Bimetal Solar Shade| Eugene, Oregon | Graduate UO | Ihab Elzeyadi |

Wood + Atmosphere| H.J. Andrews Forest, Oregon | Graduate UO | Erin Moore |

Art + Photography| Holmdel, New Jersey | Email: christina.c.roque@gmail.com |

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Dance School| Madrid, Spain | Undergraduate NJIT | Maria Hurtado de Mendoza |

Solar Decathlon| Datong, China | Undergraduate NJIT | Richard J Garber |

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Esporao Adega Winery| Alentejo, Portugal | Undergraduate NJIT | Margaret De Souza Santos |

Bimetal Solar Shade| Eugene, Oregon | Graduate UO | Ihab Elzeyadi |

Wood + Atmosphere| H.J. Andrews Forest, Oregon | Graduate UO | Erin Moore |

Art + Photography| Holmdel, New Jersey | Email: christina.c.roque@gmail.com |

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Dance School| Madrid, Spain | Undergraduate NJIT | Maria Hurtado de Mendoza |

Solar Decathlon| Datong, China | Undergraduate NJIT | Richard J Garber |

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Esporao Adega Winery| Alentejo, Portugal | Undergraduate NJIT | Margaret De Souza Santos |

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| INSPIRATION |

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| RENDERING THROUGH DANCE STUDIOS | Opacity: City to Studio, Studio to River |

Madrid Dance School

| LOCATION | Madrid, Spain| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2013| LEVEL | Undergraduate, NJIT| PROFESSOR | Maria Hurtado de Mendoza | PROGRAM | Collegiate Dance School

Pointe shoes are the only physical architecture within ballet. Without which a ballerina would not be able to stand up on her toes to perform. The Design and evolution of the structure of pointe shoe was integral in the development of ballet’s techniques. Ballet Technique developed through the modifications prima ballerinas made to their shoes, allowing them to balance longer, make more rotations and ease transition between demi pointe. This trend can also be seen in the creation of the built environment; for example, the invention of the elevator allowed buildings to grow taller.

Located in the edge of Madrid Rio, a linear park recently built in the city, the dance university will incorporate the romantic allure of skimming the floor along with the ability to manipulate structure as seen in the history of ballet shoes. The building’s materiality is representative of pointe shoe construction through the layering of glass curtain walls and structural concrete. The glass symbolizes satin while the concrete symbolizes canvas.

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| INSPIRATION |

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IALITY | hard canvas +soft satin || RENDERING THROUGH DANCE STUDIOS | Opacity: City to Studio, Studio to River |

Madrid Dance School

| LOCATION | Madrid, Spain| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2013| LEVEL | Undergraduate, NJIT| PROFESSOR | Maria Hurtado de Mendoza | PROGRAM | Collegiate Dance School

Pointe shoes are the only physical architecture within ballet. Without which a ballerina would not be able to stand up on her toes to perform. The Design and evolution of the structure of pointe shoe was integral in the development of ballet’s techniques. Ballet Technique developed through the modifications prima ballerinas made to their shoes, allowing them to balance longer, make more rotations and ease transition between demi pointe. This trend can also be seen in the creation of the built environment; for example, the invention of the elevator allowed buildings to grow taller.

Located in the edge of Madrid Rio, a linear park recently built in the city, the dance university will incorporate the romantic allure of skimming the floor along with the ability to manipulate structure as seen in the history of ballet shoes. The building’s materiality is representative of pointe shoe construction through the layering of glass curtain walls and structural concrete. The glass symbolizes satin while the concrete symbolizes canvas.

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Solar Decathlon Nexus House

| LOCATION | Datong, China| ACADEMIC YEAR | Spring 2013| LEVEL | Undergraduate, NJIT| PROFESSOR | Richard J. Garber| PROGRAM | Sustainable Single Family Home| TEAMMATES | NJIT + Harbin

The Nexus House is Team NJHA’s submission to the 2013 Solar Decathlon China. Co-hosted by the National Energy Administration of China (NEA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) the program challenged 22 collegiate teams around the world to create a sustainable single family home powered by a solar array. The House is conceived of as a transitional home for the families living in areas of China on the brink of rapid urbanization. By introducing up-to-date home technology and functionality while persevering an agrarian sensibility, the Nexus House represents the intersection of rural and urban. Each element of the house has been designed as a hub; through which materials such as water, air and power flow. These multifunctional elements represent original, innovative passive design solutions. The Nexus House respects the customs of rural Chinese Family life while providing the advantages of smart, contemporary design.

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Solar Decathlon Nexus House

| LOCATION | Datong, China| ACADEMIC YEAR | Spring 2013| LEVEL | Undergraduate, NJIT| PROFESSOR | Richard J. Garber| PROGRAM | Sustainable Single Family Home| TEAMMATES | NJIT + Harbin

The Nexus House is Team NJHA’s submission to the 2013 Solar Decathlon China. Co-hosted by the National Energy Administration of China (NEA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) the program challenged 22 collegiate teams around the world to create a sustainable single family home powered by a solar array. The House is conceived of as a transitional home for the families living in areas of China on the brink of rapid urbanization. By introducing up-to-date home technology and functionality while persevering an agrarian sensibility, the Nexus House represents the intersection of rural and urban. Each element of the house has been designed as a hub; through which materials such as water, air and power flow. These multifunctional elements represent original, innovative passive design solutions. The Nexus House respects the customs of rural Chinese Family life while providing the advantages of smart, contemporary design.

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| SD CHINA COMPETITION GROUNDS | Nexus House Front Left |

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| SD CHINA COMPETITION GROUNDS | Nexus House Front Left |

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Esporao Adega Winery

| LOCATION | Alentejo, Portugal| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2012| LEVEL | Undergraduate, NJIT| PROFESSOR | Margaret De Souza Santos | PROGRAM | Winery, Restaurant, Retail + Visitors Center

The site expands upon the existing Herdade do Esporao Winery. The proposed private selection winery is inspired by the unique grapevine orientations surrounding the site. The winery weaves the grapevines into the historical area, through strips of solids and voids that form an inverse courtyard affect. Not only does the site as a whole weave building with nature, the winery itself is a weave of three strips: earth, water and mass. Each strip has a specific materiality, which activates the circulation and views.

The architectural promenade gives visitors visual connections to all the processes of wine making from sorting and pressing to fermenting and bottling. Terminating on the 2nd floor, visitors are reconnected with views to the historic tower which reconnects them to the symbolism of the Herdade do Esporao label.

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Esporao Adega Winery

| LOCATION | Alentejo, Portugal| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2012| LEVEL | Undergraduate, NJIT| PROFESSOR | Margaret De Souza Santos | PROGRAM | Winery, Restaurant, Retail + Visitors Center

The site expands upon the existing Herdade do Esporao Winery. The proposed private selection winery is inspired by the unique grapevine orientations surrounding the site. The winery weaves the grapevines into the historical area, through strips of solids and voids that form an inverse courtyard affect. Not only does the site as a whole weave building with nature, the winery itself is a weave of three strips: earth, water and mass. Each strip has a specific materiality, which activates the circulation and views.

The architectural promenade gives visitors visual connections to all the processes of wine making from sorting and pressing to fermenting and bottling. Terminating on the 2nd floor, visitors are reconnected with views to the historic tower which reconnects them to the symbolism of the Herdade do Esporao label.

| RENDERING THROUGH VINEYARD |

WEAVING BUILDING + SITE

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| RENDERING THROUGH VINEYARD |

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Eastern hemlock

White oak

Slash pine

Subalpine fir

Northern white-cedar

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Quaking aspen

Balsam fir

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| FIGURE | Mean difference in tree-level Carbon Dioxide (kg) stocks along with percent change, for the top 20 most abundant tree species in the conterminous U.S.

| PHOTOGRAPH | Seneca Sawmill Company | Lumber stack | taken by author |

Wood + Atmosphere

| LOCATION| H.J. Andrews Forest, Oregon| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2014| LEVEL | Graduate, University of Oregon| PROFESSOR | Erin Moore| PROGRAM | Material Research

Material choice is critical in any project and wood is one of the only renewable material option. Thus, it is important for architects to fully understand wood products’ affect on the environment / biosphere / atmosphere. The basic principles are as followed: trees use carbon dioxide to create energy in a process called photosynthesis. Forests are carbon dioxide stores because of this. Wood only releases its stored carbon back into the atmospheres when it is burned.

Through field research and presentations by leading specialists, graphic maps and diagrams were developed to visualize woods sustainable potential. The research focused on the contrast between plantation and old growth forests to establish how much carbon is sequestered in both. By classifying forestry practices into two categories, the research can identify the most sustainable age for harvesting wood for production. Lastly the information was further broken down by tree species to understand which trees retain the most carbon. The ultimate goal of this research is to help Architects better understand how to create carbon neutral or even carbon positive buildings.

| DIFFERENCE IN C STOCKS |

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Douglas-fir

Post oak

Northern red oak

Eastern hemlock

White oak

Slash pine

Subalpine fir

Northern white-cedar

Eastern white pine

Red maple

Sugar maple

Quaking aspen

Balsam fir

Yellow-poplar

Ponderosa pine

Engelmam spruce

Sweetgum

Black cherry

Loblolly pine

lodgepole pine

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Difference in C Stocks (kg)

percent change mean difference

| FIGURE | Mean difference in tree-level Carbon Dioxide (kg) stocks along with percent change, for the top 20 most abundant tree species in the conterminous U.S.

| PHOTOGRAPH | Seneca Sawmill Company | Lumber stack | taken by author |

Wood + Atmosphere

| LOCATION| H.J. Andrews Forest, Oregon| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2014| LEVEL | Graduate, University of Oregon| PROFESSOR | Erin Moore| PROGRAM | Material Research

Material choice is critical in any project and wood is one of the only renewable material option. Thus, it is important for architects to fully understand wood products’ affect on the environment / biosphere / atmosphere. The basic principles are as followed: trees use carbon dioxide to create energy in a process called photosynthesis. Forests are carbon dioxide stores because of this. Wood only releases its stored carbon back into the atmospheres when it is burned.

Through field research and presentations by leading specialists, graphic maps and diagrams were developed to visualize woods sustainable potential. The research focused on the contrast between plantation and old growth forests to establish how much carbon is sequestered in both. By classifying forestry practices into two categories, the research can identify the most sustainable age for harvesting wood for production. Lastly the information was further broken down by tree species to understand which trees retain the most carbon. The ultimate goal of this research is to help Architects better understand how to create carbon neutral or even carbon positive buildings.

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Bimetal Solar Shade

| LOCATION | Eugene, Oregon| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2014| PROFESSOR | Ihab Elzeyadi| LEVEL | Graduate, University of Oregon| PROGRAM | High Performance Solar Shading Device| TEAMMATE | Nicholas J. Katagiri

Intrigued by the phenomenon of biophilia; the inspiration for the prototype was based off the opening and closing of flower petals do to exposure to sunlight. The nyctinastic movement of these plants is associated with diurnal light and tempera-ture change and controlled by the circadian clock and light receptor phytochrome. Lithops plants are made up of a pair of opposite succulent petals inserted on a short stem. Every growing cycle the apical meristem produces a new pair of petal within the old one; which recycles water from the old to the new petal. Differing turgor pressures between the two layer causes the Lithops’ petals to open and close when the flower is exposed to diurnal light.

In search for a material with the capability to change shape similar to the Lithops petals, bi-metals fit the description perfectly. Composed of two laminated metals with contrasting thermal expansion rates, bi-metals bend when exposed to heat. A straight piece of bi-mental will bend toward the less expan-sive side, because one of the metals expand faster then the other. When rolled into a coil the expan-sion is amplified because the amount of expansion is directly related to the total length of the bi-metal.

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| MATERIAL TRANSLATION |

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Bimetal Solar Shade

| LOCATION | Eugene, Oregon| ACADEMIC YEAR | Fall 2014| PROFESSOR | Ihab Elzeyadi| LEVEL | Graduate, University of Oregon| PROGRAM | High Performance Solar Shading Device| TEAMMATE | Nicholas J. Katagiri

Intrigued by the phenomenon of biophilia; the inspiration for the prototype was based off the opening and closing of flower petals do to exposure to sunlight. The nyctinastic movement of these plants is associated with diurnal light and tempera-ture change and controlled by the circadian clock and light receptor phytochrome. Lithops plants are made up of a pair of opposite succulent petals inserted on a short stem. Every growing cycle the apical meristem produces a new pair of petal within the old one; which recycles water from the old to the new petal. Differing turgor pressures between the two layer causes the Lithops’ petals to open and close when the flower is exposed to diurnal light.

In search for a material with the capability to change shape similar to the Lithops petals, bi-metals fit the description perfectly. Composed of two laminated metals with contrasting thermal expansion rates, bi-metals bend when exposed to heat. A straight piece of bi-mental will bend toward the less expan-sive side, because one of the metals expand faster then the other. When rolled into a coil the expan-sion is amplified because the amount of expansion is directly related to the total length of the bi-metal.

| INSPIRATION |

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114.8 F

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| PLAN | | Scale: 1”=1’-0”|

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| VENTILATION |Active system closes the vents of a multi-story double facade to trap hot air. Heat causes the coils to expand and increase the shaded area.

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Art + Photography

| TUNNEL VISION | Graphite | | FLOWER GIRL | Graphite + Color Pencil | | SITE SKETCHES | 5 minute | Graphite |

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Art + Photography

| TUNNEL VISION | Graphite | | FLOWER GIRL | Graphite + Color Pencil | | SITE SKETCHES | 5 minute | Graphite |

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| JOHN E. JAQUA ACADEMIC CENTER | Eugene, Oregon | ZGF Architects | | CASA DAS MUNDAS | Calheta, Madeira, Portugal | Paulo David |

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| JOHN E. JAQUA ACADEMIC CENTER | Eugene, Oregon | ZGF Architects | | CASA DAS MUNDAS | Calheta, Madeira, Portugal | Paulo David |

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