Selected Work (1 of 4)

Brian Slusher Selected Work (1 of 4)

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2 G A D e s i g n S tu d i o Russell Thomsen

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O u r p ro p o s e d i n te r j e c t i o n to t h e I M S S a d a p t i v e re u s e b r i e f t a ke s i n s p i r a t i o n f ro m B a u h a u s a n d B l a c k M o u n t a i n C o l l e g e to construct our idea of monoh i e r a rc h y, w h e re a l l p ro g r a m s a n d f u n c t i o n s w i t h i n t h e i n s t i t u te a re e q u i t a b l y o rg a n i ze d a ro u n d c o m m u n i t y.

T h e i n s t i t u te i s d i v i d e d i n to f i v e d i s t i n c t s c h o o l s , o rg a n i ze d a ro u n d m a k i n g s p a c e s a t t h e c e n te r. A b o v e a l l , t h e c l a s s ro o m s

a n d m a k i n g s p a c e s a re t h e m a i n g a t h e r i n g a n d ex h i b i t i o n s p a c e s .

s p a re s u rg i c a l i n te r v e n t i o n s i n t h e ex i s t i n g p ro g r a m .

S i t u a te d o n Av e n i d a R e fo r m a within the eyesight of C h a p u l te p e c , M ex i c o C i t y i s a c i t y o f l ay e r s—a c o n te m p o r a r y c i t y b u i l t o n to p o f a m o d e r n i s t , c o l o n i a l , a n d a n c i e n t c i t y.

R e m a r k a b l y, a l l t h e s e l ay e r s a re v i s i b l e a t o n c e . I n c o n t r a s t to p a s t destructive urban intrusions, we suspend a volume above IMSS , a l l o w i n g i t to re m a i n i n t a c t w i t h

R i g h t : c o n c e p t u a l p o e m ex p l o r i n g t h e p ro p o s e d s c h o o l e t h o s .

T h e p ro g r a m w a s c e n te re d on community activities and a h i e r a rc h y o f s m a l l e r g ro u p a n d individualistic activities was c re a te d i n re fe re n c e to i t .

SESC Pompeia - Bo Bardi

Kahn - IIMA

Black Mountain School Gropius

La Fresnoy - Tschumi FAU-USP João Vilanova Artigas

CAIX Forum - Herzog & de Meuron

Hub Creativo ( Lisbon) Julian Breinseberf Architekiken

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O u r p ro p o s a l t a ke s i n s p i r a t i o n f ro m L i n a B o B a rd i ’s S ES C P o m p e i a i n S ã o P a u l o . Fro m S ES C P o m p e i a’s t w o d i s t i n c t to w e r s c o n n e c te d b y a w e b o f b r i d g e s , w e ro t a te t h e to w e r h o r i zo n t a l l y a n d i n te r p re t t h o s e bridges as structural members connecting IMSS and our p ro p o s e d d e s i g n i n s t i t u te . O u r p ro p o s a l ex h i b i t s a te n s i o n between a monolithic volume a n d a n a s s e m b l y o f p a r t s . At t h e c o re o f t h e u p p e r v o l u m e i s a

m a k i n g b l o c k . E a c h f l o o r p l a te i s o rg a n i ze d a ro u n d t h a t m a k i n g block, which contains cellular s p a c e s fo r c l a s s ro o m i n s t r u c t i o n and making.

R i g h t : a m a t r i x o f p ro g r a m m a t i c s t r a te g i e s c ro s s e d w i t h m a s s i n g f ro m v a r i o u s p re c e d e n t s w e studied.

Seattle Central Library OMA

Dutch Embassy (Berlin) OMA

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Le f t : M a s s v o i d d i a g r a m : s u p e r i m p o s e d i n t h e ex i s t i n g I M M S b u i l d i n g . F i r s t f l o o r.

R i g h t : P ro g r a m d i a g r a m s u p e r i m p o s e d i n t h e ex i s t i n g I M M S b u i l d i n g . F i r s t f l o o r.

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Le f t : M a s s v o i d d i a g r a m : s u p e r i m p o s e d i n t h e ex i s t i n g I M M S b u i l d i n g . T h i rd f l o o r.

R i g h t : P ro g r a m d i a g r a m s u p e r i m p o s e d i n t h e ex i s t i n g I M M S b u i l d i n g . T h i rd f l o o r.

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Le a r n i n g f ro m K a h n ’s s c h o o l in Ahmedabad, India, a school b e c o m e s a n i n s t i t u te w h e n i n te rd i s c i p l i n a r y i n te r a c t i o n s a re p re s e n t . O u r c l a s s ro o m and making spaces include ex t r a n e o u s c i rc u l a t i o n to p ro m o te i n fo r m a l i n te r a c t i o n s b e t w e e n v a r i o u s p ro g r a m s . T h e s t r u c t u r a l members supporting the upper volume become lightwells and v e r t i c a l c i rc u l a t i o n to e n c o u r a g e i n fo r m a l i n te r a c t i o n s a n d te r m i n a te a t t h e ro o f to p g a t h e r i n g

a n d ex h i b i t i o n s p a c e .

A b o v e : p ro g r a m d i a g r a m o f a t y p i c a l f l o o r. A s o u p o f v a r i o u s p ro g r a m s i n c l a s s ro o m a n d m a k i n g b l o c k s i n a n exc e s s o f c i rc u l a t i o n .

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A b o v e : P ro g r a m d i a g r a m o f to p f l o o r o f t h e D e s i g n I n s t i t u te .

A c e n t r a l u r b a n g a rd e n a n d g a t h e r i n g s p a c e ex h i b i t s t h e e m p h a s i s g i v e n to c o m m u n i t y i n the school.

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Above: mass void diagram and p ro g r a m d i a g r a m o f T h e I n s t i t u te .

O p p o s i te : S t u d y : a b s t r a c t re n d e r o f u p p e r c o u r t y a rd g a t h e r i n g space.

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School of Object Design Jewelry Ceramic & glass Textile Industrial design

Sewing lab Ceramics Lab Mock up Wood assemblyMetal Sculpture Imaging Rapid prototyping Digital lab School of Architecture Architecture Interiors

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Long Section Program Diagram_El Instituto de Diseño

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R i g h t : S e c t i o n p ro g r a m d i a g r a m A b o v e : t h e e d u c a t i o n a l p ro g r a m s DIAGRAM _El Instituto de Diseño o fPROXIMITY t h e i n s t i t u te . w e re d i v i d e d i n to s c h oPROGRAM o l s to comprise five distinct schools.

M a k i n g b l o c k s w e re a r r a n g e d i n re l a t i o n to t h e f i v e s c h o o l s i n a p e n t a g r a m a c c o rd i n g to c o n v e n i e n c e o f e a c h s c h o o l ’s a c c e s s to re l e v a n t m a k i n g labs . The spatial deployment of s c h o o l s i n T h e I n s t i t u te i n re l a t i o n to m a k i n g b l o c k s w a s i n s p i re d b y this diagram.

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SHORT SECTION_El Insituto de Diseño

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1 G r a d u a te D e p a r t m e n t s 1 .1 S c h o o l o f A rc h i te c t u re 1. 2 School of Object Design 1 . 3 S c h o o l o f P e r fo r m a n c e A r t 1.4 School of Visual Arts 1. 5 School of Writing and Theor y 2 Admin

3 Educational Suppor t 3 .1 A u d i to r i u m 3 . 2 D i n i n g H a l l a n d C a fe 3.3 Library 3.4 Gallery 3 . 5 S t u d e n t S to re 3 Community

5 Making 5 .1 R a p i d P ro to t y p i n g 5. 2 Painting 5 . 3 Wo o d a n d M e t a l 5.4 Ceramics Lab 5.5 Sewing Lab 5.6 Mock up / Assembly 5 .7 Digital Lab 5.8 Imaging

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ELEVATION REFORMA_El Instituto de Diseño

The facade was developed u s i n g t h e g r a p h i c a l n a t u re o f the horizaontal plywood bands o f t h e p o s t- m i d te r m m a s s i n g m o d e l (s e e n ex t p a g e). T h e b a n d s , w h i c h t r a n s m a te r i a l i ze d i n to l o u v re s , a re m o s t d e n s e a t t h e to p a n d b o t t m , re s u l t i n g i n a gradient with most open space in the middle of the building.

T h e g r a d i e n t i s d i s r u p te d based on solar conditions and p ro g r a m m a t i c p re fe re n c e b e h i n d the facade. The south facade,

f ro m To k i o , i s i n g e n e r a l d e n s e r, a n d d e c re a s e s i n d e n s i t y a s n e e d e d b y p ro g r a m . T h e n o r t h f a c a d e , f ro m Av e n i d a R e fo r m a i s t h e o p p o s i te .

Le f t : Fa c a d e f ro m Av e n i d a R e fo r m a R i g h t : Fa c a d e f ro m To k i o

ELEVATION TOKIO_El Instituto de Diseño

1 G r a d u a te D e p a r t m e n t s 1 .1 S c h o o l o f A rc h i te c t u re 1. 2 School of Object Design 1 . 3 S c h o o l o f P e r fo r m a n c e A r t 1.4 School of Visual Arts 1. 5 School of Writing and Theor y 2 Admin

3 Educational Suppor t 3 .1 A u d i to r i u m 3 . 2 D i n i n g H a l l a n d C a fe 3.3 Library 3.4 Gallery 3 . 5 S t u d e n t S to re 3 Community

5 Making 5 .1 R a p i d P ro to t y p i n g 5. 2 Painting 5 . 3 Wo o d a n d M e t a l 5.4 Ceramics Lab 5.5 Sewing Lab 5.6 Mock up / Assembly 5 .7 Digital Lab 5.8 Imaging

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Series of massing models.

P o s t- m i d te r m , w e b e c a m e a w a re t h a t o u r o r i g i n a l m a s s i n g s t r a te g y w a s re a d a s p a r a s t i t i c , w h i c h w a s u n d e s i r a b l e . We a l te re d t h e m a s s i n g to a l l o w fo r a m o re c a re f u l i n te r v e n t i o n , o n l y p e n e t r a t i n g t h e ex i s t i n g I M S S a t t h e l o c a t i o n o f t h e t r a c k e l e v a to r, w h i c h w a s t h e p u b l i c e n t r a n c e to T h e D e s i g n I n s t i t u te .

T h e p o s t m i d te r m m a s s i n g models (left) also included a

m a te r i a l s t u d y, w h i c h re s u l te d i n h o r i zo n t a l b a n d s . T h e g r a p h i c a l n a t u re o f t h e m a te r i a l i n fo r m e d the facade.

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The final model was planned as a conceptual model, illustrating the structural members, which c o n t a i n c i rc u l a t i o n i n t h e u p p e r v o l u m e , i n a t h re e - d i m e n s i o n a l composition.

Above: final model, with d i s a s s e m b l e d f a c e d , f ro m a b o v e .

O p p o s i te : A xo n o m e t r i c v i e w s o f f ro n t ( Av e n i d a R e fo r m a ) a n d b a c k (f ro m To k i o) o f m o d e l .

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Above: final model, with d i s a s s e m b l e d f a c e d , f ro m a xo n o m e t r i c v i e w.

O p p o s i te : S i d e e l e v a t i o n a n d p o s t- m i d te r m m a s s i n g m o d e l i n s i te m o d e l .

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Assembly of facade

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