Peggy Brennan's Portfolio by Peggy Brennan

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C O N T E N T STUDIO WORK

THE NEST, CAMPBELL HALL, UVa ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL I ARCH 4020................................................................................................................................................ CONDUITS OF FORM: CHARLOTTESVILLE’S SKY CARRIER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA I ARCH 4020............................................................................................................. WASTE HEIGHTS PARK, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK I ARCH 3020 ............................................................................................................................................

COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, RICHMOND, VA I ARCH 2020.............................................................................................................................................................

STRANDBEEST CENTER, HIGHLINE PARK, NEW YORK I ARCH 3010........................................................................................................................................................

MARRIOT DOOMSDAY INN, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA I ARCH 4010.............................................................................................................................................................

UVa CAMPBELL HALL PAPER WASTE INSTILLATION I ARCH 3020............................................................................................................................................................

COMPETITIONS

HONDURAS HEALTH BUILD CHALLENGE I 2012......................................................................................................................................................................................

RIVANNA RIVER TRAIL COMPETITION I 2013..........................................................................................................................................................................................

BELMONT BRIDGE COMPETITION I 2012................................................................................................................................................................................................

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the NEST The Nest is the product of a collaborative effort in an advanced material research studio focused on a speciality high performance concrete, Ductile Concrete. The Nest acts as resting , meeting, or standing piece, hoping to encourage interaction and activity in a previously dead space. The strength of ductile concrete allows for very thin hollow sections , which are each connected by a nest like interior structure of welded rebar. This instillation proves the new capabilities potentials of concrete, an ancient material.

THE NEST I ARCH4020 I ALEXANDER KITCHIN

SPRING 2013

process

3d model

formwork 3d model

CNC routing

welding

sanding

lamination

pouring

mixing

C O N D U I T S O F F O R M I M Y S E L F + DA N I E L L E E A D S I A R C H 4 0 2 0 I A L E X A N D E R K I T C H I N

SPRING 2013

Conduits of Form: Charlottesville’s Sky Carrier A new connective transportation network carries cable cars above the city and country, piercing the hotel’s facade to create spatial voids in the preexisting Landmark grid. A network of paths circulate throughout the structure, acting as a means of transit for both people and goods, and also serving as stationary cable car hotel rooms. Sustainable modes of transportation, they traverse from the agrarian Rivanna River villages to the core of Charlottesville to serve the local food network of the Downtown Mall, stocked with produce farmed on the Rivanna’s banks. Concrete ribbons act as a permeable boundary between the southern and northern ends of the building. Peeling away to puncture the open ground spaces, they act as structural reinforcement, utilitarian pipelines and impromptu furniture pieces. Conduits of Form promotes the restitching of Downtown Charlottesville with its agrarian past, acting as a catalyst for public interaction and community exchange.

The first iteration was the marriage of the tree and the triangle--both figures that exemplify strength and stability. The ribbon-like structure is an amorphous, ambiguous conglomerate. The screen wall is porous and permeable, illustrated by the low roots on the northern end that pass through to become the roof on the southern end. The barrier divides the gallery into public gathering space for many and private resting space for one.

plan2_open public space

plan3_administrative

plan4_main transit level + hotel reception

ground plan_open public space

plan2_open public space

ground plan_open public space

plan3_administrative

plan2_open public space

ground plan_open public space

plan5_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan4_main transit level + hotel reception

plan6_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan5_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

cable car circulation loops within the hotel

plan3_administrative

cable car circulation moving in and out

plan4_main transit level + hotel reception

plan7_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan6_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

hotel room cable cars

plan5_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

9th 8th 7th 6th plan2_open public space

plan3_administrative

plan4_main transit level + hotel reception

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2nd 1st ground plan_open public space

water st.

plan2_open public space

hotel

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plan3_administrative

downtown mall

plaza + commercial

plan8_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan9_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit + skybar/restaurant

plan7_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan8_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan9_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit + skybar/restaurant

plan6_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan7_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan8_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan6_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

plan7_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

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plan5_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

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plan4_main transit level + hotel reception

plaza + commercial

downtown mall

plan5_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

hotel

plan6_cable car rooms + enclosed rooms + transit

water st.

construction detail

The ribbons will be constructed through precast cast pieces connected by joints that will be cast within each segment, creating a seamless flow of concrete throughout the structure, The concrete ribbons are multi-functional and ambiguously programmed, hoping to keep the open and public nature of the large public plaza on the ground floor. The ribbons create a textured wall that acts against the shear forces caused by the movement of cable cars within the structure. Next, they act as conduits, containing necessary resources for the hotel and its inhabitants. The water flow within the conduit, works successfully due to the water tight and strength of ductile.

Wa s t e H e i g h t s P a r k REcycle + REgenerate + REpurpose B ROA DWAY 1 , 0 0 0 S T E P S I A R C H 3 0 2 0 I K A R E N VA N L E N G E N + E R I N H A N N E G A N

SPRING 2012

WASTE SORTING DIAGRAM I SKETCH WASTE SORTING DIAGRAM I SKETCHES I RECYCLE SQUARE PARK I P.2 I STUDIO VAN LENGEN I ARCH 3020 I BRENNAN

WASTE SORTING DIAGRAM I SKETCHES I RECYCLE SQUARE PARK I P.2 I STUDIO VAN LENGEN I ARCH 3020 I BRENNAN

Waste Heights Park began as an in-depth research project on the topic of medical waste within New York City, more specifically, the area of Washington Heights. I focused on rerouting the non-infectious waste produced by hospitals, by localizing it within the neighborhood. In reaction, I designed a single stream sorting center within the confines of Mitchell Square Park, Washington Heights. The system within this structure collects the waste from surrounding hospitals and moves it through the building, where each type of machinery removes a specific material and deposits it into vertical holding bins. I took this system and intertwined it within a second system of public circulation, consisting of catwalks and platforms, creating a constructed park.

MATERIAL PROCESS DIAGRAM I SKETCHES I RECYCLE SQUARE PARK I P.2 I STUDIO VAN LENGEN I ARCH 3020 I BRENNAN

The waste circulated and sorted throughout the park will be moved from the storage bins to specific hubs or stations that occupy vacant space throughout the city. Each hub reflects a specific material, whether its in the physical building itself or how the materials are distributed for re-use. The park and hub facilitate a constant cycle of material re-use and distribution within the city. of New York.

R I C H M O N D R E F U G E E C E N T E R I A R C H 2 0 2 0 I A L I C I A C L A R K E - S AVAG E

Community Resource Center

A programmatic strategy defined by three groupings of spaces, “A PROGROMMATIC STRATEGY DEFINED BY THREEsurrounded GROUPINGS OF SPACES, individual instruction, group instruction, and groupwork....all NDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTION, AND GROUP WORK... by a dense, collaged community, GROUP bulletin board.

ALL SURROUNDED BY A COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD.”

SPRING 2011

“... in order to incorporate the alleyway, it is open to the back to encourage community traﬀﬀc...”

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Interior Perspectives I Project 3 I Studio Savage I Peggy Brennan I ARCH2020

STRANDBEEST CENTER I ARCH3010 I ALEXANDER KITCHIN

T h e o J a n s e n ’s High Line S t ra n d b e e s t C e n t e r

L o c a t e d a l o n g t h e H i g h L i n e Pa r k i n N e w Yo r k C i t y, t h e s t r u c t u r e i s d e d i c a t e d t o t h e l i fe a n d d e a t h o f T h e o J a n s e n ’s S t r a n d b e e s t c r e a t u r e s . T h e s t r a n d b e e s t a r e a fo r e i g n specie that is released upon the inhabitants o f N e w Yo r k , t r y i n g t o d r aw v i s i t o r s i n t o t h e c e n t e r.

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MATERIAL PALLETE: VENETIAN PLASTER CONCRETE STEEL

NATURAL LIGHT

MAHOGANY

GLASS OAK

COOLING - The massive concrete floor which houses the park vegetation cools the large space during warmer weather.

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REFLECTED LIGHT- The Venetian plaster which lines the wall of the adjacent building provides a reflective surface for light to be filtered throughout the building

1. BONEYARD OBSERVATORY

2. BIRTHING ROOM

3. WORKSHOP

4. LIGHT WELLS

5. STUDIO

6. LIVING SPACES

7. PUBLIC PARK

8. STRANDBEEST ELEVATOR

ARCH 3010 I FALL 2011 I STUDIO KITCHIN I PROJECT 3 I TRANSVERSE SECTIONS I BRENNAN

ARCH 3010 I FALL 2011 I STUDIO KITCHIN I PROJECT 3 I OBSERVATORY I W

The center houses living spaces for Theo Jansen, his apprentices, and the Strandbeest, which is all connected by a series of catwalks, that follows the Strandbeest process.

37 T h e b e a s t e x i t o n t o t h e H i g h L i n e t h r o u g h t h e o p e n a i r p a r k o n t h e fi r s t f l o o r o r a ve r t i c a l s h a f t , c o n n e c t e d t o t h e s u b w ay s y s t e m . T h e n a s e i t h e r t h e p u bl i c o r t h e c r e a t o r s m ove t h r o u g h o u t t h e s t r u c t u r e t h e y a r e c o n s t a n t ly g e t t i n g g l i m p s e s a n d s h a d ow s o f t h e c r e a t u r e s l i fe c y c l e , w h i c h ter minates along the roof tops of the sur rounding buildings.

MARRIOTT DOOMSDAY INN The prevailing attitude among our group of preppers is one of paranoia. They are tied together by their mutual distrust and contempt of those who are not preppers. They are driven primarily by a survival of the fittest mentality, which dictates their various activities, from hoarding to arming. Thus the idea of community is one that can only be loosely associated with these preppers, as it is not unity against the world, but a streak of individualism that results. This paranoia manifests itself in the architecture of the Marriott Doomsday Inn

MARRIOTT DOOMSDAY INN I THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT I ARCH4010 I MATTHEW JULL

FALL 2012

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B ROA DWAY 1 , 0 0 0 S T E P S I A R C H 3 0 2 0 I K A R E N VA N L E N G E N + E R I N H A N N E G A N

U Va C a m p b e l l H a l l P ap e r Wa s t e Instillation

SPRING 2012

G l o b a l A rc h i t e c t u re B r i g a d e s â&#x20AC;&#x2122; BUILD Health Challenge

Our proposal is more than just a structure that provides basic public health care: it is a center to actively promote the health of individuals in the community of El Canton. The goal is to provide a comfortable and relaxing environment for patients and their families.

.45 m 6.25 m

6.17 m

SUMMER SUNLIGHT

.15 m

3.05m .1.7 m

.40 m

2.04 m

2.44 m

.76 m

.37 m

1.52m

.92 m

WINTER SUNLIGHT

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.60 m

.20 m

metal parcialmente cortado

.60 m .20 m

1.83 m

1.02 m

.41 m 4.57 m

3.96 m

22.17 m

1.02 m

We designed our health center so that the main public reception space can extend towards the southwest end of the site, allowing future community centers to be integrated into the health center itself.

47 Rivanna River Vortex Comepition

RIVANNA reSTITCHED

Rather than a simple boundary between city and county, this project seeks to understand the river as a restorative seamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;culturally fertile and productively utilized. In this scheme, existing power lines are buried and the remaining tower corridors become arteries for a new connective transportation network throughout the city. Floating farms anchor the development at the river banks. Natural filtration systems and new commercial development occupies the county-side of the river bank to encourage growth. An elevated art-walk provides a new cultural layer while offering pedestrian crossings above the farms and between the riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s banks.

residential

run-off filtration

forest barrier

hydrophyte pond

run-off crossing

channels

floating farms and gard

water circulation the power line

run-off collection

run-off + pedestrian crossing

return to river

expedited trail

river

commericial cliff dwellings

Pantops

dens

50 The result of RIVANNA RE-STITCHED is a fertile landscape of interconnective ecologies providing resources and enjoyment for the citizens of Charlottesville

WILBr: Charlottesvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WEB

WILBr is a system of elevated interweaving pathways that reconnect the communities of Belmont and Char lottesville . Our new urban ground provides the oppor tunity for multi-modal tr avel between Belmont and the downtown mall in an area full of separ ation and urban neglect.

C O N T A C T mbb2jg@virginia.edu 410 935 4724 Current Residence: Charlottesville, VA Permanent Residence: Baltimore, MD