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ennett gale<br />

portfolio


01<br />

02<br />

03<br />

04<br />

05<br />

06<br />

07<br />

BOSTON HARBOR LOCK PROJECT: PUBLIC PAVILION<br />

Critic: Katy Barkan | Core Studio 1 | Harvard GSD | Fall 2012<br />

THE LOOPHOLE: PERIMETER PLAN<br />

Critic: Katy Barkan | Core Studio 1 | Harvard GSD | Fall 2012<br />

GUTTER TO GULF GOES GLOBAL: URBAN AQUEDUCTS<br />

Critic: Derek Hoeferlin | Sam Fox School of Design | Fall 2010<br />

H¥BRID HARVEST<br />

Critic: Patricia Heyda | Sam Fox School of Design | Spring 2011<br />

CASE STUDY: VERTICAL SMOOTHOUSE<br />

Critic: Catalina Freixas | Sam Fox School of Design | Fall 2009<br />

LIVE|WORK|SHOW<br />

Critic: Gia Daskalakis | Sam Fox School of Design | Fall 2009<br />

PROJECTIVE REPRESENTATION: GEOMETRIC EXERCISES<br />

Critic(s): Cameron Wu, Harvard GSD | Sung Ho Kim, Sam Fox School<br />

academic


professional cont’d<br />

competition<br />

BUILDING SYSTESMS: DETAILING THE TERRACE VIEW CAFE<br />

Critic: Eric Hoffman | Sam Fox School of Design | Spring 2010<br />

KROMM, RIKIMARU & JOHANSEN ARCHITECTS<br />

Supervisor: Young-Hie Kromm | Summer 2011- present<br />

HEALTHY PAGE PROJECT<br />

Project Manager: Cristina Garmendia | Summer 2010<br />

CITYPULSE: STL<br />

Brain Drain Collective | GOOD Ideas for Cities | Spring 2012<br />

ST. LOUIS ZOO EXPANSION: SOUTH CAMPUS<br />

NextStL Call for Ideas | Spring 2012<br />

DISPATCH FROM THE MORAL BORDER<br />

Honorable Mention | Moral Borders Competition | Fall 2011<br />

HELSINKI SOUTH HARBOR: ARCHIPELAGO<br />

Helsink South Harbor Competition | Summer 2011<br />

08<br />

09<br />

10<br />

11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

14


academic work<br />

2009 - 2012


01<br />

BOSTON HARBOR LOCK PROJECT:<br />

PUBLIC PAVILION<br />

Critic: Katy Barkan | Architecture Core Studio 1 | Harvard GSD | Fall 2012


The lock project calls for a moveable architecture that carefully<br />

negotiates the alternating passage of pedestrain and nautical traffic<br />

through and across the Charles River. By harnessing the lock’s<br />

rotational intervals through the development of a complex mechanism,<br />

this pavilion’s spatial transformations are developed through its<br />

mechanical capacities and in response to its contextual obligations.


Mechanism | Expanded Compact Long-Stroke<br />

Mechanism Rotational Sequence<br />

unique positions across a 360 rotation<br />

Corresponding Lock Positions<br />

Lock Sequence<br />

:03 :06 :09 :12


The simultaneous lateral and vertical<br />

movement offered by the compact long<br />

stroke, when choreographed with the<br />

rotational interval of the locks, has the<br />

capacity to produce architectural<br />

transformations in both plan and section.<br />

pavilion<br />

structure<br />

mechanism<br />

:15 :18 :21 :24 :27


Through this sequence of spatial<br />

transformations, the pavilion’s interior<br />

volume undergoes a series of operations<br />

which differentiate its internal<br />

organization and begin to suggest a<br />

range of programmatic uses.<br />

1_Locks Closed 2_Tidal Control<br />

compress / divide


3_Lock Open 4_Tidal Control 5_Locks Closed<br />

pinch / separate reorient / connect flex / combine


The range of these transformations<br />

produce increasingly more discretized<br />

internal spaces. These gradual changes<br />

produce progressively more specific<br />

uses as walls, partitions, and ceilings<br />

become interchangeable.<br />

1_Undifferentiated 2_Blurred<br />

unspecificed program spaces spontaneous, grouped spaces


3_Blended 4_Hybrid 5_Discrete<br />

mixed activity areas coupled activity areas articulated program areas


1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5


02<br />

THE LOOPHOLE:<br />

PERIMETER PLAN<br />

Critic: Katy Barkan | Core Studio 1 | Harvard GSD | Fall 2012


The Perimeter Plan calls for the design of a dormitory building whose<br />

envelope is constructed from one continuous 960’ facade whereby all<br />

interruptions must be accounted for elsewhere in the building’s elevation.<br />

This proposal addresses the “interiorizing” of facade, and negotiates the<br />

excesses of a 960’ perimeter when constrained to a fixed outer dimension.


Facade Transformation<br />

Interiorizing the perimeter<br />

Unrolled Facade<br />

Face A<br />

1. 2.<br />

3.<br />

Face B Face C Face D


Concept Model<br />

adjusting stairwell directionality to develop an interiorized perimeter<br />

By maintaining an opening to the outer perimeter on each<br />

level, this proposal manages to “interiorize” one complete,<br />

unbroken facade. This interior perimeter responds to<br />

stairway directionality, the need for light to penetrate lower<br />

levels, programmatic requirements, and the creation of<br />

unique communal spaces embedded in circulation paths.<br />

Face A Face B Face C Face D


a.<br />

b.<br />

c.<br />

Floor Plans<br />

managing perimeter within a fixed dimension<br />

4’<br />

wc<br />

wc<br />

4’<br />

common<br />

0’<br />

wc<br />

wc<br />

4’<br />

Floor 1 0’-4’ Floor 2 12’-16’<br />

4’<br />

4’<br />

0’<br />

0’<br />

16’<br />

common<br />

wc wc<br />

Floor 1 figure-ground floor 2 figure-ground<br />

16’<br />

16’<br />

12’<br />

16’<br />

16’


wc<br />

28’<br />

28’<br />

24’<br />

common<br />

Floor 3 24’-28’ Floor 4 40’<br />

24’<br />

28’<br />

wc<br />

28’<br />

wc<br />

floor 3 figure-ground floor 4 figure-ground<br />

40’<br />

40’<br />

40’<br />

40’<br />

wc


Fenestration Strategies<br />

delineating interiorized and exteriorized facade conditions<br />

exteriorized<br />

“flush” condition<br />

interiorized<br />

“punched” condition<br />

Differences window fenestration strategies help maintain a<br />

difference between the stoic exterior and texturized interior<br />

facade.<br />

A cross section of the building illustrates the split level<br />

condition of the common areas, whose sunken levels<br />

create a vertical threshold with the student rooms adjacent<br />

to them. How the stairway deposits one on each level, is<br />

instrumental factor in the articulation of bends in the interiorized<br />

facade, and serve to develop two distinct languages<br />

for dormitory rooms that are located along either the<br />

interiorized or exteriorized facade.


a.<br />

b.<br />

c.


GUTTER TO GULF GOES GLOBAL:<br />

03<br />

Critic: Derek Hoeferlin | Sam Fox School | Arch 411 | Fall 2010<br />

BANGKOK AQUEDUCTS<br />

Critic: Derek Hoeferlin | Sam Fox School | Arch 411 | Fall 2010


This episode of the Gutter to Gulf Studios involves the comparative research of global watersheds and<br />

their respective delta urbanisms. Following analyses of the Mississippi, Rhine, and Mekong Watersheds,<br />

the project focuses on Bangkok, and the hydrological issues which contribute to its social, environmental,<br />

and urban condition. Once known as the “Venice of the East,” this city’s disappearing canal network<br />

is overstressed and can no longer accomodate for high volumes of rainwater run-off. An Urban Aqueduct<br />

system acts as an armature for gathering and storing excess rainwater, mitigating the impact of flashflooding,<br />

and re-introducing the presence of water in the public realm through architectural prototyping.


Watershed Terrain<br />

Lake Itasca<br />

Terrain<br />

500 m 500 m<br />

River<br />

MN<br />

Nelson-Trevino Bottoms<br />

Mississippi<br />

MN / WI<br />

IO / WI<br />

Lake Onalaska<br />

IO / IL<br />

Missouri River Confluence<br />

Yazoo Floodplain<br />

MO / IL<br />

Ozark Plateau<br />

MO / KY<br />

MO / TN<br />

AK / TN<br />

MI / AK<br />

CONIFEROUS<br />

CROPLAND<br />

PASTURE<br />

DECIDUOUS<br />

SWAMP<br />

0 m Rhine-Meuse 0 m<br />

0 km 500 km 1000 km 1500 km<br />

2000 km 2500 km 3000 km 3500 km<br />

1000 km<br />

500 km<br />

0 km<br />

MARSH<br />

MI / LA<br />

LA<br />

The intensive study of global hydrological systems was done as a preliminary to the 2010 Gutter to Gulf Studio;<br />

above are some of my individual contributions to the production of a booklet compiled by the entire class (below)<br />

Netherlands<br />

Rhenian Mountains<br />

Germany<br />

Vosges Mountains<br />

Terrain<br />

France/Germany<br />

Lake Constance<br />

Switzerland/Germany<br />

Switzerland<br />

River<br />

2000 m<br />

1500 m<br />

1000 m<br />

PLAIN<br />

HILL<br />

ALPINE<br />

4000 m<br />

3500 m<br />

3000 m<br />

2500 m<br />

2000 m<br />

1500 m<br />

1000 m<br />

500 m<br />

Terrain<br />

River<br />

Mekong<br />

0 m<br />

0 km 500 km 1500 km<br />

1000 km 2000 km 2500 km 3000 km 3500 km 4000 km<br />

China<br />

Tibetan Plateau<br />

Ch’ing-Shui-Lang Range<br />

Lao-Pieh Mountains<br />

Pang-Ma Mountains<br />

Shan Plateau<br />

Myanmar / Laos<br />

Plateau of Xiang Khong<br />

Laos<br />

Khorat Plateau<br />

Thailand / Laos<br />

Boloveau Plateau<br />

Laos<br />

Cambodia<br />

Vietnam<br />

HIMALAYAN<br />

HIGHLAND<br />

VALLEY<br />

TROPICAL<br />

PADDY<br />

TIDAL FLAT


Mississippi River River Hydrology<br />

Length: 3,737 km<br />

Average Total Dicharge: 12,743 m 3 /s<br />

Length: 3,767 km<br />

Average Total Dicharge: 2,490 m3 MISSOURI RIVER<br />

/s<br />

Length: 1,579 km<br />

Average Total Dicharge: 5,957 m3 OHIO RIVER<br />

/s<br />

Length: 439 km<br />

Average Total Dicharge: 657 m3 ILLINOIS RIVER<br />

/s<br />

Length: 2,364 km<br />

Average Total Dicharge: 240m3 ARKANSAS RIVER<br />

/s<br />

Length: 2,190 km<br />

Average Total Dicharge: 200 m3 RED RIVER<br />

/s<br />

WATER FLOW BY TRIBUTARY<br />

4,000 m 3 /s<br />

8,000 m 3 /s<br />

2,000 m3 1,000 m<br />

/s<br />

3 500 m<br />

/s<br />

3 /s<br />

Length: 1,049 km<br />

Average Total Dicharge: 2,000 m3 /s 16,000 m3 TENNESSEE RIVER<br />

/s<br />

AVERAGE DISCHARGE<br />

WATER FLOW BY BASIN<br />

13%<br />

6%<br />

1.4%<br />

5%<br />

5%<br />

1.6%<br />

2%<br />

16%<br />

50%<br />

UPPER MISSOURI BASIN<br />

UPPER MISSISSIPPI BASIN<br />

UPPER OHIO BASIN<br />

MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI<br />

LOWER OHIO BASIN<br />

LOWER MISSISSIPPI<br />

LOWER MISSOURI BASIN<br />

ARKANSAS OHIO BASIN<br />

RED/ACHAFALAYA BASIN


Chao Phraya Watershed<br />

1.0 m<br />

0.5 m<br />

0 m<br />

-.5 m<br />

Historic Thonburi District<br />

Bangkok, Thailand 13°45’N, 100°35’E<br />

Canal development as a product of urbanization<br />

1880<br />

Chao Phraya River<br />

1905


1925<br />

Downtown<br />

2000<br />

Canal Disappearance<br />

Aqueduct Proposal<br />

*“The Environment of Modernization.” Sternstein, Larry. Sydney, Australia: McGraw-Hill, 1976. Web eBook accessed 12 Oct 2010.


existing conventional hydrology proposed parallel system<br />

reservoirs<br />

length: 32 km length: 216 km length: 248 km<br />

capacity: 2,635,941 m3 elevated metro (MRT) elevated highway<br />

aqueduct system<br />

river overflow constructed wetland<br />

90%<br />

10%<br />

groundwater<br />

aerating<br />

filtering


cooling output<br />

pumping<br />

thermal output<br />

agriculture output aquarium output<br />

storing<br />

elevated transportation<br />

urban aqueducts<br />


Prototype 1:<br />

lagoon intake | riverfront park<br />

gathering excess floodwater for urban ciculation<br />

anticipated H 2 0 movement<br />

tiered aquascape<br />

bio-remediating agents<br />

pumping apparatus<br />

wet season


dry season<br />

*”Pumps: How They Work.” Gutter to Gulf. Web 12 Dec 2010.


Prototype 2:<br />

grow center | urban marketplace<br />

bringing fresh produce to the city dweller<br />

aqueduct<br />

tensile fabric<br />

structure<br />

planters<br />

H 2<br />

H 0 diversion<br />

access schematic<br />

market format


agriculture format


Prototype 3:<br />

boardwalk | recreation strip<br />

making space in a dense urban environment<br />

CONCRETE BRT LINE (EXISTING)<br />

3’-0” CONC. SUPPORT BEYOND (EXISTING)<br />

2” ROTATIONAL SHELL<br />

5’-0” DIAMETER STEEL TUBE<br />

3’-0” CONC. SUPPORT BEYOND<br />

METAL GRATE<br />

PROJECTION / LIGHT BOX<br />

2” WOOD DECKING<br />

STEEL JOIST BEYOND<br />

1’-0” DIAMETER STEEL BEAM<br />

2’-0” CONC. FOOTING<br />

2” WATERPROFF MEMBRANE<br />

4” GRAVAL BALLAST<br />

2” FINE GRAINED SAND<br />

PLANTER FABRIC<br />

overflow section<br />

nocturnal programming


diurnal programming


Prototype 4:<br />

public laundry | bathing facilities<br />

aqueduct outputs as an impetus for informal development<br />

phase 1<br />

phase 2<br />

phase 3<br />

2’ AQUEDUCT<br />

16” CMU<br />

1” PVC PIPING<br />

2’ x 1’ DRAINAGE<br />

PVC plaster CMU<br />

2” WOOD POST<br />

PLASTER COATING<br />

MORTAR<br />

2” STEEL PIPING<br />

laundry facility


athing facility


04<br />

CULTIVATING GLOBAL ECONOMIC VERSATILITY<br />

H¥BRID HARVEST<br />

Critic: Patricia Heyda | Sam Fox School | Arch 412 | Fall 2009


Missouri’s Lambert Airport has been embroiled in talks with<br />

foreign industries regarding its potential use as a hub for Chinese<br />

commerce in the United States. St. Louis is at the intersection<br />

of major terrestrial and nautical transporation systems, and in<br />

the epicenter of America’s robust agricultural landscape. These<br />

qualities make it an opportune location to facilitate agri-business,<br />

China’s most valued import.<br />

This project seeks to meet the demands of a burgeoning global economy,<br />

while simultaneously placating the interests of those living in the<br />

wake of an impending economic boom. My proposal challenges the<br />

conventions of traditional agriculture, treating it both as an economic<br />

generator and a public amenity.


USA<br />

Army Corps of Engineers<br />

US Senate<br />

US House of Representatives Districts<br />

Missouri<br />

MO Senatorial Districts<br />

MO House of Representative Districts<br />

St. Louis School Districts<br />

St. Louis County<br />

St. Louis County Districts<br />

Municipality<br />

Wards<br />

Wal-Mart<br />

W-1W Airstrip<br />

China Hub<br />

US President<br />

Constituency: 308,745,538<br />

Army Corps Chief<br />

Constituency: 34,000<br />

US Senators<br />

Constituency: 5,998,926 total<br />

2,994,463 each<br />

US Representatives<br />

Constituency: 646,946<br />

State Governor<br />

Constituency: 5,988,927<br />

MO Senators<br />

Constituency: 493,695 total<br />

164,565 each<br />

MO Representatives<br />

Constituency: 102,978 total<br />

34,326 each<br />

Superintendents<br />

Pattonville Superintendent<br />

Constituency: 286,907 total Dr. Michael Fulton<br />

County Executive<br />

Constituency: 991,830<br />

County Council<br />

Constituency: 141,690<br />

City Mayor<br />

Constituency: 15,050<br />

Wards<br />

Constituency: 15,050<br />

(3,763 each)<br />

Ward 4 Councilmembers<br />

Norris and Abram<br />

District 24 Senator<br />

John T. Lamping (R)<br />

District 79 Representative<br />

Mary Nichols (D)<br />

Hazelwood Superintendent<br />

Dr. Stephen Price<br />

Ward 3 Councilmembers<br />

Waitman and Fetsch<br />

District 14 Senator<br />

Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D)<br />

Ward 2 Councilmembers<br />

Eaker and Benben<br />

President Barack Obama (D)<br />

Chief Lieutenant<br />

Robert L. Van Antwerp Jr.<br />

US Senator Roy Blunt (R) US Senator Claire McCaskill (D)<br />

District 78 Representative<br />

Margo Mcneil (D)<br />

Ritenour Superintendent<br />

Dr. Cheryl Compton<br />

Bridgeton’s Political Layering<br />

Multiplicity, Conflict, and the Scope of Jurisdiction<br />

District 1 Representative<br />

William Lacy Clay (D)<br />

State Governor Jay Nixon (D)<br />

District 7 Senator<br />

Jane Cunningham (R)<br />

District 76 Representative<br />

Churie Spreng (D)<br />

Ferguson-Florissant Superintendent<br />

Mr. Jeffrey Spiegel<br />

County Executive<br />

Charles Dooley (D)<br />

District 2 Councilwoman<br />

Kathleen Kelly Burkett (D)<br />

City of Bridgeton<br />

Mayor Conrad Bowers<br />

Ward 1 Councilmembers<br />

Saettele and Tanner<br />

US Congress<br />

MO State Congress<br />

Neighborhood<br />

Associations<br />

US Supreme Court<br />

US Court of Appeals<br />

East/West Gateway<br />

Missouri Court of Appeals<br />

City of St. Louis<br />

MO Supreme Court<br />

Federal Aviation<br />

Administration (FAA)<br />

Missouri Circuit Courts<br />

National<br />

Midwest China Hub<br />

Commission<br />

Local residents Local businesses<br />

Lambert-St. Louis<br />

International Airport<br />

Military<br />

China<br />

Municipal Regional State Interational


Wal-Mart relocation dispute<br />

Local developers sought to use tax credits to entice a Wal-Mart (located<br />

in a shopping center along Bridgeton’s perimeter) to move fully inside<br />

the town’s limits. The plan was abandoned after neighbors in Shelbyville<br />

voiced their outrage over such predatory economic tactics.<br />

W-1W Airfield expansion<br />

Lambert Airport officials launched this billion-dollar plan to develop a<br />

new runway in anticipation of a surge in passenger flights. Currently, the<br />

new W-1W tarmac receives little traffic and the anticipated consequences<br />

of its has displaced hundreds of people west of tarmac’s trajectory.<br />

Lambert Airport: China Hub<br />

Missouri congressmen, in collaboration with the China Hub<br />

Commission, are petitioning for Lambert Airport to be the locus for<br />

international commercial activity in the US. St. Louis’s proximitity to<br />

national transportation networks makes it an opportune location to<br />

facilitate foreign business and process American goods for export.<br />

US agricultural exports<br />

US - China bilateral trade<br />

US agriculture and railroad network<br />

“I think it will be bigger for agriculture at the end of the day than for<br />

anybody else...maybe bio-tech will also be a big benificiary of this.”<br />

-Mike Jones, China Hub Commission Chairman


Regional Conditions<br />

Existing Industrial Area bridgeton, mo<br />

Relatively scattered industrial areas<br />

Regional railroad disjointed from airfield<br />

Fallow agriculture in floodplain north of railroad<br />

fallow agriculture<br />

in floodplain<br />

Phase I:<br />

Addition of supplementary industrial rail line<br />

Annexation of W1-W airfield to accomodate rail<br />

Densification of industries in northwest zone<br />

Phase 2:<br />

Intensive cash-cropping north of rail<br />

Biotech agriculture south of rail<br />

Greenway anchored by nature area<br />

and recreation center<br />

highway underpass<br />

potential for<br />

riverway commerce<br />

largely vacant swaths<br />

of surface parking<br />

manufacturing<br />

transportation<br />

construction<br />

research<br />

biotechnology<br />

agriculture<br />

outdoor storage<br />

adjacent to railroad<br />

industries disconnected<br />

from railroad


Proposed Hybrid Territory<br />

extension of county-wide<br />

riverfront greenway<br />

preserved wilderness area<br />

primary greenway artery<br />

condensed verticalized parking<br />

biotech agricultrure development<br />

publicly engageable water towers<br />

vertical grain storage<br />

adjacent to rail line<br />

supplementary rail spur lines<br />

rail-to-truck cargo transit<br />

rotational intensive<br />

agriculture


io-tech harvesting<br />

spur lines<br />

rainwater retention<br />

rail-truck unloading<br />

grain storage<br />

wildlife area<br />

site vignettes


metrics<br />

2 sq. miles<br />

43,560 sq. ft.<br />

1,280 acres<br />

640 acres per sq. mile<br />

3,670 tons<br />

12 - 20’x68’ grain silos<br />

38,400 bushels<br />

soybeans<br />

38,400 bushels<br />

winter wheat<br />

24,000 bushels<br />

corn<br />

67,200 cu. ft.<br />

water tower lookouts<br />

primary greenway artery intensive cash cropping<br />

Agricultural parcels north of the railroad are currently fallow,<br />

as there exists no incentive for farmers to harvest in a flood-prone area. The economic potential of the China<br />

Hub plan, however, provides an opportunity to turn northwest Bridgeton into both an economic and a public asset. By latching grain storage to the<br />

railroad and elevating its contents above the five hundred year flood line, intensive agriculture can be implemented in northern Bridgeton without the risk of devastating<br />

economic losses. Industrial assemblages, such as water towers, can be engaged by visitors, allowing these industrial and recreational systems to coexist.<br />

20 freight containers<br />

46,080 cu. ft.<br />

14 freight containers<br />

28,800 cu. ft.<br />

9 freight containers<br />

3.5 annual cargo flights<br />

potential 20 cargo loads within 10-mile radius<br />

$5,676,800<br />

$annual<br />

$annual revenue<br />

¥37,043,388


Recreational Uses & Seasonal Transformations<br />

Crop rotation helps keep agricultural land arable,<br />

as each harvest subsequently nourishes the land<br />

in preperation for the next planting. Recreational<br />

activities are able to both spatially and seasonally<br />

negotiate these crop cycles with little interference.<br />

A careful allocation of activity spaces promotes a<br />

sound relationship among local property owners,<br />

corporate enterprises, and Bridgeton’s residents.<br />

This proposal is intended to investigate how<br />

design can help satisfy the needs of a broad<br />

spectrum of users whose interests often clash.<br />

The future of Bridgeton is uncertain, but ongoing<br />

talks amongst those involved with the China Hub<br />

plan forecast an industrial future for St. Louis that<br />

will inevitably confront the interests of its<br />

immediate residents.<br />

january<br />

february<br />

march<br />

april<br />

may<br />

june<br />

july<br />

august<br />

september<br />

october<br />

novermber<br />

december<br />

corn<br />

soybean<br />

wheat<br />

hunting<br />

Winter Amenities<br />

hunting<br />

cross-country skiing<br />

ice fishing<br />

snowmobiling<br />

Spring/Summer Amenities<br />

fishing<br />

hiking<br />

4-wheeling<br />

corn maze<br />

bird watching<br />

shooting range<br />

Autumn Amenities<br />

hunting<br />

hiking<br />

4-wheeling<br />

corn maze<br />

bird watching<br />

shooting range<br />

pumpking patch


december - march<br />

april - august<br />

september - november


VERTICAL SMOOTHOUSE<br />

05CASE<br />

STUDY<br />

Critic: Catalina Freixas| Sam Fox School | Fall 2009<br />

This residential project is formed by a single<br />

skin, or, “invelope,” which folds to articulate the<br />

confines of a two story structure. The latter half of<br />

this study is a digression on Denari’s principles,<br />

investigating how skin becomes structure.


hybrid drawing


line drawing hybrid<br />

digitally rendered hybrid<br />

invelope removal


folding simulation


ARTISTS’ RESIDENCE & STUDIO:<br />

06 LIVE|WORK|SHOW<br />

Critic: Gia Daskalakis | Sam Fox School | Arch 311 | Fall 2009


St. Louis is a culturally vibrant city and home to a multitude of visual and sculptural artists. This projects<br />

seeks to accomodate the creation and presentation of these arts, as well as provide housing for the artists<br />

who make them. The design concept dwells on the principles of folding explored in the Vertical<br />

Smoothouse; partitions and apertures are defined by a meandering surface, endowing the building itself<br />

with a sculptural qualiy. The project maintains a humble facade on this infill site which is buttressed by a<br />

rich St. Louis vernacular. Upon moving to the inner courtyard, however, one is confronted with a mixing<br />

of materials that puncture one another to blend interior and exterior spaces.


program form horizontal surface vertical surface compilation push / pull<br />

surface concept


extracting volume from surfaces


courtyard section<br />

northeast elevation<br />

live<br />

work<br />

show


BUILDING<br />

07SYSTEMS<br />

Critic: Eric Hoffman | Sam Fox School|Spring 2010<br />

Collaboration with Michael Pope<br />

detailing the Terrace View Cafe<br />

This study probed the specifics of a sliding glass curtain wall<br />

and steel cantilever on a local cafe in St. Louis. This analysis<br />

was conducted through on-site exploration and a careful<br />

investigation of structural and architectural components. Work<br />

was done in collaboration with Michael Pope


structural mechanical<br />

thermal composite


PROJECTIVE REPRESENTATION:<br />

08GEOMETRIC<br />

EXERCISES<br />

Critic(s): Cameron Wu, Harvard GSD, 2012 | Sung Ho Kim, Sam Fox School of Design, 2010


These projects explore processes of geometric visualization, as well as the<br />

discrete panelization of complex developable and non-developable<br />

surfaces. Through such exercises, one develops an understanding of how<br />

the conception and fabrication involved in these practices has immense<br />

formal and tectonic architectural consequences.


Trimetric Projection tumbling objects in two dimensional space


The placement of multiple axes must be<br />

mindful of both the desired views of the<br />

object, as well as the two-dimensional<br />

composition of its “tumbling.”


Vessel Analysis re-imagination and fabrication<br />

Critic: Sung Ho Kim | Sam Fox School| Arch 320A | Spring 2010<br />

This study called for the reconstruction of a<br />

complex form through a variety of digital<br />

media. Selected capsules were dis-assembled,<br />

measured, drawn, digitally remodeled and<br />

physically rebuilt. This project emphasizes the<br />

symmetrical groove which defines a DAWN<br />

soap bottle’s exterior.<br />

cap detail


adial-ribbed model


Secant Lantern<br />

panelizing non-developable surfaces<br />

Critic: Cameron Wu | Harvard GSD| Projective Geometries 02212 | Fall 2012<br />

collaboration with Patrick Baudin & Joshua Feldman<br />

helicoid<br />

lantern comprised of [3] uniquely panelized components<br />

stretched<br />

trimmed<br />

multiplied<br />

connective pieces are omitted to allow for luminescence<br />

trimmed


enclosed<br />

quadrouple helicoid<br />

The lantern is equipped with three types of<br />

panelization which are resolved through the<br />

thickening of its seams. The “punched in” and<br />

“punched out” secant panelization strategies<br />

deliniate the interior and exterior surfaces on<br />

each of the four compressed helicoids.<br />

panelized


professional work<br />

2010 - 2012


ARCHITECTS + PLANNERS + INTERIORS:<br />

09KRJ<br />

ARCHITECTURE<br />

Project Designer, IA | June 2011 - June 2012 | St. Louis, MO


As an Intern for Kromm, Rikimaru, & Johansen Architecture in St.<br />

Louis, MO, I performed a broad range of tasks which supplement- supplement-<br />

ed the design and administration process of various education and<br />

civic projects in the Mississippi Valley region. My duties involved<br />

performing code research, schematic design, design develop-<br />

ment, long-range planning, developing construction documents,<br />

marketing materials, and . The following pages illustrate the nature<br />

of my work at KRJ by highlightig some of my contributions.<br />

Major projects which I have worked on include:<br />

Affton School District Early Childhood Center<br />

Brentwood School District Facilities Planning<br />

Festus School District Window Replacements<br />

Jefferson College Facilities Planning<br />

Mineral Area College Research Library & Science Center<br />

Neosho High School Library Renovation<br />

Rock Township Ambulance District House #4<br />

St. Francois County Ambulance District House #5<br />

Windsor School District High School Additions


Mineral Area College Library & Science Center<br />

college addition, project architect: Young-Hie Nahm Kromm<br />

produced construction documents, physical models, 3D models, animations, light studies


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existing<br />

Affton School District Early Childhood Center<br />

warehouse renovation, project architect: Suzanne Hayes<br />

produced digital models, animations, construction documents, performed material & color selection


Neosho High School Library<br />

library renovation, project architect: Suzanne Hayes<br />

produced construction documents, interior renderings, performed material & color selection


Projective Energy Studies<br />

Measuring the potential benefits of energy-saving measures in<br />

the planning process for school facilities<br />

KRJ marketing materials<br />

produced firm brochures, animations, website renovation


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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT<br />

HEALTHY PAGE<br />

Project Manager: Cristina Garmendia | Position: HIA Research Assistant | Summer 2010


Redevelopment plans for the North St. Louis neighborhood of Pagedale are currently<br />

being undertaken by local developers. I created this proposal as part of the Page<br />

Avenue Health Impact Assessment in order to gauge residents’ responses to specific<br />

design implementations. The feedback generated from community discussions<br />

regarding this scheme were used to inform developers of which amenities are most<br />

valued by the community.


Project strategy/timeline<br />

Healthy PAGE<br />

Project Team<br />

survey feedback open houses logo development<br />

local collaborators<br />

beyond housing<br />

community program<br />

health & planning<br />

departments<br />

Pagedale<br />

government<br />

neighborhood<br />

auditing<br />

community<br />

surveying<br />

build neighborhood<br />

partnerships<br />

creation of Health Impact<br />

Assessment<br />

research scoping evaluating reporting<br />

presentation of research /<br />

designs to community


Building Social Capital<br />

Did you know...<br />

A strong community can lengthen your life?<br />

A study has shown that even after accounting for<br />

income, race, smoking, obesity, and exercise, individuals<br />

with fewer friends had twice the risk of<br />

early death. In another study, living in a high-density<br />

neighborhood with a strong community identity<br />

reduced the risk of stroke, cancer, and hip fracture by<br />

two-thirds for its residents. How do you know when<br />

you live in a community that is good for your health?<br />

It has social capital, or assets of strong relationships<br />

amongst your family and friends, with high levels of<br />

trust and cooperation.<br />

Schoolapalooza 2009<br />

How can you add social capital to Pagedale?<br />

Your community has many opportunities for social capital:<br />

Help plant a community garden<br />

Attend community meetings<br />

Volunteer at your church or community center<br />

Attend your children’s school PTA meetings<br />

Participate in a fundraising event or activity<br />

Volunteer at a local non-profit organization<br />

Campaign for a political nominee you support<br />

Social capital in your community<br />

In the 2009 household survey conducted in Pagedale,<br />

55% of residents reported assisting their neighbors<br />

in the past year, 25% participated in community life<br />

by volunteering, 22-28% attended community events<br />

or meetings, 32% promoted programs or services,<br />

and 20% were involved in a political campaign.<br />

These survey respondents expressed the desire for a<br />

community that includes responsible and cohesive<br />

neighbor relations, nurturing and building productive<br />

youth, and caring for the elderly. When you add<br />

social capital in your everyday actions, Pagedale will<br />

become closer to this ideal.<br />

Thank you for your interest!<br />

sustain partnerships<br />

with local “Task Force”<br />

increase HIA visibility to<br />

developers & agencies<br />

Adding value to your community<br />

Griefield Avenue Community Garden<br />

Healthy PAGE Project Project Manager: Cristina Garmendia garmendiac@wudosis.wustl.edu (314)747-5657<br />

newsletters<br />

embed health<br />

priorities in local<br />

agency practices<br />

stakeholder meetings<br />

implement health policies<br />

and community projects<br />

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How is your work connected to health?<br />

The Missouri Department of Transporta�on has been iden��ed as a decision‐maker with the ability to ad‐<br />

dress the infrastructural issues of Pagedale, speci�cally along Page Avenue. Safe, effec�ve, and reliable<br />

means of transporta�on have the capacity to posi�vely impact the lives of community residents. Adequate<br />

infrastructure can help encourage physical ac�vity and facilitate a community’s access to goods, services, and<br />

recrea�on. It is recommended that MODOT work with the City of Pagedale to ensure that physical infrastruc‐<br />

ture is in good condi�on ‐ an issue that ranks at the top of local residents’ desires for future repairs. Street<br />

condi�ons are an important visual cue, and the physical remedia�on of Page Avenue would help to be�er<br />

represent the assets of the community to its residents, commuters who pass through, and prospec�ve retail‐<br />

ers or service‐providers.<br />

Physical Ac�vity<br />

People are more inclined to walk, run, or bicycle when the<br />

means to support such ac�vi�es exist ‐ such as sidewalks in<br />

good condi�on and bicycle lanes.<br />

Pedestrian Safety<br />

Pedestrian ameni�es, such as crosswalks and street ligh�ng,<br />

help ensure the safety of a roadway and ul�mately helps to<br />

catalyze more resident ac�vity and community visibility.<br />

Access to goods, services, and recrea�on<br />

Infrastructure greatly determines residents’ ease of transpor‐<br />

ta�on ‐ par�cularly for the elderly, disabled, or parents with<br />

children, for whom it is essen�al that ADA criteria are met.<br />

Community Iden�ty<br />

The physical environment has been shown to have a signi�‐<br />

cant in�uence on how residents and outsiders perceive the<br />

community as a good or bad place to be.<br />

improve overall health of Pagedale<br />

policy briefs<br />

Ensure continuing<br />

observance of health<br />

in decision making<br />

Publicize impacts of<br />

HIA locally, regionally,<br />

& nationally


mixed-income<br />

housing<br />

street lighting<br />

bike<br />

lanes<br />

carriage<br />

housing<br />

Community Density Scheme<br />

page/ferguson node<br />

mid-block<br />

crosswalk<br />

community<br />

gardens<br />

landscaped<br />

medians<br />

pocket<br />

parks


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A Sav-A-Lot grocery<br />

B Beyond Housing offices<br />

C bank & offices<br />

D commercial & residential<br />

E mixed income residential<br />

F carriage housing<br />

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public orchard/garden<br />

public green space<br />

private green space<br />

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Identi fying Redevelopment Opti ons Conti nued<br />

Redevelopment Site<br />

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The four block site studied is located along Page Avenue centered on the intersecti on of Ferguson<br />

Avenue (highlighted by the green rectangle below). This map represents the greater Pagedale area<br />

and illustrates how the incoming St. Vincent Greenway Trail (shown in green on the right) could help<br />

connect Pagedale to surrounding areas via bicycle paths and running trails. It is recommended that<br />

connecti ng the redevelopment area to the trail be implemented prior or concurrent with the next<br />

phase of redevelopment.<br />

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The St. Vincent Greenway is the work of the Great Rivers Greenway District, and will potenti ally bring 7<br />

miles of walking, running, and bicycle paths to the study area. In Pagedale, the Greenway will extend<br />

north-south along Engelholm Creek and will connect nearby ameniti es such as St. Vincent Park and<br />

Rock Road Metrolink stati on to the north, and the Wellston Metrolink stati on to the south. Great<br />

Rivers Greenway believes that “by providing physical connecti ons and green ‘buff ers,’ a system of<br />

greenways, parks and trails helps unite spaces within a community.” 114 The St. Vincent Greenway can<br />

be a valuable contributi ng factor in Pagedale’s redevelopment.<br />

Infrastructure Plan<br />

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As redevelopment occurs, Page Avenue must undergo infrastructural improvements including the<br />

installati on of ADA compliant sidewalks, curbs, ramps, street lighti ng, and medians, and signage such as<br />

stop signs and crosswalks. Street conditi ons are an important visual cue to portray assets of Pagedale<br />

to prospecti ve retailers or service-providers.<br />

Street and sidewalk repair is essenti al along Page Avenue, where in some places there is signifi cant<br />

levels of uneven pavement, and non-ADA compliant sidewalks. Repairing this four-block zone could<br />

help bett er represent Pagedale’s assets to its residents and to the commuters who pass through it.<br />

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Landscaped medians would help slow<br />

commuter traffi c on Page Avenue.<br />

These vegetated areas replace the<br />

street’s center turning lane and have<br />

the capacity to hold additi onal lighti ng<br />

along the street. These medians are<br />

not intended for pedestrian occupati on.<br />

Bushes are best suited for these spaces;<br />

trees could impede drivers’ visibility and<br />

would require more regular upkeep.<br />

Domesti c Scan Tour II Report Bicycle Driving Lynn Monson, Ann Arbor News<br />

Page Avenue would benefi t from<br />

the implementati on of 3’ bike lanes<br />

on either side of the street. Colored<br />

lanes would provide bicyclists with<br />

a safe, visible margin along Page<br />

Avenue and would connect back to<br />

the St. Vincent Greenway. Bicycle<br />

lanes help to promote physical<br />

acti vity and fi tness, which leads to<br />

bett er health.<br />

An improved lighti ng scheme<br />

down Page Avenue is not just<br />

decorati ve, but safer feeling<br />

and creates a more cohesive<br />

neighborhood aestheti c.<br />

Residents have expressed<br />

interest in bett er street and<br />

sidewalk lighti ng for<br />

commuters at night.<br />

Resident Municipal Developer County State<br />

Resident Municipal Developer County State<br />

Identi fying Redevelopment Opti ons Conti nued<br />

TIF Master Plan (2007)<br />

Engelholm Creek<br />

St. Vincent Greenway Concept Plan<br />

St. Vincent Park Wellston Salvage Yard<br />

114 Housing Units<br />

70,000 Sq. Feet Commercial<br />

42,000 Sq. Feet Public Green Space<br />

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Figure 15.<br />

Landscaped Median<br />

Pocket Park<br />

Offi ce and Bank<br />

Clocktower<br />

Sneary Architectural Illustrati ons


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The TIF Redevelopment plan shown on the left illustrates Page Avenue at the end of the 23-year<br />

durati on of Tax Increment Financing. This scheme proposes the separati on of high and low-income<br />

housing, as well as keeping residenti al and commercial buildings exclusive from one another. The TIF<br />

Plan installs on-street parking close to the intersecti on of Page Avenue and Ferguson Avenue with<br />

additi onal parking behind primary buildings along Page Avenue. A clocktower at this intersecti on is the<br />

defi ning “community identi ty” feature of this scheme.<br />

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The TIF plan situates market-rate townhouses on Page Avenue.<br />

Entrances to these residences face the street, while parking is<br />

located in the rear. Each 2-3 story residenti al unit is typically<br />

1000 square feet. Steering Committ ee members support the<br />

combinati on of market-rate and aff ordable townhouses into<br />

mixed-income living which would minimize social dispariti es.<br />

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Low-income housing on Page Avenue is separated from the<br />

high-income market rate housing across the street. Residenti al<br />

density on Page Avenue could result in more “eyes on the street”<br />

which could decrease criminal acti vity. A similarly stronger<br />

residenti al streetside presence exists in the TIF Plan with focus<br />

on community density.<br />

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Mixed-use spaces on Page Avenue would create an urban<br />

scheme with easily accessible goods and services. Mixed-use<br />

urban plans are known to promote pedestrian acti vity and may<br />

create more vitality along Page Avenue. Steering Committ ee<br />

members were in favor of the implementati on of mixed-use<br />

buildings along Page Avenue for the benefi ts of accessibility to<br />

goods and services and the potenti al creati on of more employment<br />

opportuniti es.<br />

Baron Realty<br />

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The presence of senior housing on Page Avenue would address<br />

a need of the community. The TIF Plan places senior housing<br />

adjacent to the new Save-A-Lot, providing its occupants with<br />

convenient access to healthy foods. Steering Committ e members<br />

speculated as to whether or not the senior housing’s proximity to<br />

a busy intersecti on is unsafe.<br />

Resident Municipal Developer County State<br />

Resident Municipal Developer County State<br />

Identi fying Redevelopment Opti ons Conti nued<br />

Community Density Emphasis Green Space Emphasis<br />

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The aim of this development scheme is to maximize<br />

The intent of this development plan is to create an<br />

residenti al presence along Page Avenue. Unlike the TIF<br />

identi ty of Pagedale that uses the past as inspirati on,<br />

Plan, the Community Density Emphasis locates senior<br />

when the neighborhood was known as “Fruit Hill.”<br />

housing off of the busy Page-Ferguson intersecti on. The<br />

The city’s original developer planted a fruit tree in<br />

higher density created by this scheme could help pro-<br />

each house’s yard which created a unifi ed character<br />

mote social cohesion, as well as support the presence<br />

for the city. The implementati on of public orchards<br />

of commercial and retail spaces beneath townhomes.<br />

and green spaces in this redevelopment scheme is<br />

Semi-submerged parking under carriage-style housing<br />

reminiscent of this forgott en identi ty. Similar to the<br />

is an effi cient use of space, allowing vacant areas to be<br />

Community Density Emphasis, senior living has been<br />

turned into pocket parks and small recreati onal spaces.<br />

moved off of the Page-Ferguson node.<br />

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The inclusion of additi onal stop<br />

signs and mid-block crosswalks,<br />

complemented by newly<br />

landscaped medians would slow<br />

down automobile traffi c and<br />

support the anti cipated increase<br />

in pedestrian traffi c along this<br />

major thoroughfare. Landscaped<br />

medians provide pedestrians with<br />

a safe place to stop mid-crossing<br />

and could be outf itt ed with deco-<br />

Scott Associates<br />

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The newly constructed grocery store is given a privileged locati on<br />

on the Page-Ferguson Avenue intersecti on in this master plan.<br />

The grocery has since been constructed one lot further west on<br />

Page Avenue. As the fi rst phase of redevelopment, Save-A-Lot’s<br />

presence in the community is anti cipated to catalyze further<br />

investment in Pagedale.<br />

Scott Associates<br />

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City of Glendale Woodford Department of Commerce Apartmentguide.com<br />

Between buildings, these parks<br />

would be semi-public spaces used<br />

for leisure and congregati ng. Behind<br />

buildings, these parks would be<br />

more private green spaces intended<br />

for use by the residents of adjacent<br />

housing units. Access to these<br />

spaces would be gated to maintain<br />

safety in the neighborhood. The<br />

Steering Committ ee, however,<br />

believes fences suggest an “off -<br />

limits” atti tude to passers-by.<br />

Additi onal housing units placed<br />

behind the primary residenti al/<br />

commercial spaces on Page Avenue<br />

would create a density and<br />

would relate the neighborhood<br />

areas to the main thoroughfare.<br />

Designing parking underneath the<br />

carriage houses would serve both<br />

residents of the carriage houses<br />

and those living in apartments on<br />

Page Avenue.<br />

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The placement of an outdoor market<br />

on the corner of Page Avenue and<br />

Ferguson Avenue could make locally<br />

grown foods more accessible to<br />

residents and help boost community<br />

visibility in Pagedale. Produce is<br />

typically sold at farmer’s markets but<br />

vendors can be invited to sell other<br />

goods. This amenity, supplemented<br />

by an orchard or green space, would<br />

help identi fy the intersecti on as an<br />

important gathering space.<br />

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The Community Orchard Initi ati ve<br />

would provide a strong sense of<br />

identi ty for the City of Pagedale. 30-40<br />

lots in the area that are too small to<br />

build on are qualifi ed for this project.<br />

Small groves of dwarf apple trees that<br />

mature quickly would be planted on<br />

these lots. The orchards do not require<br />

much upkeep and residents have<br />

already expressed interest in helping<br />

to maintain them. Orchards would be<br />

equipped with fencing and lighti ng.<br />

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Tony Anderson, Gett y Images<br />

Accessible community<br />

gardens may increase<br />

fruit and vegetable intake<br />

among residents. In<br />

additi on, gardens may<br />

positi vely impact social<br />

ti es and provide more<br />

supporti ve places to<br />

live in the area. Community<br />

gardens can serve<br />

as areas of neighborhood<br />

pride, and educati on.<br />

Identi fying Redevelopment Opti ons<br />

Page Avenue Health Impact Assessment<br />

Municipal Developer County State<br />

Resident<br />

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competitions<br />

2011 - 2012


11<br />

CIVIC TECH INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

CITYPULSE STL<br />

Brain Drain Collective | GOOD Ideas for Cities Winning Entry | St. Louis, MO | Spring 2012


CityPulse’s mission is to convey activity and foster urban exploration through<br />

a civic technology infrastructure CityPulse is city-wide network of beacons<br />

that provides pedestrian lighting as interactive art, detects and reports streetlevel<br />

activity in real time, creates civic connections, and offers a new platform<br />

for human interactions and entrepreneurship. I’ve helped create and develop<br />

this project as a founding member of the Brain Drain Collective, a group of<br />

young people that leverages the creative ambitions of designers,<br />

entrepreneurs, artists, and activists throughout St. Louis. Brain Drain<br />

has presented CityPulse at a number of design conferences and<br />

continues levy support from St. Louis institutions and civic leaders.<br />

Currently, CityPulse is pursuing incorporation as we continue our<br />

dialogue with design partners and potential fiscal sponsors.<br />

“CityPulse could put St. Louis on maps that it hasn’t been on before”<br />

-St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay


*CityPulse is currently experimenting with several lighting<br />

technologies that have been generously donated by HessAmerica.<br />

“Home” Beacon (left)<br />

Larger beacons equipped with wire- wire-<br />

less signals are positioned in larger<br />

spaces and at major urban arteries<br />

“Satellite” Beacon (below)<br />

Smaller, more frequently dispersed<br />

“Satellites” transmit activity readings<br />

and smaler, localized wireless signals<br />

“projective” cap<br />

LED bulbs<br />

motion sensors<br />

wireless hubs<br />

electric conduit


Home Beacon<br />

Satellite Beacon<br />

cultural amenities civic amenities public transport<br />

stops<br />

beacon locations<br />

Beacon Placement<br />

These metrics are used to determine<br />

the most optimal locations for Beacon<br />

installation. CityPulse seeks to equitably<br />

distribute beacons in order to<br />

increase pedestrian activity, provision<br />

public wireless internet, strengthen<br />

economic activity, and boost civic<br />

investment in the St. Louis region.


wireless signal<br />

satellite beacon<br />

mobile upload<br />

Online Interactive Map<br />

The CityPulse Map can be viewed<br />

in a standard web browser on any<br />

computer. Activated Beacons, social<br />

media activity, and other events<br />

measured by CityPulse are register<br />

as “blips” on an interactive map.


public access<br />

wireless signal<br />

home beacon<br />

mobile access<br />

Public Access Interfaces Mobile Upload / Access<br />

Fixed Public Interfaces make the<br />

Smart Phones and Tablet devices<br />

CityPulse Map available to users<br />

have access to the CityPulse<br />

who may not have access to web<br />

Application. Mobile users contribute<br />

technologies. Local businesses have<br />

to the “activity” when they send a<br />

the opportunity to sponsor these<br />

text, tweet, or upload a message on<br />

installations at their desired location.<br />

various social media platforms.


ST. LOUIS ZOO EXPANSION<br />

12SOUTH<br />

CAMPUS<br />

NextStL Magazine | Call for Ideas | Spring 2012<br />

Collaboration with Kuan Butts


Expansion of Zoo Amenities and Research Facilities<br />

This Master Plan for the St. Louis Zoo’s land acquisition<br />

south of Highway 64 seeks to accomodate local residents’<br />

interests regarding parking and recreational areas,<br />

provide top-tier facilities for zoological research, and<br />

expand on the world-class caliber of the St. Louis Zoo’s<br />

current attractions. The proposed South Campus works<br />

to enhance the social and economic fabric of the Dogtown<br />

neighborhood, while expanding recreational amenities<br />

outside of Forest Park.


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Four zones will comprise the experience of South Campus. A Visitor’s<br />

Area of mixed-use retail, leisure areas, and zoo exhibits, a Wildlife<br />

Habitat containing excercise trails and native plantings, a Science<br />

& Research sector for laboratory and administrative spaces, and a<br />

Recreation area holding communal park amenities for local residents.<br />

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VISITOR AREA<br />

to Main Campus<br />

Visitor Parking<br />

Cyclists<br />

WILDLIFE HABITAT<br />

Pedestrian<br />

Tour Bus<br />

Metro Bus<br />

Employee Parking<br />

Visitor Parking<br />

Traffic & Circulation<br />

South Campus maintains separate circulation routes for cars and<br />

buses; metro Bus routes along major streets can easily adjust their<br />

routes to accomodate new zoo stops. Existing surface lots can be<br />

transformed into sports fields and additional parking structures at a<br />

pace commensurate with long-term planning objectives.


SCIENCE & RESEARCH<br />

ST. LOUIS ZOO MAIN CAMPUS<br />

Master Plan


existing<br />

Visitor Area<br />

A central fountain anchors the Southern Campus, surrounded by smaller<br />

outdoor animal exhibits to house amphibians, reptiles, fish, and birds. This<br />

nexus provides visitors with a space for leisure, strolling, or swimming, as<br />

well as an area for hosting educational tours and group visits. Existing<br />

facilities in this area are slated for demolition as per the redevelopment plans.


existing<br />

Community Recreation<br />

Existing surface parking to the west will be re-appropriated as recreation and<br />

leisure spaces. An enhanced pedestrian pathway guides visitors towards the<br />

central plaza at the core of South Campus. Sports fields and a new dog park<br />

will provide Dogtown residents with communal spaces separate from zoo<br />

programming - amenities which the neighborhood is currently lacking.


DISPATCH FROM THE<br />

MORAL BORDER<br />

13<br />

Honorable Mention | Zagreb Society of Architects Moral Borders Competition | Fall 2011<br />

Collaboration with Patricia Heyda


mobilizing tactical design at the front lines of global<br />

economic development<br />

This entry received an Honorable Mention at the Think Space<br />

Moral Borders Competition, which called for submissions that<br />

address a hyper-connected, finance-driven world, where the<br />

“escalation of the market economy...has resulted in a complete<br />

exclusion of architects as credible civic agents.” This proposal,<br />

which was done in collaboration with Patricia Heyda, is an<br />

elaboration on Professor Heyda’s past research, and an extension<br />

of my own China Hub-related work (H¥BRID HARVEST). “Dispatch<br />

from the Moral Border” considers the invisible forces at play<br />

in the disappearance of Kinloch, MO - the first African American<br />

community to be incorporated in St. Louis. Through a combination<br />

of political and architectural mechanisms, this proposal theorizes<br />

a community’s counter-attack to the bureacratic arsenal which<br />

threatens to erase it.


New Beginnings Church<br />

Kinloch History Museum<br />

Metro Baptist Church<br />

infrastructural improvements


HELSINKI SOUTH HARBOR<br />

14ARCHIPELAGO<br />

Helsinki South Harbor Design Competition | Summer 2011<br />

Collaboration with Derek Hoeferlin, Peter Mackeith, Allison Mendez,<br />

Jon Kleinschmidt, Jon Stitleman, and Brendan Wittstruck


Helsinki’s South Harbor as a nexus of Community,<br />

Commerce, and Culture<br />

Helsinki is a city of many layers, personas,<br />

characters and qualities. Many are invisible, below the<br />

surface, shaped and hidden by time, water, geology<br />

and construction. The city’s geography balances its<br />

land form with its water form; it is a peninsula that has<br />

emerged from an archipelago of islands. The city’s<br />

urban structure positions a series of civic squares and<br />

parks throughout its interior gridded street patterns,<br />

and a skein of civic harbors along its irregular coastal<br />

shoreline. This pair of civic “archipelagos” - Helsinki’s<br />

squares and harbors - intrinsically complement each<br />

other. The city’s immediacy, graciousness and intimacy<br />

are sustained by these linked public spaces. Helsinki’s<br />

South Harbor embodies this essential character: it is<br />

both civic harbor and civic square. This character must<br />

be reinvigorated through the provision of a condensed<br />

“archipelago” of experiences, spaces and<br />

constructions.


EXPANDED CITY STRUCTURE<br />

CIVIC HARBORS<br />

harbor<br />

zone<br />

Commerce<br />

Community<br />

CIVIC SQUARES<br />

civic<br />

space<br />

Culture<br />

civic<br />

space<br />

harbor<br />

zone<br />

Community<br />

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CIVIC HARBORS<br />

CIVIC ARCHIPELAGOS<br />

Culture<br />

fountain obelisk new harborfront landmark<br />

Guggenheim<br />

Remove<br />

existing harbor shoreline and<br />

selected structures<br />

Reinstate<br />

-privacy of the facades<br />

-views across and towards<br />

the water<br />

Guggenheim<br />

convention center<br />

Remove<br />

clear, dig, demolish, and fill to<br />

develop renewed coastline<br />

Reconnect<br />

landmarks, esplanade, and<br />

green spaces<br />

Reflect<br />

Take cues from historic<br />

transportation routes for<br />

traffic redirection<br />

Reflect<br />

historic transportation routes<br />

for traffic redirection<br />

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-privacy of the facades<br />

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Redirect<br />

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below-grade culvert, relieving<br />

south harbor of auto<br />

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TRAFFIC & PARKING<br />

EXISTING PARKING<br />

550 automobile spaces<br />

100 truck spaces<br />

60 SPACES<br />

1 level @ +1m<br />

market vendors<br />

205 SPACES<br />

2 levels @ -5m, -10m<br />

market patrons<br />

50 SPACES<br />

1 level @ -5m<br />

commercial trucks<br />

45 SPACES<br />

terminal parking<br />

PROPOSED PARKING<br />

550 automobile spaces<br />

100 truck spaces<br />

100% surface, scattered 75% below-grade, 25% surface, consolidated<br />

STRATEGY: BOX CULVERT DAM<br />

EXISTING TRAFFIC PROPOSED TRAFFIC<br />

peak ferry traffic<br />

low-intensity city traffic<br />

pedestrians & cyclists<br />

240 SPACES<br />

1 level @ -5m<br />

museum & convention center visitors<br />

single-layered, auto-truck dominated, congested<br />

50 SPACES<br />

1 level @ +1m<br />

commercial trucks<br />

An underground auto culvert circumnavigates<br />

the harbor shoreline; the tunnel collects, diverts<br />

and condenses the auto/truck traffic of the sea<br />

ferries off of the harbor’s surface streets, public<br />

spaces and parking lots.The culvert forms a<br />

dam to the harbor’s waters, outlining a new<br />

profile to the harbor shoreline. Its structure and<br />

profile connects a new civic harbor archipelago<br />

of community, commerce, and culture<br />

1m above sea level 2m above sea level<br />

(accomodate for<br />

sea level rise)<br />

peak ferry traffic<br />

low-intensity city traffic<br />

pedestrians & cyclists<br />

multi-layered, pedestrian/cyclist-dominated, open access to water’s edge<br />

Bicycle &<br />

Pedestrian Network<br />

Low Intensity<br />

Surface Traffic<br />

Surface Auto &<br />

Truck Parking<br />

Below Grade<br />

Box Culvert Dam<br />

Below Grade Auto &<br />

Truck Parking


HARBOR AMENITIES<br />

a. New residences (3000 sq. m.)<br />

b. New Library<br />

c. New Ferry Terminal<br />

d. Elongated Outdoor Market<br />

e. Merchant Docking<br />

f. Renovated Market Hall<br />

g. New Ice Rink / Pool<br />

h. New Amphitheater / Sunning Deck<br />

i. New City Square<br />

j. New Ferry Docks<br />

k. Harbor Landmark Roundabout<br />

l. New Diving Pool<br />

m. New Public Swimming Park<br />

n. Box Culvert Dam & Boardwalk<br />

o. New Submerged Guggenheim<br />

p. New Leisure Pools / Hockey Rinks<br />

q. New Convention Center<br />

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60 spaces<br />

New Street|Esplanade Extension<br />

Market Stalls<br />

crafts market<br />

Light Wells<br />

Box Culvert Dam Ventilation<br />

Market Stalls<br />

grocery/fish market<br />

New Amphitheater<br />

Sunning Terrace<br />

Ice Rink<br />

Box Culvert Dam<br />

(Below Boardwalk)<br />

Existing Market Hall<br />

Empress’ Stone<br />

Cruise Tour Ship Terminal 3<br />

Light Poles<br />

Benches|Planter Boxes<br />

New Market Merchant Docks<br />

Existing Suomenlinna<br />

Ferry Boat Terminal<br />

Cruise Tour Ship Terminal 2<br />

Cruise Tour Ship Terminal 1<br />

Suomenlinna Ferry<br />

Presidential Plaza<br />

Zoo Ferry<br />

Terminal<br />

Water Taxi<br />

Terminal<br />

New Guggenheim Museum<br />

(Below Leisure Pools)<br />

Floating Boardwalk<br />

and Docks<br />

Box Culvert Dam<br />

(Below Boardwalk)<br />

New Public Docks<br />

New Guggenheim Museum<br />

(Below Reflecting Pool)<br />

Cruise Disembarkment<br />

New Harbor Landmark<br />

New Roundabout<br />

Public Platform<br />

(Box Culvert Dam Below)<br />

Leisure Pools<br />

Ice Skating<br />

Diving Pool<br />

Suppressed Court<br />

(to Guggenheim)<br />

Sun Deck<br />

Olympic<br />

Swimming Pool<br />

Entry to Guggenheim<br />

Light Monitors<br />

(to Guggenheim Below)<br />

Reflecting Pool<br />

Entry to Guggenheim|Parking Below<br />

outdoor marketplace C O M M E R C E amphitheater/ice rink ferry terminals


summer programming<br />

ferry terminals<br />

artifi cial forest marina diving pool<br />

guggenheim museum


winter programming<br />

C U L T U R E convention center ferry terminals


Bennett H. Gale<br />

32 Calvin St., Apt. 3<br />

Somerville, MA 02143<br />

BenH.Gale@gmail.com<br />

www.bennettgale.net<br />

828.606.1858

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