Selected Works
Architectural Design, 2014 - 2018 Christian Storch
Selected Works
Architectural Design, 2014 - 2018 Christian Storch M. Architecture, May 2018 University of Virginia BA. Environmental Design, December 2015 Montana State University
Contents Corner Addition (pg.4) Spring 2018 Design Development
Variety and Density (pg.18) Spring 2017 Conceptual Design
Civic Platforming (pg.28) Fall 2014 Schematic Design
Gallery in a Field (pg.36) Spring 2017 Schematic Design
Hybrid Structure (pg.44) Fall 2015 Schematic Design Documentation (pg.54) Fabrication (pg.56) Experimentation (pg.58) Drawings (pg.59) Glossary of Themes (pg.60)
conceptual model
Corner Addition date _ Spring 2018 resolution _ Design Development location _ Charlottesville, Virginia scale _ Institutional project type _ Building Addition A phased addition to the west end of University of Virginia’s School of Architecture building. (second year graduate design development studio, instructors; Luis Pancorbo & Ines Robles)
Campbell Hall is the School of Architecture building at UVA. Originally a 1970’s Brutalist-style building the school has already received a series of modern additions. The project is yet another addition, addressing the existing formal and structural context of Campbell Hall while resolving the programmatic demands of an expanding student body. The design takes advantage of a two phase construction process. Sustainability is accomplished through the use of two different wooden structural systems. The first system is of prefabricated CLT panels that span over the corner of the existing building. The second is a glulam-joint based truss that spans over the remainder of the west wing of Campbell Hall. The resulting form integrates with the existing formal context. Spatial relationships created by the interaction of two structural systems allow for an expanded potential of architectural education.
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Themes Composition, Context, Public Space, Spatial Depth, Structure, Texture
main entrance, Campbell Hall (University of Virginia School of Architecture)
fabrication facilities entrance
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Corner Addition
level 2 studio
fabrication studio
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Themes Composition, Context, Spatial Depth, Structure
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Corner Addition
longitudinal section perspective
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Themes Circulation, Collage, Craft, Diagramming, Program, Technique
site plan (University of Virginia)
relational collage study
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material /circulation flow study
Corner Addition
relational diagramming
formal context (Campbell Hall)
formal response > resulting atrium
circulation
multi-story space
primary programs (studio+fabrication)
shading features
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Themes Conceptualization, Iteration, Sequence, Spatial Depth, Structure, Technique
level 3 plan
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Corner Addition
level 1 plan
level 2 plan
structural relationship studies level 4 plan
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Themes Construction Process, Envelope, Formation, Narrative, Structure construction process diagram
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site preparation
prefabricated CLT construction
glazing installation
glulam-truss construction
Corner Addition
conceptual detail model
glulam-truss detailing
interior balcony-floor joint
floor-wall-envelope joint
roof membrane connection
coping format & roof envelope joint
glulam truss foundation connection
existing roof-envelope connection
envelope connection
floor-envelope joint & shading system connections
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Themes Composition, Context, Craft, Envelope, Structure, Texture
glulam-truss facade rendering
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glulam-truss wall section
Corner Addition
north elevation
south elevation
west elevation
conceptual model
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structural context diagram
Variety and Density date _ Spring 2017 resolution _ Conceptual Design location _ New York, New York scale _ Urban Form project type _ High Rise Exploring an approach for creating formal and spatial complexity at the urban scale. (first year graduate foundation studio, instructor; Manuel Bailo)
Hudson Yards is one of the last opportunities for large scale development in New York City. This project reacts to the high-end developmental plan for Hudson Yards, exploring a less refined ideal for urban scale form. A city-block scale site plan establishes large public ramps, stairs, gardens and public amenities oriented towards the external context. This context includes the High-line Park and the western waterfront. Features are also organized around an internalized industrial network. This network is comprised of the inflow, manipulation and output of materials. Upwards from the site plan 2dimensional diagrams are developed through established internal and external spatial relationships. Parameters such as public space, fire stairs, elevators, bath houses, community spaces, city views, solar angles and wind vectors are referenced within a structural grid. The result is a diversity of vertically oriented spaces. Finally, a composite of digital modeling and hand drawing iterations are used to uncover a variety of vertical spatial relationships in section.
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Themes Conceptualization, Context, Mapping, Spatial Depth
conceptual mapping
conceptual rendering
longitudinal section-perspective
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Variety and Density
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Themes Iteration, Narrative, Public Space, Sequence, Spatial Depth, Technique
progressive section iterations
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revit model
collage sketch
reworking
interpretation
transcription
animation
Variety and Density
building scale & form
level 8 public space
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Themes Conceptualization, Context, Craft, Iteration, Material Flow, Public Space
site plan
site component - preliminary massing studies
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Variety and Density
urban material flows
ground level material flows & circulation
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Themes Construction Process, Diagramming, Formation, In-Authorship, Narrative, Program, Sequence, Technique
building element diagram
construction process study
inhabitable fabric
utilities & circulation
structure & public space
ground level public platform
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Variety and Density
3d formation diagram
vertical circulation
public space
context parameters
utilities
large scale inhabitation
small scale inhabitation
upper-level plan formation diagrams
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section model detail
Civic Platforming date _ Fall 2014 resolution _ Schematic Design location _ Seattle, Washington scale _ Urban Fabric type _ Civic Building A series of ‘public urban platforms’ creating flexibility on Seattle’s waterfront. (third year undergraduate studio, instructor; Bradford Watson)
Seattle is one of many cities focusing on the redevelopment of its urban waterfront district. The prompt of the project was to design a civic space that reacted to the waterfront context while drawing conceptually from humanities modern relationship to water; a ‘Hydrology Institute’. In response I focused on developing a flexible civic space that related directly to the surrounding context. Diagramming and mapping techniques were explored in search of form and organization. Wide open platforms create a dynamic interface between civic programs. Spaces shift from private to public through changes in transparency of the envelope and interior walls. A curtain wall design encloses the building while emphasizing transparency towards the public waterfront. Accessibility to upper levels is encouraged through multiple open stairs that also perform structurally. The design creates an open forum for civic events revolving around education and research about water.
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Themes Conceptualization, Context, Craft, Diagramming, Envelope, Iteration, Public Space, Structure
longitudinal sections
site analysis sketch
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conceptual diagram
Civic Platforming
envelope section
site plan
formal iteration models
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Themes Circulation, Craft, Spatial Depth, Structure, Texture
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Civic Platforming
entrance atrium section model
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Themes Context, Diagramming, Procession, Program, Public Space, Sequence, Spatial Depth, Texture
class context model & massing model
conceptual atrium view
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Civic Platforming
level 3 plan
massing model
case study sketch (Educatorium, OMA)
relational programming diagram
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conceptual rendering
Gallery in a Field date _ Spring 2017 resolution _ Schematic Design location _ Charlottesville, Virginia scale _ Rural project type _ Gallery A gallery elaborating on the experience of a rural Virginian field. (graduate design development course, instructor; Michael Petrus)
The site is an open field just outside of Charlottesville Virginia. The building is a small gallery. The approach to the design relied heavily on repeated site visits to establish ideas about materiality, space and experience. I focused on my own reactions to the field; a slight topography, views of distant mountains and a path that cut from a stone gate across the grass. Repeated hand drawing, drafting and painting as well as a series of simple models revealed a basis for a material, spatial, experiential design. Brick glass and wood are used to create unique lighting within a simple gallery with a slanted roof. Interior partitions provide structural support for the roof trusses while orienting people towards distant mountain views enabled by the fields topography. The entrance of the building is marked, integrating with the experience of passing the stone gate and moving across the field. A brick wall encourages a passerby to step off the path into the gallery itself.
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Themes Context, Craft, Procession, Spatial Depth, Structure, Texture
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Gallery in a Field
longitudinal section perspective section performance sketch
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Themes Composition, Conceptualization, Context, Craft, Iteration, Procession, Sequence
plan site plan
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Gallery in a Field
building-approach elevations
approach view 1
approach view 3
topographic-massing studies
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Themes Craft, Envelope, Iteration, Narrative, Texture, Ventilation
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Gallery in a Field
sectional studies envelope section & performance diagram design technique; hand drawing, drafting, painting
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building scale & relational diagram
Hybrid Structure date _ Fall 2015 resolution _ Schematic Design location _ Bozeman, Montana scale _ Urban Fabric project type _ Hybrid Program Contemporary programming creates depth while remaining sensitive to historic downtown Bozeman. (fourth year undergraduate studio, instructor; Maire O’Neill Conrad)
Bozeman Montana is a town experiencing and attempting to deal with population growth. The challenge of the design was to develop a innovative-contemporary reaction to a subtle site in historic downtown Bozeman. The project was to design a hybrid-program building for Downtown Bozeman. Living in Bozeman for three years I used mapping and diagramming strategies to look deeply into the context, developing programs, aesthetic and conceptual ideas from Main Street. Building scale, programs already existing on and around the site and the long-term relevance of the new design were of primary concern. The design suspends an expansive atrium between two buildings that draw formally, aesthetically, materially and programatically from the existing context. Large steel trusses and a dynamic envelope create an open-ended space that can remain relevant to a growing city. Simultaneously the design emphasizes a respect for the scale of the downtown fabric.
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Themes Collage, Composition, Context, Craft, Diagramming, Formation, In-Authorship, Mapping, Program, Spatial Depth
contextual diagram context mapping
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Hybrid Structure
south elevation
north elevation
east elevation
west elevation
atrium cross sections
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Themes Collage, Conceptualization, Context, Formation, Public Space, Spatial Depth
longitudinal section
context study
conceptual study
formation study
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Hybrid Structure
public access diagrams
public atrium
atrium entrances
building circulation
building entrances
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Themes Craft, Public Space, Spatial Depth, Structure, Texture
atrium model, exterior
atrium model interior
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Hybrid Structure
atrium view, upper
atrium view, lower
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Themes Collage, Craft, Iteration, Program, Public Space, Spatial Depth, Technique
level 1 plan
level 3 plan
plan collage iterations
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Hybrid Structure
level 2 plan
level 4 plan
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Documentation
Technical building-documentation for gallery design.
(Fall 2015 class; Building Construction team; Devin McCracken instructor; Chris Livingston programs; Revit Rhinoceros)
A2.0 Construction Document including floor plan, monthly cost analysis, egress diagram, wall assembly and code analysis
elevation
longitudinal section 54
Hybrid Structure
wall sections mechanical diagrams lighting system
mechanical distribution
mechanical evacuation
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Fabrication
Stage back-drop design for TEDx Bozeman.
(Fall 2015 team; Zyg Wotzak ,Tom Femrite, Katy O’Neil, MFGR Design Group instructor; Mike Everts programs; Rhinoceros Grasshopper)
joint-construction document
joint fabrication; lazer cutter 56
fabricated joint Hybrid Structure
final installment with context
constructed joint condition
structural assembly
final installment
skin assembly Selected Works, Christian Storch
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Experimentation
Modeling experiments with urban-landscape formation.
(Fall 2017 class; Research Studio 1 & Grasshopper Spatial Practices instructors; Robin Dripps & Lucia Phinney programs; Rhinoceros & Grasshopper tools; lazer cutter, 3d printer)
iteration 3, sequence 1
iteration 3, sequence 2
iteration 2, sequence 1
iteration 2, sequence 2
iteration 1, sequence 1
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iteration 1, sequence 3 Hybrid Structure
Drawings
Drawings of inspirational buildings.
(2014 - 2018 countries; United States, Italy, France medium; watercolor paint, ink, graphite)
Laurentian Library Vestibule elevation
instructors; Fatih Rifki, John Brittingham, Henry Sorenson, Charlie Menefee
Medici Chapel Sagrestia Nuova elevation
Oratorio dei Filippini and S.Maria in Vallicella elevation (with tabacchi shop design)
La Tourette Church perspective
La Tourette Lower Chapel perspective
Gazebo detail
300 New Jersey Ave. atrium perspective
Notre Dame du Haut Chapel perspective Selected Works, Christian Storch
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Glossary of Themes Circulation Collage Composition Conceptualization Construction Process Context Craft Diagramming Envelope Formation In-Authorship Iteration Mapping Material Flow Narrative Procession Program Public Space Sequence Spatial Depth Structure Technique Texture Ventilation
(10-11, 32-33) (10, 46-49) (6, 8-9, 17, 41, 47) (13, 20, 24, 30, 41, 48) (14) (6, 8-9, 17, 21, 24, 30-31, 38-41, 46, 48-49) (10, 17, 24, 30-33, 38-43, 47, 50, 52-53) (11, 30, 46) (15, 16, 31, 43) (14, 46, 48) (27, 46) (13, 22, 24, 31, 41-43, 52-53) (20, 46) (25) (14, 22, 42) (35, 38-39, 41) (11, 26-27, 35, 52, 46) (6, 23, 31, 34, 49, 50-53) (13, 22, 35, 41) (7, 8-9, 12-13, 20-21, 23, 32-33, 35, 38-39, 47-53) (6-9, Pg.12-17, 32-33, 38-39, 50-51) (10, 13, 22, 30-31, 52-53) (7, 16, 32-34, 38-39, 43, 50-51) (43)
Christian Storch
July 13, 1993 for additional information please contact; t. 303-895-0292 e. christian.r.storch@gmail.com