Nicolas Ziesemer

Port of Entry into the Sacred Valley Thesis Project 19-20 By: Nicolas Ziesemer Advisor: Joanne Aitken

Site Context and Analysis 525 feet

Avenida enida Antonio Lorena

Cashie Cashier

9762 SF Garage e 1200 SF

17,113 SF

Site Context

Site Section

Site Analysis located on the east-west route out known as Ave. Antonio Lorena from Cusco the site is elevated roughly two hundred feet above the city of cusco. The site itself continues to elevate for another 120 feet from the street level plateu. The plateu itself serves as the main site of existing structure housing a warehouse and car repair garage. The incline is mostly sporatic vegetation with major tree foilage near the summit with some minor gathering seperating the site from the neighboring barrios.

The barrios itself are organicly built up build on public ground on site zoned as a natural sanctuary while the site itself is located in an encalve within the sanctuary zoning as industrial-2 allowing for heavy use while a nearby drop off houses a smaller river running into the center of Cusco as it swells as prior to joining the major water ways in the city.

Across the river and drop off exist another I-2 enclave housing further car garages and scrap yards which serve the site as it is the main and largest garage using the material and manpower from the nearby barrios and scrapyard

Programing Couple Unit

Family Unit

Market Stalls

Restrooms

Ticket Sales

Waiting Area

Gongregation Space

Gondola Ramp

Bus Station Zone

Site Program Initial Planning issues started with dealing extensive amount of site plan being located on heavy incline which dictates where program can be placed on site. As such large construction componetns such as the open air market and gondola station are located on the lower even plateu due to required space and extensive landscaping if located on incline.

The program is broken into three types of construction. Commercial Component is made up of a large overhanging roof which allows for an expansive open air market below it. The Gondola Station the main means of entering the site is an extensive multi use transit hub serving not just a gondola station but a bus station in addition to allow transit from site to city.

The last program element is the low cost/income housing meaning of serving the indigenous population and allow a better means of interaction between the increasing tourism presence in the city and the local community coohabitat living.

Case Studies Farming Terrace in Colca Valley Used by pre-Incan and then Incan and finally by the Spanish these terraces have existed for roughly 500 years used to feed the inhabitants of the valley. the majority are still in use today to grow food and in some cases raise animals. Provided an ingenious idea on how to mitigate soil erision from the heavy rainfall that hits the region during the summer season.

Belmont Hotel a contemporary case of historic preservation of larger terraces as well as introduction of maintained usage via the introduction of housing units as a means to provide another usage to these terraces than the original perceived one. Provided contemporary example of how to use new terraces providing not just soil erosion mitigation but also program space San Pedro Central Market main market in the city of cusco using wrought iron columns with wood structure to support a simple coregated steel roof to allow a large assortment of shops to offer a varied assortment of goods ranging from textile to regional foods. Main inspiration for the use of the lower plateu as a means to introduce an imidiate connection to local communities rather than offsite in the city of Cusco

Case Studies Continued

Church of Our Lady of Mary colonial time church built using the local volcanic stone known as pumice. Initial this material saw widespread usage in the region particularly when the masonry is then covered in a stucco made of pumice grounded down into a fine powder mixed with water. Nowadays its serves mainly as a means for wall construction as a means to signify boundaries due to the lack of strength in the lateral tension resulting in several collapses due to earthquakes.

Eucalyptus (Rainbow) a species of eucalyptus introduced into the region to mitigate soil erision in now has become a plaque due to the high water intake by the plant as such an abundance of timber has become avaible in the construction of homes, scafolding and walls.

Process Drawings

Early Housing and Terrace concept focused on placement on terrace in section and looking into sustainable aspects such as light and water via solar roof panels and cisterns

Intial Park design with focus on an attached circulation for a perpendicular circulation to main roads while providing green scape break between the units and terraces.

Process Drawings

Early Perspective of Park Circualtion looking into both accescible and normal circulation between the terraces.

Minor ramping with some more traditional park elements such as a playground

Intial looks into terrace formationo looking into spacing, load baring wall materiallity and fencing as well as initial look into growded terraces and access.

Design Review Site Plan at 01/18/20

Design Review

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NS Section looking West at 1’-32”

NS Section looking West at 1’-32”

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Design Review Open Air Market

Section of Market with Stalls

Market Stalls Plan 1’- 1/32�

Perspective of open air Market Stalls

Contemporary Stalls (Open/Closed)

Technical Review

Two 2” x 10” Beams Insulation Water Membrane Seal barrier Interior Cladding

Construction Detail Pespective

Two 2” x 6” Headers One 2” x 6” Cross Header Triple Glass Window Window Sill Insulation Interior Cladding

2”x 10” Base Wood Floor Base 2”x 8” Header 2”x 10” Sill Concrete Foundation

Construction Detail Pespective

Construction Detail 1’-1/8”

The housing units are built up using Stick frame construction. With a major focus on thicker walls on the south and east-west walls to accomodate the thinner versitle north facade. The frame is built using eucalyptus timber which is readily available in the region.

Technical Review

Single Unit Facade 15 Panels

Family Unit Facade 30 Panels

Grid Application

Opening (Window/Door)

Solid Wall

Air (Air Vent)

Inspiration taken from Alejandro Aravena’s “Reporting from the Front”

Strong stick frame construction allows for customizable front facade. The front facade is broken into three foot increments allowing while vertically divions are placed at human scale allowing for a grid to be formed which can be customized either into solid facade, opening such as door or window, and air.

Technical Review 14” Rear Facade

10” Side Facade

10” Side Facade

8” Front Facade

Wall Thiknesses to meet required R-value for PH standarE Individual Cistern for each unit

Floor Heating using Hot Water to minize required energy Floor Heating setup example of placing tubing on insulation

Each unit is constructed with stick frame construciton that varries in depth to allow passive house standards in regards to heating.

While the heating itself is done using part of the water gathered in cisterns located beneath each unit and heated and pumped into tubular floor heating. For energy production extensive amounts of solar panels located on the roof at a inclided angle facing the north sun allows for these units to be near or be net-zero energy consumers in line with passive house standards.

Final Review Final Plan at 05/30/20

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Circulation Grid

Circulation Grid

Initial Circulation Update

Final Review

Rendered View looking at finalized park setup

Rendered View looking down at finalized park setup

Rendered Section looking at finalized park and Terraces

Final Circulation Stairs embeded into the terraces

Final Review

Rendered Longitudinal Section

key plan

Final Rendering of Housing Units located on Terraces

Final Review Finalized Unti Plans and Detail Section the housing units are broken into two version a family and single/couple plan that serves both the local community while also providing low cost lodging for toursim to interact with the indegenous population in a cohabitat community along each terrace.

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Couple Unit 1’-1/8”

Family Unit 1’-1/8”

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Two 2” x 10” Beams Insulation Water Membrane Seal barrier Interior Cladding

Two 2” x 6” Headers One 2” x 6” Cross Header Triple Glass Window Window Sill Insulation Interior Cladding

Two 2” x 6” Headers One 2” x 6” Cross Header Door

Final Rendering of Family Housing Unit located on Terraces

Construction Detail 1’-1/8”

2”x 10” Base Wood Floor Base 2”x 8” Header 2”x 10” Sill Concrete Foundation

Final Review Render View of finalized Community Center located at the top of the site and topmost terrace, the community center provides an alternative gathering space for larger gatherings. It maintains similar design language to that off the open air market located at the public axis of the site. As such this community center being removed from the main circulation from Cusco gives it a distinctive draw to explore as a means to inscentevice exploration of the terraces and parks along the green line circulation.

Interior View of finalized Community Center The community center is split into three parts due to the grid created by the structural system employed. The center piece houses several open grills and table top space to allow for the preperation and depiction of food while the other two thirds house majority focused table and seating for the enjoynment and gathering of the community.

Final Review

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Finalized Plan of Open air Market and Bus Stop

Construction Section of Open air Market

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Rendered view of Open air Market and Bus Stop

Final Review

Rendered view of Project at final review 05/30/20

Feedback/Observations/ReĎ?lections Feedback:

-rendering style: focus on reallike appearance made for an sterile viewing of the project as such activities and conditions appear but do not convey the intentioned message/point. Focus on the model and showing of conditions created a hyperfocus on the existing conditions but not a focus on the aestetics of said presentation.

-lack of growth patterns or showing of organic growth would have allowed for a less rigid design and movement found in the presentation. Showing steps in the build up of the project would have given more credence of a organic growth than showing the project within its end steps.

Observations:

-intial estimations in regards to socio economic issues in play within the region of cusco was below the actual numbers.

-emphasis of tourism focus in the region of the sacred valley has been neglected and overseen due to underreported conditions one can only ascertain to a more certain degree via local sources and interactions.

ReĎ?lections:

-delayed site visit forced a lot of early reliance on online sources which did not provide the most comprehensive means of data collection.

-local sources in regards to socio-economic issues within the region where more reliable than online sources.

Port of Entry into the Sacred Valley Thesis Project 19-20 By: Nicolas Ziesemer Advisor: Joanne Aitken