ACADEMIC WORKS by Chanel Hytower

ACADEMIC WORKS

CHANEL HYTOWER

Table Of Contents 5

El Contorno

Stan Van De Moderne Canal

Wolcott Street Library

Praxis Real

EL CONTORNOCOLLABORATIVE DESIGN BUILD STUDIO The proposed pavilion for a local beach community at Culebra in Puerto Rico offers an interactive social space, picnic area, information kiosk, and changing room as an alternative to their run-down facilities from 1983. The pavilion is a 7’-6” cube that is sliced into five adjacent 1’-6” modules, each designed as a hollow “contour,” sized for seating, shade, and picnic eating opportunities. Two of the 5 modules extend out of the cube to offer a changing room space, viewing frame to the landscape beyond, and an information map/kiosk. This small - scale intervention can be replicated along the length of the contour of the beach to instigate interest in a larger scale improvement of an area economically ripe for tourism.

ASSEMBLY AXON

FRONT ELEVATION

SIDE ELEVATION Washer Hex Nut Threaded Rod

TYPICAL CONNECTION 2" x 4" 2" x 4"

112"

TYP. PLAN DETAIL

3/8" dia. Galvanized Threaded Rod

31 2"

Wood glue at all wood to wood connections

31 2"

TYP. ELEVATION DETAIL

STAN VAN DE MODERNE CANAL URBAN DESIGN STUDIO CITY OF THE MODERN CANAL

“The car influenced city planning in the 20TH century & now water is going to do the same thing in the 21ST century.”- Robert Barker of Baca Architects

TERRA-FORM

EXISTING RED HOOK

PROPOSED RED HOOK, BROOKLYN HERE WE HAVE THE NEW RED HOOK. EIGHT ISLANDS, COMPOSED TOGETHER FOR FLOOD RESISTANCE AND EFFICIENCY.

CUTTING THE CANALS AS PART OF A SOLUTION TO LOWER THE FLOOD LEVEL, WE CUT CHANNELS THROUGHOUT THE SITE

THE GRID WE OVERLAY THE EXISTING STREET GRID; MAKING SOME STREETS BRIDGES TO CONNECT THE EIGHT ISLANDS

ISLAND LIVING WITH THE CANALS CUT, RED HOOK IS NOW BROKEN INTO EIGHT ISLANDS. THE IDEA IS TO LIVE WITH THE WATER RATHER THAN TRYING TO RESIST OR CONTAIN

BUILT FORMS WE’VE RE-ZONED AND ADDED NEW BUILDING TYPOLOGIES TO FILL PROGRAMMATIC GAPS WE SAW IN RED HOOK

LANDSCAPE USING WHAT WE EXCAVATED FROM THE CANALS, WE’VE CREATED A BERM ALONG THE HOOK AND THE NORTHERN MOST ISLAND

TRANSIT WE ARE PROPOSING AN ELEVATED TRAM SYSTEM AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO MOVE THROUGHOUT RED HOOK. IN FUTURE PHASES THIS TRAM WILL CONNECT TO THE A,C,2,3,R,4, & 5 LINE TO CONNECT TO ALL OF BROOKLYN

MASTER PLAN

WOLCOTT STREET LIBRARY COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN STUDIO UP

GLASS ROOF STRUCTURAL GLASS FIN

STEEL BEAM WITH L- SHAPE CONNECTION TO COLUMN

UP DN

12” ROUND CONCRETE COLUMN

(+4’)

(+10’)

UP UP

LINEAR DIFFUSER

LEVEL 1

TRIPLE GLAZE CURTAIN WALL 12” ROUND CONCRETE COLUMN

BEAM CONNCETION TO COLUMN POURED CONCRETE OVER TUBING

WIRE MESH

12X26 BEAM

12” ROUND CONCRETE COLUMN TRIPLE GLAZE CURTAIN WALL 36” GLASS RAILING OPEN TO BELOW

DN UP

6” POURED CONCRETE NCRETE FLOOR W/ OOLING RADIANT HEATING/COOLING STEEL BEAM WITH L- SHAPE PE CONNECTION TO COLUMN

OPEN TO BELOW

ALUMINUM SSG MULLION UP UP

LEVEL 2 SUSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM 12” ROUND CONCRETE COLUMN 6” CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE W/ RADIANT HEATING/COOLING IMITATION CONCRETE VENEER BY “IMI-BENTON”

WALL SECTION DETAIL OPEN TO BELOW

OPEN TO BELOW

DN DN

LEVEL 3

READING ROOM

NORTH FACADE

PRAXIS REAL: AN ENTOPIC ATHENAEUM THESIS DESIGN STUDIO “The whole world is merely an illusion of the senses and the sensory trace of that disappearance.”- Jean Baudrillard

Inspired by my readings, this proposal references the historical aspect of site to inform and reinforce a real experience that engages the spectacular, The coexistence of ephemeral and permanent structures link fabricated events to site specificity. The approach imagines architecture that grounds itself in the culture and history of place, while also creating fantastical experiences for the spectator that resonate beyond the bounds of the site. In this proposal, the thousand acres that make up Floyd Bennett Field are sculpted to created a rolling landscape that construct emotive relationships through ideals of the picturesque. Buried in these hills are the three navigation themed athenaeums Aeronautics, Aquanautics, and Astronautic. They are all situated using site-lines and sequenced events to create an experience of wandering through a picturesque garden. By submerging the buildings, they are not seen as mere objects in the landscape, forcing the spectators’ focus to the landscape itself. These proposed topographical and architectural interventions become navigational devices within the new landscape, and orient the spectator to discover their way through an act of mapping out spatio-temporal experiences. Each athenaeum is programmatically geared towards a specific navigation typology; Aeronautics speaks directly to a palimpsestuous site, Aquanautics connects the visitor to the surrounding array of islands, and Astronautics evokes the potential of travel and a universal connection. By grounding the program in navigation, site and program have a contextual relationship.

NAVIGATING BELOW THE SURFACE

TOPOGRAPHIC MASTER PLAN

AERONAUTIC ATHENAEUM It is important that there is always contextual relationship both physically and interminably. This athenaeum themed in aeronautics has validity in that its theme is directly connected to the previous program of the site. The runways on the site are echoes of the past calling to present but they are currently going unanswered. As it is currently programmed as a park, the runways seem out of place. On the contrary, they are were perfected sited for their purpose. This proposal aims to re-imagine the experience of a runway in a park. This Aeronautic building is modeled after a typical airplane hangar, only it is underground. The giant entry that penetrates the main exhibition hangar is representative of the path of ascension and descension. This hangar has a glass roof to align with the ramp to bring focus to this visual flight path. The level below the hangar is a open space for historic exhibits focusing on the history of the site and the surrounding area. The smaller hangar to the left of the building is completely submerged and is programmed as a public mechanic workshop for the surrounding community.

CONCEPTUAL MODEL

AERONAUTIC SECTION

STUDY MODEL

AERONAUTICAL CHART

WALL SURFACE DETAIL(FABRIC-FORMED PLASTER)

AQUANAUTIC ATHENAEUM The entrance to the Aquanautics athenaeum is oriented perpendicular to the shoreline of the site. Upon entering the long dark tunnel, the spectator cannot see water but they can hear and smell it. Around the bend at the end of the corridor the dark tunnel opens up to the space of the athenaeum. Sunlight floods the space from the opening above. The glass in the opening is warped in such a way that when the light passes through it seems as though you are under water. The floor begins to slowly descends down as the visitor makes their way through the space. On the right side of this ramp is a large lap pool that is connected to a 130â&#x20AC;&#x2122; deep dive pool at the end of the ramp. On the opposite side of the ramp is exhibition space, library, and laboratories. The objective of the program is to allow scuba divers to discover things at new depths. The dive pool allows divers to test their diving abilities in a deep sea dive. The exhibitions space and library allows non-divers to expand their knowledge of aquatic life and travel. The laboratories give scientists the opportunity to test specimens gathered after an exploration.

CONCEPTUAL MODEL

FLOOR PLAN

AQUANAUTIC SECTION

LAP POOL

SITE DISCOVERY

GROUND SURFACE DETAIL(FABRIC-FORMED PLASTER)

ASTRONAUTIC ATHENAEUM The entryway to this athenaeum appears in the forest as a dark cave. The entry corridor is like a an orbital path of a celestial body. As this body is passing through the atmosphere, it begins to curve in as it is pulled in towards the center of the building from a gravitational force. Once inside the building there are two ramps to the lower level that meet in the midpoint. One ramp is for the public, and the other is private for the staff. The point at which the two ramps meet, the opposite ramp breaks apart so that the other may continue down. This layout was inspired by the orbital paths of the planets Pluto and Neptune. Though their paths intersect, the planets themselves never collide, just as the paths of the public and private may intersect they never collide.

CONCEPTUAL MODEL

ASTRONAUTIC SECTION

INTERSECTING RAMPS

LUNAR CHART

CEILING SURFACE DETAIL(FABRIC-FORMED PLASTER)

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