Michael Heller Arc 108 Portfolio

Architecture Studio: Spring Portfolio Michael Heller

Professor Maya Alam TA: Sou Fang

4-5

Exercise 2: Musashino Art University Library

6-11

Exercise 3: Infill

12-21

Table of Contents

Exercise 1: Blocks & Streets

Exercise 1

Exercise 1: Blocks & Streets

The first project of the semester was an in-depth study of the central business district of Syracuse, New York. The post industrial city has experienced several historical changes since it was established in the mid 19th century. As a part of the Blocks & Streets group we focused on how the infrastructure and and the space itself were organized. We thought critically about the development of the central business disctrict and worked with the other groups (History, Public Space, and Buildings) to further our understanding of Downtown Syracuse, its history, and its future.

Name

Partners

Scale Comparisons

Julia Chou Naill Ingaldson Jasmine Greytok

Syracuse Campus

Block Comparisons

Syracuse, NY

Dimensions -

Destiny USA Mall

Partners Julia Chou Naill Ingaldson Jasmine Greytok

Rhino, Illustrator

Downtown Syracuse

Location Syracuse, NY

Medium

Dimensions -

Medium Rhino, Illustrator

Exercise 1

Name

Location

Exercise 2

Exercise 2: Musashino Art University Library and Museum

The Musashino Art university library was used as a precedent study. the library is a continuous spiral of books that starts on the glassed in exterior and continues to the center creating program and organizational systems. The entirety of the library’s walls are floor-to-cieling book shelves however to create passageways between the walls there have been square sections punched through the shelves. the effect these cause creates a sense of depth as you can look through multiple walkways and see from one side of the building to another. these holes create an interesting sense of “infinite” depth in the space which furthers the concept of the spiral and the bookshelves.

Name Section

Figure Ground

Miao Luo Megha Murali Anusha Shikre

Partners Miao Luo Megha Murali Anusha Shikre

Location Kodaira, Japan

Dimensions 11x17 in

Location Kodaira, Japan

Dimensions -

Medium Rhino, Illustrator

Medium Rhino, Illustrator

Exercise 2

Name

Partners

Exercise 2

Through the Musashino precedent study, The idea developed to manipulate depth and persepctive through the medium of the relief model. Utilizing layers of paper, the model begins to form a space similar to the musashino walkways. The represenation of the space itself creates a sense of depth.

Furthering the idea of depth this relief model manipulates our perception of space and creates an optical illusion. The implied space creates a sense of depth which is not there yet it feels more realistic than the first rendition of this relief concept. The space seems inhabitable and real.

Name Musashino Study Relief Model 1

Partners

-

Musashino Study Relief Model 2

Kodaira, Japan

Partners

-

Location Kodaira, Japan

Dimensions 11x17x2 in

Dimensions 11x17x1 in

Medium Strathmore

Medium Strathmore

Exercise 2

Name

Location

Exercise 2

With the concept of depth still an important factor in these reliefs. I attempted to manipulate three dimensional space. The folded relief model starts as a flat piece of paper and then opens revealing steps of paper that from the front look solid however from the side they are open and see-through. The juxtaposition of viewpoint could be considered a form of depth or rather a form of perspectival choreography.

Name Musashino Study Relief Model 3

Partners

-

Location Kodaira, Japan

Dimensions 11x17x11 in

Medium Strathmore

Exercise 2

Name

Exercise 3

Conceptual Relief Models

Partners -

Location Syracuse, New York

Dimensions 11x17 in

Medium Strathmore

Name 1/4� Sectional Model

Partners -

Location Syracuse, New York

Dimensions 10x9x10 in

Medium Strathmore

Exercise 3

Exercise 3

Exercise 3: Infill

For the final project I wanted to work with controlling depth utilizing a contrast of rigid and ambiguous forms. The final product was a structure that imposed a certain stance in the square that differentiated itself from the surrounding buildings but applied the same datum lines and rigid contextual information that the existing structures abided by.

Name Building Section A

Partners -

Building Section B

Syracuse, New York

Partners -

Dimensions

-

Location Syracuse, New York

Rhino, Illustrator

Dimensions

-

Medium

Medium Rhino, Illustrator

Exercise 3

Name

Location

Name

Exercise 3

Conceptual Model

Partners -

Location Syracuse, New York

Dimensions 2x6x8 in

Medium Foam, Plastic

Name Front Elevation

Partners -

Roof Plan

Syracuse, New York

Partners -

Dimensions

-

Location Syracuse, New York

Rhino, Illustrator

Dimensions

-

Medium

Medium Rhino, Illustrator

Exercise 3

Name

Location

Name

Exercise 3

Inside/Out Building Precedent Study

Hybrid

Partners Rachel Ly Julia Chou Megha Murali

Location Syracuse, New York

Dimensions 11x17 in

Medium Strathmore

Name Inside/Out Building Precedent Study

Partners Rachel Ly Julia Chou Megha Murali

Location Syracuse, New York

Dimensions 11x17 in

Medium Strathmore

Facade

Exercise 3

Context

Name

Partners

Inside/Out Building Precedent Study

Exercise 3

Context

Facade

Hybrid

Rachel Ly Julia Chou Megha Murali

Location Syracuse, New York

Dimensions 11x17 in

Medium Strathmore

Circa 2018

Syracuse University School of Architecture. Maya Alam. Spring 2018.