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C AT H E R I N E CHANG PRATT INSTITUTE // UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE

BURIED EXHUMATION PROF OSTAP RUDAKEVYCH // FALL 14 ARCHITECTURAL FOLLEY

DESIGN APPROACH A // LAYERED WEAVING LAMINATING LINES WEAVING THROUGHOUT LAYERS. FRAMES CONNECT BY WEAVING IN AND THROUGH PREVIOUS FRAMES. A SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED FRAMES PRODUCE A CONTINUOUS VOID SPACE.

DESIGN APPROACH B // DELIMINATING BOUNDARIES REDIRECTING PLANES ENCOUNTERING FIXED BOUNDARIES ANOMALIES CREATED BY THE ORIGINAL 18 X 18 BOUNDING BOX AND NEW BOUNDAIRES THAT WERE FORMED WERE FOLDED AT THE BOUNDARIES TO THE CORNERS.

STUDY MODELS

THE FINAL DESIGN EXPLORES THE IDEA OF BURIED EXHUMATION, WHICH IS THE BRINGING OF LIGHT UNDERGROUND. THE FORM WAS DERIVED FROM EXTENDING PLANES ABOUT BINDING FRAMES PLANES WERE SHAPED BY THE FRAMES THAT CREATED BOUNDARIES IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS. WHILE THE FRAMES SHRINK VERTICALLY, THEY EXPAND HORIZONTALLY. PLANES FOLD ABOUT THE PLANE AND BEGIN TO DISAPPEAR AND OPEN SPACE. THE FOLLEY IS BURIED UNDERGROUND WITH THE ENTRANCE IS ON THE TOP. YOU MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN AND BACK UP LIKE A JUNGLE GYM.

CARVING SPACES

PROF TEDDY KAUFMAN // SPRING 15 PRATT TOWNHOUSE

DESIGN APPROACH A EXTRUDING PATHS

COMPONENTS PROCESS STEP 1: ASSIGN HIERARCHY TO SHAPES. EXTRUDE LENGTHS ACCORDING TO HIERARCHY

STEP 2: DIVIDE INDIVIDUAL SHAPES INTO FOUR

STEP 3: SHIFT SECTIONS THE LENGTH OF THE SECTION IN RELATION TO THE TOP OF THE NEXT SHAPE.

DESIGN APPROACH B CARVING PATHS

COMPONENTS PROCESS STEP 1:

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

STEP 4:

PLACE COMPONENT ON PLAN OF SITE AND EXTRUDE DOWN.

FOLD OVERHANGING GEOMETRY AND EXTRUDE INTO ELEVATION, DELETE INTERSECTIONS.

DELETE INTERSECTIONS (BOOLEAN DIFFERENCE)

REPEAT WITH NEW COMPONENT PLACED AT MIDPOINT OF LAST EXTRUSION.

OCCUPANT CHARACTER DAILY TRAITS ACTIVITIES TYPE

SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS MINIATURE CIRCULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE

WANDERING AIMLESSLY ORGANIZATION OF SMALL GROWING SUDDENLY

SPACES WITH LARGE SPACES

3 INCH ALICE SWIFTLY SHRINKING

PRIVATE ROOMS

9 INCH ALICE EXPLORING BLINDLY

UNDERGROUND

OCCUPANT ONE

MORE THAN 9 FEET

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

TALL ALICE

DISTINGUISHES PATHS

INTERACTIONS

OCCUPANTTWO

OPEN SPACES

EXPANDING SPACE

TALL AND WIDE ROOMS

SPACES

PUSHING OUT ENCLOSURES

A CIRCULATION PATH

A CLAUSTROPHIC PERSON

DIRECTLY THROUGH

PROPORTIONAL CIRCULATING FREELY

THE HOUSE

CLAIMING OPEN SPACES

ROOMS WITH

MUST HAVE A VIEW THROUGH THE ROOMS

CONNECTING VIEWS ESCAPING TIGHTNESS BLURRED THRESHOLDS

A N E OP

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NO C ONST RA

INTS

FOR THE PRATT TOWNHOUSE, WE HYBRIDIZED TWO DESIGN APPROACHES; I CHOSE EXTRUDING AND CARVING PATHS. MY TWO OCCUPANTS WERE ALICE AT MULTIPLE SCALES AND A CLAUSTROPHOBIC PERSON. MY FINAL DESIGN UTILIZED LARGE OPEN SPACES DEFINED BY LINES AND SMALLER CONFINED SPACES BETWEEN MASSES. THE FORM CAME OUT OF EXTRUDING AND SHIFTING MASSES WHILE LINES CREATED BOUNDARIES AND FRAMED SPACES. THE STRUCTURE IS DRAPED OVER THE MASS MAKING IT SEEM AS THOUGH THE MASSES FLOAT. ALICE IS ABLE TO ENTER AT 9 INCHES THEN GROW TO 9 FEET TALL AS SHE CONTINUES THROUGH. THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC PERSON HAS ENOUGH SPACE TO AVOID BEING CONFINED WHEN ALICE

S M AL L SCALE

VILLA MULLER

PROF NATHAN HUME // SPRING 15 REPRESENTATION II

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catherine chang / rep I // Spring 2015 /// Nathan HUme

WAVE HILL

PROF ANNE NIXON // SPRING 15 ACADEMY

WE STARTED THE SEMESTER WITH MATERIAL STUDIES TO USE ON THE SITE. I CHOSE TO WATER MARBLE PIECES OF 5” X 5” PAPER. I CUT SHAPES FROM THE MARBLING AND STACKED THE SHEETS, CREATING VOIDS. [MARTERIAL STUDY 1] NEXT, I MARBLED A BOOK. AGAIN, I CARVED OUT SHAPES, BUT THIS TIME FOR A CERTAIN COLOR, I ADDED WAX AS ANOTHER LAYER OF INFORMATION. [MATERIAL STUDY 2]

MATERIAL STUDY 1

MATERIAL STUDY 2

FOR MY LAST MATERIAL STUDY, I CUT THE SITE INTO BOOKS AND “MARBLED” THE SITE. I USED TO WAX TO DELINEATE PARTS OF THE SITE THAT ARE PERMENANT, SUCH AS HISTORIC TREES. FINALLY, I CARVED OUT SHAPES WHICH EXPLORED POSSIBLE TOPOGRAPHY AND LANDSCAING TECHNIQUES. [MATERIAL STUDY 3]

MATERIAL STUDY 3

PLAN

SCALE 1/64” = 1’-0”

SECTION

SCALE 1/16” = 1’-0”

PLAN 2 SCALE: 1/16 “ - 1’ 0

FINAL DESIGN

APPLYING MARBLING TO THE SITE, I USED GARDENS, RETAINING WALLS AND THE BUILDINGS TO “MARBLE” THE SITE. THE VISITORS FLOW THROUGH THE SITE JUST AS THE MARBLING IS VERY FLUID ACROS PAPER. THE PROGRAM FOR THE SITE INCLUDED AN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR CLASSROOM, AN AUDITORIUM, AND TWO LABS. BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACADEMY, I DECIDED TO MAKE IT A BOTANICAL ACADEMY THAT STUDIES THE NATURE ON THE SITE.

EXTERIOR CLASS ROOM

INTERIOR CLASSROOM

AUDITORIUM / LOBBY

LAB 001

LAB 002 AUDITORIUM / MIXED USE SPACE

PRATT DORMITORY PROF SAL TRANCHINA // FALL 16 PARTNER ELIZABETH GOMES

UNIT PLAN AND SECTION

SEMI - PUBLIC FAMILY UNIT

PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL

1 1 1 1

* *

UNIT PLAN SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”

IN THIS SEMESTER, WE STARTED FROM THE SMALL SCALE OF THE UNIT TO THE LARGE SCALE OF THE BUILDING. OUR UNIT HAS INDIVIDUAL ROOMS FOR EIGHT PEOPLE THAT IS CONNECTED TO A SEMI-PUBLIC “FAMILY” SPACE. THE “FAMILY” SPACE INCLUDES A KITCHEN NAD LIVING ROOM.

UNIT SECTION SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”

BUILDING PLANS 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

A

A

B

B

C

C

D

D

E

E

F

F

G

G

H

H

I

I

J

J

K

K

L

L

M

M

N

N

O

O

P

P

Q

Q

R

R

S

S

T

T

U

U

FLOOR 1 // GROUND FLOOR SCALE: 1’=1/32”

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

FLOOR 2 // SEMI-PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FLOORS SCALE: 1’=1/32”

OUR DORN STRATEGY WAS TO SEPARATE THE PROGRAM INTO THREE LEVELS OF PRIVACY: COMMUNITY, FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMUNITY SPACE INCLUDES ALL OF THE GROUND FLOOR AND EVERY OTHER MIDDLE FLOOR. THE FAMILY SPACE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY SPACES AND THE INDIVIDUAL FLOORS ARE ON EVERY LEVEL.

5

BUILDING SECTION

6 7

8

9

10

11

12

BUILDING DETAILS

EARTH AERATION MAT INSULATION DRAINAGE PIPE CONCRETE SLAB

METAL LOUVERS OPERABLE WINDOW WALL

HARWOOD PANELS CONCRETE SLAB

HARWOOD PANELS CONCRETE SLAB

WINDOW WALL SECTION

FROSTED GLASS OPERABLE GLASS

GLAZING DIAGRAM SCALE: 1’=1/32”

FINAL MODEL

MIDTERM MODEL

FINAL MODEL

FINAL MODEL

COLUMBIA BOAT HOUSE PROF BETH O’NEILL // SPRING 17 PARTNER XYLENA DESQUITADO

GROUND LEVEL PLAN

LOBBY

67

'-0

"

1 162'-0"

45

25'-0"

"

'-0

'-0

2

80'-0"

45

"

66'-0"

25'-0"

113'-0"

BOAT SHED

50

'-0

”

A

0"

1'-

17 B

"

-0

6'

21

C

LIVING MACHINE

135'-0" 74'-0" 61'-0"

100'-0" 40'-0" D

36'0”

CLASSROOM

LOUNGE

26'-0"

18'-0"

82'-0"

100'-0" 4 3

LOWER LEVEL PLAN

MECHANICAL 162'-0"

"

-0 7'

'-0 38

66'-0"

"

WOMEN’S LOCKER ROOM

6

25'-0"

ADMIN

MEN’S LOCKER ROOM

-0

"

GALLERY

80 '

60

'-0

42

'-0

"

"

80'-0"

25'0”

113'-0"

"

'-0

50

COMMUNITY ERG 208'-0"

LIVING MACHINE 135'-0"

74'-0"

WEIGHT ROOM 61'-0"

"

'-0

20

100'-0"

36'-0"

40'-0"

0’-8” 0’-6” 2’-0”

18’-0”

25’-0”

BOAT SHED

3’-0” 0’-8” 1’-0”

3’-8”

9’-0”

19’-0” 15’-8”

13’-0” 9’-0”

9’-0”

GALLERY

COMMUNITY ERG

TRAINING

4’-0”

SECTION A

33’-0” 0’-8” 0’-6”

14’-0”

BOAT SHED 8’-0”

LOBBY

17’-0”

15’-6”

8’-0” 1’-6”

COMMUNITY ERG

LOCKER ROOMS

MECHANICAL

SECTION B

0’-8” 0’-6”

12’-0”

LOUNGE

BOAT SHED 9’-0”

12’-0”

COACH’S OFFICE

STAFF OFFICES

INDIVIDUAL OFFICES

19’-0” 15’-8” 9’-0”

GALLERY

SECTION C

COMMUNITY ERG

TRAINING

CATHERINE CHANG + XY

MOVEMENT/CIRCULATION

MOVEMENT DIAGRAM SPRING/SUMMER ENTIRE BUILDING ENGAGED

COMMUNITY OUTDOOR COMMUNITY SPACE CLASSROOMS LOUNGE KITCHENETTE

BOAT SHED LOBBY

BOAT STORAGE

LOBBY MULTI-PURPOSE

TRAINING ROWING TANKS LOCKERS

SPRING/FALL

TRAINING ROOM

FALL/WINTER ONLY CORE ENGAGED

ADMINISTRATION INDIVIDUAL OFFICES COACH OFFICES OPEN OFFICES

WINTER

DIAGRAMS | SCALE: 1/3

PERSONAL WORK

GLASS // CONTE CHARCOAL ON WHITE WATERCOLOR PAPER // 2013

BRICKS // WHITE CHALK AND CHARCOAL ON BLACK BOND // 2014

BRICKS // WHITE CHALK AND CHARCOAL ON BLACK BOND // 2014 PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE REAL AND THE LINEAR