[ANELOSIMUS PARASITIC ARCHITECTURE]

SEAGRAMBUILDING

[1958 INTERNATIONAL STYLE]

EMPIRE STATEBUILDING

[1931 ART DECO]

CHRYSLERBUILDING

[1930 ART DECO]

[CONTEMPORARY RESPONSES]

[THE OPPORTUNITY] [CONCEPTUAL PRECEDENT]

[THE PROBLEM] [CURRENT PRECEDENT]

[BUILDING INTEGRITY][STRUCTURAL RETROFIT]

The design of Modern buildings very accurately reflect the political and economic conditions of their time. Few tend to the environmental conditions that continually challenge and effect the building’s sustainablity and longevity. Modernism bread a set of sub styles such as Bauhaus (1919-1930+), Art Deco (1925-40), and International Style (1930+), in which the buildings were realized and reproduced all of the globe. Buildings designed with style in mind, and the site and it conditions on the back burner.

While some of these building typologies addressed the sun and other elements, the least giving typology would have to be sky scrapers. Generally featuring a homogeneous skin and floor plan.

Skyscrapers such as the Seagram Building, the Empire State Building, and the Chrysler Building are all examples of non responsive skins.

1 DEMOLISH& REBUILD

“The demolition of the . . . steel and glass skyscrapers . . . [that] are poorly built copycats of seminal landmarks [are not] suited for modern needs . . . suggesting that the most environmentally friendly solution is to demolish and replace these aging giants with properly built, efficient modern replacements.”-Terrapin Bright Green LLC

2 RETROFIT& REDEFINE

The Preservation Green Lab at the National Building Trust for Historic Preservation published a report last year which concluded that in almost all cases retrofitting and renovation was the better option for energy efficiency. -National Building Trust for Historic Preservation

OR

[THE SITE] [140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA]

A ENVIRONMENTALRESPONSE?

YES NO


YES NO


YES NO


YES NO


YES NO

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FACTS:

Architect: A. A. Cantin

Architectural Style: Art Deco

Building Status: Existing [Under Renovation]

Floors: 26

Construction: 1924

Height (Architectural): 435.38 Ft

SF Zone: Financial District

Structural Material: Steel

Facade Material: Terra-cotta

Facade System: Applied Masonry

FACTS:

It was San Francisco's first significant skyscraper development when construction began in 1924.

Several hundred historic terra-cotta tiles were damaged during the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 and required restoration. The replacement pieces were 7 lbs. compared to the originals at 130 lbs. each.

Office building from 1925 to 2005 when it was abandoned, then sold in 2007.

130 Lbs. Per Terra-cotta Block(25 Per Bay)

EXISTING STRUCTURE

3,250 Lbs. Per Bay(34 Bays)

110,500 Lbs. Per Floor(Floors 1-22)


Building Structure 2,740,400 Lbs.



1560 Lbs. Per Column(.5 Per Bay)

RETROFIT STRUCTURE

780 Lbs. Per Bay(34 Bays)

Building Structure 657,200 Lbs.

The building’s structure is located primarily on the masonry along the facade, in order to facilitate a new skin and new floor plans, the masonry is replaced with a curtain wall and interior steel/concrete columns. Because steel is lighter, it allows for a greater play between interior and exterior.

The over structuring is implemented from changing out the skin, allows the building to grow vertically as the program within it changes.

130 lbs.

130 lbs.

130 lbs.

1560 lbs.

ExistingStructure

2,740,400 lbs.

RetrofitStructure

657,200 lbs.

Ability toConstruct Additional

2,083,200 lbs.

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Architecture historically has remained static in the world that is ever changing and evolving. So why not architecture?

Contemporarily architecture facilitates the ongoing forces of its program inhabitants, its building systems, and the enviorment that warms and cools its materials. Its infrastructure and skin systems seldom change and adapt to the new social, economic, and environmental changes that evolve after its creation.

The opportunity is in a user driven program that constantly enhances the building and can reprogram its skins to adapt to the zeitgeist. As the user and environment change, so should the building, continually reflecting current technologies and ways of thought.

REFORM CONCEPT:

LEBBEUS WOODS:REBUILDING OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS.SCAR, SCAB, NEW TISSUE

TESTING:

RECONSTRUCTIONFACADE TESTING

http://curetheblind.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/woods.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PnCPTb2jz6w/TLSAh9ujY9I/AAAAAAAAAGY/9eP5I7Y1hlc/s640/Bee+3.jpg

[PROGRAM]

The building program facilitates a design community, with program to work, sleep, test, and practice various forms of design.

The program does not follow a standard floor plan typology, instead it mixes together different programs on the same floor, in hope of creating spontaneous interaction between different design professional and students.

PROGRAM LEGENDPROGRAM LEGEND

CORE

RETAIL

OFFICES

RESIDENTIAL

DORMS

ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL

TESTING PODS

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2013 ACADIA ENTRY- ROY PEER

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The building program facilitates a design community, with program to work, sleep, test, and practice various forms of design.

The program does not follow a standard floor plan typology, instead it mixes together different programs on the same floor, in hope of creating spontaneous interaction between different design professional and students.

PROGRAM LEGEND

LOW

MEDIUM

HIGH

ADAPTABILITYENERGY EFFICIENCY

ENERGY EFFICIENCY (BUILDING ORIGINAL)EMBODIED ENERGY (BUILDING ORIGINAL)

[MINIMAL] - IMPROVENonauesthetic improvements which maintains building form and overall function.

INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS

REFURBISHED WINDOWS

[ANELOSIMUS PARASITIC ARCHITECTURE]The anelosimus spider is sometimes infected with a wasp parasite that takes over and creates a webbing [architecture] for itself. This project seeks to retrofit modern buildings [spider] for their neglect towards the environment. Metaphorically the future [parasite] will one day change the way architecture is used. Therefore the architecture must be able to adapt from its original use into one that better suits its zeitgeist.

[REFORM] - REDEFINEThe implementation of successful experiments. Panelized for easy installation.

ADAPTIVESKIN

2020

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2030

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2040

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WATERSOLAR

ENERGYUSE

LOW

MEDIUM

HIGH



IMPROVED BUILDINGENERGY USE+ INTAKE

[ACTIVATE] - INVOLVETechnical systems that provide users with control of their interior environments.

WIRELESSCONTROL UNITS

IMPROVEDAIRHANDLING UNITLO

WME

DIUM

HIGH



AC UNIT

75°F55°F 60°F 65°F 70°F 75°F

[(RE)TEST] - ADAPTIsolated pods that test skin prototypes and other experimental sustainable projects.

TESTING PANEL TYPOLOGIES

ROBOTIC TESTING

LOW

MEDIUM

HIGH



SOLAR WIND FOG

MALADAPTIVE

ADAPTIVE

[SKIN TYPES]

[THE PANEL]

[CONCLUSION]

[THE INTERVENTION]

SKIN TYPE:INTERIOR

NORTH

SOUTH

EASTWES

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INTERIOR EXTERIOR

SKIN TYPE:EXTERIOR

NORTH

SOUTH

EASTWES

T

INTERIOR EXTERIOR

PEOPLE: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/413149404_f5ebc842a6_b.jpg COMPUTER CHIP: http://prowinwall.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Computer-Chip.jpg EARTH: http://www.antarcticconnection.com/images/science/climate2.jpg STEEL PLANT: http://img.weiku.com/waterpicture/2011/10/21/20/steel_melting_furnace_634592005319194973_3.jpg TRASH CAN: http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/files/2011/03/0405_WVdisposable.jpg

[THE USER] [DESIGNSPANELS] [TESTS] [INSTALLS]

ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS+ DESIGN PROFESSIONALS

CLIMATE

BASED ON CURRENT:

TECHNOLOGY

MATERIALAVAILABILITY

SOLAR SKINS

VENTILATION SKINS

FOG HARVESTING SKINS 2020

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2030

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2040

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[GOOD]

[BAD]

[THE LIMITS]

[THE ROOM]

[THE LIMITS]

WORKSHOP

LAB

LAB

[THE ROBOT] [THE PANEL] [PANEL TYPOLOGIES]

4’ x 8’ADAPTIVEPANEL

SOLAR

1

WIND

2

FOG

3

[TEST ROOM][THE BUILDING]

[TESTING]

[SOLAR]

ABILITY DIAGRAM

PV CONCENTRATEDPV PANEL

NANOANTENNAPANEL

?FUTURE

MATERIALS

POSSIBLE MATERIAL CHOICES:

[NATURAL VENTILATION]

ABILITY DIAGRAM

WINDOW WIND TOWER CROSSVENTILATION

?FUTURE

MATERIALS


[FOG]

ABILITY DIAGRAM

NATURALNETS

MESH FOGHARVESTING

?FUTURE

MATERIALS


NATURAL NETS: http://www.ludvigsen.hiof.no/webdoc/hoest/dew.jpg MESH: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X9kFzKkZ5T4/Tb0geVgJ1II/AAAAAAAAAQA/ImON8_IrlnQ/s1600/fog-harvesting_IFPq4_69.jpg NATURAL NETS: http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/101/cache/peru-fog-catchers_10142_600x450.jpgPV: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Solar_cell.png CONCENTRATE PV PANEL: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Solar_cell.png NANOANTENNA PANEL: http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/20081104-solfocus-concentrating-solar-pv.jpg WINDOW: http://www.nachi.org/images10-2/adobe-window-lintel.jpg CROSS VENTILATION: http://ecohomeresource.com/images/cross-ventilation.jpgWIND TOWER: http://nehanayeem.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_06941.jpg

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EXISTING PROPOSED

PANEL TYPOLOGIES

SKIN ADAPTATION

OVERALL EVOLUTION

SOLAR VENTILATION FOG

ADAPTIVESTATIC

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