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KATIE DONAHUEA R C H I T E C T U R E P O R T F O L I O
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DESIGN INTERESTS Personal Design Approach DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION Satellites & Plush Middles Truncated Volumes The Pulp Wall The Pulp Cloud ARCHITECTURAL WORKS Inbetween Spaces Athenaeum +/- ManhattanVerticalSuperBlock
Camilla // Flat Lot HongKongNetwork
Post-Developmental Seoul TheCreationofCreation
InfrastructuralResiduals
RiverNorthNatatorium
TABLE OF CONTENTSSelected Works by Katie Donahue
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RESEARCH INTERESTS | iv
AFFECT
FORMAL STRATEGY
composition .balance .weightgeometry .twist .torquesurface .pattern .texture
rigiditystructuretexturecolorpattern
connection .socket .hinge .jointstructureassembly
programagendalegibilitynavigationaccessibilitysymbiotics
cost .ROI .social capital .funding timeenvironmentalism .durability .omissions humanitarianism .worthy need .perpetuatessitehistoryculturepolicypolitics
atmospheric character .calm .provoking .nastalgicsensory evocation .warm .inviting
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MATERIAL (AND) TECTONICS
UTILITY
SOCIO-ECONOMICAL
DESIGN art/production/installation .prototyping .fabrication .digital technologies .industrial design .material sciences .construction technique
ARCHITECTUREbuilding/infrastructure/landscape .speculative form-making .hybrid and shared programming .innovative systems .public buildings .typology .theory and criticism
BUSINESSmanagement/economics/development .real estate and development .operations and logistics .human capital and motivation theory .politics and policy .nance and funding .leadership and strategy
HUMANITARIANISMphilantrhopy/public interest/activism .protected basic rights .civic engagement .tactical urbanism .fair representation .engaging public spaces .healthy neighborhoods
URBANISM
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
MATERIALITY
TACTILITY
SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS
PUBLIC INTERFACES
HUMANITARIANISM
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE PERSONAL AREAS OF INTEREST IN ARCHITECTURE
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AFFECT
FORMAL STRATEGY
composition .balance .weightgeometry .twist .torquesurface .pattern .texture
rigiditystructuretexturecolorpattern
connection .socket .hinge .jointstructureassembly
programagendalegibilitynavigationaccessibilitysymbiotics
cost .ROI .social capital .funding timeenvironmentalism .durability .omissions humanitarianism .worthy need .perpetuatessitehistoryculturepolicypolitics
atmospheric character .calm .provoking .nastalgicsensory evocation .warm .inviting
.
MATERIAL (AND) TECTONICS
UTILITY
SOCIO-ECONOMICAL
DESIGN art/production/installation .prototyping .fabrication .digital technologies .industrial design .material sciences .construction technique
ARCHITECTUREbuilding/infrastructure/landscape .speculative form-making .hybrid and shared programming .innovative systems .public buildings .typology .theory and criticism
BUSINESSmanagement/economics/development .real estate and development .operations and logistics .human capital and motivation theory .politics and policy .nance and funding .leadership and strategy
HUMANITARIANISMphilantrhopy/public interest/activism .protected basic rights .civic engagement .tactical urbanism .fair representation .engaging public spaces .healthy neighborhoods
URBANISM
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
MATERIALITY
TACTILITY
SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS
PUBLIC INTERFACES
HUMANITARIANISM
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE PERSONAL AREAS OF INTEREST IN ARCHITECTURE
AFFECT
FORMAL STRATEGY
composition .balance .weightgeometry .twist .torquesurface .pattern .texture
rigiditystructuretexturecolorpattern
connection .socket .hinge .jointstructureassembly
programagendalegibilitynavigationaccessibilitysymbiotics
cost .ROI .social capital .funding timeenvironmentalism .durability .omissions humanitarianism .worthy need .perpetuatessitehistoryculturepolicypolitics
atmospheric character .calm .provoking .nastalgicsensory evocation .warm .inviting
.
MATERIAL (AND) TECTONICS
UTILITY
SOCIO-ECONOMICAL
DESIGN art/production/installation .prototyping .fabrication .digital technologies .industrial design .material sciences .construction technique
ARCHITECTUREbuilding/infrastructure/landscape .speculative form-making .hybrid and shared programming .innovative systems .public buildings .typology .theory and criticism
BUSINESSmanagement/economics/development .real estate and development .operations and logistics .human capital and motivation theory .politics and policy .nance and funding .leadership and strategy
HUMANITARIANISMphilantrhopy/public interest/activism .protected basic rights .civic engagement .tactical urbanism .fair representation .engaging public spaces .healthy neighborhoods
URBANISM
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
MATERIALITY
TACTILITY
SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS
PUBLIC INTERFACES
HUMANITARIANISM
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE PERSONAL AREAS OF INTEREST IN ARCHITECTURE
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DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION | 02
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SATELLITES & PLUSH MIDDLESPavilion Design and Model Fabrication
Satellites & Plush Middles is the proposal for a botanic garden summer pavilion for Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. The project explores an alchemic material drawing of water, ink, wax and dye and uses the materialist drawing strategies for the acquisition of architectural geometries which mediate scales between adult and child size worlds. This process considers autonomous qualities in material drawing fields in relation to the production of compact objects. The wax creates localized zones of concealment on the otherwise saturated page which are in turn translated from an aggregate field to a delineated horizontal profile. Because the three columns grown from the same horizontal profile at their base, their intersection produces a fourth geometry, which serves as the child-scaled interior centroid, while the overall form is scaled at that of an adult. The interior centroid is re-conditioned as a plush middle, characterized by softness juxtaposed by the rigid shell as a garden within the garden. [ProjectoverseenbyClarkThenhaus,fabricationledbyKatieDonahue.Productionrequiredtranslating2Ddrawingsintocutsheetsandextensivetestingandscalingtobeabletolaser-cutthehighlyintricatecomponentsforassembly.AcademicandProfessionalprojectforEndemic,2012.Constructedmodelapx2x1.5x3]
Material Drawing DigitalTranslation Cut Sheets Prototyping Testing
THIS PAGE, ABOVE (left to right): Photograph,section,elevationPAGE RIGHT: Photographofbuiltmodel
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Testing
Iterations #1-7
LINE: Plan view shows line divisions toward attractor point
FORM: Rendered plan view shows form based on divisions
PATTERN: mirrored line divisions are projected on surface
Emphasize directionality by convening toward point
Define primary axis
Divisions cluster around attractor point
Varied heights converge downwardtoward attractor point
Centroids are pulled toward attractor point
Divide and direct toward attractor point and axis Underside Underside of model
SECTION ELEVATION ELEVATION showing history of manipulations
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TRUNCATED VOLUMES Digital Design and Fabrication
Truncated Volumes uses digital applications to explore the formal splicing of space and material. Specifically, the use of attractor points in the digital design drives aims to manipulate and enhance directionality. The use of pattern and scoring is then applied, in the reverse, to explore subtle tension between the two formal ambitions. [ProjectbyKatieDonahue,MasonLimke,andYandyCheng.Iterationsdonebyall.Digitalmodelideaswerecollaborative,butfinalwasdesignedbyKatieDonahue.Drawings,digitaldiagrams,andphotographsshownhereweredoneexclusivelybyKatieDonahue.]
1. MODULARITY - replicable,kitofparts
Tesselation
2. MATERIALITY -abundant,versatile
Cellulose Fiber (Paper Pulp)
3. TACTILITY -touchable,inviting
Convexity
4. VARIABILITY -contrasting,textural
Relief
5. PROVOCATION -familiar,yetpeculiar
Field of Green
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THE PULP WALL Material Research and Installation 16 x 8
The Pulp Wall is the product of an investigation into reconstituting scrap material for surface-making with emphasis on the likelihood and level of human engagement. After research and testing, five primary categories were utilized as means of impacting the probability of a passerby pausing, touching, wondering, discussing, questioning, or otherwise interacting with the installation. The work transformed discarded paper into an interior surface characterized by tactile and visual engagement. By exposing latent qualities and amplifying intrinsic material properties, the paper surface takes on an unconventional consistency, marked by varying levels of imprint and indentation, giving preference to plasticity, flexing, and textural relief.
The process of creating the Pulp Wall itself guided the outcome, as a wide range of techniques including dripping, reinforcing, packing, baking, folding, planting, molding and finally, pressing, were explored in an effort to emphasize the malleability and agency of paper pulp. In traditional paper-making practices, the need to sponge the water from the sheet of pulp would inflict a compressed and homogenous finish upon the surface. For the Pulp Wall, the scrap newspaper was pulverized and made into pulp, then screened and formed into patties which optimized the material for tile cutting and assembly. These patties were formed on concrete with varying levels of thickness and massaged and finger pressed with varying levels of pressure to add relief. Each was assigned a category of articulation from zero to five before final laser cutting.
The final modules are grouped by these categories, creating a textural condition which eschews gradation of pattern or geometric scaling in favor of emphasizing contrasting surface textures. The same color of green paint is applied to all the modules which amplifies the differences in surface textures. Modules then appear more or less saturated in color depending on their relative level of relief and the corresponding depth of shadow cast upon itself. The level of texture was also associated with differences in density and, as a result, rigidity, elasticity, and ease of bending of the tiles.
The installation is an exploration in materiality that draws on the pliant nature of paper pulp and starts to explore the range of impression and flexing as a means of textural modification and enhanced tactility. The use of digital strategies allows for the precision needed for regular modules, creating unity and controlling for as many variables outside of materiality as possible, like size and shape. The surface variation generated from cupping the modules and by hand texturing is then prioritized, amplifying the implicit material property for paper fiber to bend and the latent capacity for it to react to pressing and massaging. The wall was not sealed in any way in order to reveal marks and signs of interaction from those who pass by. A consistent horizontal line of wear now shows around three to four feet off the ground from curious onlookers. [ProjectbyKatieDonahue,MasonLimke,andYandyCheng.Alldrawings,diagrams,photographsandtextshownhereweredonebyKatieDonahue.Academicproject,2013.]
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Assembly: Modules and Substrate(paper pulp and chainlink)
Bottom: Chain Linke Fence substrate(suspended from ceiling above)
Top: Paper Pulp Modules(hanging like stalactites from chainlink)
A. MODULARITYmodules plug into the 1,200 holes in the chainlink fence substrate overhead to form
a fabric
b. MATERIALITY paper pulp is dripped to
form modules that behave like suspended stalactites
C. TACTILITY modules become narrower, and therefore hang down
more, in areas where they are more accessible and able to be
touched by passers-by
D. VARIABILITY modules become more
transparent where they are thinner (as is the nature of
paper pulp) as an experiment to test levels of light emissivity
E. ENGAGEMENT modules most accessible and
in reach are most brightly colored to entice engagement
Mezzanine Floor plan
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Material Variability Diagram: Plan Viewchanges based on proximity to touch
Module Placement Diagram: Elevation Viewsecondary sine wave of paper modules
THE PULP CLOUD 1st Place: Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building Competition
Being Constructed at Boston Society of Architects Space Gallery, summer 2015
This pulp installation is the second iteration to come out of this body of research and development surrounding the use of cellulose fiber (paper pulp) in architectural installations. Here, the focus is shifted from a surface-based approach to one that is spatial, taking advantage of the material qualities with the aspiration to explore shifts in transparency and light emissivity. The use of modules and materials that are uniform and reproducible also harken to modernist ideals, economy of scale and mass production while considering more recent and contemporary approaches to parametric and context and site-specific design. The idea of mass production and parametricism come together to propel notions of mass customization not just for the sake of economy nor novelty alone, but as a grounds for researching, testing and evolving architecture as an interface that engages a multitude of users. [ProjectdesignanddrawingbyKatieDonahueandMasonLimke,competition,2015.]
DIGITAL TRANSLATION
COMPRESS
EXPAND
TWIST
BEND
PUSH
COMPRESS
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PHYSICAL & MATERIAL TRANSLATION
DIGITAL TRANSLATION
COMPRESS
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PUSH
COMPRESS
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TWIST
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PHYSICAL & MATERIAL TRANSLATION
This adaptation of a Hauer screen module explores the tensions between digital model translations and physical material translations. It considers similarities in how the surface is preferenced in both the digital and physical realm but starts to recognize disparities in construction and tendencies for movement in unintended directions and through complex or multi-step manipulations.
TRANSLATIONSShixin Chen, Wenzhen Zhang, Katie DonahueCornell University, Summer 2014, Professor James Lowder
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DIGITAL TRANSLATION PHYSICAL TRANSLATION
COMPRESS
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[THIS PAGE] Laser cut and hand assembled paper module screen.
This adaptation of a Hauer screen modules explores tensions between digital model limitations and physical material translations. It considers similarities in how the surface is preferenced in both digital and physical realms but starts to recogize disparities in construction and movement through multi-step manipulations. Summer 2014, Cornell University.
FABRICATION AND MODEL BUILDING other examples of hand-crafted and digital model making
[LEFT] House III: basswood handcut and laser cut with MDF contoured base. Spring 2011, CU-Denver. Individual project.
[BELOW TOP] House I: basswood and plexiglass handcut and laser cut. Spring 2011, CU-Denver. Individual project.
[BELOW BOTTOM] House II: basswood and plexiglass handcut and laser cut. Spring 2011, CU-Denver. Individual project.
[ABOVE] Collection of Primitive Forms made with combination of handcraft and digital technique using Objet30 3D Printer, Solidoodle Workbench 3D Printer, basswood, and paper pulp making. Fall 2014, Cornell University.
DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION
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PART5: GROUND
THE INTERSECTION
PART5: GROUND PART3: SLAB
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PART1: TOWER
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INBETWEEN SPACE NYU Campus in Manhattan
At NYU, the most expensive university per square foot in the country, every square inch is worthy of scrutinizing. INBETWEEN takes the old notion of towers in the park and, instead, elevates the park to create a new, secondary ground plane. Establishing this new, elevated datum creates the urban lawn for the campus towers while freeing the original ground plane for new opportunities. Inbewteen these two datums is a new field occupied with clusters of programmed boxes that cling to the underbelly, displaying follies that differ in characteristic, including those that might need to be more or less isolated, interactive, visible, or accessible in nature. To facilitate these characteristics, some boxes cling tight to the underbelly, lifted high in the air, while others hover just above the public ground that is below. This facilitates varied levels of interaction between the university and the public on each different datum. This project aims to reconsider the challenges and possibilities for urban institutions, taking advantage of context, and speculating on the role of ground. [ProjectbyKatieDonahue,Chenglong Zhao, and Boyao Jiang, Cornell University, over a twoweekspanduringtheSummer2014semester.]
EXPLODED AXON
TOP OF SLAB:CAMPUS PATHS
TOP OF SLAB:FIELD OF TOWERS
TOP OF SLAB:CAMPUS LAWN
SLAB INTERIOR:SHARED CAMPUS RESOURCES
SLAB UNDERBELLY:UNIVERSITY ACCESS [PRIVATE]
CLUSTERS:UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC [HYBRID]
GROUND:CITY SIDEWALK [PUBLIC]
THE PROJECTOBJECTS BETWEEN FIELDS
PART TO PARTRELATIONSHIPS
THE PROJECTOBJECTS BETWEEN FIELDS
0-15 OFF THE GROUND = HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE
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15-30 OFF THE GROUND = ACCESSIBLE AND VISIBLE
30-45 OFF THE GROUND = HIGHLY VISIBLE
PART4: UNDERBELLY
THE INTERSECTION
PART5: GROUND
THE PROJECT
SECTION CUT [UNDERBELLY CLUSTERING]
OBJECTS BETWEEN FIELDS
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CLUSTER OF PARTS [OBJECTS]
THE PROJECTOBJECTS BETWEEN FIELDS
PART5: GROUND
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OBJECTS BETWEEN FIELDS STEP 1 Decide the intersecting geometry A and B,The volume of Part B should be larger than 20% than the volume of Part A.
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INBETWEEN SPACESNYU Campus in Manhattan
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DOUBLEEXPLODEDPARTSDIAGRAM
ATHENAEUM +/-Proposal for Philadelphia Competition
Perhapsnoothertypologyshouldbelessconcernedwiththequestionwhatwill itbe inxxxyearsthantheathenaeum.Yet,perhapsnoothertypologyshouldbemoreconcerned.Bothreliquary/library,museum/archive,andahistoric/projectiveproject,theathenaeumisaquintessentialcontradiction.However,speculationsonthefutureoftechnologyorthelibraryoverlookamorerelevantconversation.Theathenaeumsinherentcontradictionsarefodderforresistanceto such conjecture without relinquishing its instrumental culturalstatus.Thefutureoftheathenaeumisnotboundupinthenextwaveofchangesintechnology,libraries,orrecordstorage.Rather,itisanarchetypethatresistssucharchitecturallyantagonisticstatements.Instead,theathenaeumisaprotagonistofarchitecturescapacitytocuratenewsocialcollectivesasadisciplinaryconstruct.[Project done underwithClarkThenhausforEndemic.AcademicandProfessional,2014.]
[At Right] Interior View locates theintersections of cones, cubes andcylinders within the Anthenaeum to createlightwellsandreadingspace.
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ARCHITECTURAL WORKS | 24CROSS SECTION 2NORTH-SOUTH
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MANHATTAN VERTICAL SUPER BLOCKDigital Design and Fabrication
The city grid system of Manhattan has long been a strong influencer of urban growth in the heart of New York City. As we speculate on the future of our already-dense cityscape, we consider the fabric that is already at capacity and fully built upon. The highway, a linear and predominantly horizontal network, allows for the rapid access of various parts of the city. In the Vertical Superblock, the highway becomes vertical and allows for the rapid access of various parts of an entire neighborhood contained within a single superblock. New preference is given to the part to part relationships of neighboring buildings, not just adjacent in plan, but now adjacent in section as well. This two-week project allowed us to consider the possibility of future city growth as vertical aggregations of the superblock and opens up discussion for a variety of new conditions and relationships between buildings, public spaces, and entire zones. The superblock of today starts to dissolve from a visible whole into, instead, a sum of its parts. [ProjectbyKatieDonahue,ChenglongZhao,andBoyaoJiang,CornellUniversity,overatwoweekspanduringtheSummer2014semester.]
The Port Authority Site currently occupies the entire dimensions of two whole Manhattan Superblocks.
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CAMILLA // FLAT LOT Pavilion to Foster Community Engagement
Camilla is the community pavilion designed in response to the initiative set forth by the town of Flint, Michigan seeking a gathering space for residents and visitors alike. The call to action demanded that the space be able to accommodate a wide range of activities and to have the capacity to become an economic catalyst. Camillas form is derived from the analysis of patterns and relationships of material surface surrounding the parking lot, capitalizing on the intersection of these patterns to serve as seems between components. The resulting structure becomes hyper adaptive and able to accommodate an ever changing list of demands. Camillas main body serves as the anchor while three nodes can be rearranged to form new configurations yielding a stage with seating, food preparation and serving area, and a projection surface to cover dining, performances, exhibitions, lessons, screenings, auctions, recreational activities, awards events and musical showcases among others. The ribbed structure supports become the seats, tables, and shelves for diverse program needs, creating a highly-flexible gathering space. [ProjectoverseenbyClarkThenhausforEndemic.Designworkdonecollaborativelybetweenclassmates:KatieDonahue,PaulMitchellandAdamSteinbach.KatieDonahueworkedpredominantlyonconceptualdesignanddrawings.AcademicandProfessional,2013.]
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ribstructuresystemforfabrication nodeapertures+surface
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GROUND/WATER LEVEL PIER
PIER + OVERHEAD PUBLIC SPACE
PIER + BELOW GROUND TREATED-WATER POOL
SECTION VIEW:ALL THREE COMPONENTS TOGETHER
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OVER | WORK | ECONOMIC
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HONG KONG WATER BUS NETWORK Redesign for the old Kai Tak Runway in Kowloon Bay
The city of Kowloon suffers from the same housing shortage issues and lack of social, cultural and recreational space that much of Hong Kong faces. In this project, we anticipate the changing needs of what was once the Kai Tak Runway and Airport. By analyzing the evolution of short term projects and uses, we can consider developing a network the provides a much needed water-based public taxi or bus system while also providing the framework and platform for a series of changing and temporary other leisure uses. While much of the Victoria Harbor is heavily poluted, not suitable for water sports, and hogged by industrial, commercial, or luxury use, the new public transportation system gives the shoreline back to the residents by making use of and activating territory both below and above the ground and water line. [Project by Katie Donahue and Whitney Liang, work in progress, Spring 2015 at Cornell University.]
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POST-DEVELOPMENT SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA Research into Gangnam Daero Superblocks and Pedestrian Deaths
A significant amount of economic growth in and around Seoul is attributed to the success of the HWY 1 project, or the Gyeongbu Expressway. Given the state of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s, there was great doubt from around the world that a nation with out experience, technical know-how and funding could pull off the massive infrastrutural project. The eventual success of the major roadway that connects Seoul and most of the country in the upper western corner to as far south east as Busan became a symbol of hope and pride.
After a great deal of sourcing and convincing, South Korea was able to find international funding for the project that put a great deal of the country to work with jobs over time it took to construct in the 1960s and 1970s. The new thoroughfare became a massive advantage for the movement of goods and also spawned the growth of the automobile and the bus system at an early time, in anticipation of major growth to come. Eventually, this would lead to the subway system that would also be needed to support the movement of such a densely populated place.
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Ground Floor PlanTouches the ground lightly
Below: Interventions across Gangnam Daeros 1,800 foot long impenetrable superblock create pedestrian breaks to the inner block as well as creating safe above-grade crossings for the heavy and unsafe foot traffic.
Gangnam Daero boasts the largest and longest blocks of any city in the world, but as the city becomes increasingly densely populated, it faces increasingly pedestrian accidents and deaths. The three colors of interventions show different road conditions and locations of suitable architecural interventions.
Typical Floor PlanEnclosure and exposure
Site and Roof PlanPedestrian connection
[1] Between buildings, not to exceed neigbors height
[2] Open ground plane, through access to interior block
[3] Incentive for additional sideyard space for neighbor buildings
[4] Encroachment on setback only overhead after 30 in height
[5] Must connect to bus island without having to cross traffic
[6] Residual triangle parcels to be adjacent sunken open space
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THE CREATION OF CREATIONRetrofit Design for an Architecture School at the Dry Dock in Brooklyns Navy Yard
During this two-week intensive project, we first researched the nature of pedagogical spaces specific to architecture schools. Our analysis uncovered an interesting and wide diversity of learning styles and learning needs. This led us to ask ourselves just how to create a space suitable for creation itself. Given the academic nature of the space, we considered Platos philisophical texts on The Intellect and developed spaces that reflected the Bodily, the Bodily Intellect as well as the Intellect itself. The main floor reflected the Bodliy; space for eating, socializing, and direct explanatory teaching (lectures, reading). Above it all was the space regulated for the Intellect; a spanning canopy of digital screens that projected all of the ideas and work of the student body for all to see. Suspended inbetween the two worlds is the mezzanine level that facilitates the Bodily Intellect; the place where students learn through doing. Here they make, touch, build, fabricate and learn through the one to one relationship with their own body and the materials they work with, learning through sensing. The muscle memory becomes the learned condition in which the actual interaction and engagement enhances the understanding of the curriculum. All three types of spaces are accessible and visible to one another to provide robust opportunities for learning in architecture. [ProjectbyKatieDonahue,ChenglongZhao,andBoyaoJiang,CornellUniversity,overatwoweekspanduringtheSummer2014semester.]
DESIGN A: ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGY M. ARCH 2 SUMMER SEMESTER NEW YORK CITY 2014
MITCHELL JOACHIM + ANNA BOKOV SMART DOCK EDUCATIONAL FACILITYChenglong Zhao, Boyao Jiang, Katie Donahue, Mai Li, Pengyu Pei
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DESIGN A: ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGY M. ARCH 2 SUMMER SEMESTER NEW YORK CITY 2014
MITCHELL JOACHIM + ANNA BOKOV SMART DOCK EDUCATIONAL FACILITYChenglong Zhao, Boyao Jiang, Katie Donahue, Mai Li, Pengyu Pei
M. Arch II AAP Cornell
DESIGN A: ARCHITECTURE + ECOLOGY M. ARCH 2 SUMMER SEMESTER NEW YORK CITY 2014
MITCHELL JOACHIM + ANNA BOKOV SMART DOCK EDUCATIONAL FACILITYChenglong Zhao, Boyao Jiang, Katie Donahue, Mai Li, Pengyu Pei
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The extensive work of Luis Callejas and LCLA Office with focus on territorialism, occupation, and ownership served as a precedent that would lay the groundwork for the Underbellies project. Studying the Valve Rooms in Oslo, Weightless in London, and Airport Park in Caracas yielded a study of human investment in given spaces over time with consideration for the size of the body of the constituency, associated power or level of influence and underlaying themes of importance. [Underbellies project research and design entirely by Katie Donahue, academic, 2013]
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typology: full Ycharacteristics: 2 levels, 2-3 way, gradual grade change
typology: cloverleafcharacteristics: 2 level, 4-way, sharp turns/merges, land hog
typology: stackcharacteristics: 4 levels, 4-way, expensive, vertical space hog
typology: turbinecharacteristics: 2 level, 4-way, steep, less capacity
typology: partial Y/trumpetcharacteristics: 2 levels, 2-3way, circular ramp, tolls
typology: basketweave/diamondcharacteristics: 2 level, 2-way, little land, heavy congestion
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Because infrastructure serves a critical role in shaping synthetic urban ecologies, it is pivotal that the physical organization considers latent potential so that it maintains the capacity to facilitate future progress and emergence. One of the greatest opportunities for building such a scaffold on which these synthetic ecologies can aggregate is at the underbelly of urban infrastructure due to the sheer inventory of under-used space directly beneath and surrounding existing infrastructure. In New York City alone for example, there are over 700 linear miles of elevated infrastructure and more than 100 million square feet of residual space directly beneath.
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Stan Allen describes infrastructure as an artificial ecology in which structures, though static themselves, manage a complex system of flow, movement, and exchange (Allen, 57). Infrastructure then creates the field in which architecture lives, branching off and connecting various networks of resources and communities. These artificial ecologies are responsible, then, for the interaction of their various constituents to one another and to the environment. Philosopher Walter Benjamin wrote that construction fulfills the role of the unconscious, asserting the ability for structure to serve, as interpreted by Allen, as a scaffold for a complex series of events not anticipated by the architect-meanings and affects existing outside of the control of a single author that continuously evolve over time (Allen, 54).
INFRASTRUCTURAL RESIDUALS: FORGOTTEN SPACEWhat opportunities lay dormant in the massive inventory of urban infrastructures neglected underbellies?
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3. landmark: Mile Field4. node: Walnut+Old Colfax
5. edge: I-256. edge: Colfax
7. node: Campus Village8. district: light industrial
9. district: Brooklyns10. node; railroad crossing
11. district: energy, Exel12. district: project housing
13. node: playground14. district: heavy industrial 15. district: market housing 16.district: lake wood park
17. district: DHA18. district:sanchez park
19. node: baseball diamond20. Decatur lightrail
21. district: Rude park22. node: Rude Rec Center
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[LEFT] Areas surrounding infrastructure exchanges in Denver; mapping shows the positive correlation between increasing building size and increasing closeness in proximity to infrastructure. The more industrial the area, the stronger this trend.
[LEFT BELOW] Highway-locked areas show scarcity of nodes, landmarks, and paths. A 2007 Environmental Defense Fund study identifies Risk Zone 500-1,500 feet from busy roads correlated with increased likelihood of health effects like cancer, heart disease, impaired childhood lung development, asthma attacks and lung disease in adults.
[RIGHT] Step 1: Collect
and map data for built environment
surrounding infrastructure.
Step 2: Build physical model atop mapped
data representing ecologies and
behaviors of those in these area.
Step 3 (Shown at right): Translate
physical model into a hybrid plan drawing
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SUPERSTRUCTURE [hierarchical] cultural
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Architectural theorist and department chair of University of Illinois, Chicago, Robert Somol claims The role of the architect in this model is dissipated, as he or she becomes an organizer and channeler of information, since rather than being limited to the decidedly vertical-the control and resistance of gravity, a calculation of statics and load-forces emerge as horizontal and nonspecific (economic, political, cultural, local, and global), which could suggest why attention is predominantly paid to infrastructure in plan with failure to better consider space sectionally and, thus, misappropriating land directly beneath elevated infrastructure like highways and bridges (Allen, 139).
The land under elevated transit infrastructure as well as directly adjacent is traditionally undeveloped, unkempt and unpleasant in U.S. urban centers, lending themselves to little more than crime and homelessness. This project will assess critical factors surrounding these forgotten and neglected spaces to understand how they came to be such liabilities, how to reintegrate them into the fabric of our built environments, and what their greatest opportunities are for becoming architectural and community assets. Physical modeling and digital drawing will push beyond the existing network connections of todays infrastructure to explore unforeseen potential in new formal relationships with an emphasis on figure, field, density and clustering, as it translates from plan to section. The resulting analysis will identify new potential effects of synergy and their speculative ramifications on future urban ecologies. [All work: Katie Donahue, 2013, academic.]
[ABOVE TOP] Physical model from Step 2 explores the interpretation of data into 3dimensions as speculative form making.
[ABOVE] Resulting drawing from Step 3 studies the relationship and potential between underlaying social currents and types of possible form-making for consideration in architectural intervention for the neglected residual space of infrastructural underbellies.
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ARCHITECTURAL WORKS | 48ELEVATION VIEW SECTION:SPACEFRAMESTRUCTURE LATITUDINAL SECTIONcirculationhinge
RiNo NATATORIUM Overlapping and Hinging: recreational and competitive swimming
facilities
The River North (RiNo) Natatorium project objective was to create a swimming facility that could house both competitive swimmers and recreational swimmers. While most approached the project by creating one pool to be jointly used, we proposed that the greatest opportunity lies in the overlapping and voyeuristic capabilities of showcasing both at the same time.
The Olympic pool floats overhead cradled in a space frame structure with one-way directional glass to enable onlookers to watch their technical training or intense competitions from below. Circulation takes place either through the locker rooms or through the landscaped sloping ramp which gives views to both pool areas and acts as a hinge between the two. The faceted roof form permits views but denies sunlight or glare upon divers or competing swimmers given the strict level of performance regulation. [JointprojectbyKatieDonahueandEmeliaJost,allmodelsanddrawingscollaborative,academic2012.]
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KATIE DONAHUE608.446.0011|kgd33@cornell.edu
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