92 M ARCH
CORE 601
[3]
[4]
Hina Jamelle LECTURER
Jonas Coersmeier LECTURER
Scott Erdy LECTURER
Kutan Ayata LECTURER
- Architect and Director at Contemporary Architecture Practice, NY (2003) - Graduated with an MArch from University of Michigan Taubman College, where she received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership Award. - Author of the upcoming book Migrating Architectural and Structural Formations (2013) and co-author of Elegance (2007)
- Founded Büro NY, NY (2004) - Received a Master’s degree from Columbia University GSAPP (2000) - Received an engineering degree from TU-Darmstadt (1998) & MIT Architecture (1996) - Teaches studios & research seminars at Pratt & serves as guest critic at Princeton and Columbia GSAPP
- Founding partner of Erdy McHenry Architecture, PA (1998) - Received MArch, Syracuse University (1990) - Received BSc Architecture, Ohio State University (1987) - Received the AIA Philadelphia Gold Medal (2001) and the AIA Philadelphia Silver Medal (2004)
- Co-founded New York-based architecture firm, Young & Ayata (2008) - Young & Ayata are winners of The Architectural League Prize (2014) - Received a MArch from Princeton University (2004) - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston (1999)
[5]
[6]
[7]
Brian Phillips LECTURER
Justin Korhammer LECTURER
Ben Krone LECTURER
- Founder of Interface Studio Architects (ISA), PA (2004) - Received MArch from the University of Pennsylvania (1996) - Received BSEd from University of Oklahoma (1994) - Winner of the 2011 Pew Fellowship in the Arts - ISA has received multiple AIA Pennsylvania Merit & Honor Awards
- Partner Archi-tectonics (2016) - Co-owner of brooklyn, NY based studio, Anima (1999) - Has worked for Daniel Libeskind, Eisenman Architects and Steven Holl Architects. - Has taught design studios at the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands and at Columbia University in New York.
- Founded Gradient Design Studio, NYC (2006) - Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Florida (1999) - MArch degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, GSAPP (2004) - Won the McKim Prize for Excellence in Design & the Sol Kaplan Traveling Fellowship.
CORE 601
CORE 601
[2]
M ARCH
Hina Jamelle, Coordinator
CORE 601 FACULTY [1]
93
In 2011-12, we re-structured the ARCH 601 Design Studio to become an Urban Housing Studio that moves beyond the traditional programmatic housing studio approach to propose contemporary modes of living in an urban environment. Hybrid forms of housing/dwelling including a commercial or cultural program that can co-exist with housing is the topic explored during this semester. Due to the difference in scale between housing and a cultural program, an inherent curricular goal is to develop formal arrangements in accumulation and scalar variation that develop a speculative, comprehensive solution for a 50,000 sq. ft. building located in an urban environment. The use of digital techniques is a given for this semester’s projects, but the goal is to use these technologies in an opportunistic fashion for the generation of growth and the evaluation of patterns in the development of the overall form. In particular, each studio examines part-to-whole organizations and their potential for architecture by offering the tools to create effects that exceed the sum of their parts. Most part-to-whole organizations share common characteristics, including structure: defined by parts and their composition; and the interconnectivity of the various parts that have functional, structural, and spatial relationships with each other. During this semester, a primacy is given to formations that are varied, accumulative, and subject to change that may shift spatial experiences, scale, and material aspects. In addition, buildings are to incorporate program, spatiality, structure, and enclosure into a singular formation that incorporates a range of experiences and formal variations of gradated intensities and patterns. An exceptionally sophisticated part-to-whole relationship is one which goes a step further and resolves the integration of materials, structure, scale, and spatiality to allow for the overall formation to appear suspended, or possessed of a particular lightness. In terms of formal appearance, this lightness includes qualities of fineness and daintiness, determined within the multiple individual elements and parts that constitute the building design. The scale of the part to the whole [unit to building] is attenuated, adjusted with precision and refinement, in order to produce the desired effect. If the scale of the part is too diminutive in relation to the whole, or if the whole is constituted of too many smaller building components, then the occupant of the space may be overwhelmed. When the relation of part [housing unit] to whole [building] is attuned, unique living environments and innovative housing solutions can be achieved. The form of the building impacts the selected urban environment. Each instructor provides their own site for exploration within a city of the instructor’s choice. Each building’s goals contribute to and impact the city in which the building is located. The highly formed object incorporates a detailed façade and its relationship to the massing, plans, and sections, with an understanding of vertical and horizontal pedestrian circulation that maximizes their impact on the urban environment.