PORTFOLIO Jose Lopez Arellano
TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECT
LATTC COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDING
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SP 5TH YEAR INSTRUCTOR: ROBERT ALEXANDER
CPP WELCOME CENTER
16-21 FALL 2ND YEAR
SP 4TH YEAR INSTRUCTOR: GARET AMMERMAN
BOYLE HEIGHTS MUSEUM OF ACTIVISM
INSTRUCTOR: NOAM SARAGOSTI
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FALL 5TH YEAR INSTRUCTOR: IRMA RAMIREZ & DISNEY IMAGINNERING
THE CANTILEVER
FALL 2ND YEAR INSTRUCTOR: NOAM SARAGOSTI
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FALL 3RD YEAR INSTRUCTOR: ANTON SCHNEIDER
THE SCIENTIFIC RETREAT FALL 3RD YEAR INSTRUCTOR: ANTON SCHNEIDER
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FALL 2ND YEAR INSTRUCTOR: NOAM SARAGOSTI
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LATTC Computer Science School
5Th Year Instructor: Robert Alexander
LATTC New Computer Scienmce Building and School Entrance
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This Computer Science Building located in the corner of Grand and Washington Blvd will be an addition to the LATTC Campus. A computer science building will expand on the many programs that the college currently offers. I got the idea from Microsoft 6 month online certificate program in which it allows for people of any age or economic background to have a chance to work in the tech field. The program includes Computer Labs that are laid out in such a way to allow for collaboration, state of the art technology and improveents of the learning environments. The more public programs like the cafés, student store, lecture halls are located on the ground floor, closer to the streets. The more private programs like classrooms, computer storage rooms, offices and study areas are located towards the center or upper floors. The massing includes the stacking and staggering floor plates that are pushed back in order to meet zoning requirements and allow for views of Downtown LA to the North and LATTC to the South. The staggered floors allow for the building to include balconies and open spaces on each floor. In addition, there are some cut outs that allow for hallways to be outside and be in between the building and façade. The plaza design comes from the need of a public space for both the college and surrounding communities. So the addition of the plaza with mounds and trees will have many uses that include a waiting area for people who are using public transportation, a resting place for students walking from class to class, a place for club or job fairs, and a natural way to cancel noise from the incoming traffic of the street. The grand staircase allows for the building to be utilized by the public and offers an additional area for public engagement to occur. While underneath, there is a study room and a small store for additional needs. The façade was inspired by the backside of computers where the air ventilating system is located. With this, I was able to create an all glass building and wrap the floors that are sticking out to the south. This façade system also follows the interior and allows for the HVAC system to hide in between this system. The northern facing floor, or level 3, is exposed in all glass and utilizes the top floor that is overhanging to act as a shading device.
Site Axon
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Site Plan
CONCRETE FINISH WATER VAPOR MEMBRANE EPMD INSULATION CONCRETE METAL DECK I BEAM
HORIZONTAL LOUVERS VERTICAL LOUVERS CONNECTION TO SECONDARY STRUCTURE SECONDARY FACADE STRUCTURE CONNECTION TO WALL
STUCCO GYPSUM BOARD EPMD INSULATION PLYWOOD CURTAIN WALL MULLION
CONCRETE FINISH WATER VAPOR MEMBRANE 2 WAY CONCRETE SLAB
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COLLABORATION IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY
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With this came a problem, as the building deals with a lot of computer related labs, these classrooms are notoriously dark and can forget to include psychological impacts on how a dark room can affect the learning environment. So, when dealing with labs, those classrooms are pushed back to the north or to the center of the floor while the hallways are to the side. And allow for the continuation of glass throughout the building. Offices for professors and regular classrooms are facing south. And any residual space will include desks, chairs and tables and allow for study spaces or working areas. Making this building out of stucco allows it to further light up the walls and include that daylight within the building. The use of wood was to counter the technology heavy aspect of a computer science building. Allowing nature to be seen, smell and feel was important in that it allows the students to remember that there is a world outside their screens. The glass further emphasizes that idea by allowing them to look out towards the green plaza and downtown LA. The computer Science Building is based on a 30 x 30 grid to allow for greater organization of the interior and structure. The structure would be mostly steel but would incorporate some concrete, a mixture of hard and softscape, to allow for a plaza and parking garage. The overall project uses basic structures to cantilever and overhang from floor to floor. There are many environmental design strategies that this building incorporate. The first thing that people will encounter is the main green plaza. It will utilize trees to cool down the building, allow for shade, and incorporate a mini park for the community. The next thing students will encounter is the façade. This façade will allow for daylight to enter the building but at the same time create some protection from direct sunlight. There are many louvers that are both vertical and horizontal depending on the side of the building. Furthermore, the use of wood, glass and white materials will allow sunlight to enter the building and limit any use of lights and maximize the daylight that southern California has to offer. A subtle environmental design that was implemented was the idea of staggering each floor in which it will allow to overhang and cover the floor below without the use of a façade.
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CAFE’S CAFE KITCHEN CAFE WALK IN AUDITORIUM CLASSROOMS OFFICES STORE STUDY AREAS RESTROOMS
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CPP Welcome Center
Spring 4th Year Instructor:Garet Ammerman
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Boyle Heights Museum of Activism
Fall of 5th Year Instructor: Irma Ramirez & Disney Imagineers
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The Boyle Heights Museum of Activism, located in Cesar Chavez Ave. The history of racial discrimination and social injustices in Los Angeles in which the immigrant community still faces, has created activists who will stand up for the rights of their neighbors. This creative campus will allow the community to explore the past and inspire the future generation of activists who are willing fight for immigrants within the community. Locating a museum that reflects the history of Boyle Heights Activism within the site will allow the past to be reflected upon as well as inspiring the new generation to become an activist for the people.
Research Library interior, within the museum.
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Reflection courtyard with the waterfall, skylight snd cantilever museum.
Exterior view of the museum that faces Mathew St. Allows the community vendors to be part of the museum.
PROGRAM DIAGRAM MUSEUM LOBBY LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER GATHERING SPACES
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2ND FLOOR AXON
GROUND FLOOR AXON
REFLECTION
Reflection is the idea of looking back at what one has experienced. This section of the museum allows the visitors and the community to engage in their inner thought to explore how they themselves can be part of the history of Boyle Heights.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Public Engagement or Voice of the People are key themes to make this site work. We need to design with areas that will allow the community to spark activism from the stairs, education, and resources. All of these can be found inside this creative campus.
IDENTITY
Public Engagement or Voice of the People are key themes to make this sIdentity is key to keeping this building a Boyle Heights community staple. Looking at the residents here, immigration history, and the purpose of the building will allow this building to flourish and establish an important identity. Allowing them to showcase how beautiful this area is and what it can become will empower the community to fight for their identity to stay.
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The Boyle Heights Museum of Activism was designed with the intention of showcasing the powerful history that Boyle Heights. The three main themes that were used to lead the design were power to the people, national identity, and reflection. By looking at traditional clothing from Latin America, I used the rebosso, as a design tool in which Latin American mothers use it to protect themselves and their children from the cold. It was used to create spaces and patterns around the museum from façade, windows, and rooms. Power to the people is a saying that drove the entrance and surrounding perimeter of the building to allow the local community to engage and be part of the museum. The grand staircase will allow protests to be held and the sides have the space to welcome the street vendors in a safe space. Reflection was used to drive some program ideas from a waterfall courtyard and a library to showcase a range of historical pieces from Southern California. This building is meant for people to learn about the vibrant past that made Boyle Heights the city that it is today with most of the population being immigrants. In addition, it will be facing the offices of CHIRLA where the community is able to get that help through law advisors. In between these two facing buildings will be an entrance plaza and an amphitheater where the design allows for people to become an activist themselves. The goal is to inspire this new generation of activists and by learning about the past, one can reflect and begin their journey as an activist. With the addition of a floating waterfall, people are able to reflect what they had experienced within the site.
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M A T H E W S T
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F I C K E T T S T
The Cantilever
Fall of 3rd Year Instructor: Anton Schneider
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Interior collage of Cantilever structure facing the outdoor deck.
Exterior elevation collage in an imagined forest site.
The Cantilever 2-week project was an introduction to structure for a building. This Cantilever was designed with the intention of making it structurally sound while at the same time not disturbing the land it was on. It needed to have an outdoor deck for viewing and was in an imagined forest. The outdoor portion also has a glass floor to view down, open sides and open roof. The cladding was a stone finish with frosted windows so that light can come inside the building. The structural system contains of metal trusses and cross bracing where the cantilever meets the ground for extra support.
First model that initiated the design.
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Top: Plan from 2nd floor; Bottom: Section
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WOOD FLOOR FINISH PLYWOOD SPANNING MEMBER
INSULATION
STONE FINISH
Figure: Detail drawing of floor assembly
Structural Axon
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Exterior Axons from all 4 angles.
The Scientific Retreat
Fall of 3rd Year Instructor: Anton Schneider
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Axonometric sun study for this retreat at 8am.
The Scientific Retreat home and workplace was designed with the idea of structures, fire protection and environmental impacts in mind. This project is located in Veter Mountain, Angeles Forest and is prone to major wild fires. By doing so I wanted to create some type of structure where I could levitate everything using cables and trusses while making sure it can be as fire protected as possible. There are 4 main components: the public area, bridge connection, living space and the office space. The public area is ADA accessible and has a deck with seating for people to explore. The bridge is a cable bridge holding up beams to have access to the main building. The first floor of the building has a day room in the center and everything else connected from there. In addition, this area was designed with air circulation and lighting being very accessible from here. The 2nd floor contains the office space for the scientist and its private decks for their own exploration, overlooking the entire site and beyond. The cladding is aluminum due to the fact that it is fire protective but also allows the building to blend in with its surroundings with small openings facing mostly the south side for maximum sunlight.
Exterior rendering of project from public cantilever portion facing the main building and bridge.
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MAIN PRIVATE SPACES SUPPORTING PRIVATE SPACES SERVICES CENTER SPACE OUTDOOR SPACES CIRCULATION/ CONNECTIONS
Initial program diagram.
3-D massing of Program on site
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Exterior Perspective of building when approaching it from the road.
COLUMNS GIRDERS BEAMS BRACING PADS
Exploded Structural Diagram
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PUBLIC PATH OF TRAVEL
4pm sun study axon.
Access to site for public diagram.
Interior Render of main building facing the 2 main openings from the day room.
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49’ 5”
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23’ UP
BEDROOM #1
COVERED SEATING AREA
PUBLIC DECK
BRIDGE CONNECTION
A DAYROOM BEDROOM #2
21’ BATHROOM
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Plan at the top of the summit.
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Plan of the public cantilever structure.
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Plan of the 2nd floor of main building.
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Longitudinal Section.
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Section of main building.
NE Elevation
NW Elevation
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SW Elevation
SE Elevation
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