Undergraduate Design Portfolio

LORRYN WILHELM UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN PORTFOLIO

LORRYN WILHELM

4741 Newcastle Way | Anchorage, AK 99503 wilhelm.lorryn@wustl.edu | 907-764-2577 | Portfolio: issuu.com/lorrynwilhelm Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Minor in Physics, graduated May 2017 Overall average GPA 3.52

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

Bachelor ofaverage Science in Architecture, Minor in Physics, graduated May 2017 Overall GPA 3.52 Recipient BP Principal’s Scholarship Overall average GPA 3.52 Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox Steller Secondary School | Anchorage, AK School of Design and Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO Bachelor of Science in self-directed Architecture, Minor AK inand Physics, expectedstudy, graduation May 2017 Steller Secondary School | Anchorage, Program emphasis on learning independent graduated May 2013 Intern Architect | Bettisworth North Architects+Planners | Anchorage AK | Summer 2017-Present Overall average GPA 3.53Recipient Program emphasis on self-directed learning and independent study, graduated May 2013 BP Principal’s Scholarship o Produced construction documents and graphics BP Principal’s Scholarship Recipient Steller Secondary School | Anchorage, AK o Assisted with energy modeling and research Program emphasis on self-directed independent study, graduated May 2013 o Collaborated consultants North and learning clients toand complete projects Intern Architectwith | Bettisworth Architects+Planners | Anchorage AK | Summer 2017-Present BP Principal’s Scholarship Recipient Intern Architect | Bettisworth North Architects+Planners | Anchorage2017 AK | Summer 2017-Present oScience Produced construction documents and graphics Illustrator | Strader Lab | St. Louis, MO | Fall 2016-Spring o ooProduced and graphics Assisted with energy documents modeling and research Createdconstruction presentation graphics for biology research publications and professional lectures o o Assisted with energy modeling and Collaborated withDesign andresearch clients to complete projects Science Illustrator |consultants Strader Lab | St. MOExchange | Fall 2016-Present Architecture and Internship |Louis, Creative Lab | St. Louis, MO | Summer 2016 o Science with consultants and clients to complete projects ooCollaborated Created presentation graphics for biology research publications and professional lectures Illustrator | Strader Lab | St. Louis, MO | Fall 2016-Spring 2017 Created presentations, graphics, advertisements, and press releases for all Creative Exchange Lab events

Steller Secondary School AK School of Design and Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO Washington University in St.| Anchorage, Louis, Sam Fox Bachelor Washington University St. Louis, learning Sam School of Design and Visual Arts | St. Louis, MO Scienceon inin Architecture, MinorFox in and Physics, graduated May 2017 Program of emphasis self-directed independent study, graduated May 2013

Science Illustrator | Design Strader Lab | St.biology Louis, MO | Exchange Fall 2016-Spring 2017 Architecture and Internship |projects Creative Lab | St. Louis, MO | Summer 2016 o Created Mapped data sets for graphics urban planning o presentation for research publications and professional lectures o Architecture Created presentation graphics for biology research publications and professional lectures Collaborated with professionals and fellow internsand to create urban solutions various communities oo Created presentations, graphics, advertisements, press releases for Louis, all Creative Lab events and Design Internship | Creative Exchange Lab planning | St. MOExchange | for Summer 2016 oDesign-Build Mapped presentations, various data| sets for urban projects Architecture and Design Internship | planning Creative Exchange Lab | St. Louis, MO | Summer Lab events events Studio Washington University in St.press Louis and Nahed Chapman New 2016 American o Created graphics, advertisements, and releases for all Creative Exchange Lab oAcademy Collaborated with and 2016 fellow interns create urban for planning solutions for various communities o o Created presentations, advertisements, andtopress releases all Creative Exchange Lab events Mapped sets professionals forgraphics, urban planning projects |data St. Louis, MO | Spring o o data sets forprofessionals urban planning Design-Build Studio | between Washington University intoSt. Louis andplanning Nahed Chapman American various communities Collaborated with andprojects fellow interns create urban solutions forNew various communities oMapped Collaborative project Washington University and St. Louis Public School District o Design-Build with professionals and fellow interns to urban planning solutions various communities Academy | St. Louis, MO | Spring oCollaborated Junior/senior studio to2016 design, fabricate, install a Nahed covered seatingfor area for the school Studio |collaboration Washington University increate St. and Louis and Chapman New American Design-Build Studio | Washington University in St. Louis and New American oo Collaborative project between Washington University and St. Louis Public Chapman School District Attended client meetings, project schemes, worked onNahed construction documents, and helped Academy | St. Louis, MO | presented Spring 2016 o Junior/senior studio collaboration to design, fabricate, and install a covered seating area for the school fabricate the project Academy | St. Louis, MO | Spring 2016 o Collaborative project between Washington University and St. Louis Public School District Attended client meetings, presented project schemes, worked documents, and o oAlpha Collaborative project Washington University andand St. Louis Public School District Phi Omega | between Co-ed Community Service Fraternity |on Washington University St.helped Louis Junior/senior studio collaboration to design, fabricate, install aconstruction covered seating area forin the school school

fabricate the project o ooJunior/senior studio collaboration to design, and install a and covered seating area for posters, the school Attended client meetings, presented project worked construction and helped Public Relations and Graphic Designer for fabricate, theschemes, chapter, Sp. 2015on Sp. 2014 | documents, Designed t-shirts, web helped o Alpha Attended meetings, presented projectService schemes, worked on| construction helped Phiclient Omega | Co-ed Community Fraternity Washingtondocuments, Universityand in St. Louis fabricate the project graphics, advertising materials the project oofabricate Public and Graphic Designer forService the chapter, 2015 and Sp. 2014 |University Designed posters, t-shirts, web National and Regional conference coordinator, Fl. Fraternity 2015Sp. and Fl.| 2014 | Coordinated transport to conference Alpha PhiRelations Omega | Co-ed Community Washington in St. Louis graphics, advertising materials cities, coordinated lodging in conference cities, facilitated payment of conference fees Alpha Phi Omega | Co-ed Community Service Fraternity | Washington University in St. Louis posters, t-shirts, t-shirts, web web o Public Relations and Graphic Designer for the chapter, Sp. 2015 and Sp. 2014 | Designed posters, National and Regional conference coordinator, Fl. 2015 2014 transport conference o oGifted Public Relations and Graphic Designer for the chapter, Sp. and 2015Fl. and Sp.| Coordinated 2014 | Designed posters, t-shirts, web Mentorship in materials Architecture | Gordon Thompson, Architect | Anchorage, AK |toSummer 2012 graphics, advertising cities, coordinated lodging in conference cities,Fl. facilitated payment of| Coordinated conference fees advertising materials conference Shadowed a professional architect in the office, attended client meetings, toured construction oographics, National and Regional conference coordinator, 2015 and Fl. 2014 transport tosites conference

o Gifted and Regional conference coordinator, Fl. Thompson, 2015 and Fl. 2014 | of Coordinated transport Mentorship in Architecture | Gordon Architect | Anchorage, Summer 2012 oNational Completed independent design project focused in educational facilities cities, coordinated lodging in conference cities, facilitated payment conference fees AKto| conference cities, coordinated lodging in conference cities, facilitated payment of conference fees o Shadowed a professional architect in the office, attended client meetings, toured construction sites Digital Physical Gifted Mentorship in Architecture | Gordon Thompson, Architect | Anchorage, AK | Summer 2012 o Completed independent design project focused in educational facilities Gifted Mentorship in Architecture Gordon Thompson, Architect AK | Summer sites 2012 o Revit o| Anchorage, Hand drafting and illustration with o Shadowed a professional architect| in the office, attended client meetings, toured construction sites

SKILLS

Digital Physical o oShadowed professional architect in the office, attended client meetings, construction sites and pastel o aAdobe Creative Suite including graphite, pen, charcoal, Completed independent design project focused in educational facilities toured o Completed independent design and project focused in educational facilities oo Hand drafting with and polystyrene, illustration with Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop 3D modeling wood, Digitalo AutoCAD Physical Rhinoceros 3D Suite including and various other materials Adobe Creative graphite, pen, charcoal, and pastel Digital ooo Revit Physical illustration with o Hand drafting and illustration with Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop 3D with polystyrene, wood, AutoCAD 2D modeling laser cutting o ooRevit o ooHand drafting and illustration charcoal, andwith pastel Adobe Creative Suiteand including graphite, pen, charcoal, and pastel Rhinoceros 3DSuite including and various Sketchup 3D modeling printing o ooAdobe Creative pen, other charcoal, and pastel polystyrene, wood, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop oographite, 3D with materials polystyrene, wood, ooIllustrator, Grasshopper 2D laser cutting ArcGIS InDesign, Woodshop fabrication and Photoshop o oo3Dand modeling with polystyrene, materials wood, o Rhinoceros 3D various other materials ooRhinoceros Maxwell Render ooand 3D printing Grasshopper Welding and metal fabrication o o 3D various other materials AutoCAD o 2D laser cutting o SketchUp o Woodshop fabrication o Maxwell Render o oAutoCAD o o2D3D laser cutting Sketchup printing oSketchup Revit o3DWoodshop Welding metal fabrication o o o o printing and ArcGIS fabrication oArcGIS Autodesk CFD o o o Woodshop fabrication fabrication Grasshopper o Welding and metal fabrication Barista | Kaladi Brothers Coffee | Anchorage, AK | Summer 2014, Winter 2014, Summer 2015 o oGrasshopper o Welding and metal fabrication Maxwell Render o Learned customer interaction and how to improvise in busy situations o Maxwell Render

AWARDS

INTERESTS

Barista | Kaladi Brothers Coffee | Anchorage, AK | Summer 2014, Winter 2014, Summer 2015 o Learned customer interaction and| how to improvise situations Barista Kaladi Brothers Coffee Anchorage, AKin| |busy Summer 2014, Winter Summer 2015 AIA St. |Louis Small Projects Distinguished Award Nahed Chapman New2014, American Academy Barista | Kaladi Brothers Coffeeand | Anchorage, AK | Summer 2014, Winter 2014, Summer 2015 o Learned customer interaction how to improvise in busy situations Recreation and Social Environment | 2017 o Fitzgibbon Learned customer interaction and how to improvise in busy situations Fitzgibbon Charrette Charrette Design Design Competition, Competition, First First Place Place award Award| |Fall Fall2016 2016 o Bi-annual drawing and design competition for Junior and Senior architecture students AIA St. Louisdrawing Small and Projects | Nahed American Academy o Bi-annual designDistinguished competition forAward Junior and SeniorChapman architectureNew students Dean’s List | Spring 2016, Spring 2014 AIA St. Louis Small Projects Distinguished Award | Nahed Chapman New American Academy Recreation 2017 2014 Dean’s List and | FallSocial 2016,Environment Spring 2016,| Spring Recreation and Social Environment | 2017 Fitzgibbon Charrette Design Competition, First Place Award | Fall 2016 WUPops Orchestra (WUSTL), Society of Physics Students (WUSTL), Society (Steller), West High CrossFitzgibbon Charrette Design Competition, First Place Award | Fall 2016 o Bi-annual drawing and design competition for Junior and SeniorEcological architecture students Country Skidrawing Team and design competition for Junior and Senior architecture students o Dean’s Bi-annual List | Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014 Dean’s List | Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2014

CONTENTS Glass Spectra | Fall 2016 Andrew Metter

Archscape Design-Build | Spring 2016 Chandler Ahrens

Climatic Transformations | Spring 2015 Anna Ives

Light Studies | Fall 2014 Elisa Kim

Elemental Exposure | Fall 2015 Don Koster

Flow As Structure | Spring 2017 Chandler Ahrens

GLASS SPECTRA

Architecture 411 Studio | Fall 2016 SITE: Intersection of I-64 and Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO PROGRAM: to design a glass blowing studio, gallery space and artist’s residence in the heart of the Grand Center arts district.

Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator This glass blowing studio and glass arts gallery connects resident artists with the surrounding community. The ground floor of the 5-story structure is devoted to the “hot shop”— where the glass artists work—and supporting spaces. The public enters on the second level (street level at Grand Boulevard) and can observe the artists at work from a floating event space, or any of the numerous hanging gallery spaces and classrooms suspended from levels 3-5. A catwalk through the moment-frame structure allows for circulation between the galleries and classrooms, and small apartments on the roof house visiting glass artists.

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION Office Space Dwelling Space Educational Space Gallery Space Event Space Hot Shop and Supporting Spaces Catwalks Circulation

Spatial Collage: Glass Spectra Winning entry, Fitzgibbon Charrette Design Competition, Fall 2016

FLOOR PLANS

Flame Shop

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Event Space Main Entrance

Cold Shop

Hot Shop

To Level 3

Gallery/Event

Observation

Level 1/Ground

Level 2

Gallery Space

Administrative Offices

Gallery Space

Gallery Space

Conference

Classroom

To Level 4 | To Level 2

To Level 5 | To Level 3

Gallery Space

Level 3

Level 4

Dwelling Unit Exhibition/Gallery

Exhibition

Dwelling Unit

Garden Area Exhibition

Level 5

To Lower Levels To Roof Level | To Level 4

Level 6/Roof

Boxes

Catwalks

Circulation

Exterior rendering

Structure

Exterior Glazing

Sun Shading

Building Section 1

Exploded Axon

ARCHSCAPE DESIGN-BUILD

Architecture 312 Studio | Spring 2016 SITE: Nahed Chapman New American Academy, St. Louis, MO PROGRAM: to design and fabricate a covered seating area to supplement the renovation of the school’s soccer field Rhino, AutoCAD, Revit, Illustrator, fabrication with steel and high density polyethylene plastic AIA Small Projects Distinguished Design Award St Louis, MO, 2017 For this design-build studio, junior and senior architecture students worked with the St. Louis Public School District to create a covered seating area to accompany a planned renovation to the soccer field at Nahed Chapman New American Academy. NCNAA is a k-10 school which caters to ESL students who are new to the school district. With a small budget and several safety constraints from the school district, 12 students designed, fabricated, and constructed this seating area, inspired by the Gateway Arch and the message of welcome to all that the school conveys.

Collaboration between Sam Guenin, Nina Lang, Moritz Lehner, Deedee Pearce, Jewel Pei, Armaan Shah, Ji Ye Song, Meera Toolsidas, Lorryn Wilhelm, Yili Zha, and Mo Zhou.

STRING THEORY | Original Small Group Design Scheme | Lorryn Wilhelm, Jewel Pei, and Ji Ye Song

String Theory Site Plan

String Theory Components

String Theory Rendering

ARCHSCAPE | Full Studio Project Proposal

See Drawing A02 For Site Plan

GRAND BLVD

New Seating Area

New Playing Field

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Site Map 1 A01

ARCHSCAPE

SPRING, 2016

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A DESIGN-BUILD PROPOSAL FOR NAHEED CHAPMAN SCHOOL BY STUDENTS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

Restriped Parking Lot

SITE PLAN 1/48” = 1’-0

Original Panel Design

Revisions for New Form

A01 Design Final Fabrication

Front Elevation

Back Elevation

Roof Plan

I was responsible for the paneling layout design. After the group re-designed the steel sections, I arranged the placement of the panels on the steel framework. Above, from left to right, are the original panel design, my initial design, and the final design used for fabrication.

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS 1

A06 21’-0” 1’-6”

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2’-8” 12’-0”

2”x4” HSS 3/4” HDPE @ seats

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ROOF PLAN 1/2” = 1’-0”

Archscape Roof Plan

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1/2” HDPE @ beyond

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Archscape South Elevation 1 A05

SOUTH ELEVATION 1/2” = 1’- 0”

SPRING, 2016

3 A09

1/2” HDPE, white

ARCHSCAPE

SPRING, 2016

3/4” diameter steel tube, powder coated

A DESIGN-BUILD PROPOSAL FOR NAHEED CHAPMAN SCHOOL BY STUDENTS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

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Archscape North Elevation

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NORTH ELEVATION 1/2” = 1’- 0”

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FINAL INSTALLATION ON SITE

Photographs by Professor Chandler Ahrens

SITE PLAN, ELEVATION, SECTIONS 1

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FINAL INSTALLATION ON SITE

Design-build team at our final review

CLIMATIC TRANSFORMATIONS Architecture 212 Studio | Spring 2015

SITE: 1017 Lafayette Ave, St. Louis, MO PROGRAM: to create a vertical greenhouse on the narrow site that will benefit the local community of LaSalle Park Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, sketching. Model with polystyrene, acrylic The vertical greenhouse serves the community of LaSalle Park by acting as an air purification system. Air from nearby Interstate 44 is slowly drawn upward through four levels of planting space using the stack effect, and released as more purified air over the LaSalle Park neighborhood. The greenhouse includes indoor public garden spaces accessed from Lafayette Avenue and an office and workspaces for the greenhouse staff.

URBAN FILTRATION SYSTEM When Interstate 44 was built, dividing the neighborhood of Soulard into two sections, many more pollutants were introduced to the environment. They are mostly carried off the highway and over the houses to the Southwest by the prevailing winds. The goal of this urban greenhouse is to utilize the filtering power of the Hoya plant, a tropical climbing vine, to help purify highway toxins from the air that flows through the neighborhood. A large grille at highway level captures polluted air. The air slowly permeates through the growing levels, being drawn upwards by the stack effect. It is then released as purified air through another grille on level 2.

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FLOOR PLANS

Indoor Garden Up

Roof

Workspace

Lower Level 1

Lower Level 2

Office Lobby

Up

Balcony Down

Down Balcony

Level 1

Level 2

MODEL PHOTOS

Rendered Section

Concept Sketch

Model Photo

LIGHT STUDIES

Architecture 211 Studio | Fall 2014 SITE: Concordia Park, St. Louis, MO PROGRAM: to create a non-denominational urban chapel—a place where a busy citizen could go to relax and meditate—that takes advantages of the natural elemental phenomena of the park Hand drafting on mylar. Model with polystyrene, acrylic

This chapel was inspired by a close study of the topography and hydrology of the site. The design emphasizes the flow of water around and to the structure. The chapel is situated at a key drainage point in the park, and acts as a rain garden. The plants that surround and grow inside the chapel help to recycle excess storm water that would otherwise flow into the sewer system.

The chapel contains a garden sanctuary, an office, and public restrooms.

LIGHT TOPOGRAPHY MODEL PHOTOS

WATER FLOW STUDIES

Site Map | Graphite on mylar

The Light Chapel project fuses two design studies: an abstract light topography made out of modular polystyrene units, and a study of a natural phenomenon, water flow, on the site in Concordia park. For the light topography, rhomboidal polystyrene units were connected into a branching, chained surface that allowed complete light transmission fro some angles with complete shading from others.

The site, Concordia Park, has a very steep slope, and requires several storm drains to manage runoff from heavy rains. By siting the Light Chapel at the lowest point of the park and adding absorbant vegetation, the chapel acts as a rain garden and helps to reduce the need for storm drains in the park.

Topographical Model Base

MODEL PHOTOS

Orthographic Plan and Section

MODEL PHOTOS

ELEMENTAL EXPOSURE

Architecture 311 Studio | Fall 2015 SITE: Chain of Rocks Bridge (old Route 66 Bridge), St. Louis, MO PROGRAM: to create a scientific observatory and scientist’s dwelling, designed to observe a natural phenomenon relating to water or bubbles.

Rhino, Illustrator, Maxwell Render. Model with polystyrene, mylar, acrylic The semester’s assignment was to create a symbiotic intervention on the Chain of Rocks Bridge—that is, a building that could bring new life to an old structure. This intervention on the bridge takes the form of three structures: two spaces for weather observation equipment above the bridge, and a dwelling space for a meteorologist beneath the bridge. The entire set of structures creates a gradient of exposure. The top structure is the most exposed to the elements, but provides the least transparency to view the elements. The bottom structure is the most protected, yet provides the most opportunity to observe the natural world through the transparent walls.

The semester began with a study of a special effect of water: in this case, vortices. After studying the physics of vortices and researching how they form in both water and air, I began to study the weather patterns that help to form tornadoes from supercell thunderstorms and the equipment needed to detect forming tornadoes.

3-Dimensional Cloud Map | Laser-etched plexiglass

Supercell Thunderstorm: Radar Detection

Mississippi River

Chain of Rocks Bridge Interstate 270

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Site Map | Radar Detection of Thunderstorms

The different pieces of equipment necessary for weather detection and prediction requires varying degrees of exposure to the natural elements. The most sensitive piece of equipment, the Doppler radar array, needs to be completely protected from wind and water, while being housed in an enclosure that allows for easy transmission of the radar pings. Other pieces of equipment, such as the disdrometer, used for measuring visibilty, needs to be completely exposed to the elements.

Therefore it was necessary to create a gradient of exposure in the weather station structure. The upper module houses all equipment requiring complete exposure, as well as the completely enclosed Doppler radar array and the equipment necessary to operate it. The lower module houses all equipmet requiring partial exposure to the elements. They are protected from sun and rain, but still exposed to temperature, humidity, and wind.

Doppler Radar Array

Enclosed

Transmissometer

Thermometer/Barometer

Ceilometer

Disdrometer

Exposed

SECTION AND ROOF PLAN

Section Looking North

Roof Plan

FLOOR PLANS

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2 LOWER LEVEL: 1) Partially exposed equipment 2) Fully exposed equipment 3) Human observation

Perspective

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2 UPPER LEVEL: 1) Fully protected equipment 2) Human observation

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2 5 ROOF LEVEL: 1) Radar dish

DWELLING: 1) Research 2) Sleep 3) Eat 4) Safe Room 5) Relax

MODEL PHOTOS

FLOW AS STRUCTURE

Architecture 412 Studio | Spring 2017 SITE: Ellis Island Park, West Alton, MO PROGRAM: to design a data center and spa with emphasis on an “intangible” element of space, such as temperature, light, air, or sound.

Rhino, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Autodesk CFD The theme of the semester was “anxious environments”, a focus on the often overlooked aspects of space: temperature, light, air flow, sound. We began the semester by analyzing a well-known precedent building using Autodesk Computational Fluid Dynamics software to discover how one of these “intangible” elements operated within the space. We then tackled designing a data center and spa on the shores of the Missouri River in West Alton.

The two massive concrete walls that define the structure also act to funnel the water of the Missouri into a fast and turbulent rush, creating a dramatic visual and acoustic experience at the east end which contrasts sharply with the placid and smooth views of water at the west end of the structure. The spa programming, including pools, saunas, an ice bar, locker rooms, and a cafe, is nestled between several floors of server racks to provide insulation and to take advantage of the heat continuously exhausting from the servers. Views throughout the structure are deliberately framed to emphasize differing speeds and levels of trubidity within the river.

PRECEDENT STUDY | AIR FLOW Apollo Montessori School | Herman Hertzberger

Original Design Analysis

South Elevation, air velocity 2.15 ft/sec

Axonometric projection, air velocity 2.15 ft/sec, 1.00 ft/sec, 0.5 ft/sec, 0.25 ft/sec

Re-Design Analysis

South Elevation, air velocity 0.5 ft/sec

Axonometric projection, air velocity 2.15 ft/sec, 1.00 ft/sec, 0.5 ft/sec, 0.25 ft/sec

SITE MAP | WATER FLOW

Alton, IL

Missouri River

Alton Slough

Ellis Island Park

West Alton, MO

Key: Slower

Faster

A preliminary study of water flow on the site using CFD revealed that the water is naturally fastest and most turbulet at the corners where water exits the Missouri River and enters Alton Slough. The slough serves as man-made flood plane, filling with more water when it is necessary to control the flow of the Missouri to protect cities down river.

I wished for visitors to the spa to experience the two extremes of water movement that occur on the site: slow and placid, fast and turbulent. A 250-foot long curved concrete wall, added to the river just off the tip of Ellis Island, creates artificial calm areas of water in an area that naturally experienced fast flows. At the same time, the wall acts as a funnel, increasing the natural speed and turbulence of the water as it enters Alton Slough. This enables visitors to perceive the differences in water flow type, all from the same structure.

Site Intervention

FLOOR PLANS

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PLAN KEY:

1) data center 8) hot pool

Level 6 2) ice bar 9) hot tub

3) cold pool 10) lobby

4) outdoor patio 11) locker rooms

5) sauna pods 12) cafe

6) cool pool

7) warm pool

Longitudinal Section Longitudinal Section

Cross Sections

Model Photos

Pools Cross-Section

AIR FLOW ANALYSIS

Speed 2 MPH

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Speed 12 MPH

SECTIONAL RENDERING