Nick Hild Selected Works

Nick Hild Architecture Design

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

EDUCATION AND HOUSING FACILITY

UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONE

RESEARCH

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NCAR Outreach provides the larger Boulder area with an iconic community center. The program is tailored to the views having the public and busy spaces facing the city, while private spaces face serene mountains. The project as a whole was designed to emulate the nature around the site to provide a beneficial education environment. Hosting 14 micro apartments, this design accommodates international students to learn from the top scientific facilities this country has to offer. This facility has education spaces for students K-12 as for university students. The main programs of the proposed design includes: education space, communal space, and residential space. This connection between the education and residential space contains a gym and cafeteria. Proposed facilities enable students to have a separation between work life balance.

SITE CIRCULATION CAR CIRCULATION PATH CIRCULATION BUS CIRCULATION EDUCATE CONNECT OUTREACH

Establish Footprint Based on Program De ne Communal Threshold Orient Program to Views Combine Programs Final Form Iteration Education Residential Views of the city Views of the Mountains MORPHOLOGY

Research + Education Public Terrace Communal Space Housing PROGRAM 04

SITE PLAN

THIRD FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

CONFERENCE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE TERRACE OFFICES + UPPER ED LOUNGE INFORMATION EXHIBIT PUBLIC DISPLAY AUDITORIUM RESEARCH LAB BATHROOM TERRACE TENANT LOUNGE FLATIRON TERRACE DN DN CONFERENCE ROOM COMPUTER LAB CLASSROOM CLASSROOM OFFICE SPACE AUDITORIUM LOBBY CAFE CAFETERIA GYM BATHROOM LAUNDRY PATIO 01 -Elevation

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FIRST FLOOR

TOP LEFT: EAST ELEVATION

MIDDLE LEFT: WEST ELEVATION + SECTION

BELOW: INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES

TOP RIGHT: NORTH ELEVATION

MIDDLE RIGHT: SOUTH ELEVATION + SECTION

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prosocial ascensions

Citizens are being pushed out of Milan. An increase in economic activity has created an influx of redevelopments that’ve changed Milan into a primary real estate location. While this shift is attracting buyers from all over the world, it has also created a decline for the local citizens.

WHY IS THE SITUATION DECLINING?

HOW DOES THE STRUCTURE EVOLVE?

37%

The percent increase of rent in Milan from 2021 to 2022.

€21

The average cost of owning one square meter in Milan.

1 in 3

Citizens struggle with the lack of personal career opportunities.

If this trend continues, Milan will be developed without its people. A solution to protect these citizens is combining them into a new socioeconomic class. This class creates a network of similar economies that allow the citizens to keep up with the rising cost of living with the addition of connecting new opportunities to one another.

WHO CREATES A NEW CLASS?

INDIVIDUAL $

An individual carries a specific skillset that can’t be shared alone.

NETWORK $$

A similar individual creates a benchmark of opportunities that connect one another.

WHAT IS THE BUILDING MADE OF?

Mimicking surrounding materials, the exterior stucco facade represents the vernacular texture of Milan. Bridging tradition and modernism, the buildings archways connect the user to historic Italian architecture. Terraces provide communal gardens for residents while connecting users to nature within their urban environment.

COMMUNITY $$$

As a community mixes, opportunities are made within the new class.

To support this new class, Prosocial Ascensions creates a metabolic living structure that evolves with the residents. Besides residential units, interior spaces can be markets, retail, entertainment, and other relevant programs that will help boost the local economy. The structures can be produced anywhere through a few steps.