MODEL DETAILS
FRAGMENTS
Before our project started we were broken into groups to do more research. I was assigned the model team with two other classmates to construct the Seward Atlas-F Missle SIlo.
SITE PLAN
Our surface layer consists of three elements, voids, skylights and retention ponds. They sprawl across the landscape imposing paths on the visitors that guide the user. The “Ha Has” are radial “walls” that infer a boundry to the site without literally building a confined space, which allowed us to keep the site open. Upon entry to the museum visitors will park underground and then enter the programmed area to go into the exhibtion precession. Our site also features dwellings for researchers that might stay overnight and a back access road for trucks carrying ice drilling equipment.
Retention Ponds
Skylights
Voids SURFACE ELEMENTS
MATERIALITY
MATERIAL STUDIES
We have chosen three materials to communicate the experience of our site. Concrete will be used for exhibition and landscape objects to emphasize the content the museum will be presenting and to connect the surface layer with the underground layer. Teak wood is used to express the aging of the site and to make the shop appear as though its “floating” above the void. Our Kalwall system is used to bring diffused light into the shop, since this is the only structure above ground it also presents itself as an important component to the exhibition.
Concrete
Teak Wood KalWall Roof
LL FLOOR PLAN N
Lobby
Archive
Cold War Exhibition - History
Full Experience
5. Drilling Research Exhibition 6. Cold War Exhibition - Missiliers 7. Launch Control Center
Classroom
Event Space
Silo Exhibition
Nuclear War Exhibition
Global Warming Exhibition
THE EXHIBITION
Included in the research is a museum that the public can learn about the cold war, drilling research and the silos envolvment in those two. The skylights from the surface layer provides natural lighting into the space that also guides the user through the exhibition.
THE SHOP
The entrance to the shop is located in the back of the site, which is also where trucks carrying shipping containers will drop off research equipment. The Kalwall roof system takes into account the height for the fassi crane over the silo which is where equipment will be unloaded and prepared.
THE ICE SILO AND LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER
The LCC and silo are the origional structures on site. They are connected to eachother through a metal connection piece which vistiors can use to peer into the silo. An ice core tube is also provided in the middle of the silo allowing use to the ice drilling researchers.
PHYSICAL MODELS
We made two physical models for our project this semester. The first model is a site sectional model showing the relationship of our underground, surface and above ground layers. It includes the Kalwall system for our ice drilling facility and interior walls for the exhibition spaces located underground. This was made out of matboard, shoji paper and dowels. The second model is an eight cut vertical section model that communicates the relationship of our ice drilling facility, the void/ exhibition space that floats above and the main silo underneath it. This model also conveys the volume of the silo through the multiple layers allowing for a better articulation of the silo relationship.
Back View
Detail Photo
Front View
EIGHT CUT SECTION MODEL
SITE SECTION MODEL
Detail Photos
THE HARVEST HOUSE
Collaboraters: Drue Bower
Associate Professor Micheal Harpster
This project takes place at the the Bennet Martin Library, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The library has plans to be relocated and the lot is likley to becomes another apartment building. Lincoln, Nebraska is home to fast, cheap and monotonous apartment complexes that spread around the campus like a virus. In this studio my partner and I studied how Lincoln could diversify its apartment vernalcular while addressing generational mutualistic relationships.
Site and Massing Diagram
The site is located at S 14th St. and N St. and sits in an area called the Captiol Environs District. This zone prohibits any building within the axial path to block the view of state captiol. So, the max height of our lot was limited to 57’, although there is a building a block to the north that exceeds that built height limit and was built after the Captiol Environs was put in place. So we made the argument that we could also exceed the height limit to accomadate our retail floors, community gardens and apartment levels.
Site Plan
Apartment Floors
Retail Floors
Community Gardens
N.1 4TH STREET
PROGRAMS AND UNITS
Our first-floor programs include a public gym, bike shop, and community garden entry. After analysing the surrounding community, my partner and I found that the local YMCA was being shut down, and there was no plan to reinstate a public gym. There are a few bike repair shops in the area, and the closest one is run by the university, which gets very busy during the school year. Above the first floor are our apartment levels, which include four types of apartments: micro, micro xl, two-bed, and three-bed units. Each floor is planned to support mutualistic relationships across each tower, allowing different generations to help and interact with each other.
‘N’ STREET
Ground Floor Plan N
Apartment Floor Plan
Micro XL Unit Three Bed Unit Two Bed Unit Micro Unit
Famalies Elderly Young Adult
LiDAR and Circulation Diagram
6th and 7th Floor
and Garden 3rd Floor
1st Floor
and Lobby 4th and 5th Floor
Store/ Storage, Public
Conceptual Sketches
FACADE DEVELOPMENT
The middle of our building includes a courtyard with the floors suspended over the greenspace. These arches are meant to reflect Lincoln’s influence from art deco, but situate it in a modern context.
Perforated brick to provide privacy on floor to ceiling apartment window
Secondary brick to diversify facade evelvations
Building Chunk
Building Chunk and Courtyard Render
FACADE DEVELOPMENT
FACADE DEVELOPMENT
Inbetween the building there are large community balconies that connect each tower. These balconies are meant to promote connections between different generations.
Inbetween the building there are large community balconies that connect each tower. These balconies are meant to promote connections between different generations.
South Section
Community Balcony Render
South Section
Community Balcony Render
Enlarged Elevation
FACADE DEVELOPMENT
My partner and I chose orange brick to ground our building in the surrounding context. The black brick accent reinforces a modern take on art deco, with cortan steel fins that control the harsh sunlight in our community spaces. These community spaces also feature exposed CLT to avoid shrinking the spaces.
South Elevation
INTERIOR DEVELOPMENT
Our community spaces are meant to replace living rooms in the standard apartment. My partner and I purposely designed the apartments to accommodate the basic needs for living, encouraging people to use the common space and get to know their neighbors.
Interior Community Space
Skylight Above Community Stair
Perforated Brick Controlling Daylight into Community Spaces
Glass Railing Around Community Stair and Voids
Linear Direct Indirect Lighting Systems
9-PLY CLT Stair
Tile Flooring in Commnuity Spaces
Steel Soffit System
Gym Mini-Split HVAC System
Gym Fire Suppresion System
Exisitng Concrete Floor w/ 2” Fill Below
Interior Column Footing
Perimeter Continuous Column Footing
Enlarged West Section
Cortan
SINGLE FAMILY HOME (4 weeks)
Collaboraters: Jordan McLaughlin, Emily Lorius
Lecturer Zeb Lund and Amelia Davis
Before the semester's big project, we had a smaller project with clients in Bertrand, Nebraska. They wanted us to design a house for their village, and our group decided to push the boundaries of a typical Nebraska house. The board had specific rules for their house, including a detached shed in the NW corner, basement access through the back of the house, and an island with stools.
LOCATION:
213 Minor Ave. Bertrand, NE
PROGRAM
A single family affordable housing residence to contain: -Detached Garage -Unfinished Basement
-Plumbing located for future bathroom
-Windows for egress from future bedrooms
-1200 SF footprint main floor at a design goal of $165 per square foot
-2 Bed
-2 Bath -Kitchen
SITE ANALYSIS SKETCHES
Push private entrace
Two entances on-site Detached shed on-site
NE ISOMESTRIC VIEW
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
The main floor of our singlefamily home is split into two areas, public and private. Upon arriving, the family would go through the pushed entryway into the public living space. The recessed entry provides extra privacy as you move into the public half, and the designated public space includes a living room, dining room, kitchen, entry closet, access to the basement, and access to the backyard. On the right of the public area is the private quarters with two bedrooms, one private bathroom, one public bathroom, and a laundry unit.
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
Under the first floor plan is the basement with projected areas for future rooms as per requested from the clients. We also included predicted egress windows with a future mechanical room.
INTERIOR ENTRY RENDER
Living Room
11’-9” 10 5/8”
Dining Room Kitchen with Island
Public Wall Detail
Asphalt Shingles
5/8” Roof Sheathing
2x6 Ceiling Rafters and Joists
R-30 Ceiling Insulation
2x6” Top Plate 2” Fill
2x6 Studs @ 16” o.c w/ R-19 Insulation
1/2” Clapboard
1” Sheathing
1/2” GWB
Treated 2x6” Bottom Plate
Sill Plate
1/2” Anchor bolts
16” TJI @ 16” O.C.
8” CMU Foundation
4” Concrete Slab
10x16” CIP Footing
5 No. 1/2” dia. rebar
FACADE DEVELOPMENT
We came up with two iterations within the span of four weeks. These included different different roofs, layouts and facade designs.
EAST ELEVATION
3’ 0” 7” 3’ 7” 2’ 5” 4’ 8”
MATERIAL SELECTION
Our house facade design includes two materials, zinc paneling and lap siding. Zinc paneling was chosen to indicate the public side, while lapping represents the private side. We pushed a contemporary housing design onto the committee because they mentioned wanting to bring more people into their village. So, we found a balance between the new and the old in hopes of revitalizing the neighborhood.
Shed roof with pergola
Gable roof with shed cover
Shed cover follows gable roof
ARTWORKS
2016-2023
Before I went into architecture, making art was my pastime. It was a way to express my creativity through different media. After I went into architecture, I didn’t have enough time to create large pieces, so during breaks, I made smaller works, which are also included in this selection. The first two artworks are from my first and second years of high school.
ACRYLIC PAINT
DESCRIPTION: STILL LIFE TWO SHOES
UNTITLED 2016 WATERCOLOR, INK
DESCRIPTION: TWO FROGS ON A LEAVES IN A FOREST
UNTITLED
2023
WATERCOLOR, BLACK LINER
DESCRIPTION:
SHOP IN TAIWAN
KARAOKE ROOM
This piece is based on a picture I took while visiting Taiwan. These shops are located on the mountainside and were usually three floors with small apartments underneath. At this specific location, there was a karaoke bar on the bottom floor, where two guys sang for us while we ate.
UNTITLED
2023
WATERCOLOR, WHITE GEL PEN, BLACK LINER
DESCRIPTION: BUILDING FACADE
UNTITLED 2022
WATERCOLOR, PENCIL .07
DESCRIPTION:
DORIC COLUMN AND COLORADO MILL
