Chari Lynn Chambers' Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio (2018)

Chari Lynn Chambers | Architecture Portfolio

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X MARKS THE SPOT Page 4-7

THE DEMARCATION OF TRANSPARENCY Spatial VS Material Page 8-11

THE LAKEFRONT OASIS Page 12-15

DEPTH OF FIELD Page 16-19

STUDY ITERATIONS. . .

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X MARKS THE SPOT 3rd Year Studio | Prof. Marc Manack | Fall 2017

The Terminal for the Bremerton Ferry System at Colman Dock resides on Pier 50 in Seattle, Washington. “X Marks The Spot” on the Seattle Water Front providing an extensive program including: an expansion of the existing ferry terminal, automobile staging for the ferry, short-term parking deck, public park space, logging pavilion, and enclosed relief and trans-habitation for the homeless.

Conceptually the inspiration for my design originates from the geometries in the logging pavilion and the paths made within the negative space. The pavilion was anchored to the center point of the site and created a division for the staging and parking on level one. The triangular forms on the top level of the pavilion influenced the massing of the building; creating four buildings that meet at an X, and are linked together by pedestrian circulation.

The systematic removal of walls introducing wells beaming with natural lighting, the extravagant geometrical volumes offering high angular ceilings, will draw occupants attention and curiosity to a visual centerpiece where, “X Marks The Spot.”

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CONCRETE (PAVILION) CONCRETE FLOORING ELEVATORS & STAIRWELLS CONCRETE COLUMNS CONCRETE WALLS STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS CONCRETE FLOORING SHEETROCK GLASS WALLS BEAMS AND GIRDERS SHEETROCK OVERHEAD GLASS LIGHT WELLS

THE DEMARCATION OF TRANSPARENCY: Spatial VS Material 2nd Year Studio | Prof. Rachel Dickey | Spring 2017

Sautéing is a culinary term defined as a process where food is cooked and browned in a minimal amount of fat or oil over relatively high heat.

My analysis of this spatial verb, in respects to design, focuses on the four following elements:

DISINTEGRATE

1) temperature changes yielding material and texture alterations 2) color transition from opaque to translucent 3) distortion of the original frame – breaking or bending the form 4) saturation / moisture content from water or oil The given parameters of our food-infused program, projects a multi-service building housing three tenants: a culinary school, a hunger distribution warehouse and a restaurant. With a gross total of 46,250 square feet, we were tasked with placing this composition within the site restraints of a parking lot.

Diagrammatically speaking, hierarchy and materiality are the key components in my design process. Focusing on how to “sauté” select elements of the façade will assist in translating which spaces of the program, will engage the most occupants. The division of space will compare elements of spatial transparency and material transparency.

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PROCESS DIAGRAMS

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Sauté

ELEVATIONS

THE LAKEFRONT OASIS 2nd Year Studio | Prof. Nicole Rivera | Fall 2016

The Wedge at the Pier in Jackson Park, resides on the South Side of Chicago, in Illinois. This small site surrounded by Lake Michigan stands as the location to the future home of my design compilation, “The Lakefront Oasis.”

The original inspiration for my designs took form from The Windy City and the beautiful skyscrapers that interlaced the clouds. I explored the negative space within the skylines that the elevations of these buildings created and examined its’ effect on design. By overlapping plans and diagrams gathered from an extensive analysis of the given site, I used those restraints to develop my big idea.

The objective was to lead the visitors of my site through a physical and emotional experience, as they journeyed from spiritual cleansing to self-discovery, and end with prayer or meditation. Using the program’s prescribed divisions of wind, worship, and water, I produced three separate establishments, and let the topography influence the connections and hierarchy of the buildings. I strategically created a dichotomy within the site, by mimicking shapes between structures, and changing the material type of each façade and varied the heights accordingly.

Here at “The Lakefront Oasis,” we hope you find the direction you’re looking for… see you soon!

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THERMAL POOLS | FLOOR & REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

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THERMAL POOLS | LONGITUDINAL SECTION C

CHAPEL (1st - MAIN ENTRY LEVEL) | FLOOR & REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

CHAPEL | LONGITUDINAL SECTION C

DEPTH OF FIELD

1st Year Studio | Prof. Jeffery Balmer | Fall 2015

“Depth of Field” is an introductory project into the world of architecture through a combination of three four-sided figures, columns, walls, and field versus grain. My analysis for laying out space took place in my fifth iteration of three objects meeting at varying heights and connecting via ground and field conditions.

Entrance into my composition begins at the half wall bisecting the tallest and longest rectangle; leading you through a series of columns and stepped walls to propose means of circulation. The prominent white field conditions direct the occupants to various levels and in the large square and smallest rectangle, while overhead columns suggest visual paths.

This maze constructed within three figures is a visual exploration of the “Depth of Field.”

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ELEVATIONS

CIRCULATION PROCESS DIAGRAMS | PLAN

PROCESS DIAGRAM OF COLUMNS AND WALLS | PLAN

STUDY ITERATIONS. . .

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2nd Year Studio | 1st Year Studio & Skills

Empathetic Site Photos | 2nd Yr

Chicago Site Analysis | 2nd Yr

Studies of Holl’s ‘Porosity’ | 2nd Yr

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Visual Threshold Studies | 1st Yr

Physical Threshold Studies | 1st Yr

Field Condition Studies | 1st Yr

1-Min. Framing Sketches | 1st Yr

1-Min. Scaling Sketches | 1st Yr

Figure Ground Key Studies | 1st Yr