PAPERMatthew Messner

HOUSEARCH551

Prof.Paul PreissnerProf.Laura Fehlberg

PARALLAXARCH552

Prof.Penelope DeanProf. Andrew Moddrell

INTERIOR CITYARCH553

Prof. Alexander EisenschmidtProf.Sarah Dunn (coordinator)

THE BLOCKARCH554

Prof. Xavier Vendrell

A GO GOARCH565

Prof. Sam JacobProf.Jimenez Lai

School of ArchitectureUniversity of Illinois Chicago

2010-13

HOUSEAn Experiment in formal and figural design techniques exploring the implications of the house.

With the primitive house shape as a constant, scale operates as a variable defining various conditions.

Through careful articulation and control of the scale, literal and phenomenal effects are achieved including transparency, legibility, and spatial hierarchy.

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TransformationTransformative illustrations diagram spacial and formal concepts as the house is altered from the original primitive.

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Plan and SectionThresholds and level changes produced by the changing scale of the primitive shape produce spacial definition in plan and section.

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Upper Level

Main Level

Lower Level

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House

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PARALLAXExploration through iterative physical model building informs complex spatial relationships.

Comprising of a single folded ribbon Parallax achieves form and functionality through a series of simple moves.

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4in. Rubber/Paper Iterations

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Wire Frame 16in. Advanced Iteration

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Final Iteration

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MOVESThe entirety of the project is produced by four moves that form the path, wall, and level change conditions.

The 6km of path that make up the 165,000sqft of the project become manageable as the path parallels itself allowing for moments of short cut and expanded floor space.

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Folds

Path Making

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East Section

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Ground Level

West Elevation East Elevation

Level 01

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South Elevation North Elevation

Level 02 Level 05

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Ascending

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Spatial Relationships

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PARALLAX

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INTERIOR CITY

An investigation into interior shape, space, and form.

Early interior studies look at the performative nature of the interior section through a series of 400 drawings. Notable interiors in architectural history were turned, scaled and reappropriated to gain a new (mis)understanding of their form.

(Re)Programming

Given 1,000,000sqft of program, consisting of Cultural, Academic, and Housing, specific shapes were appropriated accordingly to configure and imagine the beginning of a building form.

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Museum

Museum Admin

Art School Gallery

Retail Stores

Restaurants

Auditoria

Studios

Classrooms

Library

Support

Art School Admin

Dormitory

Visiting Artist Apts

Student Health Center

Student Lounge

Sports Center

Bowling/Gaming

Cinima

Bicycal Parking

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Confrence Center

Auditoria

Main Collection Collection Services

Sports Center

Cinemas

Art School Gallery

Specialized Appropriations Congurations @ 200%

0 3X GalleryOrphanage

180 10X Confrence HallRobie House

0 1X AuditoriumCooper Unioncc

180 .5X AuditoriumGuggenheim

0 .5X AuditoriumKunsthal

90 2X AuditoriumParlament

0 3X LibraryUnite

90 5X TheaterPagota

180 1X PoolPantheon

90 1X Rock WallSainajoki House

90 .25X Diving PoolGalavian Center

0 10X Driving RangeNotre Dame

INTERIOR VIEWINGAPPARATUS

As two dimensional, and historical based studies were exhausted, the IVA was conceived as a means of engaging with pure interior spaces.

Experienced through a series of wide angle peep-holes, the interior of the IVA is filled with fantastic interlocking spaces. The IVA played an important roll in the understanding of perception of space and adjacencies.

Fantastic Interiors

As the formal aspects of the project were calibrated, the building was divided into the Fantastic and the Normative. Specialized events would happen in the Fantastic spaces and the more banal activities a Normative Typical Plan.

How these two worlds relate and interact with each other introduces a third spatial type, that produces moments of unexpected delight.

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Section

The Fantastic shapes of the specialized interiors float in the medium of a Miesien tower.

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Plan

The interplay of shape and floorplate provide for instances of unique organization.

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1:64 PLAN

1:256 PLANS

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SiteSituated in the heart of Chicago, at the intersection of the branches of the Chicago River on the corner of Canal St. and Lake St., Interior City, begins to imply an urban interiority.

East Elevation

The Normative

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Entering the Fantastic

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A Different World

Moving Through Spaces

INTERIOR CITY

The Block

The Block utilizes efficient space planning and unique unit organization to allow for each unit to have access to its three interior courts. The appearance of the monolithic exterior belies a bright open interior.

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Elevation and Section

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Unit Aggregation

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Interior of 1000sq.ft. Unit

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Interior Court

The Block

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A GO GO

An initial investigation into the potentials of Architectural representation, A GO GO explores the conflation of plan, section, and elevation. A building without direction and all direction, its floating cubic shape enforces its autonomy. Programmatically a series of Urban Mansions and Couch Houses, A GO GO blurs and blends concepts of Aggregation, ownership and community.

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Section/Plan Drawing

An Architectural drawing of a non-Architecture. Plan, section, elevation, pattern, scale, and orientation, come together to realize new relationships and understandings.

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PLAN

The final plan, section, and elevation of A GO GO are all derived from the same base drawing. Pattern and line work together to create space that is at once ambiguous as well as specific.

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