Lawson, Allison Spring/Fall 2023 Portfolio

ALLISON LAWSON

UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO

FANNING PERSPECTIVES IN COLLABORATION WITH JACK STEVENSON PROFESSOR BROWN | FALL 2023

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PENNSYLVANIA STATION MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

FANNING PERSPECTIVES IS A DESIGN RESOLUTION FOR THE MODERN COWORKING ENVIRONMENT OF THE 21ST CENTURY. NESTLED ALONG MANHATTAN’S HIGH LIGH IN CHELSEA, OUR DESIGN CONCEPT BLENDS THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALONG WITH PROMOTING MENTAL WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE. PROVIDING LUSH ATRIUM SPACES AND MATERIALS THAT REFLECT CHELSEA’S INDUSTRIAL ROOTS, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A STRUCTURE THAT REPRESENTS WHAT “PLACE” AND “WORK” MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY IT IS SERVING.

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CHELSEA HEIGHT ANALYSIS

MASSING:

THE PROGRESSION THE FORMATION OF OUR MASSING WAS QUITE LINEAR, USING EXTRUSIONS AND BOOLEAN OPERATIONS. AFTER FOLLOWING SPECIFIC CHELSEA ZONING CODES, WE WERE LEFT WITH A STEPPED MASS. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FANNING FACADE BECAME MORE CLEAR WITH THE CURVATURE OF OUR DESIGN IN STEP 3 OF MASSING.

ATRIUMS AS A WAY TO INCORPORATE POSITIVE MENTAL WELLNESS BENEFITS, OUR DESIGN GOAL WAS TO INCLUDE MULTI-STORY ATRIUM SPACES THAT ALLOW THE USER TO HAVE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION BETWEEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE. BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH NATURE THROUGHOUT THE WORKDAY HELPS BOOST MOODS AND INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AS A WHOLE.

PROGRAMMING THE STACKED AND HIERARCHAL APPROACH TO OUR DESIGN ALLOWED US TO FORM A MORE LOGICAL PROGRAM FOR DESIGN. WITH THE USERS OF THIS CO-WORKING SPACE IN MIND, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A SCHEME THAT ALLOWED LARGE, PUBLIC SPACES TO BE HOUSED ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF OUR SITE. THE PRIVATE AND MORE PERSONALIZED SPACES ARE LOCATED ON THE UPPER HALF OF OUR DESIGN.

COWORKING SPACE MEC SPACE MAKER SPACE

COMMON SPACE

ATRIUM SPACE

TAKING NOTES FROM OUR INITIAL PROGRAMMING SKETCHES AND CONCEPTUALIZATION, WE THEN USED A SECTIONAL LENSE IN ORDER TO PUT OUR SCHEME INTO PERSPECTIVE.

DETAILS AND REFINEMENT OUR FINAL STRUCTURAL SCHEME AIDED OUR DESIGN CHOICES MOVING FORWARD, AS WE USED THE ITERATIVE PROCESS TO ADJUST WHAT WAS INTERFEREING WITH OUR 32’ X 32’ COLUMN SEQUENCE. MANY OF OUR DESIGN CHOICES IN THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT WERE DICTACTED ON THE CENTRAL THEMES OF MENTAL WELLNESS AND CONTEXT. THROUGH MATERIAL CHOICE AND FLOOR PLAN ARRANGEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO REFLECT OUR DESIGN GOALS WITH THE STRUCTURE AS A WHOLE.

SUSPENDED WOOD SLAT CEILING

SHADOWBOX WINDOW

WOOD VIYNL FLOORS

GLASS ATRIUM SKYLIGHT BRICK FINISH

SINGLE GLAZED TEMPERED GLASS

GREY AND WHITETERRAZZO FLOORS

TEAK WOOD ATRIUM FLOOR

INSULATION GRAVEL

CONCRETE

2’ X2’ CONCRETE COLUMN

SHADOW BOX WINDOW

1/2’’ TEMPERED GLASS

ELEVATED POLISHED CONCRETE FLOOR HVAC SYSTEM SUSPENDED WOOD SLAT CEILING

BENEATH THE BRANCHES PROFESSOR PELLER | SPRING 2023

BENEATH THE BRANCHES ARTISTICALLY REPRESENTS THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAN-MADE STRUCTURE. THE UNIQUE SITE CONTEXT, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING AN OPEN, INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR THE TOWN’S ART REVITALIZATION, WERE KEY TO THE SHAPE AND MOVEMENT OF THE FORM. THE DESIGN PROVIDES THE FEELING OF EXPERIENCING ART BENEATH A CANOPY OF BRANCHES, SERVING AS A REMINDER TO HUMANITY TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.

COLUMN STRUCTURAL GRID BRANCHING COLUMN DIAGRAM

TO ACHIEVE MY DESIGN PURPOSE OF CREATING AN OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE, I USED THE GRASSHOPPER PLUG-IN IN RHINO 3D TO CREATE BRANCHING COLUMN SYSTEMS

WEST ELEVATION

SITE PLAN

SCALE : 1/64’’= 1’0’’

EAST ELEVATION

WITH NUMEROUS STUDIO SPACES, A LARGE ART GALLERY, AND BLACK BOX THEATRE, MY ARTS CENTER PROVIDES THE UP-AND-COMING CAYCE COMMUNITY A REFUGE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY.

GROUND FLOORPLAN

STATE STREET WEST SECTION PERSPECTIVE

FIRST FLOORPLAN

NORTH SECTION PERSPECTIVE