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ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

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MEGAN POVIRK | LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

“The unique character of a project becomes the starting point for an architectural idea. The CONCEPT acts as a thread connecting disparate thoughts with exact intention.”

-Steven Holl

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Fall

Spring

Fall 2022

Urban Anatomy of Buffalo, NY: Nexus COTE Top Ten: Synergy ACSA Steel Competition: Forum Graduate Work: LA Tech School of Design

2021 Winter 2021-2022

2022

NEXUS

Buffalo, NY

Project Editors: Megan Povirk and Jenna Roblee

Fall Quarter 2021

Hurricanes and other natural disasters have decimated coastal cities and have caused hundreds of thousands of people to relocate. As these natural disasters continue to strengthen, more and more coastal cities are struggling to protect their citizens. However, various inland cities are redeveloping their urban structure to accommodate for an influx of coastal migrants. Our task was to find an inland city, develop an urban master plan that would be able to receive these coastal migrants, and then design a building within that plan. We chose Buffalo, NY to become a receiver city due to being a rust belt city and having more infrastructure than what is needed for the current population (thus giving it room to grow). Through the master plan, we focused on accentuating the spine of the downtown area to bring more people to the city, thus increasing the density and the opportunity for a stronger urban community. Nexus serves as the catalyst to our Urban Anatomy Master Plan for the city of Buffalo, NY. This building’s program is generated around the idea of becoming a “revolving door”. Each space is dedicated to welcoming the coastal migrants and giving them resources to adjust to the new city. These resources include temporary marketing stands to get entrepreneurs on their feet, educational resources to help kids adjust to the new curriculum, realtor/tourist offices to educate occupants of the new city, and temporary housing units.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN @ 0'-0" 19,196 SF VENDORS VENDORS CURRENT FP PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION SECOND FLOOR PLAN @ 20'-9" THIRD FLOOR PLAN @ 36'-6" 9,940 SF 16,656 SF PROGRAM: 14,197 SF (REV. 2) PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION THIRD FLOOR PLAN @ 36'-6" FOURTH FLOOR PLAN @ 52'-9" 16,656 SF 11,810 SF kitchen bar PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION SIXTH FLOOR PLAN @ 68'-3" 7,881 SF PROGRAM: PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION FOURTH FLOOR PLAN @ 52'-9" 11,810 SF PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION FIFTH FLOOR PLAN @ 68'-3" 7,881 SF SIXTH FLOOR PLAN @ 68'-3" 7,881 SF PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION 5 First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan Third Floor Plan Fourth Floor Plan Fifth Floor Plan Sixth Floor Plan 1. Reception 2. Open Market 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 3. Co working Space 4. Educational Space 5. Cafe/Restaurant 6. Community Learning Center 7. Temporary Living Spaces 8. Terraces The circulation through Nexus is meant to be celebrated through interior and exterior design. Double-height spaces and overlapping floor plates create unique experiences of interaction between each program, establishing a connection between the climate migrants and the current residents of Buffalo, NY.

Tempe, AZ

Project Editor: Megan Povirk

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Winter Quarter 2021-2022

COTE Top Ten requires students to put sustainability first and foremost. Our project this year was located in Tempe, Arizona within the campus of Arizona State University. This university has a program that has developed carbon-collecting mechanical trees. The science behind these trees is groundbreaking, but there are not enough investors involved to bring the demand up. To do this, Synergy serves as a connecting point between the engineers/students of ASU and the investors of large companies that would benefit from using these mechanical trees. It combines education, sustainability, and marketing all in one, and serves as a key point of connection to boost the awareness of this technology. Its materials all have low-carbon footprints,and its vertical nature allows for landscape features to hide water collection/purification systems. Sustainability is not just measured through the physical attributes, but also the programmatic adaptability to the occupants’ needs. The Global Pandemic transformed the way we design office spaces and how we as designers can increase the quality of life of the occupants. This project serves to exemplify all kinds of sustainability to compliment the work of the mechanical trees and to serve as a beacon of change for the city of Tempe, Arizona.

Terracotta Panels

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Sandstone Steel

Modular Glulam Structure

Titanium Dioxide Screen

Each terracotta panel is encased with a titanium dioxide coating that takes the harmful nitrous oxide out of the air and turns it into harmless nitrate ions. With this screen, the building passively purifies the polluted air of Tempe, AZ. Terracotta is also a sustainable material that is an excellent heat conductor, which helps to protect the building from the intense desert heat.

Hong Kong

Project Editors: Megan Povirk and Jenna Roblee Spring Quarter 2022 | ACSA Steel Competition

The category of the 2022 ACSA Competition that our project was submitted for was based on the idea of “Monumentality” and what it means to be monumental in a democratic sense. Hong Kong has been in a constant state of political unrest where the agreement between the city and mainland China of “One Party, Two Systems” is slowly disintegrating. The people of Hong Kong are in need of democratic spaces where they can safely practice freedom of speech and assembly without the fear of violence breaking out. Currently, their protests take place in the streets, placing protesters in danger of oncoming traffic and/or brutality from officials. To give them a flexible/ adaptable space, we created a large steel framework with open floors and moving elements so that the people have the power to create the spaces they need. The main structure is surrounded by translucent movable screens that generate powerful messages, and the large drawbridge element serves to protect people from the sun and create various spaces for protests/ speeches. Using the sketch below, we developed a multi-layered platform system to create unique spaces of assembly. From the front elevation, our building also symbolizes the “HK” of Hong Kong to give a sense of pride to the citizens.

Conceptual Sketch

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Drawbridge Hinge Connection Cable to Drawbridge Connection

Axon

Stairs

Draw Bridge Element Pulley System

Bridge Motor

Ventilated Screening Floor Plates

of Open Platforms

Rib Structure

Mega Truss

Core Structure

Hydraulic System of Moving Screen

Structural

Moving Screen Monumental

Moving Screen

Draw

Translucent

Railings

Secondary

Primary

Connection of Core to Foundation Structure Connection of Structure Beneath Floor-plates

Floor-plate

Exploded Axon of

Structure Connection of Mega Truss to Core Structural Elements Connection of Ribs to Floor-plate Structure

SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Louisiana Tech University

Project Editor: Megan Povirk Fall Quarter 2022 | Graduate Work

Throughout the duration of our graduate year, we are tasked to first create a manifesto that declares what we believe architecture should be. Once we’ve determined this, we then use the entire year to design a new building on our campus. This year’s building is the School of Design at Louisiana Tech University. Currently, our architecture and interior design programs are isolated from our studio art and graphic design programs. The School of Design has never lived under one roof, thus creating a disconnect between the students of each of the disciplines. The assignment presents a unique opportunity to design spaces that we as architecture students would want to experience and to create a building that encourages collaboration across all of the disciplines.

To create the experience, there must be the implementation of phenomenological design elements that heighten the visual, tactile, and auditory senses of the occupants; elevating their spatial experience to one of unmeasurable perception.

-Thesis of Manifesto

Site Analysis Energy

In order to first harness the phenomena of the environment, there must be an analysis of the given elements. By focusing on the visual, tactile, and auditory qualities of the site, this analysis indicates the various external factors that either need to be improved, need to be celebrated, or need to remain untouched. Through this analysis, the external elements influence the design form and the program layout.

Auditory Visual

Biomedical

Building AE Phillips Laboratory School Power Plant Woodard Hall Robinson Hall Hale Hall Tolliver Hall Student Center Dorms GTM Howard Auditorium Quad Wyly Tower Library Clock Tower 17 Circulation Diagram Activity Nodes Noise Pollution Sun Analysis

Engineering

Approach

Concept: The Spine

Despite having all of the disciplines under one roof, the various programs of creative design require more individualized spaces while also remaining connected through means of circulation. To do this, the design uses the concept of a spine to generate its form and circulation. The individual vertebrae of program are held together by the joints of the in-between spaces, and through all of this, the central nervous system of circulation completes the connection.

Further Development of the Parti

To understand circulation through the space, a parti of the spine defines a primary circulation path and a secondary circulation path. Along the primary path are program of heavy traffic, and each end leads to large distinct areas of destination (large lecture hall, studios, art galleries, etc.). The secondary circulation wraps around the inner core and provides access to the more secluded program. Throughout these paths are areas of vertical circulation that are both celebrated through transparent elements and the distinct water features.

Vertical Circulation

Primary Circulation Secondary Circulation

Areas of Destination

Formal Development

With regards to the formal nature of the concept, the individual vertebrae have been manipulated further, creating more distinct spaces for interaction and program. Terraces have been added to encourage respite and gathering in exterior spaces. Throughout each movement of formal experimentation, the main circulation of the spine has dictated each push and pull, focusing more heavily on the eastern side of the building where most of the student body interacts with the site.

Vertebrae: Holds Various Program of the Four Disciplines

Central Nervous System: Main Path of Horizontal Circulation

Joints: Holds Vertical Circulation and Water Features

Bending to Momentum of the Site Tessellating up the site

Push and pull of vertebrae

Vertebrae interact with landscape and terraces

Final Form

The form ultimately joins four unique vertebrae along three joints that connect the program both horizontally and vertically while also interacting with the landscape.

the formal study from before, this site design takes the geometry of the joints and extends them outwards across the site. In doing this, alleys of local dogwood trees line the pathways, creating both areas of respite and areas where sculptures created by the students can stand. The middle-most pathway has a water feature that comes from the top of the building and reaches downwards and out across the site, using water as an additive auditory element to drown out the harsh noise from the neighboring power plant.

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