2015 yale soa work :: misha semenov

misha semenov studio work at Yale SoA

public library branch bushwick, brooklyn rosalyne shieh, critic fall 2015 studio yale soa This project envisions a new Brooklyn Public Library branch of around 20,000 sq ft on a triangular site nestled between brick warehouses and residential rowhomes. If books were the central component of 20th-century libraries,today, they serve as a wrapper for a variety of other functions: computer clusters, maker spaces, classrooms, and more. The design of this library was based on a series of mushroom-like elements: on the bottom floor, they are scaled to the size of columns and wrapped in books, allowing for an open library space. On the second floor, they taper outward and form more intimate skylight-lit spaces. One inverted shell also forms a public auditorium space. Inspired by both the local vernacular and the brick architecture of Dieste, these shells are built with alternating layers of brick. The facade honors the neighborhood’s historical fabric, incorporating a reimagined layered Tuscan cornice and piers that mirror those of the surrounding factories, and is based on a double skin: the inner layer consists of a concrete wall with round apertures, while the outer layer of bricks is staggered open over these areas to allow a beautiful latticed light in by day and soft pixelated light out by night.

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section through theater and study spaces

old library

new library

“mushroom� pod concept 3

initial plan schemes

initial model explorations

study nook

children’s entrance

playground

theater

computer cluster

stage

backstage area

storage study room

folding doors for after hours use

24-hr public wc

hangout lounge

potential expansion: stacks & offices

reception

basement (-16’)

ground floor 4

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conference space

out oor terrace

chil ren s books

rooftop co unit gar en

chil ren s co puting

out oor terrace

stu nook

co puting center

learning kitchen

stu nook

second floor (+16’) 5

third floor / roof (+28’)

sw elevation at night, showing effect of the latticed brick apertures and open study rooms

existing brick building on site

view of proposed entrance lobby

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side view of “mushroom� massing model, showing view into auditorium

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full facade model, with brick and concrete layers visible

views into and out of the facade lattice

close-up of clay model of the auditorium

the column grid: a seed vault proposal rosalyne shieh, critic fall 2015 studio yale soa This project is a conceptual design for a seed storage facility, planting area, and educational program on a hilly site on Yale’s campus. The form, consisting of four sloping planting terraces cut by circulation paths and linked by spiral staircases, is based on a field of “columns” that serve, in different areas, as structural supports, sprinklers, conduits, and seed storage vaults.

The grid of columns was determined through a rigorous formal analysis of the existing site.

Johnson Plaza Columns

Seed Storage Vault

Laboratory Services Node

Skylight

Semicircular Staircase

SEED VAULT

DIAGONAL SECTION

LABS

CLASSROOM

(1/8” = 1’)

LECTURE SPACE

EXHIB

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Probes & The Temple at Karnak Environmental Conditioning

BIT AREA

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HALL OF PLANTS

Sprinkler Guiseppe Terragni, Danteum (unbuilt) Column

LOBBY/RECEPTION

Pin Oak

Hillhouse Mansion Portico Columns

Johnson Plaza Columns

Seed Storage Vault

Laboratory Services Node

+42’

Skylight

+32’

C RO +22’

SEED VAULT

LABS

DIAGONAL SECTION

CL

+12’

(1/8” = 1’)

LEC III. Generation eration of Intermediate Grids

IV. Subduction Terraces

LABS

II. Determination of Grids CLASS ROOM EXHIBIT & LECTURE

EXHIBIT & LECTURE

LOBBY

PLAN AT 3’ (1/32” = 1’)

PLAN AT 15’ (1/32” = 1’)

I. Catalogue of Vertical Elements

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SEED VAULT

Sprinkler Column

Sprinkler Column

Pin Oak

Pin Oak

Hillhouse Mansion Portico Columns

Hillhouse Mansion Portico Columns

LABS & NURSERY

CLASS ROOMS

EXHIBIT SPACE

WC & SERVICES

LOBBY

LOBBY/RECEPTION

LOBBY/RECEPTION

V. Assignment of Program

VI. User Pathway Overlay

JOHNSON PLAZA

JOHNSON PLAZA

SEED VAULT

SEED VAULT

PLAN AT 35’ (1/32” = 1’)

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PLAN AT 35’ (1/32” = 1’)

VII. Resulting New Column Grid

SITE PLAN (1/32” = 1’)

SITE PLAN (1/32” = 1’)

the bubble machine: a serious study rosalyne shieh, critic fall 2015 studio yale soa This design, a small, individual-scaled space for the intense study of bubbles, responds to a prompt to imagine a study space on a square 24’ x 24’ site. The goal of the project was to contrast the ephemerality and playfulness of bubbles with a very logical, mechanical, and scientific “machine” for producing them. The project thus emphasized more technical ways of drawing and designing, masking spatial and design decisions behind a purely mechanical guise.

section model

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PATTERN: 19G

PATTERN: 88V

FAN SPEED: HI

FAN SPEED: MED

TEMP: 91ยบC

TEMP: 50ยบC

SOLUTION: F14

SOLUTION: U31-B

ENTRANCE ELEVATION

SOLUTION MIXING SINKS

PUMPS CONTROL ROOM

SPRINKLERS

ENTRANCE

DRAINAGE

PLAN AT GROUND LEVEL

WATER CIRCULATION

PATTERN WHEEL

FAN CONTROLS

WHEEL STORAGE MECHANISM

WHEEL SLOT

INCUBATION CHAMBER

STUDY & HOLDING VESSEL

PLAN AT 4' BELOW

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SLIDING DOORS

RELEASE PORTAL

WIND FAN

ROTATION MOTOR

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

SECONDARY FAN