Hunter Hanahan's Portfolio

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W.HunterHanahan A Collection of Works 2007-2011

4AcademicMarvin Lecture HallCorridor RevitalizationLee Hall Rethought

ProfessionalMountain ResidenceDigital Models

FurnitureThe K TableThe Collapsible BookshelfThe Mammoth Table

CreativeCeramicsFreehand Drawing

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@ The University of Kansas

Marvin Hall, the architecture building at The University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, is a well-functioning and beautiful four story, limestone building with one major flaw: its largest rooms allow no more than 25 people to comfortably congregate at one time. The addition of a lecture hall to Marvin Hall provides a needed assembly space for classes, meetings and visiting lecturers. In this proposed design, particular attention was paid to comfortably situate the 250 person lecture hall in a relatively compact site, while incorporating daylighting and natural ventilation strategies.

Lawrence, KSMarvin Lecture Hall

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The addition of a lecture hall to Marvin Hall provides a needed assembly space for classes and lectures. Because it will be used by many people, an ambulatory walkway is included as part of the design to quickly, and comfortably, move people between the lecture hall, Marvin Hall and the Art and Design building. Mounted to the roof above the ambulatory walkway are six light monitors, which bring daylight into the lecture hall, and also double as solar chimneys to facilitate the stack effect for natural ventilation.

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provides a comfortable connection between Marvin Hall and Art & Design; access to the lecture hall; and pin-up/exhibit space for student work

Ambulatory Walkway

replaces the current Jury Room and supports post-lecture socializing, while serving as a cafe/lounge during regular hours

Reception Space/Cafe

provides a space to hold up to 250 people for classes, large meetings and visiting lecturers

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Solar chimneys/light monitors

EPDM single-membrane roof system

Steel roof beams

Limestone skin

Suspended ambulatory walkway

Concrete risers and seats

Full model

Concrete floor structure and steel roof structure

Storage space below lecture hall and ramp

Ambulatory button glazing and aluminum fin mullions

Acoustical clouds (polycarbonate & birch plywood)

Not to scaleB Building Section Model

Vertical fins provide a framework to support the skin, while spider hardware ties the system together.

Exploded Axonometric Ambulatory Walkway Section Model

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1 6x3 steel channel2 6 louvers to regulate airflow3 20 louvers to regulate light4 Indiana limestone5 1 tensile steel rod6 Aluminum fin mullions7 EPDM roof membrane8 1 wood wool9 2 wood wall fin

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Wind blowing from the southeast creates a negative pressure on the backside of the solar chimneys/light monitors, which helps draw the hot air out of the space.

The top of each solar chimney/light monitor houses 11 steel tubes containing sand, which acts as a solar thermal mass collector and accelerates the stack effect.

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Louvers allow building users to control the amount of daylight that enters through the light monitors and polycarbonate acoustical clouds inside the lecture hall serve to diffuse the light throughout the space.

Daylighting

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Academic

@ The University of Kansas

An abandoned rail bed, The Rock Island Corridor, stretches out of Kansas City, MO to its southeast for 30 miles. The city has started an initiative to develop this corridor. This project proposes the implementation of a series of viaducts throughout The Rock Island Corridor to connect two or more areas of a city for the purpose of pedestrian linkages and creating park environments in the urban context. This system also focuses on sustainably harvesting food, water and solar energy from these viaducts to support a central farmers market.

Kansas City, MOCorridor Revitalization

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Raytown

Lees Summit

Greenwood

Pleasant Hill

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The Rock Island Corridor in Missouri is a rail line that stretches roughly 30 miles from Kansas City to Pleasant Hill. Today it sits dormant as it has not been in use since the early 1970s. There are five main population areas along the corridor, with their typical densities dropping as the distance increases from Kansas City. Also, between Kansas City and Raytown there are many areas that are deemed Food Deserts, which, as defined by the USDA, indicate that there is a shortage of major grocery stores in that area.

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Morphology

Phase IThe first phase was the individual portion of this project. The concept was to develop a sustainable architectural prototype that could be later used as a building block for a larger system to be applied throughout the Rock Island Corridor.

Organic layering of urban systems around a series of nodes within the city framework

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Establishing a system of rules based on density to dictate the function, scale and experience of a cellular suface system

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Integrating a self-sustained growing system with a park-like enviornment in an urban context to combat Food Deserts

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the population and develops a dialogue of hierarchy to the context around it. There is developed an understanding of importance to the sustain-able systems emplaced in the eco-viaduct that also acts as a connection for the pedestrians in the site to the imbedded system. These are the quali-ties that were grabbed and brought into the design for the Rock Island Corridor.

The precidence of an eco-via-duct was envisioned as what the design wanted to become. A system that overtakes and places itself in the context that it finds itself in; whether that means new infrastructure or the repurposing of existing infrastructure, and doing so in a way that is prominent in the minds of those who inhabit them. By spanning over roads the eco-viaduct is engaging with

PRECEDENTS

To design a farming system that is sustained by rainwater collection and sunlight harvest to support a citys farmers market. The form of the system will resemble muscular tension, weaving in and out of the landscape or cityscape to varying degrees based on site conditions, from an urban scale development to a revitalization of existing infrastructure. It will be constructed of a steel grid structural system that hosts an urban farm and park hybrid and establishes a connection with the planned light rail. A by-product of the weaving form and its grid structure would create rhythm of light and shadow for passengers as they travel along the light rail. This system will be integrated into urban areas of varying scale along the Rock Island Corridor.

Project Statement DESIGNINITIATIVES

These models were attempts to explore how the qualities of the eco-viaduct and the phase one explorations could be combined to inform the de-sign. By exploring with how the landscape and cityscape could begin to have a dialogue with each other and then applying the components and layers as a skin that would over lay the developed morphology of site.

PROJECT STATEMENT

Phase IIDuring this phase the three approaches from Phase I were integrated to develop a large scale sustainable strategy. The goal was to establish a system of logic for our design and begin to study how it would change as it was introduced to varying sites along the corridor.

Through our modeling process we explored the concept of connection by stretching the existing landscape instead of merely adding a structure.

These three precedents exemplify both connection between multiple parts of a city and the experience for its users. These examples helped inform our design as it evolved through Phase II.

Precedent Study

Modeling

The HighlineNew York City

Ponte della CostituzioneVenice, Italy

EcoViaducts

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The design establishes not only a connection between two parts of the city, but also a space to incorporate the sustainable system, which helps support the local farmers market and the city itself. The system consists of rainwater collection, sunlight harvest and farming. Hardscape surfaces collect rainwater runoff, photovoltaic panels capture sunlight and farming boxes offer planting space. Depending on the location and resources within a specific city, the ratio of the three components varies to adapt appropriately.

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This site was chosen to facilitate a rail stop at a major multi-modal intersection. Also this part of the city is in need of park environments and pedestrian connections over I-70 and the rail.

The Raytown site was chosen for its plethora of parking lots and hardscapes from which to collect rainwater. The pre-existing vacant lot adjacent to the rail also serves as an ideal location for a central farmers market.

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Pleasant Hill was chosen as the ideal site for detailed development due to the rails adjacency to the downtown and the sites lack of context, which allows for the greatest amount of experimentation of systems and form. The towns rural context allows for major urban farming development.

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Phase IIIThe last phase consisted of diving into further development of a single site to explore how the systems established in Phase II would be deployed in an architectural manner.

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Pleasant Hill, MO

1 Restaurant2 Ticket Booth3 Outdoor Seating4 Light Rail Platform5 Downtown Park6 Underground Parking7 Farmers Market Stalls8 Pedestrian Bridge9 Light Rail Track

Taking Pleasant Hill as a case study to develop and test our system, there was a focus on making a connection over the rail and linking the residential portion of the city to the commercial downtown on the other side. This connection is seen as a sustainable bridge which culminates with a farmers market on one side and a restaurant on the other tied by a infrastructure that embodies solar harvesting, water collection and urban farming that are all brought down to the pedestrian scale as individuals walk across the bridge.

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Academic

@ Clemson University

Lee Hall, Clemson Universitys arts and architecture building, has lost its vitality. It was originally designed as a beautiful example of Modernism and a model of organization. After two large additions, the simplistic beauty of Lee Hall has been replaced by a dissonance of forms. This proposal gives Lee Hall a chance to restore the original vision of open, collaborative space and order.

Clemson, SCLee Hall Rethought

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Comprised of two curved building forms, the new design harmoniously attaches to the original Lee Hall, as well as follows the contours of the existing terrain.

Since Lee Hall is somewhat hidden in plain sight today, this redesign takes advantage of the large pedestrian thoroughfare that runs adjacent and establishes a node of activity in this area of campus.

Original Lee Hall BuildingProposed Addition

Pedestrian Path from Parking Lot

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Proposed_Expose Lee Hall to campus_Reorganize and consolidate_Increase square footage

Existing_Lacks identity on campus_Disjointed floor plan_Insufficient space

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The atrium and gallery are prominent additions to the new design, creating an inviting, alluring entrance for Lee Hall.

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Collaborative studio

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The solar canopy above the atrium harvests sunlight through the use of building integrated photovoltaic panels and also adds a dynamic, sculptural element to Lee Hall.

The blades are connected in pairs to counter-balance each other. A sensor tracks the sun and small motors adjust the blades throughout the day to maximize net energy gain.

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@ Johnston Design Group

This 4,500 SF home is located in northwestern South Carolina within the Gary Player Estates development. Sustainability and a comfortable integration to the site were important to the client. The house was oriented to take advantage of sunlight and prevailing winds. The materials were chosen to be rustic to help blend the house with the site. They included tongue and groove cedar siding, board formed concrete, heavy timber and a metal roof. While at Johnston Design Group I worked on this project with Scott Johnston, David Anderssen and Lisa Williams.

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The site is located on a slope with the Blue Ridge Mountains extending beyond the valley to the south. Two views of the mountains are framed by the angled porches that extend from the back of the house. The large south facing elevation maximizes winter heat gain and the extended eaves on the roof shade the glazing in the summer to prevent overheating. Part of my time on this project was spent drawing and revising the elevations and detailing the two porches.

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First Floor Plan1/16=1-0

1 Living2 Terrace3 Bed4 Bath5 Porch6 Kitchen7 Dining8 Foyer9 Study

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The roof was framed using heavy cedar timbers which were left exposed to match the vertical tongue and groove siding on the exterior. The foundations and foundation walls were constructed with concrete poured on site. During the design and construction documents phases of the project I detailed wall section, building section and elevation drawings.

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Professional

@ Johnston Design Group

In addition to my work with design and construction documents while at Johnston Design Group, I also built digital models for many projects. The purposes of the digital models were typically for building mass studies, as a tool used to discuss progress with the client and for solar studies to ensure that the home received proper solar gain at the appropriate times of year.

Digital Models

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This Arts & Crafts styled house draws inspiration from Greene & Greens Gamble House with a great deal of wood detailing, both inside and out, and with many roof eaves creating complex rooflines. It was important to the client that the overall design, from form to materials, fit comfortably within its wooded surroundings.

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Outdoor living spaces were important to this client which is why the eastern side of this house features two walk-out porches with two fireplaces. The driveway bridge provides an elegant entry to the house and curves to mimic the existing landscape.

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FurnitureThe K Table is built upon the premise of simplicity above all. With only five parts, it is just that. It has four plywood legs that interlock to eliminate the need for any mechanical fasteners or glue. Manufactured to a tight tolerance using CNC machinery, the connection between the legs is a perfect fit, yet is easily assembled and disassembled.

The K Table

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FurnitureThis piece is designed to provide the user with a bookshelf that can be easily moved from place to place due to its complete collapsibility. The design is based upon intersecting, orthogonal planes that create both visually and physically strong connections throughout. As the shelves are inserted in place, they create spherical volumes that add a new dimension to the bookshelf and exploit, instead of hide, the connections.

The Collapsible Bookshelf

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The spherical volumes add a certain lightness to the bookshelf that combined with the floating effect from the bottom shelf help to offset a potentially heavy presence that could result from an 8 tall piece of furniture constructed with 3/4 plywood.

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Removable spring-steel clips snap into 1/2 deep machined slots to secure the back panel to the two uprights. This type of fastener ensures simple assembly and disassembly.

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FurnitureThe Mammoth Table is all about truth in form. All parts are all connected to each other using threaded rod, which is purposely left exposed at its ends along the long edges of the tabletop. By leaving the hardware visible instead of concealed, it establishes an honesty of form with the fasteners having as much importance as the wooden components.

The Mammoth Table

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The many species of wood used in this table, including birch, poplar, oak, pine, and redwood, create a pleasing visual texture across the tabletop. It is only interrupted by the four legs as they stand proud of the surface.

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CreativeCeramicsWhile at Clemson University I spent time learning to work with clay. It is like architectural design and construction, but on a smaller scale. Aesthetics is important, but the piece must have a sound structure to succeed. One of the things that I can appreciate most about ceramics is that it is based upon using the most fundamental tools of all: our own hands.

@ Clemson University

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CreativeFreehand drawing is essential for any designer. When I draw I strive to recreate and/or represent on paper what I see through my eyes, but more importantly, transform to paper what I see in my minds eye. The pen should be the most familiar tool to an architect. With this tool the options are limitless.

Freehand Drawing

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Reflection GardenPen & Ink

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The Gamble HousePen & Ink

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