PORTFOLIO // SKYE TAYLOR Graduate Work 2016-2017
01 // SWISS HOTEL & THERMAL BATHS studio
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6000 level, fall semester, 2017
professor
Anders Nereim
site
Sils Im Engadin, in the Maloja Region of Switzerland
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Entrance
project description
Students were to design a luxury hotel in Sils-Maria, Graubunden, Switzerland. The hotel requires 60 guest rooms, a fine restaurant, a generous and distinctive public bath, a memorable bar, generous back of the house service spaces, parking for guests and visitors, and a landscape designed for leisure and recreation use. The entire structure was to be build in revit. In addition, withing revit we were to create something using a conceptual mass and curtain panel. Views C & D show what was made through conceptual masses; a patterned wall/lighting system.
SILS IM ENGADEN
SWITZERLAND
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Area Of Focus 1 : 1200
ROUGH PARTI
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Sils Im Engaden
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KEY PLAN
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North Elevation 1 : 1200
West Elevation 1 : 1200
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View of Circulation Axis
People going to their rooms // People going to the Baths
Design Proposal: The Cross Axis of Circulation I came to the decision of the structural shape through some parti exercises, shown on the left side page. I was interested in exploring a cross sectional design and decided to have an axis of both wet and dry. The ‘wet’ axis gave locations for the baths and circulation to them while the ‘dry’ axis was home to the bar, restaurant, hotel rooms and circulation to those areas.
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Site Section 1 : 800
I wanted the moment of intersection to be where the two circulation halls met, this is pictured above.
Proposal of Approach: Keeping the building discrete This hotel is located on a hill overlooking beautiful mountains and water. Because of the location, it was important to me to design a building that didn't protrude from the landscape, and one that was mostly hidden from the street. The street is located at the top of the hill so to create this hidden hotel I put the entrance in a 850sqft space at the top of the hill so it’s all you would see driving up.
pertaining to your needs; hotel guest or just visiting the baths. Everything from here happens on lower floors and with each move you are slowly introduced to new views.
View
NOTE: Since the Floors start at the top, all plans will be in order from to bottom with negative numbers, -1 being the entrance, -2 being the Lobby and restaurant and so forth.
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Second & Third Floor Section of the Bath and Changing Room 1 : 400
Once you enter that space you are greeted and directed to the elevator pertaining to your needs; hotel guest or just visiting the baths. Everything from here happens on lower floors and with each move you are slowly introduced to new views.
KEY PLAN
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KITCHEN
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RESTAURANT
Entrance
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CHANGING ROOM
Lobby // Changing Room Floor -2 Plan 1 : 800
Floor -3 Plan 1 : 800
Floor -3 Plan 1 : 400
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1 : 800
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Floor -1 Plan
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View of Main/Hot Bath
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Rooftop Bath
Floor -5 Cold Bath
Floor -7 Circulation
Floor -8 Bath
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KEY PLAN
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C View
D View
E View
Circulation Plan
Floor -5 Plan
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Floor -7 Plan
Floor -8 Plan
1 : 800
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View Medium Room 1 Bed, Private Bath & Pull out Sofa
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View of Small Room 1 Bed & Private Bath
Conceptual Mass: Wall, Lighting and Heat System
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View of Patio
A part of the project requirements was to create something custom through conceptual mass families. Using that technique as well as curtain panels i designed the wall that is show in two of the above renders.
The panels close to the windows hold lights inside them. These ‘open’ panels are also the supply area for the HVAC system.
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Rooftop Bath
Floor -5 Cold Bath
Floor -7 Circulation
The Baths: A reference to Natural Hot Springs Over my life I have been to many natural hot springs, from those in Oregon to Iceland. I wanted to baths to resembled the way they are in nature, where one cascades into another, rolling down a hill. Floor -8 Bath
KEY PLAN
Section of Baths 1 : 100
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View of Rooftop Bath
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View of 5th Floor Cold Bath
02 // AUTONOMOUS BUS studio
6000 level, Spring semester, 2016
professor
Neil Frankel
site
Chicago, IL.
project description
one part of this studio course project was to develop an autonomous intelligent transportation system in a team of two. The design was to develop in plan, section, and 3-Dimensions of the logical and theoretical strategy for the shell and interior Architecture. Each team and will develop their unique methodology and process to produce a clear and cogent design recommendation. In addition to the spatial organization and relationships, the design will be required to address the issues of performance, user experience message, identity and leading edge technology for the communication of ideas and learning. It is critical that the study exemplifies the notion of poetics and design theory. This project is to reflect the unique influence on the culture of social innovation.
Furniture as Space // Space as Furniture A communal experience through simple design
Study Model
Study Model
Final Model
glass box
glass box flexible panels
seating
wood box (skin)
wood skin flexible wood shades
solid appearance
wood box within glass box
wood shades within glass box
exits
tradi�onal
flexible panels
our proposal
wood skin furniture
Door Section Dtl 1:4
Final Model
Design Proposal: Fluidity When tasked with designing a bus, my group member and I had two issues that directly affected our design. One was making sure this vehicle could be used in a secondary way when it was ‘after hours’ and the second was that we wanted the furniture inside to be fluid to make more room for standing people if needed.
Chair Section Dtl 1:8
This resulted in a panel system where the walls were segmented into panels that worked as chairs as well as doors. This is best explain in the diagram on the left page. The detail drawings on the left explain how the seats fold and how the doors can be opened.
Bus Section 1/4”=1’
Day Time Usage: Bus The drawings on this page show what the bus looks like when it is being used for transportation. As explained in the diagram a few pages back, each panel can open up as a door. So lets say someone is sitting but their stop is next, instead of having to walk to the designated exit that might be far from them, they can simply stand up, their chair will flip up and they can
Bus Plan 1/4”=1’
then open the door that was previously where they were sitting. This helps disabled or elderly people get off the bus quicker and easier. However, for the sake of organization, there still is only one entrance.
Bara Elevation 1/4”=1’
Night Time Usage: Pop Up Bar We wanted the bus to be used after house instead of having it go to a garage over night. The program we saw fit was for it to be an extension to an existing bar or late night restaurant. If a bar or restaurant owner needs more seating for an event or particular night of the week, they can rent out one of these buses for the night.
Bar Plan 1/4”=1’
Since all doors can open up, it will feel like a gathering space for customers. The drawings on this page showcase how it would appear ‘after hours.’