Extended Work 2011-14

Martin Fernandez scripts for making extended work 2009-2014

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purpose:

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chapel

wall

gatehouse

design 8 5 weeks UF

design 8 4 weeks UF

design 5 3 weeks FAU

park

cemetery

theater

design 3 4 weeks BC

design 5 3 weeks UF

design 6 8 weeks UF

marina

residence

design 4 4 weeks BC

design 7 4 weeks UF

boathouse

design 5 5 weeks UF

tower

design 4 4 weeks BC

panel

a d v. d i g 1 weeks FAU

ceiling

m a t e r. i n v. in progress UF

container

design 8 5 weeks UF

block

design 5 6 weeks UF

I have acquired an enthusiasm for design and developed an affinity for the act of making. As a craftsman, I have extensive experience in a range of crafts from pencil and paper, to carpentry and metalwork. Through process, I become an extension of my work, and ultimately create architecture that is a reflection of craft by the human hand.

It is the display of making that moves people; the understanding that architecture is not merely for humanity but by humanity. I endeavor to create architecture that is based entirely on details. During the last five years of my architectural education I have experienced the value of making, constructing, and speculating in assemblies.

I believe that the aesthetics and details of the architecture affects the quality of life of the people who experience them on a daily basis.

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C h a p e l : V e r t i c a l V e s s e l design eight On the surface of Lake Alice, a vertical wooden vessel can be found.

The Pagan Chapel is conceal for the necessity of the God of the Sea (Poseidon) and the God of the Sun (Apollo) to dialog. The result is a Vessel that through form and tectonic expression connects and creates a transition between the water and the sky.

Siteplan: Lake Alice, Gainesville, Fl

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Seeking Form

Vessel

form

A series of sketches start to seek the sociological form of a temple.

Thought multiple iterations, the result start to yield the idea of a “Vessel”.

Plus the idea of “Verticality” through tectonics + reflections + form.

Verticality

Program

tectonic + reflection

water + sky

The Vessel contains two spaces: the lower floor is a place for the connection of water, it provides views only into Lake Alice and an internal fountain. The upper floor is about the connection of the Sun. Therefore it is flooded with skylights and light shafts that continue down into the lower floor. Both spaces are connected by a physical element (stair) and an ethereal element (light shaft).

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sky lights

upper gathering

lower fountain

waiting area

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Upper Plan

Lower Plan

Axonometric Assembly The construction of the Chapel seeks the expression of verticality. Wrapping the vessel with the use of vertical metal structure and vertical wood panels. The exterior and interior image of the chapel is a connection from the water to the sky.

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Fountain (water)

Longituginal Section

Cross Section 9

Wall: Versatile Unit design eight

Moving beyond program, form, or site, this project aims toward the purpose of making a modular unit. The starting point was to find a component that can associated with it else. Using techniques such as mirror, repetition, and rotation.

As a final result, the single unit disappears within the rest and establish new patterns.

weaving / overlap + joint

duplication + mirror / rotation The idiosyncratic of the single unit is remove by the duplication of the unit. New patterns come to emerge. Three result were found by repeating the unit four times, establishing a new whole. Finally, by interlocking the new whole, a weaving pattern arises.

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Physical model

Assemblage A system of square rods are introduces to lock the system into place. Enforcing the wall beyond the usage of stacking. Above a construction drawing of how each piece is set together and after pin into place. The wall can continue to be assemble until gravity load allows it.

Open

Close

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G a t e h o u s e : e v e r g l a d e s f r i c t i o n design five

rainwater collection specs south florida everglades average quantity per sqft average montly rainfall average yearly rainfall

0.6 gal 03 inch 35 inch

rainfall (inch) catchment (sqft) 1/2�

144 sqft 01�

144 sqft 03�

144 sqft

quantity (gal) 043 gal 086 gal 260 gal

lavatory water usage toilet (daily) average of flushes per person gallons per flush total

03 1.6 gal 05 gal

faucet (daily) average # of times per person how many minutes each use total

05 01 mn 08 gal

equals

13 gal

gatehouse water usage

gatehouse tank

01 user (interior per capital gallons)

03 containers

per day

0013 gal

per week

0091 gal

per month

0364 gal

per year

4368 gal

diameter per container height per container volume per container total (3 containers)

0012 0006 2714 8142

equals

0211 gal

inch inch cubic inch cubic inch

Sustainability Strategies Located in the vast open landscape of the everglades; a park for cyclist to engage in a 15 miles loop across the swamp terrain. A gatehouse is introduce at the starting point. The isolation of the infrastructure from the grid system, require the gatehouse to be self sufficient.

Multiple environmental system are applied to the infrastructure. The collection of water was further specs.

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gesture

articulation

context

Shark Valley Loop Park

Office

Outdoor Space

Ticket Window

Lavatory

Exit

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Marina:

n a v a l a c a d e m y design three

site forces

ground

intervention

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water training

facility

ground training

context

Fort Lauderdale Training Marina Charleston at the section scope, can be broken down into two major edge condition. In one hand, the commercial tries to absort the user by impossing it architecture into the public round. Theater, Churches and commercial venues spill into the sidewalks of charleston with overhangs, stairs and columns. This strategy begins to absort the public. In the other hand, the

subterranial entrance

facility

residential tries to separate it self to the public. Vegetation, fences and level shifts are the architectural tools to create these divisions. These studies create a typology of ways how to engage or ignore the public, while keeping a respectful scale to the city of charleston.

docks

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land to water procession

subterranial entrace The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated

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main facility + training space The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated

the ritual starts at the boat storage facility, the first encounter is the line of tree that divide the land from the water. onces the rowers pass the oak threshold, they are offer a dock for disembarking the land and embarking the water. At the end of the dock, an observatory creates the end point. visitors are offer a place for viewing the sport of rowing.

moments

marina dock system The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated and

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P e l i c u l a : d i r e c t o r s & a c t o r s r e s i d e n c e design seven partner: Felipe Hernandez The neighborhood of Tribeca, Manhattan, has become occupied by a new community. Once a run down sector of post-industrial buildings in New York. Tribeca is now the home of many actors, directors, and dancers.

With the growth of the of community. Historically a run down industrial sector of the island of New York. Now; Actors, Directors and Dancers have begun to make

their home in the left off post industrial buildings. As the community grows, a need to create urban notes; which are tailor to a film orientated community; raises.

Pelicula, seek to response to this social hunger for space. With the help of Canal Park as a vanish point and housing multiple spaces for the industry of films.

Skyline Nostalgic Collage

Skyline Nostalgic Matrix

Skyline Nostalgic Model

projector panel

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Canal Park is surround and trap by high velocity vehicles. Making it an undesirable location to visit or gather.

Taking this parameter into notion, a need to slow down the movement of the site is required before anything. The incision of a white facade where films can be projected will start creating a focus point to pause or slow down.

Plus, it will be orientated toward Canal Park. Introducing, a function to the park.

aperture panel

residence

projector panel

canal park

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Total:

253,800 sq/ft 12.5% 45.0% 65.0%

shared space: public space: private space:

public space:

Physical model + context

film panel spectator

canal ave.

west st.

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82,530 sq/ft

performance sets: museum space: recreational space: lobby space:

49,518 sq/ft 20,635 sq/ft 08,253 sq/ft 08,253 sq/ft

shared space: 31,725 sq/ft retail-market: restaurants small kiosk:

18,862 sqft 11,103 sq/ft 4,758 sq/ft

private space: 164,970 sq/ft 37 15 22 12 8

micro apts: studios apts: one-bed apts: two-bed apts three-bed apts

250 450 600 750 1,000

nsf nsf nsf nsf nsf

indoor cinema for casting, projecting and showcasing digital films

bridge connects canal park and the building, bypasses heavy traffic.

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performance space A slit in the building provides a light fenestration to focus on the performances.

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Public Space

Residential

Circulation

Structure

Skin Plates

Skin Structure

Inside Pelicula, two in-house theaters can be rented out to the community. The lower theater, is capable of projecting and showcasing digital films. While the upper theater is suited for performance spaces. Using Manhattan as a background, and a light shaft as a natural spot light.

Addition pots of spaces will be tide in with a control public circulation system. It will begin at canal park with a bridged. From there a multiple of slow and medium speed ramps and stair will capitalizes in the notion of transition of spaces or scenes. Last, the upper sector of pelicula will be resident for directors, actors and dancers.

light fenestration

performance space outdoor space film panel

canal park cinema space

entrance/lobby

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Panel: aperture fenestration

critic: Emmanouil Vermisso dynamic the aperture of a video camera serves as a mechanical panel, with it, the residence can design control the light and view filtering inside the building in each apartment unit + london “One Hyde Park� high-rise competition.

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aperture + modulo

morphs

multiple configuration of aperture array in an area

the varient f-stops are blend, trim, and overlapt to generate area of configuration.

competition the aperture panel system was submitted into a competition in London. the building that was considered was the high-rise at One Hyde Park, London. the parameters were the building dimensions + the user capability to control the panel. the solution was twopanel system; one dynamic, controllable with smaller aperture in the inside. while the other static, structural and weather-able material in the outside of the building. honorable mention.

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Container:

P r i n c i p l e s o f M a k i n g design eight

Moving beyond program, form, or site, this project aims toward the sole expression of making. The design is driven by its construction and the association of its components. Using the tectonic character of a “finger�, the project began by determining the hierarchy of organization of its construction.

components

hinged + interlock

hanged + cap

mirror + rotate

(3)

(2)

(1)

(2) (1)

(5) (3) (4)

construction axonometric + assembly model The components of the model were organized in terms of its structural organized in terms of its structural priority. (1) the inner structure is identified by the metal framework. (2) the roof and floor system is shape directly into the primary structure. (3) the stone panels are hinged and hung into the primary structure and roof system. (4) to address weather condition (wind & rain), screen were added to the to the stone system.

These provide protection from the outside without restricting visual access from the interior. (5) Finally, wood panels were added to provide for sitting in the exterior.

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interior perspective

Principles of Making With respect to Gottfried Semper categories of the different elements of the “Primitive Hut�, the container is separated into the structural framework, the enclosing stones panels or skin, and the foundation. The left residue of the pavilion become opportunities for seating and entrance.

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physical model

placing the roof

section

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P a r k : f e e d i n g p a v i l i o n s design three

layers portray of story telling in groups

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movement

movement

movement

Stranahan park, located in Fort Lauderdale, has become a location for homeless to gather. Everyday a line of soup is create from organizations to distribute food. The insfracture is inexisten. Spaces

movement

movement

movement

are define by the interation between people. Activities include story telling, reflections moments, and soup lines small talks.

joints representation of small talks

layers + joints + spaces configuration merge into three sectors. A corredor for distribution of food that offers panels for current events, jobs and offers. An enclouse area to gather, share stories and engage with the community. And small pockets for isolation, reflection and meditation.

corredor

enclouse

pockets

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Cemetery: grieving pavilions design five

collected specimens + territories are catalog under a taxonomy scheme defined by Kubler Ross five-stages of grief and loss (denial, bargain, depression, anger + accpetance). visitors enter the houses of dead, to remember and forget. multiple pavilions are disrupts in a landscape for the opportunity to relief and acceptance.

dirt

denial + bargain cracks of light masked behind tree barks cover in moss offers a vague preview of far sided landscape. symbiotic relationships spurs between specimens.

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bark

cemetery territories

flower

fungus

mushroom

cactus

leaves

depression

anger + acceptance

layered earth, fungus, tree fragments swelling in the ground, reveals in it, the remnants of time; encapsulate an introverted human experience.

flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field. an environment of harsh dryness but yet the bright landscape hides nothing, and reveals everything.

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anger + acceptance

depression

denial + bargain

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pavilions multiple configuration of pavilions are derive from the studies of the kubler mode. they address two aspect. a temporary space for the ritual of burring and a space for the visitors to go thru the grieving stages. the pavilions try to focus in different qualities to describe these personal experience.

denial + bargain

depression

anger + acceptance

locate at the entrance,a linear enclose tunnel removes the user from the outside.

locate in a dark forest, another possible pavilion configuration for burring.

locate in a open cactus/flowers field, a pavilion for the ritual of burring.

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T h e a t e r : f a s h i o n r u n w a y & i n s t i t u t e design six

+industrial +hard edge

+residential +porosity edge

+natural +soft edge

Charleston has a memory, and its alive in its people. A place, where the buildings themselves become monuments to commemorate the past, without the need of further statues or parks to do so. But it is not to be confused with “History” - the method use in modern societies to organize the past. Because history, can be read by and belong to everyone; it is more relative, contingent on chronology and scale. It is about “Memory”; as it is passed down through the generations. It carries the authority of community members and experience.

“It’s relation to the past is an embrace... ultimately

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emotional, not intellectual” (Bernard Bailyn).

Currently, fabric are plentiful and various, it is hard to believe cloth as a rare commodity that was value so much that it became a medium of memories. But in ancestral times, families and culture were literally tie and woven into cloth and dependent upon it preservation. Cloth hold power through generations, and this power was pass down through ceremonies of investiture. In which woven objects became vehicles for succession of authority and memories.

charleston neighborhood studies

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retail + cafe at the residential side of the site, a smaller, quieter cafe and retail communicates with the community. vegetation is use as a screen of protection.

runway galleries an indoor-outdoor runway allows for a mixed experience of runway, overlook by the institute.

fashion institute a three-story building allocates the institute for fashion.

runway theater at the heart of site, a 200+ seat theater allocated fashion events.

entrace courtyard + cafe connect to the commercial street edge, engaging the more active side of town.

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Charleston Fashion Institute and Performance Runway will become the manifestation of memory through the vehicle and method of construction of fabrics. The program is going to be thread together by circulatory movements. The wrinkles in clothes are going to represent the different hard and soft edges in the facade and it slips in and out by its users. Finally the selection of materials and mechanics will try to accommodate the expansion and contraction of programs, just like a piece of clothing with a range of possible fits.

circulation

education

commercial

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commercial

residential

charleston section diagrams Charleston at the section scope, can be broken down into two major edge condition. In one hand, the commercial tries to absorb the user by imposing it architecture into the public round. Theater, Churches and commercial venues spill into the sidewalks of charleston with overhangs, stairs and columns.

This strategy begins to absorb the public. In the other hand,

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the residential tries to separate it self to the public. Vegetation, fences and level shifts are the architectural tools to create these divisions. These studies create a typology of ways how to engage or ignore the public, while keeping a respectful scale to the city of charleston.

sectional speculations

facade + inter-levels

entrace + corner

balcony + sidewalk

a line of structure creates a semi public sector, floors connected by aperture.

corner enganging with the pedestrian, absorbs traffic, protected over-hang.

sidewalk inside the building footprint while creating overhang balcony.

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materials + tectonics

flexibility was the main focus in the material + tectonic proposal. fabric being the primary system of control. which in this case, the relationship between the public alley way and the entrance of the theater are in constant expansion and contraction. In the scenario of open, it creates a visual communication of an event is taken place. In the case of being close, it tries to not distract the general public circulating through the site.

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alley

flexible fabric

intermediary space

theater entrance

screen wall

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Vivamus pellentesque commodo ullamcorper. Cras eget neque ut neque pulvinar rutrum. Nam ultrices, massa a vestibulum ornare, risus

lectus euismod orci, sed rutrum elit urna at mauris. Quisque libero risus, gravida id lectus non, aliquet consectetur nunc. Suspendisse nunc neque, sagittis sed faucibus ut, fermentum malesuada nulla.

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exterior runway

courtyard + cafe flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field.

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exterior runway flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field.

interior runway flowers and captues dwell and construct paths in an exposed field.

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B o a t h o u s e : r o w i n g f a c i l i t y design five

rowing diagrams rowing boat tectonics + athletic body gestures were dissected into gestural diagrams. these were than translated into bug models. ten configuration were considered and

boat tectonics

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superimposed into the florida landscape. an observatory, indoor + outdoor gym, office and boat storage was introduced into the ground articulation and building mass.

body gesture

outdoor pavilion

outdoor platform

public + private divider gym + lockers

The line between land and water created by a cluster of oaks is replicated and place as a divider of the public rowing facility and the public visitors of the florida landscape.

water observatory

office

boat storage

outdoor boat space

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ritual

boat storage

the ritual starts at the boat storage facility, the first encounter is the line of tree that divide the land from the water. onces the rowers pass the oak threshold, they are offer a dock for disembarking the land and embarking the water. At the end of the dock, an observatory creates the end point. visitors are offer a place for viewing the sport of rowing.

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skin + threshold

wall detail

two door system which unfolds for the entering and exiting of the rowing boats

water collecting and distributing system considered into the building to sustain the rowing facilities.

threshold

tree line

dock disembarking

observatory

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To w e r : vertical decay design one

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stereotomic

plates

vectors

matrixies a vertical gesture for the study of decompostion. fragments of an interview were dissected into matrixies. the intervier, the reporter and the spaces inbetween were translated into graphical annotations. delapitated into components and distribute vertically along a datum, the residue became spaces for events to be investigated.

Dilapidate

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stereotomic

a central main space was allocated for the studies of decay. small pockets were introduced for observation of decomposition of a building’s materials. the circulation

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plates

vectors

system is weaved into the small pockets and end in the main space; details of scaffolted were consider as threadholds and structure in the circulation.

observatory

small laboratories

exterior space

circulation

main laboratory

small laboratories

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Metal:

C e i l i n g Te s s e l l a t i o n

partner: Collin Cobia in progress

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folding

unit

fabrication

The following is a documentation on the iterative and reiterative study of metal and the possibilities that emerge through manipulation. The study seeks to develop an understanding of how to work with metal using nonconventional methods. We are manually folding sheet metal and defining the conditions and efficiencies that are produced.

wire system + tools

grid pattern + perforation

unit multiplication

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Block:

m e c h a n i c a l g a r d e n design seven

partner: Felipe Hernandez

residencial + open spaces

pedestrian + vehicular

industrial + commercial + institutional

55th + 8th - West Chelsea + Highline While the components of cultural and historical identity exist, the community of West Chelsea lacks a developed visual architectural expression. Gentrification speculates about this visual absence, with the High Line being the most prominent rendition. The abandoned elevated railroad infrastructure that was used historically as a form of transportation of goods within the meat packing districts. Now, it has evolved into a living thread of botanical gardens in West Chelsea. By capturing the essence of the High Line, a visual language can be abstracted and translated into architectural tectonics + a strategy for the organization of space.

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Subterranean + botanical garden

Subterranean + botanical garden

High Line interception

the block + botanicals + tower + context Overall of the block, looking toward the east + north, the botanical gardens punch out of the Zone A bracket block + illustrate botanical gardens similar proportion + scale.

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vines

glass + structure

entrances

subterranean

Vertical gardens emerging from the industry

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Ground plan and vines botanical garden. The Mechanical Gardens is an interactive location where one can live, work, learn, reflect, and plant. The Industrial community of the meat market (west Chelsea) is now introduced to an organizational infrastructure which places it underground, and flourishes as vertical gardens into the block.

Longitudinal Section

Ground Plan

10 ave

4

1e

Keygen botanical garden

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gallery

1a

hanging vines

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studio

1b

rain forest

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retail

1c

butterflies

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market

1d

seasonal

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cafe

1e

permaculture

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food court

2

industrial

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parking

3

observatories

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bathrooms

4

entrance

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mechanical

5

residence

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water collections

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office

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tanks

7

theater

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high line facility

10

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Cross Section Permaculture

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19

4

11

High Line

4 15

7

13 12

1d 4

Cross Section Hanging Vines

1a

Entrance + Movement Entrace Vertical movement Horizontal movement

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1c

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1b

Retail

Cross Section Rain Forest

Food Produce Items

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8 9 9

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29 st

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Activities Theater Galleries Studios

28 st

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Cross Section Galleries

4 11 ave

Longitudinal Section

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galleries + office

High Line vantage point

west side (11ave + 29 st) of the block attracts the pedestrian with an open (nature sculpture) gallery to the street edge.

a residential tower with observatory pockets, the theater and two botanical garden are added to the horizont of the High Line at the level of 28st.

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Keygen 1

botanical garden

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gallery

1a

hanging vines

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studio

1b

rain forest

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retail

1c

butterflies

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market

1d

seasonal

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cafe

1e

permaculture

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food court

2

industrial

14

parking

3

observatories

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bathrooms

4

entrance

16

mechanical

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residence

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water collections

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office

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tanks

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theater

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high line facility

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permaculture + residence

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east side (10ave + 28st) of the block hold a permaculture botanical garden + markets that sells produce to the pedestrians of west chelsea + residence of the tower.

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High Line 7

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seasonal fauna: attracts butterflies

permaculture: eatable vegetables

hours

hours

15 13 11 10 08 06 05 03 01 00

11 09 08 07 06 04 03 02 01 00

winter

exotic fauna: visual striking

vines: capable of attaching

summer

Analysis: solar

Vegetation

a series of studies were conducted to determinate the dimension of the botanical gardens + carve out any residue that would have affected the quality and amount of light receive in each botanical.

An ecology of plants were research to select the appropriated fauna for the environmental conditions of West Chelsea. While still considering the different seasons throughout the year.

cross section + subterranean perspective: Hanging Vines

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hanging vines + seasonal botanical garden are open to the air, divide by the center axial circulation of the block and seats on top of the subterranean industrial factory. The infrastructure blends into the branches of the vines. While supplementing a system of water collection and distribution.

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cross section + context perspective: Rain Forest rain forest + butterflies botanical garden introduces an exotic experience to the residence of west chelsea. multiple vanish points are experience by weaving in and out as the visitor moves up in the rain forest b.g. + a system of water holes emulate rain and sustain the fauna.

Martin F.

786,383.9332 kmartinf@gmail.com http://spatiallyobvious.com/

thank you.