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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Section 1: ACADEMIC

Sp10 hillside

The Chinese city of Chongqing is known for both its foggy weather and hilly terrain. The studio set out to explore pos-sibilities beyond the typical smooth gradient of the para-metric. The project, a 400,000 square foot educational complex sited a hillside, is divided by structural voids that allow for the retention of the slope as an important pas-sageway in the city.

[This project was chosen to represent the GSD on Studio-plex.org website and featured in Platform publication and exhibit of student work.]

Steep Parametric: The Chongqing Urban Hillside

Harvard GSD / 2nd semesterSpring 2010Prof. Preston Scott Cohen

This is a parametric project that does not succumb to the typical parametric aesthetic.

Where parametric is often synonymous with smooth, this is awkward and discontinuous. While the parametric often embodies a continuous gradient condition, this project makes use of sets and types.

LENGTH

45mLENGTH

27mLENGTH

20m

WIDTH

7m

WIDTH

10m

WIDTH

5m

SPACING

22mSPACING

25mSPACING

20m

SPINE WIDTH

16m

DEPTH

40mDISTRIBUTION

50% / 50%SPINE WIDTH

10m

SPINE WIDTH

6m

DEPTH

50mDISTRIBUTION

10% / 90%

DEPTH

28mDISTRIBUTION

30% / 70%

This project explores the idea of thresholds. Currently, the Chongqing planning department does not allow building on sites with greater than a 25% slope. Instead of using the slope as an on/off switch, I was interested in creating a system in which the slope determines the module type to be inserted.

These modules correspond to different programmatic groups, relating to needs of continuity and discontinuity inherent in each program type.

HOUSING PERFORMANCE EDUCATION

thresholds

void module types

Sp10 hillside

This is not meant to create a 1:1 relationship between program and form, but instead to create a loose fi t, a range of spaces for each program that will accommodate the variety of spaces within each program group.

The ordering system of the project is a series of structural voids that cut through, leaving urban corridors through the complex. These voids change size, shape, and spacing depending on the needs of the program type.

ZONE 1: STREET EDGE

ZONE 2: STEEP INTERIOR SLOPE

ZONE 3: HILLTOP

The project explores the typical Chongqing hillside condition. In this hilly city, the slopes serve as important passageways through the city. Incorporating voids perpendicular to the spine of the building preserves the function of the hillside as passageway.

This hillside site is currently divided into three zones: Alarge public park at the top of the hill, small-scale residential on the steep slope, and tall highrises on the urban street edge.

the typical chongqing hillside

Existing stairways and circulation on site

Sp10 hillside

This parametric system can be deployed on various lines drawn on the site, creating the central spine of the building. Not every line works. There are characteristics of lines that work and dont work.

Different instantiations are analyzed based on the square footage of program types they create as well as their urban impact on the site.

instantiations

07 11 18 19

Sp10 hillside

20 21 22 23

While adjacent boxes are offset on the exterior, in some areas of the complex, such as the area containing classrooms, there needs to be continuity between ad-jacent programs. Therefore, in these areas, the interior volume is dropped a half level, allowing continuity and creating an exterior circulation space surrounded by a low parapet wall.

In section, the building alternates between sections that are buried in the earth and sections that are suspendedin the air.

sectional offset

Sp10 hillside

Chongqing is a city known for its dense fog. It is impossible to get an overall sense of the city, rendering the totality completely inaccessible. This absence of background gives the foreground a heightened importance.

While in other cities, view corridors might be important elements of the city, here nearness is the operative con-dition. In addition to, this lack of background, the city is defi ned by its interiority. There are moments when the city opens up to you, but only ever from the inside, un-folding slowly, piece by piece, but never as a whole.

interiority

The tapering fl oor plates hold discrete rectangular volumes, creating a condition of a thickened skin.This creates a condition of layered nearness, the establishment of an immediate foreground within the inward-looking building.

Sp10 hillside

WALLS ARE COINCIDENT

LESS THAN 1M BETWEEN WALLS

MORE THAN 1M BETWEEN WALLS

The idea of thresholds is carried into the facade where the distance between the outer envelope and the inner volume determines the type of panel inserted.

If the distance between the inner and outer envelopes is less than 1m, the skin reaches back to the inner surface, creating a thick facade. If the planes are coincident, the facade is bumped outward. If the distance is greater than 1m, this is characterized as semi-enclosed occupiable circulation space and the facade is expressed as a screen wall.

facade panel types

corridor

classroom

walls are coincident

less than 1m between walls

greater than 1m between walls

thickened facade

Sp10 hillside

Fa09 weave

New tools have allowed for the creation of fl owing forms that have become increasingly detached from material realities and construction processes. This studio proposed an alternate model, starting with the material itself: wood. The fi rst part of the semester consisted of an in-depth anal-ysis of material properties and behavioral characteristics.

This project looked at weaving as a parametric system, an-alyzing factors such as warp, weft, grain direction, scale, etc. The semester culminated in the fabrication and con-struction of a 1:1 prototype of the system.

Material Systems: Weave

Harvard GSD / 1st semesterFall 2009Prof. Achim Menges

WEFT LENGTHS - SIDE A

A-1: 89A-2: 95A-3: 101A-4: 105A-5: 108A-6: 112A-7: 112A-8: 112A-9: 113A-10: 110A-11: 105A-12: 95A-13: 81

CONTROL CURVE 2

DISTANCE FROM START: 36.00BASE HEIGHT: 0.00BASE WIDTH: 46.77CURVATURE HEIGHT: 18.00CURVATURE WIDTH: 37.67WIDE POINT: 46.72HEIGHT: 80.00TOP WIDTH: 16.00

CONTROL CURVE 1

DISTANCE FROM START: 0.00BASE WIDTH: 18.20BASE HEIGHT: 0.00CURVATURE HEIGHT: 19.56CURVATURE WIDTH: 17.13WIDE POINT: 26.45HEIGHT: 62.00TOP WIDTH: 12.63

CONTROL CURVE 3

DISTANCE FROM START: 76.93BASE WIDTH: 0.00BASE WIDTH: 20.25CURVATURE HEIGHT: 19.27CURVATURE WIDTH: 38.58WIDE POINT: 56.00HEIGHT: 83.85TOP WIDTH: 13.63

CONTROL CURVE 4

DISTANCE FROM START: 109.9BASE HEIGHT: 40.65BASE WIDTH: 10.82CURVATURE HEIGHT: 8.83CURVATURE WIDTH: 23.70WIDE POINT: 23.70HEIGHT: 32.68TOP WIDTH: 4.96

EVENT MAGNITUDE

INITIAL: 0.50FALLOFF 1: 40%FALLOFF 2: 20%

WEFT LENGTHS - SIDE B

B-1: 78B-2: 84B-3: 88B-4: 91B-5: 93B-6: 94B-7: 95B-8: 96B-9: 97B-10: 99B-11: 98B-12: 91B-13: 83

# OF WARP DIVISIONS

12.00

FRAME WIDTH

2.00

AVG. WEFT SPACING

9.35

WEFT WIDTH

2.00

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ATTRACTOR POINT

(67.49, 27.12, 46.69)

C3 DISTRIBUTION

0.0000.0280.0690.1260.2010.2970.4170.555

0.7010.8320.9291.000

C4 DISTRIBUTION

0.0000.0240.0670.1210.2130.3530.5310.688

0.8000.9300.9691.000

C2 DISTRIBUTION

0.0000.0170.0670.1460.7500.3710.5000.629

0.7500.8540.9330.9831.000

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

PROTOTYPE

By exploiting the tensile capacity and bending ability of wood, a system can be created that uses double cur-vature to create a thin yet rigid structure. The materialproperties can be combined with the logic of the weav-ing in a computational model that can calculate the in-formation needed for the fabrication and assembly pro-cess. These surfaces can be assembled from computed fl at elements which create the desired form from the dif-ferences in the shapes of adjacent elements, creating curved surfaces from fl at elements without the need for formwork.

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GRAINDIRECTION

PARALLELPERPENDICULAR

WARP/WEFTSIMILAR

WARP/WEFTSIMILAR

WARP/WEFTDIFFERENTIATED

WARP/WEFT SIMILAR

NUMBER OF WARP DIVISIONSDISTRIBUTION OF WARP DIVISIONS

WEFT DIVISIONS

WARP DIVISIONSPRIMARY FORM

PRIMARYORIENTATIONOF CURVATURE

HORIZONTALVERTICAL

OVERALL HEIGHTSTART HEIGHT

LENGTHBASE LENGTH

BASE WIDTHWIDEST POINT

NUMBER OF WEFT PIECESSEGMENTATION ASSEMBLY METHOD

TABS BRANCHINGINTER-WEAVING

SEAM

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LOCATION OF SPLIT

BOTTOM SPACING

PATH CALCULATION

SECTION NORMAL GEODESICS

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EVENT(LOCAL CONDITION)

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BEHAVIORPOROSITY

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EDGECONNECTION

NOTC HOLE

LENGTH SPACING ANGLE METHOD WIDTH

WEFT WIDTH

NOTCH WIDTHNOTCH DEPTHNOTCH EDGE

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TAB CURVE

WEFT

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LENGTHS

WARP

MATERIALCONSTRAINTS

GRAINORIENTATION

WARP MATERIAL

LENGTH(IN DIRECTION OFCURVATURE)

BENDINGDIRECTION(GRAIN)

ALIGNEDWITH CENTER OFCURVATURE

PARALLEL TO GROUND

SEAM LOCATION

CONNECTION METHODS

LAMINATION DISCONTINUITY

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The process for this project looked at woven systems as a series of parameters such as weave differentiation, spacing, size, as well as materials properties of wood such as bending behavior and grain direction. These determined parameters were then input into a Grass-hopper model that calculated fabrication information and templates using the specifi ed properties of a given surface. A woven system is defi ned as much by the pro-cess as by the fi nished product, therefore both fabrica-tion and assembly constraints were an important part of this model.

Fa09 weaveSECONDARYSCALE

BEHAVIORPOROSITY

The fabrication process began in the digital model. For example, the mono-directional bending of the larger warp panels was taken into account by rotating each panel slightly in relation to the grain direction so that the specifi c curvature could be achieved. The assembly process consisted of stacking each warp panel on top of the previous one, increasing the tension in the weft until it was pulled fl at against the surface. The actual woven structure was assembled by two people in three days, starting with both sides and meeting at the seam piece at the top.

Fa09 weave

fabrication

Fa06 aerocity

Megacities around the world have developed their own ways of coping with issues of density, overcrowding, and population growth. As Los Angeles struggles to adapt to increasing population and density, there is much to gain by transplanting methods of living developed elsewhere. These strategies were ripped from their original cultures, adapted to Los Angeles, and applied to a housing project in Hollywood.

[This project was selected to represent USC at the 2007 2x8: Vert Student Exhibition at the Pacifi c Design Center.]

a e r o c i t y

University of Southern California / 5th yearFall 2006

One of the main characteristics of Tehran is the extreme separation between public and private. This can be seen in the contrast between the intensely private inward-looking traditional courtyard house and the very public bazaar. In this project, the private block of housing is lifted away from the public ground plane.

The courtyard houses of Tehran are also designed to very efficiently deal with the climate through their organization and use of wind. This project seeks to exploit the climate-controlling characteristics of wind by using the form of the building itself to increase the wind speeds across the building.

As the population of Tehran has risen, the density hasdecreased, contributing to sprawl. This is caused by the increased amount of square footage per person. As LosAngeles deals with the same effects of increasing sprawl, this project attempts to use as a model the density of Tehran before it began to drop (1891) without compromising theamount of living space per person.

The project then becomes a set of 3 horizontal planes that fold to conform to various factors.

1. The top plane folds to funnel the wind and increase the wind speeds across the building.2. The bottom plane folds up in order to let light onto the ground plane below.3. The ground plane folds to accommodate both enclosed shops and sur faces for

informal commercial activity.

t e h r a n :

Fa06 aerocity

Ground plane folds to accommodate shops and offices

Bottom Plane folds to allow light underneath

Private block lifts away from public ground plane

34,000 People/km Density112,800 Square Feet340 People525 Square Feet Per Person

Top plane folds to increase wind speeds across the building

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Public Circulation to commercial areas

Circulation Walls Private circulation from parking to stair walls

Private circulation from street to stair walls

Vertical Circulation to Units: Stairs inside Walls

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Utilities are distributed within the walls

The building is segmented by walls that divide the units and provide structure for the building. Alternating walls provide circulation on one side of the unit and contain technical modules on the other. Circulation occurs in a similar way to Tehran, where a person can move from the public bazaar into the private courtyard house by walking down a narrow alley. These alleys become tall, narrow stairwell spaces that lead directly to units. The units are entered through their courtyards.

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residences

folded commercial ground plane

folded bottom plane walls

enclosed shops commercial planes for open market

folded top plane with perforated courtyards

opaque glass sides

the walls between the units are structural

public circulation to commercial areas

circulation walls private circulation from parking to stair walls

private circulation from street to stair walls

the walls carry the vertical load the concrete skin provides lateral support

the floorplates span between the walls

the walls rest directlyfew places to provid

vertical circulation to units: stairs inside walls

vertical circulation to units: elevators

alternating walls contain technical modules and building systems

utilities are distributed within the walls

the walls rest directly on the ground in a few places to provide lateral support

Fa06 aerocity

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s t a i r s e c t i o n1/8=1s t a i rs e c t i o n

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The units themselves also utilize the flexible, changeable idea of space in Iranian courtyard houses. This is applicable to L.A. because of shifting schedules. For example, if a person that lives in L.A. and commutes to work during the week shares a unit with a person who only stays in L.A. during the weekends, they will not be using the space at the same time. Therefore, there arepersonal modules such as workstations and sleeping stations that plug into the technical wall when not in use. When these modules are needed, they can then be taken out and moved around the unit to best utilize thechanging conditions of climate and occupation.

Typical Unit PlanMovable Personal Modules

Partial Cross-SectionAlternating Hollow Circulation and Service Walls

circulation wall

technical wall

inhabited wall

modules

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Los Angeles Traffi c Management Center is located deep under City Hall, carefully monitoring and controlling the streets and highways. The status of the fl ows is then dis-seminated to the public. This project proposes bringing the center above ground and giving it a public presence in the city. The site for the project is the unused dead-end portion of the I-110 freeway as well as the land along the edge of the freeway.

[This earned USCs 2007 Raymond S. Kennedy Award for the top thesis project.]

Between the Freeway and the Park-ing Structure

University of Southern California / ThesisSpring 2007

Sp07 thesis

program

Los Angeles Traffic Management Center

Infrastructure Research Labs

ParkingIntelligent Infrastructure Research Center

This project proposes bringing the Traffic Management Center, currently buried four stories under City Hall, above ground and giving it a public presence in the city. This would give a physical, iconic face to a piece of the virtual infrastructure.

The project is located on an unused, dead-end portion of the I-110. By placing a building on this part of the freeway, the project makes a statement that what we need at this point in time is not more freeways, but smarter, more efficient infrastructure. p r o g r a m

Longitudinal Section/ElevationLongitudinal Section/Elevation

program

Los Angeles Traffic Management Center

Infrastructure Research Labs

ParkingIntelligent Infrastructure Research Center

This project proposes bringing the Traffic Management Center, currently buried four stories under City Hall, above ground and giving it a public presence in the city. This would give a physical, iconic face to a piece of the virtual infrastructure.

The project is located on an unused, dead-end portion of the I-110. By placing a building on this part of the freeway, the project makes a statement that what we need at this point in time is not more freeways, but smarter, more efficient infrastructure. p r o g r a mprogram

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air quality: poor

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Cross-Section

overlapping linear elements independence from the surface folded planes structure sectional separations replication: merge/split

b e t w e e n t h e f r e e w a y a n d t h e p a r k i n g s t r u c t u r e . . . s p a t i a l l a n g u a g e

overlappinglinear elements the surface

independencefrom

folded planessectional

separationsreplication:merge/splitfolded planes structure

Methodology: The site is located between the freeway and a parking structure. The project seeks to use the spatial experiences and methods inherent in these typologies such as striation and folded planes. The project also explores the edge condition of the site by turning the freeway wall into an occupied wall.

Sp07 thesis

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division + organization

freeway

structure

concrete sloping planes

enclosure

metal bridges cross through site perpendicular to grain

lightweight metal structure on top of freeway

d i v i s i o n + o r g a n i z a t i o n

lightweight metal structure on top of

freeway

metal bridges cross through site perpendicular to

grain

enclosure

concrete sloping planes

structure

freeway

I N F R A S T R U C T U R E Ss h i f t i n gs h i f t i n gs h i f t i n gI N F R A S T R U C T U R E SI N F R A S T R U C T U R E S

digitalP H Y S I C A L

The freeway system in Los Angeles is a part of what is known as the intelligent infrastructure. Digital technology is becoming increasingly important in the management and control of the infrastructure of cities. The project also proposes a campus in which these new technologies can be studied. This campus has facilities for research into both the physical and the digital components of these systems.

air quality: bad

visibility: 10 miles20 min to airport

UV index: 4

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temperature: 57 degrees

20 min to airport

UV index: 4

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Sp07 thesis

structure

structure

slab M fab. Moment frames

Combined Structure

Structural Plan

Concentrated Loads on Top of Existing Freeway Supports

Column and Beam StructureBeside Freeway

The concrete post-and-beam structure of the buildings echo the construction of the freeways, contrasting with the lightweight steel pieces set on top of the freeway that focus their load over the existing freeway supports. Another element of the project is the creation of an occupied freeway wall, creating an active edge condition.

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Level 03/32=18 feet below street level

Level 08 feet below street level

Longitudinal Section3/32=1

labs

exterior space

offices

research library

occupied freeway wall

vehicle technology lab

computer lab

Longitudinal Section

freeway below

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10 hotelPRESTON SCOTT COHEN, INC

HODGETTS + FUNG DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE

HODGETTS + FUNG DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE

10-11 museumsPRESTON SCOTT COHEN, INC

Section 2: PROFESSIONAL

10-11 hotelPRESTON SCOTT COHEN, INC

The competition brief for the Longgang district of Shenzen called for four separate buildings: a childrens center, a sci-ence museum, an art museum, and a bookstore. The site is a linear strip of land sandwiched between a large park and an area of the city that will soon be redeveloped.

This series of buildings must act as a mediator, fi ltering pe-destrians through from the city to the park. The divisions between the buildings create pedestrian streets. The forms of the buildings bend and twist to direct views of the park and of the city.

Longgang District Museums

Shenzen, ChinaPreston Scott Cohen, Inc.Competition, 2010-2011

10 hotel10-11 museums

facadeThe facade is the main method of connecting the four buildings, creating an overall fi gure. These facades are composed of planar elements that form doubly-curved surfaces. The scale of the pattern is in constant motion. Sometimes the pattern contracts or expands while oth-er times the turn of a corner corresponds to an abrupt jump in scale.

1 defi ne isocurve pattern circles at intersections for spacing

2 tangent lines in pinwheel pattern 3 intersect tangent lines 4 generate curvature for fi rst pinwheel set of planes

5 work outward to consecutive sets 6 construct planes perpendicular to normal

7 construct isocurves 8 construct network surface from isocurves

10 hotel10-11 museums

10 hotel10-11 hotel

On this hilly site, surrounding a valley, the Yuzhou hotel wants to expand their facilities, building a brand new 5-star hotel as well as a conference center and sports complex.

The site is a lush plateau in the middle of the city. For security reasons, the project brief contained strict constraints in terms of height limits and views in certain directions. The design was a negotiation between the experience of garden villas and the effi ciency and connectedness of a large-scale modern hotel.

Chongqing Yuzhou Hotel

Chongqing, ChinaPreston Scott Cohen, Inc.Competition, 2010-2011

The competition brief specifi ed that this was to be a gar-den hotel. This was translated into an idea for low, villa-like buildings set in a garden but connected through circulation into a cohesive whole. The fi nal design used system of branching courtyards that were split open and angled.

The site had a strict height limit because of security con-cerns with sight lines to an existing villa used to accom-modate visiting governmental offi cials. This was dealt with by carefully orienting and angling wings away from forbidden views and towards desirable views.

garden hotelORIGINAL: Branching Courtyards DISTORTED: Split open

Hotel Typology Studies

10 hotel10-11 hotel

10 hotel10-11 hotel

The hotel contains 400 rooms and 40 suites. There are three levels of rooms and a fourth penthouse level of suites. The top level steps back to create a wide terrace around the perimeter of the building. The rooms are screened by a wood grill that is inspired by traditional Chinese garden screens but which uses parametric patterning to narrow as it approaches an opening.

The transition hallways ramp to allow the building to step up or down with the landscape. The passageways surround garden courtyards and leave the rooms free to look out onto the site.

rooms/suites

Levels 1-3: Standard Rooms

North Wing: 5 Ro

1:1200

Level 4: Suites

HOTEL

CONFERENCECENTER

SPORTSCENTER

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As part of the GSAs Design Excellence Program, Hodgetts + Fung was asked to design a new border station on the U.S. Mexican Border. The border station is meant to be a Port of the Future, an effort to generate new ideas as a model for future stations. The main element of the project is a long canopy that shades the inspection area, com-posed of modules that can be prefabricated and joined on site.

[This project was awarded the 2008 On the Boards Award by the GSA.]

Donna Rio-Bravo Port of Entry

Donna, TexasHodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture2007-2008

Because of the isolated nature of many border stations, the team investigated systems in which prefabricated modules could be assembled on site. The final solution consisted of a series of rigid composite polygons with translucent fabric stretched between to provide even, diffuse daylighting for the border agents while providing protection from direct sunlight.

I was involved with this project from conceptual design through schematic design. I worked with a principal on the design and built the presentation model. I built Rhino models of the canopy module system and created diagrams and presentation drawings as well as working with two other designers and a project manager on the schematic design drawing set.

SECONDARY STRUCTURE

PRIMARY STRUCTURE

GALVANIZED CORRUGATED STEEL DECKING

LIGHT FIXTURE ON TRACK FOR EASE OF MAINTENANCE

OPENING IN STEEL DECKING TO ALLOW FOR MAINTENANCE ACCESS

TEDLAR COATED TRANSLUCENT FIBERGLASS CLOTH

EXTRUDED ALUMINUM ATTACHMENT

PREFABRICATED CANOPY MODULE B

PREFABRICATED BOX BEAM

PREFABRICATED CANOPY MODULE A

GALVANIZED STEEL CLADDING

CATWALK FOR MAINTENANCE

BALLISTIC GLAZING

BOOTH DIFFUSER (PRESSURIZING BOOTH)

STEEL BARRIER

AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST INTAKE

ROOFTOP AIR EXHAUST TURBINE

INTAKE REGISTER (FROM CANOPY PLENUM)

GALVANIZED STEEL CLADDING

AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST EXTRACTION SYSTEM

TRAFFIC SIGNAL

MAINTENANCE CATWALK

STEEL BARRIER

BALLISTIC GLAZING

BOOTH EYEBROW

SUPPLY AIR DIFFUSER

VEH. EXHAUST INTAKE

HIGH VEHICLE BARRIER

ROOFTOP AIR TURBINE

VEHICLE EXHAUSTEXTRACTION SYSTEM

INTAKE REGISTER FROM CANOPY PLENUM

GALVANIZED CORR.STEEL DECKING

07-08 border

The project was initiated by a campus master plan, lay-ing out a phased plan for the growth of Jesuit High School onto recently-purchased adjacent lands. The centerpiece of the fi rst part of this expansion is a 13,000 square foot, 400-seat chapel for the campus.

The chapel will present a new face for the campus, serv-ing both as a worship space for the student body and the larger community. The project was heavily guided by the values and beliefs of the Jesuit order as well as the needs of the school.

Jesuit High School Chapel of the North American Martyrs

Carmichael, CaliforniaHodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture2007-2009 07-09 chapel

FAIR OAKS BOULEVARD

FAIR OAKS BLVD.

AMERICAN RIVER DRIVE

JAC

OB

LA

NE

LANTERN CT.GO

RD

ON

LA

NE

LEGEND:

ROADS/PARKING LOT

PLANTED AREA

SIDEWALK

WATER

SPECIAL PAVING

TREE

LANTERN COU

EXISTING PARKING LOT:250 SPACES

NEW PARKING LOT B: 46 SPACES

NEW PARKING LOT A: 49 SPACES

DROP-OFF AREA

FIRE LANE

NEW ROAD

PROPOSED 8' CMU WALL

WATERPLAZA ACCESSIBLERAMP

RAISED PLANTEDAREA

RETAINING WALL

CONC. STEPS

BENCH AROUNDPLANTER

EXISTING 8' CMU WALL

NEW ROAD

EXISTING GYM

EXISTING SLIFE CENTE

PROPERTY LINE

BERM

BRIDGE OVERWATER

EXISTING ENTRY ROAD

PROPOSED CHAPEL

CHAPEL ENTRANCE

CHAPEL ENTRANCE

WALKWAY

TEMPORARY LOT

SWALE

PROPOSED SCHOOL SIGNAGE

I was the main person responsible for this project under the project manager. My involvement spanned master planning, conceptual design, schematic design, and into design development. I worked directly with the prin-cipals on the design of the building, creating countless sketch models and digital studies and producing draw-ings and renderings for multiple presentations. This was the fi rms fi rst project in Revit and I led the Revit model-ing in the offi ce, creating standards and protocols to be used in future projects.

07-09 chapel

F.F.E.76.20'

F.F.E.76.20'

T.O. WALL99.20'

VESTIBULE/GATHERING

101

ELECTRICALROOM

104

EXPOSED WIDEFLANGE FASCIA

A C

CLERESTORY ABOVE CURVED WALL

WOOD ENTRY DOORS

LOWEREDCEILING ATENTRY

WIDE FLANGE LATERALSYSTEM WITH GLAZINGSYSTEM BEYOND

95.20'

19' -

0"

4' -

0"

113.92'

111.41'

35' -

3"

2' -

6"

B.O. CEILING

T.O. STEEL

B.O. STEEL

Floor Plan

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