Graduate Work - Fall 2024 by Addison Lentz

ADDISON LENTZ GRADUATE WORK

THE CLOUD

STUDIO 604: pROf. bRITT EvERSOlE fINAl REvIEW DECEmbER 2024

SITED IN DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE, ADjACENT TO I.m. pEI’SEvERSON mUSEUm Of ART, ThEClOUD hOvERSOvERASANDDUNE lANDSCApE, ENvElOpINg vISITORS, ROAD SAlT, ANDThE hEAvY mAChINERYThAT UTIlIzESITASASAlTShEDThROUgh ThE WINTER.

INThESUmmER, ThEClOUDWRApS AROUNDCROWDEDCONCERTS, ThECURlED, bENT-WOOD pANElS glISTENINg INThE SpOTlIghTSWITh CONDENSATION fROm ThECROWDANDThEREmNANTSOf SAlT DUST fROm ThESTRUCTURE’SWINTERUSE. ThESE pANElS AlSO ImpROvE ThE ACOUSTIC pERfORmANCE Of ThE ClOUD; ThE hIgh SURfACE AREA AND DENSITY Of ThE pOROUS WOOD DAmpENS ThE SOUND Of mAChINERY IN ThE WINTER, AND DAmpENEChOESAND ExCESSIvEREvERbERATIONINThESUmmER. SAlTDUSTISCOllECTEDACROSSThE bENTWOOD pANElSANDAggREgATES, REmAININg ThROUgh ThE bEgINNINg Of SUmmERAS ANINDEx Of ThE pASTSEASON. OvERTImE, ThISSAlT WIll DEgRADEThE WOOD; fIRST, ThE pANElS, AND lATERThESTRUCTURE ITSElf. bOTh WIll CRUmblEOvERTImE, ANDRETURN TO ThE lANDSCApEASThEIR OWN pARTICUlATE mATTER. AfTERYEARS Of ClImATE WARmINg ANDDEgRADATION, All ThAT WIll REmAIN ON ThESITEISA gRASSYSANDDUNE lANDSCApE, REmINDINg SYRACUSEOf A pASTINWhICh ROADSAlT WAS A pART Of URbAN lIfE.

WhIlE SETTINg Up A pIECE Of SYCAmORE WOOD TO TURN ON ThE lAThE, I CORED OUT ThE CENTER WITh ThE DRIllpRESS. AS I pUllED ThE DRIllbIT OUT, ThESE SCUlpTURAl, RObUST CURlS Of WOOD SpIllED OUT AND ONTO ThE flOOR.

INTRIgUED bY ThE fORmS I SAW IN ThIS bAg Of SAWDUST, I ExpERImENTED WITh ThE DESIgN ThAT COUlD EmERgE.

ThE mATERIAl ThAT EmERgED INSpIRED ThE DEvElOpmENT Of ThE STRUCTURE: ThE DENSE, pOROUS, SCUlpTURAl WOOD pROvIDES A UNIQUE INfIllmATERIAlfOR ThE CEllS Of ThE lIghTWEIghT gRID, EvOKINg ThE ImAgE Of A ClOUD flOATINg AbOvE ThE lANDSCApE.

mY INTEREST WAS ORIgINAllY IN ThE TENSIlE NATURE OfbENT TImbER. ThE INITIAl CONCEpT WAS bASED Off OfbIAxIAllY-bENT glUlAmmEmbERS, COmpRESSINg INTO EACh OThER AT ThE CENTER AND ExTENDINg OUT INTO A bUTTERflY STRUCTURE WITh CEllS lARgE ENOUgh TO ACCOmmODATE ThE bENT WOOD INfIll.

AfTER STUDYINg RECIpROCAl STRUCTURES, ThIS vERSION WAS bASED ON DIffERENT lENgThS OfglUlAm mEmbERS, bUT ONlY bENT AlONg A SINglE AxIS AND STACKED RAThER ThAN COmpRESSED INTO EACh OThER.

ThE fINAlpROTOTYpE bEfORE mODEl CONSTRUCTION REfINED ThE ASSEmblY SYSTEm Of ThE bENT-WOOD gRID. AS OppOSED TO ThE lONg-mEmbER INITIAlpROTOTYpES, ThIS RECIpROCAl STRUCTURE IS bASED ON 8’-lONgpIECES Of DImENSIONAl lUmbER.

WITh EAChmEmbER bEINg IDENTICAl, ThE mODUlARITY Of ThE SYSTEmlENDS ITSElf TO bROADER ApplICATIONS Of DEplOYAbIlITY WITh RESpECT TO COmmUNITY ENgAgEmENT AND ACTIvATION.

WhIlE SIgNIfICANT pRECISION WOUlD bE REQUIRED IN ThE mANUfACTURINgpROCESS fOR mEmbERS, SIgNIfICANT TOlERANCE IS pROvIDED fOR EASE Of ASSEmblY.

USINg A STRETChER I DESIgNED TO WORK WITh ClAmpS, pIECES Of WAlNUT WERE mIllED AND NOTChED bEfORE SOAKINg AND bEINg STRETChED ACROSS A SEmICIRClE mOlD.

ThIS pRODUCED STANDARDIzED pIECES WITh RElATIvElY pRECISE RADII, fACIlITATINg ThE ASSEmblY Of ThE TRIpARTITE mODUlE ThAT SERvES AS ThE bASIS fOR ThE lARgER STRUCTURAl SYSTEm.

CONTExT plAN

ThE SITE fOR ThE ClOUD IS ThE pARKINglOT ThAT bORDERS ThE EvERSON plAzA, bOUNDED ON ThE EAST AND SOUTh SIDES bY hARRISON STREET AND SOUTh TOWNShEND STREETS, RESpECTIvElY. NEIghbORINg ThE SITE ARE ThE COUNTY COURThOUSE, RESIDENTIAl TOWERS, ThE EvERSON mUSEUm, AND A mEDICAl CENTER. SITE CIRCUlATION IS ORgANIzED fROm NORTh TO SOUTh, mAKINg USE Of ExISTINg ENTRANCES ON ThE EAST AND SOUTh EDgES Of ThE SITE. RESTROOmS AND A CONvERTIblE OffICE-COmmISSARY SpACE mImICK ThE fORmS OfbENT WOOD ThAT mAKE ThE pANElS OvERhEAD, AND WRAp AROUND ThE NORThWEST CORNER Of ThE SITE TO AllOW fOR A TRUCK STAgINg AREA AND pEDESTRIAN CIRCUlATION TOWARDS ThE EvERSON plAzA.

pARCElplAN

RAINSTICK

STUDIO 604: pROf. bRITT EvERSOlE pROjECT 1 OCTObER 2024

ThE fIRST ASSIgNmENT Of ThE

STUDIO WAS A vESSEl ThAT IN SOmE WAY pERfORmED bEINgfIllED WITh SAlT. ThIS vESSEl WAS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN 20 lbS Of SAlT, pOURED lIvE DURINg ThE jURY REvIEW.

WITh A fAmIlY DEEplY INvOlvED IN ThE hISTORY Of ThE SOUThWEST, I gREW Up WITh A NAvAjO RAINSTICK NEvER fAR fROmmY hAND. SOmE OfmY fONDEST mEmORIES ARE Of RUNNINg DOWN ThE ClAY TIlE flOORS OfmY gRANDfAThER’S hOmE, flIppINg A RAINSTICK ONE DIRECTION OR ThE OThER WhIlE ITS TRADEmARK SOUND EChOED Off ThE flOORS AND STUCCO WAllS, SURROUNDINgmE lIKE A mONSOON.

ThESE mEmORIES INSpIRED mY gOAlS fOR ThE pERfORmANCE OfmY RAINSTICK, AND ThE INTENDED pERfORmANCE gUIDED DEvElOpmENT OfbOTh ThE fORm AND INTERIOR STRUCTURE. gRAvITY AND lATERAlfORCES WERE KEY DESIgN fACTORS.

ThE fORm, SKIN, AND STRUCTURE DREW INSpIRATION fROm ISAmU NOgUChI’S lAmpS, AS WEll AS DUTCh TEChNIQUES Of WhEATpASTINg AND ThE STRUCTURAlpOSSIbIlITIES Of EggCRATE STRUCTURES.

TRADITIONAl RAINSTICKS ARE mADE Of ThE ARm Of A CACTUS, WhICh IS DRIED AND fIllED WIThpEbblES ThAT COllIDE WITh ThE REmAININg INTERIOR STRUCTURE Of ThE DRIED CACTUS.

SImIl lY AN ppEARANCE RElATED TO EggCRATE STRUCTURE bECAmE

IN ORDER TO CREATE A SImIlARlY CAvERNOUS INTERIOR, WITh AN AppEARANCE RElATED TO NOgUChI’S lANTERNS, ThE EggCRATE STRUCTURE bECAmE A ClEAR STRATEgY.

DESIgNED WITh A TIlTED, ROUND bOTTOm, ThE SAlT’S WEIghT INITIAllY hElpED ThE RAINSTICK TO WObblE, EvENTUAllY hElpINg IT TO STAbIlIzE AS SAlT gAThERED AT ThE bOTTOm. ThE hARDENED pApER SKIN AND STIffENED ChIpbOARD STRUCTURE pROvIDED ThE CAvERNOUS INTERIOR I hAD SOUghT, AND CREATED ThE SOUND ThAT hAD INSpIRED ThIS pROjECT fROm ThE OUTSET. m Of IS DRIED AND WITh pEbblES

I USED gRASShOppER TO CREATE A STRUCTURE ThAT WAS fITTED WIThIN ThE STACKED EllIpSOID f ThIS STRUCTURE WAS CREATED SO Th ThE SAlT COUlD mAKE ITS WAY DOWN ThE RAINSTICK.

fITTED fORm. A pATh ThROUgh ThAT ThE

ThE WhEATpASTED TRACE pApER ExTERIOR bOThhElpED TO fASTEN TOgEThER ThE STRUCTURAlpIECES AND pROvIDED A SEmITRANSpARENT SKIN ThROUgh WhICh ThE SAlT COUlD bE SEEN ClATTERINg ThROUgh ThE ChIpbOARD pIECES AND SETTlINg AT ThE bOTTOm.

ThE gOAl OfmY plAN AND SECTION WAS TO vISUAlIzE fORm AND SpACE, DRAWINg mOvEmENT AND ExpRESSINg ThE TEmpORAlITY Of SOUND AND Of SAlT AS A mATERIAl CONDITION.

bOTh DRAWINgS DEpICT ThE ORgANIzATION Of ThE SAlT WIThIN ThE RAINSTICK. ThE vOID ARTICUlATES ThE ShApE Of ThE fAllINg SAlT, SCUlpTINgbOTh ThE mATTER ITSElf AND ThE SOUND IT pRODUCES AS IT fAllS.

ORCHID PAVILION CASE STUDY

18’-6” 23’-6”

COmplETED IN 2024 IN pUERTO ESCONDIDO, mExICO, ThE ORChID pAvIlION CONSISTS Of AlmOST ENTIRElY ExpRESSED WOODEN STRUCTURE, DESIgNED TO REgUlATE ThE INTERIOR ClImATE Of ThE pAvIlION. ThE STRUCTURAl DESIgN AND CONSTRUCTION IS DRIvEN bY jApANESE TRADITIONS Of WAbI SAbI AND lARgE-SCAlE jOINERY, WhICh IN ITSElf IS A TRADITION gROUNDED IN TEChNICAl SKIll AND STRUCTURAlpERfORmANCE.

ThE vAST mAjORITY Of ThE STRUCTURE IS lOCAllY-SOURCED TImbER, WITh A fOUNDATION AND fOOTINgS Of CAST-IN-plACE CONCRETE. TWElvE pYRAmID-ShApED, WATER-fIllED CERAmIC hUmIDIfIERS (fIgURE 2) pROvIDE STAbIlIzINg pRESSURE AlONg ThE TOp Of ThE STRUCTURE.

ThE STRUCTURAl SYSTEm IS STANDARDIzED, WITh 13 INSTANCES Of ThE SAmE ASSEmblY OflUmbER pARTS. pAIRS OfmEmbERS ARE hElD IN ThE SAmE plANE WIThhAlf-lAp CONNECTIONS ThAT ARE REINfORCED WITh STRUCTURAl SCREWS. ThIS IS ShOWN AT jOINT II IN ThE IllUSTRATED ElEvATION. lARgER CONNECTIONS, SUCh AS jOINT I IN ThE ElEvATION, bEAR mORE Of ThE STRUCTURAllOAD AS IT TRANSlATES DOWN TOWARDS ThE

WALL HOUSE CASE STUDY

bUIlDINg SYSTEmS 621 - pROjECT 1

SEpTEmbER 2024

WATER COlOR ON bRISTOl, 24” x 36”

lOCATED IN INDIA’S SOUThEASTERN CORNER NEAR ChENNAI, AUROvIllE’S ClImATE IS TROpICAl AND RElATIvElY mIlD.

SURROUNDED bY ThICK vEgETATION, ThE hOUSE bENEfITS fROm COOlER AmbIENT TEmpERATURES. pERfORATED ThROUghOUT TO TAKE ADvANTAgE OfpREvAIlINgbREEzES, ThERmAlmASS IN ThE fOUNDATION SlAbS AND ThICK gROUND-lEvEl WAllS COOl INTERIORS DURINg ThE DAY AND mAINTAIN COmfORTAblE TEmpERATURES ThROUgh ThE NIghT.

TERRA COTTA CUpS ARE STACKED AND vAUlTED ACROSS mAIN lIvINg AREAS. gApS bETWEEN ThE CUpS CApTURE COOl AIR AND pROvIDE A ThERmAlbUffER fROm ThE ROOf’S fUll SUN ExpOSURE, WhIlE AllOWINg CONSTANT vENTIlATION ThROUgh ThE vAUlT.

WITh AN AlTITUDE Of 76.83 _ AND AzImUTh Of -18.70_, ThE SUN AT NOON ON ThE SUmmER SOlSTICE IS AlmOST DIRECTlY OvERhEAD, CASTINg ShORT ShADOWS.

DAYS ARE lONg WITh SUNRISE AT ___ AND SUNSET AT ___. ThE WINTER SUN, AT NOON ON ThE WINTER SOlSTICE, hAS AN AlTITUDE Of 55.14_ AND AzImUTh Of -170.99_. lONg, DRAmATIC ShADOWS ARE CAST, fIlTERINg ACROSS ThE INTERIOR Of ThE hOUSE AT ANY TImE Of DAY. DAYS ARE mUCh ShORTER, WITh SUNRISE AT _ AND SUNSET AT _.

CONCRETE AND CERAmIC ShINglES OvER ThE vAUlT pROvIDE ADDITIONAl ThERmAlmASS TO mEDIATE SOlAR hEAT gAIN. ThROUgh ThE NIghT, ACCUmUlATED hEAT pASSES ThROUgh ThE CONCRETE AND vAUlT STRUCTURE INTO ThE hOUSE.

OpERAblE lOUvERS DIffUSE DIRECT SUN WhIlE AllOWINgbREEzES ThROUgh AND mAINTAININg ThE vIEW TO ThE ExTERIOR.

fOR bOTh NORThEAST-bOUND SUmmER WINDS AND SOUThWEST-bOUND WINTER WINDS, hEAvY SURROUNDINgvEgETATION pROvIDES A NATURAlbUffER. pROxImITY TO ThE COAST mEANS ThAT WIND pATTERNS AND SpEEDS ARE hEAvIlY INflUENCED bY OCEAN TEmpERATURES AND CURRENTS.