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CONTENTS SELECTED WORKS
THE CORAL CRISIS
coastal remediation exploration cal poly slo | fall 2020 - winter 2021
POLYCEPHALUM
future sustainable city
CIEE Global Institute | winter + spring 2020
COME + GO COMMON GROW library of the future
cal poly slo | winter + spring 2019
HEAL THYSELF
health and wellness center cal poly slo | fall 2018
TINY HOME COMMUNITY
transitional housing for the homeless population cal poly slo | fall 2017
THE CORAL CRISIS Dumaguete, Philippines
THESIS DESCRIPTION Coral reefs are the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems, providing unquantifiable services to our planet and its people. However, due to anthropogenic circumstances, such as rising temperatures and an increase in acidity, our oceans are becoming hostile environments for coral, which are on track to disappear by 2050. This project aims to identify hazardous conditions on the forefront and communicate the need for change, while simultaneously restoring degraded reefs. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Through a future system of environmental data collecting buoys, ecological harvesters, and research efforts, coral Cal Poly SLO | Dale Clifford | 5 yr. fall 2020- winter 2021
reefs and their connected communities are protected and revitalized. This system and its counterparts report to a large base barge, where information is compiled, analyzed, and then conveyed to the public. Existing coastal infrastructures comprised of interactive, educational public spaces create an inherent connection to the ocean and its inhabitants. Due to the expanse of this global issue, the base barge is temporarily stationed per location. While docked, buoys and bots are deployed to analyze and adapt to the local conditions. Once the reef is strengthened and stabilized, the barge packs up its systems and embarks to find more atrisk reefs to revive.
DIAGRAM existing conditions
recovery conditions
SITE ANALYSIS The Coral Triangle
POLYCEPHALUM Berlin, Germany
PROJECT OVERVIEW Located in Berlin, Germany, the Tegel Airport is scheduled to close and is planned to become the site of “Berlin TXL, The Urban Tech Republic”, a science, technology, research, and innovation hub. Aimed to become a new ideal for the future of sustainable cities, the project focuses on solutions for energy, water, mobility, recycling, materials, and information and communications technology, while also addressing the extreme need for affordable housing due to Berlin’s rapid rate of growth. With an existing proposal for the site, students were given the option to design a building, city block or urban plan for the future development. As a team, Alexa Greig, Hannah Seppi, and I chose to redesign the urban plan for the site to fully encompass sustainable objectives that were established as a studio.
SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES Early on in the research stage of this project, our studio (10 students) collaborated to define six principles that would ensure the implementation of sustainable practices within the new city. These principles provide a framework for design and heavily influenced systems thinking and integration throughout the iterative design process.
agro-ecology
self-sustaining water cycle
energy
social sustainability
net-zero waste
transportation systems
CIEE Berlin, Germany | Lukas Kronnawitter | 4 yr. winter + spring 2020 | Partners: Alexa Greig, Hannah Seppi
PROJECT FOCUS Once defining and understanding the sustainability objectives, our team decided to focus on transportation systems, agro-ecology, and social sustainability. With these objectives in mind, we explored their relationship to one another and their interconnectivity through design. Innovative transportation approaches were discovered through bioinspiration and the study of slime mold along with urban transportation insight from Max Schwitalla and his “Flywheel” project for the Audi Urban Future Award. Access to sustainable, healthy food was another large area of focus, from which our agro-towers emerged. These are centrally located for easy accessibility and organized as vertical, aeroponic farms. With a diverse range of program and variation of spacial arrangement, this project promotes social interaction and community.
LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at M 1:1000
MINIMAL PATH In order to convey a similar network that would have been created by slime mold, we used computational design strategies such as wooly thread and minimal path scripts in Grasshopper to ensure evidence-based design. Creating multiple scenarios with key entry points within and around the site, a hierarchy of paths was created. The network was established and later programmed for the most efficient transportation methods.
FLYWHEEL
FLYWAY
Special thanks to Studio Schwitalla for their ‘Flywheel’
SITE PLAN drawn at M 1:500
CIEE Berlin, Germany | Lukas Kronnawitter | 4 yr. winter + spring 2020 | Partners: Alexa Greig, Hannah Seppi
agro-towers
raised paths
industry
buildings residential
commercial
plots
community
ground paths
CONCEPT
WATER SYSTEMS
TYPOLOGY
The project’s design developed from voronoi
Water on the site is categorized by semi-
Based on the program requirements and social
and minimal path grasshopper scripts that
permeable and permeable surfaces, water
sustainability objectives, the distribution of
first defined the transportation network
retention areas, and green roof collection
spaces responds to location on the site, size of
which then inspired the building plots and
systems. These strategies reduce indoor and
building, and community accessibility. Nearly all
footprints. The raised path network was later
outdoor water use and allow for alternate water
buildings, with the exception of industry spaces,
implemented for vertical circulation.
sources to be adequately used on site.
are mixed used to promote interaction.
commute
farming
community
COME + GO COMMON GROW Oakland, CA
PROJECT OVERVIEW The role of the library has changed significantly over the course of its existence and is evolving to become a place for exchange of information and not just books. As one of the last true public spaces, the library serves as a common place for an uncommon user. This project reimagines the expectations and potentials of the future public library by examining the scope of media and programming. PROJECT OBJECTIVES Located in Oakland, CA, this public library strives to reconnect to nature and improve the public with a place to gather, learn and grow. Programmatically, this building provides community amenities such as resource libraries, social services, community gardens, and flexible spaces that adapt to the changing needs of the city.
PROJECT PERFORMANCE Detailed environmental site analysis was performed during design development and informed the overall building form and materiality. Semi-translucent ETFE pillows provide thermal comfort and optimal daylighting along with strategically placed, operable low-e glazing that enhance surrounding views and allow natural ventilation. The building form originated from a pure torus form that was manipulated to serve the site and project surroundings. The circular design promotes continuous circulation and creates a focal central space. Structurally, this building is anchored by a concrete system underground and consists of a hollow steel tube system that emerges from the earth and cantilevers above ground.
Cal Poly SLO | Jeff Ponitz | 3 yr. winter+ spring 2018-19 | Partner: Elise Webb
LAKE MERRITT
DIAGRAMS CONCEPT
pure torus geometry to emulate
raised on west in response to urban
deformed purity through pinch and
panelized to allow modulation for ease
continuity and create a focused central
context and provide view towards Lake
pull to shape experience of interior
of manufacturing and construction
space
Merritt
spaces
MATERIAL
semi translucent ETFE pillows perform
earth is pulled onto the building where
low-e gray tinted glazing strategically
overall composition designed for each
thermally and provide ambient
it meets the site in an interlocking
placed based on daylighting and
material and its relationship to one
pattern
desired views
another
daylighting
INTEGRATED DESIGN
entry conditions from the BART &
winter sun 24.7 degrees
continuous circulation through central
radiation analysis informs where PV
Madison St.
summer sun 64 degrees
staircase aligns with structural frame
panels will best perform
and glazing to enhance ascending experience
LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at 1/32” = 1’
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01 02 03
STRUCTURE hollow steel tube lattice structure supports cantilever and is anchored into the earth with a concrete base
04 05 06 07 08
TERTIARY 10” diameter
09 10 11
SECONDARY 1’ diameter
PRIMARY 1.5’ diameter
WALL SECTION
drawn at 1/4” = 1’ 01 Morning summer sun at 65° 02 Triangulated translucent ETFE pillows fitting in between lattice structure allow ambient luminescence
03 HVAC runs through hollow structure tubes 04 1.5’ Diameter [structural steel lattice] 05 1’ Diameter [structural steel lattice] 06 10” Diameter [structural steel lattice] 07 22” Deep I Beams 08 3/4” Wood floor finish above exposed steel beams and girders 09 Morning winter sun = 14° 10 5/16” Low E Glazing ingrey solar tint: some operable for ventilation 11 2” Mullions connecting glazing Cal Poly SLO | Jeff Ponitz | 3 yr. winter+ spring 2018-19 | Partner: Elise Webb
CHUNK MODEL 1/4” scale
FULL SITE MODEL 1/8” scale
HEAL THYSELF San Luis Obispo, CA
PROJECT OVERVIEW Located along the central coast, San Luis Obispo is surrounded by rolling hills and ocean cliffs. The city has a population of 48,000 people, of which about 2 0,000 are students at California Polytechnic State Un iversity. Located between residential neighborhoods and commercial squares on the corner of North Chorro and Foothill Boulevard, the new Health and Wellness Center will connect the community and provide a common space for care, growth, and enrichment through recreation, education, and healthcare.
principles, this new community amenity exemplifies health and wellness through environmental light and materials, enhanced programmatic organization and circulation, and sustainable systems integration. Careful attention was paid to site specific conditions and requirements that ultimately facilitated the overall success of the project.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES By analyzing the foundations of human health and wellness, along with key sustainability Cal Poly SLO | Stacey White | 3 yr. fall 2018
CA climate zone 5; ASHRAE 3C
the implementation of solar shading devices, minimal west glazing, and window to wall ratios allow for quality daylighting while simulataneously increasing thermal comfort through sunlight. Operable glazing provides natural ventilation from northwesterly winds. 10.2%
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comfort
3.4%
5
direct evaporative cooling
3.8%
7
natural ventilation cooling
45.3%
9
internal heat gain
16.9%
11
passive solar direct gain
69.1% COMFORTABLE HOURS
emotional
financial
environmental
intellectual
wellness
physical
social
spiritual
occupational
62 walk
37 transit
PLANS
91 bike
drawn at 1/32” = 1’
group therapy
group therapy
Counseling
group therapy
racquetball
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crisis racquetball studio
studio
racquetball
E site
bus route
site arrival
bike lane
level 3
PROGRAM
health ed.
crisis advocate crisis advocate grad assistant
grad assistant
peer counsel
peer counsel
level 3 health ed.
health ed.
health ed.
health ed.
health ed.
health ed.
health ed.
health ed.
peer counsel
peer counsel
locker
racquetball
health ed.
health ed.
health ed.
locker
kitchen racquetball
workshop/instruction Patient Room
Women’s Health
Primary Care
Patient Room
Patient Room
racquetball Patient Room
Patient Room
Patient Room
Patient Room
studio
level 2
Patient Room
Patient Room
Patient Room
Patient Room
level 2
level 1 exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam storage
culinary admin
culinary admin
exam culinary admin
exam restroom
food pantry
crisis room exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
exam
locker
xray
xray
kitchen
locker
xray
lab
xray
prep area
phlebotomy
consult
billing telemedicine
admin office suite billing
culinary
recreation
health
shared
LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at 1/4” = 1’
director
storage
consult
admin office suite
director
consult
pharmacy
billing
consult
level 1
TINY HOME COMMUNITY San Luis Obispo, CA
PROJECT OVERVIEW The City of San Luis Obispo and the Railroad have joined together to combat homelessness by participating in THE SLO HOMELESS TINY HOMES. This project is funded by a few private foundations with the purpose of exploring experimental strategies for housing those experiencing homelessness. Located on a 50’ x 200’ lot between the railroad and the intersection of Pepper Street and Monterey Street near downtown, this project transforms an unconventional site through the addition of six tiny home units and a community center. The project focuses on connection to nature and one another. By implementing private and shared indoor and outdoor spaces, the residents transitioning from homelessness are provided with space to live, learn, and support themselves to reconnect with the community. Cal Poly SLO| Margaret Pedone | 2 yr. fall 2017
SCALELESS CONSTRUCTION This project launched the exploration of the basic elements of designpoint, line, plane, solid, and spacethrough physical modeling three series of 3” cubes from wood and concrete. Each series had set parameters and constraints and progressed in complexity. The basics of geometry and construction tectonics were challenged, abstracted and understood through a variation of material components and their architectural elements. The formal, spatial, compositional and tectonic principles of the final cubes ultimately informed the design and constructability of the tiny homes and community center designs. Set parameters required for grids to be aligned and set for the cubes, tiny homes, community center and overall site design.
SITE AXON
BUILDING AXONS
unit 1
unit 2
SITE PLAN drawn at 1/32” = 1’
Pepper Street
LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at 1/32” = 1’
community center
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