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HAPPY PEOPLE

PARTICULATE STRIP KEVIN

HIRTH

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JUST AS PARTICULATE MATTER CAN BE DISPERSED AND AGGREGATED THROUGH NATURAL PROCESS, THE URBAN FABRIC OF OUR TIME IS IN A CONSTANT STATE OF NEGOTIATION ON THE MICRO-ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL. THE PROPOSITION OF AN OVERARCHING ARMATURE FOR URBAN GROWTH THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF FINITE ELEMENTS IS ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW FOR BOTH REVELATORY VARIATION AND ADHERENCE TO A LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE

THE CUMULATIVE AGGREGATION OF URBAN BLOCKS IS UNRAVELED ONTO THE SPECIFIC LIMITS OF THE SITE TO FORM A STRIP. NESTED WITHIN THIS STRIP A NUMBE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOMAINS ARE ARTICULATED. THE SUM OF THE THREE COMPLETE BLOCKS ARE BLENDED INTO A SINGLE MIX STRADDLING THROUGH-STREETS AND UNIFIYING THE POROUS BLOCK AS A VARIED BUT COMPLETE MASS

LOOSE DISPERSION RANGE 0-4

DENSE AGGREGATION RANGE 6-10

ATL A

NTIC

02

AVE N

AERIAL VOLUMETRICS

SH

BU AT

FL E NU

E AV

BASE CONDITION RANGE 5-6

UE

100%

METRIC: ACCRETION

TOKYO

03 11

2

5

1

BARCELONA

1

110

3

2 74

6

3

90%

3

10

3

57

4

80%

56

4

ACCRETION DEFINED 10

: AN INCREASE BY NATURAL GROWTH OR ADDITION : GROWTH BY ADDITION AS BY THE ADHESION OF PARTS OR PARTICLES : AN INCREASE IN LAND RESULTING FROM ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS OR WATERBORNE SEDIMENT : USUALLY APPLIED TO THE GRADUAL AND IMPERCEPTIBLE ACCUMULATION OF LAND BY NATURAL CAUSES

5 53

7

8

70%

6

10

5

34

60%

7

7 32

5

9

5

4

8 31

6

2

50%

9

13

12

15

8

6

10

5

1

16

40%

18

9

16

15

14

11 30%

3

8

2

1

12

13

6

1

8

14 7

10

PERCENT TOTAL HEIGHT RECORDED

8

1

11

20%

2

8

3

10%

15

8

2

5

16 4

10%

20%

PERCENT BUILDING AREA ACCRETED

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

METRIC: GLACIATION

45km

40km

2006 2005

2006 2005

2004

2004

04

ADVANCING PHASE 20-40 METERS/YEAR

35km

ADVANCED STABLE POSITION

30km

RETREAT PHASE 100-2000 METERS/YEAR

2003 2002

25km

2003 2002

2001 1984 1953

ADVANCING PHASE 20-40 METERS/YEAR

2001 1984 1953

1913

1931

1931 ADVANCED STABLE POSITION

1926

1926

RETREAT PHASE 100-2000 METERS/YEAR

1926

1913

1913

GLACIATION DEFINED

1902

1902

1883

1883

2010

1875

1851

: THE CONDITION OF BEING COVERED WITH GLACIERS OR MASSES OF ICE : CHANGING THE EARTH’S SURFACE BY THE EROSION AND DEPOSITION OF ROCKS AND SEDIMENTS BY A GLACIER : SLOW MOVING RIVER OF ICE THAT SLOWLY DEFORMS AND FLOWS IN RESPONSE TO GRAVITY

1875

1851

METRIC: CALVING

05

PHILADELPHIA_2 RANGE: 2-2

CHICAGO_1 RANGE: 8-8

A

A

2A

2A

CHICAGO_2 RANGE: 2-12

PITTSBURGH_1 RANGE: 5-7

A

11A

A

A .8

DETROIT_1 RANGE: 3-7

PITTSBURGH_2 RANGE: 7-15

A

A

6A

.6A

DETROIT_2 RANGE: 9-9

ST.LOUIS_1 RANGE: 2-3

A

CALVING DEFINED

.8A

: THE BREAKING AWAY OF A MASS OF ICE FROM AN ICEBERG OR GLACIER : THE SPLITTING OF ONE LARGE FROZEN LANDMASS FROM ANOTHER

A

1.

2A

PHILADELPHIA_1 RANGE: 4-6

ST.LOUIS_2 RANGE: 2-4

A

1.

5A

A

A

UNIT DISTRIBUTION LOGIC

HOUSING ACCRETION

HOUSING

06

BASE RESIDENTIAL / OFFICE UNIT

OFFICE

SINGLE UNIT ACCRETION

SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

OFFICE

HOUSING

OFFICE

15'-0"

OFFICE

15'-0"

OFFICE

15'-0"

OFFICE

15'-0"

OFFICE

15'-0"

OFFICE

15'-0"

OFFICE

15'-0"

OFFICE

15'-0"

7'-9"

HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

OFFICE

HOUSING

7'-9"

HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

OFFICE

HOUSING

7'-9"

HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

OFFICE

HOUSING

MULTI-UNIT ACCRETION

HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

OFFICE

HOUSING

7'-9"

HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

7'-9"

HOUSING

OFFICE

HOUSING

7'-9"

HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

OFFICE

HOUSING

UNIT SUBTRACTION

HOUSING

HOUSING

HOUSING

OFFICE

OFFICE

OFFICE

HOUSING

STRUCTURE

SEMI-ATTACHED OFFICE UNIT HOUSING

OFFICE

HOUSING

HOUSING OFFICE

HOUSING

OFFICE

HOUSING

OFFICE

STRUCTURE

OFFICE

OFFICE 69'-3"

HOUSING

12'-8"

OFFICE

STRUCTURE

UNIT DEFORMATION

26'-8"

MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL / OFFICE UNIT [1/2 SCALE]

STRUCTURE

FOUR RESIDENTIAL UNIT AROUND OPEN COURTYARD STRUCTURE

108'-6"

STRUCTURE

VOID MINIMUM OFFSET SETBACK ESTABLISHMENT

STRUCTURE

OUTDOOR GARDEN SPACE STRUCTURE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE

STRUCTURE: CONTRIBUTORY AREA

STRUCTURE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE FILLING

SINGLE UNIT SECTION

MULTI-UNIT SECTION DEFORMATION

ABOVE, TWO SIMPLE FLOOR PLATES ARE LAID OUT DEMONSTRATING THE ADAPTABILITY OF THE PAIRED RESIDENCE / OFICE PROGRAM HYBRID. AS THE BASE UNIT IS EXPANDED OR CONTRACTED, THE RELATIVE POSITIONING OF INTERNAL ORDERS SHIFT TO OPTIMIZE HABITATION.

SEMI-ATTACHED LARGE OFFICE

SCRIPTING LOGIC UNIT PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED

07

1 AS SEEN BELOW, A SCRIPTED LOGIC

IS DEPLOYED TO ENABLE THE VARIETY AND PROJECTED DISORDER NEEDED TO EXIST WITHIN A HOMOGENOUS ORDERED MASS TO ALLOW FOR ADAPTIVE AND INTERSCALAR VARIATION.

SUBSCALAR SHIFT 3

PROLIFERATION 2

BASE UNIT UNITS PROLIFERATED

2

3 1

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 2

3

5

2 SUBSCALAR SHIFT

3

DELETION 3

TOPOGRAPHY COMPACTED

4

LANDSCAPE DENSIITY 4

5 3

4 3

URBAN SCALE STRUCTURE INTRODUCED 5

5 4

MATRIX: UNIT VOLUME ORDERING HOUSING AND OFFICE TYPOLOGIES

08

CROSS-SECTIONAL DEFORMATION

BASE SINGLE UNIT BLOCKS BASE SELECTION LEVELS 1-2 [SCENARIO 1] LATERAL DEFORMATION

45'-0"

15'-0"

18'-6"

HOUSING

20'-0"

45'-0"

18'-6"

20'-0"

45'-0"

HOUSING

OFFICE

18'-6"

20'-0"

45'-0"

HOUSING OFFICE

18'-9"

10'-0"

18'-6"

20'-0"

45'-0"

HOUSING OFFICE

22'-6"

12'-6"

14'-3"

18'-6"

20'-0"

45'-0"

HOUSING OFFICE

26'-3"

20'-0"

45'-0"

18'-5"

20'-1"

HOUSING

OFFICE

30'-0"

18'-0"

18'-6"

HOUSING 18'-7"

OFFICE

45'-0"

OFFICE

57'-0"

27'-0"

33'-7"

48'-11"

15'-0"

21'-0"

20'-8"

HOUSING

48'-11"

21'-0"

20'-8"

48'-11"

HOUSING

OFFICE

20'-8"

48'-11"

HOUSING OFFICE

18'-9"

10'-0"

21'-0"

20'-7"

48'-11"

HOUSING OFFICE

22'-6"

12'-6"

21'-0"

20'-7"

HOUSING OFFICE

26'-3"

14'-3"

21'-0"

OFFICE

30'-0"

18'-0"

18'-7"

AS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIXED VARIABLE SHIFTS WITHIN THE LOGIC OF THE SCALED UNIT, THE UNIT VOLUME ORDERING DIAGRAM CORRELATES TO THE INTERNAL LOGIC OF THE SCRIPTED PROJECT OUTLAY. BEGINNING WITH A MINIMUM UNIT AND ESTABLSHING A CORRELATORY SET OF MAXIMUM UNITS, THE SCRIPT OUTPUTS PROGRAM PAIRINGS AT FIXED INTERVALS.

BASE SELECTION LEVEL 3 [SCENARIO 1]

52'-9"

15'-0"

23'-6"

21'-5"

HOUSING

52'-9"

23'-6"

21'-4"

52'-9"

HOUSING

OFFICE

23'-6"

21'-3"

52'-9"

HOUSING OFFICE

18'-9"

10'-0"

23'-6"

21'-5"

52'-9"

HOUSING OFFICE

22'-6"

12'-6"

23'-6"

21'-2"

HOUSING OFFICE

26'-3"

14'-3"

OFFICE

30'-0"

18'-0"

18'-7"

BASE SELECTION LEVELS 4-5 [SCENARIO 1]

56'-5"

15'-0"

26'-2"

22'-1"

HOUSING

56'-8"

60'-0"

28'-7"

22'-0"

56'-8"

22'-9"

60'-0"

28'-8"

22'-8"

56'-8"

60'-0"

28'-9"

22'-6"

22'-1"

56'-8"

OFFICE

28'-11"

18'-7"

22'-9"

60'-0"

29'-0"

13'-4"

OFFICE

OFFICE

40'-0"

23'-4"

ON PROCEEDING PAGES, YOU WILL OBSERVE A MORE DETAILED CONNECTIVE MATRIX OF DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLETE SET OF UNITS. EACH UNIT TYPE IS CALCULATED IN RELATION TO ITS NEIGBOR AS A BLOCKING MASS. FROM THESE RELATIONSHIPS A STRUCTURAL AND LANDSCAPE ORDERING STRATEGY IS ESTABLISHED AND DEPLOYED.

22'-3"

HOUSING

11'-8"

35'-0"

20'-0"

21'-8"

OFFICE

30'-0"

18'-0"

60'-0"

25'-11"

HOUSING OFFICE

HOUSING

10'-0"

30'-0"

16'-8"

25'-11"

HOUSING 26'-3"

14'-3"

HOUSING

8'-4"

OFFICE

25'-0"

13'-4"

21'-11"

OFFICE

22'-6"

12'-6"

HOUSING

6'-8"

OFFICE

25'-11"

HOUSING OFFICE

18'-9"

10'-0"

HOUSING 20'-0"

25'-11"

HOUSING

OFFICE

26'-8"

BASE SELECTION LEVEL 6 [SCENARIO 1] 64'-1"

31'-4"

23'-6"

HOUSING

64'-2"

13'-4"

31'-4"

23'-6"

HOUSING

6'-8"

OFFICE

20'-0"

64'-3"

31'-5"

23'-6"

HOUSING

8'-4"

OFFICE

25'-0"

16'-8"

64'-4"

20'-0"

31'-5"

23'-6"

HOUSING

10'-0"

OFFICE

30'-0"

64'-4"

31'-6"

35'-0"

23'-4"

23'-7"

HOUSING

11'-8"

13'-4"

OFFICE

OFFICE

40'-0"

26'-8"

WITH THE USE OF THESE INDIVIDUAL COLOR CODED UNIT TYPES, THE BROADER SITE IS FILLED IN WITH REACTIVE CLUSTERS OF UNITS CROSS-DEPENDENT ON ONE ANOTHER FOR AN ESTABLISHED HIERARCHICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM.

BASE SELECTION LEVEL7 [SCENARIO 1] 68'-2"

34'-1"

24'-3"

HOUSING

68'-3"

OFFICE

20'-0"

13'-4"

34'-1"

24'-3"

HOUSING

6'-8"

68'-4"

OFFICE

25'-0"

16'-8"

34'-2"

24'-3"

HOUSING

8'-4" 30'-0"

68'-5"

10'-0"

OFFICE

20'-0"

34'-2"

24'-3"

HOUSING 35'-0"

68'-6"

11'-8"

OFFICE 23'-4"

34'-3"

24'-4"

HOUSING 40'-0"

13'-4"

OFFICE 26'-8"

BASE DOUBLE UNIT BLOCKS

80'-0"

42'-0"

26'-5"

HOUSING

80'-6"

42'-4"

26'-6"

HOUSING

6'-8"

OFFICE

20'-0"

19'-10"

13'-4"

OFFICE 59'-7" 39'-9"

MAXIMUM DOUBLE UNIT BLOCKS

130'-1" 130'-0"

75'-7"

35'-6"

HOUSING 20'-0"

75'-7"

35'-7"

HOUSING 25'-1"

6'-8"

OFFICE

13'-4" 63'-0"

OFFICE 37'-11"

MATRIX: STRUCTURAL ORDERING

POSSIBLE CONFIGURATIONS

1

2

3

09

MATRIX: STRUCTURAL ORDERING

STRUCTRUAL DEPTH (LINEAR FEET)

Screening Walls

One Way Piles

10

Screening Walls

One Way Piles

Short Columns

Short Columns

CORRELATORY MATRIX: STRUCTURE/VOID OUTLAY S= STRUCTURAL SPAN c= CIRCULATION DEPTH w= VOID WIDTH h= UNIT HEIGHT

CIRCULATION PROPORTION (RATIO)

UNIT HEIGHT (LINEAR FEET)

Short Columns

Short Columns

VOID WIDTH (LINEAR FEET)

Long Columns

Circulation Cores

Circulation Cores

Piered Frame

Piered Frame

Long Columns

Long Columns

Long Columns

11

WATER FILTRATION LANDSCAPE

LIVE/WORK UNITS

ILLUSTRATIVE AXONOMETRIC STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 6

LANDSCAPE COMMON

PLAN DETAIL: TYP. RESIDENTIAL + OFFICE LEVEL

A SINGLE UPPER FLOOR PLAN CUT SHOWS THE POROSITY OF THE OVERALL BLOCK WIHTIN A SINGLE STRATA. AS UNITS ARE ACCRETED UPON ONE ANOTHER, THE WHOLE PACKS IN WITH INCREASING DENSITY. NESTED WITHIN ORCHESTRATED BREAKS IN THE BLOCK ARE A NUMBER OF LARGER SCALE OPEN SPACES THAT ARE INTENDED TO TAKE ON OUTDOOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM SUCH AS SPORTING FACILITIES, PUBLIC SQUARES, PARK SPACES, AND MARKET SPACES. THESE LANDSCAPE PROGRAMS ARE IN TURN COMBINED RELATIVE TO GREYWATER TREATMENT WITHIN THE HOUSING BLOCK IN ORDER TO PROCESS ANY USED NON-TOXIC WATER FOR USE IN SITE SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS.

RESIDENTIAL UNIT

CIRCULATION WALKWAY

CIRCULATION CORE OFFICE UNIT

RECREATIONAL LANDSCAPE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 6

WATER FILTRATION

LIGHT CORRIDOR

12

13

RESIDENTIAL UNIT

UPPER LANDSCAPE

OFFICE UNIT LIGHT VOID

CIRCULATION VOID

LOWER LANDSCAPE

SECTION PERSPECTIVE COUPLED WITHIN THE ABOVE SECTION ARE THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE UNITS. ALSO DEMONSTRATED ARE THE RELATED VOIDS WHICH SPAN BETWEEN OFFICE AND HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE IN TURN CONNECTED TO ALLOW FOR THE PENETRATION OF LIGHT INTO THE BLOCK’S FABRIC.

14

LIGHT VOID

RESIDENTIAL UNIT

LIGHT CORRIDOR

LOWER LANDSCAPE

A

ITERATIVE PROCESS MODELS

15

B

C

ELEVATION DETAIL: SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR

THE ELEVATION DEMONSTRATES A POSSIBLE CLUSTER OF UNIT AND PUBLIC SPACE DENSITY. WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED CLUSTER THE UNITS ARE LIFTED OFF THE GROUND PLANE USING A CORRELATORY STRUCTURAL SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL UNIT TYPES IN ORDER TO FREE THE GROUND PLANE FOR WATER FILTRATION AND PUBLIC GATHERING FUNCTIONS.

16

PLAN DETAIL: LANDSCAPE COMMON

ON THE LEVEL OF THE LANDSCAPE COMMON THE PROGRAMMING AND DISPERSION OF THE GROUND PLANE REVEALS A DEEPER TISSUE WITHIN THE PROJECT. THE MOUNDS SHOWN TO THE SIDE BOTH SERVE AS REMEDIATIVE ELEMENTS ECOLOGICALLY, AS WELL AS BERMING ELEMENTS TO SUPPORT WATER COLLECTION AND FILTRATION ON SITE. ALSO VISIBLE ON THE SITE PLAN IS THE ARTICULATION OF SEVERAL OF THE STRUCTURAL AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS. THE CORES TOUCHING THE GROUND PLANE CARRY AMENITIES FOR RESIDENTS ABOVE AS WELL AS ELEVATOR AND STAIR OPENINGS. EACH CORE IS INTENDED TO SERVE A REASONABLE LOW NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN ORDER TO AVOID OVERADJACENCY

17

COLUMNAR STRUCTURE

LANDSCAPE RESIDENTIAL BERMS UNIT

CIRCULATION CORES

POOLED WATER

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 6

18

OFFICE UNIT

RESIDENTIAL UNIT

CIRCULATION PATHWAYS

AERIAL DETAIL

FILTRATION LANDSCAPE

UPPER LANDSCAPE

19

CIRCULATION CORE RESIDENTIAL UNIT

FILTRATION LANDSCAPE

ROOFTOP LANDSCAPE

CIRCULATION PATHWAY STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 6

THIS AERIAL VIEW SHOWS THE ROOFTOP LANDSCAPE THAT CORRELATES TO THE WATER REMEDIATION FUNCTIONS OF THE GROUND LEVEL PUBLIC SPACE. INTENDED FOR PRIVATE USE, THIS UPPER LANDSCAPE COLLECTS AND POOLS WATER ABOVE THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO BE USED IN GRAVITY FED GREYWATER SYSTEMS AS WELL AS DRAWN INTO THE LANDSCAPE BELOW.

SLICED AXONOMETRIC: WATER FILTRATION

20

THIS SLICED PIECE OF THE DENSE URBAN FABRIC IS TAKEN TO SHOW THE CONNECTIVITY AND SIMILARITY OF THE TWO LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS AS WELL AS TO AN ADDITIONAL INSTANCE OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE SCRIPTED STACKING LOGIC FOR INCREASED POROSITY

INTERIOR COURTYARD

21

22

STREET LEVEL ENTRY

23

CIRCULATION CORE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 6 RESIDENTIAL UNIT

FILTRATION WETLAND

TYPICAL SOUTH FACADE

PLAN DETAIL: LANDSCAPE COMMON

24

25

STREET

SLICED AXONOMETRIC: PORTION AXONOMETRICWATER FILTRATION

23 26

27

UNIT ENTRY

28

THE ADJACENT IMAGE IS INTENDED TO SUGGEST A POSSIBLE ATMOSPHERE WITHIN THE SUBTERRANEAN LAYER. LIT WITH LARGE BANKS OF FIBEROPTIC LIGHTING ELEMENTS, SUNLIGHT IS INTRODUCED UNDERGROUND INDIRECTLY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS, PARKING, AND POSSIBLE SUB-AGRICULTURAL PLANTING

BASEMENT COMMUNITY CENTER

GALLERY INTERIOR

29

SLICED SKIN / STRUCTURE AXONOMETRIC: ELEVATION WATERDETAIL FILTRATION

23 30

THE CURRENT STATEGY FOR SKIN AND INTERIOR STRUCTURE IS A PROJECTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF A DENSE BUNDLING OF SMALL STEEL OR WOOD ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE KNIT TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURALLY AND MATERIALLY LIGHT FRAME WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SCREENING ARMATURE

SLICED SKIN / STRUCTURE AXONOMETRIC: ELEVATION WATERDETAIL FILTRATION

23 31

SLICED SITE MODEL AXONOMETRIC: WATER FILTRATION

23 32