A P o r t f o l i o o f C r e a t i v e I n v e s t i g a t i o n

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B a r e l a s T r a n s p o r t a t i o n / T r a n s i t i o n C e n t e r

R e i n v e n t i n g t h e B i g B o x

M o t i o n E n v i r o n m e n t

M a r t i n e z t o w n P a r k P a v i l i o n

M o n u m e n t

S h a d e S t r u c t u r e S o u d b a s c h R e s i d e n c e

C e l l W a l l S y s t e m

T i m b e r F r a m e

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Barelas Transportation and Transition Center

Christopher Kilbridge

Arch 402 Fall 2006

12 Weeks

Barelas Historical DistrictAlbuquerque, New Mexico

The social and eco-nomic exchange between Mexico and the United States is vibrant and fluid at the site of Barelas, New Mexico. This binational relationship is a result of a history of trade and cultural traffic. The proposed design sets out to reference the rich precedence while continuing to progress as part of the city of Albuquerque.

JAMES

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J a m e s L C h e s n u t224 Pr inceton Dr. SEAlbuquerque, NM 87106

jameslchesnut@gmail .com

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Mapping current binational road infrastructure as well as historic paths exposes elements that are an essential part of historic and modern day Barelas. El camino real acted through the given site at one time but has since been layered over with the current city block.

Modern infrastructureHistoric infrastructure

Camino Real

Camino RealCamino Rea

Trade Paths 1675

U.S. Mexican War paths 1846

Missouri troop path 1847

Trade Paths 1675

Coronado Expedition 1540-42

Historic paths unearthed via mapping investigations

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Regulating lines derived from traces and modern path

Modern Path Edge 19th-21st Century

19th Century Path Reenacted

17th Century Path Reenacted

Incident angles @ 90 degrees of path structure

Supplementary angles opposite the 90 degree occurrence

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Overlaying the past and present allows for the site to be exam-ined spatially and remapped according to a system that allows the history and modernity to exist simultaneously. Noting the orthogo-nal edge as moder-nity while referencing its precedence as a subtle curve, obtuse, and acute angles.

Mapped Dichotomies

In order to assemble architecture that enables this dichotomy I have chosen a system of orthogonal volumes. These initial volumes are aligned with and shaped by the various paths, exploring the potential for a spatial construct.

Collapsed Spatial Construct

Ground Level (Aligned w/ historic paths)

Second Level (Aligned w/ existing block edge)

Overhung Space

Space above built ground level

Ground Structure Site

Spatial Product

Pencil/sharpie sketch

Chipboard Studies

Second Level Study

Ground Level Study

Combined Layers Material/Tectonics

Material Investigations

A series of spaces (in brown) exist from the ground through the second level, of which naturally establishes the structure. All else is established as glass in order to display the layers of the built interpretation.

Putting Process to Work

The culmination of the site analysis and con-ceptual studies has provided a basis for architectural produc-tion. Utilizing this process, the design is both shaped by and reshapes the site. Con-crete walls penetrate floors, witnessed through curtain walls while a new urban plaza is revealed as one slips into the city block via el camino real.

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Auto parking/display Hostel/Info

Gallery

News/Cafe

Grocery

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Lecture Hall

Offices

Radio

Bus Terminal

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Reinventing the Big Box

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Arch 302 Fall 2005

10 Weeks

Kramer WoodardRana Abudayyeh

The retail powerhouse, WalMart, has gone under, leaving its shell vacant atop the landscape at San Mateo Blvd. and Central Ave. Propose a program and design for the site.

The proposed design at this site employs the existing conditions that enhance the experience while introducing new and engaging architec-ture moving forward.

one point_penci l drawings

two point_penci l drawing The proposed archi-tecture aims at creat-ing a site of informa-tion, inspiration, and sense of place in an effort to succeed the preexisting conditions of its former owner. The program will be a media center with event spaces, infor-mation walls, theatres, and a public archive. Post production studios will live in the remains of the big box volume, hovering over the new life of pedes-trian movement about the site.

Minor bus routes30 min. Interval

Rapid bus routes10 min. Interval

Traffic signals Stop signs Speed bumps

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The diverse civic structure that surrounds the site has become a product of the box rather than harnessing its potential. Infrastruc-ture surrounding the site slows the approach, allowing the physical presence to be better witnessed, while movement within the volume has become a repetition of consumption.The site in its entirety has skewed and blurred ones interac-tion around and within it.

The high percentage of automobile usage reflects an ingrained car culture within the city and site.

Transportation Infrastructure

As one nears the site, high speed modes of transportation become fewer and street conditions worsen, speed limits slow, and stop signs, lights, and speed bumps become more prevalent. In return the site becomes more visible at a slower rate of speed.

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three point_penci l drawing

East E levation

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two point_penci l drawingdigital over lay media wal l

At the periphery, the pedestrian path and bus stop are formed by way of the decon-structing element and the ground folds inward enticing the pedestrian into the site. Vehicular move-ment is parked at the edge punctuating the infrastructure investi-gation as the site is experienced at a human pace from this point on.

Bus stop

Viewing/Theatre

Mullion detail

Plan

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Event vehicles/pedestrian circulation

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Pedestrian access

Parking

Pedestrian Circulation

Structure

Inform

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Motion Environment

Tim Castillo

Arch 402 Spring 2007

3 Weeks

Physical world > Digital > Physical

METHODOLOGY

P H A S E O N E _ Utilize visual media, (video, photography), to capture the physical body in motion. Digitally dismantle the action into its parts to better understand the infinite in between. Reconstruct the detailed version of the act in the digital realm.

P H A S E T W O _ Expand on the digital information acquired via the phase one investigation to fabricate the spatial product, bringing it full circle to its tangibility.

Layered frames

Motion Tween

Video of the human arm and its hammer extension targets the action of the swing using Flash software. Literal key frames are extracted in order to extrapolate informa-tion that fully inter-prets the motion.

The onion skin com-posites the five key frames and extrapo-lates the layers in between each. The data begins to provide spatial infor-mation relevant to the action. Five new frames are extracted from the tween to be used as a function in the model.

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Five frames derived from the tween are further extrapolated via the nurb loft function using FormZ Modeling software. These frames become ribs in a spatial system that inter-prets the ribs between as three dimensional forms. Control lines ribs and skin give form and definition to motion.

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The fabrication document is printed to scale using the supple-mental diagrams as a reference to determine where and at what angle to drill each rib for the control wire. The digital investi-gation has arrived at its physical manifestation.

12 ga. wire and .25” acrylic

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Martineztown Park Pavilion

Kima Wakefield

Arch 202 Fall 2005

4 weeks

Martineztown DistrictAlbuquerque, New Mexico

The site at Martinez-town park has been witness to a history of resistance and revival. An agricultural past, it is one of the oldest districts in the city of Albuquerque and crouches amidst an urban environment that has risen around the site. The history of solidarity and resistance to the urban extrusion provides insight into the communities awareness of its past while approaching the future.

pecil sketch “Gates”

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Photographs from the site display urban struc-tures rising from behind homes, apartments, a school yard, and the park. An ever present view of local resistance and action to preserve the community.

A cultural crossroads within the city of Albuquerque this site has provided rallying grounds for social justice for immigrants under the leadership of Cesar Chavez and commemorates his birthday with an annual march that begins at the park and ends at the downtown civic center.

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Annual march path

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The design overlooks the site utilizing the earth and elevating the occu-pant. Two rectilinear planes are hung from a continuous structure open to the park and surrounding landscape.

two point_ pencil drawing

The two slabs provide shelter and shade, defining the space beneath while hang-ing in a tense and fragile balance. One slab projects outward, capturing views and creating a podium from which the willing voice can be heard.

Brass members cast in Rockite cement patchGuitar string used to reinforce slabs

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T I M E F R A M E A tower rises from a

seemingly vacant landscape with an abundant yet often overlooked scene that encom-passes the site. As one traverses its path they find themselves at leads, cross-roads, and dead ends. Con-sumed with the notion of the end and its’ triumph, one is given opportunities for reflec-tion and progression. Traveling upward through the earth reworking the path that they have chosen, the defiant structure begins to reveal itself. As ones consumption with the path nears its end, it detaches from the structure leaving the user with a new perspective on an already abundant view.

Lived Space Narrative

Objective

Develop an understanding of space in its multiple manifes-tations. Using Lefebvre’s types of space (lived, con-ceived, and perceived), explore ways of inhabiting and representing these different spaces.

Monument

Christopher Kilbridge

Arch 402 Fall 2006

4 Weeks

The Proverbial Desert

Conceived Space

View

Structured space

Path

The lived space narrative is conceptualized, utilizing three elements each of which is integral to the next, and the one before.

A spacial organization that one is confronted with and has little or no say on it is creation. One assimilates to or breaks from this established structure.

Both spacial and temporal, the path suggests transition and movement con-necting two or more points. It is a means for progress and passage, restriction and reflection, and learning and redemption. It is chosen.

The view represents a clearer under-standing of ones surrounding within the greater context.

India ink on velum pencil sketch

Success Trial

The path is applied as a means to break down the struc-tured space in route to the view. Not continuous, the path splits and breaks into alcoves and ledges allowing moments for reflection.

Pencil Sketches

Acrylic, aluminum, cardboard, and museum board

The Journey Perceived Space

The journey upward from the earth gradually infiltrates the perimeter of the structure, duck-ing in and out of sheltered spaces and revealing its interiors. At the climax one begins to cut through the structure.

Materials grow transparent, exposing the next path to be taken as well as the view of the given site. The structure begins to facilitate the progression of the user. The path breaks free from the architecture, leaving only the view, to be had by its seeker.

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JAMES

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J a m e s L C h e s n u t224 Pr inceton Dr. SEAlbuquerque, NM 87106

jameslchesnut@gmail .com

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Fine point sharpie and water colorsDigital overlay sections

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Shade structureFall 2008

Soudbasch ResidenceAlbuquerque, New Mexico

James ChesnutDanny Hart

Dig Set

Sl ip

Connect

Wrap

SkinStack

Stretch

The skin is a tensile fabric (Ferrari), designed in collabora-tion with Rader Awning. The fabric scallops at each rafter bay accen-tuating the radius and its relationship to the grass bean. It is remov-able to allow the winter sun to penetrate the window line.

The client sought our service to provide shade against the strong high desert sun. This shade structure accommodates the strict design criteria of the home owners association while work-ing with the existing landscape to provide function and beauty. This project demanded collaboration with the client, material suppliers, skilled and unskilled labor, and sub-contractors. Danny and I are the sole designers and lead craftsman, cho-reographing and building the project.

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Cell Wall Partition

Hyatt AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque, New Mexico

Arch 404Spring 2007

6 Weeks

James ChesnutDominic SategnaSantiago GonzalesJohn Dillander

Tim Castillo

Cell Wall Systems

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Wall Section

The objective of this project was to provide a spatial system for the Duke City Shootout Film Festival in a conference room at the Hyatt Albuquerque. The wall system integrates light-ing and surface space to set mood and provide func-tional workspace. A variety of materials are employed and programmed for specific function.

My role as a team member includes developing a design and construction methods and diagraming.

The designed module demanded that a system of construction was devised that provided ease and efficiency in the construction process. The wall system is made of one cell shape and two key sizes .

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Attach 1st course cell to bottom plate

Attach bottom plate assembly to furniture leg at bottom

Attach opposite 1st course cell to bottom plate

_Assemble double cell using key system

_Assemble 2nd and 3rd cells vertically using key system

Attach 3rd course cells to top plate

Attach leg and cell top plates to table to from the under side

Programmed glass

Editing Bay Circulation Vending Bar/Social Space

Elevation nts

Acrylic Cell

Cardboard Cell

Wood Cell

3/4” Plywood Top

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Great Room Timberframe

Framing Systems SpecCedar Crest, New Mexico

Lead Carpenter/Fabricator

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Mortis and TenonTimber Truss System

Navarro ResidenceCorrales, New

Lead Carpenter/ Fabricator

Valley Rafters

Jack Rafters

Ridge Beams

JAMES

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J a m e s L C h e s n u t224 Pr inceton Dr. SEAlbuquerque, NM 87106

jameslchesnut@gmail .com

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