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PORTFOLIO

Joseph Rosenberg

CONTENT

PROFESSIONAL 46 Stevens

PERSONAL 1100 West Burnside

ACADEMIC

Finnish Cultural Center Ny Torget UNCC Campus Expansion ET CETERA Parametric Possum Trot Bamboo Study Shadow Box Digital Fabrication

46 STEVENS

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven New Haven, Connecticut, 2012 Role: Collaborative Designer Residential/1704 Sqft

As a non-profit organization, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven's mission is to revitalize blighted communities through rehabilitating derelict homes to become affordable housing.

46 Stevens is a two and a half storey house that was formerly a two family home. Given limited space and budget, it became redesigned for single family use.

Major RENOVATION design created a CENTRAL CIRCULATION route with a wider staircase. Views were carved out from the front to the back of the house, creating OPENNESS in the building.

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PDX Water Tower Competition Portland, Oregon, 2011 Role: Collaborative Designer 707 Sqft

The idea of the pool is to have an EXERCISE facility to use ANYTIME for people in an URBAN SETTING. The under utilized water towers that stand above West Burnside Street is the ideal location for a single lap pool. It is self-operated from start to finish:

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The steel frame bears the concrete bed carrying the water. The frame is braced backed to the reinforced silos. The pool spans 50' and is 8' wide. Glass is read as the "circulation material" as it brings the user from the ground to the top, piercing through the silos to the lap pool, as it reaches over the street.

At the end of the pool, the swimmer views down Burnside Street to North Park. There are also voids within the bottom of the concrete bed for passersby to see overhead, a fortuitous glimpse of a swimmer.

View from Burnsides street

Concept sketch of "new piercing old"

translucent cover rain catchment tank changing room shower drain

Street perspective of back

Aerial view

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FINNISH CULTURAL CENTER

Washington, D.C., 2010 Role: Lead Designer Randy Beaver Honor Design Award 25,500 Sqft

The Finnish Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. is located on Massachusetts Ave. The cultural center is intended to EMBODY an integral part of the FINNISH CULTURE: SAUNAS. In Finland, folklore tells of babies born in saunas as well as the dead carried there. The saunas are spread throughout, inside the building and out. The experience of the building is a progression of:

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exposing one to the seasonal elements.

View from Massachusetts avenue

The sauna forms are generated from the many positions one can be in a sauna (sitting, laying).

Using the positions as sections of the forms, creates a continuum of postures.

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Interior perspective of main sauna

Model of fabrication of sauna

NY TORGET

Lund, Sweden, 2009 Role: Lead Designer Mix-Use Development + Urban Planning

Ny Torget ("new square") enables a new community and pond for the burgeoning town.

Between the old town square and Ny Torget is a warehouse district. Having the district redeveloped to a more commercialized area ameliorates connectivity.

Map of old town square connecting ny torget

The idea is to create a SPACE that is ENGAGED throughout the whole DAY AND NIGHT. Ny Torget has a mix-use building in the square with shops, offices, restaurants and a theater. Surrounding the square are three-storey level housing apartments.

The mix-use building's exterior material corresponds to the brick used in the area. The ground floor displays a playful way of stacking the masonry.

Housing area sketch

Pond area sketch

Theater Shops/restaurant

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Offices Loading dock Shops/restaurant

Front facade of mix-use building from the square

Building program diagram

Interior perspective of the mix-use building

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UNCC CAMPUS EXPANSION

Charlotte, North Carolina, 2008 Role: Collaborative Designer 1.67 million sqft F.A.R.: 82%

Phase 5: housing Phase 3: light rail Phase 4: retail

Problem: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte's campus is expanding.

Phase 3: institution Phase 2: housing

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Solution: Provide an extension off campus, connecting through roads and light rail.

The expansion includes institution, living, and retail buildings. With the light rail coming through, this will connect the campus to downtown Charlotte.

As a TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, the buildings are within a quarter-mile radius of the light rail stop.

Map of old and new campus

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A challenge of the site is the steepness of the topography by the light rail stop. A solution is a terraced space down to the train stop.

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View of terrace space from light rail stop

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PARAMETRIC POSSUM TROT

Role: Collaborative Designer + Researcher

By linking parametric processes with the realities of prefabrication construction, the design incorporates algorithmic software to produce a traditional building typology: the dogtrot, or "possum trot".

To outline a methodology that includes the form and structural grammar of a dogtrot, multiple variables need recognition. Such variables consist of the house's dimensions, height, thickness, and roof slope.

With generative algorithmic software, the gap between the selection of a building system and the selection of a design solution can be bridged.

Examples of outcomes of the dogtrot

BAMBOO STUDY

Bamboo connection study from simple lashing with twine, to advanced with wood pin joinery and metal clamp.

SHADOW BOX

An amalgam of elegance and machinery, the structure takes the female torso and represents it as a steel structure.

DIGITAL FABRICATION STUDY

Digital fabrication study of tessellating a two-dimensional plane to create a threedimensional form.