BENJAMIN IRINAGAWORK SAMPLES

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640 DAVIS STREET #32 SAN FRANCISCO

CALIFORNIA94111

SMOG TOWER SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS RAND CAMPUS ITALY STUDIES

YEAR: FALL 2012 YEAR: SPRING 2011 YEAR: FALL 2011 YEAR: SPRING 2012DURATION: 15 WEEKS DURATION: 14 WEEKS DURATION: 15 WEEKS DURATION: 16 WEEKSPROFESSOR: R. WAHLROOS-RITTER PROFESSOR: J. DUTTON PROFESSOR: P. DANNA

PROFESSOR: J. PALACIOSPROFESSOR: C. TICKTIN

PROFESSOR: K. COLEMANPROFESSOR: M. CIGOLLEPROFESSOR: D. GHIRARDO

LOCATION: LOS ANGELES LOCATION: LOS ANGELES LOCATION: SAN JOSE LOCATION: ITALYPROGRAM: FARMING, OFFICE PROGRAM: INSTITUTION PROGRAM: CORPORATE CAMPUS PROGRAM: HAND DRAWING

SMOGTOWER

LOS ANGELES IS NOTORIOUS FOR ITS SMOGGY SKIES, BROUGHT ON BY ITS BASIN GEOGRAPHY, LARGE POPULA-TION, AND PERSISTENTSEA BREEZES. THE SMOG CULTIVATION TOWER IS A PROPOSAL FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION WHICH ASSISTS IN THE CLEANING OF SMOG. USING A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY, SMOG IS CATALYTICALLY CONVERTED INTO NITRATE: A BASIC AND COMMONLY USED FERTILIZER. THE NITRATE GENERATED IS EASILY HARVEST-ED BY WATER AND THEN USED AS FERTILIZER. THE FERTILIZER IS RECYCLED WITHIN THE BUILDING TO GROW PRODUCE AND OTHER TYPES OF PLANT LIFE WITHIN THE BUILDING’S VERTICAL FARM PROGRAM. THE TOWER IS SPLIT BETWEEN OFFICE AND FARM SPACES AND IN MANY INSTANCES THE PROGRAMS SHARE SPACE VERTICALLY VIA ATRIUMS. THE BUILDING IS FORMED FROM A RECTANGULAR MASS ORIENTED TO WORK EFFICIENTLY WITH THE PREVAILING WIND. THE MASS IS THEN SPLIT ALONG TWO CURVILINEAR PATHS TO CREATE A LUNG LIKE SPACE THAT MAXIMIZES THE SURFACE AREA OF THE INTERIOR SEPERATION. THIS SPACE IS CLAD IN ALUMINUM PANELS THAT ARE COATED IN THE SMOG-CONVERTING MATERIAL. THE LARGE SURFACE AREA OF THIS SMOG EATING FACADE ALLOWS FOR MORE SMOG TO BE SCRUBBED OUT OF THE AIR AND FOR MORE NITRATE TO BE CREATED. THE PREVAILING WIND WORKS AS AN ENGINE TO PROVIDE A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF SMOG TO THE INTERIOR FACADES FOR CONVERSION. THE SPLIT MASS OF THE BUILDING IS BRIDGED ON EACH FLOOR TO REUNITE THE TWO SIDES FOR EGRESS EFFICENCY, TO PROVIDE COLLABORATIVE SPACES BETWEEN THE TWO TOWERS, AND A SMOG-CATCHING WEB TO FURTHER INCREASE CLEANING CAPACITY.

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5. NITRATE BUILD UP

NITRATE IS FORMED VIA FREE RADICALSREACTING WITH SMOG. TiO2 MOLECULESEVENTUALLY RETURN TO AN UNEXCITED STATE. COATING NEVER DEGRADES

NO3-Ti02

PANEL LAYERS

WIND ORIENTATIONSMOG CAPTURE

ALCOA REYNOBOND ALUMINUM PANELPRESS AND CUT TO SPECIFIC PROFILES

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ALCOA REYNOBOND ALUMINUMPAINT COATING AVAILABLEIN NUMEROUS FINISHES

ALCOA ECOCLEAN TITANIUM DIOXIDE COATING IS SUPER-HYDROPHILIC AND SMOG NEUTRALIZING. GLOSSINESSIS INCREASED SLIGHTLY

WIND PROVIDES SMOG TO SCRUBBING FACADE.NITRATE IS FORMED VIA PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTION

WATER RINSES SURFACE.SUPERHYDROPHILIC COATINGCAUSES WATER TO SHEETDOWN FACADE TO COLLECTNITRATE

NITRATE RICH WATER ISPROCESSED AND DISTILLEDTO CREATE A BALANCEDFERTILIZERFERTILIZER IS SUPPLIED

TO VERTICAL FARMS IN THE TOWER

WEST L.A. WIND ROSE

2. IONIZATION 3. FREE RADICALS

4. SMOG SUPPLY 6. COMPLETE COVERAGE

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SUNLIGHT EXCITES ELECTRONS IN TiO2 ELECTRONS TRANSFER TO WATER ANDOXYGEN MOLECULES IN THE AIR

NITRATE IS PRODUCED AT 5.5 MILLIGRAMS PER SQUARE METER A DAY.

WATER SPLITS INTO OH AND H+AND OXYGEN IONIZES

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1. ELECTRON EXCITEMENT

SMOG PASSES OVER PANEL VIA WIND

SMOG NITRATE PROCESS

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MORPHOLOGY

START WITH MASSING BLOCK ORGANIC CUT #1 TO SPLIT MASS ORGANIC CUT #2 TO MAKE SPLIT DYNAMIC

CREATE SPACE FOR AIR PASSAGE SHEAR HORIZONTALLY FOR SUN EXPOSURE SHEAR VERTICALLY FOR STREET POROSITY

SUBTRACT ATRIUMS FOR SECTIONAL LINKING STEEL AND CONCRETE STRUCTURE BRIDGES TO UNIFY TOWERS

PERSPECTIVE SECTION

1 W6 SUBSTRUCTURE2 CUSTOM DRAINAGE TUBING 3 MOUNTED SPRAY NOZZLE WITH FLEXIBLE SUPPLY HOSE 4 STRUCTURAL STEEL FIN 5 STNL STL FLOOR VENT 6 FLOATING FLOOR & AIR PLENUM7 CONCRETE AND STEEL DECKING FLOORSLAB8 CHILLED AND HEATED WATER LOOPS9 CONCRETE COMPOSITE PANEL10 W18 STRUCTURAL BEAM11 2 PLY GBX FIREPROOFING12 STEEL TRUSS

14 CUSTUM STNL STL GUTTER15 STL C CHANNEL16 1/2” METAL GRATING

18 FLUORESCENT LIGHT NETWORK19 DOUBLE PANE GLAZING

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INTERIOR FACADE WALL SECTION

ECHO PARKSCHOOL OFPERFORMINGARTS

THE ECHO PARK SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS IS AN AFTERSCHOOL FACILITY THAT TEACHES CHILDREN VARIOUS VISUAL AND VOCAL ARTS AND HOUSES A 300-PERSON PERFORMANCE VENUE. THE PROJECT IS AN EXERCISE IN UNITING INFLUENCES FROM THE URBAN CONTEXT WITH A UNIQUE PROGRAM ORGANIZATION TO CREATE AN EFFICIENT AND INHERENT CULTURAL ADDITION TO THE ECHO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SITE IS LOCATED ONE LOT NORTH OF THE JUNCTION OF SUNSET BLVD AND GLENDALE BLVD IN LOS ANGELES. THE UNIQUE CONDITION OF THE SITE LIES IN THE 26’ GRADE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO STREETS, AS SUNSET BRIDGES OVER GLENDALE WITH NO DIRECT CONNECTION. INSTEAD OF A PHYSICAL CONNECTION VIA INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SCHOOL IS DESIGNED TO ARCHITECTURALLY CONNECT THE TWO STREETS BY REPLICATING THE MORPHOLOGY OF SUNSET IN THE HOPE OF INFLUENCING FUTURE SIMILARLY SCALED DEVELOPMENT ON GLENDALE. THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING MASS CREATED BY THIS CONTEXTUAL MOVE WORKS SYNONYMOUSLY WITH THE PROGRAMMATIC CONCEPT OF CREATING A LIVE “BILLBOARD” FOR THE SCHOOL BY ARRANGING THE REHEARSAL SPACES ON THE STREET FRONT. THIS “BILLBOARD” ORGANI-ZATION PLAYS TO THE HIGH-COMMUTER VOLUME THAT TRAVELS ON GLENDALE BLVD AND CREATES A NEW MODEL FOR HOW ARCHITECTURE, PERFORMANCE, AND EDUCATION CAN INTERFACE WITH THE CITY.

SUNSET BLVDGLENDALE BLVD

FIGURE GROUND SITE PLAN

ORIGINAL SITE

EMBED THEATER

EXTEND THEATER ROOF PLANE

EXTRUDE PRACTICE PROGRAM “BILLBOARD”

EQUAL HEIGHT TO CORNER BUILDING

SITE CONTEXT BUILDING CONTEXT

URBAN CONTEXT MODEL PHOTO FROM GLENDALE BLVD

20FTPRIMARY SECTION

15FTSITE PLAN

20FTFOURTH FLOOR PLAN

10thELEVATION

THEATER SEQUENCE AND REAR FACADE (1/4”)

RANDCAMPUS

LOCATED NEAR THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THIS NEW CAMPUS PROPOSAL FOR THE RENOWNED THINK TANK, THE RAND CORPO-RATION, IS AN EXERCISE IN PROGRAMMING, SCALE, MASTER PLANNING AND PRODUCTIVITY. THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A 1,500,000 SQFT CAMPUS TO HOUSE 3,000 EMPLOYEES WITH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT WILL SUPPORT AN INNOVATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ATMOSPHERE. UNIQUE PROGRAMMATIC FEATURES INCLUDE INCUBATOR WORKSPACES AND VARIOUS SCALES OF EVENT SPACES MEANT TO BRING NEW, DIFFERENT, AND CREATIVE PEOPLE ONTO THE CAMPUS TO LIVE AND WORK SYMBIOTICALLY WITH RAND. THE DIVERSITY OF PROGRAM THEN INFLUENCES THE ARCHITECTURE, AS THE CAMPUS IS A LANDSCAPE OF SMALL STRUCTURES ARRANGED INTO VILLAGES THAT CONTAIN THEIR OWN GATHERING SPACES, INTIMATE SPACES, PARKING ACCESS, AND SLEW OF PROGRAMS. THESE SMALL STRUCTURES ALSO ALLOW FOR MORE PRIVATE WORKSPACES, ALLOWING FOR ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY. DUE TO A NEED FOR LARGER CENTRAL PROGRAMS AND A HIERARCHICAL CENTER, TWO LARGE BUILDINGS ARE PROPOSED TO ACT AS THE HEART OF THE SITE. ON THE INSIDE, THESE LARGE PROGRAM ENVELOPES BORROW THE VILLAGE IDEA BUT ORGANIZE THE FIELD OF STRUCTURES IN SECTION INSTEAD OF IN PLAN. OVERALL, AT EVERY DIFFERENT SCALE OF THE PROJECT, THE VILLAGE CONCEPT ACTS AS A GUIDING ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGY AND PROVIDES THE CAMPUS WITH A UNIQUE SENSE OF HETEROGENEITY, YET COMMUNITY.

SINGULARITY VS. AGGREGATION

PROGRAM ORGANIZATION

PROCESS IDEAS

RAND AND NON-RAND RELATIONSHIP

RAND

CONTINUOUS CAMPUSMODERNIST, RADIAL ORGANIZATION

VERSUS

INFINITE LOOP CIRCULATIONCROSS ACCESS TO EXTERIOR

AGGREGATE CAMPUSURBAN DIVERSITY ORGANIZATION

MEANDERING ORGANIZATIONHIERARCHY CREATED BY SPACE

DIVERSE OPEN SPACELARGE TO INTIMATE SPACES

ARRAY OF WORKSPACESHYPERFLEXIBLE, PRODUCTIVESOCIAL SPACE IS THE FABRIC

FOR WORKSPACE

EMPLOYEES MOVETHROUGH PUBLIC INCUBATOR

SPACES FOR TO GET TO AMMENITIESAND THE MAJOR SPACES, FORCING

SOCIAL INTERACTION

PROGRAM IS SHUFFLED OVER THESITE TO CREATE “VILLAGES” AND

DECENTRALIZE THE CAMPUS

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REST

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LEARN

LEARN

TEACH

TEACH

TWO OPEN SPACESMASSIVE, UNSCALED

SINGLE WORKPLACEINFLEXIBLE, DISTRACTING

SOCIAL SPACE = WORKSPACE

FLUID CANOPY MAT CARVING HIERARCHY CENTRAL BUILDINGS

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SITE PLAN

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INCUBATOR LIVE/WORK SPACE RESEARCH AND OFFICE SPACE

LOBBY AND SUPPORT SPACECUT PLAN

RESEARCH SPACE

PRESENTATION SPACE

PERSPECTIVE SECTION

INTERIOR RENDERING

VILLA D’ESTE

ITALYSTUDIES

FROM JANUARY TO MAY 2012, I STUDIED ABROAD WITH 21 OF MY PEERS IN MANY ITALIAN CITIES INCLUDING ROME, MILAN, FLORENCE, COMO, FERRARA, VENICE, AND VICENZA. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ARCHITECTURE AND URBANITY OF THESE ANCIENT PLACES, MUCH OF MY TIME WAS SPENT DRAWING AND DIAGRAMING TO DISSECT ALL THE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY THAT I OBSERVED. I BELIEVE DRAWING IS AN AMAZING TOOL ARCHITECTS NEED FOR BOTH UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNI-CATING EVERYTHING FROM THE CONCEP-TUAL TO THE MINUTIAE OF THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. I USED PLAN, SECTION, ELEVATION, AND PERSPECTIVAL DRAWINGS TO STUDY A DIVERSITY OF ELEMENTS I FOUND INTERESTING OR IMPORTANT. MY TIME SPENT ABROAD WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND THESE DRAWINGS WILL ALWAYS REMIND ME OF SOME OF THE REMARKABLE PLACES I SAW.

VILLA ADRIANA

BASILICA DI SANTA CROCE TORRE VELASCA