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INDEX

FIELD STATION FOR UofO, DePoe Bay, OR pag. 4STUDIO ARCH 484 IVPROF. VIRGINIA CARTWRIGHTSUMMER 2012

NEW HOME FOR A&AA, University of Oregon pag. 6STUDIO ARCH 484 IIIPROF. MEHRDAD YAZDANI & PATRICK HANNAH SPRING 2012

RELIGIOUS STUDY CENTER, Univeristy of Oregon pag. 8STUDIO ARCH 484 IPROF. MEGAN HAIGHTSUMMER 2011

MIXED HOUSING TYPE PROJECT. 196 UNITS, Portland, OR pag. 10STUDIO ARCH 484 IIPROF. MICHAEL FIFIELD FALL 2011

LUMINOUS QUALITY PATTERN DESIGN pag. 12ARCH 201 IntroductionPROF. JAMES GIVENSFALL 2009

SHADINF DEVICE, KLAMATH HALL, UofO pag. 14ARCH 491 Environmental Control SystemsPROF. ALISON KWOKWINTER 2011

BUS STOP SHELTER pag. 16ARCH 462 Structural BehaviorPROF. MARK DONOFRIOWINTER 2012

HAND DRAWING SKILLS 2009-2013 pag. 18

CONSTRUCTION DETAIL DRAWINGS pag. 20ARCH 471 EnclosuresPROF. DONALD CORNER &JOHN ROWELLFALL 2012

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The Field Station is a building that will be used by 20 students and two faculty members for a short period. Due to the low occupancy of the building and its location, controlling and maintaining the environmental quality of the interior space (temperature and humidity) is critical.

The floor plan of the building is a square of 36x36 feet defined by four concrete walls. The walls are displaced 12 feet to create four openings, providing ventilation and framed views. To enhance the centrality, a series of pre-fabricated wood cubes are attached to the walls with embedded metal plates. These are the private spaces, bedrooms and bathrooms. The entry to the building is through a square courtyard of 36x36 feet defined by four eight feet high walls.

The building is crowned by a four gable roof with a central characteristic chimney. The roof is detached from the walls where it’s supported and overhangs to protect the entrance and the openings, thereby providing a confortable live space.

FIELD STATIONUNIVERSITY OF OREGONDepoe Bay, Oregon

ARCH 484 | PROF. VIRGINIA CARTWRIGHTSUMMER 2012

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

CONCEPT SCHEMES

SITE PLAN

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DETAILED SECTION

0’ FLOOR PLAN

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SECTION A

SECTION B

NORTH ELEVATION

NEW HOME FOR A&AAUNIVERSITY OF OREGONUniversity Street, Eugene, OR

ARCH 484 | PROF. MERHDAD YAZDANI PATRICK HANNAHSPRING 2012

The new building of Architecture and Allied Arts of the University of Oregon will be a continuation of the scheme along University Street. The rectangular long piece will connect the street and the building through a “Viewing Space” full of art, movement, energy and engagement.

I envision a building where the thinking, making an viewing part of education serve an inspiring connecting element between the departments and a brighter social interaction for a better relationship between faculty and students.

The building consists of three volumes. The first one, has a lineal spatial composition based on a series of concrete structure panels drilled with openings for circulation, light, communication, etc. Among the multiple spaces between these walls, there are 4 courtyard openings to allow natural light inside each studio in both first and second floor. The second and third volumes are a rectangular glass box and a concrete cube containing the large classrooms, library and research labs.

The greatest strength of the A&AA at the University of Oregon is that it has one of the best programs in the country. The education, led by renowned faculty and professors, is very high in quality, which makes the A&AA school a well-known institution throughout the United States.

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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The Religious Study Center at the Uni-versity of Oregon is conceived as a non-denominational sacred space that can be adapted to suit specific religions and ac-commodate distinct types of ceremonies and gatherings. The concept object cho-sen is a perfect three-dimensional cube representing all faiths, the Universe, the Planet Earth and the Human Body.

Each of the four cubes contains an in-terior space, but the garden cube is the connecting element of the entire complex with the natural environment, acting as a wide aperture towards nature. This cube is open to three sides and perforated by a large oculus to the sky. In Latin this is known as an “Umbraculum”. This be-comes a centralized sacred space called the sanctuary garden, made for inspira-tion and meditation in between sunrays, nature and order.

RELIGIOUS STUDY CENTER UNIVERSITY OF OREGON17th Ave & Agate St. Eugene

ARCH 484 I | PROF. MEGAN HAIGHTSUMMER 2011

WEST ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

EAST-WEST SECTION - INTERIOR SANCTUARY

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SECTION THROUGH SANCTUARY

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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The project design consists of 196 units of different typology over four blocks on Collector Street, Portland, Oregon.

The two North blocks of the housing community feature four double-height COURTYARD houses. There are 54 WALK-UP Apartments facing Middle Street. These are three floors high and are grouped in 8 “stars” or “satellites” resulting in apartments with two or three orientations. The form of a star is a volume open to nature that is generated by grouping units around a central hearth of vertical circulation.

To the south, facing Collector Street, there are four lineal volumes. These contain a total of 16 LIVE-OFFICE units in the first floor, 16 apartments with two bedrooms and 32 STUDIO APARTMENTS. There is a covered space for pedestrians along Collector Street, protected from rain and sun that could be a meeting point for this part of the city.

Overall, there are 196 houses in four blocks, three typologies and three housing varieties.

These distinct units share a communal green space. The ground floor units have their own private garden. The main priority was to provide as much as green space as possible while achieving high unit density.

MIXED HOUSINGTYPE PROJECT196 Units, Portland, Oregon

ARCH 484 II | PROF. MICHAEL FIFIELDFALL 2011

SOUTHWEST BLOCK - LANSCAPE SITE PLANWALK-UP APARTMENTS | STUDIOS APARTMENTS | LIVE-WORK

COLLECTOR STREET ELEVATIONSTUDIO APARTMENTS AND LIVE-WORK

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4-BLOCKS HOUSING TYPOLOGY SITE PLAN

APARTMENT_STUDIO 459 sf

APARTMENT_TWO BEDROOM 918 sf

APARTMENT_THREE BEDROOM 1248 sf

COURTYARD HOUSE - THREE BEDROOM 1440 sf

LANDSCAPE

LIVE-WORK (FIRTS FLOOR) 816 sf

COMMERCIAL KIOSK 260 sf

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In this exercise I was asked to create a pattern using five of the Fifteen Fundamental Properties outlined in the Nature of Order Volume 1, by Christopher Alexander.

I intended to illustrate a pattern with elements that are easily recognized. These are concrete elements, simple forms of twelve fish purposefully placed within a square module called “mother cell”. The repetition of this module will generate my pattern. The original piece is altered to create distinct color patterns.

To begin, I use black, white and shades of grey to articulate a pattern with a “luminous quality”, a quality of deep feeling. Next, I recreate the pattern using color to manifest a deeper degree of feeling that is absent when colored black, white and grey. I used the profound interaction of color to change the impact and perception of the different geometries present in the pattern design. Finally, I analyzed the pattern for the presence of the following five properties in the Nature of Order:

Strong CentersAlternating Repetitions

BoundariesContrast

Level of Scale

The result is a pattern design composed of twelve fish illustrated and strategically placed in the “mother cell.”

LUMINOUS QUALITYPATTERN DESIGN

ARCH 201 | PROF. JAMES GIVENSFALL 2009

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In this exercise I was asked to design, model and evaluate a simple, fixed “brise-soleil” for Klamath Hall at the University of Oregon. I analyzed the shading and evaluated it for the west façade.

The depth and complexity of the windows on Klamath Hall provided for unique designs. The design is very simple and linear, while creating sufficient shading for the desired windows. The device is made out of wood, so as not to reflect too much heat into the windows. The wood slats are angled, becoming more efficient in blocking the light and heat. Therefore, a person standing inside the room can look out the window to the bottom and in between the slats. The results prove that the device provides 100% shading when it is required.

SHADING DEVICEKLAMATH HALL

ARCH 491 | PROF. ALISON KWOKENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMSWINTER 2011

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The shelter for a bus station consists on a simple and elegant steel and glass design that will fit perfectly in the Pacific North West region. There were two intentions for the design of this project. Firstly, I intended to make the circulation through the space a fluent and unobstructed; therefore, the columns are located at the edges of the platform. Secondly, I intended to have as much as natural light as possible penetrating inside the shelter, thus, the roof is inclined as shown in the sketches and the model. Afterwards, I analyzed the structure with Multiframe Structural Analysis & Design (Software)

BUS STOP SHELTER

ARCH 462 | PROF. MARK DONOFRIOSTRUCTURAL BEHAVIORWINTER 2012

SIDE ELEVATION BACK VIEWFRONT VIEW

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SUMMER SUN 1PM

WINTER 10AM

WINTER 8AM

STREET ELEVATION

AXIAL FORCE DIAGRAM MOMENT DIAGRAM SHEAR DIAGRAM

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