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Harvard Graduate School of Design
(No)bsolescence /1
�ermodynamic Laboratories /9
Steganographic Room /23
Networked Dormitory /17
Personal
Informal Athens /27
RSP Architects PopulousJaponica Partners
Brown University Columbia University GSAPP Harvard GSD
Architecture Intern Architecture InternInvestment Analyst
B.A International Relations New York/Paris architecture program Master in Architecture I
Harvard Graduate School of Design
(No)bsolescence /1
�ermodynamic Laboratories /9
Steganographic Room /23
Networked Dormitory /17
Personal
Informal Athens /27
RSP Architects PopulousJaponica Partners
Brown University Columbia University GSAPP Harvard GSD
Architecture Intern Architecture InternInvestment Analyst
B.A International Relations New York/Paris architecture program Master in Architecture I
Obsolescence plagues the physical traces of mega-events such as the Olympics. Stripped of their congregative qualities, these buildings
often fall into disuse as voids in the city.
To preclude such obsolescence, an Olympic building must serve an evergreen civic function.
Sitting atop Charlestown, the Neighborhood Olympic Conditioning Complex (NOCC) seperates its programs into a flexible bar that segues into the street and a fixed tower facing Boston. An iconic presence housing spaces that can host an array of civic functions, the NOCC perpetuates a state of (No)bsolescence well after
2024.
(No)bsolescence
GSD Core I | Spring 2015 | Instructor: Jeffry Burchard
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Public Institutions
Open Spaces
Recreation Facilities
City
Boston Charlestown
Site
20 min15 min10 min5 min20 min
10 min
5 min
Street View
City View
View from Bunker Hill St
View
from
Rus
sell
St
Residential Density
Neighborhood
Median HH Income (2011)
>$100k $30 - 65k <$30k$65 - 100k
Site
Civic space in Boston consists largely of open spaces such as the Boston Common rather than multi-use recreational facilities such as the NOCC. Based on its residential density, Charlestown itself cannot sustain the NOCC as a civic space post-Olympics - it must serve the
city. To do so, the NOCC’s spaces must be sufficiently flexible.
Destinations & Flows
2
Circulation
Program
Handball CourtPool
Archery Range
Taekwando Hall
Table Tennis Courts
GymWellness Center
Running Track
Enclosure Surface Mass Spectator
A
thlet
e
Flexibility
User
Changing Room
Fixed Flexible
Athlete
Spectator
Mixed
Physical and programmatic analysis of the NOCC’s spaces conclude that the changing room would be the building’s center during the Olympics, filtering athletes from spectators, while the largest and most flexible volume - the handball court - should serve as the heart of the NOCC
post2024, ushering everyday users from Bunker Hill St into the building.
A Flexible Civic Space
3
Circulation
Program
Handball CourtPool
Archery Range
Taekwando Hall
Table Tennis Courts
GymWellness Center
Running Track
Enclosure Surface Mass Spectator
A
thlet
e
Flexibility
User
Changing Room
Fixed Flexible
Athlete
Spectator
Mixed
4
10’ 50’25’
Basement
Changing RoomSwimmingDivingWater Polo
Ground
Handball
Second
ArcheryTable TennisTaekwando
Roof
RunningWeight & Fitness
Fourth
Spa
Section AA
Section BB
Section CC
Section DD
Section AASection BB
Section CCSection DD
5
10’ 50’25’
Basement
Changing RoomSwimmingDivingWater Polo
Ground
Handball
Second
ArcheryTable TennisTaekwando
Roof
RunningWeight & Fitness
Fourth
Spa
Section AA
Section BB
Section CC
Section DD
Section AASection BB
Section CCSection DD
6
7
8
HotCold
Hot
Cold
Open StateClosed State
2nd order transformation
1st order transformation
3rd order transformation
Air Flow
Air Flow
Buildings are open systems: No architecture is closed from its thermodynamic milieu. Yet climate conditions and programmatic requirements necessitate different degrees of
openess.
A Grasshopper-controlled armature provides two types of formal organizations: A Closed and an Open state. These extensive geometries in turn inform intensic thermodynamic conditions: a temperature gradient from hot to cold spaces facilitated by convection and radiation. The resulting buildings are a product of the interplay
between matter, energy, and fom.
Thermodynamic LaboratoriesGSD Core I | Fall 2014 | Instructor: Kiel Moe
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HotCold
Hot
Cold
Open StateClosed State
2nd order transformation
1st order transformation
3rd order transformation
Air Flow
Air Flow
Tracing the movement of the armature’s eight components during its transformation yields its intrinsic geometry, which is then used to generate axes for the flow of energy in two states:
Closed and Open.
Extensive Geometry
10
Skin
Structure
Space Hot Laboratories
Cold Storage
Private Circulation
Public Circulation
Emissivity
Ventilation Core
Fenestration
Open StateClosed State
Intensive Thermodynamics
In its closed state, the laboratory’s energy flows within a closed loop from hot to cold spaces, with minimal circulation beyond its walls. In the open state, the laboratory dissipates hot air via a solar chimney, exchanging energy with its milieu. Heat transfer runs parallel to the buildings’
circulation paths.
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Skin
Structure
Space Hot Laboratories
Cold Storage
Private Circulation
Public Circulation
Emissivity
Ventilation Core
Fenestration
Exposed Radiant Slab
Solar Chimney
Operable Window (Double Glazing)
Open StateClosed State
Air SpaceLow-E Single Glazing
Closed State
Open State
Convection Tunnel
Re�ectors
Metal Louvers
Fritted Glass Envelope
Opaque Panel
Opaque Panel
Insulated Slab
Insulated SlabExposed Radiant Slab
Modes of Exchange
The primary modes of energy transfer are radiation and convection. The open and closed convection loops channel air through circulation tubes in the form of a corrirdor and a solar chimney respectively. Energy exchange via radiation is facilitated by fenestration treatments
ranging from flexible facades for hot spaces to hermetically sealed for cold spaces.
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+130’
100’50’25’
+190’+24’’
+12’’
13
+130’
100’50’25’
+190’+24’’
+12’’
14
Closed State
15
Open State
16
Vertex AEdge 1
Vertex A
Mixed
Loud
Quiet
Stair Core
Vertex BEdge 2 Edges 3 + 4
Vertex C Vertex B Vertex C
The American college dormitory is a major campus node, midwiving some of the economy’s largest enterprises alongside its traditional
functions of socializing and learning.
To create a network of circulation, learning, and living, the geometry of a stair core is juxatposed against a continuous 960’ long facade. The networked dormitory in the interstitial space is a 24/7 circuit running through the full spectrum
of modern student life.
Networked DormitoryGSD Core I | Fall 2014 | Instructor: Kiel Moe
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Vertex AEdge 1
Vertex A
Mixed
Loud
Quiet
Stair Core
Vertex BEdge 2 Edges 3 + 4
Vertex C Vertex B Vertex C
Social networks consist of vertices and edges. Manifested architecturally, the central stair core’s geometry is extrapolated into a family of 4 ramps and stairs of different slopes and dimensions connected by 3 vertices. The resulting voids house common spaces while dormitories are arrayed
along the edges.
Network Theory
18
Network
Stair Core
Bathrooms & Lounges
Rooms
Facade
19
Network
Stair Core
Bathrooms & Lounges
Rooms
Facade
20
+ 6’
Section AA
+ 42’
Section BB20’10’5’
Section AA
Section BB
21
+ 6’
Section AA
+ 42’
Section BB20’10’5’
Section AA
Section BB
22
1001
Hidden Room
Room 1Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
1 2 3
4 5 6
30° 15° 45°
30°
60°
45°
Steganography is a means of concealing by breaking down information and converting its basic units into something different. Unlike encoding and encryption, steganography is not
evident to the naked eye.
Architectural information is encoded in projective representations. By converting a room to its axonometric equivalent, the hidden room is encoded into its surrounding spaces, revealing itself through a circulation sequence generated
by the flow of information.
Steganographic RoomGSD Core I | Fall 2014 | Instructor: Kiel Moe
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1001
Hidden Room
Room 1Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
1 2 3
4 5 6
30° 15° 45°
30°
60°
45°
A 10x10x10’ room is rotated and sheared into its axonometric projection - the Hidden Room. This geometry is then applied to the envelope and floors of a typical plan grid, embedding the Hidden Room within its surrounding spaces. One approaches but never accesses the Hidden
Room, and only sees it in its entirety at the end of the circulation sequence.
Concealing Spatial Information
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Section AA
Section BB
Section BBSection AA
- 5’ + 10’
+ 20’ +30’
20’10’5’
25
Section AA
Section BB
Section BBSection AA
- 5’ + 10’
+ 20’ +30’
20’10’5’
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66%
34%
85%
15%
GreecePeer
Median
O�cial GDP Informal Economy
€ bn
0
100
200
300
201320122011201020092008
GDP
Employees Self Employed
Illegals Self-Employed Employees
Public Space Private Space
Tax Burden
MarketIne�ciencies
Entrepreneurial Culture
Unregulated SpaceInformal
EconomyIllegal
Immigration
Labor Cost
15%
40%
45%
€ 36 bn
€ 184 bn
34%
15%
18%9%
24%
14%16%
A major drain on tax revenue, the Greek informal economy is output not accounted by conventional methodologies, including the black market, unreported work, and undeclared
income.
A significant proportion of the labor force is engaged in the informal economy. They may be categorized into Illegals, Self-Employed, and
Employees.
In this personal project, I examined the spatial ownership and exposure of three typologies occupied by these participants: The Street, the Periptero (kiosk), and the Polykatoikia
(apartment block).
Informal AthensPersonal | Fall 2013
27
66%
34%
85%
15%
GreecePeer
Median
O�cial GDP Informal Economy
€ bn
0
100
200
300
201320122011201020092008
GDP
Employees Self Employed
Illegals Self-Employed Employees
Public Space Private Space
Tax Burden
MarketIne�ciencies
Entrepreneurial Culture
Unregulated SpaceInformal
EconomyIllegal
Immigration
Labor Cost
15%
40%
45%
€ 36 bn
€ 184 bn
34%
15%
18%9%
24%
14%16%
EU: Greece’s highly entrepreneurial culture relative to its EU Peers suggests that a substantial amount of economic output may be unreported, as the self-employed have both the incentive and means to conceal incremental activities.
Greece: Most informal economy estimates are based on tax evasion data instead of Greece’s unique labor market. I estimated incremental GDP based on unreported economic output.
Athens: Of the participants in the informal economy, illegal immigrants - the most conspicuous of the three - account for just 15% of economic activity. Each participant occupies a different typology and space.
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Illegal Goods & Services
Undeclared & Under-reported Income
TransactionsTransactions
OwnershipOwnership
Platia Vathis
Zeroing in on Platia Vathis, a neighborhood North of the Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio district, I studied shifting boundaries and commercial transactions of three informal typologies to
diagram their spatial ownership and accessibility over 6 hours on a typical weekday.
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Illegal Goods & Services
Undeclared & Under-reported Income
TransactionsTransactions
OwnershipOwnership
Polykatoikia
Due to high social security costs, informal employees, occupying the most stationary but least exposed space within polykatoikia blocks.
Owners of periptero kiosks constantly bend the rules to expand the boundaries of their space, which is exposed to heavy consumer traffic.
Periptero
Illegals hawking contrabands and drugs are highly exposed in public spaces. They own fluid spaces that react to market conditions.
Street
30
