Francis McCloskey, Architecture and Computation Portfolio

FRANCIS MCCLOSKEY Flat 21, 12 Leinster Gardens, W2 6DR www.fdmccloskey.com fdmccloskey@gmail.com +44 7518 93 53 93

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EDUCATION Sep 2014 - Jan 2016

ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION

London, UK

M. Arch (Distinction), Emergent Technologies and Design Member of design team for the Twist pavilion in Birmingham, UK 2015 Sep 2009 - May 2014

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Syracuse, NY

School of Architecture: B. Arch; Cum Laude; Dean’s Citation for Excellence in Thesis Whitman School of Management: Minor Degree, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Studied internationally with Syracuse University’s programs in London, Japan, and Mexico Feb 2014

RALPH T. WALKER TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP / Cooperation with Aral Tenizi NGO

Aral’sk, KZ

Documentation of fishing brigade dwelling types around Aral Sea ecological disaster zone May - Aug 2010

UNIVERZITA KARLOVA AND UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

Prague, CZ

Coursework in Czech Architecture and International Business

EXPERIENCE May - Sep 2014

UNIT DESIGN GROUP LLC / Co-founder, Design Consultant

San Juan, PR

Contracts and conceptual design documents for a cabin and house in Watertown, New York Nov 2013 - May 2014

FRANCISCO SANIN ARCHITECTS / Architectural Assistant

Syracuse, NY

3D, visualization, and drawings for a school at design development in Vigía del Fuerte, Colombia Schematic massing studies for “104 Village” in Seoul, Korea May - Aug 2013

ENRIC RUÍZ-GELI [CLOUD 9] / Architectural Assistant

Barcelona, ES

Visualizations, 3D and physical modelling: Ferran Adriá’s elBullifoundation in Catalonia Digitally fabricated models for exhibitions in London, UK and New York City May - Aug 2012

OFIS ARHITEKTI / Architectural Assistant

Ljubljana, SI

Concept Design: Government Building in Chiatura, Georgia 3D and Construction Drawings: House in Ljubljana, Slovenia Construction Drawings: Student Apartments in Paris, France

COMPETITIONS Mar 2016

SIVAS BRIDGE / Collaboration with Alican Sungur and Giulio Gianni

Sivas, TR

Detailed proposal for a bridge incorporating repetitive steel elements.

Oct 2015

SUMMIT MOUNTAIN CABIN PROTOTYPE / Collaboration with Alican Sungur

Utah, US

Third Place. Proposal for a vacuumatic loam-infill cabin in an alpine environment May 2014

EURAMAX FACADE / Collaboration with Franklkin Romero Jr.

Roermund, NL

Shortlisted Entry. Digitally printed aluminum warehouse facade Oct 2013

AQUALINE: SPARTAKUS ALIVE / Collaboration with Zuzana Chupacova.

Yaroslavl, RU

Multi-purpose pavilion in a UNESCO site between two Russian Orthodox Churches Jun 2012

GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE HALL / As intern architect with OFIS Arhitekti Concept design for a public services building with a public plaza

SKILLS Languages Software Fabrication Photography

Fluent in Spanish and English Advanced Rhino and Grasshopper (parametric design, multi-criteria optimisation, fabrication) AutoCAD, Revit, V-Ray, Adobe Suite 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CNC Milling Digital SLR

Chiatura, GE

Michael Weinstock Director Emergent Technologies and Design mweinstock@aaschool.ac.uk

36 Bedford Square

London WC1B 3ES

T +44 (0) 20 7887 4000

Spela Videcnik Founder / Lead Architect OFIS Arhitekti

ofis@ofis.si

Tavcarjeva 2

1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

T +386 1 4260084

REFERENCES Mireia Luzárraga Project Architect: elBullifoundation Cloud 9 / Enric Ruíz Geli

Carrer de Roc Boronat, 117

Barcelona, Spain 08018

T +34 93 215 05 53

FSA

Francisco Sanin Founder / Lead Architect Francisco Sanin Architects fesanin@syr.edu

499 South Warren Street

Syracuse, New York 13202

T +1 315 278 5251

OTHER WORKS http://www.fdmccloskey.com

THE TWIST

LINKS

http://www.archdaily.com/775842/emtechs-twist-displayed-at-the-timber-expo-in-birmingham http://www.archdaily.com.br/br/775906/instalacao-the-twist-na-timber-expo-de-birmingham http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2015/10/29/the-twist/ http://www.ukconstructionweek.com/timber-expo/what-s-on/twist-pavilion

LOAM HUT http://competitions.summitpowdermountain.com/winner/

EURAMAX FACADE COMPETITION http://uk.archello.com/en/project/cut-paste-analogue

FRANCIS MCCLOSKEY

CONTENTS ARCTIC SYSTEMS / ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION �������������������������� 7 Material System , 10 Loam Hut , 14 Settlement Growth Logics , 16 COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN & TIMBER RESEARCH ������������������������������ 23 Twist / Timber Research Pavilion, 24 Membrane Frame Locking, 30 ARAL SEA, KAZAKHSTAN �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 33 Ecological Disaster, 34 Travel Photography , 36 Undergraduate Thesis , 40 PROFESSIONAL WORK & COMPETITIONS �������������������������������������������� 45 Aqualine , 46 Guggenheim Helsinki , 48 Shell, Public Service Hall , 50 North Country Retreat , 52 elBullifoundation , 54 Sivas Bridge, 56 REFERENCES ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 61

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ARCTIC SYSTEMS / ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION

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THE NEW NORTH

Arctic Synthesis is an investigation of resource-driven settlement strategies above the Arctic Circle. This project has been developed in MSc and MArch phases. In the first stage, a material system and building type was developed to address locally sourced materials. At the MArch phase, this material strategy has been explored at a variety of scales ranging from various building types, to environmentally driven building arrangements, to sustainable settlement growth patterns.

Russia

Finland

Sweden Norway

Greenland

Alaska

Canada

Shipping routes Mining sites Oil Gas Gas+Oil reserves 0

500 kilometres

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500 miles

LOGISTICS & CHALLENGES

The work in contextualised in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the site of various settlements few and far in between, developed in the 1950s and 1960s mostly as part of a relocation strategy for indigenous peoples. Traditional construction materials are scarce in the northern latitudes. As such, the majority of the built mass consists of imported panelised assemblies that borrow from modular military buildings or housing types better suited to lower latitudes. Aside from the logistics limitations, there are other challenges to construction common to the Arctic, given the extreme environment. Permafrost is defined as a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains below freezing year round. The presence of permafrost is quite a technical challenge in the design of building foundations where there is the possibility of frost heaving, or upward swelling of soil, due to expanding ice in the soil, or differential settlement due to permafrost thawing below a building.

GREENLAND Barrow

Uppernavik

Norne Bethel

Prudhoe bay

ALASKA

Ilulissat

Resolute Bay

Nuuk

Pond Inlet

Inuvik

Anchorage

Iqaluit

Yellowknife

Kuujjuaq

Juneau

Edmonton

CANADA Winnipeg Ottowa

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Montreal

Cargo routes

500 Kilometers 500 Miles

Shipping routes Highways Tree line

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Material System

MSc. Dissertation, Distinction Collaboration with Alican Sungur, Giulio Gianni In response to the sheer material scarcity and environmental drivers of the Canadian Arctic, a material system was developed in which locally sourced soil can be incorporated into shell assemblies.

Grasshopper (for parametric design, structural and solar radiation evaluation, multi-criteria optimisation), Rhino 3D, V-Ray, Adobe Suite

MATERIAL LOGIC

Hermetically sealed bags are filled with locally sourced peat and vacuumed into rigid panels. Bent rods serve to direct the geometry. .

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HEAT ZONES AND PARTITIONS

The same bent rods that are used to define the overall geometry can be reinvented to create partitions locally.

Common area

Kitchenette

Entrance Washroom/storage Sleeping quarters Heat source

ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE 01. SITE PREPARATION -Excavating trenches for locking rods in place.

-Unpacking sheets -Positioning sheets in site

02. INSERTING RODS -Connecting bags together -Inserting rods into bags pockets

03. FILLING AND SEALING BAGS -Filling bags with previously harvested peat - Closing bags to be airtight for vacuuming

04. PLACING & TENSIONING TIES -Connecting ties to rods -Start tensioning ties with manual tensioner/s

05. VACUUMING BAGS -LOCKING GEOMETRY -Vacuuming (to -1bar) of each bag once ends of rods reach the the trench to lock the geometry in place

06. FINISHING -Filling trench with gravel -Installing pre-assembled floor boards -Applying additional insulation -Applying window/door frames

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EVALUATION OF VIABLE SPAN RANGES OF VACUUMATIC LOAM ASSEMBLIES Using genetic algorithms.

stress (kN/cm2) 2.00e-4

1.00e-4

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02

03

04

6.18

rod length (m): 6.36

15.0

1.3

rod span (m): 4.596

11.94

0.17

H/L Ratio: 0.433

1.95

0.01

gravity max displacement (m): 0.014

0.22

0.02

wind max displacement (m): 0.024

1.64

0.45

compression (%): 0.694

0.69

3.83

usable area (m2): 6.507

35.81

6.18

rod length (m): 10.77

15.0

1.3

rod span (m): 9.883

11.94

0.17

H/L Ratio: 0.207

1.95

0.01

gravity max displacement (m): 0.089

0.22

0.02

wind max displacement (m): 0.047

1.64

0.45

compression (%): 0.686

0.69

3.83

usable area (m2): 16.088

35.81

6.18

rod length (m): 14.91

15.0

1.3

rod span (m): 11.937

11.94

0.17

H/L Ratio: 0.347

1.95

0.01

gravity max displacement (m): 0.218

0.22

0.02

wind max displacement (m): 0.417

1.64

0.45

compression (%): 0.612

0.69

3.83

usable area (m2): 35.806

35.81

6.18

rod length (m): 12.03

15.0

1.3

rod span (m): 2.781

11.94

0.17

H/L Ratio: 1.751

1.95

0.01

gravity max displacement (m): 0.049

0.22

0.02

wind max displacement (m): 0.914

1.64

0.45

compression (%): 0.47

0.69

3.83

usable area (m2): 10.464

35.81

BUILDING CORRUGATION-VELOCITY PROFILES (SNOWDRIFT) Early consequences of orientation and geometry.

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Loam Hut

Summit MAP International Competition, 3rd Place Summit Powder Mountain, Utah, 2015 Project Team: Alican Sungur, Giulio Gianni The Summit MAP competition asked its competitors for a cabin prototype that could be used to model 300 units on an alpine mountain in Utah. This proposal sought to maximise the use of locally abundant materials on site; namely top soil and spruce trees. After various 1:1 experiments, a material system was devised in which hermetically sealed bags were filled with locally extracted soil and connected to an array of spruce thinnings. The resultant geometries are locked in place by vacuuming the bags into a stiff shell.

Grasshopper (for parametric design, structural and solar radiation evaluation, multi-criteria optimisation), Rhino 3D, V-Ray, Adobe Suite

INTERIOR SPACE

structural variation for fenestration and use of bending elements as internal partitions

PLAN 01-FUNCTIONAL ZONING A. Heat source / Common space B. Wet Space / Storage C. Sleeping Quarters D. Transition zone E. Entrance

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Section 01

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E

SECTION 01- STRUCTURE DETAILS 1. Fenestration detail 01 2. Bent rod 3. Gravel pad, 500mm 4. Heat source

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5. Tension tie

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6. Insulation layer 7. Floor deck 8. Loam panel, 200mm

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Settlement Growth Logics MArch Dissertation (Distinction) Collaboration with Alican Sungur

Grasshopper (for parametric design, structural and solar radiation evaluation, multi-criteria optimisation), Rhino 3D, V-Ray, Adobe Suite

TREE GROWTH MODELING

A complex algorithm was assembled to emulate the height of trees over time taking into account their age, density, species and the rate of extraction as a way to calculate a sustainable construction rate.

BUILDING CLUSTERS ORIENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION

Given the low sun angles of the Arctic, buildings should be spaced close enough to prevent heat losses and increase accessibility, while spacing out far enough so that buildings do not shade one another. The communities found in Greenland, for example, are often distributed along south-facing slopes in such a that buildings are within a convenient proximity but do not shade one another. The ideal orientation of the designed linear aggregation is one in which solar radiation is maximised but the area of shadows a structure casts is minimised. This is achieved by varying spans into dome-like units, where the increased surface area results in considerably higher solar radiation.

Building Aggregation

Grid Orientation

SNOW ACCUMULATION

Various configurations were evaluated to study the accumulation of snow relative to building orientation. The results suggest that scattered buildings prevent the accumulation of snow between buildings, for sake of accessibility. The capturing of water from the consequent snow melt by directing it into a centralised cistern is an way to define these building clusters as autonomous units.

Aggregation

Maximum Snow Depth

Wind speed 0

7 m/s

0

Flow Rate 0.5 m

drainage path

accumulation area

central cistern

GENETIC ALGORITHMS

Multi-criteria design evaluation developed to evaluate building cluster strategies specific to a cluster function.

Utilidor Network Length [m] 1287.78 Closeness Deviation [%] 0.19 Self-Shading [m²] 542.24 Built Area [m²] 3765.01

Utilidor Network Length [m] 1364.01 Closeness Deviation [%] 0.45 Self-Shading [m²] 445.7 Built Area [m²] 3975.6

Utilidor Network Length [m] 1233.41 Closeness Deviation [%] 0.39 Self-Shading [m²] 552.99 Built Area [m²] 3765.7

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1 range

FRANCIS MCCLOSKEY AUTONOMOUS SETTLEMENT DESIGN

undisturbed ground

TOPOGRAPHICAL + HYDROLOGICAL DATA 01-1.1

flow lines

greenhouse units

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL 01-1.2

drainage channel

central cistern completely thawed zone

UTILIDOR/TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 01-1.3

utilidors

snow fences dwelling units

BUILDING DISTRIBUTION 01-1.4

public buildings road division

public space

INTEGRATED MODEL 01-1.5

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SNOW FENCES / UTILITY CONDUITS

The incorporation of bent rods creates a series of “snow fences� which has two functions which ensure year-round functionality. Firstly, the partial cladding of the surface oriented to prevailing winds protects the path from the accumulation of snow. This is easily achieved with wood scraps that are not suitable for the proposed system. Secondly, the inclusion of a lighting system ensures use during the dark winter months.

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COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN & TIMBER RESEARCH

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Twist / Timber Research Pavilion

Timber Expo, Birmingham, UK, October 2015 EmTech Studio, Architectural Association A design and fabrication collaboration in the EmTech MArch/MSc studio, this timber research project saw various phases of exploration, and sought to define an alternate method of using sheet material. A primary material system was defined by linear 6mm elements between bent 4mm strips at both sides. A secondary material system was developed as an edge condition to maintain rigidity and constrain the overall form.

My tasks consisted in developing and organizing a parametric design and detailed fabrication model that was calibrated according to the results of various prototyping phases. A logic for fabricated elements and their assembly sequences was developed to ensure that the structure could pre-assembled as transportable components given the time limitations of assembling on site at Timber Expo.

Grasshopper (for parametric design, structural evaluation, multi-criteria optimisation, and fabrication design), Rhino 3D, CNC Milling

6.00 m

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6.00 m

A

Section AA�

DESIGN LOGIC element attribution

target space

edge condition

planar elements

Panel 17/16 Assembly

ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE

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EDGE CONDITION

development of various intersecting planar geometries to constrain overall articulated surface

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twisted elements

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GRASSHOPPER DEFINITION

Cross-referencing element types and intersection events, outputting fabrication data.

FABRICATION DATA

Color and number codes used to identify building sequences and locations

SEMI-PANELS

Unitised and scaled to be assembled by two people and carried by one person.

PANELS

Convergence of semi-panels at intersection events with base supports.

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Membrane Frame Locking

EmTech Studio, Architectural Association Collaboration with Parantap Bhatt, Spyros Efthymiou The proposed system is a composition of plywood frames, steel cylindrical joints and fabric membranes. Flat plywood strips are combined to form diagrid layers and assembled together through the steel rods. Membranes are used to lock the frame into its final state so as to introduce variations in relation to structural and environmental conditions. A property of this grid system is its movement and deployability due to the rotation allowed by the joints. This capability is explored and evaluated throughout the design process. The resulting articulated morphology is differentiated locally and regionally and is evaluated according to environmental, structural and programmatic criteria.

Grasshopper (for parametric design, structural evaluation, multi-criteria optimisation, and fabrication design), Rhino 3D, CNC Milling

DESIGN LOGIC element attribution

Element Allocation

Thickness

Rationalization

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Host Surface 1 2

ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE

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Relevant elements in edge condition

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Tensile Members

Regional Assembly 0

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Plywood Strips

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ARAL SEA, KAZAKHSTAN

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Ecological Disaster PRE-KRUSCHEV FISHING ECONOMY OF THE ARAL SEA

The Aral Sea, formerly the world’s fourth largest inland sea was once a body of water larger than Switzerland and supported the Soviet army with vast amounts of fish.  

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COTTON INDUSTRY AND DESERTIFICATION

The Virgin Lands project of the 1960 redirected the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers to irrigate massive cotton fields, leading to a process of desertification.

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DESERTIFICATION

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Gradual dry-out of the Aral Sea..

Aralsk Syr River

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2014 NORTH ARAL FISHING ZONES

Privately controled fishing zones that determine who a fisherman is obligated to sell any catch to. Redrawn from findings in a North Aral factory.

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KOK-ARAL DYKE

Any fish caught in the spillway is not regulated by the government. The spillway acts as a funnel, and five kilometers out the water is so toxic that most fish die off. In the spring period, when the spillway is opened for springmelt, there are reportedly 100-150 people camping on site for a period of three months in order to capitalise on spillway catch.

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SEASONAL FLUCTUATION

The Kok-Aral Dyke fluctuates in use between the tourism industries and the fishing industries. floodgates open tourism season

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Travel Photography

Awarded Ralph T. Walker Travel Prize Almaty, Aral’sk and Astana; Kazakhstan SLR Photography

GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED MONUMENTALISM

Above: Foster and Partners’ Palace of Peace and Reconciliation lies empty for a large part of the year.

Below: Golgolya Avenue in Almaty, Kazakhstan

REMNANTS OF A FISHING LIFESTYLE

Above: Underground fishing brigade dwelling nearTostubek Village, North Aral Sea Region, Kyzyl Orda, Kazakhstan Below: Fishing family in Bugun Village, near Kok-Aral Dyke, North Aral Sea Region, Kyzyl Orda, Kazakhstan

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ARAL SEA’S DESERTIFICATION

Above: Ship cemetery between Jambul and Tostubek Villages Below: Unable to fish as much as they used to, villagers from the Aral region now rely on camels as an economic driver for their milk, meat, hair and hide.

NEW NORTH ARAL

Above: The Kok-Aral spillway contains the North Aral Sea from the evaporating south, a few kilometers away. A small platform serves the enjoyment of “disaster tourists”.

Below: There are now only three fish factories operating in the Arals’k region, two of which are government owned.

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Undergraduate Thesis

Dean’s Citation for Excellence, 2014 Awarded Ralph T. Walker Travel Prize Intervention on Kok-Aral Dyke, Kyzyl Orda, Kazakhstan Rhino-3D, SLR Photography, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, V-Ray, Adobe Suite

COMMUNICATIONS TOWER

telecommunications tower for North Aral fishermen

CONGREGATION HALL

auditorium condition for tourist information and fishermen discussion

MUSEUM ENTRANCE

incorporation of found objects into concrete shell

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SECTION 01

The interior of the dam is open to the public as a gallery.

PLAN 01

Underground dwellings incorporated into Kok-Aral Dyke for the use both tourist and fishing brigades.

SECTION 02

Communications tower is clad with recycled ship elements.

PLAN 02

A ramp ensures continuous circulation from water level into communications tower and down into community spaces.

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PROFESSIONAL WORK & COMPETITIONS

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Aqualine

International Competition, 2013 Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya Oblast, Russia Collaboration with Zuzana Chupacova Rhino-3D, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, V-Ray, Adobe Suite

PLAN 01 - INTERIOR

PLAN 02 - SITE

SECTION 01

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Guggenheim Helsinki

International Competition, 2014 Helsinki, Finland Collaboration with Zuzana Chupacova and Can Cakmak Accommodating the regular reconfiguration of the Guggenheim Helsinki, this proposal is developed as a continuous space that is deployed along the site and around a series of access points to the Guggenheim’s variety of programs and events between artists, tourists, and Helsinki civic life.

The facade strategy of the meandering volume is developed as a series of vertical louvers made of Finnish wood. As they are placed perpendicular to the facade, a view of Helsinki is constantly evolving in front of the visitor when facing the exterior facade.

Rhino-3D, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, V-Ray, Adobe Suite

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

ROOF ACCESS

ENTRANCE

Respecting the city’s desire to create a public realm to the north of the site, a ground-level visitor services pavilion is provided, incorporating a loading ramp for heavy goods vehicles.

MAIN GALLERY

The continuous wide span ensures that walls may be added or removed as needed. Long beams in sequence create the impression of bays, and diffuse daylighting.

ELEVATION

The roof of the structure adds outdoor seasonal programming that supplements the activities of the park and Market Square, while providing a privileged view of the city.

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Shell, Public Service Hall

International Competition _ Chiatura, Georgia, 2012 [team leader with OFIS Arhitekti] with Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Radek Toman, Janez Martincic, Aquilino Fernandez Rhino-3D, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite

PLAN

Three zones are created from the perimeter condition of the design. First, a government archive runs along the edge of the structure, protected below ground. Secondly, a service area allows free access for government staff. Thirdly, the open area in the center is defined by a continous and variable furniture piece that is a service desk and seating area.

SECTION

Service zones are visually defined by overhead lamps. Activity is visible from street level.

RENDERING

The roof serves as a congregation area towards the banks of the Qvirila River.

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North Country Retreat

UNIT Design Group, LLC, 2014 Concept design for a house in Watertown, New York Rhino-3D, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite

GREAT ROOM CONCEPT

Use of open space for year-round crop harvesting

GREAT ROOM CONCEPT Opening up of space into view of lake

GROUND FLOOR

Open plan dictated by flexible furniture/partitions, and perimeter decking

FIRST FLOOR

Private zones for NCR staff

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elBullifoundation

Cloud 9 Office, participation 2013 Barcelona, Spain Rhino-3D, Grasshopper, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite

STUDY MODEL

Study of Wall and Terracing Components 3D Print, 80 x 40 cm for Ferran AdriĂ : Notes on Creativity exhibit at the Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA (January 2014)

Ferran Adria, the world renowned chef, is expanding operations with the elBulli restaurant, growing onto the neighboring site. The site is heavily regulated due to the fact that it is part of a larger wildlife reserve in the Cap de Creus peninsula of Catalonia. In order to house museum functions, spaces for teaching/experimenting the art of food, and brainstorming spaces, the immense site will incorporate a terracing landscape that will discretely emerge from the current site conditions.

1:50 SCALE MODEL

Laser cut MDF Board and balsa wood, 3D Printed Components exhibited in elBulli: Ferran AdriĂ and the Art of Food exhibit at the Somerset House, London, UK (August - September 2013)

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Sivas Bridge

International Competition _ Sivas, Turkey, 2016 Modeled entirely in Grasshopper.

Collaboration with Alican Sungur and Giulio Gianni Rhino-3D, Grasshopper, V-Ray, Adobe Suite

PROMENADE

Unitised and scaled to be assembled by two people and carried by one person.

SECTION/ELEVATION

The proposed bridge takes form from a basic structural principle for a bridge of this span and capacity: the box girder. Designed as a large beam, this project seeks to explore the expression of structural forces by highlighting tension elements where the structure exhibits the most strain.

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OVERALL FORM

The proposed bridge takes form from a basic structural principle for a bridge of this span and capacity: the box girder. Designed as a large beam, this project seeks to explore the expression of structural forces by highlighting tension elements where the structure exhibits the most strain.

TRAM LEVEL

The bottom level of the structure incorporates a tramline, pedestrian and bicycle circulation. Given the extremes of Sivas’ climate, an advantage of doing so is that this space is semiprotected from the weather. It may also be of interest for future discussion to investigate the development of the proposed bridge as a tram stop to invigorate the surrounding areas.

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REPETITIVE SECTIONS

As in typical highway construction using box girders, a certain thickness must be created to create bending stiffness economically. To further reduce costs, the elements associated with the design of the central spine are defined by repetitive sections. The box girder type provides an opportunity for the occupation of the proposed bridge, where transport can be assigned to one of two layers. A highway surface is created on the top of the trapezoidal section.

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CONSTRUCTION PHASING

The second and fourth colour bands indicate the location of feet on Kizilirmak river.

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

As previously mentioned, the central elements are consistent throughout the entire 96m span. These elements include six lanes of highway above, featuring a sound barrier for a variable plaza space below. The interior of the box girder encloses pedestrian and bicycle circulation with a light rail system.

Aydınlatma Elemanları

Üst Tabliye: Karayolu Aydınlatma Elemanları

En Kesit Kiriş Elemanları Üst Ana Kiriş Elemanları

Çelik Halatlar

Konsol Taşıyıcıları Alt Tabliye: Raylı Sistem, Yaya ve Bisiklet Ulaşımı

Alt Ana Kiriş Elemanları

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REFERENCES

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