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It is a 7,000 square foot space to exhibit students’ work along with two offices and rest rooms.

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After examining the programmatic relationship of spaces in a modern fire station the building could be divided into three programmatic sectors, the house, the utility space and then the garage. The public sector was then placed within the three spaces to create a theatrical performance in this realm when the alarm sounds and the firefighters rush to their equipment.Program

DistributionFigure Ground

Parti Programmatic Hierarchy

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Exposing a Disguised City + Middle School Madness [Year 4]12 |

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Exposing a Disguised City Florence, Italy Programs used: Photoshop Illustrator Google Sketch-Up

Middle School Madness Florence, Italy

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This is one possible configuration of the satellite installation. It is erected in neighborhoods not usually seen by the average tourist (where majority of the

Florentine inhabit).

Perforated corrugated aluminum is constructed like a shipping

container for portability.

Once the locals decorate the satellite it is then dismantled and

attached to the scaffolding used in the restoration process. A common

scene in the classic Florence district.

The satellites are only temporary

installations; the scaffolding is

easily erected/disassembled

allowing for an unlimited number of

unique site locations.

The entire structure acts

as a gym for the popular Parkour

activity while enticing graffiti artist (vandals) along with other

local artist to finally express their

locale and culture.

Exposing a Disguised City [Year 4]

tourist district

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The project was to inhabit the tower, built in 1324 for protection, which stood vacant and ignored for decades. An experimental design style was employed known as “parasitic architecture”. This process was implemented inside and out using cables attached to a crown-like feature. The tower acted as a skeleton structure, whose life was renewed by attachments and injections and saved from total destruction.

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Pedestrian Bridge [Year 5]

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway[Public pedestrian walk]

Financial District[Tallest district within Boston]

Seaport District[Low, sparse district with many tourist attractions]

Site[Currently a modified bridge originally for trains]

The project was to design a pedestrian bridge spanning at least 50 ft. My partner and I chose the converted, railroad bridge running in parallel with the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway. Unlike the Greenway, our design visually connects the two contrasting districts; the high profile of the Financial district versus the low profile of Seaport. This was accomplished by designing a continuous swooping motion of the bridges primary structure, metaphorical gesture for the two communities.

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Center for Migration [Year 5]

Migration CenterThis center focuses on the concept of a journey and the ever present question of ‘what if?’. The traveler in this secluded space progresses to a destination that seems infinite, encapsulating the journey through life.

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Buenos Aires (District)

Buenos Aires (City)

La BocaCenter for Migration [Year 5]26 |

Similar to New York, Buenos Aires is also called the melting pot for its cultural diver-sity. The site is located in a district of the city known as La Boca, that was once pre-dominately a shipping town full of people from all over the world especially Italians and other Europeans who left to avoid the destruction of World War II. Now, the site is located on a very popular tourist passage that follows the water. The concept was to continue this passage into the site and onto/ into the building. The entire center acts as a promenade promoting interactions with the tourist and the locals.

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ground floor[planta bajo]

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second floor[segundo piso]

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School for Bullfighting [Year 5]

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The project objective was to create a museum and a school for a unique client, bullfighters. The site is within a small, popular tourist city; Merida, Spain. Here bullfighting was once a significant part of their culture and entertainment.. Bullfighting (Tauromaquia) itself is an interaction between two creatures, a man and a one ton beast. The interaction between them becomes less of a fight, and more of a fluid dialog of movements. This fluidity was conveyed into the mu-seums design. A design meant to engage the visitor’s thoughts and movements similar to that of a bullfighter and the bull when in the arena. The school block (the individualized tower on the left or east) was created with the intent of being perceived as a mystical object an outpost for super heroes. The tall mass stands precariously in a sloping field tsurrounded by ancient Roman ruins creating a epicenter for tourist activity. The view looking into the mass is obscured, the view from within is picturesque , as exhibited by the image titled “views from the living quarters”. The students are afforded privacy without forfeiting the sight of the schools beautiful surroundings. The slats shown are rotatable vertical 1x3 wood planks to help reduce the effects of sun exposure. (living courters, cafeteria, classrooms, and chapel without being on display to the tour-ists. The slats are rotatable 1x3 wood planks orient vertically to reduce the exposure to the sun (since the mass is most susceptible to the sun’s light at dawn and dusk)

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School for Bullfighting Merida, Spain Programs used: Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Auto Cad 3ds Max Revit

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Merida,Spainisacitywhereyoucanstillfindevidenceofruinsfromthe first occupants, the Romans. These ruinsmade it possible for thecitytobecomepartoftheUNESCOWorldHeritagecommunity.MuslimsconqueredthecityfromtheRomansvin713ADuntilChristianfollowersreclaimedthecityin1230.Today,Meridawithits56,000residents,hasapeacefulblendofbeliefs.

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Annual direct solar radiation

shadow studies

average New England exposure

very high levels of solar radiation Due to the high levels of solar radiation present in Mari-da adequate shading devices had to be implemented to protect the interior space from extensive thermal gains. To protect the housing-block from dawn to dusk canti-levers or horizontal slats for shade would have been insufficient and so a vertical slat shading device where each slat of oak (a local material) could be manipulated to better suit the different users.

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energy recover unit

fresh air vent

geo-thermal continuous loop system with bore holes

heat exchanger

heat pumps (3)

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Cosmopolitan Horticulture [Year 6]

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The title of the thesis was “Cosmopolitan Horticulture to the Third Dimension, An Intervention to Connect Food with the Consumer.” After examining the current North American agricultural food process it became apparent that the current methods would soon be obsolete (please refer to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQkwKND3Z-o&noredirect=1, a video by T?F a collaboration with MVRDV illustrating many of the issues). The projects goal was to provide a solution by creating an efficient hydroponic farm within a dense urban fabric. The farm would encourage and unite companies and families to participate in the cultivation and harvesting process. A science center was added to the plan with a dual purpose. The center would maintain and care for the crops and also educate the public on the growing processes through demonstrations. A farmer’s market area was introduced into the plan to dispense the crops to the locals including nearby eateries. The sites location is north of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, directly above the entrance of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. The site encompasses the large five story ventilation shaft known as MIB headquarters. During the initial design preparations, the sites location was analyzed in depth. It was discovered the site was a barrier between a predominantly residential area, South Greenwich and a business community, Wall Street. It was concluded that the two should be bridged together to create a “unified” southern Manhattan. Viewing the project, the top floating mass is the actual garden space. Its composition is an intricate stressed-skin exoskeleton structure with an internal cavity (space between the exterior/interior perimeter) approximately three and one half feet. The cavity would be filled with helium, creating a positive lifting force of 100,000 pounds. The mass is sheathed in two separate ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) systems. The exterior system is composed of tetrahedral pillows with an approximate radius of four feet, inflated with filtered air. The interior sheathing has a double layer, single sheet of ETFE, spanning the internal triangular structure. ETFE was an obvious choice, it is 1% the weight of glass and it can be stretch 3x its original length without losing elasticity. It is clear as water, non-abrasive, self-cleaning and has the insulation properties that are twenty times better than glass. The legs or fingers of the mass, are composed of a steel diagrid structure. It is also sheathed in ETFE that expands at the top to provide adequate structural support for the farm. Five of the seven legs are structural members; the two front legs are exhaust shafts for the tunnel below. Carbon-dioxide magnets capture contaminates that rise from industrial fans at ground level. The magnets are located next to the efficient filters that pump CO2 into the farm. The pure oxygen produced by the crops is easily captured underneath the farm and is pumped into the ventilation shafts to dilute any possible pollutants.

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Land use, [1-12] 2009 Sq. Ft. (000) %

Manhattan District 1

1-2 family residential Multi-family residentialMixed/ resid./commercialCommercial/officeIndustrialTransportation/utilityInstitutionsOpen spaces/recreationParking facilitiesVacant landMiscellaneous

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1-2 family residential Multi-family residentialMixed/ resid./commercialCommercial/officeIndustrialTransportation/utilityInstitutionsOpen spaces/recreationParking facilitiesVacant landMiscellaneous

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Prior to the discovery of Manhattan the island was once a dense forest now, of course, it has become what some call a ‘concrete jungle’. When the island seems to have reached the limits of development the island experiences additional area acquiring more of the bay to accommodate the growing population. Now, lower Manhattan has become one of the districts with the least green spaces available on the island and with the population continuing to grow those spaces maybe decrease.

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B A T T E R Y P A R K E X T E N S I O N ( B R I D G E )

current community seperation [problem]

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Cosmopolitan Horticulture [Year 6]SITE PLAN

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greenhouse structure vertical gardens (with/without plants)

greenhouse perspective greenhouse perspective 61|

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