ARCH 5120 Urban Forest

Urban Forest Katerie Boursiquot Adrianna Ciebielski ARCH 5120

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content 2 manifesto 3 phase 1.1

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phase 1.4

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manifesto

The decisions we, as designers, make today, provide the framework for our communities. We are the foundation of the built environment, more so than any physical foundation. Every decision we make to be mindful or not has a direct impact on design and how well the design can function in any environment. So we must pay very close attention to the environments in which our projects exist, because if it cannot exist in harmony there, we have failed. Architecture should exist solely for the people. To be lived in and interacted with.

To create a dialogue of spaces and divisions in which we maneuver. If architecture is not designed for the human experience, it is a mistake.

In the context of drastic environmental change, mindful choices and studies that we do today can only benefit our practice in the future. With our rapidly changing climate, it’s important to think

of how buildings fit into that equation. 39% of CO2 emissions comes from the building and construction industry. With this in mind, we must advocate for materials that do not contribute a surplus of carbon to the already toxic manufacturing process.

Using organic material, we should pay attention to multiple aspects of the site. Looking to existing infrastructure and elements are clues for design processes. Proximity to greenways, prominent street corner presence, water, etc. are all defining elements of a site. The ground floor or plane should encourage and aid pedestrian flow and rest. All these elements contribute to the sustainability of a project. If a building can adapt to many different changes, it can grow and change just as its occupants, rather than be outgrown.

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1.1 Structural Module: A Way of Building Construction System Selection : Engineered Wood An Exploration of Engineered Wood

OBJECTIVES: Understand and illustrate the parametric relationships among material properties, their arrangement, dimension, pattern and subsequent multifarious performance of these physical systems.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KuC6hr79Zy_mzPItv16ObOXonqY5HNUd

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Dowel Laminated Timber

DLT composition 2”x4” spans 8’

2”x6” spans 20’

DOWEL LAMINATED TIMBER 2”x12” spans 60’

2”x4” x 6’

2”x 6” x 22’

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DLT max, med, min spans 4

2”x 12” x 34’

DLT max, med, min heights

Cross Laminated Timber

3 ply spans 20’

CLT composition Standard wall panel :

5 ply spans 30’

HEIGHT

CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER

CLT 7 ply spans 40’

CLT max, med, min spans 5

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Cross Laminated Timber

3 ply spans 20’

CLT composition Standard wall panel :

5 ply spans 30’

HEIGHT

CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER

CLT 7 ply spans 40’

CLT max, med, min spans 6

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Laminated Veneer Lumber

1 3/4” ”x 5 1/2” spans 6’

LVL composition

1 3/4” x 11 1/2” spans 15’

3 1/2” x 8 5/8” spans 30’ 3 1/2” x 3 1/2” x 3’

LAMINATED VENEER LUBMER 5 1/2” x 3 1/2” x 7’ 8 5/8” x 3 1/2” x 14’

LVL max, med, min spans

LVL max, med, min heights 9

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SPAN

COLUMN HEIGHT

Glue Laminated Timber

10-1/2” column 31” x 5-1/2” beam 46’-6” span

10-1/2” column 23-3/8” x 5-1/2” beam 25’ span 10-1/2” column 12-3/8” x 5-1/2” beam 11’ span

SPAN

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GLUE LAMINATED TIMBER

13-1/2” column 24’ height

10-1/2” column 18’ height

7-1/2” column 8’ height

HEIGHT

COMPOSITION

GLUE LAMINATED TIMBER

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2”x8” members 24” OC -- span 8’-3”

2”x8” members 16” OC -- span 9’-6”

2”x8” members 12” OC -- span 10’-5”

SPAN

DIMENSIONAL LUMBER

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5-1/4” column x 15’ @17‘-6“ spacing 11-7/8” x 5-1/4” beam 8’ joist span

5-1/4” column x 13’-6” @16‘ spacing 11-7/8” x 5-1/4” beam 12’ joist span

5-1/4” column x 12’-6“ @15‘ spacing 11-7/8” x 5-1/4” beam 16’ joist span

SPAN

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PARALLEL STRAND LUMBER

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7” column 24’ height 5-1/4” column 20’ height

3-1/2” column 14’ height

HEIGHT

COMPOSITION

PARALLEL STRAND LUMBER

PARALLEL STRAND LUMBER

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3-1 maximum span-rise

5-1 mid span-rise 8-1 minimum span-rise

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1.2 STRUCTURE AS INFRASTRUCTURE: Building Morphologies OBJECTIVES: Understand and illustrate the parametric relationships among material properties, their arrangement, dimension, pattern and subsequent multifarious performance of these physical systems.

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1.3 STRUCTURE AS INFRASTRUCTURE: Grounding a way of building in a place OBJECTIVES: Understand, shape, and illustrate the relationships between long-lasting structural systems and the multifaceted performance of urban landscape to ground buildings in the enduring topology and culture of palace.

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1.4 REVIEW: Grounding in Place

500 Soldiers Field Road, Allston

Structural Prototype Site Plan

OBJECTIVES:

Develop a “maximum potential” prototype with rational structure that resists gravity and lateral loads, and can organize space, circulation, and infrastructure in a future building. Ground this design in the geological and cultural context, while also creating new ones that ensure durability and adaptability.

Western Avenue

Treehouse Our ambition is to utilize wood, as the only organically manufactured construction material, and participate in the movement of mindful design. Paying a ention to multiple aspects of the site, such as the greenway, prominent street corner presence, and the proximity to the water, help to guide our decisions. We elevated the wooden structure 3 stories (once 4) to allow pedestrian flow through our site via the greenway, and towards the river. Our treehouse module uses a hexagon shape, which facilitates organic configurations in plan as well as in section. The overlapping and cantilevering wooden structure celebrates the possibilities of the material and the left-over space becomes meeting spaces and terraces, making sure no space is forgo en.

Main Entry Way

Loading Dock

main service core

Public Ground Floor

Greenway Entries

Proposed Greenway to Charles River

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SITE PLAN 1/32” = 1’ 0”

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20 service entry to basement

green terraces

permanent entries

clt panels cores housing vertical circulation and shafts

elevated ground floor acts as outdoor gathering space and connection to existing greenway

vertical structure made up of glulam columns and beams

clt floor panels make up lateral structure, carry loads to clt panel core

primary beams highlighted, each floor has a rotated beam orientation to support shifting of floor plates and cantilevers

2.1 FLOWS: Performance Criteria for Landscape and Envelope 2.5D Bricolage

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Sketch Model

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2.2 RESILIENCE: Landscape and Envelope Systems for Changing Contexts Massing Model

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Peel-away Axonometric

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Site Plan

Western Ave

bus stop bioswale

North Entry

amphitheater

East Entry meadow

Loading Dock

bioswale

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West Entry 0 -1 0

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South Entry

1:12 slope

Secondary softscape route

Site Plan 1’ = 1/32”

bioswale -6

Main hardscape route ADA accessible route

1:20 slope

Proposed Greenway

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Soldiers Field Rd

South Entry

2.3 ATMOSPHERES: Integrating Interior and Landscape Microclimates

Form Evolution

SIte

Hexagons

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Serial Sections 2% slope bioswales Courtyard Amphitheater

extensive green roof

bioswales

extensive green roof 2% slope

Loading Dock West Entry

bioswales

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ELEVATIONS

40% GLAZING

30% GLAZING

40% GLAZING

30% GLAZING

40% GLAZING

30% GLAZING

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Southern Elevation

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East Elevation

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Northern Elevation

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Air vent inlet, stack effect to cool building

Growing Medium Bioswale with drain to storage tank

Filter Drainage Layer Insulation Layer Water Proof Membrane CLT Panel

WATER STORAGE TANK for usage in secondary plumbing (toilets, etc)

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phase 3.1 Develop a deep understanding of human use and experience as drivers of the organizational, material, and energy-consuming systems, and document the associated programmatic requirements (e.g. codes, standards).

Rigorously engage future uncertainty to develop multiple alternative future contexts for your project.

Develop a flexible long-term plan adaptable to many futures. Although you will draw and model different versions of the building’s “future self,” these are particular built manifestations of the design strategy, not three different buildings, nor even in three “test fit” layouts in a single generic building.

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Demographic / New HBS architecture will attract new demographic Societal / Population growth

Extreme Outcomes

Societal / Migration towards cities

Climate Change Maximum Growth: if not handled well: Sea level rising, smog (poisonous air), extreme temperatures, natural disasters Maximum Recession: if handled well: More sustainable buildings, different societal living Pandemics Maximum Growth: if not handled well: Complete isolation, population decrease, robots used to do “errands” or “live” vicariously through, no more public trans?, enhanced personal transportation, virtual life/entertainment/education Maximum Recession: if handled well: Great access to healthcare, ensured government funding for health care, increased sanitation (difficult with growing pop)

Environmental / Climate change: sea level rise, pollution, heat island effect Institutional / Lower college enrollment rates Societal / More frequent pandemics Governmental / Gentrification

The Healthy City

The Lonely City

The Tenacious City

The Petrified City

LO-LO / More sustainable living/building vs. Increased healthcare, increased pop

LO-HI / More sustainable living/building vs. Complete isolation, population decrease, robots and virtual living

HI-LO / Sea level rising, smog, xtreme temp, natural disasters vs. Increased healthcare, increased pop

HI-HI / Sea level rising, smog, xtreme temp, natural disasters vs. Complete isolation, population decrease, robots and virtual living

In this more utopian scenario our building becomes an urban, tree-house living, holistic residential space.

In this scenario our building is a sanctuary for artists.

Individual studio spaces, gallery spaces, etc. Allowing people to still be creative in their more isolated lives. Art/performance + fabrication.

In this scenario our building is a mix of office, living, cafe/etc. People don’t want to leave their houses and interact with too many people, Mixed-use.

In this scenario our building provides more isolated living.

Balconies are glazed, or completely covered. Residential.

Performance Requirements:

Flexibility 1=low 3=high

Flexibility 1=low 3=high

Flexibility 1=low 3=high

Flexibility 1=low 3=high

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Performance Requirements: Foundation

Enclosure

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Enclosure

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Roofing

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Roofing

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Interior Construction (Partitions/Doors)

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Interior Construction (Partitions/Doors)

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HVAC/Plumbing

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HVAC/Plumbing

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HVAC/Plumbing

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Fire Protection

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Fire Protection

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Fire Protection

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Structure

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Structure

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Structure

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Structure

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Sitework

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Sitework

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Sitework

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Sitework

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Foundation

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Performance Requirements: Foundation

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Performance Requirements: Foundation

Enclosure

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Enclosure

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Roofing Interior Construction (Partitions/Doors)

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Roofing

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Interior Construction (Partitions/Doors)

HVAC/Plumbing

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Fire Protection

Critical Influence to Achieving Scenario Goals: Critical Important Unimportant

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phase 3.2 Transcend generic buildings by designing integrated systems that are both flexible and innovative so that a single building is resilient in the face of multiple futures and offers unique experience for many uses.

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our building utilizes a central all-water system - closed loop heat pump for heating/cooling water circulates through geothermal pump rather than cooling tower/boiler to minimize ductwork our building has a central air shaft with exhaust fan at top to aid stack effect and pull air from spaces and provide future ventilation space if needed water is collected from roof drain and bioswales to be treated and used as gray water for building facilities

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phase 3.3 Produce an explicitly resilient building: not by predicting the future, but rather preparing for and accommodating it in all its glorious uncertainty. Your work should challenge the naĂŻvetĂŠ of optimism, the nihilist inclination towards the generic and the pessimistic tendency to overbuild.

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North + South Facade

South Facade

North Facade

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East + West Facade

East Facade

West Facade

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Perspective

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