A PORTFOLIOJEFFREY TREITZ

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DIGITAL VEGETAL Group Project With Josh Atria

Close-up Intersection Plan View

Digital Vegetal is the re imagining of Lexington Ave., a popular and energetic street in Asheville, NC. We sought to incorporate the technologically savvy and nature respecting attitudes of the public into the urban fabric. The basic concept was to repurpose Lexington Ave. through the contrasting lenses of technology and vegetation.

The street and sidewalk were completely resurfaced with colored concrete pavers, creating zones of color through the avenue.

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Vertical Garden Detail

The walls of the buildings were covered in metal grids on which vegetation could freely grow imprint-ing a pixelated pattern simply by varying the species of plant life from grid to grid.

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PLACA DE LA GARDUNYA Group Project With Josh AtriaThe Placa De La Gardunya as it stands today is, in essence, a parking lot behind the world famous Boqueria Market in Barcelona, Spain. We aimed to revitalize this space by putting installing a plaza, that was completely water centric. Barcelona lives in constant fear of water shortages so at its core, the new plaza is a celebration of water and water conservation

The ground of the plaza would be transformed into a mosaic through the deformation of the hexagon, the mo-lecular shape of water. These colored stone hexagons would be stepped up and down, creating elevated zones and pool zones that would be filled with water when it is available.

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The main features of the plaza would be the three enormous towers, which collected, filtered and stored rain water that could then be recycled throughout the plaza year round

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THE BOX 3D Modeling - Digital Fabrication - RenderingAn exploration of the transformation from the cartesian “outside” to an organic “inside” by the intersection of two voids in a rectangular box.

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The model is made of model airplane plywood and some old cherry veneer tape. The pieces were cut by laser with small notches, allowing them to be assembled by snapping into place.

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LINEAR DISRUPTION Kunsthal - New York CityThis kunsthal is meant to be a point of intersection between the regularity of Manhattan’s gridded streets and the meandering path of the Highline. While the outside of the building follows the strict rectilinear form of the L-shaped site the interior seeks to set up a zone of conflict by skewing its main axis towards the west.

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The interior and roof top of the Kunsthal is a series of ascending landscapes with ramps that lead the patron through a series of exhi-bition spaces whose volumes intrude into one another. The East facade, facing the Highline, is an all glass curtain wall which provides visitors with the unique experience of viewing art while being viewed by pedestrians on the Highline.

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The massive ground floor, which is open to the floors above and three stories tall in some

places, is reminiscent of the interiors of the warehouses and meatpacking plants of the

neighborhood. Suspended walkways which connect with the main circulation path of the exhibition spaces reminds one of the impres-

sive covered walkways which connect some buildings throughout the city

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THE EPIPHYTE OF ASHEVILLE BB&T ReinventionThe Epiphyte is a type of plant which grows on a tree or host plant but, unlike a parasite, does not take nutrients away from that host. This is the basic concept behind the reinvention of Asheville’s only skyscraper, the BB&T building on Lexington Ave. The intervention involves stripping off almost 3/4’s of the existing facade and creating a space where crops can be grown and people that have been hit hard by the recession can take up temporary hous-ing.

A modular living space was designed for housing those who suddenly

found themselves without a place to live because of the economic reces-sion. The bucket orchid is a type of

epiphyte whose hanging form was an inspiration for the living units.

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The module is structurally held together by steel tubes which are bent and welded into form. They are attached to the girders of the building through an armature which locks it into place

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