Graduate Studies
UNCC
MDI
2019
SSEMBLAGES
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2018
ETAL BUILDINGS2 1 - 33
2017
2018
1 - 11
12 - 20
OMPREHENSIVE
TUDIO DICKEY
Graduate Works
STUDIO DICKEY
FALL 2017
Material Taxonomy 2
Movement Taxonomy
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Choreographed Revelations is about blurring the peripheral views, and allowing for a visual sense and awareness of spatial programming. In researching magnets it became apparent that movement was based on actions of repulsion and attractions, and in a sense is a lot like how we move and use architectural space. Taking this concept forward into designing a pavilion for the Worlds Fair expo located in Osaka, Japan meant actuating magnets to give humans the actions of magnetism. The pavilion consisted of hanging chains from the ceiling to floor, and placing some electromagnets on moving chains that would make the space over the theatre pit reactive to the amount of occupants. The other areas of the pavilion will have embedded roomba robots beneath the floor that are assigned to each person visiting the pavilion to charge their interactions with the hanging chains.
Magnetic Expansion
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Magn 6
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Electromagnetic Programming
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Expo 2025 10
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COMPREHENSIVE
SPRING 2018
Chopin Legacy Center
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Birth place of Chopin 15
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1 Perforated Metal Screen 2 Screen Structure 3 Exterior Glazing Plates 4 Interior Glazing Plates 5 Curtain Wall Cables 6 Cantilever Beams 7 Parapet Cap 8 Parapet Vents/Wall 9 Structural Column 10 Interior Embedded Window glazing plates 11 Metal Tracks for Window Glazing 12 Girders 13 Curtain Wall Brackets
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Comprehensive Wall System
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Recording Room
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Room
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508 SF
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Parking
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19
508 SF
508 SF
661 SF
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31431 SF
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Restroom
161 SF
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Restroom
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Store Room 1
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Restroom 2
96 SF
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455 SF
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403 SF
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tdoor Park
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Room 431 SF
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Foyer
10896 SF
946 SF
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Foyer
49 SF
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nter reter
0904 SF
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Restroom
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995 SF
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Performance Ready Room
93 SF
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Restroom
94 SF
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Storage
Wardrobe 2
1 0 SF
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119 SF
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631 SF
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Wardrobe 1
Storage
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PR
449 SF
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Chopin Plans
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Entry
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Lobby 19
Musical Lobby Assemblage
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METAL BUILDING HOMES
FALL 2018
the metal building. In starting this study the first step was to create a series of characters, and explore how they manipulated the metal building. The Real House Lives of Metal Buildings The metal building has many industrial and agriculture uses, but its main advantage is its economic value closely relatable to many lower income families. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture the Case Study houses from the 1940s & 1960s created creative economic options that restructured how homes were reconfigured programmatically which allowed new uses of space. Taking something that is already successful and restructuring how its exalted features could be the key to creating housing that explodes the mobile home box, fighting a negative stigma surrounding the most common rural housing option available to low income people. Designing metal buildings that reflect the character archetypes that are relatable to the everyday working people from rural counties is one way of trying to create capital A architecture on a budget. Essentially, the examination of character stereotypes invites transformation in building types. Houses create a sense of pride for most people, and it seems only fair that everyone has access to homes that feel specifically designed for their wants and needs. When people wake up, they see a bedroom, a kitchen and when they come home, they see more than boxed in walls of convenience. Growing up in a mobile home creates ideas about space that are confined to a set of variables that limit how people see their built environ-
Metal Building Manifesto
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How do we measure the character of a community? Is it through the quality of natural features, its built environment or is it through its people? There seems to be a more complex nature when trying to define the Genis Loci of certain location. In the rural south located in the United States of America there is this notion of low class stigma that places character traits onto working class people. These working class people are taken for face value, and we often loose sight of the true nature that these people are truly craftsmen with a heightened sense of space.
income, and intelligence. So, are we as a profession to suggest that designing a home of capital A architecture for rural peoples not an option due to lack of recognition? These same people face national poverty income levels for households of four of $24,600, and the access to good jobs in some rural counties can be hard to find lead-
access to jobs that allow creation of character specific design is what the metal building was built for. It brings an era of sears catalog craftsman style homes of capital A archian expressive means to connect everyday people to the built environment they will live and work within every day of their lives. The precedents that guided the development of the new craftsmen metal building homes for rural archetypes was a combination of the Sears Roebuck catalog, Steven Holl’s Autonomous Artisans’ Housing and Thomas C. Hubka’s Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn book. Looking into Thomas C. Hubka’s Book made clear this connection of program and use of space that is determined by how the occupant moves through and uses space over time as their occupation and daily lives depict. It creates this richness that is lacking in most mobile homes, or lower brow modular housing. It made sense to keep this in mind going forward to keep this sense of character driven bility to the greater public sparked an idea started of prefab modern metal building homes. It also broke this idea that mobile homes were the only option for lower income families. Steven Holl’s Autonomous Artisan’s Houses was the final piece missing to the New Metal Building Homes. The formal expression of the architecture was tied explicitly to the occupation of the occupant, and it seems like a silly notion to create entries that show the skills of their trades. In reality though what better way to give a sense of pride and ownership to a house than to connect it to what the owners best at. Starting this task it starts to become relevant that rural people face a certain negative stigma when addressing stereotypes. When trying to express the character traits of each individual turning the tables on the negative stigma would end up being a way to connect people from this community to a better outlook on their situations. If we can address how people see us in a positive light it can change how they see us, and more importantly how we see ourselves. It became important to focus on true traits but also positive traits that could become interesting to address in built form. Each character would get a depth personality that factory workers could use to relate themselves into a metal building. The personalities would start to shape space by things like the quickness it takes to throw their lunch together, or the focus of their jobs with the need for garage space to store tools of their given trades. Each piece of their personality puzzles was a key to spatial arrangements, and most importantly it created a way for each character to enter and exit their homes. The transition from the negative stigma to the positive stigma called for a name change and so The Redneck became The Tinker, The Good Ole Boy became The Fixer, The Rebel became The Revolutionist, The Southern Belle became The Modern Classic, and The Blue Collar Worker became The Standard Setter
Favorite Holiday Valentines (drunk ladies!)
Famous Quote “Here,, hold my beer.. watch this!” Favorite Cookie Chocolate Chip Favorite Location: House, Barn
Famous Quote “Hurry it up. We’re burning daylight. John Wayne.
Night Job Machine Operator
Favorite Holiday Easter
Hair Styles Buzz cut.
Night Life Favorite Magazine Tending to equipment, feeding livestock, and relaxing by Field and Stream, Metal Building Catalogue, Tractor and making furniture. Trade.
House Must Have Lots of land
Car of Choice Ford F150
Day Job Go-to Halloween Costume Quality Engineer Little Bo Peep, or Little Red Riding Hood. -Checks products, and rechecks products. Insures packing is done to spec. Favorite Magazine Southern Bride, Home and Garden, Southern Living, CosmopolNight Life itan. Reading magazines at home, bubble baths, caring for pets, and planning a wedding before having a man. Favorite Cookie White Chocolate Chip macadamine, or anything pumpkin Lunch Choice spiced. Cobb salad w/ dressing on the side. W/ lemonade or water. Day Job Lunch Choice Machine Engineer Vending machine goodies-Chips, Nabs, cookies w/ coke or Dr. -Works with tight tolerances, and is the science behind the Pepper. scenes. Go-to Halloween Costume Night Life Bunny costume w/ sign “Looking for lost carrots” Goes home to heat up dinner, and heads toward the garage to work or advance with whatever current work is going on in Favorite Magazine their garage. Science today, Political Issues Weekly, NPR, and Ms. (Feminist Issues).
Favorite Location: House Porch
Famous Quote “Lips without lipstick is like a without frostin.”
Day Job Technical Engineer -Maintenance on plant machines, has a specific tool kit, and favorite tool.
Favorite Cookie Snickerdoodle Favorite Location: House Kitchen, Man cave, or patio.
Lunch Choice White Bread Ham and yellow cheese, chips and a granola bar w/ Sams cola, or Dr. Perky. Go-to Halloween Costume Hooters Girl, or Vampire. Favorite Magazine This old house, Field and Stream, Jam Making 101, and Sears Catalogue.
Hair Styles Mullet, crew cut, a fussy beiber. House Must Have Oversized doors, and open floor plans.
Favorite Holiday Christmas House Must Have Big Closet, big tub, and big
Favorite Cookie Oatmeal Raisin Favorite Location: House Garage Favorite Holiday Arbor Day
Hair Styles Long and always fixed. Car of Choice Chevy Impala, Toyota Camry
Famous Quote “Live fast and die young.” Hair Styles Long free flowing locks Car of Choice Indian Scout
House Must Have Upgraded Electrical
Favorite Holiday Halloween House Must Have Large kitchen w/ pantry, 2 car garage.
Famous Quote “Everything in the world is purch by labor.” -David Hume “You catch more bees with honey with vinegar.” Hair Styles Short and sensible. Car of Choice Subaru Forester,, Tribeca,, or Dodge
RURAL ARCHETYPES
Night Life Coming home to finish reading and making plans to make some jam or chow chow.
Go-to Halloween Costume Deer in Headlights
Car of Choice Whatever Runs w/ paint that doesn’t match probably a pickup.
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Day Job Go-to Halloween Costume Line Operator- Adds components of products to others, Kiss Band Member, Clown, or Pirate. insures quality and keeps production on track. Favorite Cookie Night Life Peanut Butter Throwing things together and seeing what happens. Having a few beers, and eating a good dinner. Favorite Magazine Monster Trucks, D.I.Y., Auto Trader, Southern Living, and Lunch Choice Wranglers Catalogue. Left overs eaten out of cool whip or butter containers w/ Mt. Favorite Location: House Dew or Sweet Tea. Backyard,, Shed Day Job Lunch Choice Farmer White bread ham and Swiss sandwich with mayo and mustard. -Plowing, seeding, weeding fields and mending fences. Side of Nabs or peanuts w/ water or coffee.
The redneck is often thought of as simple minded, simple means, loud working class people. Often thought of as unsophisticated, crass, low brow, farmers, and low class. People who use unconventional means to work out problems with everyday objects. The redneck is essentially a tinker, and it shows in how creative their fixes for problems can be. While a lot of people consider two tone paint jobs unsightly the car runs, and its original intended use is intact. The redneck as the tinker creates prototypes of original products that are better because issues fixed. The redneck tinker needs a tinker
space in their metal building home.
THE TINKER
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The good Ole boy is a southern socialized man of humble and well thought intentions. Most closely realatable to the southern gentleman, and often thought of as having low intellect but strong working ethics. The good Ole boy isn’t a southern gentleman because of his relaxed and informal manner. The good Ole boy will work on anything someone seeking his specialties brings to his attention. The first to offer help, and will stay on topic until the issues are fixed. The good Ole boy is a fixer and this need to be the one that everyone can count on runs deeper than his voice. The fixer needs a place to fix things and is likely to require a garage or shop.
THE FIXER
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The southern belle is often saw as well mannered, delicate, resigned to societal roles, and comes from a somewhat wealthy family. The southern belle is often a social butterfly, and loves going to dinners and parties. The southern belle as a worker is not heard of outside of a house work, looking beautiful or rearing children. The southern belle has only been surface deep for many years. The southern belle is more than just a beauty, and conveyor o f southern charm. Traditionally thought o f as beautiful the southern belle keeps up with her looks to be taken seriously. Knowing how to cook is essential because it is apart of taking care of people as a southern standard. The modern classic by means of a southern belle takes the standards of southern charm into a realm where they can cook and fix a horses feed barrel. The modern classic needs entertaining space, and space to gut a dresser for her flea market flips.
THE MODERN CLASSIC
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As American as apple pie the rebel is someone who seeks freedom from the plight of normative or oppressing society. Often thought of as abrasive, aggressive, or unbreakable. There seems to be a volatile nature to the rebel who fights for a just cause, but most rebels are looked at as outsiders, and even from the people they are looking out for tend to shy away from them. The rebel is actually a revolutionist that goes up against the man to insure that everyone has a standing chance in whatever fight they find themselves. Finding creative means to knock the oppressing issue to its knees is something that takes up room, and requires work space and storage area for
the current fight. Rebels need stress relief and a rebels home needs a space to cut loose.
THE REVOLUTIONIST
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The blue-collar worker is of the manual labor working class, and usually skilled in a certain type of work. The typical blue jumpsuit with a name stitched across the left breast reading Bob or such is a common uniform worn by the blue-collar worker. Moderately minded, and highly skilled. This job requires only a high school diploma so anyone can be trained to do their job. The blue-collar worker as a skilled manual labourer sets the standards of production for most textile or such factory companies. This character knows the specifics of their field they apply that logic to other areas of their lives. Machine logic can be translated into cooking from recipes or creating art from standard parts production. The blue-collar worker needs a
space to play around uninterrupted with their chosen skills creating new standards.
THE STANDARD SETTER
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ASSEMBLAGES
Spring 2019
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Visual Connection
Visual Erosion
Greenspace / Division
Retail Loop
Plaza Paths
Plaza Chunks
Plazas / Infiltration
Parks created from Path
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Spatial Scripting
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Voxel Programming
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Voxel Program Scripting
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8% Program Colliding
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22% Program Colliding
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22% Program Moved 45% Program Colliding
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Program as Spatial Scripting
Progress so far shows that there is a dynamic nature to scripting program into 3 Dimensional space, and that it has the ability to take a multitude of tiny parts to create a functional architecture that can relate back to occupancy. The voids or gaps that result from program attraction and repulsion deserve to be studied, and a more in-depth look at how architects treat scripting software needs to addressed. The intent for SPRING 2019 Studio is to find a way to make program assemblages more important to the overarching design of each architectural building form.