Paul R. Myers2012

Introduction

I am currently pursing a M.Arch. degree at the University of Maryland. This portfolio is a representation of my design work here at UMD. My hope is that this collection work provides a good understanding of my progress during these first three semesters of a seven semester program,

The collection includes examples of abstract representation, architectural design projects, context analysis, selections from my Rome/Italy sketchbook, and a few non-architectural drawings.

Paul R. Myerspmyers006@gmail.com719.238.3803

ContentsAbstract Representation 5Glenn Dale - Housing 12Glenn Dale - School 14Glenn Dale - Master Plan 18Baltimore Grid/Market Analysis 20Avenue Market Analysis 22Cross Street Market - Take 1 24Cross Street Market - Take 2 28Federal Hill Master Plan 34Sketching /Analysis 38Drawing 44

PerspectivesInterpretation of the poem

High Windows

by Philip Larkin

LandscapeAbstract model representing

landscape as a layered surface

Abstract RepresentationThe following images represent an exploration of digital composition that is intended to represent or interpret a concept. Most of the design began with a digital model and were developed further using a combination of Adobe softwares. The underlying goal of these projects was to begin to view these programs as compositional and design tools. The struggle was to interpret each concept as a digital model and then to reinterpret the into two-dimensional composition.

Repitition, Pattern, and VarianceExploration of the relationships between repitition and

variation, and between difference and similarity

PradaInterpretation of the

Prada Store, NYC

Abstract Representation

CirclesInterpretation of painting by

Sol Lewitt, Wall Drawings #935

SpaceRepresentation of

MOMA San Francisco Lobby

Fantasy GatesTriptych collage using photographs

of architecture by Antonio Gaudi

Abstract Representation

The Glenn Dale Hospital is a tuberculosis hospital in Glenn Dale, MD that is now derelict. The site is composed of three intact buildings, the adult hospital, the children’s hospital, and the nurse quarters, on a large open field that is surrounded by trees. Understanding that the buildings are, for the most part, in salvagable condition, there is a desire to adaptively reuse them.

The following three projects all focus on developing the site as an arts community. The community is intended to be a retail, work, and residential development.

Glenn Dale Campus

Glenn Dale - Housing

The housing project shown here reuses the existing adult hospital as an apartment building with a performance center attached.

The program requirements were to create 100 units of housing varying in size up to 2000+ sq.ft. with the expectation that many of the units would be live/work. This required that varied types of work conditions be available for different types of artists.

The primary difficulty encountered in using this building for housing was the spacing of the columns and overall widths of the building which was only intended to support hospital rooms.

In this design the narrowness of the column spacing is overcome by minimizing the use of corridors, especially double-loaded, and using 2-story and interlocking apartment units.

Glenn Dale - School

The program for the arts community required a school that focused on the arts as part of the curriculum. The school needed to be 75,000sq.ft. and serve grades kindergarten through the twelfth grade. To support the arts education, the school was required to various labs for different types of art training and rehearsal. These labs were to include physical arts, such as dance or drama, and visual, such as painting or sculpture. The designer was free to choose the site of the school within the Glenn Dale campus and to build the school as a new building or within one of the existing structures.

This design places the school among the ruins of the old power plant for the campus and uses the massive water tower for the site as the center focus of the building. The main lobby of the school sits underneath the water tower with the legs of the tower punching through the roof and the arts labs that surround the space.

The school is organized as a series of “learning streets” the intersect underneath the water tower. The streets function as the main circulation to which the classrooms are attached and as impromptu gathering spaces. The streets also separate the different ages of students. The power plant that includes a towering brick smoke stack is reused as a stage with an attached outdoor amphitheater. The walls of the old building are left as ruins to create an enclosure for the theater.

Glenn Dale - School

Natural Park: 110 Acres

Arts Campus: 60 Acres

Arts Park Phase II: 10 Acres

Arts Park Phase III: 15 Acres

Glenn Dale - Master PlanExisting

Proposed Axes Proposed Program

The initial phase of the Glenn Dale projects was to create a master plan for the campus. This project was done as group project between Kristen Fox and myself. The objective was to create an over arching plan to fulfill the residential and retail needs of this arts community and to incorporate a performing arts center, arts library, arts school, and senior center into the campus.

Our scheme uses the existing axes as the main generators. The existing street that cuts through the site is developed as a “main street” along which the bulk of the live/work housing is placed. These housing units are designed to be used as apartments with workspace below that can be converted into store fronts. By taking advantage of this existing thorough fare the retail units would create outside interest and income for the community.

The other axis that runs through the site is emphasized as path through the campus from the expected train station behind the adult building, intersects with the main street, leads into a series of sculpture gardens, and ends at the school or art gallery.

Main Street

group project by Kristen Fox and Paul Myers

Baltimore Grid/Market Analysis

Grid History

Figure/Ground - Roads

Historic Districts

Figure/Ground - Buildings

Charm City Circulator Market spheres of influence

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Figure/Ground

Markets

Grid Lines

Market Typologies

Vertical LinesHorizontal LinesPattern

Leading up to a design project for the Cross Street Market in south Baltimore, we explored many different methods of urban analysis.

The goal was for us to become familiar with the city of Baltimore and its markets but that we would also discover the creative potential of analysis.

As a class, we began by looking at Baltimore as a whole and then began to narrow our focus to markets, Baltimore’s markets, and, finally, to the Cross Street Market.

Displayed are some examples of my involvement in these analyses.

East on Laurens

Avenue Market Analysis

Approach VignettesWest on LaurensNorth on Penn

Neighborhood Studies GridBuilding Types

Traffic Zoning Intersecting Grids

Vacancies

South on FremontNorth on Fremont

Street Hierarchy

To further explore the creativity of analysis, we examined the context of the Avenue Market in Baltimore.

From a grid and location perspective the market seems to be well located where grids intersect and in between numerous neighborhoods. The approach vignettes, however, lead to a different conclusion. The neighbor hood appears to be in decisive mix of density with well define streets and sparse lots.

The vacancies diagram further illustrates the situation. The vacant lots and properties are so pervasive that the streets are apparent when only dots are used to mark vacancies.

group project by Kristen Fox and Paul Myers

Cross Street Market - Take 1The Cross Street Market has a long history as a successful market. Today it is still quite busy despite the building that it is in. The site is a 500’ x 65’ block that is flanked by two narrow streets. The neighborhood of Federal Hill is growing and prosperous, an oddity in Baltimore today.

The project is to take advantage of this ideal location with a program that fills the site’s 5 f.a.r. and provides more amenity for the neighborhood.

This design is inspired by South Baltimore’s rich history of steel and ship building. The structure of the building becomes the dominant feature from which the rest of the building is developed.

The long central hall creates a grand market space that reflects many of the old markets of Baltimore. The markets created similar halls in which wares were exchanged and people connected. Above the main market level there are spaces for other retail shops, restaurants, and offices. The three-story height of the central allows the areas to stay connected to the vibrancy of the market.

Finally, to the tower portion of the building is dedicated to residences to increase the density of the market and help support the cost of the building. The tower is canted toward the south to decrease the summer sun and increase the winter sun on the north side. This shift also has the effect of the north side of the building appearing more like a three-story structure so that it matches the neighboring facades.

CIRCULATION

MARKET

CIVIC/PUBLIC

COMMERCIAL

RESIDENTIAL

Cross Street Market - Take 1

Cross Street Market - Take 2

In this second iteration of the Cross Street Market Project, the idea of the market as a place of exchange and connection is maintained but the idea of the market as a grand hall is inverted. The market is designed as a series of individual stalls that connect to each other as the ascend from the ground level. The ground level, then, is left open as a public space with the market stalls as objects in this space. The middle levels of the building provide space for retail and offices. The upper levels house more civic spaces like a town meeting space, theater, and rooftop park.

Cross Street Market - Take 2PUBLIC PRIVATE

MARKET

The stalls are steel frame clad with translucent plastic panels on the market level and glass curtain walls on the upper levels. During the day the stalls appear opaque with the upper, glazed levels being transparent. At night the appearance of the market is determined the activity within. The market level would glow with the translucency of the panels and the upper levels would seem to disappear in the dark if unused or become even more transparent if active.

Market Stalls

north elevation

south elevation

east elevation west elevation

Site Elevation

Project Elevation Organization Process

Cross Street Market - Take 2

Federal Hill Master Plan

To become more familiar with the uniqueness of the context of the Cross Street Market, we developed a master plan for south Baltimore.

Our goals were to create more porosity between this area and the rest of Baltimore, capture the value of the waterfront to the south and increase the diversity of this mostly residential area.

Our obstacles were Highway 95 that cuts of access to the southern waterfront, the sports stadiums (actually the attached parking lots) to the west that create a no-man’s land, and the industry that covers the lower half of the peninsula.

The master plan calls for three new major developments. The “sports zone” creates an active shopping, dining, and residential area in place of the parking lots, thereby creating a connection to the other neighborhoods.

group project by Kim Sullivan Centrone and Paul Myers

Existing

Proposed

Buildings

Highways

Grid

Proposed

High-rise Neighborhood

Sports Zone

High-rises

Market Nodes

Attraction Nodes

Garden Nodes

Buildings

Highways

Grid

Federal Hill Master Plangroup project by Kim Sullivan Centrone and Paul Myers

The “low-rise” neighborhood is created by condensing the industry to the east of the peninsula.

The “high-rise neighborhood” takes advantage of an under developed area of the peninsula. Zoning a new area for high-rise structures takes the pressure off of the over-stuffed current downtown and creates a new source of jobs for south Baltimore.

A series of additional connections is then added to merge the new and currently isolated areas of south Baltimore. First, the market is re-imagined as a series of mobile markets that circulate around the peninsula and use the current Cross Street Market as a dispatch area.Second, the parks throughout the area are enhanced to create a system of parks and trails. Lastly, the current attractions such as the market and Fort McHenry and linked to new amenities such as the new waterfront, the community centers under the highway, and the sports center.

Sketching /Analysis

Sketching /Analysis

Sketching /Analysis

Drawing