SELECTED PROJECTS
4INTO THE SEAM:
THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOUNDARY
2HARD ROCK REDUX
1SURROUNDING SAN FRANCISCO
3BEMIS INFO SHOP
M.ARCH GRADUATE
[email protected] 714.273.266813017 EAGLE RUN DRIVE OMAHA, NE 68164
ERIK LEAHY
EDUCATION university of nebraska - lincoln august 2005 - may 2010 bachelor of science in design / gpa: 3.713 university of nebraska - lincoln august 2010 - may 2012 master of architecture / gpa: 3.788
HONORS / RESPONSIBILITIES teaching assisstant @ unl- second year design studio daad sip, german study abroad scholarship year abroad @ uni applied sciences bremen project hope - unrwa sponsored ngo volunteer teaching english in palestinian refugee camps in nablus, west bank tau sigma delta collegiate honor society president - usgbc students unl eagle scout EXPERIENCE min | day intern architect omaha, ne may 2011 - august 2011 despang architekten intern architect hannover, germany march 2009 - june 2009 union pacific railroad engineering dept architectural maintenance intern omaha, ne summer 2007, 2008
1TYPE: WATERFRONT REVITALIZATIONLOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, CATERM: FALL 2010
SURROUNDING SAN FRANCISCO
while activiting the negliected neighborhood beyond.
The project provides designs for the penninsula community typology; a housing typology, based on the San Fran row house; and the continuation of the “blue-greenway” along the waterfront, returning activity and focus to the unused port area of San Francisco.
A project looking at revitalization of the Mission Bay community in San Fransiscos’ former port, focused around the issue of rising global water levels. The master plan creates a series of design-centered ‘penninsulas’, capitalizing on San Franciscos young, educated population. These penninsulas, plugged-into the coastline and elevated above a future high water level, would provide a live-work location for small start-up venture companies
master plan axonometric viewsurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0
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+144
+96
-15
+36
building mass raises out to views and higher land value at water
building mass lowers towards south to provide efficient solar exposure
building mass lowers towards existing, re-purposed cultural hubs
*note: 1 story = 12 ft floor to floor
massing parameterssurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0
multi-family housing
massing parameters
office
shopping
pedestrian plaza
parking / service
HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
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PROGRAM LAYERING
local and regional connectionssurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0
1000 ft
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TO:SAN FRAN +NORTH BAY
TO:OAKLAND
TO:SAN MATEO
TO:SAN JOSE
CAR / TRUCK
MUNI T-LINE
LOCAL PEDESTRIAN
PARKING / SERVICE ACCESS (BELOW)
FERRY / WATER TAXI
20th STREET
MARIPOSA STREET
23th STREET
16th STREET
MARIN STREET
The proposed waterfront structures plug into existing and pro-posed transit connections. Transit systems include automobiles, water-based transit, public mass transit, and pedestrian access. These systems provide access into the city as well as the wider bay area region and beyond.
Multiple means of transit and connections will provide a density of people coming and going, working, playing, and shopping in order to provide a strong local character and sense of active community.
3rd STREET
ILLINOIS STREET (PEDESTRIAN ONLY)
INDIANA STREET
MISSOURI STREET
4th STREET
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
UNIT 3
KITCHEN / GREAT ROOM
SECONDARY BED
MASTER BED
KITCHEN / GREAT ROOM
SECONDARY BED
MASTER BED
KITCHEN / GREAT ROOM
SECONDARY BED
MASTER BED
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’
housing axonometricsurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0
coastal pleat
Situated on the site of the current Hard Rock Hotel in downtown Chicago, this project a hypothetical redesign of the building to be dedicated to its program: hotel and music experience. The design challenges the role of the urban tower as an engagement with the streetscape, wrapping streetfront shopping up and into the tower, culminating in an elevated concert hall and hotel lobby.
TOWER FACADE DEVELOPMENT
FLOOR PULLED FROM INITIAL MASSING MODEL - DIVIDED BY STANDARD 16’ ROOM UNIT 1
VARYING DEPTH OF FACADE CREATES BALCONY SPACE AND DYNAMIC PAT-TERN SHIFT 2
DEVELOPED FACADE SYSTEM ROOM WIDTHS ADJUSTED TO ACCOMODATE CHANGE IN DEPTH3
2’ 3’ 4’ 5’ REPEAT REPEAT
USE:
DEPTH:
SMOKINGWALK-OUT
LOUNGING / SUNBATHING
PODIUM FACADE DEVELOPMENT
INITIAL DOUBLE SKIN SYSTEM1 RAMP WRAPS SKIN SYSTEM2OUTER SKIN LAYER PULLED OUT TO ENVELOPE CIRCULATION WRAP CREATING A DIALOGUE BETWEEN STREETFRONT AND INTERIOR
3FACADE DEVELOPED INTO AN OCCU-PIABLE DOUBLE CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM.4
STREETFRONT EXTENSION
MICHIGAN AVENUE STREETFRONT
EXISTING LINEAR CONDITION REVISED VERTICAL STACKED CONDITION:
STREETFRONT IS PULLED INTO THE BUILDING AS A CONTINOUS RAMP CONNECTING A DENSE, VERTI-CAL SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT
SHOPSHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP
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SHOP
RETAIL TYPE A:FEATURED SHOPSCONNECTS TO RAMP3000 SF
AMOEBA MUSICSAM GOODYGAPH&MAMERICAN EAGLEURBAN OUTFITTERSBEST BUY EXPRESSBORDERS EXPRESS
RETAIL TYPE B:SUPPORTING SHOPSNOT CONNECTED TO RAMP1000 - 1500 SF
DUNKIN DONUTSSTARBUCKSRED BERRYFANNIE MAY CHOCOLATESBABBAGESSHARPER IMAGERADIO SHACKVICTORIAS SECRETKAY JEWELERSAT&TCHICAGO TOURISM
B
A
A
B
B
A
A
A
BCONCERT HALL
HOTEL B
B
B
BB
STREETFRONT EXTENSION
MICHIGAN AVENUE STREETFRONT
EXISTING LINEAR CONDITION REVISED VERTICAL STACKED CONDITION:
STREETFRONT IS PULLED INTO THE BUILDING AS A CONTINOUS RAMP CONNECTING A DENSE, VERTI-CAL SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT
SHOPSHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP
SHOPSHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
RETAIL TYPE A:FEATURED SHOPSCONNECTS TO RAMP3000 SF
AMOEBA MUSICSAM GOODYGAPH&MAMERICAN EAGLEURBAN OUTFITTERSBEST BUY EXPRESSBORDERS EXPRESS
RETAIL TYPE B:SUPPORTING SHOPSNOT CONNECTED TO RAMP1000 - 1500 SF
DUNKIN DONUTSSTARBUCKSRED BERRYFANNIE MAY CHOCOLATESBABBAGESSHARPER IMAGERADIO SHACKVICTORIAS SECRETKAY JEWELERSAT&TCHICAGO TOURISM
B
A
A
B
B
A
A
A
BCONCERT HALL
HOTEL B
B
B
BB
3F.A.C.T. CLASS IN COLLABORATION WITH MIN | DAYTYPE: ART GALLERY RECEPTION/ENTRANCELOCATION: OMAHA, NETERM: SPRING - SUMMER 2010 (DESIGN + BUILD)
BEMIS INFO SHOP
3/4” mdf finish surface- custom milled
1/2” plywood substrate- 4x8 sheets
2x6 stud structure- custom milled + site- built studs
connecting soffit- conceals ductwork through gallery opening- 2 options follow either duct or wall angle- finished in drywal
plan 1cut at 3’1/2” = 1’
plan 2cut at 6’1/2” = 1’
plan 3cut at top of main wall1/2” = 1’
bemis center for contemporary artsmin|day + FACT
structure diagramnot to scale
3’ mechanical closet door
air supply
air intake - patterned perforated surface
A design intervention within an existing art gallery in historic Omaha, Info Shop was a design/build collaboration between the Fabrication And Construction Team (FACT) course and firm Min | Day. Personal project responsibilities included pattern design for costume CNCed panels as well as design and execution of a cost effective construction process based on a traditional stud wall system while alowing the irregular angular folds in the wall surface.
4TYPE: BORDER SEAM FACILITY DESIGN THESIS PROJECTLOCATION: EAST JERUSALEM, WEST BANK PALESTINETERM: FALL 2011 - SPRING 2012
INTO THE SEAM: THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOUNDARY
shrouding barrier - the creation of a seam zone which at once becomes seperation and also connection and place. A barrier not through physical height but through depth and overlap. Israelis move into the seam through seperate, but overlapping, facilities which allow access onto artificial land masses set aside for cultivation, livestock grazing and recreation.An architecture of strangeness and otherness, sacred to no one but essential for the survival of both sides.
A design thesis addressing the role of architecture as a physicalization of border conditions between nations and peoples, an escalating trend in modern foreign policies.
The barrier wall between Israel and the Palestinian West Bank serves as the site for an intensive investigation into this condition. An intensive research project reveals the truth of the barrier, that of a shroud: an erasure of perception and communication across the seam. The design challenges this
PALESTINIAN FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL
ISRAELI FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL
WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION
WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION
PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION
PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS
ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION
ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES
GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES
GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES
PALESTINIAN FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL
ISRAELI FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL
WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION
WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION
PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION
PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS
ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION
ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION
VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES
HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES
GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES
GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES
100 FT200 FT
SHUFAT-PISGAT ZE’EV SEAM FACITILYSEAM ZONE SITE PLAN
CURRENT CONCRETE BARRIER WALL
DEFINED BORDER SEAM ZONE
DEFINED BORDER SEAM ZONE
SHUFAT REFUGEE CAMP
PISGAT ZE’EV SETTLEMENT
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