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ennett gale<br />
portfolio
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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 />
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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
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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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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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infrastructure mixed-use commercial residential public green space private green space<br />
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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 />
Figure 13. St. Vincent Greenway connecti on to redevelopment area<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 />
Offi ces<br />
Retail<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 />
AWIC Social Services<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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Artlanti s<br />
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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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
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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.
to Main Campus<br />
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South Campus Organization<br />
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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wildlife Wildlifehabitat<br />
science Research&<br />
research<br />
community Community Recreation recreation<br />
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 />
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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 />
CIVIC SQUARES CIVIC ARCHIPELAGOS TITLE?<br />
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 />
-views across and towards the water<br />
Redirect<br />
move surface traffic to<br />
below-grade culvert, relieving<br />
south harbor of auto<br />
congestion<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 />
r. New Ferry Terminal<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