Portfolio
Dante Cosentino
Bachelors of Architecture Syracuse University School of Architecture Class of 2019
Foreground The concept of impossibility has become extinct to the newest generations. The world is changing at an alarming rate, which new social and political reform, new technological and scientific discoveries, and new means of communication and media to better understand the world. A discipline in designing, especially one such as architecture, is integral to all the world’s changes as a tool for analyzing and visualizing information, speculating trends and potential futures, and producing answers and possibilities on how to move forward. This is the mindset I have; Architecture as a tool to design buildings but also as a tool to design solutions. I see urban centers as the defining context for progressive reforms of civilization’s future. Over the past several years I immersed myself in diagramming and mapping methodologies used to analyze and represent urban processes and organizations. As a result, I have made assessments of cities through multiple angles from housing and urban development to infrastructure and public transportation as well as how these inform design and architectural landscapes. In addition I have cultivated a strong skill set to design socially and environmentally sustainable architectures with a strong emphasis on data driven research and simulations. What follows is a small curation of the work I have done either on my own or as a member of a team. It is best to understand these projects on a three dimensional axis with the first axis defining the project as a building (Urban Object) or a plan (Urban System), the second demonstrating how the systems within the context are a component of the design (Integrated Ground) or not (Disengaged ground), and the third determining whether the supporting structure is part of the design (Structure as design) or not (Structure are support)
Structure as Design
Interactive Ground
Urban Object
Urban System
Ground Disengaged
Structure as Support
In Ground Systems
With Brian Hurh Fall 2015
We were taught the importance of the ground which was described as the modern urban infrastructural networks and their environmental and ecological impacts. The semester long project was broken into 3 interlocking phases: Object-to-system, system-to-ground, and ground-to building the site which was chosen to be the New York state fairgrounds. In the 1st phase, I observed and analyzed how the umbrellas at the fair create a spatial boundary in which the area underneath the umbrellas become more suitable for human occupation than the area outside of the umbrellas. These qualities define the umbrellas as “attractor” objects to direct people around the fair In phase 2, we began to think about the ground and how it might be affected by movements. In returning to the site, we found a direct relationship with elevation of the ground and the level of foot traffic and concluded that attractor points determine the movement of people which in turn determines other movements such as water. In the final phase, we were to design a Youth hostel and one other “X” Program, which for me was a water treatment center. Using what I had learned in phase 1 and 2, I designed a vertical water treatment center and deployed them as an object in a field of objects creating a network that draws people and water to it throughout the fairground and site. This network is physically manifested in the site through a grid of connecting storm drainage systems and pedestrian walkways. To best incorporate the assigned program of a youth hostel into the network of water treatment centers I designed a single massive underground “cave” that would act as both the clean water storage area of all of the water treatment structures and the area in which the visitors would stay.
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Observational Drawing: Movement of People and Water
Concept Diagram Speculative drawing: Underground Reservoir
Ground Floor
Camp Zone G Camp Zone H Lobby / Reception
Camp Zone B
Camp Zone A Camp Zone F
Camp Zone I
Camp Zone E Kitchen / Dinning Hall
Camp Zone C
Camp Zone J
Camp Zone D
1st Basement Floor
North Stairwell Entrence
Cave B to upper level
West Stairwell Entrence
Lobby / Reception Space
Dinning Space
Cave A to upper level
East Stairwell Entrence South Stairwell Entrence
2nd Basement Floor
Vertical Curculation (Elevator)
Vertical Curculation (Cave)
Water Treatment Center
Air Pipe
Bathroom
Kitchen / Dinning Room
Water Treatment Office
Storm Drains
Camp Area
Bathroom
Lobby / Reception
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Picture of Model
An Object in the System With Jinsung Kim Fall 2016
The focus of my studio in particular was to promote place-making by engaging in neighborhoods undergoing rapid demographic change. The site was chosen to be in different locations in the city of Washington DC. By using the specific lens of hip-hop to address issues of urban planning and design, the studio worked with and was funded through The DC office of planning to produce urban design strategies and architectural designs. The project was broken into 3 phases. In Phase 1, we were to understand an aspect of hip-hop through an architectural lens. I studied emceeing and found how a single rap line connects different pieces of information into a compressed statement. In the second phase, the students were to pick a single strip within their assigned neighborhood to serve as the primary site of intervention and define new ways of programing, navigating and designing urban space. We chose the strip of Florida Avenue between Rhode Island Ave and North Capital Street. My partner and I use our phase 1 discoveries to incorporate a pedestrian path that goes through the residential mid- block and connects different parts of the site. In phase 3 we were to pick a site on our strip to design a public amenity that would fit into our phase 2 intervention. I decided to design a library/ Residential space that sits at the end of the site. The design acts as a continuation of the path and transforms the horizontal circulation into vertical circulation that connects the different parts of the library program and concludes at a reading room/tech space at the top. During my investigation into the site I was interested in the geometry of the townhouses and decided to remix the geometry into the unit plan of the residential apartments.
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Path of Circulation
Concept Diagram
Site Plan
Section A
Section A
Section B
Section B
Ground Floor Plan
1st Floor Plan
3rd Floor Plan
4th Floor Plan
Section Cut A (Scale: 1’ = 1/8”)
Ele vation from Flori da Ave. (Scale: 1’ = 1/8”)
Section Cut B (Scale: 1’ = 1/8”)
Ele vationFrom No rth Capi tal St. (Scale: 1’ =1/8”)
A New Ground
With Mahan Navabi and Jeong Junseok Summer 2017 The iconic and spectacular skyline of Lujiazui since mid-1990s has become a symbol for Shanghai’s regained global city status. However, to a lot of locals, Lujiazui is a place difficult to navigate by car and hazardous to navigate by foot. My group of both Kookmin and Syrcause University students identified the main issue with the site as being a vast, flat, asphalt plane that is situated between the tall towers. This studio was to understand and respond to Lujiazui’s problems and challenges in a global context, and develop a highly hypothetical urban vision and framework to guide the area’s future growth and transformation. Our vision is to disperse a mixture of program outwards from the vertical towers, to the flat, empty ground plane. We identified 5 problems and used urban qualities of other major cities to address each individual issue. The first issue was the lack of accessible green space. The second was the all too wide roadways. The third being the even larger city blocks. The forth was the inadequate elevation walkway. And the last was the confinement of retail space. The first and third issue was addressed directly by reprograming some blocks into park space and some car lanes to become an extension of the sidewalks. For issues two and four we looked to the examples other walkable cities and transferred the layout of their buildings and qualities of elevated walkways. The last issue was addressed through a design solution of extending the boundaries of the malls to create shops along the malls exterior. We called it a 'New Ground’ as layering of the 5 different solutions created a new landscape that emphasized foot traffic and promoted a drastic increase in the level of shopping.
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MADRID
TORONTO
LUJIAJUI
KYOTO
ROME
PARIS
ISTANBUL
KEEP OFF GRASS
Problem 1
Solution 1
Problem 3
Problem 2
SOLUTION 3
Solution 2
Wide Roads
Add 1 Storey Density
Extend Sidewalk
10m
Active Skywalk
Problem 5
RETAIL
SOLUTION 4
Barren Skywalk
RETAIL
Problem 4
SOLUTION 5 Disperse Big Retail
Patio
Road
Parking
Parking
Sidewalk
100m
Verticle Density
Sidewalk
Patio
Ecological Infrastructure
Block Sizes ~200x300m
SOLUTION 3
Solution 1 Ecological Infrastructure
Walkable Collage
Add 1 Storey Density
Solution 2 Extend Sidewalk
Collage City Walkability
Collage City
SOLUTION 4
SOLUTION 5
Walkability
Active Skywalk
Disperse Big Retail
Existing Sky City
New Ground Layer Buildings
Sky-walk Network & Retail Dispersal
Ecological Open Space Network
Pedestrian Network
Old Blocks
Comprehensive Studio
East Genesee Greens With Tara Nuqul Spring 2018
The request from the developer was to retrofit and existing abandoned office building an convert it into environmentally and socially sustainable apartments. The project draws inspiration from the surrounding context and highlights the park sitting across from the site by incorporating vegetation into the design of the building’s façade and internal atrium. In the façade, vegetated walls act as partitions for a balcony system that orients occupants to desirable views with large sliding doors containing built in blinds for manual control of daylighting. These vegetated partitions contain plants that grow in winter settings which allows the façade to compliment the park during the summer months and gives it the ability to stand out as a beacon of greener during the winter months. The atrium with its large vegetated wall is part of the buildings passive environmental systems which includes rainwater harvesting and a solar chimney for natural lighting and ventilation. The design includes 2 mechanical environmental systems which are the VRF ground System (Geothermal heating/cooling) and a Mitsubishi hyper heat system which gives each resident autonomy over their thermostat. While the façade stands out to draw in potential clients, the program keeps clients invested through the use of shared spaces to create a sense of community. In addition to the required basement parking garage/storage and rooftop bar, the building also has a minimart and café on the ground floor and a shared common space for residences. Each apartment is a different square footage allowing for a wide range of incomes to be able to afford a room.
SOUTH TOWNSEND ST.
SITE ANALYSIS FIREFIGHTER’S MEMORIAL PARK
PARK CENTRAL PRESBYTERIA CHURCH
DAYLIGHT AUTONOMY DIAGRAM
EAST GENESEE ST.
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DAYLIT AREA (DA300lux[50%]) - 79% OF FLOOR AREA MEAN DAYLIGHTING FACTOR - 5.6% OCCUPANCY - 3650 HOURS PER YEAR
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SOUTH TOWNSEND ST.
ABC CREATIVE GROUP
GE
100
MC CARTHY AVE
KOPP BILLING AGENCY
SYRACUSE CITY COURT
DEMOGRAPHICS CHARTS
Sex
Marital Status
Household Income
2,500 72.6%
2,000
58.8%
1,500
Less than $10,000
1,000
41.2%
18.2%
500 0
Male
Never Married
Female
Now Married (Not Including Separated)
Age of Males 800
450
26.6%
400
600
350
$10,000 to $14,999
Divorced
400
200
8.3%
200 .5%
3%
6% 2.8%
100
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.3%
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50 0
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Under 5 Years
5 to 9 Years
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2.8%
2%
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250
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300
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300
500
0
1.3% Widowed
Age of Females
700
100
1.4% Separated
6.6%
$40,000 to $44,999 $45,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $59,999 $60,000 to $74,999
Roof garden
Stairs/ Elevators
Vertical garden Terraces
Park
Vertcial garden
Continuity of park into building
Vertical Circulation
PROGRAM AXON
GARDEN ROOFTOP - 1829 SQFT INDOOR BAR- 1804 SQFT ROOF
LVING ROOM- 476 SQFT BEDROOM- 100 SQFT BATHROOM- 48 SQFT STORAGE- 25 SQFT
COMMUNITY SPACE - 502 SQFT
4th FLOOR
TRASH ROOM - 130 SQFT
APARTMENTS ELECTRICAL ROOM - 63 SQFT
CAFE - 2,149 SQFT
2nd FLOOR
GYM - 502 SQFT
3rd FLOOR
STORAGE - 120 SQFT VERTICAL CIRCULATION
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28
22 22
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24
MAILBOX ROOM - 68 SQFT`
20
RESTROOMS - 174 SQFT
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LOBBY - 1,350 SQFT
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MINI MARKET - 1,088 SQFT
1st FLOOR
ENTRANCE - 1,132 SQFT`
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16
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APARTMENT LAYOUT ’
34
UNDERGROUND PARKING 25
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CAR LIFT - 162 SQFT
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PLANS
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ROOF
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FACADE DIAGRAM
FRENCH DOORS
APARTMENT INTERIOR
BALCONIES
GREEN WALL
OPERABLE WINDOWS
SOLID RAILING
OUTDOOR BALCONY INDOOR BALCONY GREEN WALL WINDOW FACADE
AXON
PLAN
ATRIUM ADDITION
22’
21’
ENCLOSED ROOF
21’
22’ - 8.7”
21’ - 8.3”
DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE
16’ - 2.1” 15’ - 7.8”
13’ - 7.5”
BASEMENT SPACE
BALCONY SPACE
SECTION
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3rd Floor 1st Floor, 2nd Floor, Roof Ground Floor
PLANS
ENVIROMENTAL STUDIES
PASSIVE HEATING AND COOLNIG DIAGRAM
WATER COLLECTING SYSTEM (Axonometric )
VRF GROUND SOURCE
VRF GROUND SOURCE (Axonometric)
MITSUBISHI HYPER HEAT (Plan: Roof )
MITSUBISHI HYPER HEAT (Axonometric)
MITSUBISHI HYPER HEAT (Plan: 4th Floor)
Selected Works and Representational Exercises
Introduction
Shopping Stations (Research Project)
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(The following is a research project undertaken in the cities of Tokyo, Seoul, and Busan that look into the relationship of the cities’ underground train stations to nearby commercial centers) The ground is more than just a flat plane. It is more than the square area of a building footprint. It is more than just sidewalk you walk on, or the road you drive on or the park you play on. It is the negation of all of these activities and more. It is politics, economy, and culture. To architects it is a key component in designing. And in Urban development it is the essence of all cities. Cities are defined by their relationship with the ground whether that ground is natural or man-made. But the most important aspect of urban ground lies beneath its surface. The ground is the subway for the commuter and the commercial space for the consumer. But what makes ground so important isn’t its capacity but its organization. For example there is a common trend in cities of commercial centers being located close or even next to subway stations. How did this relationship between station and shop begin and how did it develop into the various networks we see today? Who is responsible for this organization and what are the benefits and detriments of each network and in what ways makes one system more efficient than the other? What is the future of this seeming symbiotic relationship? An analysis of major cities would yield insight to these questions. Given that currently cities found in Asian countries are experiencing the fastest growth in population, it would make the most since to look in this region. The 3 most influential countries in this area are Japan, South Korea, and china which their largest city being Tokyo, Seoul, and shanghai respectively. A comparison of underground station of these cities would yield many answers.
Subway Station Organization Map of Seoul subway lines and shopping malls
Gangnam Station
Gongdeok Station
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C2
Dongdaemun Station
C3
People’s Square Station T he other, far greater example is the People’s Square station which is at the corner of the park. Various malls h ave opened up in this area as th ey h ave been able to create a strong underground connection to this st ation. T he Station itself has three rai lways running through it and which li ke the Dongdaemun station creates a lar ge and well developed main concourse with many underground shops. At fi rst glance a shopper would confuse these shops as being part of the malls but in fact these shops have been around before the malls as part of the station. It is clear that the high levels of traffic th at has been generated by the stations connection to the Square has could the area to develop into a large commercial center.
Dongdaemun History and culture park Station
Before comparing it is vital to learn and understand the basic layout of a subway st ation. Seoul’s metropolitan government provides clear diagrams of each of its subway sta tions so it is best to use these images to aid in our understanding. With all subway st ations the first level a commuter will hit is the B1 Concou rse floor level. T his is where subway tickets can be refilled and purchased and where the turnstile or gate to the subway will be. T he B1 concourse level is the main circul ation point of the subway st ation and will usual ly connect to other smaller concourse for other subway lines. For the purposes of this research it is impo rtant to note that the B1 concourse level is also where many small shop stands will open up as a result of the lar ge amounts of pedestrian traffic on the level. Once passing through the turnstile commuters will ta ke escalators, stairs or elevators to the lower levels which, depending on the station, may be a subway pl atform of another smaller concourse level. F rom there some stations continue downwards to more subway lines and concourse levels.
In Seoul the main focus of the research focused around the Dongdaemun Histo ry and culture park subway stop. T he reason for this being that the station has 3 subway lines running through it creating an underground network of concourses that connect to various shopping malls th at have beenbuilt in the surrounding area from 2002 to 2013. T he area was developed from the park located across the street from all of the malls. Malls centered on the side of the park closest to the station as th ey found the city all owed them to build underground entrances that connected to the Main Concourse level of the station. T his has caused many of the malls such as the L OTTE Fitin mall, the Goodmorning City Mall and the apm place to thrive.
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Map of Tokyo subway lines and shopping malls
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In Shanghai there are two examples of worthy of pointing out. T he first is Jing’an st ation. T he station itself it ’s not as developed as the people square station but service as a good example of how these malls affectively connect to subway sta tions. T he Jiuguang shopping mall has its food court at the basement level where it connects to the subway st ation and draws commuter’s into the mall this w ay. In fact the entrance to the food court is labeled as the station’s number 2 exit.
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Tokyo is made the last focus of the research as it has the most developed underground network of subway st ation of the three cities. T hus it is where the research can best take a glimpse into the future of the relationship between Shopping malls and subway st ation. T he stations themselves as well as their connections to the commercial centers are so complex th at the boundary between shopping mall and subway st ation are often blurred. And the everyday commuter will often get lost unsure if they are walking through a mall or a st ation. One bloggers article was even titled “E ven Indiana J ones Would Get Lost in Tokyo’s Shinjuku St ation” which is one of four examples pulled for this research. But the best example to start off with is Simbashi St ation. T he station connects 3 subway line to gether but in a way th at creates a long underground corridor for its main concourse. T he concourse has many more exist than the stations in shanghai and Seoul and some of these exists seem to reach out to great distances to connect to the buildings. Many hotels and malls and building containing both programs have developed around the station with direct access to its concourse.
N ext is the Asakusa su bway st ation which seems simpler but this very misleading as the EKIMISE mall also dou bles as a train st ation. T he Tobu Skytree line leaves directly from this building that, in its past, uses to be entire ly a train st ation but recently converted much of its space into a fashion mall due to the traffic o f tourist generated by the S kytree observation tower. T hus to transfer from one train to the other a commuter must walk through a shopping mall. T his organization of shopping malls appearing in station happens in multiple station throughout the city.
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Shinjuku Station Shinjuku St ation also has a lar ge underground mall th at actual ly is pa rt of the main concourse of the station itself. T he KEIO Mall, the KEIO mall Annex, as well as the Odakyu Ace mall are all on the B1 concourse taking up almost half of it. Much o f the station and at times even the underground malls themselves have pathways that connect to other malls near the Station. In this way commuters must circulated through many malls to get through the station. T his inter-weaving of mall and station is the result of the enormous popularity of the Shinjuku area in combi nation with the placement of the Tokyo Metropolitan government buildings that also connect to the Shinjuku st ation concourse.
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Tokyo station is another example of this h appening where the Ecute Tokyo mall is located just off the center of the center of the station. Tokyo station also has the most developed underground network connecting as many as 10 differ ent subway lines. In fact the under ground path is so long A commuter can walk over 20 blocks underground. For this reason the area around Tokyo station has the most developed commercial centers. Around 25 different shopping outlets run along the station with almost all of them being directly connected to the stations concourse. T here is even an underground mall connected to the east side of the Tokyo station building known as Y aesu underground Mall built in response to theground number of tourist traveling through the station.
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Cities have much to learn from Tokyo’s Underground network of subway stations. O f the three cities that were the topic of the research, Tokyo’s density is the greatest. T his means there public transportation system must be far more developed and its space for more tight. T hey h ave come to the point where programs are combined within one single space and, based on the research, the combination of shopping centers and subway st ation are an obvious result of this environment. Perhaps it’s best not to call these subway st ations at all. T hey are places that function both as shopping malls and subway st ations. Perhaps it is best to call them by a new term. Perhaps the future of cities may not h ave Malls or subway stops. Instead they may h ave something called subway malls or Shopping St ations
Case Study:
The Connecting Atrium Villa Roche by Le Corbusier
Joints of RCA Battersea
The following is a case study of the Royal College of the Arts campus in Battersea, London. We chose to analyze the complex through the lens of the various types of joints the architects used to unite the three buildings into one design. To finds out more about joints, my group compiled a repertoire of joints used in other projects visited throughout the semester that were noted in our sketch books (Seen directly right and bottom).
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The Luchtsingel can be considered an urban joint seeking to unify a disparate area and revita ize it with an attitude of user contribution. The bridge itself is constructed of wooden planks funded by donors, and engraved as such. The community is therefore joined to the project as well as joined by the project.
The joint serves as a strategy to mediate the relationship of the the structure and circulation of the Pompidue. The circulation on the outside acts as a stitch oas it is a physical element that unifies the building.
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Scarpa The Reveal Joint Neues Museum
The Neues Museum exemplifies the jointure between old and new throught the use of reveals, but also by preserving the datums of the old. New construction is placed against old construction with a reveal joint in between. Columns, beams, and other datum lines are all preserved within the new construction. Often, the finishing of old construction is left pealed away, further emphasizing the disparity between old and new.
The reveal occurs on a much larger cale in this building, as it emphasizes building methods, and styles.
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Sackler Building - 2009
Dyson Building - 2012
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The joint serves as a strategy to mediate the relationship between old and new, as well as each built part of the RCA. The strategies are defined as Void, Stitch, and Reveal. Void serves as a strategy to unify buildings through absence, whether that is an open air courtyard or a double height workshop serving as a mediation between two buildings. Stitch often accompanies Void, as it is a physical element that unifies the masses that are separated by Void. Reveal occurs on the material scale, as it emphasizes a unity between old and new elements, building methods, and styles. While maintaining a relationship to the past, it distinguishes itself as stylistically different although seemlessly blending actual spaces and programs as it serves to extend existing conditions.
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In 2005 the Royal College of the Arts bought a single story brick warehouse in Battersea and hired the architecture firm Haworth Tompkins to renovate it. The firm transformed the warehouse into a 2 story building for painting studios named the Sackler building which opened in 2009. Later that year, the government promised to fund the school 150 million pounds to build the Dyson (2012) and Woo (2015) buildings just a few meters west of the Sackler Building. Haworth Tompkins used what they had learned in designing the Sakler Building and conceived the design as a creative factory such as the Andy Warhol Factory.
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The Urban Joint The RCA Battersea Campus also works as a joint on the Urban Scale. It does this in two ways. First it does this visually by being at an elevation between that of the massive Albion Riverside Building to its north and the smaller apartment buildings and townhouses to its south. The outline of its section has the box like form of the apartment buildings to the campus’s south but the jagged rooftop as a more contemporary feel to the campus; similar to the more contemporary buildings at its north. In these ways the Campus formally connects itself and its surrounding context together. The second way the campus acts as a joints is by continuing the various types of voids in between the various structures of the context and through the use of similar materials that frame the voids.
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Project 2B Strange Objects Dante Cosentino Jonathan Louie, Nick LoCicero Fine Chutchawanjumrut Arc 182 Spring 2015
Project 3 Rhino Physics Dante Cosentino Jonathan Louie, Nick LoCicero Fine Chutchawanjumrut Arc 182 Spring 2015
Project 5B Gradient Boundery Dante Cosentino Jonathan Louie, Nick LoCicero Fine Chutchawanjumrut Arc 182 Spring 2015
Project 6 Surface Patterns (Turtle) Dante Cosentino Jonathan Louie, Nick LoCicero Fine Chutchawanjumrut Arc 182 Spring 2015