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THE PORTFOLIO OF CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM

DIVERGENT PROCESS A SINGLE PROCESS THAT YEILDS DISPARATE RESULTS

DIVERGENT PROCESS A SINGLE PROCESS THAT YEILDS DISPARATE RESULTS

01. CREATE AN ICON 02. RESPOND TO THE PAST 03. HARMONIZE WITH CONTEXT 04. EXPLORE AN AESTHETIC 05. MANIFEST A METAPHOR 06. EXPRESS STRUCTURE

01. CREATE AN ICON

PROJECT: INFINITY:KNOT SETTING: PERSONAL YEAR: 2012

FORM 1 KINKED LOOP 2 MODULES 1 PATH 8 TURNS

FORM 2 ENDLESS KNOT 3X2 MODULES 1 PATHS 50 TURNS

FORM 3 WEAVED SQUARES 4 MODULES 2 PATHS 6X2 TURNS

FORM 4 CHAIN LINK 2 MODULES 2 PATHS 4X2 TURNS

5 TREFOIL KNOT  FORM 3 MODULES 1 PATH 12 TURNS

INFINITY:KNOT

FORM-FINDING: KNOTWORK STUDIES

FORMAL EVOLUTION

 STUDY: THICKNESS

 STUDY: EDGE TREATMENT

INFINITY:KNOT

FORM-FINDING: PROCESS STUDIES



STUDY: FACADE TEXTURES

INFINITY:KNOT

STRUCTURAL & CIRCULATION DIAGRAMS

ROOFTOP LIFTS RUN VERTICALLY FOR DIRECT ACCESS TO ROOF DECKS

LOOP LIFTS RUN IN CONTINUOUS LOOPS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE, SERVING FINAL DESTINATIONS

FIRE CORRIDOR

BOH

L10

FIRE CORRIDOR

BOH

L9

FIRE CORRIDOR

BOH

L8

FIRE CORRIDOR

BOH

L7

BUNDLED TUBE STRUCTURE WITH TWISTING TUBES

L6

BOH

FIRE CORRIDOR

L5

BOH

FIRE CORRIDOR

L4

BOH

FIRE CORRIDOR

L3

BOH

FIRE CORRIDOR

L2

BOH

FIRE CORRIDOR

L1

BOH

FIRE CORRIDOR

DE-CURVED BUNDLED TUBE STRUCTURE

TYPICAL CORE VERTICAL SECTION

BASE LIFTS CARRY USERS TO INDIVIDUAL LOOP LIFTS BEFORE HEADING TO FINAL DESTINATION

AOR

L1

L5

L9

L2

L6

L10

L3

L7

R1

L4

L8

R2

TELE

ELEC AOR

TYPICAL CORE HORIZONTAL SECTION

APPLY ZIG-ZAG MOTIF TO CREATE FINAL FORM WITH TWISTING TERRACES

INFINITY:KNOT

AERIAL PERSPECTIVE

INFINITY:KNOT

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

ROOF TERRACES CONTINUE THE ZIG-ZAG MOTIF ESTABLISHED ON THE FACADES, COMPLETING THE TWISTING DATUM THAT TRAVELS AROUND THE LINEAR FORMS.

HORIZONTAL CORE SECTIONS ARE VERTICALLY ORIENTEDWITH ENHANCED SHEAR WALLS AND SUPER LIGHT-WEIGHT CONCRETE IN ORDER TO COPE WITH STRUCTURAL LOADS.

VERTICAL CORE SECTIONS FUNCTION LIKE A TYPICAL TOWER, EACH WITH A PAIR OF DEDICATED ROOF LIFTS FOR ROOF TERRACE ACCESS

EVERY UNIT HAS ACCESS TO AN OUTDOOR TERRACE, INCREASING THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONG USERS

TERRACES TRAVEL DIAGONALLY UP THE FACADE, CREATING VIEW CORRIDORS BETWEEN FLOORS AND ALONG THE STRUCTURE

02. RESPOND TO THE PAST

PROJECT: MAX

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SETTING: PROFESSIONAL | CANNON DESIGN LOCATION: NEW DELHI, INDIA YEAR: 2012

LANDSCAPE ENGROSSES BUILT FORM OVER TIME REDUCTION OF SOLID MASS BY CARVING

TERRACING & STRIATED HORIZONTALITY

MAX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

CONTEXTUAL METHODOLOGY

SITE PLAN

SITE BOUNDARY

MAIN SITE AXIS

SITE FOCUS & VIEWS

MAX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

SITE ANALYSIS

LEVEL FOUR ROOF TERRACE OUTDOOR CAFE

LEVEL THREE LIBRARY CYBER CAFE

LEVEL TWO LIBRARY

LEVEL ONE MAIN ENTRANCE LIBRARY

GROUND LEVEL BOOKSTORE

MAX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

CUTAWAY RENDERINGS

03. HARMONIZE WITH CONTEXT PROJECT: FREEFORM

LOBBY CEILING SETTING: PROFESSIONAL | SOM LOCATION: SHANGHAI, CHINA YEAR: 2011

REVEALS EXPAND AT CORNERS TO PROVIDE MORE LIGHT TO DEEPEST SPANS

RIBBON MOTIF SHOWCASED THROUGHOUT TOWER AND PODIUM

CORE WALL FOLLOWS CURVES OF CEILING AND EXTERIOR WALL THE CONTEXT: UBIQUITOUS CURVATURE

LINEAR NATURE OF REVEALS SUBTLY PROVIDES WAYFINDING PATH TO ELEVATOR LOBBIES

FREEFORM LOBBY CEILING

PLAN & TOWER RENDERING

FREEFORM LOBBY CEILING

FORM STUDIES & LOBBY RENDERINGS

04. EXPLORE AN AESTHETIC

PROJECT: SHOJI

PAVILION DETAIL SETTING: ACADEMIC | UWM YEAR: 2005

MORTISE AND TENNON CONSTRUCTION LAYERED SHOJI WITH CAVITY

TRANSLUCENT SHOJI PANELS

SHOJI PAVILION

TECTONIC RATIONALE

05. MANIFEST A METAPHOR PROJECT: CLASSROOM

STUDY SETTING: ACADEMIC | UWM YEAR: 2006

CLASSROOM STUDY

GEODIC PARTI RATIONALE

INCEPTION SKETCH

PARTI DIAGRAMS

FLEXIBLE SPACE: SHIFTING SHOJI DIAGRAMS

05. EXPRESS STRUCTURE

PROJECT: UPLINK:

A VERTICAL NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING: ACADEMIC | UWM YEAR: 2008

X2

TENSION MODULE LOAD DIAGRAM

MASSING STUDIES

X3

X2

COMPRESSION MODULE LOAD DIAGRAM

X3

UPLINK: A VERTICAL NEIGHBORHOOD

STRUCTURAL THEORY

TIER 9 PUBLIC SPACES

TIER 8 RESIDENTIAL TIER 7 RESIDENTIAL

TIER 6 RESIDENTIAL TIER 5 RESIDENTIAL

TIER 4 RESIDENTIAL

TIER 3 OFFICE

TIER 2 OFFICE

TIER 1 OFFICE

STATUS QUO: ISOLATION BY STRATIFICATION

GROUP EVERY FOUR FLOORS WITH ATRIUM

RESULT IS CONTIGUOUS SPACE THAT CREATES VERTICAL NEIGHBORHOODS

UPLINK: A VERTICAL NEIGHBORHOOD

NEIGHBORHOOD CREATION

01. INFINITY KNOT DESIGN: CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM YEAR: 2012 02. MAX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DESIGN: CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM PRINCIPAL: RANDY GUILLOT YEAR: 2012 PRECEDENT IMAGE 01 © FLICKR USER zzziah PRECEDENT IMAGE 02 © FLICKR USER Oleksandr Nechyporenko PRECEDENT IMAGE 03 © FLICKR USER Pramal ALL OTHER IMAGERY © CANNON DESIGN 03. FREEFORM LOBBY CEILING CEILING DESIGN: CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM PROJECT TEAM: NADA ANDRIC, EUNJUNG CHO, CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM TOWER DESIGN & TOWER RENDERING: SOM YEAR: 2011 ALL IMAGERY © SOM 04. SHOJI PAVILION DESIGN: CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM CRITIC: TOM SCHMITT YEAR: 2005 05. CLASSROOM STUDY DESIGN: CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM CRITIC: CHRIS CORNELIUS YEAR: 2006 06. UPLINK: A VERTICAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN: CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM CRITIC: GIL SNYDER YEAR: 2008 ALL CONTENT, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED IS © CHRISTOPHER JAMES BOTHAM

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