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Graduate Dormitory
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+33.0’
+44.0’
+55.0’
+66.0’
+77.0’
The design strategy for a unirversity dormitory was developed from a facade system. Located near a busy highway in a high density mix residential and commercial district informed the design of both the overall building and in particularly its facade system.
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7’ -1 3/4”
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street elevation
facade systemsection : elevation : plan
photograph of facade model
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+33.0’
+44.0’
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The design of this graduate dormitory is anchored in its facade and ultimitely how that facade e�ects the interior programing and organization. The density of the concrete facade, o�set to the interior spaces by a balcony, seperates the users from the hectic exterior environment both visually and audibly. To alleviate the darkness that accompanies the dense facade, the form is penetrated by large light wells that end in a courtyard on various �oors. These openings, designed according to the sun’s movement, bring light in what would otherwise be a dark space. Rooms become irregular due to these forms but are grounded by the structural plan and wet walls. All the rooms are thus unique due to the variations that transcend all the �oors while still maintaing each rooms necessities.
living
kitchen
bed1
existing courtyard
bed2
bed1
living
kitchen
bed1
living
kitchen
bed1living
kitchen
bed1
living
kitchen
bed2
bed2
bed1
living
kitchen
bed1
living
kitchen
bed1
living
kitchen
bed1
living
kitchen
bed1
living
kitchen
existing courtyard
existing courtyard
new courtyard
existing courtyard
workspace
lounge
transverse section
perspectival rendering of street elevation
third �oor plan
Span CantileverAn anaylysis of compression and tension forces through the limited construction of 1/16th bass-wood square rods.
park ave.
steu
ben
st.
gran
d av
e.
1/32” = 1’-0”
3/16” = 1’-0”
2 4 80 1
+0.0’
+11.0’
+22.0’
+33.0’
+44.0’
+55.0’
+66.0’
+77.0’
+0.0’
+11.0’
+22.0’
+33.0’
+44.0’
+55.0’
+66.0’
+77.0’
The design for a 7’ cantilever was developed through an analysis of com-pression and tension. The structure was limited to a glueless construction excluding knots that allow the knotting together of dowells. The rotation of the triangular cross-section was implemented to disperse the forces of compression and tension throughout the components. The scale of the triangular cross-sections is reduced as the dowells are lengthened gradu-ally in response to the demands of the structure as a span and as a can-taliver.
joint connection detailscale progression of triangular
cross section components