Burgin Halla Smela Farnsworth

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Wall section detail emphasizing seasonal thermal conditions - 3/16 = 1 0

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During warm weather, air ventsare opened at the base of thedouble skinned glass facadeand drawn up into the air cavity,preventing excess heat gain.During cold weather, the ventsare closed, trapping in warm air,creating a thermal buffer betweenthe two glass layers. Radiantheating beneath travertine tilesheats the interior space withoutover-drying the air, while radiantheated roof panels prevent snowaccumulation during the wintermonths

Excess warm air escapes throughself-regulating vents into thecentral courtyard. Opposing wallsof the courtyard feature operableNanawall accordion-style bi-foldsliding doors. These, coupled witha shallow reecting pool, allowair to be drawn in and cooled asit enters and exits the building,creating a soothing micro-climate. Water for the courtyardis harvested from collected rainand runoff from melted snow onthe roof

Details of wall section indicating performative heating and cooling properties - Various scales


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Exterior gathering space featuring Mies van der Rohe statue

Flexible ofce and conference space Interactive video and furniture gallery

Exploded structural axonometric

Designed around the conceptual statement Even less is more asan articulation of Miesian principles with a contemporary approach,the New Farnsworth Visitors Center is seen as a subservientsupporting structure to the Farnsworth House. To emphasize this

concept as clearly as possible, the proposal attempts to literallydisappear into the landscape around it. The highly reective thinlyframed glass windows surrounding the building form a visuallyambiguous plane that blurs the line between interior and exterior,ground and sky, building and land. Once inside the focus shifts, asthe interior side of the glass skin is nearly completely transparent,allowing for a visual connection to the surrounding landscape.Embedded between the two glass skins hide the structural columnsfor the roof plane, which double as the mullions for both glassexpanses. The interior volumes are composed of a primavera woodcore, a glass courtyard with opposing operable Nanawall systems,interactive projected video displays, and original Mies furnituredesigns from Knoll and Herman Miller. Upon exiting the VisitorsCenter, the visitor is aligned centrally wish a bronze bust of Miesvan der Rohe framed behind by a mirrored pavilion within the largerexterior gathering space. The path then leads the visitor on a raisedwalking platform to the re-introduced sculpture garden, featuring atri-annual design competition to display modernist art in the styleof Richard Serra, Sol Lewitt, or Donald Judd. This new river walkpark encourages increased cultural tourism to the site, along withproviding an ADA accessible approach to the Farnsworth House.

The river walk park is made possible through the re-distribution ofearth on site, creating a controlled ood plane to help contain risingwater from the neighboring Fox River. The proposals organizationalapproach is based on the golden ratio, which is applied to the plan,courtyard, exterior gathering space, and the entire master plan ofthe site. Ultimately, progression through the interior volume andalong the exterior path is composed as a homage to Mies rationaldesign approach, and attempts to memorialize his ideas for futuregenerations to learn from and enjoy.

Public vs. Private with golden section dictating layout and proportion

Views from exterior are reected back while views from the interior are clear

Interactive virtual reality/panoramic interiorperspective of proposal. Compatible with anymobile or desktop QR reader. Browser mustsupport HTML 5 to view. Supported browsers:Internet Explorer, Safari, FireFox or Ch rome


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Sculpture GardenFeaturing Tri-annual

design competitionto display works of

modernist sculpture

within new river walk park

PreservationImplementation of

Robert Silman hydrauliclift design to preserve

Farnsworth during

inclement weather

Gathering SpaceMirrored Pavilion

within exteriorgathering space

New sculpture garden and river walk park

BarnsworthRelocated andre-purposed asrestrooms

Flood PreventionRe-distribution of earth

on site to create apermeable oodplain,

expanding the Fox

Rivers reach

River WalkRedesign of approach to

Farnsworth House intoADA accessibleriver-front park

Site OrganizationSite plan design andspacing based off ofbisection of golden

section

ParkingPervious paving,Includes spaces

for 50-75 vehicles,with overow

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Before: Current site conditions offer no storm water management plan, causing frequent ooding along the southern edge of the Fox River After: By re-distributing the earth on site, oodwaters are encouraged to expand into a new oodplain in the center of the site, surrounded by an 8-10 landberm controlling water ow and preventing further ood damage to Farnsworth House or the New Visitors Center

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