SEGMENT 2 PORTFOLIO by delia gott

DELIA GDELIA GOTT BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE SEGMENT 2 DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2011 - 2012

DELIA F. GOTT

29 CAMBRIA ST SOMERVILLE, MA 02143 443-373-7085 DELIA.GOTT@THE-BAC

EDUCATION Present

Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture

06/07-12/08

Delaware Technical & Community College, Georgetown, DE Degree: Associates of Science in Architectural Engineering

06/00-04/05

University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture

EXPERIENCE 01/12-present 04/10-present

01/08-01/09

01/02-08/05

Maguire Group, Inc., Boston, MA Intern Architect Responsibilities: • construction document preparation - drafting, ‘red line’ corrections • construction administration support • marketing - proposal assembly, promo sheets and presentation materials • client meetings and interviews Warner Larson, Inc. – Landscape Architects, Boston, MA Project Assistant Responsibilities: • planning - master planning and site analysis • construction document preparation - drafting, ‘red line’ corrections • marketing - proposal assembly, promo sheets and presentation materials • client meetings and interviews • 3D, Plan Graphics, and Illustrations Delaware Technical & Community College, Georgetown, DE Peer Tutor Artis Project, Bucharest, Romania CAD Drafter

SKILLS DESIGN AND GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

INTERESTS

• Computer assisted drafting (AutoCAD 2010, Revit, Sketch Up) • Traditional architectural delineation, free-hand sketching, perspective drawing • Graphic design - excellent rendering skills (Adobe Creative Suite CS5) ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS • Good organizational skills, acquired while performing light accounting tasks • Persistent and driven, I worked a full time job while being a full time student • Detailed oriented • Fluent in Italian and Romanian; Conversational in Spanish AWARDS • Intern Development Program started 06/11 • NOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects) – BAC Student Chapter Secretary NOMA Student Competition 2011– 3rd Place National Recognition • Volunteer: Rudy Bruner Award, Common Boston 2011, Solar Decathlon 2009 • Scholarships: Boston Architectural College, Punkin’ Chunkin’, Delaware Engineering Society • Delaware Tech President’s List, Summa Cum Laude Graduate

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S.C. -1.1 S.C. -1.2 S.C. -2.1 S.C. -2.2 Studio C - 1.1

Studio C - 1.2

SPRING 2011 INSTRUCTORS: SHANA SHEVITZ - COHEN JEFFREY LECLAIR

SUMMER 2011 INSTRUCTORS: MARTA PASTRIAN PABLO RAMOS

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UPDATING DOWNTOWN

Studio C - 2.1

Studio C - 2.2

FALL 2011 INSTRUCTOR: ANDY GROGAN

SPRING 2012 INSTRUCTORS: SETH RISEMAN ROB HAGAN

A NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR HOLYOKE, MA

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Academic Component Design Competitions Practice Component Practice Component Landscape Architecture AUTODESK REVIT WORLD UNITY LANDMARK Architecture SPRING 2011 SUMMER 2011 INSTRUCTOR: GREG DEMCHACK

TEAM: DAVID HANSEN / DELIA GOTT

IDEAS AND DESIGN - FILM AND SOCIETY

NOMA STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION

SPRING 2012 INSTRUCTOR: AMY VAN LAWKE

SUMMER - FALL 2011 TEAM: JAHIM BASKERVILLE / DAVID HANSEN CHRIS MCINTOSH / DELIA GOTT

WARNER LARSON, INC. 2010-2012

MAGUIRE GROUP, INC. 2012

P.S. STUDIO

INSTRUCTORS: SHANA SHEVITZ COHEN / JEFFREY LECLAIR SPRING 2011

S.C. -1.1

PROJECT 1: POST CARD EXHIBIT

In a challange to simplify and express a complex emotion, we were asked to design a post card describing our feeling of ‘home’ . At that moment, I was very much ‘in between’ places, and my representation of home is a piece of a ‘vacancy’ motel sign.

DURATION: 3 WEEKS

Under the guidance of two instructors formed at RISD, this studio had a multi-sensory approach to design. How does one perceive space? What defines the experience? If our eyes are not pleased, can we improve upon the “feel” of a space by tactile sensations? Can we enrich an acoustical experience by adding smells? Can a visual experience be coordinated with haptic sensations? Art will appeal to different senses. There is the art of cooking with the wonderful tastes and smells. There is the art of music pleasing to ears and spirit, and the art of painting, so inspiring to look at. Imagine living in an artistic space that pleases all the senses! A space with all these virtues becomes The Space, unique, remembered and desired.

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. STUDIO STON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE RING 2011 It is very difficult to clearly determine how people feel about space. It is not something you calculate easily, as you do with numbers. Even the most precise description, listing all visible features, will not give an inkling of what we feel is the essence of the space. Architecture provides not only new ways of considering form, but of

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linking form to physical content, expanding the possibilities of Architecture as multi sensory Architecture that engages all the senses, such as sight, sound, touch, smell and taste, etc Architects are constantly seeking opportunities to establish the sense of love between space and its users. At the end of the day we hope to have discovered and orchestrated the dimensions that engage all senses - in a way that pleases, lingers, and ultimately leaves the user satisfied.

INSTRUCTORS: SHANA SHEVITZ COHEN JEFFREY LECLAIR

original concept

I was interested in capturing the turn of a wrist motion in an tectonic form. Invisible strings hold the post card in tension. The nonparallel edges, cause the card to slowly twist.

section, scale 1/8”=1’-0” The introductory exercise was designing a post card exhibit. This was a challenge to look at the substance of small things... Post cards hold emotions, stories and memories on a 4”x6” piece of paper. I took interest in the experience of receiving a post card...First looking at the image, then turning it to the other side to unveil a message from a far. In the simple wrist turn, one can ‘travel’ long distances and feel close to a loved one.

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Thinking of a series of post cards instead of a singular moment, determined the full scale installation of the design apparatus. .

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After the initial design of the apparatus, we were asked to place the installation in a real site of our choice. I imagined a temporary exhibit “Post Cards from the Past”, located at the Government Center t stop. As early as the 1950s, city officials had been mulling plans to completely tear down and redevelop the Scollay Square area, in order to remove lower-income residents and troubled businesses from the aging and seedy district.

Physical and 3D models.

INSTRUCTORS: SHANA SHEVITZ COHEN JEFFREY LECLAIR

Attempts to reopen the sullied Old Howard Theatre by its performers had been one of the last efforts against redevelopment; but with the theater gutted by fire, a city wrecking ball began the project of demolishing over 1000 buildings in the area; 20,000 residents were displaced. With $40 million in federal funds, the city built an entirely new development on top of old Scollay Square, renaming the area Government Center, and peppering it with city, state, and federal government buildings: Boston City Hall, City Hall Plaza, Government Service Center, Edward W. Brooke Courthouse.

The site of the installation. original concept

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The post card exhibit will showcase images of Scollay Square as well as a collection of messages and memories of its former inhabitants and the dislocated community.

STUDENT: DELIA GOTT section, scale 1/8”=1’-0”

“My dad (who was known as Snuffy) was a boxer - the featherweight champ of N.E. Back in the 1930’s. He had to use his brother’s name to fight because at the time he wasn’t old enough to fight by the boxing commissions regulations! He fought at the Boston Garden, Boston Arena, etc. My dad was very well known and loved in the North End. Grandma owned apartment buildings on Stillman Street there and we used to go to visit every weekend and look forward to checking out the markets and carts selling fruits, veggies and our favorites, roasted peanuts and cooked crabs!!! We’d walk down the street and people would yell out from everywhere, “ hey Snuffy”. I was so proud of him!!!! Oh well, so much for the past, it’s gone and so is Scollay square, I thank God for the memories and only wish kids nowadays had the same opportunity to enjoy that quality of life!” Eleanor so u r c e: w ww. ba m b i no m u s i cal . com/Scollay/Memories.html

We were introduced to two different sites, both located in Somerville, MA and we were asked to do a comparative documentation based on the acoustical experience.

PROJECT 2: RADIO STATION DURATION: 13 WEEKS

How does one document a sound? How can the audio experience be related to the traditional site analysis? It was imperative to reinvent a language a representation that was non-traditional to architectural standards.

Sound does not travel linearly, and in an urban site noises come from various directions and at different intensities.

Documenting the experience was done based on the imaginary â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;domeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of hearing... the sounds were analyzed based on their nature and intesity.

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The sounds were divided in two categories based on the nature of their source: O R G A N I C •Environmental (wind, water, etc.) •Biological animals or humans) I N O R G A N I C •Mechanical (engines, AC units) •Synthetic (doors slamming) •Harmonic (music)

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CONCEPT CONCEPT ONCEPT In order for the sound analysis to inform the building development, a strong set of rules needed to be set. A deeper understanding of sound quality and quantity was necessary.

QUANTITATIVE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: ANALYSIS: UANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: CONCEPT DEFINES DEFINES SHAPES SHAPES EFINES SHAPES QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: Sound 2 is louder than sound 1. Sound 3 has a higher pitch than sound 2. Sound 1

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CONNECTIVITY One of the main goals of the site approach is to re-establish the pedestrian connection between the two sides of Sommervile, separated by the commuter rail.

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BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE P.S. BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE P.S.STUDIO STUDIO

INTERIOR STUDIES

MATERIAL STUDIES BASED ON THE RULES SET ABOVE

EXTERIOR VIEWS

As a conclusion to the studio, we were challenged to represent a sense we had not previously investigated. I designed ‘smell boxes’ to further explore the nature of the spaces, and a ‘taste map’, to essentialize the design.

S.C. -1.2 UPDATING DOWNTOWN INSTRUCTORS: PASTRIAN + RAMOS SUMMER 2011

DOWNTOWN CROSSING: FILENE’S INTERVENTION DURATION: 8 WEEKS - SUMMER SESSION

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The proposed building is eager to solve the problems on site: it announces its presence as a foreign object, occupying the empty shell that used to be Filene’s. Its tentacles lure you in, and you might find yourself inside the building without even realizing it.

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The mediatheque program allows for a flexible use at different times of the day. The focus of activity changes depending on the time of day (or night). Spaces flow one into another, and the open space is designed to accommodate adaptive reuse.

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The street level creates an artificial topography - a space to recollect and recharge. The second level engages the façade where the previous awning used to be, but it becomes a connection with the buildings in the vicinity as well as the street. It is designed to become a secondary street level, floating on top of the existing one, engaging with the programs

Previously inaccessible from the ground floor. Lastly, the boldest façade intervention is the explosion of the Performance space; visible from the street, as well as accessible from the building across, the space breaks the existing façade, and stretches it towards Macy’s.

hopes that the reactivation of this historically difficult space in Boston will eventually reinvent the building. By parasitizing the shell of downtown past, the design aims to create a synergetic place.

This building attempt to reinvent the downtown typology and it

CONCEPTUAL MODEL

The site analysis highlights the different types of parasitic and synergetic relationships: The parasitic relations ions are mostly identified in the physical form: layers of added building skin, removed pieces of the original building, dysfunctional vertical occupancy as a result of poor street traffic. The synergies identified on the site appear mostly at programmatic level. A variety of functions accommodate a diverse group of users, however these relationships happen instinctual, without a master plan that could promote a healthy use of the area 24 hours a day. The proposed building is eager to solve the problems on site: it announces its presence as a foreign object, occupying the empty shell that used to be Filene’s. Its tentacles lure you in, and you might find yourself inside the building without even realizing it. The street level creates an artificial topography a space to recollect and recharge. The second level engages the façade where the previous awning used to be, but it becomes a connection with the buildings in the vicinity as well as the street. It is designed to become a secondary street level, floating on top of the existing one, engaging with the programs previously inaccessible from the ground floor. Lastly, the boldest façade intervention is the explosion of the performance space; visible from the street, as well as accessible from the building across, the space breaks the existing façade, and stretches it towards Macy s.

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This building attempt to reinvent the downtown typology and it hopes that the reactivation of this historically difficult space in Boston will eventually reinvent the building. By parasitizing the shell of downtown past, the design aims to create a synergetic place.

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S.C. -2.1 THE IDEA IS THE OBJECT THE OBJECT IS THE IDEA A NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR HOLYOKE, MA INSTRUCTOR: ANDY GROGAN FALL 2011

A NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR HOLYOKE, MA

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DURATION: 16 WEEKS

In order to understand the functioning of a library, we were asked to do a precedent analysis. In the award winning scheme for two libraries at Jussieu, a technical university in Paris, OMA radically reconfigures the typical library layout. Rather than stacking one level on top of another, floor planes are manipulated to connect; thus forming a single trajectory - much like an interior boulevard that winds its way through the entire building.

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In this way a single trajectory traverses the entire structure like a warped interior Boulevard. The visitor becomes a Baudelairean flaneur, inspecting and being seduced by a world of books and information and the urban scenario. Through its scale and variety, the effect of the inhabited planes becomes almost that of a street, a theme which influences the interpretation and planning of the Boulevard as part of a system of further supra-programmatic urban elements in the interior: plazas, parks, monumental staircases, cafes, shops.

Boston Architectural College CD102D Core 2 Studio THE OBJECT IS THE IDEA. THE IDEA IS THE OBJECT. A new Public Library for Holyoke, MA

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PRECEDENT STUDY: OMA-TRES GRANDE BIBLIOTEQUE

In the award winning scheme for two libraries at Jussieu, a technical university in Paris, OMA radically reconfigures the typical library layout. Rather than stacking one level on top of another, floor planes are manipulated to connect; thus forming a single trajectory - much like an interior boulevard that winds its way through the entire building.

Through its scale and variety, the effect of the inhabited planes becomes almost that of a street, a theme which influences the interpretation and planning of the Boulevard as part of a system of further supra-programmatic urban elements in the interior: plazas, parks, monumental staircases, cafes, shops

Boston Architectural College CD102D Core 2 Studio THE OBJECT IS THE IDEA. THE IDEA IS THE OBJECT. A new Public Library for Holyoke, MA

Instructor: Andy Grogan Student: Delia Gott

WEEK 2: PRECEDENT STU OMA-Tres Grande Biblioteq

Typical assembly could hold 500 books.

SHELVING STRATEGY:

SHELVING STRATEGY: MULTIFUNCTIONAL KIT OF PARTS

MULTIFUNCTIONAL KIT OF PARTS

The parts could be assembled and reassembled as needed in the future. This aslo sets up a great opportunity The parts could be assembled for tracking changes, for shinking or expanding. and reassembled as needed in the future. This aslo sets up a great opportunity for tracking changes, for shinking or expanding.

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The different parts could fit under vertical circulation or roof pitches.

The same kit of parts could be assembled in seating areas, desks, oversized book storage, etc.

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This was a study of shelving for the children’s library, but soon raised questions related to organization and order.

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A scale study shows the extent of this type of shelving, in order to accomodate 500, 10 000 and respectively 100 000 volumes required by the program. 500 VOLUMES

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The typical library shelf engages the user in a series of horizontal browsing sessions. The different layers hold information organized in related subject topics. I one is looking for a volume on the ‘orange’ shelf, one completely ignores the ‘green’ shelf.

If the layers would be diagonal, the browsing would expose the user to a multitude of subjects. this would encourage an interdisciplinary approach, and exposure to a multitude of fields. While this was discovered through the diagonal shelf, it was soon realized that the same effect could be accomplished with regular shelving and sloped circulations. This solves the inconvenience of storing books in a rhombus shelf.

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SITE ANALYSIS: LIBRARY AS SOCIAL AGENCY Holyoke is a struggling community, with a fantastic infrastructure, and valuable build environment. A quick Demographic analysis highlights the social and economic strugles, particularly in the area referred to as “The Flats”.

ENGLISH SPEAKING POPULATION

Based on MASS GIS information, we can see that the young population in the community is living under the poverty level, and is lacking the educational opportunity to overcome their condition. It has become clear that the Library’s role is to provide services for an underprivileged community, and It could potentially become the catalyst of its revitalization.

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POPULATION UNDER 18 RENT AS PERCENT OF HOSEHOLD INCOME

POPULATION 18-64 HOUSEHOLD EARNING LESS THAN 25K

POPULATION OVER 65

The challange of our studio is to look at the relationship of objects and ideas, and the way archiving them supports knowledge. At urban scale those can be interpreted as the rich build environment of Holyoke; the object, and it’s troubled society: the idea. There is an obvious dissonance between the object and idea, between the past and the present. The fantastic potential of the city could become accomplishment if a synergy between object and idea is established.

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‘THE IDEA’ IS REPRESENTED BY ALL THE SCHOOLS AND EXISTING LIBRARY IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

EXISTING STRUCTURE

THE OBJECT IS THE IDEA, THE IDEA IS THE OBJECT: REINFORCE THE OBJECT WITH IDEA The challenge of our studio is to look at the relationship of objects and ideas, and the way archiving them supports knowledge. At urban scale those can be interpreted as the rich build environment of Holyoke; the object, and it’s troubled society: the idea. There is an obvious dissonance between the object and idea, between the past and the present. The fantastic potential of the city could become accomplishment if a synergy between object and idea is established.

OPEN TO “THE FLATS”

HOLYOKE USED TO BE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CITIES IN THE U.S. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THE RICH ARCHITECTURAL AND URBANISTIC HERITAGE REPRESENTS ‘THE OBJECT’ IN OUR EQUATION. PL

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Haunted by the idea of creating synergy between the object and the idea I started experimenting with the physical translation of the concepts.

While the two representations of the object and idea are interesting on the own, when placed adjacently they truly enhance each other.

‘The idea’ is represented by floating words, engraved on transparent surfaces - ethereal and dynamic.

Regardless of which side of the transparent medium the words are placed, they all become legible through reflection.

‘The object’ is represented by steel elements - earthy and static.

The Library strives to provide enlightenment to an undeserved community, and the effects of reflection could be a symbol of Library as equalizer. Bilingual quotes would be engraved on the facade - in English and Spanish. Their translations are engraved in the interior - but the reflections allow for both the original and the translation to be read and understood inside...

Further more, the stacks become the stitching reconmnecting the social fabric of the community.

The main trajectories frame iconic buildings of Holyoke.

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CAFE DVD’S $ CD’S PERIODICALS CONFERENCE ROOM COMPUTER CLASSROOM CAFE PUBLIC MEETING DVD’S $ CD’S SPACE

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A LOCAL HISTORY ROOM ART GALLERY CIRCULATION OFFICE CIRCULATION OFFICE CIRCULATION DESK INTER-LIBRARY LOAN OFFICE

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INSTRUCTORS: SETH RISEMAN / ROB HAGAN SPRING 2012

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“MANKIND WAS DIVIDED INTO CAVE DWELLING AGRARIANS AND WANDERING TRIBES OF WARRIORS [...] THE CAVE DWELLER WAS THE ANCIENT CONSERVATIVE[...] WHO BECAME THE CLIFF DWELLER AND BEGAN TO BUILD CITIES. ESTABLISHMENT WAS HIS. HIS GOD WAS A MURDERER. HIS SWIFTER, MORE MOBILE BROTHER DEVISED A MORE ADAPTABLE AND ELUSIVE DWELLING PLACE, THE FOLDING TENT. FROM PLACE TO PLACE OVER THE EARTH FOLLOWING THE LAW OF CHANGE, NATURAL LAW TO HIM, HE WENT IN CHANGING SEASONS. AN ADVENTURER. HIS GOD WAS A SPIRIT.” Frank Lloyd Wright - “The Disappearing City”

MOTOR HOMES AND THEIR PREDECESSORS - THE HORSE PULLED WAGONS, ARE TIGHTLY CONNECTED WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY. THEY WERE ONCE A SYMBOL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM - THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURER’S HOME, IN THE QUEST FOR THE WESTERN TERRITORIES. THE MOTORIZED HOME WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MARKET IN THE EARLY 1930’S, TARGETING THE CAMPING AND HUNTING AFICIONADOS. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE SECTION SCALE 1/2” = 1’-0” GENERAL PUBLIC TO DISCOVER THIS AFFORDABLE AND CONVENIENT ALTERNATIVE OF LIVING. THOSE WITH TRANSIENT JOBS COULD HAVE A HOME OF THEIR OWN, WITH THE ABILITY TO MOVE WITH THE SEASONS OR THE EMPLOYMENT. THE MOTOR HOME WILL THUS FOREVER BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW INCOME, OUTSIDE OF MAINSTREAM SOCIETY OCCUPANT. A NEW AMERICAN TYPOLOGY IS FORMED: THE “TRAILER TRASH”. THE CAVE DWELLER CONSERVATIVE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND OR ACCEPT THE WONDERER AS ITS EQUAL. INSTEAD IT WILL CAST A STIGMA ON THE COMMUNITY SO TIGHTLY CONNECTED TO THE ROAD, TO MOBILITY AND PERSONAL FREEDOM. THE OUTCAST FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE SHADOW OF THE WALL. THEY CONTINUOUSLY REINVENT THEIR COMMUNITY, AND ESTABLISHING THEIR UTOPIA IS WITHIN REACH. EVERY MOVE IS A NEW SCENARIO, A NEW TRIBE WITHIN THE SAME RULES AS THE PREVIOUS ONE.

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10 SMALL PLEASURES OF LIFE 1. TO SIT COMFORTABLY AND READ OR TALK A. Relaxation and entertainment are 2 of the most important functions of a home. Being able to have visitors in the privacy of the apartment is essential to the quality of life of the inhabitant. B. The spaces are flexible and can host a variety of activities. 2-3 separate zones can accommodate a group of people with different interests or age groups.

2. TO SLEEP NAKED

3. TO PLAY PIRATES

A. This speaks not only about thermal comfort, but mostly about the privacy level. B. The different ways in which the sleeping area can be configured or arranged allow the user to adjust the privacy level to his own needs, or according to his own comfort.

A. Or fireman, or hide and seek, or wrestle, or wii, or music… play is what we do when we are not working. B. The apartment allows for both active play and imaginative play. A child would love a lofted space, an indoor ‘tree house’.

4. TO WORK OR WRITE AT A CREEPER BORDERED WINDOW A. A space for recollection and writing is essential in the quality of life. Whether you are paying bills, or writing a novel, or taking watercolor classes… a desk is necessary in every home. B. Having a desk by the window adds pleasure to necessity. This writing surface could be incorporated as fixed furnishing, on the outside wall.

5. TO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO POSSESIONS WITHOUT SENSING THEIR PRESENCE ALL THE TIME 6. TO SEE THE SUNLIGHT SPREAD ACROSS THE FLOOR 7. TO SEE THE VIEW WHILE SITTING 8. TO READ IN BED 9. TO ENJOY VENTILATION

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CRO-LIVING PRECEDENT STUDY: MOTOR IVING PRECEDENT STUDY: MOTOR HOM ROTOTYPICAL LIVING UNIT OTYPICAL LIVING UNIT “MANKIND DIVIDED INTO CAVE DWELLING “MANKIND WAS DIVIDED INTOWAS CAVE DWELLING AGRARIANS AND WANDERING TRIBES OF WARRIORS AGRARIANS AND WANDERING TRIBES OF WARRIORS [...] [...] THE CAVE WAS THE ANCIENT THE CAVE DWELLER WAS DWELLER THE ANCIENT CONSERVATIVE[...] WHODWELLER BECAME THE CLIFF DWELLER CONSERVATIVE[...] WHO BECAME THE CLIFF AND BEGAN TO BUILD CITIES. ESTABLISHMENT WAS AND BEGAN TO BUILD CITIES. ESTABLISHMENT WAS HIS. HIS GOD WAS A MURDERER. HIS. HIS GOD WAS A MURDERER. SWIFTER, MOREDEVISED MOBILE BROTHER DEVISED A HIS SWIFTER, MOREHIS MOBILE BROTHER A MORE ADAPTABLEAND MORE ADAPTABLEAND ELUSIVE DWELLING ELUSIVE PLACE, DWELLING PLACE, THE FOLDING FROM PLACE THE FOLDING TENT. FROM PLACE TOTENT. PLACE OVER THE TO PLACE OVER THE EARTH FOLLOWING THE LAW OF CHANGE, NATURAL EARTH FOLLOWING THE LAW OF CHANGE, NATURAL LAWINTO HIM, HE WENT IN CHANGING SEASONS. AN LAW TO HIM, HE WENT CHANGING SEASONS. AN ADVENTURER. HIS GOD WAS A SPIRIT.” ADVENTURER. HIS GOD WAS A SPIRIT.” Frank Lloyd Wright - “The Dissapearing City” Frank Lloyd Wright - “The Dissapearing City”

The micro-living unit is designed to accomodate the comfort and joy of the home. while in sclae, it is large The micro-living unit is small designed to accommodate the comfort and joy of the in possibilities through the flexibility home. of the apparatus and the user driven While small in scale, it is large in possibilities through the flexibility of adaptability.

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FACADE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERIOR PROGRAM. THE SIZE OF THE WINDOW DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF PRIVACY INSIDE THADJACENT AREA. EACH UNIT HAS A PLANTER RIGHT OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN AREA.

LIGHT SHELF TRIPLE PANE HIGH EFFICIENCY WINDOWS BRICK VENEER UNIT PLANTER ZINC PANELING SYSTEM

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THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE APPARATUS ALLOWS FOR CUSTOMIZATION OF THE INTERIORS ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT USERS OR THE CHANGING NEEDS THROUGH TIME.

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CO-WORKING SPACE FLEXIBLE WORKING PRECEDENT STUDY: GOOGLE HEADQUARTERS, MOUNTAIN DURATION: 4 WEEKS

AFTER DEFINING THE LIVING UNIT, WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS, AND AS PRECEDENT STUDY, I ANALYZED THE GOOGLE HEADQUARTERS,LOCATED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA.

In 2004 Google undertook a strategic reevaluation of its workplace processes. They held an invited design competition, which Clive Wilkinson Architects won based on their proposal to create a diversified campus environment, integrating highly focused software engineering workspace within a support system of learning, collaboration, recreation, and food facilities. EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS

These accessory functions were strategically placed along a logical “main street” which allowed for the churning of ideas among the community, while the workplaces were located to allow for more concentrated, “head down” activities.

FIRE COMPARTIMENTATION

ENT STUDY: GOOGLE HEADQUARTERS, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA In 2004 Google undertook a strategic reevaluation of its workplace processes. They held an invited design competition, which Clive Wilkinson Architects won based on their proposal to create a diversified campus environment, integrating highly focused software engineering workspace within a support system of learning, collaboration, recreation, and food facilities.

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10 DEFINING ELEMENTS OF A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT 1.EFFECTIVE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL SPACES 2.DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND ALLIANCES 3.USER ATTRACTION AND RETENTION 4.EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO WORK PLACE 5.INVOLVEMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITY 6.PRODUCT/SERVICE QUALITY AND VALUE 7.EFFECTIVE INFORMATION SHARING AND COMMUNICATION 8.ADAPTATION TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 9.OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY 10.IMAGE AND BRANDING

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MATERIAL STUDY OF ROTATING PANEL

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While the idea of consumerism and subliminal marketing has been around for a very long time, the American society of the past 50 years has undergone a major transition from a culture of necessity to one of commodification. Anti-Consumerist movies make a stand against a lifetime of constant, unthinking consumption, through different genres: drama, horror, musical, action and satire. The expansion of mass production in the twentieth century had led to the commodification of culture, with the rise of culture industries. Consumption served the interests of manufacturers seeking greater profits, and citizens became the passive victims of advertisers. Processes of standardization, they argued, were accompanied by the development of a materialistic culture, in which commodities came to lack authenticity and, instead, merely met â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;falseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs. These needs were generated by marketing and advertising strategies and, it is argued, increased the capacity for ideological control or domination.

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Dawn of the Dead (1978) - “ They’re us, that’s all, when there’s no more room in hell “ Genre: horror

True Stories (1986) – “Shopping is a feeling” Genre: musical Memorable Quotes:

Memorable Quotes: Roger: Well, we’re in, but how the hell are we gonna get back? Peter: Who the hell cares! Let’s go shopping! Roger [looking in a display case]: Watches! Watches! Peter: Wait a minute man, let’s just get the stuff we need! I’ll get a television and a radio. Roger: Ooohh, ooohh, lighter fluid! And chocolate! Chocolate! [he runs down a clothing aisle] Roger: Hey, how about a mink coat! Peter: Why not?

Miss Rollings: It’s like how hot dogs come in packs of 10, and buns come in packs of eight or 12 - you have to buy nine packs to make it come out even. Narrator: I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don’t notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is. : I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities. But I’ve forgotten what it is. I have it written down at home somewhere. Kay Culver: Be sexy in business. Be successful at night. Narrator: Look at this. Who can say it isn’t beautiful? Sky, bricks. Who do you think lives there? Four-car garage. Hope, fear, excitement, satisfaction. Narrator: Some people say ‘Freeways are the Cathedrals of our time’. Not me.

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The sixties were the age of youth, as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the revolutionary ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today.

The movie comes at the end of the decade, and in many ways it encompasses the spirit of the era. With an outstanding soundtrack, and long still illustrative images of the south-west, it tells the story of 2 bikers: Billy and Captain America, heading to New Orleans to sell cocaine hidden in the American flagged gas tank, and use the money to retire. On their journey they meet various characters living at the edge of mainstream society, or fighting to fit in: the family man and farmer with his Mexican-American clan, the drop-out hippies, trying to live of the deserted land, the alcoholic rich lawyer, who is suddenly exposed to new ideas of freedom. The two main characters sell their haul for profit, and the outstanding last dialogue of the movie, speaks of the end of an era: Billy: We did it, man. We did it, we did it. We’re rich, man. We’re retirin’ in Florida now, mister. Captain America: You know Billy, we blew it... This was the collective thought of the young generation, which has seen radical changes in the past decade, and who was feeling that their efforts were like cultivating a dusty landscape: pointless. As more and more of them, would abandon the quest for the ultimate freedom, in order to make a profit, more and more would come to the conclusion: “we blew it…” While it is not anti-consumerist per se, the idea of living not for consumption, but for creation and spiritual enlightenment is the strongest concept in the film.

Death of Idealism

The chaotic events of the 60’s, including war and social change, seemed destined to continue in the 70’s. Major trends included a growing disillusionment of government, advances in civil rights, increased influence of the women’s movement, a heightened concern for the environment, and increased space exploration. Many of the “radical” ideas of the 60’s gained wider acceptance in the new decade, and were mainstreamed into American life and culture.

In 1970 one in every thirty-four households in the United States subscribed to Consumer Reports, and many more had access to the publication in public libraries. American consumers, people who bought goods sold in the United States, had become a demanding lot. They were asking for quality at lower and lower prices, faster production and larger quantities. Noteworthy developments of the 1970s included the invention of the email, laser printer and the barcode.

The epochal event of the seventies as an era in its own right was the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ oil embargo, which lasted for six months in the fall of 1973 and the spring of 1974. Everything that happened in the sixties was predicated on the assumption of economic prosperity and growth; concerns like personal fulfillment and social justice tend to emerge in the middle class only at times when people take it for granted that they’ll be able to make a living. For thirty years—ever since the effects of World War II on the economy had begun to kick in—the average American’s standard of living had been rising, to a remarkable extent. As the economy grew, indices like home ownership, automobile ownership, and access to higher education got up to levels unknown anywhere else in the world, and the United States could plausibly claim to have provided a better life materially for its working class than any society ever had. That ended with the OPEC embargo. American culture grew individualistic, rather than communitarian, which means that notions like deferred gratification, sacrifice, and sustained national effort are a very tough sell. In this horror film an American shopping mall becomes the site of battles between the zombies who have overrun the country, four human “survivors” who exterminate the zombies and appropriate the mall for themselves, and a gang of marauding bikers which, in the movie’s violent climax, seeks to take over the mall. These battles serve as a useful, if melodramatic metaphor for recent theoretical disputes over the nature and value of consumerism, disputes which remain of central importance among cultural critics of differing political persuasions.

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Fight Club (1986)-“ The things you own end up owning you… It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” Genre: Action drama

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Video games, aerobics, minivans, camcorders, and talk shows became part of our lives. The decade began with double-digit inflation, Reagan declared a war on drugs, Kermit didn’t find it easy to be green, hospital costs rose and we lost many, many of our finest talents to AIDS. On the bright side, the US Constitution had its 200th birthday, Gone with the Wind turned 50, ET phoned home, and in 1989 Americans gave $115,000,000,000 to charity. nternationally, at the very end of the decade the Berlin Wall was removed - making great changes for the decade to come! At the turn of the decade, many were happy to leave the spendthrift 80s for the 90s.

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The Virtual Age

The World Wide Web was born in 1992, changing the way we communicate, spend our money (online gambling, stores), and do business (e-commerce). In 1989, 15% of American households had a computer. And by 2000, this figure increased to 51%, with 41.5% online. Internet lingo like plug-ins, BTW (by the way), GOK (God only knows), IMHO (in my humble opinion), FAQS, SPAM, FTP, ISP, and phrases like “See you online” or “The server’s down” or “Bill Gates” became part of our everyday vocabulary. We signed our mail with a :-) smile, a ;-) wink, or a :-* kiss and everyone has a cell phone.

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Some big issues were health care, social security reform, and gun control - debated and unresolved throughout the whole decade. Violence seemed a part of life. In 1992 South-Central Los Angeles rioted, 1993 brought terrorism to the American shores as a bomb was detonated in the garage beneath the World Trade Center. In 1995 a football hero was tried for murder and a bomb exploded in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. In the months between February 1996 and April 1999 there were at least fourteen incidents of school shootings with the most lethal being on April 20, 1999 when 14 students and 1 teacher were killed and 23 wounded at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

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Many Americans consider the last decade “the worst ever.” A quick review of the decade seems to back up this belief. Hyper political partisanship, two wars, terrorism, natural disasters, economic collapse, scandal, corruption, and reality television are used to back up that belief. While the economic collapse was one of the big stories of the 2000’s, 9/11 was the story of the decade. In addition to man made disasters, nature decided to pile on. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans. Shortly after, the Pacific Tsunami made people believe that the end was near. Britney Spears rose and fell and rose again. Harry Potter made us want to read. American Idol and a million other reality TV shows provided mindless television at a low cost. Martha Stewart went to prison. The Terminator became Governor. The economy collapsed with bankruptcies and bailouts. Finally, we proved that we were ready for change by electing the only thing left … hope. This past decade was rough. That’s why we are choosing to look back and laugh. Modern science fiction usually portrays the future world as a shiny utopia of science and advanced learning. Either that, or it’s a postapocalyptic wasteland ravaged by science gone amok or man’s own arrogance. Idiocracy takes a look at where the world’s headed right now and says forget it. None of that’s going to happen, we’re just going to get really stupid. The future is full of idiots who’ve thrown everything they have into buying Big-Gulps and watching porn. The most popular television show is called “Ow, My Balls” and features exactly what you’d expect. The highest grossing movie of all time is called Ass, and consists of 90 minutes of the same naked, hairy butt on screen farting itself silly. America has gone to hell in a hand basket. Garbage avalanches are common, crops have failed, and people are staving, all because there’s no one left who’s smart enough to know how to fix any of it. The film’s all-out, hilarious assault on the future’s culture is also a biting criticism of our own. As the world’s people have gotten dumber so have its businesses. It’s corporate America that takes the biggest belly blow, and there’s no way Judge did it with their blessing. Costco is an all-powerful, all-purpose monolith. Carl’s Jr.’s is the world’s leading food provider/robber baron, a Gatorade-like drink with “electrolytes” has replaced water (except in toilets), and Starbucks has become a popular chain of jack-shacks. Ordering a “latte” is now an inexpensive and socially acceptable way to get full-release. Back to the point, what all of that adds up to is a bitingly funny movie that shoots sharp, sometimes subtle, sometimes in-your-face arrows at the Jackass crowd and the general dumbing down of mankind.

The internet… brought us closer together, and we are doing everything on it! From research to video sharing and more, to shopping and more shopping… but in the 2010’s we realized we were not the only ones shopping on the internet…. The internet was shopping for us! We are not consumers anymore…we are the products! The immense online databases holding personal information, preferences, links, likes and relationships has become a source for marketers to target us with specific and personalized products. If the previous decade was one of voyeurism, where we glanced for days at other people life on reality TV, we are now becoming the victims of an omnipresent peeping Tom. Or maybe we are just now acknowledging it...are waking up from a sleep that lasted over 50 years? Underground fads are becoming mainstreem: freegans, locavores, organic food, thrift shopping... We are turning back to our communities for that immediate human connection, and to the original values of society. Have we had enough? BAC SPRING 2012 Ideas & Society:Film, Space & Perception Prof. Amy Van, Lauwe Stud. Delia Gott

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When I accepted the position at Warner Larson Landscape Architects, in the spring of 2010, I could have never imagined the fantastic opportunities that were to come. Working for a Landscape Architect has allowed me to expand my knowledge of design, and approach all my Architecture projects holistically. I strongly believe that the two disciplines should be applied as a system, and not as separate professions.

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Some of the advantages of my practice are of course the better understanding of site design, which is essential in setting up a good building. Not only I now understand grading and drainage, but I added knowledge regarding sustainability, including soils, wetlands, rain gardens, permeable paving systems and planting. All of the above are not typically taught in Architecture school, and they are treated as a separate specialty. Another one of my favorite things is the constant exposure to various scales: I am now comfortable working at large scales, and I am flirting with the idea of an advance degree in planning. At the same time, the scope of work, allows for a more condensed project, therefore I get a greater exposure to the design process, and the various phases of our work. The firm specializes in public projects, and particularly in educational and institutional work. I have found a new passion in the importance of incorporating educational opportunities in design. It is really empowering to work on projects of such significance. Unfortunately, I understood some of the disadvantages of working in a parallel field as well. Even though I tried to use every opportunity to design small structures whish are part of our scope, I needed to get better practice at designing details and architectural components. In January of 2012 I started an Architectural internship at the Maguire Group. Since then, I have been exposed to a variety of projects, both in scope, and scale. I am currently working on the construction administration of the East Somerville High School, a School Assessment for the Town of Lincoln and a variety of smaller projects. I am very excited to continue working in educational design. I am very lucky to have found employers which become mentors. I am confident that the experience accumulated in the past 2 years will be nothing but beneficiary to my future as an Architect.

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EDISON K-8 SCHOOLYARD BRIGHTON, MA

PROGRAMMING The school faced an increased number of users, after 3 different Brighton schools were merged under itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roof. The programing phase required the accommodation of multiple programs, for a variety of age groups while still providing parking for the staff. While trying to educate the user to different parking schemes - we showed 3 different program diagrams. Tandem parking is the most efficient way of using the courtyard , and the teachers agreed to this scheme, to serve the best interest of the students.

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Leo’s Landscaping must identify plant material sources for specified cultivars and reserve spring dug trees in well-maintained nursery. Root ball size for trees to be transplanted must meet the ANLA Standard for Nursery Stock and in all cases shall always be of a diameter and depth to encompass enough of the fibrous and feeding root system as necessary for the full recovery of the plant.

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Arts and social area could be completed by the beginning of September. All new planting shall be completed as soon as possible, without the concerns of transplanting scheduling.

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planning In determining the objectives for this Campus Tree Planning, we studied and discussed the primary and secondary campus views, significant and declining existing trees, potential development sites and locations of annual events. This evaluation equally established constraints and opportunities.

Please see the following plans: CAMPUS VIEWS A student or parent’s first impression is often based on the aesthetic appearance of a campus. This plan identifies those ‘First Impression’ views and routes, plus illustrates other significant and key areas. Notably, open views to the Mt. Hope Bay, across quadrangles, and towards the Mt. Hope Bridge, all of which are signature elements on campus. These primary viewsheds help identify landscape priorities, and where investment and/or preservation remain essential. SPECIAL SITES Potential building locations, areas for annual events and key snow storage zones have been noted. Generally, this overlaid plan represents constraint areas for new tree plantings. We anticipate in the coming years, some of these site uses will change. When this happens, new trees may be appropriate in these locations. EXISTING TREES This diagram shows significant trees, and edge defining woodlands. The word “significant,” simply implies those trees which define spaces, and are greater than 12” caliper. Some of them may not be specimen quality, but nonetheless provide noteworthy canopy cover. Other trees are shown to be in decline. See the following Tree Recommendations for suggested removals and new tree locations. TREE RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the evaluation of the Campus Views, Special Sites, and Existing Tree studies, we have identified trees that should be removed, and opportunities for new tree plantings that will improve the campus aesthetic. Note: while this analysis reviews some primary water views through the area defined by the Coastal Resource Management Council (CRMC), our recommendations exclude that area as it is regulated and restrictions already defined.

The University has recently build a new residential hall, in the immediate vicinity of what used to be a service road. the increased traffic transformed the road into a main access, but the tree material - part of their branding and image failed to impress. Addittional site improvements throughout the campus have damaged existing plants.

This master plan looks at the condition of the vegetaion, and proposes solutions to the issues discovered. My resposabilities included site visits and documentation of existing conditions, book assembly, graphic presentation, and plant material research.

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The mature tree canopy that exists throughout campus reinforces the history and longevity of the institution. Prior to the University developing the Bristol campus, in the late 1960’s, many of the oldest and largest existing trees were part of the Ferrycliffe Farm. These trees were primarily, linden, horsechestnut, various oaks, black tupelo, and eastern red cedar’s. Many of these large trees help define the legacy and character of the campus today.

campus tree planting concept The existing tree canopy signifies an accumulative investment in time and dollars, and is a real asset to the campus landscape. These trees unite the campus vocabulary, reinforce outdoor spaces, provide shade, and convey a unique sense of place. New tree plantings shall be of appropriate type and planted in the proper locations to ensure they reinforce the existing tree canopy, and avoid conflicts with utilities or important views.

Guidelines for future campus plantings: • Plant long-lived, native (when appropriate) trees that will provide interest, diversity, and preserve or enhance the overall campus character. • Select proper tree species, and strive to follow planting details. • Deciduous trees should be informally placed, yet carefully located to frame desired views and reinforce outdoor spaces. • Utilize understory ornamental trees sparingly as gateway accents and building entries. Introduce unique or ornamental species within quadrangles/special places. This will add distinct character to these spaces.

Over the years, as the campus continued to grow and develop, another generation of trees were planted to help provide shade, line drives, and define quadrangles. The majority of those tree species were sycamore, maple, honeylocust, zelkova and dawn redwood. The more recent tree plantings were selected to enhance the existing tree canopy, increase the plant diversity, define new spaces, and direct significant views. Some of these species include: elm, tulip poplar, beech, Carolina silverbell, katsuratree, and multiple oak varieties. The guidelines in this Campus Tree Planning are intended to build on this momentum, and think about the campus holistically verses on a building-by-building basis. We anticipate these ideas will improve the overall campus aesthetic by enhancing and preserving the landscape. The process by which these recommendations were established began with an inventory and analysis of campus viewsheds, existing trees, potential future buildings and outdoor event spaces.

This Campus Tree Planning was developed to primarily: • Improve ‘First Impressions’ • Encourage educational and fundraising opportunities • Identify significant existing trees, special sites and view corridors • Plant long-lived, native (when appropriate) trees that will provide interest, diversity, and preserve or enhance the overall campus character

Admission building, from quad, framed by deciduous trees.

• Define proper tree species selection and planting recommendations that will establish and reinforce outdoor spaces and views

CAMPUS TREE PLANNING

Residence hall planting where gathering spaces and circulation are reinforced by the tree planting.

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Oliver Hazard Perry Schoolyard

South Boston, Massachusetts

South Boston, Massachusetts Since 1995, the Boston Schoolyard Initiative has been transforming urban schoolyards, often paved over completely, by introducing exciting new designs for active play and outdoor classrooms for experiencing nature in the learning process.

The design of the south-facing outdoor classroom introduces elements of sustainability: solar orientation, shade trees, buffer planting, permeable pavement and a dry river bed to accommodate storm water runoff, create not only a comfortable microclimate but are used as teaching tools.

Warner Larson and Joanne Hiromura, of Play Site Architecture facilitated a series of workshops that brought the community together in support of the new schoolyard and outdoor classroom design. A key topic for the group was the parking and after-hours access. We utilized a simple series of functional diagrams that focused the group on the parking issues early in the process. Once this basic decision was made, we were able to refocus the group on the design of the play areas and outdoor classroom.

The play area faced the challenge of serving a large number of users from different age groups. A custom play boat encourages imaginative play while strengthening the maritime theme of the design. The same theme can be found in the active play installations, which are designed to build upper body strength and encourage social interaction.

Precedent imagery including other playgrounds as well as general thematic photographs were displayed to encourage green light thinking and discussion amongst the group.

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Brief Resume Of ONLY Those Prime Applicant And Sub-Consultant Personnel Requested In The Advertisement. Confine Responses To The Space Provided On The Form And Limit Resumes To ONE Person Per Discipline Requested In The Advertisement. Resumes Should Be Consistent With The Persons Listed On The Organizational Chart In Question # 6. Additional Sheets Should Be Provided Only As Required For The Number Of Key Personnel Requested In The Advertisement And They Must Be In The Format Provided. By Including A Firm As A Sub-Consultant, The Prime Applicant Certifies That The Listed Firm Has Agreed To Work On This Project, Should The Team Be Selected. Name And Title Within Firm: a. Name And Title Within Firm: David J. Warner, ASLA, Principal Ti Johnson, LEED AP Project Assignment: b. Project Assignment: Principal in Charge Project Manager Name And Address Of Office In Which Individual Identified In 7a Resides: Warner Larson Inc. 130 West Broadway Boston, MA 02127

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Education: Degree(s) /Year/Specialization Bachelor / 1991 / Landscape Architecture

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Active Registration: Year First Registered/Discipline/Mass Registration Number 1999 / Landscape Architect / 1209

Active Registration: Year First Registered/Discipline/Mass Registration Number: 2003 / Landscape Architect / 1375

Current Work Assignments And Availability For This Project: David is currently working on several projects at various phases, and is available to meet the site services needs of this project as principal-in-charge.

Current Work Assignments And Availability For This Project Ti is currently working on several projects at various phases, and is available to meet the site services needs of this project as project manager.

Other Experience And Qualification Relevant To The Proposed Project: (Identify Firm By Which Employed, If Not Current Firm): Dedham HS Athletic Complex Maynard HS Southbridge MS/HS Taunton High School Weymouth High School Medway High School Paul Revere Elementary School Revere, MA Newton South High School Hopkinton High School Stowe Schools Feasibility Study Pembroke High School and Middle School Holliston High School, Hingham High School

Other Experience And Qualification Relevant To The Proposed Project: (Identify Firm By Which Employed , If Not Current Firm): Paul Revere Elementary School Revere, MA Taunton High School Weymouth High School Ambrose Elementary School, Winchester, MA Pembroke High School Dedham High School Athletic Feasibility Study Stowe Schools Feasibility Study Lexington Elementary Schools Feasibility Study

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Due to the small footprint of this building I was placed in charge of the construction documents production.

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The client wishes to renovate an existing shipping facility, and to build an office and storage building for their metal shredding facility.

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