ARC 6910-U04 (80508)
COURSE SYLLABUS - Graduate Seminar Fall 2022
Faculty: Marcelo Ertorteguy / Instructor
E-mail: mertorte@fiu.edu Tel: 917-609-5174
FIU Office: Room 105 - Fabrication Lab
Meeting Time:
Wednesdays 9:30am to 12:30pm
Owa Ehan Room: 222
In-Person Modality
Catalog Description:
ARC 6910 Graduate Seminar (3). Coursework under the direction of faculty in preparation for a master’s thesis or master’s project in architecture.
Prerequisite: ARC 6947. Corequisite: ARC 6356.
Course Description:
The "KEYS" Seminar focuses on in-depth analysis and research, from end to end (from Boca Chita Key to Loggerhead Key) of the Florida Keys. Observing its geological formation, its unique ecology, its historical occupation and development, the effects of sea level rise and its fate against climate change. In parallel to the site research, the goal of the seminar is to investigate state of the art technologies that address subjects such as: freshwater sourcing and treatment, waste management and recycling, green energy sources, and food production at a micro-grid scale with the intention of creating a resilient selfsufficient community.
Pedagogic Aims:
Students will develop Project Development understanding and skills by following the different process stages. Starting from a general observation and analysis of site conditions specificities, planning, and strategizing in teams, pertinent responses at an “urban” scale to then transpolate individually to an architectural scale, addressing orientation, light and air access, structural, spatial, aesthetical, and conceptual resolutions.
Major Topics:
• Self-sufficiency
• Adaptive reuse
• Sea level rise
• Prefabrication systems / Modular architecture
Methodology:
The research will focus on one hand, the site, looking at existing man-made structures that have the potential for adaptive re-use, and on the other, the experimentation at both, speculative and objective levels, with these structures to transform them into future infrastructure.
MANGROVES
1996 Ooverseas Built in 1950
Designed by
Built by Archie
Total Height Active aid to HURRICANE
In 1960, hurricane Key causing the 10-year-old
Over the years, by other hurricanes was damaged Hurricane Wilma.
After Hurricane condemned.
The Faro Blanco rebuilt by the reopened in Added to the Place Hotel, elegant waterfront
FARO BLANCO
BOOT KEY
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SEMINAR
SEMINAR MIDTERM
SEMINAR FINAL
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ARC 6971
COURSE SYLLABUS - Master Project Thesis - Spring 2023
Faculty: Marcelo Ertorteguy / Instructor
E-mail: mertorte@fiu.edu Tel: 917-609-5174
FIU Office: Room 105 - Fabrication Lab
Meeting Time:
Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00 pm to 6:15 pm Third floor studios (East wall)
In-Person Modality
Catalog Description:
ARC 6971 Master’s Thesis (6). Coursework under the direction of faculty for the completion of a research or design thesis by candidate for the degree of Master of Architecture. Prerequisite: ARC 6910.
Prerequisite:
ARC 6910 (80508)
Course Description:
The "KEYS" Master project studio is based on the Master Project seminar’s research work to further investigate and zoom-in into specific subjects to the geological, geographical, hydrological, environmental, historical, cultural, temporal and atemporal conditions of the Florida Keys. While the Master project’s seminar research focused on the “extension” of the territory, observed, and analyzed through the multiple lenses, the Master project studio focuses on the “depth” and exploration of 5 specific topics especially relevant to the Florida Keys: Hurricane protection & sea level rise, Infrastructure, (Re)construction & technology, Tourism, and Cli-Fi (Climate fiction), to be applied and tested on different sites.
Pedagogic Aims:
The studio offers a set of particular topics that apply to different research facets from which the students are encouraged to choose according to their own vocation and interests within the profession, to further develop, discover and formulate their own thesis subject. The goal being, to identify and understand the relevance and urgency of a matter with the potential for investigation and contribution to the field.
Major Topics:
Self-sufficiency
Adaptive reuse
Sea level rise
Prefabrication systems / Modular architecture
Methodology:
The research will focus on one hand, the site, looking at existing man-made structures that have the potential for adaptive re-use, and on the other, the experimentation at both, speculative and objective levels, with these structures to transform them into future infrastructure.
HURRICANES INFRASTRUCTURE (RE)CONSTRUCTION TOURISM CLI-FI
- Sugarloaf key, Monroe county (mile marker 17)
- Built in 1929 by richer clyde perky
- controling mosquito population in the lower keys
- design based on plans purchased from bat studies pioneer charles campbell
- added to the national register of historic places in 1982
- blown down during hurricane irma in 2017
- Lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key
- Crosses Bahia Honda Channel
- Originally built by Henry Flagler
- Part of the Overseas Highway in 1938
- Purchased by the State of Florida after the 1935 Labor Day Hurracane.
- Opened in 1972 for pedestrian use
- Total length: 5, 055 feet
- Longest span: 247 feet
- Steel truss construction: Parker truss bridge with Pratt trussed and Plate girder approaches
Section perspective
The purpose Ecological tourism through reconstruction Delvis Peraza
The focus of this intervention is to utilize existing structures that have lost their use, standing as relics within the Keys, and convert them into research/ecotourism facilities to revitalize the unique habitat of their surrounding environment. Through the use of existing structures, we reduce the need to clear land for construction and constrain the facilities to a set space so that no more of the surrounding habitat is harmed. The chosen site is the Old Bahia Honda Rail bridge connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key. Due to the socio-economic importance of tourism in the Keys, the passage of people through this location is unavoidable. The purpose of this project is to make the visitors experience understanding the habitat they are entering, its importance to the local communities, and how to better explore these locations without harming them. In addition, the other side of these facilities would serve the purpose of researching the local fauna and flora as well as studying the weather and producing solutions for future problems such as Sea Level Rise. The structure attaches to the old bridge through a parasitic relationship, utilizing the bridge as a base to grow. The materials utilized for the skin are recycled steel and silk wouven in various parts of the structure. The inner walls are made of the same wood used on the bat Tower. Travel to the site can only be done through water or air. Methods used are kayaking, boats and Blimps.
ALEJANDRO TIJERINO
DENISE SHNEIDERMAN
