fundamentals studio ii portfolio -cameron parker

F U N D A M E N T A L S S T U D I O I I Cameron Parker B.F.A. Architecture Candidate 2016 Fundamentals II Winter 2014 Professor Christine Wacta

Cameron Parker B.F.A. Architecture Candidate 2016 Fundamentals II Winter 2014 Professor Christine Wacta

Dedication

This portfolio is dedicated to my family, who always happens to be by my side regardless of the circumstance.

Cameron Parker B.F.A. Architecture Candidate 2016 Fundamentals II Winter 2014 Professor Christine Wacta Cameron Parker B.F.A. Architecture Candidate 2016 Fundamentals II Winter 2014 Professor Christine Wacta

Table of Contents

Design Intent

Site Serial SketchesInitial Site Recordings

Sketching Analysis

Speculative Vignettes

Site Analysis: Addendum

Client & Architect Letter’s

Concept Development: Sketching

Concept Development: Modeling

Architect Profile

Grid Analysis

Conceptual ProgrammingConcept Statement

Centering Questions

Conceptual Landscape Development

Centering QuestionsSustainability Address

Construction Detail

Floor Plans

Elevations

Sections

Axonometric Views

RenderingsFinal Model Shots

Self Evaluation


My concept for this project is one that is mainly focused in matching both the historic and industial context of buildings that surround our chosen site. I am interested in maintaining the language of the existing Factor’s Walk and Historic language of the building on the East side of our site. I want a continuity of these natural materials. It is also my goal to reflect the topography of the site directly in my building by mirroring the angle that the building hovers over the site, giving it an intimacy with the site and creating a strong plan to section relation. Another goal was to reflect the industrial manner that is north of the site, so that all of the vernacular of the area are included in my new proposed structure.

Design Intent


Close-Up to Focal PointOverall View of Site

Serial Sketches

Focal Point of Site


Initial Site Recordings

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Human Height

Origin

Constant Horizontal Distance

East/West Topography

North/ South Topography

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13Constant Horizontal Distance

Human Height

Origin


Sketching Analysis

Link to Place Mystery Truncation

AnticipationPlace (Exit)Arrival


Sketching Analysis

Suprise

Natural Texture

Infinity Pause

Detail Transition


Speculative VignettesDrainage Noise Views to Site

ExistingCondition

ProposedCondition


Speculative VignettesTrees Utilities Sun-Path

ExistingCondition

ProposedCondition


Site AnalysisNeighborhood Context

Vehicular Traffic

Pedestrian TrafficNeighborhood Zoning

IndustrialInstitutional

CommercialRetail

Heavy TrafficMedium TrafficLight Traffic

Key

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Heavy TrafficMedium TrafficLight Traffic

Key


Site AnalysisClimate

Average Annual High & Low Temperatures

Average TemperaturesSavannah, GA

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Average Annual Rainfall

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Site AnalysisClimate

Wind Rose ChartSavannah, Ga

Average Temperatures

Key

Wind Speed (m/s)1.2-3.3.51-1.20 3.3-5.4 5.4-8.5 > 11.18.5-11.1

Sun- Path DiagramsSavannah, Ga

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Summer Solstice

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Site AnalysisSun Path Diagrams

10 AM 12 PM 6 PM

10 AM 12 PM 6 PM

Summer Solstice

Winter Solstice


Sensory

Site Analysis


Noise & Visibility

Site Analysis

Noise Diagram Visibility Diagram

W River St.

Williamson St. Williamson St.

W River St.

Factors WalkFactors Walk


Utilities

Site Analysis

Key

Utility Map- Vicinity

Power UtilityTraffic Light

Fire Hydrant

Man Pole

Power Water

Utility Map: Close-Up


Project Letter’s

[email protected]

(904) 651-8873

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C a m e r o n M i l l s Pa r k e r

January 24, 2014

Mrs. Judith Monroe411 Seiler AvenueSavannah, Georgia 31401

Dear Judith Monroe,

We here at Wright Architects have received your project submission for the site located at Williamson and West River Streets and are pleased to move forward with a proposal to further explore the extent and scope of the project. We have completed a more thorough investigation of the site and done an analysis on how the project may interact with its proposed location. We have begun some preliminary drawings and are working towards a schematic design to submit to you for further review. Please expect to hear back from us within two weeks with some of the initial drawings for the project. We will also be preparing a rough cost estimate for your review. Any further inquiries or information you have that may lend itself to our further understanding of the project would be greatly appreciated. We are looking forward to hearing back from you.

Sincerely,

Cameron ParkerPrinciple Architect

C a m e r o n M i l l s Pa r k e r

January 21, 2014Wright ArchitectsSavannah, Georgia 31401

Dear Wright Architects,

The city is currently looking into an urban renewal project at the end of Factors Walk across from the abandoned Georgia power plant. The site is between West River Street and Williamson Street, perpendicular to Montgomery Street. The intended program for this building is an international exhibition space to display art work of visiting artists, as well as to house them. The site that is proposed for this project is a very challenging one. The topography is such that there is a drastic incline going up the North south axis. The variance from the top to the bottom of the site is plus or minus 20 feet.

The city has proposed this project in conjunction with the Savannah College of Art and Design as an effort to foster the culture of the arts in the city and bring in multicultural perspectives of art into the city for exposure to both tourists and locals.

Please get back to us with a cost estimate and some initial drawing as soon as you can, so that we may move forward with the start of this project.

Thank you so much. We look forward to hearing back from you on your ideas for the project.

Sincerely,

Judith MonroeSenior Vice PresidentSavannah Metropolitan Planning Commission

Metropolitan Planning Commission

Client Letter Architect Letter


Architect Profile

Daniel Libeskind’s commitment to expanding the scope of architecture reflects his profound interest and involvement in philosophy, art, literature and music. Fundamental to Libeskind’s philosophy is the notion that building are crafted with the perceptible human energy, and that they address the greater cultural context in which they are built.

D a n i e l L i b e s k i n d

Philosophy

Origin

Distinctions2012 AIA National Service Medal

2011 Medal of Honor

2008 Presidents Award

Libeskind was born in post-war Poland and immigrated to America, becoming a citizen in 1964. He studied music in Israel and became a virtuoso performer in New York, before leaving music to study Architecture. He gained a professional degree in 1970 at the Cooper Union in New York. He followed this with a post-graduate degree in History and the Theory of Architecture at the Essex University in England in 1972. He established his first professional practice in Berlin in 1989. He later moved this practice to New York in 2003, where it exists today.

Notable Projects

Name: Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre

Location: Hong Kong, China

Completed: 2010

Name: Jewish Museum Location: Berlin Germany Completed: 1999

Plan

Section

Name: Royal Ontario Museum Location: Toronto, Canada Completed: 2007


Concept DevelopmentSketching


Sketching

Concept Development


Modeling

Concept Development

Proposed Plan 1 Proposed Plan 2 Proposed Plan 3


Concept DevelopmentModeling- Isometrics

Proposed Model 1

Proposed Model 2 Proposed Model 3


Grid Analysis

Grid 1

Grid 2

Grid 3

Grid Composite

Axis

View Through Site

Pedestrian Circulation

Axis

Extracted Lines

Pedestrian Circulation


ProgrammingInitial Proposal

This proposal included two gallery wings of the international

art gallery where one was elevated over the site and the

other was to delve into the ground to a passage that

lead to the bathroom space as well as the residential

sector of the program. As included in other proposed

schemes for the programming, there is a main vestibule

coming off of the Williamson Street sidethat leads to a

gallery which is connected by a bridge, though this initial

program had it placed under the existingFactors Walk

while other schemes have it hovering over this historic site.

Gallery

Lobby Earth

Circulation Gallery

Lobby Earth

Circulation Residential


ProgrammingRevised Proposal

This initial programming included a sub-terranean

level which was intended to be used for the residential

programming of the building. There were to be

two gallery spaces that were elevated above the

ground mirroring the angle of the site, The program

of the international art gallery also included a

single elevator shaft for universal circulation and one

staircase to act as a secondary mode of transportation.

Gallery

LobbyCirculation Gallery

LobbyCirculationRestrooms

Residential


Landscape DevelopmentProcess

Initial Landscape Plan Second Landscape Plan Third Landscape Plan


Final LandscapeScheme4

Conceptual Program Plan

Final Landscape Rendering


Concept Statement

The concept that I have chosen to govern

my design is one that is based on the

modified grid system that organized

the city of Savannah Georgia. The

squares that are embedded within the

grid exist as areas of escape from the

urban sprawl of the city. They are areas

of rest and areas with an abundance of

greenery. I wanted to embed the same

plane in the courtyard in the form ofa strong plan to section relation. There is

also a loose concept that deals with the

expression of the building being abstracted

from the human anatomy. The wings of

the gallery that hover and delve into the

site are like arms exploring the site and

interacting with it just as humans interact

with nature. There is also a concept that I

phenomena in the central portion of my

site and create a green space that would

exist as a courtyard and a relaxation area

for tourist coming from the east side of

River Street. My art gallery is a largely

outdoor complex, where visitors are

able to view art in an overhead gallery,

a subterranean sculptures. My building

connects to the site by mirroring the plan,

giving it gallery, as well as on the ground

had of transparency and representing

the history of the region by orienting

the building perpendicularly as well as

adjacent to the Factor’s Walk axis. My

whole structure is oriented along the

grid derived directly from the axis of

this historic pathway. In essence, I am

amending the unkempt aesthetic of this

site to better speak the language the rest of

Historic Downtown Savannah is speaking.


What is the central idea or concept that drives your project and consequentially helps you make important design decisions?

Also, in order to connect the building to the

site I have firstly: conformed the building to

mirror the site I have firstly: conformed the

building to mirror the site in its rising angle,

creating a strong plan to section relation and

secondly: I have created a transparency in the

building structure where the current Factor’s

Walk axis exists in order to maintain this

significant pathway to understanding the history

of the West River Street vicinity. My building

conforms to a grid that has been created parallel

and perpendicularly to the Factors walk axis.

The central concept that governs my project

deals with the historic features of the site and

also with the current blight of the site which I am

proposing to improve in this project. Savannah is

praised and recognized for its unique, modified

grid system. The squares embedded within this

grid are places of life and culture and gathering.

It is my wish to mimic this phenomenon within

the parameters of my site. The central portion

of my site contains an embedded green space

which has been cut out through excavation of

the current sloped topography residing there.

the site context. I have designed logically during

the process by using the existing site plan with

the recorded information and sketching directly

over it, that way I am aware of the consequences

my design have on the existing condition. I have

cross-referenced most; if not all of my design

decisions to ensure they are actually able to occur.

My process has been mainly based on the research

that we conducted during the site analysis phase

of this project. The analysis made me aware of all

of the existing features of the site and gave me

a true appreciation in attempting to preserve

the current conditions that are existing there. I

am now conducting design that is conscious of

What influence has the previous analysis played in your design scheme and what logical design process have you followed throughout this project?

Composite GridFactors Walk Grid

Centering Questions


order to connect the structure to this focal

point of the region. I have also compensated

my design to human needs and tendencies

by creating various seating/assembly spaces

that are embedded centrally or in proximity

to my building. There are also many different

circulation possibilities within the project.

I have actively observed the human traffic

and circulation of the current site to inform

decisions on where to place the current

circulation. I have actively observed peoples

fascination with and compulsion to explore

the factors walk region and have adjusted my

design to completely respond to this axis in

How have you gathered and applied information about human needs, behavior, and aspirations to inform the design process?

Centering Questions

exposed and will allow for rainfall absorption.

My project adds a large amount of foliage to

the site and revitalizes the currently lacking

landscape of the region. The building is not

obtrusive and caters to the condition of the site.

My proposed design does call for a large amount

of excavating, but it is not something that

will negatively affect the region. If anything,

my project contains a small footprint on the

site. There is a large amount of ground that is

What ecological impact does your project have on this site?


topography of the site and therefore be more

connected to the design. Scale is proportioned

to make man feel comfortable in the space.

The bridges which exist as arms that extends

into and out from the site is not monumental.

The man should feel slightly compressed as

they move through the space, but not so much

so that they should become uncomfortable.

My proposed design does call for a large amount

of excavating, but it is not something that will

negatively affect the region. If anything, my project

contains a small footprint on the site. There is a

large amount of ground that is exposed and will

allow for rainfall absorption. My project adds a

large amount of foliage to the site and revitalizes

the currently lacking landscape of the region.

What role does scale, distance and movement play in the perception of the site and the design in this urban environment? How do man, landscape and building relate?

Centering Questions

The building is not obtrusive and caters to the

condition of the site. Movement is very strongly

considered in the movement through the site

and through the proposed building on the site.

Movement is oriented mostly along an axis that

is perpendicular to the sites Factor’s Walk. Also

the topography is maintained in its basic essence

to the existing site slope. Patrons and visitors to

the exhibition space will get a true feel for the

The building relates to the landscape by mirroring

and following the angles of the existing site and

man connects to the building in the sense that

the building exists as an armature that rests on

and over the site. Also the greenery and foliage

that exists on the site is used to relate to man

as it will be proportioned to a human scale to

better connect man to the green space of the site.

The building is organized along my central

chosen axis which is adjacent and perpendicular

to the Factor’s Walk axis. Some of the spatial

issues regarding the square footage are also

solved through excavating into the site to

allow for more room for human occupancy.

This also gives a spatial hierarchy through

both a depressed and overhead base plane.

Spatial issues are addressed in the site

appropriately through a very evident hierarchy

in the organization of the landscape. The

building surrounds the central courtyard and

is defined through the planar quality of the

building and the variance in material of the

ground covering. The central space is heavily

accessible by many different circulation routes.

How does your project address the organizational and spatial issues?


Centering Questions

keep man in the courtyard space grounded

with natural green elements. It exists on the

central axis of circulation for the project in the

courtyard space. The use of stone also keeps the

proposed site true to the contextual materials

that surround and exist in the current day site.

The design utilizes vegetation to frame the

courtyard and to compress the occupants of

the site at moments in order to move them

into the more hierarchical regions of the site,

such as the courtyard, or onto the Factor’s Walk

processional space. Grass is also used to always

How does the design utilize vegetation (existing or proposed) as space making and character giving elements?

on my perception of the site and have been

therefore able to work with my notes to create

an effective and appropriate design. Gestural

sketching has made it possible to get my ideas

down quickly and have no guilt in moving on

to another idea. They are quick and intended

for exploration and I quite enjoy seeing the

process develop into a well-reasoned design.

The gestural sketch has allowed me to freely

express my design ideas and concepts and get

down all of my premonitions of the site. I have

drawn up many potential plans and have been

therefore able to explore the range of possibilities

in each. I have taken a series of visual notes of

the important regions of the site and through

sketching have recorded vital information

What role has the gestural sketch played in the design and representation of the project?


ramp from the lobby to the gallery at the 12:1

Foot provision . I have dealt with site restrictions

by placing the building well away from the lot

set-backs. I have also left plenty of room in the

front and back of the site for sidewalks and public

walkways. I have tweaked my design to be universal.

I have addressed the handicapped codes by

providing an elevator shaft to allow for vertical

circulation by those that are impaired to the

gallery space. As far as the horizontal circulation

is concerend I have met code restriction

requirements by providing a slope on the

How are handicapped codes and site restrictions manifested in your design thinking and building/site making?

Centering Questions

to pull into this are and have direct access to main

circulation points of the building form this point.

Patron and vehicular circulation are separated

and do not exist in combination with one another.

Parking is not being addressed as existing on the

current site that I am working with. There is an

emergency vehicular path that exists along the

Factor’s Walk region. Emergency services are able

How are you dealing with the interface between vehicular (patron and emergency) and pedestrian circulation in your project? How are you addressing parking?


Centering Questions

through an extensive Landscape plan. I wanted

to make the building and site surrounding it

appealing in order to attract visitors. I have dealt

with erosion by both the planting and grass

to root down the topsoil and by eliminating

the slope so that rainfall cannot wash away

this soil resting on the open region of the site.

The current, existing aesthetic conditions of the

site are pretty bleak. The site is eroding down

the North South axis and the current foliage

and trash that lies on the site is a testament to

the disrepair and neglect that the area has fallen

into. My design has taken this condition and

dissolved it away to include a restored new look

What aesthetic/theoretical issues have helped you determine your design?

sculptures within and outside of the courtyard

to give a wide array of art in the museum. I

think also that Art galleries must economize

the design so that it doesn’t dwarf or distract

form the art. My design doesn’t do this as

it is minimal and uses natural materials.

A good art gallery includes an organization

of the work by type and also contains a wide

array of different styles and artist. I also

think a gallery should host art that is varied

in its mediums and forms. For instance in

this project, I have every intention of placing

What makes a good Art Gallery?


Centering Questions

history that exists on and around the site.

I have actually reinforced Factor’s walk

in my design, making it an even stronger

focal point on the site than it already is.

Ethical values that have affected my design

have included my respect of the current

history that exists at the site. I have in

no way obstructed any element of the

What ethical values have helped you determine your design?

features of my design, such as the two towers

on the north side of the site which exist in order

to both support the hall that traverses the site

but also as means of circulation throughout

the building. Other technical features that have

affected my design have been the site setbacks

and the requirement of ADA adherence.

Considering the implications of the slope of the

site and the existing topography of the site have

forced me to consider how you navigate the site

in extreme detail. I have calculated most of the

stairways and determined their length based on

the required change in grade of the site. Required

modes of navigation have also governed certain

What technical ideas have helped you determine your design?

The greatest challenge of this site has been

designing a building that would span a long

distance over an extensively varied topography.

What has been the greatest site design challenge of this project?


Centering Questions

the fan of Frank Lloyd Wright and have instilled

some of his building values into my own design.

His ideas on raw material and transparency

exist within my design. Also his adherence

and respect to the sites that he works on have

been targeted issues, as I have directly reflected

and included the topography in my design.

I have included the elements of Transparency

in my design in order to better connect my

building to the site and consequently man to

Nature. Modernism is also a precedent that

exists within this project through the sharp

angled and use of modern materials such as

concrete. I am quite the fan of Frank Lloyd

What historical architectural precedents have helped you determine your design?

variance of the human form. There is a large

aspect of movement in my design and I have

therefore created a rough abstraction of arms

existing as the various wings of the gallery space

of the building. Also the concept of Art and

Nature was a strong one for me. I think that

proximity of art to Nature better connects the

man to the art as man becomes connected to his

Simulation of the Savannah squares is

accomplished by using a courtyard in the central

region of my design. This was a significant I also

really paid close attention to the Factor’s Walk

axis and made the building perpendicular to this

to address the surrounding heritage and history

of the region. Another concept of mine was

What conceptual ideas have helped you determine your design?


12 PM

Sustainability Address

Winter Solstice

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Summer Solstice Average Temps.Savannah, GA

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Sustainability Issues ClaimThe site being located in Savannah Georgia has an

inherently humid nature with hot summers and

moderate winters. There is also a good amount of rainfall

here. The largest issue I am faced with is the issue of

Keeping the heat, as well as the humidity out during the

summer, while maintaining the heat during the winter.

Sustainable ProposalIt is my intention to propose the addition of a green

roof to my stucture, as well as a foliage wall on the

North facade of the structure to act as an envelope

buffer to modulate Temperature during the winter

and summer months and to act as a rainfall collection

system . The roof will draw the humidity and moisture

away from the ground level, providing a more pleasant

experience and will act as a heat sink during the

winter to maintain heat within the main structure.

Proposed Section

Proposed Plan

Statement Claim Evidence Proposal Drawings


Sustainability DiagramsThese diagrams take a look at the phenomena concerned

with the proposed ventilation patterns as well as the

sun path on the site at various times of the year. My

main concerns are to compensate for the direct sunlight

received on the west wall through a complex louvre

system that will open and close during different times

of the day to compensate for the direct light. I also have

included a green roof on the structure to act as a heat

sink in addition to the fountain located just underneath.

Isometric Diagram Longitudinal Section

Transversal Section


Construction Details

Foundation Slab Detail

Floor To WallDetail

Roof To WallSection


Floor Plans

0 205 0 205 0 205

Plan Programming

Courtyard Level Gallery Level Residential Level


ElevationsNorth & South Views

0 205 0 205South View North View


Elevations East View

0 205


ElevationsWest View

0 205


Longitudinal Section Longitudinal Section-East

0 205


Longitudinal SectionLongitudinal Section-West

0 205


North View

Transversal Section

0 205


Transversal SectionSouth View

0 205


Site SectionWest View

0 205


Site SectionEast View

0 205


Axonometric Views

SE IsometricSW Isometric

NE IsometricNW Isometric Exploded Axonometric


Sun Studies

10 AM 12 PM 3 PM

10 AM 12 PM 3 PM

Winter Solstice

Summer Solstice


Renderings

Williamson Street Entry Residence Interior


Renderings

Courtyard Entrance View to Bridge


Final Rendering


Final Model Shot

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