TROY VARNER _architecture _design m: (570)-772-6018 e: tvarner@m.marywood.edu
site_plan_isometric 1/32� = 1’
south_scranton/ INSTRUMENT_CHANGE
For the Capstone project of my undergraduate degree, a proposal was made to design a building that would revitalize South Scranton Pennsylvania. When observing this Rust Belt urban condition, I found that there was a strong need for a youth center, in particular one that focuses on music. A creative education gives our youth the ability to be passionate about their skills and particular about the craft of these skills. Though many may not find the passion to continue in a music career as they age, it will help shape the other talents they possess. The design of this youth center was meant to promote collaboration between students, especially within the central corridor that projects both light and sound throughout the building. The solids of this architecture became secondary to the voids. The voids are what allows the music to shape the spaces.
plan_1 1/64” = 1’
plan_2 1/64” = 1’
plan_3 1/64” = 1’
plan_4 1/64” = 1’
longitudinal_section_1 1/16” = 1’
alluviation_demonstration_1
water & dreams/ ALLUVIATION
alluviation_demonstration_2
In this project, an advocation center was proposed for the Clean Water Coalition in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. While formulating our designs we were encouraged to design the building as a cleansing agent educationally and phenomenologically. From this point, I began studying Alluviation; how stone carried by water deposits into different strata and parcels, as well as this relation to collecting impervious surface run off. The natural process of alluviation in my design harnesses rainwater to catch and cleanse industrial waste and natures refuse from impervious surfaces, utilizing the natural silt as compost and the polluted silt as a recyclable. I explored how a structure could take the amalgamated public and alluviate their preconceived ideas about water throughout my design by becoming educated, inspired, and unified to clean the Susquehanna River.
site_plan 1/64” = 1’
floor_plan 1/32” = 1’
transverse_section_1 1/32” = 1’
longitudinal_section_1 1/32” = 1’
lungardo_della_zecca_vecchia
viale_della_giovine_italia
via_pietrapiana/borgo_la_croce
via_de_benci
1_longitudinal_section _1_2000
firenze/ SOUNDSCAPE
2_longitudinal_section _1_2000 Through my exploration of Firenze, i’ve discovered sonic nuances around the urban site. With the use of digital modeling i mapped these frequencies to the dimensions of streets, lofting and extruding a once invisible shape, into a fabric of sound. From this study i constructed a literal urban fabric, with roof planes resting on a modules system, thus creating a symbiotic relation between rhythm and form, sound and scape.
layer_4_landscape_fabric
layer_3_vault_module
layer_2__floor_pallet
layer_1_piloti
site_plan
1_axon _1_500
installment/ exploding_BOX
construction_photos
In Fall 2011, each studio was given an allotted amount of materials consisting of sustainable; treated poplar, sheets of perforated steel, and plastic bathroom stall panels. The purpose of these supplies, was to be determined by each studio through a design/build competition. Through collaboration with the peers in my studio, we designed the concept of the “exploding box� a transitional form from enclosure to obstruction, from object to architecture. This transformational space blurred the boundaries between each of these ideas.
box_assembled
box_exploded
- a mistake - a wrong idea - a design decision
marywood/ VESTIBULE
floor_plan 1/4” = 1’
facade_view 1/4” = 1’
longitudinal_section 1/4” = 1’
horticulture/ ECO CANOPY
For the spring semester of my junior year, I created a 5 rule system to design a horticulture center on Marywood University’s campus. The first two rules describe my concept of a raised pathway that spans between all the structures. This becomes a tree like canopy, and a place for the community to interact. As for below the canopy, I consider the forest floor, the more private spaces for those who live on site. The third rule is natural camouflage, referring to trees already found on the site and the green walls, to disguise the private structures and create a blend between nature and man-made. The fourth rule is landmark which pertains to the transparent community center, a beacon to the community. Lastly, the fifth rule is sheltered environment, the statement of horticulture, orienting the buildings and landscapes, for optimal care and nutrients.
level_3_site_plan 1/16” = 1’
level_2_plan 1/16” = 1’
level_1_plan 1/16” = 1’
firenze/ MACCHINA DI RIPOSO
vicenza/ LA TURBINA SCUOLA
casa curuchet/ DENSITY STUDY One of my earlier projects entailed a case study house, in particular Le Corbusier's Casa Curuchet. Through studying his design methods and spatial organization, I found a correlation between the case study and the term "density". I then began to take the forms of the floor plans to create layers of detail in plaster molds. From this discovery I began designing other iterations of plaster densities, then stacking and placing planes , unifying the masses.
longitudinal_section_casa_curuchet 1/8” = 1’
longitudinal_section_density_model 1/8” = 1”
heritage center/ SYMBIOSIS For this project we were asked to take pictures of vestiges of the city. We then identified the vestiges with a word depicting a commonality. Through the inspection of my photos i came up with the word Symbiosis, meaning an interdependency between two or more forms. I noticed this spacial dependency between old and new forms of brick. Once a site was chosen between a federal courthouse and a jewelry store. The program is a heritage center, in which I highlighted the areas booming age of coal mining, the drastic decrease in population that we are currently in, and looking to the future to replenish the area. With this thought in mind, I applied symbiosis with light, representing the past leading our future.
first_floor_plan 1/16” = 1’
longitudinal_section 1/16” = 1’
symbiotic_wall 1/4” = 1’
material studies/ QUINTESSENCE
le corbusier/ HEART OF THE CITY
vitruvius/ EDUCATED ARCHITECT
modular bridge/ ETHEREAL SPAN
axon 1/4� = 1’
During this project I designed a span across a 40 foot gap. This span consisted of lightweight materials that would change in opacity while crossing the gap. The bridge appears to dissipate to the main moment of absolute transparency where it lies directly above the stream that flows underneath.
detail 1” = 1’
plan 1/4” = 1’
side_elevation 1/4” = 1’
longitudinal_section 1/4” = 1’
marble curiosity/ DISPERSAL STUDY At the introduction of this project, each student was given an everyday object to explore their curious nature. My object was a set of clear glass marbles. The investigations explored how marbles would disperse from a mass into distinct vectors based upon the characteristics of different contact surfaces.
longitudinal_section 1/2” = 1”
art pavilion/ PARCELING STUDY In this project each student was charged with the task of using the principles of their curiosity cabinet as a model for the design of a pavilion for the First Friday art events in Scranton, PA. To this end we were given a 40 ft. long shipping container to use as a site. In my design I sought to translate the parceling of marbles to the parceling of space. To accomplish this I proposed to include three sets of walls into the container that would divide it into four parts. The sides of the shipping container were then converted into sliding panels, that could be adjusted to create different qualities of light and parcel the container into different spaces.
floor_plan 1/4” = 1’
chelsea NYC/ illumination
This project was based in the urban condition of Chelsea, New York City. Our program was The Chapin Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, so the focus on education and representing that as a beacon to the Chelsea area. The staple of this design is the atrium space, A canvas tension form.
longitudinal_section 1/16” = 1’