PROF. NATKE, SANCHEZ AND PELLOT TEAM MEMBER: ESHA PILLAI
CONTRIBUTION: INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE, FLOOR PLANS, ALL DIAGRAMS EXCEPT LIGHTING, WALL SECTION, SITE PLAN AND SKETCHES
PROF. DHARWADKER
CRINKLE................................. 22-29
PROF. DABERRY
STRUCTURAL STUDY.............. 30-32
PROF. UHILEIN
ABC SUMMER STUDIO
Exemplifying the form of a geode, this residential tower serves the chicago community of early professionals as not only a place to live but to grow through their professional endeavors
A “pocket of air” within a rigid structure Effects created by the establishment of connections The desired movement and state of mind
The Gold Coast of Chicago is a lively area that is mostly residential with some commercial spaces. Statistics have shown that majority of the population are singles in their mid-twenties and early thirties....
Gradual increase and decrease of community spaces
Atrium spaces follow similar pattern
The idea of a geode is very intricate. While the shell holds the form, it’s what’s inside that makes the rock so beautiful. From our concept words, it is our strongest as it helps us communicate our overall idea and building.Through the process, my partner and I came up with many sketches to communicate programming, spacial quality and form.
BY: ESHA PILLAI
Albany Toytopia is a toy library in Albany Park, Chicago. Through the analysis of the site and many different models, I designed this library as an addition to the lively neighborhood that provides kids and families a new way to rent and experience toys.
Site Analysis on Albany Park, Chicago, documenting light and building type. The catalog of buildings shows residential in purple and commercial in pink.
Check-in desks allows customers to receive coins for the amount they wish to rent
Toys are received through a “gumball system” of tubes. Customers can insert a coin next to the desired toy tube to shoot out the product
The inspiration for Albany Toytopia was derived from my site analysis and an early iteration model. My analysis of the various types of buildings surrounding the site persuaded me to design a library geared towards families with kids to provide an additional experience to the neighborhood. Through the design process, I constructed a couple of model’s out of colorful beads which inspired me to make a toy library due to the models playful nature. Coming to my final design, the beads would then be transformed into tubes to store the toys so visitors can rent them. The final program is intended to work like a gumball machine. Visitors check in at the front desk stating how many toys they intend to rent. They then get that same number of coins and go into either the toddler library or the kids’ libraries. Next to each tube is a coin slot where guests will insert a coin which will then prompt the tube to shoot a toy out.
Crinkle, placed in downtown Champaign, IL, is a conceptual form similar to one of my iterations created during this design process. My final model is split into three arches varying in size and function. The model imitates a museum where select arches provide a space for interactivity.
The beginning of this project was primarily focused on documenting as I made physical maps and took a site visit to the downtown area of Champaign, IL. This documentation led me to produce my photocomposition which was a room collage. I then curated multiple iterations inspired by a statue from my composition to create Crinkle.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN
ANNOTATIONS
FINAL MAPS
AXONOMETRICS
MURALS/STATUES
SEATING
LESS LIVELY
LIVELY
NUETRAL
+ GRIDED + PATTERN
FOLDING + CLUSTERED + FOLDS
FOLDING + CLUSTERED + FOLDS
Thubao’s house is a building located in Vietnam with a simple yet narrow and longitudinal layout. Here, I conducted a structural study for this building showing how the structure would change if it was made out of mass timber rather than its original material. The next few pages take you through my grid analysis, an analysis of the strucutral plan layout based on mass timber, updated timber floor plans, structural model and diagrams.
* red boxes indicate column additions, black boxes indicate original columns, horizontal and vertical lines indicate girders and beams *
DIAGRAM
* red lines indicate column additions*