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Architecture Portfolio

Seth Mears

Redbike Feasibility Analysis (2019 year 4)

Scrapyard Urbanism

Prompt:

The Shipping industry supports a large portion of the global economy, supplying goods across the world from coal and steel, to toys and furniture. However ships dont last forever, most age out at 30 years old. Today when a ship is retired it ends up in three places, Chittagong Bangladesh, Gadani Pakistan, and Alang India. Our project focuses on Alang. In the poorer state of Gujarat, and far from any major city, Alang is entirely built on the existing shipbreaking industry which has rooted there due to prime conditions for beaching a ship. Our project looks to create a city condition out of this industry.

(Fall 2019, Year 4)

Site

Situated on a long flat beach with high tides that allow the ships to ram into the sand, beaching them to be deconstructed

Master Plan

An overarching idea of what the city is to be. Each member of the studio focused on a different aspect. I focused on the industrial railyard in the northeast of the city

Alang Industrial Railyard

With the new industries created in the masterplan a rail yard was needed to conect the regions freight lines to the major cities of india which would use the reprocessed material. There were three major materials that were coming out of the industries at alang. Glass, Steel, and Oil. Each had a different reprocessing method and therefor a different expression in its dedicated railyard

Oil

Steel Glass

Oil

The oil is reprocessed through a series of filters and then pumed underground to storage tanks near the railyard. When the tanker comes, the workers climb on top of each tanker, grab the nozzle out of the umbrella shaped canopy’s and fill the tankers. The nozzels are spaced at the length of each tanker to allow for the quickest, most effiecit fill

Oil Section 1:200

Glass

The glass was more complex as it came in a gravel form. Because of this it was able to be dumped and piled up. The idea of the gravel yard was for trucks to bring in the glass from the factories. It is then loaded by conveyer into the train and dumped from above. The glass is represented by fractal sheets that canopy.

Glass Section 1:300 Glass Section 1:300

Steel

Steel by far would be the largest export in Alang and therefore needs the most track. It also will be delivered by shipping container from the factories. This could be stored in a distribution center till it needed to be loaded. The distribution center would feaure a canopy of random ship hull parts bolted or ealded together, held up by rerolled steel beams. hanging onto the canopy would be a system of cranes that would pick up the cargo, transition outside the distribution center where it would go from rails suspended from the ceiling to rails in the platform the crane would take till it loaded it onto the appropriate car.

Steel/Distribution Center Plan 1:400 Steel Section 1:400 Example Crane

The Charles - 1353-1355 1st Ave

Borough 1 - Manhattan Part of “Manhattan Core” Block Number 1447 Lot Number 7502 Commercial Zone - C1-9 Commercial FAR 2.0 Residential Zone R-10 Residential FAR - 10 Levels 1-8 3,399 sqft x 8 floors 27,192 sqft Levels 9-12 2,858 sqft x4 floors 11,432 sqft Levels 13-24 3,138 sqft x12 floors 37,656 sqft Levels 25-30 3,418 sqft x6 floors 20,508 sqft Level 31 2,578 sqft Level 32 2,010 sqft Level 33-35 1,723 sqft (mech) x3 floors 5,169 sqft Lot A Size - 51’x100’ Lot A Area - 5,100 sqft Allowable Area - 51,000 sqft Lot B Size - 51’x100’ Lot B Area - 5,100 sqft Allowable Area - 51,000 sqft Building Area - 102,719 FAR - 20 Commercial Units - 1 Residential Units - 27 Built - 2015 55% of housing must be located below 155 ft 10’ Setback required at 85’ Setback 8 stories up Overhang, purchased air rights from adjacent property Dormer Mechanical Levels Air Rights from adjacent property Air Rights Transfered from adjacent building 51,000 x 2 102,000 total sqft U 5 1 F r o n t a g e 100 Depth 10’ Setback at 85’ as per ZR (23-663) 10’ Overhang above 85’ Included above 200’ HVAC 2 story 5 1 ’ F r o n t a g e 100 Depth 51,000 sqft air rights from adjacent site Bike lane, protected by street parking 10’Sidewalk 1st Avenue East 74th Street East 73rd Street N 7 Story base Stone Facade with punched windows 24 story tower Glass Facade Mechanical Levels Concrete Column Vision Glass Aluminum Stool Treated Wood Nailer Horizontal Mulliun Liquid Fire-Rated Sealant Floor Finish Concrete Cover Mineral Wool Firestop Hollow Core Concrete Slab Steel Beam Insulating Glass Unit Vertical Mullion to HSS Batt Insulation Metal Backpan Continuous Formed Metal Membrane 1.5” Semi-Rigid Insulation Formed Termination Panel 0 8” 16”

Facade/Overhang Section

Analysis (2020 grad year 1)

Zoning Base/Tower/Cap

Zoning

1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C 3A 3B 3C 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C 3A 3B 3C Isometrics, Primitives, Sweeps and Lofts (2020 grad year 1) Assignment 1b ARCH 741 Seth Mears TOP SOUTH EAST WEST NORTH Seth Mears NYIT Arch741 Assignment 1c 04 Oct 2020

Fort Tryon Park School

Prompt:

The site we chose is located in Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan and on the edge of the neighborhood and Fort Tryon Park where The Met Cloisters is located. The site had a steep decline from street level and was the site of a double terrace park. We were tasked with designing an elementary school and the project became integrated between classes. One

(Fall 2020, Grad Year 1)

Site

Located in northern Manhattan, New Jersey is visible from the site. The A train stops at the site, providing access to the rest of the city.

Washington Heights

To the north of the site is the rest of Fort Tryon Park, to the south is Washington Heights. To the east o the site is an existing park with a playground and sports courts. To the west the site drops off dramatically to the rest of Washington Heights.

Section 4 Cut

Concept

Preservation of the landscape by lifting it above the site in an undulating form that mimicked the site underneath. Openings made where major program is located

YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarden - MAD Architects Grace Farms - SANAA Mwabwindo Elementary School - Selldorf Architects VAC Library - Farming Architects Waterloo Youth Center - Collins & Turner

Parti

The building has three laywers of increasing density, the core program of main spaces, the classrooms which belt the core spaces, and the metal mesh greenery structure that laces over the entire space

Materials & Detail Section

Punchout Window CLT Walls Lightwell Wood Slat Wall Wooden Slats Punchout Sitting Spaces 12” Green Roof Mass Timber Beams Metal Frame with Mesh

Wall Detail Metal Mesh Aluminum Frame Green Roof 12” Punchout Window Lightwell Lightwell CLT Walls Wood Slat Wall Mass Timber Beams Gym Wall Detail

Classroom

Section Perspective

South Facing Section

Large Span Mass Timber Trusses Large Span Mass Timber Trusses Medium Span Mass Timber Medium Span Mass Timber Trusses Small Span Mass Timber Truss Small Span Mass Timber Trusses Small Span Mass Timber Trusses

FigureSiteGround Plan

The site to the north of the school is built up, from the focal point of the roundabout expands out towards the school. The project of the site was separate but aligned with the school project

COVID-19 Memorial

The existing roundabout is recessed for vehicles to give a new public space with a sculpture in the center dedicated to thoe who died of COVID in New York. Reflecting pools, and a field of socially distanced columns provide for an area of reflection. Trees follow the arc of the site, bringing the forest into the site

Planted COVID Memorial roundabout with above ground bike lanes

social distanced collonade

Recessed Automotive Roundabout

New Subway Entrance

Preserved Forest Reflection Pool

Vegetation connection to forest

Social Distanced Colonade

Elementary School

Auditorium Admin Terrace V Level 0 Plan (G) NV Auditorium Admin Classroom Terrace Level -1 Plan Gym Class Class Class Terrace Axon Program Canopy Level 1 Level 0 Level -1 Level -2 Level -3 Level -4 Plans

Canopy Level 1 Level 0 Level -1 Level -2 Level -3 Level -4 NV Gym Class Class Library Terrace Terrace Level -3 Plan NV Cafateria Gym Class Class Terrace Level -4 Plan Class Class Class Class

Plans

South Facing Elevation

Rendering From Park Elevation North Elevation East Elevation West Elevation View From North

Final Axon

Forge Architecture:

According to UC’s coop program, we complete 3 coops of approximetly 4 months expereince each. At FORGE Architecture in San Francisco CA, I worked on a team for a variety of projects. The two I will highlight now I did a majority of the work for during my time at the firm. The first project was a reconfiguration of an existing retail space near a major shopping mall in Downtown San Francisco. The second project was to look at a guardrail that needed installed on the accessible roof of a 15 story building. This was my first internsip/Co-op and helped me to understand how a firm works and the entire architecture and planning industries.

(Spring 2018, Year 2)

0'4' 8' 16' A 07 FACADE STUDY 255-259 POST - 3 TENANT CONFIGURATION 05/01/18 1/8" = 1'-0" 1 POST STREET ELEVATION - PINK 2 BAY 1/8" = 1'-0" 2 POST STREET ELEVATION - RIMOWA 2 BAY

Post Street

I conceptualized the new floor plans and facade for a change in floorplan and a new tenant.

Sutter Street

This was a rooftop of a 15 story building in San Francisco with an accessible rooftop. This rooftop needed a guardrail so I speced out what needed done and two options for it being attached to the floor and the wall.

TOP OF FLASHING CAPPED OR ROLLED INTO PIPE APPROXIMATELY 1"

SOFT METAL PIPE FLASHING SEE NOTE No. 1 FLANGE [100 mm]

COMPATIBLE ROOF CEMENT OR SEALANT,TYP.

4" [100 mm] MINIMUM FLANGE SET IN ROOF COMPATIBLE CEMENT OVER FIELD PLIES - PRIME FLANGE BEFORE STRIPPING (FOR ROOF SYSTEMS WITH FACTORY-APPLIED GRANULE SURFACING, THE FLASHING COLLAR FLANGE AND MULTI-PLY MEMBRANE STRIPPING CAN BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE BASE PLY AND GRANULESURFACED SHEET

(E) MODIFIED BITUMEN SYSTEM.

(E) CONC SLAB, VIF.

(E) VENT PIPE

RT0.8.1

PARAPET

NOTES:

1. SOFT METAL PIPE FLASHING: -SHEET LEAD MINIMUM OF 2 1/2 LB. PER SQUARE FOOT [12kg/m^2] PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN NOT TO DAMAGE THE SHEET LEAD WHEN USING HEAT WELDED APPLICATION.

2. VENT STACKS AND OTHER PIPES SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM OF 12 INCHES [300 mm] OF CLEARANCE ON ALL SIDES FROM WALLS, CURBS, AND OTHER PROJECTIONS TO FACILITATE PROPER FLASHING

3. COMPLY WITH NRCA REQUIREMENTS.

3" = 1'-0"

OSHA COMPLIANT SAFETY RAIL PAINTED ANTIQUE WHITE - 2" DIA. SCHD. 80 STL PIPE FOR POST AND RAILS, SSD TYP.

BRICK PARAPET W/ GSM CAP

MANSARD

(E) COLUMNS, EXACT LOCATION TO BE CONFIRMED

(E) ROOF @ LOW POINT

OSHA COMPLIANT SAFETY RAIL - 2" DIA. SCHD. 80 STL PIPE FOR POST AND RAILS, SSP TYP.

SAFETY RAIL TO BE PAINTED ANTIQUE WHITE (OC-83)

(E) BRICK PARAPET W/ GSM CAP

(E) STL. ANGLE PARAPET BRACING & (E) PITCH POCKET, VIF, TYP.

DIAGONAL STEEL PIPE BRACE AT RAILING POSTS, PROVIDE WHERE RAILING HEIGHT IS GREATER THAN 5' 0"

(E) PARAPET BRACE AT LOW POINT OF ROOF, VIF

MANSARD ROOF W.O.

(E) COLUMNS, EXACT LOCATION TO BE CONFIRMED

(E)

1'10"

POINT INSIDE F/ PARPPET BEYOND 1'-6" MAX. 1' - 3" MAX. 6"

(E) ROOF @ LOW

TYP @ <24"H. PARAPET 12" to 24" 6"

ROOF W.O.

VARIES 2" TO 2'-6", VIF 1'10"

INSIDE F/ PARPPET BEYOND 1'-6" MAX. 1' - 2" MAX. 5"

1 TYP @ >24"H.

1 -0 31/32 4" 24"42" 2"

S H E E T I S S U E D A T E R T 0 8 S e c t i o n a t P a r a p e t PlanningMinor Permit to Alter 27 JULY 2017 3/4" = 1'-0" 2 SECTIO N @ PA RAPET 3/4" = 1'-0" 1 SECTIO N @ PA RAPET

4" MIN

SHEET ISSUE DATE Planning - Minor Permit to Alter 27 JULY 2017

1 PLUMB IN G VE N T - @ PA R A PE T

Stengel Hill Architecture:

According to UC’s coop program we have completed 3 coops of approximetly 4 months expereince each. At Stengel Hill Architecture in Louisville, I worked for a variety of projects mostly in the healthcare realm. The two I will highlight now, one hotel being converted into offices for a healthcare provider in Lexington KY, I did a signifigant amount of work for. The other is an Immediete Care that is being put in an unused portion of a hospital. A majority of the time I worked at the production level, so I gained experience in Revit, AutoCAD and some Adobe Products.

(Fall 2018, Year 3)

University Inn

This project was a former hotel being turned into offices for the University of Kentucky Medical Center. I helped redraw and edit the plans, lay out the internal structure in revit and specify the internal furniture and finishes of the plan

Immediate Care

This project was the fillout of an empty wing of a existing medical facility. I designed the original concept and helped assemble the finish board when the project neared the permitting phase

ChangeUP:

According to UC’s coop program we have completed 3 coops of approximetly 4 months expereince each. At ChangeUP in Cincinnati and then Miamisburg, I did mostly project management level work. As the company had just been bought out I also expereinced a move and all the technicalities that come with moving a firm. I do not have work to highlight, it was all confidential at the time but I worked a lot with the interiors team on coordination with our production team and making sure the both sides understood their tasks and completed what needed to be taken care of. I also assisted in the coordination of the final deliverables. At this firm I also learned the basics of SketchUp and our major clients were Starbucks, Chase Bank, and T-Mobile.

(Summer 2019, Year 3)

VENFIELD

Venfield NYC

In the summer of 2021 I had the opportunity to work for an interior designer and furnitrue designer in the city. The company is small so I have an opportunity to do a variety of tasks that included designing custom furniture and lighting, coordinating with the clients and fabricators to get pricing and approval. I also make trip to vendors to get material samples, answer the phones, coordinate finanacial transactions with international and domestic vendors, and handle andministration of the firm.

(June 2021 - Present)