danielle n. davis

Danielle Davis

ContentsAcademic

Peabody Museum IntersticeDance Machine

Building Project - Team CCASIS Headquarters

Coney Island(s)Kunsthaus Bregenz Study

Light FingersWhitney Museum Reinterpreted

Craft & Materials - Creative Formation

Professional

Building Project InternshipWork Experience - Summer Internships

159152327293133

3537

Imagined to puncture the ground plane and activiate the Yale Science Hill plaza, this project is an extension of Peabody Natural History Museum. Meant to intrigue and inform any passerby - whether there for a moment or a day, the exhibition is housed in a series of illuminated columns that reach above and below the plaza in varying degrees.

Peabody Interstice Critic: Joyce HsiangYear 1 Fall Semester

opposite pageLarge-scale model of main plaza

this pagetop: Cross-section through back end of courtyardbottom: Detail view of model showing the column type, height, & display differences

3| Peabody Interstice

4

Taking cues from the approach up Science Hill as well as Johnson’s colonnade, the columns - thin, thick, grouped, fre e-standing - establish a pattern and rhythm of movement through the exhibit that links the experiences on both sides of the ground plane through light and glimpses of view. During the day, light from above illuminates the lower level. At night, light from below activates the dark plaza.

opposite pagetop: Ground Planbottom: Longitudinal section

this pagefar left, top: Lower Level Planfar left, bottom: View from below ground plane of exhibition columns extending belowright: Model view showing the reciprocity between upper and lower levels (see through the empty footprint of the Kline Biology Tower)

Beneath the Guastavino vaults of the Williamsburg bridge in New York City, a new dance center weaves the program for and the passage of dancers and visitors through the masonry arcade of the facade.

The new facade dives behind the columns of the bridge and then slips out again to enclose an auditorium space where the stage is framed by the original arches. The new envelope further splits and wraps to define glass-bounded rehearsal spaces and back-of-house behind the stage and arcade.

Dance Machine Critic: Joyce HsiangYear 1 Fall Semester

BACKSTAGE

STAGE

LOBBY

CAFE

PERMANENT

PERFORMANCE

CAFE

DANCER

BOH

ENTRANCE PROGRAM EXIT

REHEARSAL STUDIO

CHANGING RM

LOUNGE/BREAKROOM

OFFICE

AUDITORIUM

CAFE

LOBBY

GIFT STORE

TICKETS

FOR REHEARSAL

FOR PERFORMANCE

STAFF

VISITOR

FOR CAFE

FOR CLASSES

FOR PERFORMANCE

LOBBY

CAFE

BOH

BACKSTAGE

STAGE

LOBBY

CAFE

PERMANENT

PERFORMANCE

CAFE

DANCER

BOH

ENTRANCE PROGRAM EXIT

REHEARSAL STUDIO

CHANGING RM

LOUNGE/BREAKROOM

OFFICE

GIFT STORE

FOR REHEARSAL

FOR PERFORMANCE

STAFF

VISITOR

FOR CAFE

FOR CLASSES

FOR PERFORMANCE

LOBBY

CAFE

BOH

AUDITORIUM

CAFE

LOBBY

TICKETS

opposite pageSection model photograph through stage proscenium

this pageleft: Diagrammatic sketches of movement through arcaderight, top: Program & flow diagram of users of the dance centerright, bottom: Section through bridge, auditorium, and one dance rehearsal studio

7| Dance Machine

8

opposite pagetop: Ground Plan with main auditorium, lobby, back-of-house, and lobby

this pagetop: Diagrams - public access, public/private program, private accessbottom: Second Floor Plan with offices, rehearsal studios, and the auditorium mezzanine

To promote owner/tenant autonomy, this Vlock Building Project proposal interlocks the units subtly within the simple volume through a stacked stair.

To express the interlock and provide light that would otherwise have been blocked by the other unit, an articulated roof also subtly links the two residences.

with Bobby Cannavinno, Elisa Iturbe, Bryan Maddock, Leeland McPhail, Cristian Oncescu, William Sheridan

Building Project - Team C Critic: Joeb Moore and Jennifer LeungYear 1 Spring Semester

S T A R R S T R E E T

T

opposite pageModel view from Tenant backyard

this pagetop: Site Planbottom: Diagram of concepts to “double the frontage” of the house & diagram of the layered arrangement of void, solid

UP

UP

11| Building Project

UP

UP

Both owner and tenant are afforded front and back entries with liminal access paths that only overlap in the most public of places - the corner-facing front porch. This porch is the massing’s acknowledgment of the corner condition of the site as well as the symbol of community connection.

12

opposite pageFirst Floor Plan, Owner Unit to left

this pageSecond Floor Plan

13| Building Project

The units are viewed as interlocking in three ways: - light, core circulation, and overlapping view ranges.

N O R T H E R N

W E S T E R N

TENANT700 SF

OWNER875 SFOWNER875 SF

TENANT700 SFTT

O

T

14

opposite pageSectional perspective render - through living spaces and tenant entry

this pagetop: Elevation view - eroded porch expressed through claddingbottom: Diagram expressing the moments of interlock

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space is a new institution founded to bring scientific research of private companies and organizations to the International Space Station. To this end, a powerful new headquarters will express their innovation, discretion, and stablility on strategic site near the United Nations in New York City. The headquarters incorporates a public exhibtion, private offices and research labs, and conference facilities. Located on the corner of 1st Ave and 40th St, the building is accessed from either the front (future East River Park and the UN) or the back (Manhattan and the subway). Entering at the heart of the site, visitors for the exhibition wrap around the access path - ascending and then descending through the other side of the site. Jutting upward from this base, a crystal-like structure encases the rest of the headquarters in a series of multi-level zones.

CASIS Headquarters Critic: Michael YoungYear 2 Fall Semester

support

entry /

exhibiti

on

educatio

n

research

/ offic

e

special

event

opposite pageStreet view from corner

this pageDiagram of programmatic volumes carved through the building

17| CASIS Headquarters

18

opposite pageleft : Study models right: Final massing model with skin system expressed

this pageDual cladding systems

19| CASIS Headquarters

20

opposite pageBasement - exhibition & lecture hall Ground Plan - lobby & upper level of lecture hall2nd - Exhibition and ramp down to basement level3rd - Educational classroom and breakout spaces

this pageleft: 5th - main office and research lab 7th - VIP loungeright: Sectional model of atrium

| CASIS Headquarters21

opposite pagetop, left: Aerial night rendertop, right: Render of back from Manhattanbottom: Back entry view

this pageLongitudinal section showing multi-level lobby, exhbition and lecture hall with upper level private zones

22

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and general estimates of rising sea levels, this urbanism studio proposes to reinvent Coney Island as a resilient, strong community.

With the radical assumption that the ground level should be allowed to completely accommodate incoming water, there is a loss of the ground plane that stimulates new types of connections and transportation.

Tied into physical infrastructure, a social infrastructure of services and community space is integrated through the islands - creating interdependencies on a large scale and self-sufficiency on a small scale.

Coney Islands Critic: Peggy DeamerYear 2 Spring Semester - with Elisa Iturbe & Thomas Day

opposite pageSectional model of transit-hub intersecting an existing residential tower and extending into new buildings

this pagetop: Phase III Plan of new Coney Islandsbottom: Mapping diagrams of island-wide and neighborhood-level social infrastructure

25| Coney Islands - Midterm Review

oppositeOverall island plan model & detail views

this page(from top) Diagrams of towers identified to fortify, map of lost social infrastructure by sea level rise in 2050, diagram of existing social infrastructure phases of loss

26

20202012 schools

20502020

2012 hospitals

20502020

2012 libraries

20502020

2012 post offices

20502020

2012 police stations

20502020

2012 cultural & performance

20502020

2012 clinics*

20502020

2012 grocery stores*

2050

*each symbol = 5

By identifying existing social infrastructures and mapping the drastic losses that sea level rise will inflict, this became a critical programmatic driver for the new city.

Formally, tall residential towers were viewed as the most resilient physical construction, so they will be fortified against rising waters and (along with the transit connections) will anchor the new development. They are modeled in white.

Following an analysis of Peter Zumthor’s Kunsthaus Bregenz, a 2’ x 2’ sectional model was composed to reveal the key components of the structure and systems. These were identified as the light filtration system and facade construction, focusing on the ephemeral qualities they created.

Kunsthaus Bregenz Studywith Constance ValeBuilding Technology

opposite pageFront view of model

this pageleft, top: Panel detailleft, bottom: Detail of panel support right: Interior ceiling panel reveals strategy of indirect illumination

Conceived as a prosthetic extension of Rudolph Hall, the “light fingers” installation activates the dim landings and window nook between the second and third floors in the York Street stairwell. The installation invites viewers to the edge of the landing to better understand the multilevel space beyond the stair. The “fingers” intervene with increasing complexity across four lights that typically illuminate reliefs on the far wall of the stairwell. In this way, the fingers extend from the edge of the platform to enliven this peripheral space.

Published in Retrospecta 2012

Team Fabrication in Visualization IIwith Jackie Kow, Julie Kim, Sheena ZhangLight Fingers

3.21

tion

1 2 3

opposite pageTop view of Light Fingers installed

this pagetop: Construction sequence diagrambottom: Plan and section of the installation and context

The first image uses a sectional view of Marcel Breuer’s Whintey Museum to highlight the idea of the public realm entering under the stepped facade. The “moat” becomes the link, not the separator.

In the second image, an aerial view and interior view are juxtaposed to emphasize the inversion of object-field (building as object, building as field).

In the final image, our group parametrically “redesigned” museum that elevates the building entirely to allow total public possession of the ground floor.

Drawings were produced after building a digital model in Revit.

1st image published in Retrospecta 2012

Whitney Museum Studywith Cristian Oncescu and Leeland McPhailVisualization IV

Beginning with an original watercolor painting, the image went through a series of digital manipulations to arrive at a pattern. When tiled, the pattern produces a variety of beautiful corner conditions that blur the reading of figure and ground.In this first stage of the project, a 3D plaster print was produced of one tile.

Craft, Materials, & Computer-Aided ArtistryCritic: Kevin RotheroeCreative Formation I

opposite page3D printed tile from front and side

this pagetop: Original watercolor and digital manipulationsbottom: Detail of 3D tile when backlit; Digital surface patterning

Summer 2012

The winning proposal for Yale’s Vlock Building Project was constructed in the summer of 2012. The foundation and main structure were built by the entire graduate class of 2014, but 14 interns were selected to complete the construction over the summer.

Building Project Internship - YSOA

opposite pageView from corner

this pagetop, left: View from Starr St.top, right: Owner’s backyard and deckbottom, left: Top of Owner stairsbottom, right: Access to Owner deck, upper window, stair detailing, and door combine for impression of transparency

Corgan Associates - EducationSummer 2011

Assisted in the construction administration of Lady Bird Johnson Middle School (shown on right & opposite page) and other schools in Irving, TX.Also contributed to design development and construction documents of over 5 schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

HKS - Hospitality Summer 2008

Assisted in the design development stages for the Four Seasons Sharm el-Sheikh (shown on left) and schematic development of a resort in South Caicos.Also compiled a working database of the graphic data of over 20 Hopsitality projects.

Work Experience - Summer Internships

Copyright HKS Copyright Corgan Associates

Copyright HKS

38

Copyright Corgan Associates

danielle n. davis

Documents