D A N I E L RUS S O N I E L LOB. A r c h 2 0 1 2

[Competit ion] 111th John Stewardson Memoria l Fel lowship I n Architec ture

Shutt le Stop

Ho(s)te l

Habitat Headquar ters

Graduate School of Susta inable Design

[O ff ice] Super Dock ing

[Sketch-book] Meditat ion Space 1

[Sketch-book] Meditat ion Space 2

Single Cel l House

Oasis Urban Pr ison

[Competit ion] NYC AIDS Memoria l Bel l Park

D A N I E L RUS S O N I E L LOB. A r c h 2 0 1 2

P h i l a d e l p h i a U n i v e r s i t y

Projec ts

[Competit ion] 111th John Stewardson Memoria l Fel lowship I n Architec ture 04

Shutt le Stop 06

Ho(s)te l 10

Habitat Headquar ters 18

Graduate School of Susta inable Design 22

[O ff ice] Super Dock ing 28

[Sketch-book] Meditat ion Space 1 30

[Sketch-book] Meditat ion Space 2 30

Single Cel l House 31

Oasis Urban Pr ison 32

[Competit ion] NYC AIDS Memoria l Bel l Park 38

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Nearby schools can br ing students dur ing the day when theatres are underused for out- of- c lass lessons.

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Topographic layers rise to provide seating and shelter.

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Design Team:Dan Rusoniello

Michael LouisonKyle Witmer

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This project continues an active urban fabric past the barrier of I-95 in cooperation with new development plans for the Delaware River waterfront by layering commercial and event spaces to mix Philadelphians with a constant rotation of hotel and hostel visitors. The location provides ample walking access to public transit and many of the tourist amenities of the waterfront and historic district.

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Types of establishments include but are not constrained to: Eatery, Deli, Flower Shop, General Convenient Store, and Coffee Shop

Vendors that provide different services than those of the consistent Market space and various types of performers are encouraged to reserve this space

for the length of time appropriate to the event type

Park/Plaza space available for public gathering when it is not reserved for another event.

Underlying Park Space

The hotel is designed to allow a continuous visual connection...

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...to the Delaware River, Center City skyline, and the plaza space directly below...

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...to the Delaware River, Center City skyline, and the plaza space directly below...

...whether guests are in their rooms, the hallway, a communal space, or event space.

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Two layers of sliding screens create an interactive system provide shading and variation through user control.

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Habitat for Humanity of Philadelphia is expanding its operations with a new headquarters and “Re-Store” facility. The new building uses visual connections between spaces and along vertical and horizontal circulation paths to heighten awareness of other users. It ties together Habitat’s different administrative functions so that the organization can more effectively serve the community.

While acknowledging the necessary divide between the Re-store and Habitat spaces, the points where they meet are designed to allow those who enter the Re-Store to be visually connected to the activity of Habitat.

HABITAT FOR HUMANIT Y HEADQUAR TERS

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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

A new building for the M.S. in Sustainable Design graduate program at Philadelphia University helps define a campus quad with active edges. In reaction to student responses to a questionaire, the building is submerged to detract minimally from the open feeling of the quad. The gap created between the building and the main quad maintains the separation the graduate program enjoyed at its previous location, while an a entrance through a gallery space at grade keeps students connected through displays of their work.

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Sinking into the ground limits the visual barrier to the campus quad.

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A gallery on grade shows student work and allows visitors to look down on work in progress.

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Design Team: Mitchell Joachim, Nurhan Gokturk, Maria Aiolova, David Maestres, Jason Vigneri Beane. Design Team: Carlos Barrios, Alex Felson, Walter Meyer, Melanie Fessel, Zafirah Bacchus, Ivy Chan, Courtney Chin, Adrian De Silva, Julianne Geary, Francisco Gill, Shima Ghafouri, Jacqueline Hall, Kelly Kim, Florian Lorenz, Bart Mangold, Dustin Mattiza, Chema Perez, Alsira Raxhimi, Daniel Russoniello, Melody Song, Allison Shockley, Katherine Sullivan.

SUPER DOCKINGBROOKLYN NAVY YARD

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“On an urban industrial site in Brooklyn, New York, Super Docking imagines a self-sustained working waterfront as a center for clean industries that are incubators for new technologies. The designed landscape is adapted to local climate dynamics and is outfitted for a living infrastructure to seamlessly connect land and water. The project interfaces the historic dry-docks, which are retrofitted into five distinct research and production facilities; massive 3D digital prototyping/ scanning, replicable test beds for studies in limnology and restorative ecology, freight delivery of raw materials and finished goods, automated shipbuilding, and phytoremediation barges for CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) issues. The surface of the site mitigates architectural space and river flows. It supports programs to clean polluted water and sets the terrain for privileging pedestrian movement throughout the site. The project docks are highlighted by shapeable deployable structures and membranes. It is an industrial ecology landscape established to manage both man made and natural systems, with reinforced land use needs. The current urgency to aggregate areas for innovation with social and economic diversity is in demand. Our project encourages research, both as an industrial activity and as an ecological intervention. We wish to promote new products, jobs, green office spaces, and areas of exchange.”

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MEDITATION SPACE I : I n MotionMeditation does not have to be stationary. A repetitive climb, and then free fall takes a person through different modes of thought and considers vertical movement through urban space. Here two options are presented, a free-fall inside a building ending in certain death upon crashing into a pool at its base, and an exterior controlled fall in one of the highest bungee jumps in the world.

MEDITATION SPACE I I : Time SpaceA metal dome is suspended in a square stone shaft over a platform that reveals water around its edges. Vegetation grows down over the dome and hangs from it above the meditator’s head. Over time rain erodes the outline of the dome on the platform below and its sound echoes when it hits the dome.

SINGLE CELL HOUSEThe owner of this home spends most of their time away at work, and on weekends seeks a place to relax in privacy but also entertain small groups of friends. The kitchen shelves act as stairs between the lower level and a raised loft space offering full circle views over a ring of grassed roof.

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This prison at the corner of 30th and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia contains 26 living pods holding 468 inmates.

The housing pods are lifted individually high above ground level, affording security from the outside world and providing views and access to light. Their height also gives the prison a powerful presence on the skyline. Support services extend from ground level to two levels above upper 30th street. The roof surface acts as an outdoor garden for the inmate recreation and cylindrical voids are cut down through the floors to let light into the spaces below.

Connection to the earth and to the openness of the outdoors is an important part of inserting a respite of calm into the life of an inmate. The prisoner has a sense of control in gardening and the growing season culminates in a moment of pride—the inmate has worked to create something that can now be shown off in an annual garden show. Each year the garden show draws the public into the prison to develop better understanding between inmates and those outside. Year-round, a gallery along Walnut Street provides information for the public on prisons and their history, as well as art, writing, or other work that inmates produce for public viewing.

OASIS URBAN PRISON

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Level 447' - 0"

3/4" glass panel 8' x 3'

6" deep aluminum mullion

Metal Flashing

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2x10" wood blocking

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4" Rigid foam insulation3" concrete slab

Poured concrete cylinder edgeSteel decking end -cap2" structural steel decking

20" circular steel channel

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3" Concrete Slab

2" Structural steel deck

5" Steel angle

1/4" steel spacer

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6' x 4' panel 3/4" glass guard-rail

3" steel angle 6"long

W10 section

6" circular steel column

7" sheer plate

Metal flashing

1x6" wood blockingComposite formed cap

Steel support mullion

Angle bracket

1/2" glass panel

2.5" cut-out

1" metal support bracket

Slip-on white composite panel

3" rigid foam insulationsoil

Rubber membrane2" rigid foam insulation

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Double-glazed interior curtain wall

Double-glazed exterior curtain wall

3" concrete slab2" structural steel decking

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5" rigid foam insulation

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A library projects over the river toward the city center.

The garden provides prisoners with a place of growth they can take ownership and pride in.

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Hanging in the trees are small bells: anyone is welcome to write their own ribbon and attach it to a bell in the park. Attaching a ribbon enables the bell to ring, allowing these stories to be heard and acknowledged.

As pedestrians approach the park via 7th Avenue or 12th Street the sidewalk changes: black granite bars, engraved with the date and title of important events in the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, extend from the site into the sidewalks. Together the individual markers form a timeline, allowing the sidewalk to tell a story as pedestrians move along it. The granite insets from the sidewalks wrap down onto the floor of the ramp and stairwell that lead the visitor to the Learning Center below; as one descends, the narrative of AIDS history continues. Inside the Center the visitor moves through galleries devoted to AIDS-inspired art pieces and special exhibits; these spaces are formed around more individualized spaces for film viewing, seminars and group learning, and offices for the curators and event planners. In the cutouts along the western edge digital screens offer interactive educational content. The light-well in which the tree grows illuminates the walls of the gallery, simultaneously serving as a focal point and also a connection to the park above. The tables just south of the ramp provide space for reflection and ribbon-writing.

NYC AIDS MEMORIAL BELL PARK

Design Team:Dan RusonielloSara Schmidt

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These ribbons bear the names, dreams, and stories of those whose lives have been taken by AIDS, are currently fighting against it, working to raise awareness, and those working to find a cure.