Alexander Wise
Undergraduate Portfolio (2009-2012) University at Buffalo | b.s. arch | 2013
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Previous Design Studios
Arc 101 | Freshmen at University at Buffalo Fall 2009 | 6 Credits | Introductory Design Professors | Joseph Dahmen, Joyce Hwang, and Christopher Romano T.A | James Willems Ransom Arc 102 | Freshmen at University at Buffalo Spring 2010 | 6 Credits | Introductory Design Professors | Nicholas Bruscia, Shadi Nazarian, and Christopher Romano T.A | Silvia Lee
Alexander Wise
University at Buffalo | b.s. arch | 2013 m.arch applicant
Arc 201 | Sophomore at University at Buffalo Fall 2010 | 6 Credits | Introductory Design Professor | Kenny Cupers Arc 202 | Sophomore at University at Buffalo Spring 2011 | 6 Credits | Introductory Design Professor | Sergio Lopez Pineiro Arc 301 | Junior at University at Buffalo Fall 2011 | 6 Credits | Intermediate Design Professor | Curt Gambetta Arc 302 | Junior at University at Buffalo Spring 2012 | 6 Credits | Intermediate Design Professor | Brian Carter
8 Marshall Road Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 Phone: (845) 392-4791 email: amwise2@buffalo.edu
Arc 406 | Senior at University at Buffalo Summer 2012 | 6 Credits | Urban Design Professors | Martha Bohm, Chris Ellis, Tracee Johnson, Christopher Romano, and Sue Thering T.A | Brian Hadley Arc 403 | Senior at University at Buffalo Fall 2012 | 6 Credits | Comprehensive Studio Professor | Nerea Feliz
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Table of Contents
3 Comprehensive Inhabitation- “cooperative apARTments” 9 Sustainable Futures- “Monteverde Deportes” 15 Sustainable Futures- “Stone Wall” 17 Buffalo Botanical Gardens- “Branching Out” 21 Pattern Wall- “Wrapping Space” 27 Office/ Marketplace- “Wrapping Space” 31 Massing Shifts- “Half and Half” 33 Living Wall- “Acute House” 41 Construction Technology- “Technical Drawings”
“cooperative apARTments” Arc 403 | Fall 2012 Professor | Nerea Feliz
The comprehensive inhabitation project was a comprehensive studio that was based around the design for a building that had a public program as well as a designated number of apartments of different size.
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cooperative apARTments is based around the idea of having many large work spaces that focus on different types of crafts. These work spaces then have apartments plug into them. The apartments house craftsman who work in the work spaces that their apartment plugs into. The area where the residential and the public work areas interact becomes a service core that serves as a buffer between the noise of the work spaces and the desired quiet and intimacy of the apartment homes.
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Four crafts were chosen to take place in the work spaces based on statistics of vendors and craftsmen that come to an annual art festival that takes place in Buffalo (The Elmwood Arts Festival). These four crafts are metal sculpture, glass work, ceramics, and painting. These crafts seemed to be the most popular at the art festival, therefore giving them the best chance to prosper in Buffalo.
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The diagrams above show the public floor slabs that house the work spaces as well as the apartments that plug into them separated by a large buffer zone. Painter’s Studio
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The ground floor plan houses an art gallery where the workers that live in the complex can display there work. The other plans show all of the residential floors and how that apartment units interact with the work spaces. Below are plans and axonometrics of all the units. They also show how all of the units come together for a certain craft and how space is formed when two units collide. Every single unit different, but the general organization is the same cooperative apARTments
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14 type “B” Units 2 type “A” Units All doors have proper clearance -18” on pull -12” on push Accessible parking spots and delivery area
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Key: 60” wheelchair turning radius Wheel Chair Refuge Area Accessible Elevator (10’ x 5’) Accessible Corridor Egress Stairs
Accessibility: In the complex there are 16 total units. Of the 16, two are type “A” accessible, which means ever room is accessible. The other 14 are type “B” accessible which means that the major necessities are accessible like a bathroom, the kitchen, and one bedroom.
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Key: 60” wheelchair turning radius Wheel Chair Refuge Area Accessible Elevator (10’ x 5’) Accessible Corridor Egress Stairs
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The structure mainly consists of a large concrete wall with holes punched in it to allow light into the interior. This wall serves as the major balancing point for all of the units which cantilever off of it. The units consist of a large truss structured wall that has beams extending all the way through the concrete wall in order to support these massive cantilevers.
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The structure mainly consists of a large concrete wall with holes punched in it to allow light into the interior. This wall serves as the major balancing point for all of the units which cantilever off of it. The units consist of a large truss structured wall that has beams extending all the way through the concrete wall in order to support these massive cantilevers.
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Structure: The structure of the complex is based off of a large concrete wall and many cantilevers. The large concreteARTwall also serves as the main buffer between workspace and private space. The concrete wall has large truss arms cantilevered out of it that form the apartments. The beams of the trusses extend back into the concrete wall to satisfy the cantilever. The truss arms that come out of the wall them support concrete slabs which are the Notes floorsTheof the apartments. structure mainly consists of a large concrete wall with holes punched Second Floor Residential Plan
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onsists of a large concrete wall with holes punched he interior. This wall serves as the major balancing which cantilever off of it. The units consist of a large at has beams extending all the way through the concrete t these massive cantilevers.
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Basement plan Wall with truss arms
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Mechanical Systems: all of the major mechanical systems are housed in the basement with the main service cores coming up through the teeth of the large concrete wall
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Drop ceiling occurs in all residential units for mechanical supply. Wet walls all run in the main core concrete structural component
Key: Meter Rooms Elevator Mechanical Room Main Vertical Chase Boiler Room Pump Room AHU Chiller Radiators Wet Walls Cooling Tower Chimney
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Distances between stairs are marked on drawings -none are less then the 1/3 rule Smoke Detectors: -1 in every bedroom -1 right outside every bedroom -1 in every living area The building is completely sprinkled
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Life Safety: The major focus of life safety is the egress stairs, and there are two sets of scissors stairs in cooperative apARTments. The scissor stairs allow for the rooms housing large equipment to have separate means of egress from the main paths of those coming from the apartments.
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Distances between stairs are marked on drawings -none are less then the 1/3 rule Smoke Detectors: -1 in every bedroom -1 right outside every bedroom -1 in every living area The building is completely sprinkled
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Distances between stairs are marked on drawings -none are less then the 1/3 rule Smoke Detectors: -1 in every bedroom -1 right outside every bedroom -1 in every living area The building is completely sprinkled
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Wheelchair Refuge Area Maximum Single Floor area (Scheme)
Number of Occupants
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Ceramic Workers Apartment Wall Construction Interior Finish Metal Studs Insulation Facade Framing System Colored Plaster Exterior Finish Black Rain Screen
Glass Workers Apartment Wall Construction Interior Finish Recessed Mullions Frosted Glass Facade Framing System Colored Rain Screen
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The integrated axon and section show how all of the systems of the building come together. From the building systems that were studied more in-depth on the previous page to the facade system.
Comprehensive Inhabitation- “cooperative apARTments�
Sustainable Futures “Monteverde Deportes�
Arc 406 | Summer 2012 Professors | Martha Bohm, Chris Ellis, Tracee Johnson, Christopher Romano, and Sue Thering Team members | Jon Eng, Matthew Geiger, Ryu Kim, Alex Neubauer, Ariel Resnick, Christa Trautman, and Alexander Wise
The 2012 Sustainable Futures program, based in Monteverde, Costa Rica, was tasked with research and design into a new sports and recreation center in the town. The students met with two separate groups associated with the town. A sports committee that had the job of expressing their needs and desire for a sports center in the town. The second committee was a local municipality who talked about the available money and other issues associated with building this center. Research consisted of athletics associated with the area, the National Games which could become a major funding source for the complex if Monteverde won a bid to host, as well as health statistics of the area. All of this research went into trying to convince the town and its leaders a sports complex is necessary. All of the Final research and design proposal was presented at a large gathering consisting of many members of the town and higher ups, such as architects coming all the way from the capital city of San Jose. This presentation took place at the end of a 10 week period with the first 4 weeks being allotted to research and the rest of the time to design. This is one of the most rewarding work and study experiences anyone could ever do, especially because of how close the students and town people were. 9 | Undergraduate Portfolio- A.Wise
There had to be a lot of analysis done on the site that was given by the sports committee and municipality. The site was originally 3 hectares (30,000 sq. m). But upon much analysis it was proposed to be extended to a 4.5 hectare site.
Sustainable Futures- “Monteverde Deportes� The major analysis of the site consisted of its contours and the flow of water as well as a fault line that required a 50 meter buffer on either side where there could be no permanent structure. The main requirement of the sports committee was a soccer field with a track around it. With international regulations restricting the orientation of the field it was proposed that it would be best to purchase a larger site. The process of positioning the soccer field and extending the site are illustrated to the left.
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Bus Drop-off Diagrams by Jon Eng, Ryu Kim, Alexander Wise
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Drawing by Alexander Wise
Through many iterations and sketches a final master plan was made. The diagrams to the left of the master plan explain the main types of circulation through the site and the attractions. A major aspect to circulation on the site was the separation of Athlete and Spectator. The two sectional sketches above show how the slope of the site creates an interesting possibility for the arrangement of spectator options that would separate the athlete and spectator with the exception of a visual connection when observing the events.
Sustainable Futures- “Monteverde Deportes� The diagrams to the left best show the separation of athlete and spectator which was a major driving principle of the design. The section below also illustrates the separation with the athletes down on the soccer field and all the spectators inhabiting the area above with no access to the playing field. This idea came from the sketch of the seating seen on the previous page.
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With this new facility being located in Costa Rica it was important to make it environmentally friendly. This is because Costa Rica is aiming to become the first carbon neutral country by 2021.
Leyenda
Fluho de Aguas Negras y Grises
Flujo de Agua Limpio para Irrigacion
The environmental aspects of this design are mainly illustrated by the use and reuse of water on the site. There are many small treatment ponds located throughout the site to catch the water as it flows down the sloping site. The roof that wraps the major structures is also sloped to direct rain water to specific points where they are caught in basins.
Instalaciones para Tratamiento de Aguas de Escorrentia
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There are also culverts placed under the soccer field to slow the flow of water through the sloping site. These will prevent erosion and make the site last longer and produce more reusable water.
Leyenda DRENAJE SOBRE SUELO
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Drawing by Jon Eng
Diagrams by Jon Eng, Ryu Kim, Alexander Wise
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Drawing by Jon Eng and Alexander Wise
Drawing by Ryu Kim
Drawing by Ryu Kim and Alex Neubauer
Sustainable Futures “Stone Wall Build�
Arc 406 | Summer 2012 Professors | Martha Bohm, Chris Ellis, Tracee Johnson, Christopher Romano, and Sue Thering Team Members | Grant Black, Brittany Cohen, Thomas DeGraff, Jennifer Dow, Jon Eng, Matthew Geiger, Ryu Kim, Mira Lee, Alex Neubauer, Nicole Nguyen, Ariel Resnick, Maya Shermer, Christa Trautman, and Alexander Wise
Also part of the Sustainable Futures experience in Monteverde, Costa Rica was being part of a design and build project of a stone wall for the Institute. The Monteverde Institute is the home to many domestic and study abroad programs including the Sustainable Futures program. The SF 2012 group was tasked with a design build of a stone wall and walkway system that would lead up to an outdoor classroom that was recently constructed. There was time spent laying out string for the paths of walkways or the routes the terracing walls may take. SF 2012 was also part of the site work that went into building the wall. A lot of digging and reworking of the earth had to be done before a single stone could even be placed to make the wall. Upon completion the wall consisted of four levels of terracing walls, a large patio are with seating in front of the outdoor classroom, and two paths connecting the main Institute building and the new outdoor classroom.
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Sustainable Futures- “Stone Wall”
Buffalo Botanical Gardens “Branching Out”
Arc 302 | Spring 2012 Professor | Brian Carter
The Botanical Gardens project was presented as an expansion to the already existing Buffalo Botanical Gardens located in Frederick Law Olmsted’s South Park. About half of the existing building is listed as a historical building. The committee from the Botanical Gardens, who were treated as clients, made it clear they did not want to tinker with the main entrance facade and its historical value to them. Therefore most of the designing took place in back of the existing building. “Branching Out” is proposed as a project that is meant to connect the Buffalo Botanical Gardens with the surrounding gardens of South Park. As it stands right now, the Botanical Gardens building is placed in no mans land. It has almost no contact with the gardens of The following are sketches that drove the major design process. The first being a leaf from a plant that South Park. This means that visitors to either is displayed in the existing building. Its long stems drove the idea of making a connection between the destination have almost no idea the other one building and south park. The second is a sectional sketch that became the main idea of the design. exists. By proposing a design that bridges the gap between the two historical areas, both could increase revenue and popularity.
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The roof of the building is going to contain a green roof with grass, flowers, and small trees. The green roof would be a walk able path that would connect the existing building to the rest of South Park. The model to the right was a detail of the sloping green roof that is being proposed for the roof of the expansion building. The drawing below is a detail section that mainly shows the layers that would have to go into building a walk able green roof.
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Pattern Wall
“Wrapping Space”
Arc 301 | Fall 2011 Professor | Curt Gambetta
The pattern wall is a design based off of two patterns. One is a man made pattern and the second is a pattern found in nature. The two patterns are shown below with the man made pattern being a weaving fabric and the natural one being the bark of a tree.
The patterns then had to inspire a common design trait that would lead to the creation of a double envelope facade. The project “Wrapping Space” uses the idea of weaving and overlapping that is found in both images. When the weaving and overlapping is explored in a 3-dimensional frame there are interesting tunneling effects found that may help support the building with some passive systems.
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The project started with the production of sketch models. All took into account the idea of overlapping and creating a 3-dimensional view of something that started as a 2-dimensional print in the case of the fabric swatch and image of a natural pattern.
The diagram below shows the module that is created with the ideas of weaving and overlapping. These modules began to get combined to create an entire system that would serve as a double envelope for a building. The model seen to the right is the most successful iteration of the combined modules and drove the developments of the rest of the project.
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Fall 2011 This iteration is the first time the project is actually seen as a wall covering and how it functions as an envelope. The colors chosen here were the result of a lot of testing of combinations of different colors of transparent and translucent materials. The blue transparency and the blue-green translucency were chosen because they have the best relationship to the natural setting at which the envelope is being placed.
The final model was to be built to cover two sides of a building. The final wall covering had to provide a complete enclosure and still perform well as a double envelope.
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Office/Marketplace “Wrapping Space�
Arc 301 | Fall 2011 Professor | Curt Gambetta
The office/Marketplace was related to the Pattern Wall project in that the facade created in the Pattern Wall had to derive the design for a building that would house offices as well as a marketplace. The facade from the first project became the building itself with the modules created from the idea of overlapping becoming inhabitable. The modules divided up the building into sections of public and private as well as creating certain coves and niches that helped the office/marketplace type function nicely.
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The site for the project was a small plot of land just outside of downtown Pittsburgh. Upon completion of the project students were invited back to Pittsburgh to display projects at an art gallery that had opened up right next to the site being used.
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These diagram explain the project best. In the first diagram the blue represents that private office spaces and the red shows what modules becomes the public marketplace. The second diagram shows the diagonal elevators in blue. Finally, the third diagram shows the means of egress and escape in red. PROGRAM
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This is a connection detail of how the facade plates attach to the floor plates and the main building structure.
Massing Shifts “Half and Half”
Arc 102 | Spring 2010 Professors | Nicholas Bruscia, Shadi Nazarian, and Christopher Romano
Massing Shifts is a project that started with two cubes. One cube was 8’ x 8’ x 8’ and the other was 12’ x 12’ x 12’. Each cube was then assigned either a living program or a work program. Each mass went through a series of cuts and shifts until a volume was established that accomplished the goal of creating a living space, and a work space. Each cube could only house one task and they had to be differentiable from each other. “Half and Half” was unique because each cube only went through one cut and shift in order to create a desired volume. The large mass houses the work program of wood working. This is why extra height is given. It allows for more ceiling height and also creates openings for ventilation. The small cube houses the living area. Once again the cut in half and shift upward creates different levels that can be programed to be sleeping coves or counters for daily household duties.
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The final model was made completely of basswood, both sticks and sheets.
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The Living Wall “Acute House”
Arc 102 | Spring 2010 Professors | Nicholas Bruscia, Shadi Nazarian, and Christopher Romano Team Members | Timothy Boll, Michael Floryan, Cassidy Huls, Robert Miller, Lauren Walker, and Alexander Wise
The Living Wall project began with a 6’ x 6’ x 8’ mass. Shifts were made to this mass with cuts and any kind of movements. The shifts were limited to two cuts and two moves. The final design could not have a footprint larger than the original 6’ x 6’ x 8’. The shifts were made to create three sleeping areas, an entrance, and circulation space. The semester started with all 100 students making their own individual proposals. As the semester went on groups were formed around certain projects until only 14 remained. The 14 remaining projects then collaborated to create certain relationships between each other that formed the LIVING WALL. The final projects were built at full scale and displayed in a nearby sculpture park. As part of the final review students spent 24 living in the living wall. The final project name “Acute House” was developed with the idea of creating sleeping spaces that catered to the form people create when they curl up to go to sleep. This project began as a massing scheme developed by me and made it all the way through to the final 14 to be built at full scale
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Drawings and Models by Alexander Wise
One of the major parts of the project was breaking up the original massing design into modules that could be packaged into a volume similar to that of the original 6’ x 6’ x 8’ volume that started the project. This would make the project easier to transport from the school where they were being built, to the park, about 45 minutes away, where the projects would be assembled for display. Acute house was broken down using layers that would be stacked on top of each other. There were three layers, and each layer had two modules that would be stacked on top of the layer below it. Once all of the specifics were figured out at a smaller scale level using models and hand drawings, full scale construction began in the studio. The project was built completely in the studio and later disassembled by modules for transport and reassembly at the park.
Drawing by Alexander Wise
Drawings by Cassidy Huls, Lauren Walker, and Alexander Wise
Model by Alexander Wise
Spring 2010 The major focus of “Acute House” became two columns in the front. In the design the columns are like a vanishing point coming to a very acute angle. If the column did not look good, then the entire project would look strange. In order to make the columns look great a lot of jigs were created and long 4” x 4” timber was used instead of laminating pieces together. The columns came out great with a knife like edge to highlight the project.
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In order to make the columns attach back to the main structure a difficult process of embedding bolts had to take place. The column was split into two pieces with the piece closest to the main structure having a bolt inserted through it. The second piece of the column was then glued onto the first piece burying the head of the bolt well inside the column, and only exposing the threaded part of the part that would attach back to the main structure and then be hidden by ply-wood wall panels
Drawing by Michael Floryan
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The modulated package was wrapped up and loaded onto a flat bed for transport out to the park. Once out at the park it was set down, unwrapped, and prepped for reassembly. The project was reassembled and placed on railroad ties as to allow water to run beneath the projects and not build up below them creating water damage. The sequence on the following page is “Acute House� being assembled by its modules on the site and placed in its designated spot within the LIVING WALL.
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Living Wall- “Acute House”
Spring 2010 The final installment was placed in Griffis Sculpture park just outside of Buffalo. This was the first time the University at Buffalo Architecture program did a project of this magnitude. The 14 dwellings stood in Griffis sculpture park for about 8 months before they were taken to down to make room for a second installment of the LIVING WALL.
OR TO ROOF exterior Construction Technology 16” o.c“Technical vertical Drawings” Arc | Spring 2012 ores grout442 solid Professor | Annette Lecuyer
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Construction Technology was a class to learn about the different systems in a building and all the major construction techniques.
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2.) EXTERIOR WALL, GROUND FLOOR TO FIRST FLOOR 8x16x12 cmu wall, painted exterior horizontal reinforcement 16” o.c vertical vertical reinforcement, cores grout solid all other cores insulated
Assignments in this class included reproducing drawings for two different buildings. The first was the Reid House, which is mainly concrete construction. The second building was the Conibear Shell house in Washington which is mainly of steel construction.
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6.) ROOF/CEILING rafters 2x6 at 16” o.c Joists 2x6 at 16” o.c. celing joists are to be suspended from roof rafters3/8” mdd plywood nailed to joists batt insulation between joists 5/8” roof sheathing w/ plywood clips 16” o.c fiberglass roof shingles w/ underlayment & w/ continuous metal flashing
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