a collection of works by

Brian Petrucci

New Jersey Institute of Technology undergraduate NJSOA bmp29@njit.edu

urban graduate housing

india primary school

LEED platinum townhouse

bundle tower

williamsburg tower

0102030405

Table of Contents

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01 urban graduate housing

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Urban graduate housing is a medium to high density, mixed-use student and visitor hous-ing for one block in the University Heights district of Newark. It is intended as a place where graduate students, resident scholars, and visiting lecturers can live as part of a community.Working in groups, each member designed a building on the site. This building focused on studio apartments, one and two bedroom apartments, and duplexes, in conjunction with shared community spaces and retail space. The massing voids are in response to the low rise housing across the street to provide adequate light to the block through the building as not to permanently cast into shodow.

Mart

Entry

Entry

Daycare Playground

BACKYARDS

ParkingEntry

Cafe

Water Collection

Pond

Water Collection

Pond

BACKYARDSBACKYARDSBACKYARDS

020’

40’

80’

Bookstore

McGoverns Gallery

Italian Restaurant

Tony’s Pizza

Bike Storage

To Parking

Parking BelowMain Entrance

Office Mail

Cafe Terrace

Pedestrian Street

Ground Floor Plan / Site Site Model

Ground Floor Plan / Building

Maintaining Street Line Pushing Back & Extending Outwards

Horizontal Void Vertical Voids

South Elevation

North Elevation

Perspective Section

Building Section

LOUNGEFITNESS

MEDIA

TERRACE

ROOF GARDEN

Fourth Floor Plan

Fifth Floor Plan

Typical Ninth-Eleventh Floor Plan

Model

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02 india primary school

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The India Primary School seeks to bring an education center to a rural neighborhood. Located adjacent to a river in Modasa, India, the site calls for a lightweight construction that emphasizes airflow. Due to the rural location of the site and the rustic community, it was strongly encouraged to use native building materials.The IPS was a completely hand-drawn project to emphasis the limited use of technology in the area. The design revolves around a modular shape that is applied to both classrooms and larger spaces. The design directs airflow through the spaces while allowing ample natural light in and shedding water out. The design promotes both interior and exterior learning envior-nemtnts.

Site Plan

Continuity DiagramOrientation Diagram Adjacency Diagram

Floor Plan

Model

Building Section

Site Section

Building Section / Design Strategy

Construction Assmebly Construction Detail / Bamboo Connection

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03 LEED platinum townhouse

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The Stack House was designed to be a LEED platinum rated townhouse in NYC. The site chosen was in Chelsea, located near major transportation hubs and public green spaces. The passive design revolves around a stack effect in the center of the building and large openings at the front and rear of the house for airflow. The house is equipped with solar panels designed to handle almost all of the electrical load needed, in addition a solar glass wall. Water harvesting and reuse allows proper recycling of water where allowed and Energy Star systems run the house. The exterior was designed to bring a more modern feel to a historically uniform housing block.

416 W 22nd St, Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC

Infill Lot

Neighborhood Green Spaces

W 22nd St

PlanSection

‘private’ program(bedrooms + sedondary)

‘public’ program(main living spaces)

performative vertical circulation

Programmatic Concepts (private/circulation/living)

distributed hot waterdistributed greywaterreturn greywaterdistributed irrigationsewage waterelectric pump

rainwater

rainwater cistern

furnace

hot water heater

greywater filter/tank

Ventilation Concepts (stack effect)

Natural Daylight (rear facade facing due south)Rainwater Collection & Distribution

SunModule Plus SW 270wSolar Panel DImensions: 37.5” x 66.0” x 1.25”35 Fixed TiltTotal # of Panels: 42(270) x (42) = 11,340w = 11.3 kW

CW-60 photovoltaic glassSolar Panel DImensions: 48”” x 52” x 1.00”90 Fixed TiltTotal # of Panels: 36(60) x (36) = 2,160 w = 2.10 kW

$2,039.28 energy value from main panels $257.67 energy value from pv glass

$2,296.95 toal energy value from solar collection

Green Roof Perspective

Interior Stair Perspective

Solar Panel Output

Solar Glass Output

Perspective Section

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04 bundle tower

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The bundle tower is a rethought version of the typical core and shell. The project was split into two sections; the first was group work to develop a prototype, and the second was individual application of the prototype onto a site.The prototype of the bundle allows for circulation cores and structure to be pulled to the outside of the building, creating their own masses. This provides large, open floor plates for easy customization. The tubes of the tower all shift in and out as the building rises, creating smaller, more private floor plates or large, open floor plates.

Model Building Section

Lower Floor Plan / Isolated Middle Floor Plan / Together

Middle Floor Plan / Sky Lobby Upper Floor Plan / Isolated

Model

East River Bundle Tower

FDR Drive Axis

Houston Street Axis

Bundling

Massing Diagram East River Green Spaces

East River Pedestrian Density

StructureMain Structure Supporting Structure Belt Truss

Building Section

Site Section / Ground

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05 williamsburg tower

05 The Williamsburg Tower is a hybrid building that lifts the street and invites the public up and into the towers. Stradlling the JMZ line, three towers rise up on either side, giving the mass for a grade school and various housing apartments. The bottom of the building features a concourse that serves Williams-burg bus and train users, as well as the neighborhood, as they are invited through the towers via a ribbon-like concourse filled with music and art. The strong cultural ties encourage learning in both the school as well as the neighborhood, and the tower is intended to serve as the gateway to Brooklyn for people entering from Manhattan.

Building Section

Bus Terminal Concourse

School Housing

Concourse Diagram

Bird’s Eye Perspective

User Experience

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