacity) I moved on to locating the building and creating a workable schematic design.

Building Location

This is situated in a location where the building will communicate with the Union Terminal. As my building is located on Ezzard Charles Way directly facing the union terminal it is essential that they communicate with one another.

Schematic Design of Terminal Floorplans

Basic Building Section

This shows context with size and section of the Cincinnati Union Terminal.

Traffic Study

Due the building being intersected by Ezzard Charles Drive I did an intensive study on how would be the best way to combine the loading and unloading of a 24,000 person a day station with a main Cincinnati thoroughfare and a proposed street car extension.

Next Steps

Next steps will be looking into the building connections with the community. Finding ways to replace the housing that is taken away with this addition. Looking into how the Hyperloop exits the city and connects to its main track, and continuing to develop the exterior façade and schematic design drawings.