Yek/Port R15

YR 2010 - 2012

YEK/PORT May 2012 R15 Architecture/Photography/Design/Building

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Yek/Port Richard Lucero

R15

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YEK/PORT May 2012 R 15 Architecture/Photography/Design/Building

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Art and science of building Formation or construction resulting from a conscience act.

Creating structure that is appealing and performative.

Using methods that are derivative of a life time of knowledge and experience.

Pragmatic development at a component level to produce a cohesive unforeseen whole.

Designing from a pragmatic logical start to create intelligent solutions for specific programs/ problems/ structures. Working and attacking the design problem in similar manner so that the aggregation/ assembly of components work together to create a cohesive design solution that is comprehensive.

Architecture should effect and affect its inhabitants and on lookers. It should attempt to better the world through the built environment and be available to everyone. It should never only be superficial and post rationalized. It should never be faked in order to misrepresent its actually potential or lack there of.

Architecture is in the details as its the details that are at a human scale and its human interaction with the built environment that makes architecture.

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Mode stand + cool table

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Fabrication + documentation

Film stills to planet to film

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Installation proposal

Sustainable systems analysis

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Initial schemes + models/ drawings

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Skyways and vertical streets Union Station master plan

Alternative living test bed for new urban city typology

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Sustainable living

Tectonic expression

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COB + OWF + mock up + testing

Initial concepts

25 Speedway Foodie Residential block + gastro pub train bridge

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Prada + Lomas 24

41 Sky City Transit Master Plan

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39 Union Station Master Plan

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Planet Fight Club 8

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Statement

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/Rhino V-Ray Render of Planet Fight Club

01 Planet Fight Club Film Stills Transformed.

Using Rhino to map images, textures and displacement maps to create an abstraction of a planetary mass.

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The Observer Physical Model

The Observer Model Prep (1)

Planetary mass base powder print painted and featured in a short film. The model started in Rhino and utilized Grasshopper to create texture on various surfaces. This was then exported to Maya to print and animate.

3D Prints are rarely printed at SCI-Arc and left usually as a modernist white object.. Taking this opportunity to give the painted object additional texture and elements through the use of color. /Model Prep (1)

/Opening Sequence

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The Observer Internal Physical + Animation (2) Continuing the use of color was adapted and pushed further by using a film as a visual collage of intense color and textures through motion. Using this to effectively paint the interior of the model through projection on to the unfinished white interior surface.

/Internal Physical + Animation

/Abstract End Sequence (2)

/Physical Model Photos

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/Hearst Tower

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03 Hearst Tower Sustainable Systems Analysis First tower to receive LEED Gold Certification for “Core and Shell and Interiors” in New York City - Foreign Materials <10% of Total Cost - Diagrid Frame Uses 20% Less Steel - Saving ~2,000 Tons of Steel - Daylight Sensors Control Light - 1 Mile Of Glass Office Fronts - 90% of Steel Is Recycled Material - State of The Art Laboratory - High Speed Fiber Optics Data Transfer - Full Service Television Studio - Dedicated Video Distribution Network.

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/Diagrid Structural Frame

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05 Farmers Urban Systems Research Paper

Farmers Markets in California would have seemed to be a “peace, love and hippies” – Shannon Reid sort of endeavor but it becomes apparent how arduous the task can be in starting one and even participating in one.

Certification is done by the state and enforced by management organizations that are mostly nonprofits. The largest non-profit seem to fall under the for profit category considering past and present incidents.

At the core of the farmers market is the local farmer selling directly to consumers and this has been a part of California since 1977. More recently the popularity of these markets is the result of an economy that is looking for quality and affordability.

Organizations like SEE-LA that help move this thinking forward with their markets and new cooking course. Better food, health, and overall quality of life. For most of the organizers there isn’t much profit after permitting, insurance and rent.

Management and city only receive a small percentage of producers profi t.

Resulting from the surge of customers, organizations like Raw Inspiration set up farmer markets whenever possible in places like Glendale’s Americana; traditional bottom up to top down business strategy. Authenticity comes at the price of the producers that have to pay more for these more desirable new hip venues.

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07 Island of the Misanthropic A test bed for alternative living solutions for a new urban city typology. Proposing typical residential densities on a third of the land leaving the rest of grade as open space and the lower level as a public park.

The Island of the Misanthropic is a community that is centered on a central Greenhouse Coop. A resident of this island in the desert will be required to work a minimum set of hours during the day (additional hours reduce rent) to maintain the co-op greenhouse. In return the resident will be rationed a portion of the harvested goods that will meet average nutrition requirements for an average individual.

The residences will be highly efficient and comfortable with views looking out and away from the island as well as an entry from the inner green house atrium. Each resident will have their own private green space to produce herbs or other plant varieties. The resident is not obligated to stay with-in the walls of the island and is encouraged to explore other exploits. Affordable comfortable housing and guaranteed proper nutritious meals will enable individuals to have a successful less stressful life outside of the island on a daily basis. Encouraging their other pursuits within the city will produce productive members of both societies. It is through caring for the green house that a sense of place, pride and community can be established.

Affordable housing and proper nutrition will only help ease the stress of living an inhospitable and competitive environment. It is through living in this environment and the associated Island culture that a new paradigm will emerge, where efficient living develops into the realization that the need for excess is not necessary for happiness, and that material obsession and drive can be replaced with a fulfillment that comes from the interpersonal relationships developed within and outside the community.

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/Site

/Low Density Housing

/Town Home Development

/Resort Style Development

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(8) Misanthropic Structure The basic structural system in use is a modified 3-pin arc truss. The primary structure (1) is constructed with a modified wide flange with a rectangular tube welded to the outside. This acts as a rail to bolt various components. Primary structure has a hinge at its base and is held in place by a solid steel pin (2).

Primary structure connects to a vertical vierendeel concrete truss (3).

These are precast much like a large CMU and stacked. Their primary purpose is to act as an anchor to prevent the primary structure from moving on their pin connections, The concrete vierendeel trusses carry the residential units (4). The residential units are supported on a steel framed carriage (5) that also acts as a cross brace for the vierendeel trusses.

All components are bolted/ pin together for ease of assembly.

The primary and secondary structures are spanned by large rectangular wide flange steel trusses.

These trusses range from a couple feet deep at the lowest level to 1-2 stories deep at occupied levels in the middle (6). A simplified arc truss at the top (7) supports a circular welded tube frame for the PV film glazing (8).

Another simple steel frame and rails support standard frit glazing (9).

Girders (10) that span between trusses are square steel tubes that get deeper toward the center reaching approximately 3’ to span 45’. They’re minimum depth is 1’ and are 14’ spaced on center. Flat vertical steel is used to support an expanded metal floor.

Glazing is split between standard low-e frit glazing and a PV film

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glazing. Standard glazing is mounted on steel frames that run up and over the structure. Each rail is connected to a bracket that connects the glazing system to the a tertiary truss system that is attached to the primary structure.

(2) The system as a whole brings loads from glazing to a tertiary structural system that then transfers their load to the primary structure to either grow surfaces trusses or foundation. All

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Growing surface is an aeroponic tray system that sits between floor support structure. All the weight is transferred to floor and in turn to the Trusses. From here both to primary and secondary structures then to the ground via the foundations.

/Detail Transverse Section Drawing + Rendering

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Exterior Night North side of the project. Rendered in Mental Ray with minimal photo manipulation. The yellow tint glazing is the same PV film glazing. The blue glass is standard 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; low-e glazing with frit. The glowing protrusions are vents for the below grade parking as well as exterior lighting for a park on the north side of the structure

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Preliminary Animation Initial thought was to go through each floor to allow both exterior and interior views.

Problem was a limited viewing angle. Wider lenses caused too much distortion and transitions from floor to floor were awkward.

This first pass was also made to look drawn and impressionist. This was changed for clarity.

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Even though the it was decided to not cut through the floors there was still a quality to experiencing the spaces in this way that still held something quite unique and fascinating. It was also reminiscent of the movie Fight Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Opening Sequence.

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Overly saturated and lens flares abound the finished result was better then anticipated. Only issue was the animation of the fish and vehicles werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working correctly as they did in the test animation.

Final Animation Camera was moved adjacent to the units at a distance to enable views of the unit interiors as well as the rest of the structure. Nighttime was chosen to give a better idea of the project with lighting and it made for more dynamic images.

/Unit Bedroom + Exterior Patio

/Exterior Glazing + Adjacent Housing Tracts

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Labor of love and would not been possible to produce without the diligent shared modeling and coordination with my partner. The arduous task of cleaning up vector layers was quite the ordeal and figuring out the amount of peel and steps took a few iterations before coordinating line weights and labels.

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PV Film Glazing Articulated Frame Frame Supports 1 A 13.0

Frit Low-E Glazing Glazing Frame Glazing Mount Glazing Support Frame Glazing Gutter Support Frame Mount

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Primary Surface Truss Unit Connector Unit Frame Unit Platform Unit Glazing Unit Cabinate/ HVAC

ADA + Chunk ADA was already consider so only documentation needed to be produced for compliance. The Chunk shows all the building components and relevant details.

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The entire building as a result of its sheer scale needed to be divided into four separated buildings as far as structure is concerned. Hence the need to develop a movement joint so that adjacent members are not physically connected welded or bolted but sit on a support so that the two buildings can move independent of one another.

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19 Prada + Lomas Prada Structural Components + Lomas Geometry

Diagrid structure of Prada Tokyo flagship store was used as the framework. Expanded with a series of joint connectors that utilized the hyperbolic geometric. This enabled the ruled surface to develop and manipulated a surface with varied thickness and apertures.

Tectonics Drawing Showing components and assemblage including a section through the developed joint used to secure aperture system to the structure.

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Crazy Scheme A Zaha Hadid museum inspired residence. Using angular forms to develop the units and the structure as various tonic expressions of material with pragmatic functions.

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Speedway Foodie Elevated green walk with suspended residential units within a train bridge structure stemming from a gastro pub.

Primary objective of the project was to create use of the site that would benefit the local community and neighborhood. Creating a new typology with a minimal footprint that can produce a new mix use building type. This could be deployed in similar freeway adjacent parcels.

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Unit Plan + Wall Section Enlarged unit plan describing the organization at a larger scale as well as how the unit interfaces with the structure. The Enlarge wall section shows the material and construction methods used.

01 - Roof Green Space 01 - Roof Green Space 02 - Private Garden Space 02 - Private Garden Space 03 - Public Walk 04 - Bar Roof Terrace 03 - Public Walk 05 - Bar Exterior Patio 04 - Bar Roof Terrace 06 - Entry Road 07 - Clean 05 - Bar Exterior Patio 08 - Sleep 06 - Entry 09 - Book ReadingRoad Seat 10 - Dress 07 - Clean 11 - Store 08 - Sleep 12 - Enter 13 - Cook + Eat Reading Seat 09 - Book 14 - Live 10 - Dress 15 - Lobby 16 - Grassy Knoll 11- Decking - Store 12- Grass - Enter Wood Flooring 13-- Pavers - Cook + Eat 14- Insulation - Live 15 - Lobby 16 - Grassy Knoll - Decking - Grass - Wood Flooring - Pavers - Insulation

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Unit Structure Four partial units and one complete unit was construction for the structural model. These consisted of the primary bent wide flange structure as well as the secondary wood framing members, sub floor and cantilevered stairs. /Interior Perspective

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35 SCI-Arc Grad Pavilion Steel Fabrication + Rope Knitting Rope Installation and Documentation for Oyler Wu Collaborative (Adj. Photos Courtesy of Dwayne Oyler)

Participated in modeling, building, steel fabrication, rope knitting, planning, installation, welding, and process documentation via photo and video. Project was fabricated over the course of two months.

The finished pavilion housed the graduation ceremony for SCI-Arc.

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Foundation Cage Foundation cage fabrication consisted of creating a bending jig for the rebar as well as assembly and welding of the cages within a high tolerance.

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The Maya modeled volume was printed to scale and mounted on 1/4â&#x20AC;? steel plate, the same as the proposal. This volume was used to trim the construction to give it the desired form and spatial qualities.

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Developing a figure that stems from 3 points to one off center to 4 point to support a load was the primary problem. The second part to the problem was doing this with 1/4â&#x20AC;? plate steel. As a design problem the initial approach was to design a volume that would hit the required points and create an interior space with certain effects like hunching under and being able to see up and through the structure.

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Final design renderings of the proposed steel plate structure. It would be placed within SCI-Arc and support a weight of approximately 4 000 lbs.

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39 Union Station Master plan for new developments

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The studio design problem is the addition of three million sqft in mix use residence programing added to the existing Union Station site.

There is also the addition of tracks and a high speed rail station.

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The second challenge in addition to the program is the goal of maintaining as much of the existing without disruption.

In addition to the above there is the larger question of transit and Union Stations role in the larger picture of the Los Angeles transit system.

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Split vs Joint Drop Off First scheme splits bus departures and vehicular drop off/ pick up. Bus Departures (6) come off of Caesar Chavez Tunnel (1)and leave the same way. Other vehicle traffic drop off (5) comes from Vignes (2)and the freeway (3) and leave either back on the freeway or exit onto Alameda (4).

The other scheme uses the Chavez tunnel as entry and departure for all vehicle types but still keeps a drop off area (5) adjacent to the freeway and separate.

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Circulation Paths Model exhibiting various transit, pedestrian and vehicular access routes.

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Suspended Program Distribution of program in suspended volumes clears the track level and enables new program not to interfere with existing. This also allows all the program to be relatively dense making the distance to and from various tracks and transportation quicker. The eight program volumes are hung and/ or cantilevered from six structural circulation cores. This system relies heavily on the volumes being counter balanced with one another.

Multi Level Platforms One solution for adding more tracks and increase pedestrian flows is to separate tracks to various levels and use the levels to separate pedestrian traffic. In this way you can allow unidirectional flows in and out of trains, which has in and of itself greater efficiencies. Moving tracks vertically also allows larger wider platforms to accommodate more people.

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41 Sky City Transit Encouraging public/ shared transit through elevated means.

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Union Station Context The proposed structure sitting within the existing context of the surrounding area and Union Station. Sited just above the tracks.

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4a Translucent Canopy Kiosk Elevated Train

High Speed Rail 4 Platform Levels and 4 Tracks. Long Wide with UniDirectional Circulation to help with crowds

Program Articulation Similar to before but articulated in a similar way to one another so that it all reads as the same language. This is done to create a more cohesive environment.

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Sky Light/ Ventilation

Stairs/ Escalator

Parking Structure

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Open Courtyard

Residences Cutting at the exterior to create private and public balconies. internal open court yards allow ramp circulation access. Partial suspended and column supported.

Placed adjacent to East Portal entrance and freeway this would be the major entrance for pedestrian vehicles through Vignes or 101 Freeway. 11 story primary structure for long term and temporary parking. extens at grade under existing tracks to Structure create vehical drop-off that connects to both Cores and existing track tunnel. This level Primary Parking also exits to Alameda and 101 Freeway

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Employee Parking

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Slabs use flowing Multi Level Planes to Create an Exterior Terrain that Allows Exterior Park Like Store Fronts

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1:15 Ramps are used to traverse program and other cicrculation, bridging between via truss structure and suspension cables. Lower level are uni directional bike paths and above is open pedestrian walk with open program spaces and space allocation for kiosks.

Major Connectors have two pedestrian levels

Office Using Channels to cut through the floors allow a narrow office space fo better light and natural ventilation while also creating exterior spaces for Eating/ Smoking.

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Exterior Courtyard Large Private Office Suites

Used to traverse the site from east to west. 3 sets exist, one coming from Metro HQ, the second from East Portal and the third from the Parking Structure. is open program which can be planted allow for kiosk. Lower levels are used to navigated laterially between platorms and types of transport.

Entertainment Maximizing floor area and ceiling height to create large open volumes with mezzanine/ balcony areas to acomodate various types of events.

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Concrete Structure Lift

Ramp Kiosk Courtyard/ Attrium Stairs

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Exterior Patio/ Open Program

Primary Structural Support for programatic spaces as well as Ramp Circulation. Support via Suppension or Catalevers. A double walled ribben like tube carriers all load to the ground keeping the track level mostly open as well as connecting various levels and program through out. Ramps in opposing directions are 1:15 with at minimum 2 lifts at most 4 lifts. stairs run from below to top levels. Ment to create a vertical pedestrian walk.

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Plans Plans at various levels representing the over all site, track levels and tunnel levels.

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Amtrak Maintenance

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Personal Vehicle Drop Off / Pick up

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Plan at Height Plan cutting through the upper floor of program. Color volumes are program. Five of seven residential block are cut through and exhibits the roof condition of the other two. Also shown is an office and entertainment theatre with a balcony condition . Retail is also shown cut.

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High Speed Rail Canopy

Union Station Existing Tracks

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New Parking Structure

Parking Structure

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Sections The sections are essentially the same cuts as before but with increased development and articulation in all aspects.

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Renderings Taken from the pedestrian ramp above to the subway below looking through the towering structure to the sky. The interstitial middle ďŹ&#x201A;at section exhibits the largest tower, high speed rail station and the various program types including the suspended ramps.

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The model construction started from below grade and worked its way up. The subway was built ďŹ rst which includes the track level, platform, mezzanine and entrance from East Portal.

Also below grade is a core that intersects the subway and provides access to parking and the above levels.

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/Core + Elevated Rail + High Speed Station

Above Grade Physical Model A sectional that is cut on three sides contains the SE corner of the station. It cuts the East Portal building in half. Above grade features include the tracks, elevated rail, high speed rail station, a whole core as well as a partial core. Ground condition for the East portal is evident as well as the subway entrance.

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Model Stand + Mover Steel Stand is a derivative of the suspended structural system in the project. Three legs similar to the core and the model is an example of the suspended residences. /Suspended Model in Stand + Moving Cart

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A critical component to stainability is doing more with less. It is important that architecture encourages greater efficiencies in living, e.g. higher population densities on a lot. Also to encourage more common open shared space resulting in a greener cityscape.

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Water in Los Angeles is an expensive commodity. Three quarters of the cost of water is related to energy required to pump water from various locations to Los Angeles. It is important to retain as much rain water as possible to cut dependency on pumping. The amount of rainfall that falls on a standard lot is enough water to sustain 12 people for a year.

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Expanded Metal Decks + Car Park

Materials used should be easily reusable and recyclable by avoiding the use of plastics and adhesives.

Minimizing hardware enables recycling and reusing materials far easier . This all results in building components having a longer succeeding lives in other buildings.

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5570 Gallon Tank (12x) Each Person is Allocated ~15 gallons of water a day

Water Water Levels can vary depending on Tank Capacity or through the use of closing tanks and plumbing in order to achieve a typical water level or full retention. /Water Level + Storage Tank Diagram

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The common space consist of the living, kitchen and Dining Spaces. The and dining make use of moveable furniture in order to make use of as little or as much space as possible.

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Car Parking Bedroom

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Each dwelling is organized into three sections. Two of which are private and the other common. The privates space consist of bedrooms that have their own baths.

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45 Mat Lab 2.0 COB + OWF + Mock Up + Testing

The last material lab without anything being built this time around it was super exciting with the possibility of the project becoming a permanent structure in SCI-Arc. The semester started with a simple idea of taking a standard wide flange and de constructing it. It evolved to a reconstructed wide flange that would become a beam that would transition from various standard steel sections into one another and this would compliment its movement and load.

Chill Out Beam was a heuristic project that used a concrete mass, doubling as an chill out space, would demonstrate visual its weight and the forces it exerts on the beam as it hangs acting as a cantilever.

For many reasons nothing will be built permanently. A piece of the beam was fabricated in aluminum and tested to failure. The beam was incredibly strong and as a cantilever its webbing deformed until it fell out of the rig.

Re Constructed Wide Flange Second version of this was to look at various types of steel sections and how they might transition into one another and how this might occur for structure or programmatic reasons.

Hanging Cantilevered Beam The last variation of this was reproposing the beam into a hanging cantilevered element that could possibly support a weight as a heuristic exercise or a program space.

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Transitions The beam transitions take a natural progression of sections moving the web between flanges to create the variation.

Each regular section of steel extends 8” before it transitions to the next profile.

Alternate Transitions

Each transition is 24” in length generally.

The production of the Beam would be done by cutting and bending flat steel plate.

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Data: Total # of 4’ x 8’ sheets: 5 Total # of pieces: 95 Total linear feet of welds: 189’ total weight of pieces: 1632 lbs.

Total linear feet of cutting: 249’ Misc. Data: concrete weight equates to 183.6 Cubic feet of concrete and weighs 27,540 lbs.

Chill Out Beam The primary premise of this scheme is to use a single pice of steel that will morph into a variety of sections to cantilever a concrete mass that will act as a chill out spot for students.

The Concrete is formed to create the platform, stair, guard rail and seating. Current it is approximately 183 cubic ft of concrete which equates to 27 540 lbs.

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Juror

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Beam Prototype DATA: Channel to Triangle Beam

TOTAL # OF 4' x 8' SHEETS: 1 TOTAL # OF PIECES: 6 TOTAL LINEAR FEET OF WELDS: 24’ TOTAL WEIGHT OF PIECES: 1632 lbs.

TOTAL LINEAR FEET OF CUTTING: 105’

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The Concrete is formed to create the platform, stair, guard rail and seating. Current it is approximately 183 cubic ft of concrete which equates to 27 540 lbs.

The Beam transitions from various types of standard extruded steel sections using the wide flange as the initial and last state.

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Pieces are twisted to form and placed in their correct location and clamped into place.

Testing Supports are cut and constructed from thicker steel to ensure it does not fail before the piece.

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Angled Supports are made for the other end of the Beam which will then be attached to a column.

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57 FReD Folding Residential Dwelling Solar Decathlon Schematic Design

The primary driver for this scheme was to create an easily transportable and deployable . The project developed from a fairly complex design with multiple moving parts and portions that slide vs fold.

Eventually the scheme would be simplified in order to bring the probably cost to something more reasonable and went with a version that was all folding in order to strengthen the design.

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Folding Residential Education Deployment SCI-Arc Solar Decathlon 2013 A Leodan Castillo & Richard Lucero Colaboration

Easily transportable exhibition educational demonstration home. Utilizing integrated PV glazing and MEP systems, natural ventilation, natural materials and ďŹ nishes.

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Transition

Area + Volume Enclosed Square Footage of the home is minimal but utilizes built-ins and flexible furniture to enable variation in use of space. Exterior decks link the home to the exterior environment as well as increase living areas.

The program was broken by programmatic function and level of privacy. Transition from most public to most private in a linear fashion.

Most Public / Greet

Public / Live

Common / Work

Volume is used as a way of both creating an easier conditioned space and a space that could be cozy without feeling closed and short and confined.

Private / Rest

The Private portions of the home are also at a higher elevation and make use of a translucent divider

Most Private / Clean

34 sqft 6’9”

59 sqft 129 sqft (157 sqft Deck)

12’0” 689 sqft 175 sqft

156 sqft

(71 sqft Open Kitchen)

4911 cuft

29 sqft

6’5”

29 sqft 35 sqft

1’0”

1546 cuft

7’6”

1555 cuft

1810 cuft

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2’6”

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Insulation Typical Wall Construction: Primary Steel Frame Type 5 In fill Framing Typical Batt Insulation (4.3R/ IN) 1” Min. Ply Sheathing Wood Finish on Int. & Ext. (2.521R/ IN)

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Windows

Removable Window Insulating Panels

Insulation Goal

All glazing shall be double pane low-e glass with a 1/2” airspace. Aluminum frame with a thermal break equals a Total R Value of 2.04

A 2” semi rigid panel would be used when need to cover and seal glazing. These would be cellulose filled with a rating of 3.1/ IN. They would be stored in Cabinets and most likely portions of the floor.

Total R value of 7.6

The primary goal would be to get the need of insulation down to a level where the use of cotton batts be eligible.

The Thinnest Walls on North have a minimum of 4” of batt insulation rated @ 4.3 = 17.2R with the addition of 1” osb /wood finish on both sides with an R Value of 2.521 = 5.042R. Total minimum R value of 22.242

4” Insulation

4” Insulation

3” Water Tubes 5.3” Insulation

Ceiling 10” Insulation Typ.

The Thickest Walls on South are minimum of 11” insulation not counting any insulating value of garments or other items stored in these walls and the bed when folded up. This equates to a rating of 47.3 with the addition of 1” osb and finishing value of 5.042. Total maximum R Value of 52.342

Floor 9.5” Insulation 4” Insulation

4” Insulation 6.5’x7’x9” Water Tank

4.4’x8’x9” Water Tank

6.5’x7’x9” Water Tank Floor 14” Insulation

Skylight Floor 17” Insulation

13” Insulation

5” Insulation Floor 9.5” Insulation

Floor 9.5” Insulation

Floor Thickness is at a minimum of 9.6” batt insulation with a rating of 41.28 plus the typical 5.042 rated osb and wood finish. Total R value of 46.32

11.3” Insulation 11.8” Insulation

13.6” Insulation

Ceiling is a Minimum of 10” batt insulation with a R Value of 43 plus typical 5.042 rated osb/ wood finish. Total R value 48.042

13.6” Insulation

4” Insulation

12.8” Insulation

7.75” Insulation

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Solar Thermal Tubes 34 6.75’ Tubes @ -15º

Onyx Solar Crystalline Glazing 16 Watts / Square foot @ 0º 110.6 SQFT (16.7W/SQFT) = 1847W Onyx Solar Crystalline Glazing 16 Watts / Square foot @ 11.5º 59.3 SQFT (16.7W/SQFT) = 990.3W

Onyx Solar Crystalline Glazing 16 Watts / Square foot @ 0º 100 SQFT (16.7W/SQFT) = 1670W

Onyx Solar CIGS Glazing 11 Watts / Square foot

Solar Thermal Tubes 34 9.4’ Tubes @ 0º

@ 90º 83.5 SQFT (12W/SQFT) = 1002W Onyx Solar Crystalline Glazing 16 Watts / Square foot @ 11.5º 54.5 SQFT (16.7W/SQFT) = 910.1W

/Solar Thermal + PV Glazing Specifications Onyx Solar CIGS Glazing 11 Watts / Square foot Solar Thermal Tubes

@ 90º 115 SQFT (12W/SQFT) = 1380W

0º

PV Glazing 11.5º

15º

90º

Solar Thermal These tubes wrap the Dining area and used for pre heating water. They are also used for insulating the skylight. The idea is that some of the tubes would be evacuated while others maybe just water tubes for insulating or aesthetic. .

Onyx Solar PV Glazing This configuration uses opaque panels gaining the highest efficiency for PV Glazing. The goal would be to reduce the PV need so that the use of translucent and color glass PV could be use to have a more versatile design. Already there is a 23% performance buffer that could be used for design.

Solar Thermal Tubes

West Elevation

0º

PV Glazing

15º

90º

West Elevation

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MEP Mechanical Room is situated just off the front porch and hidden behind a couple of doors.

Condenser is open to above while the junction boxes and water heater sit below.

Water storage tanks and grey water tanks sit in the ďŹ&#x201A;oor.

Heating and cooling units sit high and across the living and bedroom spaces. Air purge blower is situated at the highest point exhaust out the east side.

Air Purge Blower Mech Room Heat + Cool Unit Bath Exhaust EVR

Shower Head Shower Toilet Sink

Stove Exhaust

Washer / Dryer

Condenser Coolant Lines

Kitchen Sink

Mech Room Exhaust Junction Boxes Heat + Cool Unit 275 Gal. Gray Water Tank

Water Heater Unit Heated Water Tank Water Line Water Feed Line

275 Gal. Gray Water Tank

195 Gal. Pre Heated Water Tank

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(SH)

(SH)

(CJ)

r Folder Tertiary Timber Ceiling Joist (CE): 2x8 Dim: 1.5”x7.5” Wall Stud (WA): 2x6 Dim: 1.5“x5.5” Floor Joist (FJ): 2x18 Dim: 1.5“x17.5” Sheathing (SH): OSB Ply Dim: 4’x8’x5/8” Interior FInish (IF): Marine Ply Dim: 4’x8’x3/8”

(WS)

(FF) (IF)

Finish Floor (FF): Bamboo Dim: 3-3/4”x5/8” Exterior Finish (EF): Reclaimed Dim: 6”x5/8”

(FJ) (PS)

(HI)

(SH)

(CJ)

Tertiary Timber (HI)

Ceiling Joist (CE): 2x8 Dim: 1.5”x7.5”

Secondary Steel

Wall Stud (WA): 2x6 Dim: 1.5“x5.5”

Folder Pivot (FO): Tube 12x4 Dim: 4”x12”x1/4”

Floor Joist (FJ): 2x18 Dim: 1.5“x17.5”

Floor Girder (FL): Tube 8x3 Dim: 3“x8”x1/4”

(PS)

Sheathing (SH): OSB Ply Dim: 4’x8’x5/8”

Pivot Support (PI): Tube 4x3 Dim: 4”x3”x1/4”

Structure

Post (PO): Tube 3x3 Dim: 3”x3”x1/4”

The goal is to create as light and as Interior FInish (IF): Marine strong a structural system as possibleDim: 4’x8’x3/8” in order to minimize weight.

Hinge (HI): Flush Dim: 1-1/2” Dia. 1/4” Plate Buffer (BU): Rubber Dim: 1/2”

(FF)

Therefore the approach was to (IF) use a 3 types of structures:

Finish Floor (FF): Bamboo Dim: 3-3/4”x5/8”

Exterior Finish (EF): Reclai

Primary wide flange for the Core Dim: 6”x5/8” Secondary tube structure for the folders Tertiary type 5 for in fill.

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(FO)

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Secondary Steel

Folder Pivot (FO): Tu

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Pushup Closure Primary Steel

Pushup Closure

Floor Girder (F): W12x16 Dim: 4”x12”x1/4”

Sky Light

Beam (B): W8x13 Dim: 4”x8”x1/4”

Hatch

Post (P): Tube 4x4 Dim: 4”x4”x1/4”

Aluminum Frame Openings

Spacer (S): Custom W7 Dim: 4”x7”x1/4”

Built-in Bracing Finish Marine Ply Storage Built-ins

Moveable Built-ins

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(PS)

(HI)

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/Mexico City Museo de Soumaya Adjacent Mall Roof Top Exhibition

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/Mexico City Vogue Photo Shoot

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