David Sherland

David Sherland Bachelor of Architecture New York Institute of Technology

Komorebi school The word “komorebi� in Japanese literally means the scene produced by interplay of sunlight and trees. The building concept started primarily with light. The tower was rotated to take advantage of morning and evening sun as it shines in between the existing and future buildings surrounding the site. The classrooms are all positioned on the East face of the tower to best take advantage of direct morning sun light.

The facade makes use of green walls, primarily on the eastern faces of the tower covering the classrooms and the roof overhang of the cafe/rec center. During the summer when the wall is in full bloom it provides shade and filters the direct sun light, during the winter the wall withers and allows more light and heat through.

The tower will house the classes, library, and offices for the core school program where the wing will contain the auditorium, gym, cafeteria, lobby, and the flexible floor space. The flexible floor space will be a youth center/rec center for use in the afternoon and evening and can be used as a teacher’s lounge or for special activites when school is in session.

A youth center/rec center is ideal in this area where crime rates are relatively high, this could provide an activity to teens who might otherwise participate in mischievous or criminal activities and also provide a safe haven for children and teens in the afternoon/evening.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

the living cell Living Cell is based on the idea of community and how open space can be used to stitch together a building. The hexagon was explored as a solution to the small size of the micro unit and for its unique aggregation potential. The units can be aggregated on regular grids but with opportunities to create unique ‘outdoor’ spaces. These spaces are intended to be used as communal spaces.

Previous housing developments focused on high density buildings surrounded by open space, in this case the open space is brought into the building and directly outside the units to create a high density community.

Green houses extend in glass shafts from top to bottom. Each f loor has shared green houses where residents can grow plants and crops as a community activity and as means to replace the green space that existed before this development. The green houses extend down to the ground plane where there is street market space for potential farmers markets.

Mesh Wall System Prosolve 370e material is used to absorb air polllution. Backed with glass. The pattern was generated to maximize surface area.

Curtain Wall System Glass is ceramic printed at the top 2 feet with a pattern to create shading during summer afternoons.

The ceramic printing is durable and a pattern is used to allow some light passage and as an opportunity for artistic expression.

Glass Curtain Wall

Green House Shed

Green House

brooklyn public library A library in Greenpoint with public assembly space, stack space, youth and adult reading, and an open workspace for community use. Diffused lighting was achieved with the use of a louvered style ceiling and offset floors.

undergraduate thesis Nature is a network of life, living things co-dependent and integral to each others survival.

The fairy tale concept of nature corrupts this idea of codependency through favoritism and a misunderstanding of what a natural environment is and can be.

Biodiversity involves all living things.

What is a natural environment?

Parks are popular in dense urban environments, thought of as bringing nature back into the city. However, these are just as synthetic as the cityscape around them and are almost totally uninhabitable.

With cities reshaping our living environments we must consider how they interact with local ecosystems.

Proposed is a new World's Fair themed along the lines of urban ecology and sustainable development. This, to redefine what the public understands as a built environment \and a natural environment.

The Inbetween Space.

Overlapping built space and natural spaces grants the opportunity to generate a new kind of natural environment. Beyond just parks and “green space� and bring to question what a natural environment really is.

Sublevels.

A dark cave like space to explore the boundaries of built and natural spaces.

Mushrooms, mold, moss, algae, bats, and other types of life can live in spaces like these inside building foundations and under bridges.

Foundation walls built using the same techniques used in drydocks allow some control of ground water yet still allow water into the space.

Entry Sequence Walking paths will cut through the site, an exhibition of unbuilt landscape. A large entrance at the Northern tip of the structure directs occupants through the public program where auditoriums and assembly spaces can hold exhibitions, educational talks, and events.

Unisphere.

A relic of the 1964 Queen’s World’s Fair. A 120 ft representation of the Earth and is currently used as a sculpture/fountain in a nearby park. As part of this proposal it will be relocated and repurposed into a greenhouse that cuts through the ground to bridge the underground and above ground spaces.

Buoyancy as a design generator.

An experiment is conducted plotting out various World’s Fair Expos and their importance. Wood f loats are placed in a pool with weights, vertical pieces plot out points in 3d space which are connected to generate a form.

THAMESMEAD PAVILION. A directional device that points to local town centers. A map was plotted out and the resulting tracing was f lattened in a similar fashion to Mercador Projection used for world maps.

Thamesmead was originally conceived in the 1960s to be a modern residential development to address the housing shortage in london.

N thamesmead was characterized by parks, open space, canals, and marshlands. 0 40’ 60’ The original plan to accomodate 60,000 people was gradually THAMESMEAD INSTALLATION cut and reduced in scale and quality, The current state of thamesmead does not connect with the original character of the site and the town center is in need of vitalization.