Portafolio spring 2017 Diego Becerra

Spring 2017

Diego Becerra SYR ARC

3 Part to Whole 5 Architectural & Urban Analysis 11 Urban Architectonics

TABLE OF CONTENTS

13 Thick Facade

EXERCISE 1A

This exercise consisted of exploring and experimenting the relationships of part to whole and whole to part using three formal operations based on a precedent design.

EXERCISE 1B

EXERSICE 1B

This Exersice asked students to perform two explorations, the first portion involved analysis on the rchitect, progrma and movement and massing , The secconf portion involved an analysis of the history of downtow Syracuse for context purposes.

Ground Floor

Basement Floor

Second Floor

Ground Floor

Basement Floor

Second Floor

EXERCISE 1C

With the tools from the previous project utilize the analysis from Syracuse downtown’s history and context and design a building in a designated area from downtown.

DIEGO BECERRA

ARC 108 SHO STUDIO Cut in and Out Movement

Automobile Movement

Pedestrian Movement

Cut Arround Movement

Office

Office

Storage

Down Town Syracuse

4

Gallery

Auditorium

3

Makerspace

2

Office

Makerspace

1

4

Office

Storage

Cut in and Out Movement

The building design was also required to have a makers space program with offices, bathrooms, reception a garden, the makerspace, workshop and an auditorium.

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EXERCISE 2A

A

By addressing the issue of techtonic expression in a schematic way, we got assigned an enclosed system EX.that 2A ARC 108 DIEGO BECERRA relates to an structural system. And with it, design the facade of the building, focusing on the techtonic relations and a developed analysis on the previous research.

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EXERCISE 2B Moving Fiorward with the previous project, we were asked to address the issue of techtonic expression in an urban context.

Utilizing the analysis tools from reasarch done in the context of Soho, NYC and applying it to the buildings design facade.

Precedents

Analysis

Plans & Sections

GROUND FLOOR

SECTION A

UPPER FLOORS 1-5

SECTION B

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE