First Floor
Scale: 1/32”=1’
Second Floor
Scale: 1/32”=1’
Third Floor Scale: 1/32”=1’
This building is a WeWork office intended to create office spaces for remote workers. The site is ocated in Roanoke, VA and currently sits on an empty parking lot beside two buildings on the east and west. The office’s objective is to create a coperative work enviornment and engage the building with the public. The first floor begins as an open and public space that offers open work areas as well as a small coffee shop. The second floor provides smaller and more private work areas for individulas or small groups of colleagues. The third floor then has larger company orientated work spaces. In order to cater to each indivudual, the top floor offers a small gym, a healthy bar, and a happy hour bar along with a roof top deck.
Fourth Floor Scale: 1/32”=1’
Eaast Elevation
Scale: 1/16”=1’
North Elevation
Scale: 1/16”=1’
A large overhang on the north end of the building creates its own outdoor public space as well as a dramatic affect while standing under it, accompanied with a unique opening to provide daylight to the outdoor space below. The exterior stairs also control the outdoor space on the east side and provides entrances on each level into different sections on the first floor.
Scale: 3/16”=1’
The large atriums running through each floor of the building allows for natural daylighting and completely opens up the space on each level.
Scale: 1/16”=1’
Scale: 1”=1’
This detail presents the connection of the gulam column and beam, the beam to steel mullion, and the mullion to the vertical timber fin connection
First Floor
Scale: 1/8”=1’
Second Floor
Scale: 1/8”=1’
Site Plan
Scale: 1/64”=1’
This building is a personal architecture studio and library located in Blacksburg, VA. The library and studio space are split up into seperate floors to give them each their own secluded space, the studio being on the first floor and the library on the second floor.The site sits on an elevated hill that allows for a view of the town and mountains in the distance. The balcony area allows one to enjoy this view, decompress, and take a break from work. With the site being slighlty sloped, the building sits on a concrete slab to prevent any flooding issues while also seperating the structure from the surrounding site.
North Elevation
Scale: 1/8”=1’
East Elevation
Scale: 1/8”=1’
The building is intended to be fulfilled with natural light for optimal working conditions. The northern curtain wall allows for diffused natural light to enter the space as the opening in the second floor will permit the natural light to pertrude to the first floor. Trees are located on the East, West, and South sides of the building to prevent glare caused by direct sunlight. The cantilevered second floor also provides a covering to restrict the southern direct sun from entering the studio space.
West Elevation
Scale: 1/8”=1’
Longitudinal Section
Scale: 1/8”=1’
Transverse Section
Scale: 1/8”=1’
The building is intended to give the architect a private and intimate space while offering an effecient work area. A small kitchenette and seating is provided on the second floor to provide the architect with any daily neccesities while working. The stairs are cantilevered supported with a steel stringer, giving them a lighter feel. The cantilevered stairs give the impression of them not taking up a large amount of space in the tight area.
Site Plan Scale: 1/64”=1’
This building is an AMTRAK Station located in downtown Roanoke, VA. The building sits inbetween a parking garage and another large building, as well as in front of the train platfom. The main concepts for this building were to create a large open area that allows quick and easy access to the train while also creating a welcoming space. The building sits on top of the site with a road connecting the building to the main street. The cafe area is located to the left of the building as the waiting area is to the right. The middle portion is intended to facilitate those entering the building directly to the ticket-booth and then the train. There is also extra seating provided outdoors along with flower gardens and trees to limit the view of the buildings on the east and west, while also creating a boundary for the building itself.
Floor Plan Scale: 1/16”=1’
Curtain walls are placed on the north and outh side of the building. This allows a clear view of the train tracks and the other hitoric buildings at the north view. The smaller windows on the east and west facades are translucent glass windows to allow natural light to enter the building but restrict the view of the unpleasent buildings.
North Elevation East ElevationThe main strcutre consists of 16x36 arched beams that essentially enclose the building itself in. There are also perpendicular beams creating diamond shapes for astetic purposes. The strucutre was intended to be exposed to both the inside and the outside of the building. The exposed beams on the outside also create a walkway for those who may already have a ticket and can walk directly to the train.
2.16x36 Arched Beams
3.8x16 Arched Beams
4.8x16 Column
5.8x8 Column
6.2x6 Stud Wall
7.Curtain Wall- Clear Glass
8.Translucent Windows
9.Perpendicular 2x6 Beams
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Infill
12. 26 Gauge Metal Roof
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Floor Plan Scale: 1/16”=1’
Site Plan
This church is located in downtown Blacksburg, VA. The building is designed to be an open floor plan with a multitude of benches for seating. It also offers outdoor seating as well to provide for the possibilty of outdoor church services. It stands at 80ft tall, attrating the attention over other buildings in the area. The tall sloped walls allow one to feel enclosed in the space and more connected with the service provided.
The church was intended to have an elevated experience upon entering the building. One will initially enter the first two enclosed spaces which gradually increase in height, further brining one into the main section. The front and rear facades are curtain walls to allow natural light to illuminate the space during church services. The front portion of the building provides an overhang of the curtain wall to limit the amount of direct sunlight during the morning and daytime to prevent any glare directed towards the priest.
Side Elevation Scale: 1/16”=1’ Front Elevation Scale: 1/16”=1’ Longitudinal Section Scale: 1/16”=1’ Transverse Section Scale: 1/16”=1’
