FINAL REVIEW

Monday, December 3, 2012  10am-6:30pm

Order (Memo's class will be mixed in between our class)
10-2pm
1. Josh
2. David
3. Luis
4. Daniela
5. Raul
6. Aharon

Break

2:30-6:30pm
7. Aldo
8. Judah
9. Rose
10. Ivan
11. Carla
12. Julio

Models:
1 Bay model at 1/8” = 1’
3 Building models (1 for each site) at 1/16” = 1’ or 1/32"=1'
Study models (consider all models made throughout the semester as study models)
Digital Model- views, renderings, diagrams

Drawings:
1 Transverse and 1 Longitudinal Sections for each bridge at 1/16” = 1’
1 plan for each bridge showing site and ground level of building at 1/16”= 1’
1 plan for each bridge showing level above ground at 1/16” = 1’
    *plans must call out code & ADA requirements

Circulation Diagram
Program Diagram

Research:
3 site studies (maps, drawing or diagram) for each site
Site images
*Optional- Precedent studies related to structural system

Boards:
Each student will have approximately 8'x8' (two panels)
Presentations will be 20 mins per student

-Project title 
-Student name
-Course name
-Instructor name
-Project description (minimum 1 paragraph)
-All drawings must be clearly labled: type, scale, key, notes

For Monday, Nov. 19 Pin-Up

Requirements:
Ground floor plans overlayed on site plan at 1/16" scale for all 3 bridges
Site Studies for all 3 bridges
3 models originally due on Monday, Nov. 12.
Any additional material you have ready

We will begin at 2pm, Please pin-up in the classroom

For Monday, Nov 12

Read Hyper-Border by Fernando Romero (entire book)
Submit 2 printed paragraph long questions from the reading at the start of class.

Be ready to review in-process site studies and completed 3 bridge models

For Wednesday Nov. 7 and Friday Nov. 9

Wednesday Nov. 7

Please submit a pdf of all three site maps. You should be working at 1/4"=1'. Maps should clearly indicate roads, buildings, geographic features and additional transportation routes, such as train tracks.


Friday Nov. 9

Construct 3 bridge models, 1 for each site at 1/32" =1', bring all of these models on your trip to Marfa

Also please bring your site maps along with any other information which will help you document and map the site.

Mid-term Review Order

Each student will have 20 minutes total for presentations. Please keep your verbal presentations under 10 minutes so you have plenty of time for jury comments.

Group 1- start 1pm
1. Aldo
2. Daniela
3. Josh
4. Luis
5. Carla
6. Julio

**** 15 minute break (2nd group pin-up)

Group 2
7. Ivan
8. Aharon
9. Raul
10. Rose
11. Judah
12. David

4 Precedent Studies on opposite wall w/ all models

1. Josh/Aharon
2. Julio/David
3. Luis/Judah
4. Ivan/Aldo

Mid-term Requirements

3 Bay models at 1/8" or 1/4” = 1’ (*note change to scale requirements)
2 Sections for each bay at 1/4” = 1’
1 plan per bay at 1/4” = 1’
1 Detail Section at 1/2” = 1’
Diagrams (circulation, program, materials, etc)
Study models

DUE:  Mid-term Review Oct. 22, 1pm

For Friday, Oct 12

USGBC meeting at 1pm, studio will follow.

Tomorrow we will have desk crits. Please expect to discuss your structural systems and begin to  suggest this through drawings and/or models physical or digital.

Pin-Up order

We will begin at 1pm and may go as late as 6pm, so please make arrangements to stay the entire time. Please pin-up in this order in the main hall outside the entrance to the TTU classrooms. Each student has 10 minutes.

1. Josh
2. Julio
3. Daniela
4. Luis

5-8 Memo's class

9. Aldo
10. Judah
11. Rose
12. Raul

13-16 Memo's class

17. Aharon
18. Carla
19. David
20. Ivan

21-24 Memo's class

For Friday, Oct. 5 and Pin-Up on Monday Oct. 8

Tomorrow all students are expected to attend the AIAS meeting at 1pm. Studio will begin at 2pm.  We will have desk crits with your in process models and drawings of the required material below.

Pin-Up Requirements:
1 program/circulation organization diagram

list of total parking spaces required, bathrooms, quantity of ada bathrooms and parking spaces, and frequency of exits/fire stairs

1/32" plans for each level with a key noting total square footage for each program type

1/16" transverse sections at 3 locations: 120' ground,  120' spanning horizontally and 120' spanning vertically

1/32" model- chip board = program,  white = circulation

For Monday, Oct. 1

Tomorrow we will begin with an ADA lecture followed by desk crits.

1- 1/16" or 1/32" plan for each level
1- 1/16" transverse section (not an elevation)
1 1/32" organizational model- model circulation (vehicle and pedestrian) in white and program with chip board

For Wednesday, Sept. 26

1- 1/16" plan for each level
1- 1/16" transverse section (not an elevation)
1 1/32" organizational model- model circulation (vehicle and pedestrian) in white and program with chip board

Program list and square footage
*if you did not submit a list to me yesterday with sq. ft. designated for each program (not just a list of program) please re-do this exercise

All drawings must be printed at above scale.

For Monday, Sept. 24

Everyone needs to finalize program type and square footage for program.
60,000 sq. ft. -vehicle lanes and passport control/checkpoint
60,000 sq. ft. -park and recreation with 30% (20,000 sq. ft) dedicated to circulation

As discussed on Friday the park and recreation program has been left open ended and I have provided a variety of program case studies as examples. Some of you may choose to focus on a botanical garden, landscape and water remediation, sports recreation (soccer, skating, basketball, volleyball, playing fields, running paths, etc), art/sculpture park, urban gardening/farming, outdoor entertainment and performance space or atmospheric conditions of water, air sun, and earth. You can make it highly specific or offer a wide range of program types. Take a position on what a international bridge in the future can be – this new bridge type has the opportunity to change the conditions of a border crossing. If you are struggling to make decisions or have questions please let me know immediately.

By Monday at 4pm please email a list of program and dedicated square footage and one paragraph summary stating what your program is and what it means to a bridge which in the past only allowed for vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Continue working through how you organize program and circulation via physical models at 1/32"=1' scale. Requirements for Wednesday's class meeting will relate to these physical models and the translation into plan and section diagrams.

Desk crits tomorrow

Tomorrow is not a formal pin-up. You will pin-up your work and talk with me individually. Note: plans should be a 1/16"=1' scale, sections at 1/4". Sorry for the previous typo.

For Wedneday, Sept. 19 and Friday, Sept. 21

Start with measured drawings, preferably in CAD. Hand drawing is only acceptable if you are truly drafting, with a mayline and proper drafting tools. Develop in plan the entire length of bridge. Work through the dimensions of vehicle lanes, pedestrian paths and typical dimensions for program. Explore the spatial relationships between these uses.

Wednesday, Sept 19
at 4pm email me a screen shot or a pdf of your in process plan.

Friday, Sept 21
1- 1/4"=1'  plan
1- 1/4"=1' section
1 plan diagram demonstrating the relationship between program and circulation

Look at the case studies listed on the right.

3 Bridges Project 2: Bay Study

OBJECTIVES:
The studio aims to fast forward the international bridge to a future more
extraordinary through a programmatic shift reflecting an international
relationship which sees beyond transportation and defensive strategies
to one that relates to human and ecological conditions. A bridge will
not be a mere function of 20th century tectonic prowess rather a new
spatial condition with implications that advance infrastructure to a
role of cultural change in the 21st century. Project 2 seeks to develop
structural assemblies in relation to program circulation and enclosure
resulting in the design three structural bays for a single bridge.

PROCESS:
Project 2 includes programmatic, technical and code related exercises.
First program and circulation will be studied as a flow of human activity
which can be tracked and predicted through the modulation of space.
Evaluation of codes and their impact will inform this study. Second
construction methods and material processes will be investigated
through the design of a base unit based on structural systems from
project 1’s precedent study and development of the program and
circulation models. This base unit will then be tested for repetition
extracting possibilities for a system across three conditions leading to
the development of three structural bays.

SITE:
Typical international bridge border crossing site.
Span = 500’, Entire bridge up to 1000’ Bay size: 60’x120’

Bay 1: At Ground- Controlled entrance- horizontal 120’ wide
Bay 2: Spanning over- horizontal 120’ wide
Bay 2: Spanning over- vertical 120’ high

PROGRAM:
Controlled entrances, vehicle and pedestrian circulation.
Memo’s class- program type of 1:
Market (stalls, stores, cafes, etc.) 120,000 sq ft
Melissa’s class program type of 2:
Recreational facility (playing fields, playground, pool, wetlands, gardens, etc.)
120,000 sq ft

OUTPUT:
3 Bay models at 1/4” = 1’
2 Sections for each bay at 1/4” = 1’
1 plan per bay at 1/4” = 1’
1 Detail Section at 1/2” = 1’
Diagrams (circulation, program, materials, etc)
Study models

DUE: Pin-up Oct 8, Review (mid-term review) Oct. 22

For Monday, Sept. 17

Read Atlas of Novel Tectonics by Reiser + Umemoto (entire book)

Submit 2 printed paragraph long questions from the reading at the start of class.

Tomorrow

I will not be in studio tomorrow. Please email me images or drawings if you would like to discuss or need my input. Tomorrow you should concentrate on cutting your sections, details and setting up your axonometric drawings. Craig will be available for Rhino assistance. I have posted Wednesday's requirements and some examples of diagrams.

Project 1 Review- Wednesday, Sept 12

The following are required:

Presentation
2 boards (1 for each building)- 36”wide x 72”long

Project Info

-Name of structural type, project title, architect, location, sq.ft, project description

-Research Material (photos & drawings

Digital Model (Rhino)
-Show a minimum of 2 views

Drawings

-Structural, Program and Circulation Diagram made from axon/parallel projection view. *no  diagrams in plan view

-Building sections (drawing to scale); minimum 2

-Details (drawing to scale): minimum 2

 

Physical Models

-Study models (All models made since project start)

-Detail model (Scale will depend on building and whether you are modeling the entire building or just a specific area. Typically we discussed models at 1"=1' or 1/2" = 1' or 1/4 =1')

-ONLY the following materials are permitted for physical model construction:

• Bass wood, acrylic, white matte board, chip board, mdf, piano wire, waterbased, paint, tacky glue, micro hardware.

Presentation Order

Presentations will begin in our classroom with 3 groups at a time. Group 1 should be pinned up and ready to present at 1pm. When we switch to Memo's classroom Group 2 will pin-up. Please only use the walls, not panels and pin-up in the order below.

Group 1: Melissa's Classroom

1. Suspension- Judah & Luis

2. Canteliever- David & Julio

3. Shell/Surface- Rose & Carla

Group 1: Memo's Classroom

Group 2: Melissa's Classroom

4. Column/Beam- Ivan & Aldo

5. Truss- Raul & Daniela

6. Cable-stay- Josh & Aharon

Group 2: Memo's Classroom

Diagrams

Circulation Diagrams

Program Diagrams

Structural Diagrams

Start checking out books!

You all have the ability to check out books through inter-library loan, meaning you have access to books at the Lubbock architecture library. Books will be mailed to our campus in El Paso.  You also can access electronic journals and search the Avery Index for architecture periodicals. Start checking out books from our required and recommended reading lists as well as books related to your own projects. I also suggest you visit the Architecture Library when you go up to Lubbock next weekend.

TTU Library- Inter-library loan

For Friday, Sept. 7

Read Atlas of Novel Tectonics by Reiser + Umemoto (entire book)

Submit 2 printed paragraph long questions from the reading at the start of class.

Construct 10 (5 for each building) models  at the same size, with the same material and same requirements as previous study models. In this iteration study the termination of structural members. Thus, rather than stopping at a wall, floor plate or ground you will demonstrate the connection through.

*Piano wire- many of you are working with cable systems, please consider using a closer representation of this material. Hal's Hobby Warehouse on Lee Trevino sells Piano Wire. You don't want to use wire that has been rolled as it will curl, rather you can buy small gauge in straight lengths, easy to cut and control in your models.

Great Job!

I just wanted to thank you for the tremendous effort each of you has made over the past week, it was clearly apparent at today's pin-up. Keep it up! I look forward to meeting with you on Friday.

For Wednesday Sept. 5

Wednesday's pin-up will be with both classes combined. Students can plot or present on 8.5x11"or 11x17" paper. Boards are not required for this pin-up.

Required: 
note: everything above should be at presentation scale (visible from 6' away) 


Title, architect, location, sq.ft, project description
Research Material (photos & drawings)

3D Rhino model complete of both buildings- students should assign appropriate layers and colors so model is legible

Screen shot the following views of model
1. 4- Axon views showing different sides of building (called parallel projection in Rhino)
2. Detail view (close-up in parallel view)
3. Top view
4. Front view

Study Models (you will show 10 models for each building at the pin-up)

1. 10 models from Friday which study relationship to ground

2. 10 (5 for each building) additional models constructed at the same size, with the same material and same requirements but in this iteration study and track movement through the building.

Order:
Please pin-up all work before  1pm on Wednesday. We will pin-up in both classrooms, precedents with the same structural system should be side by side (arch/arch and truss/truss, etc). Models can be lightly pinned to wall or on a table/ground.

Memo's room
1_TRUSS
2_ARCH
3_CANTILEVER

Melissa's room
4_SHELL/SURFACE
5_SUSPENSION
6_CABLE-STAY
7_BEAM/COLUMN

For Friday Aug. 31

Each team will develop a series of 10 study models, 5 for each precedent building. Models should study the relationship to ground in each precedent. This would typically be a vertical to horizontal connection. Ground can be interior or exterior. These models are not about representing the entire building rather a focused study of condition and structural relationships.

Models should be around 6-8" (fit in the palm of you hand), not to scale, and constructed using only white 4ply board or with one additional material of your choice. Please pay attention to craft, though these are studies they should be executed thoughtfully and with precision.

Email me a photograph of all 10 models on your desk top by 4:30pm on Friday, August 31.

For Wednesday Aug. 29

Title, architect, location, sq.ft, project description
Research Material (photos & drawings)

All students need to have all images, drawings and building information located so that digital modeling can begin. Please print all drawings and images and be ready to discuss.


Judah Mata & Luis Sotelo- SUSPENSION
David L. Lawrence Convention Center by Rafael Viñoly
Braga Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura

Rosalie Ortega-Gose & Carla Moreno- SHELL/SURFACE
Rolex Learning Center by SANAA
Yokohama International Ferry Terminal by FOA

Daniela Lujan & Raul Sierra - TRUSS
Milstein Building, Cornell University by OMA
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
 
Joshua Price & Aharon Saenz- CABLE-STAY
Torre de Collserola by Foster + Partners
Horizontal Skyscraper- Vanke Center by Steven Holl
LM Project Gateway by Steven Holl
Quadracci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava

Project 1: Precedent Study

Download Project 1 

Pin-up: Wednesday, September 5 (digital model completed)
Due date: Wednesday, September 12

Through a set of building precedents teams of two students will explore typologies of bridge structure: truss, arch, girder, cantilever, cable-stay, and suspension. Rather than bridges, students will study buildings which perform like bridges through their structural system but require enclosure supporting occupiable and programmatic space. This project will assist students in understanding structural systems and how they can be used to organize and define space.

Student will focus their study of precedents through digital and physical model simultaneously developed in studio and the digital media course. Development of a digital and physical model will generate drawings: sections, details, axonometrics and diagrams. Models and drawings should reflect a study of all of the following: tectonic strategies, structural and circulation systems, programmatic organization, environmental performance, material studies, urban condition, and spatial qualities.

READINGS:

Atlas of Novel Tectonics, Reiser and Umemoto, Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition, 2006

REQUIREMENTS:

-Title, architect, location, sq.ft, project description

-Research Material (photos & drawings);

-Digital Model (Rhino)

-Physical Modes: study models, detail model

-Axonometric Structural, Program and Circulation Diagram

-Building sections; minimum 2

-Details: minimum 2

-Presentation: material above presented on 2 boards- 36”wide x 72”long

NOTES:

-Students are expected to use TTU library resources for research, in addition to internet and books.

-Please contact your instructor if you have difficulty finding material.

-Scales will be determined on a project by project basis by instructor.

-Digital model will be developed in Rhino.

-High level of craft and precision is required. Poor constructions and lack of detail is unacceptable and will greatly reduce your grade.

-ONLY the following materials are permitted for physical model construction:

• Bass wood, acrylic, white matte board, mdf, piano wire, waterbased, paint, tacky glue, micro hardware.

Teams must choose two precedents within their catgory.

Precedents are not to be divided up per student rather developed together, realizing a cohesive presentaiton.

1_TRUSS
Milstein Building, Cornell University by OMA
BMW Welt by Coop-Himmelblau
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
The Birds Nest by Herzog de Meuron

2_ARCH
Zentrum Paul Klee by Renzo Piano
Santa Caterina Market by EMBT
Nestlé Application Group by Rojkind Arquitectos
Tama Art University Library by Toyo Ito

3_CANTILEVER
Nanjing Sifang Art Museum by Steven Holl
ICA Boston- Diller Scofidio Renfro
The Sharp Center for Design by Alsop Architects
New Tamayo Museum by Rojkind Arquitectos and BIG

4_SHELL/SURFACE
Rolex Learning Center by SANAA
Shenzhen Airport or Fiera Milano by Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto
St Petersburg Pier by Michael Maltzan
Yokohama International Ferry Terminal by FOA

5_SUSPENSION
Marquette Plaza, Gunnar Birkets
Yoyogi National Gymnasium by Kenzo Tange
David L. Lawrence Convention Center by Rafael Viñoly
Braga Stadium by Eduardo Souto de Moura

6_CABLE-STAY
Torre de Collserola by Foster + Partners
Horizontal Skyscraper- Vanke Center by Steven Holl
LM Project Gateway by Steven Holl
Quadracci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava

7_BEAM/COLUMN
Madrid-Barajas Airport by Richard Rogers Partnership
Brazilian Museum of Sculpture by Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Sendai Mediateque by Toyo Ito
Vigo University by EMBT