Samantha Meyers - Portfolio 2024 (Condensed)

P O R T F O L I O

BY: SAMANTHA MEYERS

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C O N T E N T S

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SYMBIOTIC LIVING

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PULLING STRINGS ARCH 372 SPRING ‘24 P. 4-11

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ARCH 371 FALL ‘23 P. 12-19

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ADDITIONAL WORKS

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P. 28-29

MYCOHIVE ARCH 473 FALL ‘24 P. 20-27

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“ Music is the closest thing we have to magic” - Mike Dirnt When designing a music school I thought about how magical music feels.

Music transports people through time and experiences. There also is an invisible string that connects individual sounds, an instrument to an orchestra as well as a musician to its listeners. I wanted to demonstrate this by creating a building that has a floating feeling and is suspended. The building itself is also an instrument as it incorporates the people who create the sound, strings that connect the floors, and practice rooms and voids where sound can reverberate and release. As instruments are derived from nature, gardens within the void spaces contribute to the acoustical experience of the building. With the row of columns, the music school is a string instrument upon a stand.

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SITE PLAN

NORTH-SOUTH STREET ELEVATION

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

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MATERIALITY: STEEL, CONCRETE, STEEL CABLES, CLT FLOOR AND FINISHES

STRUCTURE DIAGRAMS WITH CABLES

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S Y M B I O T I C

L I V I N G

NUMBER OF UNITS: 50 NUMBER OF EACH TYPE OF UNIT 10-20 FLOORS OF HOUSING: 5 AREA OF TYPE FLOOR: APPROXIMATELY 2331 M^2 MATERIALITY: BRICK, CONCRETE

LOCATED ALONG CARRER DE VILODOMAT IN BARCELONA, THIS MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CREATES MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ALL ELEMENTS. FOR INSTANCE, A MAIN ASPECT OBSERVED ON SITE, WAS HOW THE BIRDS NATIVE TO THE AREA RESPONDED TO THE BUILDINGS. THEY CLIMBED ALONGSIDE THE WALLS AND THUS, THE STAIRWELLS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO OBSERVE THE BIRDS WHILE NOT DISTURBING THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THE OVERALL GOAL IS FOR ALL ELEMENTS OF NATURE TO BENEFIT AND LEARN FROM ANOTHER. THEREFORE, THE PROGRAMING INCLUDES A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY SPACES SUCH AS A CAFE LEADING TO THE LIBRARY AND PARK ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THERE IS ALSO COMMUNITY MEETING ROOMS AND LOUNGES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THE STAIRWELLS PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SOCIAL SPACE PER FLOOR AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. THE CIRCULATION TO THE APARTMENT UNITS THEMSELVES IS COMPLETELY OUTDOORS ALLOWING FOR CROSS VENTILATION. THE LAYOUT CREATES COMFORTABLE LIVING SPACES WHILE PROVIDING PLENTY OF SPACES TO CONNECT WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE ENVIRONMENT

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CAFE

OFFICES/LOUNGE

LIBRARY

ELEVATORS

COURTYARD

MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM HABITAT WALLS AND STAIRWELLS

SITE PLAN

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FLOORS 3,5,7

FLOORS 4,6

70 M^2

40 M^2

40 M^2

56 M^2

ENLARGED UNIT SECTIONS

TYPE PLAN

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SHADING DEVICES

BRICK SCREENS

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WOOD SCREENS

TERRACOTTA BLINDS

WHEN OBSERVING THE SITE, IT WAS NOTICEABLE THAT LOCAL SPECIES OF BIRDS PREFERRED TO HANG ON THE WALLS OF THE NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS. WITH THE INTEGRATION OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING, COMES DISRUPTION OF THE SPACES IN WHICH BIRDS INHABIT. THEREFORE, THE WALLS AND CORRIDORS NEXT TO THE BUILDINGS HAVE PERMEABILITY TO ALLOW BIRDS TO OCCUPY THE SPACE TOO. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF BRICK DESIGNS THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO AN EXTERIOR WALL.

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AXON RENDER BY: SAMANTHA MEYERS

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BY: SAMANTHA MEYERS, DOM VALENTINO, DANIEL TSAI

CONCEPT DIAGRAM BY: SAMANTHA MEYERS; THREE SYSTEMS BY: DOM VALENTINO

MYCOHIVE is an experimental protoype for cohousing that explores increasing adaptability in housing projects. With the continuance of climate change, the future is unpredictable and questions the permanence of the built environment. Therefore, it is necessary to consider new typologies for housing that implements sustainable materials such as mycelium in order to build resilience in current environments. Additionally, with modular housing, there is freedom to create permeability throughout the building form itself to allow nature to infiltrate vacant spaces. This project also explores multi-species design and beginning to blur the boundary between architecture and nature

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MODULE CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAMS MODELING BY: DANIEL TSAI ILLUSTRATION BY: SAMANTHA MEYERS

COLUMNS PREFABRICATED TIMBER

MODULE FRAMES WITH CIRCULATION CORE

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CONNECTION TO CIRCULATION CORE

CONCRETE CORE

MODULE CONSTRUCTION

MYCELIUM BRICK INSULATION

TIMBER PEG FRAME

INTERIOR FINISH

TERRACOTTA SPECIES MODULES

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MULTI-SPECIES

DESIGN

ALL DRAWINGS BY: SAMANTHA MEYERS MULTI-SPECIES DESIGN CONSIDERS BOTH HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN NEEDS. THE CONCEPT OF SYMPOIESIS (THE PROCESS OF CO-CREATING) CAUSED FURTHER EXPLORATION OF ARCHITECTURE FOR NON-HUMAN SPECIES. ESSENTIALLY, EVERY MATERIAL IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ORIGINATED FROM NATURE. IN ORDER TO BUILD RESILIENCE, ARCHITECTURE MUST WORK WITH NATURE. ONE WAY IS BY CREATING SPACES FOR SPECIES TO CREATE THEIR OWN ARCHITECTURE WITHIN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THIS ALLOWS FOR ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES TO CONTINUE WITHIN A DISRUPTED LANDSCAPE.

SMALL BIRD WALL

SPECIES DISTRIBUTION

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HONEY BEE WALL

SPECIES MODULES

BAT WALL

BUTTERFLY WALL

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UNIT FLOOR PLANS ALL DRAWINGS BY: SAMANTHA MEYERS

DOUBLE-HEIGHT ONE-BEDROOM

TWO-BEDROOM THREE-BEDROOM

THREE-BEDROOM

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FOUR-BEDROOM

HIERARCHY

SUN DIAGRAM

ECOPATH

EXAMPLE FLOOR PLAN

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ADDITIONAL WORKS SKETCHES: GRAPHITE, INK, WATERCOLOR

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ADDITIONAL WORKS MODEL PHOTOS

ARCH 273 - A SPACE FOR MOVEMENT

ARCH 274 - ARTIFACT

ARCH 372 - PULLING STRINGS

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THANK YOU!