Integrated Studio Documentation

megan burns / angie seaba / patrick witthaus

integrated studio documentation - spring 2016

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Contents

06 | Referents08 | Mask / Head10 | Austin Trip12 | Initial Collaborative Concept

16 | Site Plan18 | Massing Model20 | Plans30 | Elevations34 | Sections36 | Sustainable Strategies37 | Material Palette 38 | Final Renderings44 | Virtual Reality Experience46 | Film

50 | Structural System51 | Mechanical Routing52 | Reflected Ceiling Plans53 | Exploded Structural Axo54 | Egress Plans56 | Key Wall Section57 | Details58 | Final Boards + Presentation

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ReferentsThrough exploring our individual relationships and ideas on civicness through themes of context, repetition, and tailoring, we individually selected three photographs and wrote three responses that acted as a framework for conversation and design throughout the semester. These projects led directly into the Mask / Head assignment.

Megan Burns // Trefry 2016

REPETITION

repetition, repetition, repetition, repetitioniteration, iteration, iteration, whole

iteration + iteration + iteration = wholeiterate and iteraterepeat and repeat

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It is not “1+1=2”

It is “If I add two numbers together, they become something new and maybe something better. Therefore, I do. 1+1=2.”

And although pure 1 and pure 1 always equals pure 2, recognize that almost-1 and almost-1equals almost-2.

It’s in this generalization that design lives.

Design brings us close to pure, to Perfect.

And if Perfect exists, there would be no room for design.

(Does Perfect only exist in mathematics?)

Design assumes there is no true Perfect and yet it strives to achieve so. And in this strive, this struggle, iteration is fundamental.

Nature strives for perfection and, inevitably, so does the human race.

We evolve, regenerate, diversify. Iterate. Repeat.

I think of people. These are the building blocks, the repeated unit, of civic identity. It starts with the

citizens, and refreshes/renews (or doesn’t) based on those citizens. They are similar in many ways but it’s the small differences they bring, that influence the

whole. It’s at the core, the same base unit, but because they’re all linked, the differences in one

affect those around it, changing it from the original base unit to something much richer, and

therefore creates a chain reaction that generates a very unique whole, impossible to replicate exactly.

Repetition / Landscape

I think context, by its nature, always exerts some sort of an influence on the situation, the identity,

that it surrounds. It can either generate a positive or negative effect or the object can either accept

or reject the influence of its context, but regardless there exists an influential relationship between the

two. Even by rejecting the context, there is a matter of acknowledging that it is there and deliberately

choosing to respond counterintuitively to its presence.

Context / Sculpture

Perhaps the question should be asked what actually is being tailored and effectively adapting to the oth-er. Is the garment being tailored to fit the wearer or does the wearer begin making its own adaptations to fit the garment? Does civic identity adapt to its base units and context or does the civic identity remain rigid and enforce itself upon the citizens, causing

change in them? Maybe it’s both. I think in order to have the best fit there needs to be a balance struck, fitted but not restricting so that both garment and wearer maintain their separate forms, but begin to

bend and blend to complement one another.

Tailoring / Garment


CONTEXT

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Context commands, directs, influences.

The physical manifestion of an idea is an abstract replica of that idea.

It is through abstraction that the abstract becomes real.

Therefore, an idea may remain an idea, but it may also become a spoon, a blanket, a car, a façade.

What is context?

Context is informing, supporting, altering.

An object itself is not sufficient material when describing its identity.Does it lay flat? Does it make noise? Does it enliven a space?

What is context?

Context is generalized, assumed, misunderstood.

An object’s identity is perceived by the beholder of the object in space.Does it match? Does it perform a funtion? Does it influence you?

Context informs identity: identity informs context.


TAILORINGHow do we fit our culture?

How does our culture fit us?Which comes first?

We are born into a world of influence.We attempt to mold ourselves a cozy place in this world.

And the world attempts to fit itself around us.

And upon leaving this world of influence, throwing our own influence back into it,leaving behind the space we had made.

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the content of your space is greater than the shape of your space.

The content behind a mask is greater than the mask,or the illusion that the mask creates.

An illusion.A mask.

A mask can perform its function.More importantly,

a mask hides content.

A mask is tailored to hide content.

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Mask / HeadAs we transitioned our themes of context, repetition, and tailoring into physical objects, similar narratives emerged between individuals. Global ideas between projects acted as the catalysts for forming groups, and ideas of movement, interaction, and public manipulation were the driving factors behind our groups’ pairing.

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Austin TripFor four days in early February, our studio had the opportunity to experience Austin, Texas. As a change of pace from traditional sites in Kansas City, and with such a unique culture, spending time in and around the city provided glimpses into not only what matters to the people of Austin, not just architecturally, but culturally and personally as well.

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Initial Collaborative ConceptOur group took a collaborative approach from the very beginning of the design process. We settled on this idea of plinth and tower, with the tower rising to meet the surrounding building’s height near the southwest corner, and then the plinth falling off towards the northeast corner to meet the smaller scale of development happening towards the Federal Courthouse. A conceptual sketch completed in the early part of the semester acted as the core of our building’s design sense.

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Site PlanIn the macro scale of the city, our project site occupies an incredibly important piece of property directly south of Republic Square and adjacent to the Federal Courthouse. With a civic project requiring 500,000+ square feet of program on only half of a city block, our project had the opportunity to transform this section of the city.

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Massing ModelAt 1:50 scale, this massing model fits into the site topography and best represents the significant form of the Travis County Courthouse.

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1. Public Lobby2. Agent’s Room3. Cashier Room4. Open Work Area5. Manager’s Office6. Administrator Offices7. Staff Lounge/Conference8. Long Term Records Storage9. Records and Exhibit Storage10. High-volume Copying and Mail11. Storage and Workroom

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12. Building Manger’s Office13. Shared Contractor Office14. Contractor Workroom15. Storage

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Hardline PlansThe critical component of security has a massive influence when laying out floor plans for a courthouse. With our two elevator cores running through the middle of our project, we were able to easily program zones of public, restricted, and secure access throughout the entire tower. Scale = 1:50

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ElevationsOur elevations set forth the visualization graphic standards that our entire project would end up implementing. Using warm tones and the gradient between dark and grounded (at the base) and light and ethereal (near the top) helped to further cement our project narrative.

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SectionsEach section is drawn to show the three 10’ zones designed for each full 30’ level: Structural plenum, mechanical ceilings, and occupiable space. The public lobbies and courtrooms are the only spaces that break this order. The sections also demonstrate the variation that occurs along the facade.

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Sustainable StrategiesA double skinned, passively ventilated wall system was designed for the exterior of the tower. As an additional line of defense against unwanted solar gain, an electro-chromatic frit that uses sensors to monitor interior temperature and occupancy loads was applied. The frit had a double function in that it provides privacy for courtrooms and offices as well.

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Material PaletteEstablished early in the design process, this materials palette is more conceptual than realistic. We wanted the feeling of dark accents, ethereal highlights, and clear lines. This leads to the contrast of the white fritted glass facade and its darker “shadow-box” mullions. The dark metal screen enveloping the plinth also derived from this palette.

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Final RenderingsAll of our final renderings needed to share a similar language in order to read cohesively as a finished product and presentation. A burnt orange, as a nod to the University of Texas up the street, and a canvas texture, hearkening back to our earlier use of fabric, were both used to tie all of our final visualizations together.

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Virtual Reality ExperienceA Google Cardboard VR headset was used to provide an immersive experience of our project for reviewers and peers at our final review. Several highly detailed scenes were rendered in stereo panorama and available to view by using this cheap and accessible technology.

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Film The film that accompanied our presentations throughout the semester was shot and edited to portray our courthouse’s main ideals: shifting movements, user experience, and change over time.

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Reflected Ceiling PlansModern office lighting solutions were studied, adjusted, and implemented throughout the project. In courtrooms and public lobbies, lighting was designed to emulate the electro-chromatic fritted glass patterns found throughout the project.

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Mechanical RoutingThe mechanical system designed for the first 5 floors (within the plinth) are all ducted to and from the third floor. Therefore, the first floor shown above has supply ducts entering from the vertical chase and return ducts heading up to the louver on the third floor. The courtroom floors air handling is independently housed.


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Structural PlansWith the plinth and tower arrangement that we envisioned, a simple and orthogonal steel structural system was designed with efficiency and cost in mind. Generous back-spans for the cantilevers on the tower portion of the project are well within economical and realistic limits.


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Exploded Structural AxoThis rendered exploded axonometric acted as a clear visualization device for how a typical wall section of the tower would be assembled. Major components and their connections to one another are shown.

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Egress PlansTwo large stairs contained in two similar but separate sheer cores provided the egress requirement for the tower. These two egress stairs also served the plinth, where two additional egress stairs, located within the perimeter of the building, satisfied all egress requirements. All paths of travel in the entire building are within IBC requirements. Level 1

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Key Wall SectionThe wall section isolates 3 levels and shows how the levels will meet structurally. A steel extrusion sub-structure hangs off the main structure and supports the 2’ deep curtain wall system as well as occasional roof and overhang conditions.

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DetailsDetail A is drawn to solve a small roof occasion. Steel L brackets support the metal decking, insulation, waterproofing, and pavers. Detail B isolates an overhang occasion. The sub structure juts out to support the curtain system. Both Details show curtain wall assembly details as well.

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Final Boards + PresentationOur final presentation boards, which were eight feet tall and fifteen feet wide, were designed to accommodate a non-planar presentation surface with all information presented at traditional architectural scales.

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Documents

Integrated Studio Documentation