Portfolio: S t u d i o

Kameron Freeman

Fall 2010

ARCH PortfolioStudio

Created & Designed by:Kameron Freeman

University of North Carolina at CharlotteCollege of Arts & Architecture

School of Architecture

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Project 1- Phase 1Precedent - Sub Rosa

Sam Mockbee

Project 1- Phase 2Design - Path of The Dragon

Project 2- Phase 1Precedent - National Museum of Roman Art

Rafael Moneo

Project 2- Phase 2Design - Frank Liske Natatorium

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Project 1- Phase 1Precedent Study

Sub Rosa

Sam Mockbee

Land Art

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Studying this precedent; Sub Rosa,allowed me to develop critical thinking skills that followed me through the semester. I was able to create a “stream-of-consciousness” when thinking about this precedent that opened a gateway of sketching, drafting, and modeling.

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This precedent showed me how a mass can penetrate the land through its specific type of ground-activation.

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“under the rose”

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Project 1- Phase 2Studio Design

Mt. Emei

Path of The Dragon

Tai Chi

Meditation

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Parti- an equilibrium iscreated between axial relationships by the flow of the river and the stride of the path.

My design bases itself off the notionthat the river is “sacred” and must be the starting point and entry point to the path.

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The river acts as the veins of theforest, channeling energy and creating circulation through the site. Aftertraveling through the river by boat you will find yourself at the paths begin.

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“As the dragon emerged from the river it cleared a path through the forest up the summit of Mt. Emei to rest.”

Travellers and natives alike will learn this legend as they venture through the path and explore its possibilities.

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These sections show how this path may be experienced as a journey from bottom to top back to bottom again. The journey for some may be spiritual, for others it may just be a physical feat.

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Masonry can speak to a person in ways other materials cannot. The pattern of bricks and stone may lead you, or stop you in your tracks.

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Like Sub Rosa, this path at moments penetrates the land, and disguises itself. For two people may be occupying the same spaces on the same land but at the same time be at different elevations and experiencing different views.

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Journey begins...

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Project 2- Phase 1Precedent Study

National Museum of Roman Art

Rafael Moneo

Museum

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Studying Rafael Moneo and the National Museum of Roman Art opened up new ways to execute the design themes my professors discussed. I found new themes that Moneo played upon in his Architectural work; Monumentality, Preoccupation of Light, and Integration of Existing Body.

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Street-Level Plan

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Ruins-Level Plan

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When recreating orthographic and diagrammatic drawings I became adept at new technologies and media that would allow me to understand and communicate design themes through various graphic methods.

Using the same graphic methods allowed me to diagram effective design themes such as plan-in-section, axial relationships, and bay modulation.

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Constructing Linear perspectives allows one to understand the construction and division of spaces within a structure as well as how the pieces come together in interesting ways different but as analytical as orthographic renderings.

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Project 2- Phase 2Studio Design

Frank Liske Park

Natatorium

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Developing parti ideas at different scales of a project is an effective way to come up with a complete and coherent design that speaks to each of its parts in an intelligent and designed way.

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A parti plan was derived and diagrammed to measure and work through its design themes. Diagrams show different systems and how they work in, such as circulation, program, and human occupation.

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Kameron FreemanFrank Liske Natatorium

Structural Plan

Structural AxonExploded

Structural Section

Structural Section

Structure

Lockeroom Scale

Lockers LockersRestroom Restroom Restroom Restroom

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Program

Enclosure

Grid

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After the design themes had been worked out in plan and section I was able to move and work at the same themes at a different scale.

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Parti models can show how spaces are divided and can reveal grids and other design methods implemented.

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Structure can not only be support for a building but can also keep hold the design themes worked through in a work of architecture in intelligent ways. Structure can reveal how the building activates the ground, but also conceal itself in the building itself, making a roof seem like its floating ever-so-slightly over the bearing walls.

“The formal intent of an architectural design may be offered, given, suggested, or mandated by the site and context, the program and function, or by purpose and meaning.”

-Ching, Structures

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The pool acts as the anchor to the building and the proportional system is derived.

A grid is implemented to divide spaces throughout the established envelope.

Spaces are designated within the grid to create programmatic spaces throughout the developing parti.

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The facade facing the lake is allowed to be transparent to further create a relationship between building and site, while the back remains opaque.

Public and private spaces are divided by a bearing wall and given separate privileges.

Circulation is created by the move-ment through dry, naked/transitional, and wet spaces.

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The ceiling planes are pitches to create clearstories where light naturally would not enter the structure.

Structure holds the design and building together through different acts of sustaining.

Programmatic spaces are recognized; reception, threshold, locker rooms, pool area, and spectator area.

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Human occupation is realized by high-risen ceilings, deep wide hallways, and massive shallow stairs, making the inhabitants feel smaller.

Partisan walls are spread over different areas to further divide the program into specific spaces.

Spatial hierarchy is a system that is shown through the layout of the building and integrated structure.

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The finished orthographic drawings are never final, there can always be changes made by the designer which inspire new themes and ideas altogether. Mistakes can be realized, and new discoveries can be made.

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Kameron FreemanFrank Liske Natatorium

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Site ActivationOpacity vs. Transparency

Public vs. Private

Circluation Program Spatial Hierarchy

Structure Enclosure

Human Scale

Pool Thershold

Reception

LockeroomsSpectator

WetTransition/Naked

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West Elevation

East Elevation

North Elevation

South Elevation

Site Map

Plan 1’:16’’

Section A 1’:16’’

Section B 1’:16’’

Section C 1’:16’’

Section D 1’:16’’

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Kameron FreemanFrank Liske Natatorium

Structural Plan

Structural AxonExploded

Structural Section

Structural Section

Structure

Lockeroom Scale

Lockers LockersRestroom Restroom Restroom Restroom

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Program

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Grid

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