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Tiffany Chen

Undergraduate Portfolio

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ContainerArt Gallery

Observatory Tower

Z-Wall

Connect Two

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Pyramid

Music Theater

Mosque

Composite Patterns

Diefendorf Ribbon Wall

Ribbon Building

Light Box

XYZ

Inversed Panopticon

Housing Typology

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Container

The container describes the movements and hierarchy of Chinese Chess. A total of eight pieces, one of each kind were selected.

Arc 101Fall 2008Professor Chris RomanoTA: Josh Gardner

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The diagram shows the allowed move-ments and paths of the chess pieces. The gradeint illustrates the hierarchy of the pieces. The hierarchy and movement are trans-lated into a wire and basswood model.

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Art Gallery

The art gallery manipulates a 9x9x9 grid to create spaces designed in response to four art pieces.

Arc 101Fall 2008Professor Chris RomanoTA: Josh Gardner

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Triangular Two-Way Mirror Pavilion by Dan Graham

The Ambassadors by Hans Holbien

1m3 Light Cube by Olafur Eliasson

The art pieces were split onto their own levels. The spaces were designed specifically for the art pieces on each level. The wall conditions bend more from the bottom exhibit upward, as a response to characteristics of the art pieces.

TV Clock by Nam June Paik5

Observatory Tower

The observation tower derived from an exploded 5 inch x 5 inch cube. This obser-vation tower was to be placed on a cliff.

Arc 102Spring 2009 Professor Chris RomanoTA: Michael Bailie

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The voids were transformed into circulation. The voids create a path and observation decks on each floor.

Circulation Diagram

Structural Diagram Section A Section B

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Z-Wall

The wall is made of plaster Z-modules that connect together to form lintels and curves.

Arc 102Spring 2009Professor Chris RomanoTA: Michael Bailie

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The starting form for the units was a parallelogram. In order for the units to interlock, notches were made with a few studies to result in the final unit.

Unit Plan Unit ElevationUnit Axon

First Unit Second Unit Final Unit Stacking System

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Negative wooden molds were made of the unit to create rubber positive molds. The specific angles and notches in the units causes the wall to create an S shape. One angle allows a sharp curve while the other a shallow curve.

Z-Wall Elevation Z-Wall LintelZ-Wall Corner14

Connect Two

The machine lifts two people off the ground at least 6 ft with simple machines such as the pulley and axle.

Arc 102Spring 2009Professor Chris RomanoTA: Michael BailieGroup: Tiffany Chen, Ryan Faul, Rowdy Handler, Nahshon Jagroop, Hyewon Jeon, Joe Metzger

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This machine uses two pulley systems. One is at the top of the posts that are staked into the ground, the others are on the basket seats. One person sites in each basket as the rest of the team pulls away from the machine. The bas-kets rotate and close together.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors

A paper tube structure manipulates the movement of a 50 pound rock.

Arc 201Fall 2009Professor Landry SmithGroup: Alan Chan, Tiffany Chen, Fu Ying

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This scaled down study model tests the strenght of paper in a wave form. The intersection of crests and troughs holds up the small rock.

Just the intersections did not work holding up the large 50 pound rock. Paper tubes were inserted to give extra support. Now the rock overly struc-tured by the mass of paper tubes.

The charcoal drawings demonstrate the movement of the paper tubes and how the rock interacts with the paper tubes through the movement process.

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Pyramid

The studio class analyzed the Pyramid structure, assembly, and tectonics.

Arc 201Fall 2009Professor Landry SmithGroup: Studio wide

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The Pyramid section was built by course with a 2x4 structural base underneath. Every course had a specific height and width. These courses were made of wood. The chambers were routed out of the sectional side of the pyramid to expose the mass structure and small oc-cupiable space.

Construction Axon

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Queens Chamber Subterranean ChamberKings Chamber

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Music Theater

The monolith from Rock, Paper, Scissors was transformed into an occupiable solid.

Arc 201Fall 2009Professor Landry Smith

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The building form is derived from the movement of the rock and paper structure. The interior space are created from a rectangle that moves in the same way as the rock. The rectangle carves out the interior spaces for the building.Interior rooms are also rectangles following the path of the rock.

These sections map portions of the rock moving on the paper tube structure.

Site Plan

Plans

Floor Plan 1

Topography

Floor Plan 2

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West Elevation

North Elevation South Elevation

Section 1

Section 2 Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

The landscape on the site is derived from the paper land-scape from the Rock, Paper, Scissors project.The entrance for the public is on the South facade. On the North facade is the entrance for the staff and en-tertainers. There is a light strip along the ceiling of all parts of this building except for the theatre. The rectangle in the theatre increases in size. The acous-tics are improved from the tilted rectangle theatre.

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Mosque

The typology of a mosque was analyzed and utilized to design a mosque in Buffalo.

Arc 202Spring 2010Professor Elena Vanz

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Mosque Manual

Jama MasjidNew Delhi, India

Great Mosque of CordobaCordoba, Spain

HEIRARCHY:(n.) Categorization of a group of people according to ability or status.(n.) A series in which each element is graded or ranked.

As you move towards the focus point, you move in a direction that follows a specific rank of elements that affects the users vis-ibility depending on their status.

MINBAR

MIHRAB

QIBLA WALL

PRAYER HALL

COURTYARD

MINARET

DOME

ACCESSIBILITY/FILTERS

FUNCTIONS:RELIGIOUS/SOCIAL

SCALE/VISIBILITY

IMAM

MUEZZIN

CONGREGATION

NON-MUSLIM

Visibility and

Hierarchy

USERS: ELEMENTS: ISSUES:

ANALYSIS

ABLUTIONFOUNTAIN

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Site Analysis

Void Versus Solid Visibility Through Wide View Visibility Through Narrow View

Site Analysis:

Site Plan

Throughout the site, there are small and large openings. Comparisons of visibility were made through the various openings.

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Landscape

Hierarchy

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Function

Landscape

Organization of SpacesWall Transition

K a b o b Shop

E d u c a t i o n a l Center

Courtyard

Prayer Hall

CourtyardTrans i t ion Space

Prayer Hall Education Center

Kabob Shop

Landscape

Entrance

Directionality

T rans i t ion Space

Landscape

Entrance

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Plans

Southeast Elevation

Northeast Elevation

Southwest Elevation

There is a hierarchy depending on the function of the space and the privacy of it. As the user moves into a more private space, the density of walls increase and the users views are filtered through the windows in the walls. These windows vary in size also depend-ing on the privacy of the space.

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Sections

Section E-E

Section D-D

Section C-C

Section B-B

Section A-A

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Composite Patterns

Two patterns, one nature and the other textile, were used to derive a system and concept.

Arc 301Fall 2010Professor Omar Khan

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Vertical Members Equidistant

Plan

Section

Vertical Members Equidistant

The two patterns are similar in shape but the way it is formed is different. The textile pattern has dune shapes due to the thread spacing in one direction. The farther apart the threads, the flatter the surface.The nature pattern is formed by moving grains of sand with water.

A series of yarn is wrapped around a square frame in one direction spaced out evenly. Along the yarn is paper clips. These paper clips slide along the yarn and can con-nect with each other. By connect-ing together, the paper clips pull the string closer or farther apart from each other.

In place of the paper clips, a new interlocking unit was formed made of IDE cables. The units have three hooks to allow them to connect with other units on either side or from the top. The yarn was re-placed by rubber bands to show more of the tension of the units moving.

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Diefendorf Ribbon Wall

The composite system is used to create a suspended wall that will act as a facade for Diefendorf Hall.


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SummerWinterDiefendorf

The IDE cables are made of a series of wires encased in rubber. This material can be cut along between the wires to create openings that can be manipulated to create various openings. This technique was applied to the units created in the previous project. The new units still connect with each other.The new units are attached to string that is hanging and then connect to other units to structure iand create a form.Two wall forms were attempted. The bulb form blocked too much light and created primarily large shadows. The second wall form was a series of ribbons overlapping. This allowed light to penetrate the wall surface.This system was applied as the facade of Diefendorf Hall.

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Ribbon Building

The ribbon system wraps around a coumn structure to create interior and exterior walls.


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Ribbon System

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Section A Section B Southeast Elevation Northwest Elevation

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Light Box

A light model was developed to direct light onto a surface which indicated dif-ferent users in a hospital and when the users meet.

Arc 302Spring 2011Professor Martha BohmFeat. Natalie Carpenter

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Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

Groups were assigned a precedent to analyze in the relation to time. Through the analysis, groups created chro-nograms or time-based diagrams. Our group analyzed the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health designed by Frank O. Gehry. The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health has two sides: the medical center and the event center.

Medical Center

Life Activity Center

Medical Research Facility & Clinic

Life Activity Center

9:13 am

9:13 am

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WINTER

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LOST MEMORIES

MEMORIES REMEMBERED

MEMORIES CREATED

MEMORIES REMEMBERED

MEMORIES CREATED

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Doctors/NursesPatientsKitchen/Event CoordinatorsResearchMuseumEvent Guests

The group analyzed the building based off the users and the different programs in the building. The diagrams analyze the length of stay of different users as well as the activity levels of users in the medical facility and event center, the human interaction between patients, nurses, and doctors throughout a portion of the day, and depicts the shadows created from a section of the building. The last diagram on the bottom describes the cycle of memories during the lifecycle of an Alzheimers patient. This diagram maps out the creation, recession, loss, and remembrance or a memory.

Choreography

Length of Stay Activity Level

Shadow

Memories

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The group had three different approaches for the models. We focused on the sun diagram for the first two models and a combination of the choreography and sun diagram for the last approach. The three models focused on different users.

Our final model is based off the third study model. The hatches at the bottom of the model represent moments in time of a user (receptionist, 3 different patients, nurse, or doctor). Each user has a main chute that branches off into different chutes. When shining a light from the top through the chutes, the directed light move across the bottom hatched surface. The directed lights land on multiple hatches at a time to represent that certain users are interacting with each other.

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XYZ

The light chutes from the Light Box were transformed into three 1m x 1m surfaces. Iterations of this surface were made in Grasshopper.

Arc 302Spring 2011Professor Martha Bohm

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The surface developed is based off the chutes created in the light box. The for each user had a base and then branched into multiple smaller chutes. For this surface, these small chutes opened up or closed in. Based off the different depths of the chutes, the visibility through the chutes varies.From the study models, the base has been removed to show just the forest of chutes. There is a wire grid backing and a wire grid fronting or cloth to sandwich the surface and support it. Three iterations were required: one iteration to be 0% porosity, 30% porosity, and 60%. The 60% iteration had chutes of different sizes with larger openings. The 30% had different scales of chutes but smaller openings. Since the shape of the chutes are like a cut-off pyramid, the 0% surface contain closed-off chutes which are skewed pyramids.

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This surface consist a series of chutes with different manipulable qual-ities (height, close in, open out). Grasshopper allows these qualities to be manipulated based off a point. In the code above, a point is set. The closer the point is to the surface, the shorter and less porous the chutes become. This effect created the iterations below. Based off the iterations, the most successful use of the surface is when separat-ing users and creating different perspectives for those users.

Separating Waiting Walking

Parametric Surface

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Inversed Panopticon

The characteristics of the surface are used to design a birthing center and hospice. Studies were conducted of how this surface would connect spaces.

Arc 302Spring 2011Professor Martha Bohm

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This surface is effective in separating users and providing different views. The next step was to create the rule for how this surface connects a public and private space. The base removed in the Parametric Surface has been readded. This allows different viewing ports for the users. The smaller opening is the viewing port for public viewing into private. The open base viewing ports is for the private viewing into the public.The public space chosen is an exhbition space while the private space is a hospice room. The surface is more condensed and closed in at the more private parts of the spaces while more open in public spaces.

Surface: Space Relationships

The hospice room is embedded in the side of the exhibition space a few meters off the ground, allowing the hospice room to overlook into the exhibition space but prohibits visitors of the exhibition space to look into the room. The chutes range in size and depth based on the user. In the hospice room, the depth of the chutes are deeper on the bed side of the room versus the sofa side of the room. The angle of the chutes allow vision into the exhibition space but not into the hospice room from the public space.

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Event/TheaterSpace

Exhibition Space

Ambulance

Rest Room Rest Room

"Day Clinic"WorkshopSta Changing

Rest AreaMeet/RestArea forDoulas/Midwives

Rest RoomRest Room Rest Room Rest Room

"Day Clinic"Workshop

Medical Supply Storage

Admin OceEducation Area

Rest Room Rest Room

Entrance

Public Public Public

Privacy

Semi-Private Semi-Private

Semi-Public

Private Private

Visibility

Entrance Entrance

Hospice BirthingCenter

Nexus

Private Semi-Public/Semi-Private

Public

Site Analysis

ChronogramSpace vs. Visibility vs. Privacy

Inverse Panopticon

In a Panopticon, there is a central tower that has viewing access to all the rooms surrounding it. The concept of the design is an inverse panopticon. Like in the Space Relationships analysis, I want users in a private or semi-private space to have visibility of the public space. As a result, a large exhibitioin space was placed as a central core. The semi public spaces, such as meeting rooms or family rooms, and private spaces, primarily patient rooms, surround the central core. The form of the building is based on views from the site. From the East side of the building, one can see the tall Buffalo Central Terminal afar and the historic Broadway Market close by. On the West facade, one can see the Buffalo skyline. These are the primary views from the building. Rooms are placed certain places based on view ratings. For example, more private rooms, such as patient rooms, receive the primary views.

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BirthingCenter

Hospice Nexus

Grieve Grieve Grieve

Family/Friend Counsel

Family/Friend Counsel

"Day Clinic"WorkshopSta Changing

Rest AreaMeet/RestArea forDoulas/Midwives

Rest RoomRest Room

Medical Supply Storage

Admin OceEducation Area

Rest Room Rest Room

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Housing Typology

In groups of two, we studied the housing typology and all its characteristics to later use in developing our own public housing design.

Arc 403Fall 2011Professor Hiro Hata

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Elevator Fire Stairs

Floors with access to elevator and fire stairs





Kitchen

Peabody Towers

Main Accessway

Bridge

Parking Garage

Small Residential BuildingParking Lots

Through-View CorridorLiving Room

BedroomBathroomBalcony

Reinforced ConcreteExterior and Interior Walls

Concrete Floor Slab

Glass Windows

Metal balconies andadjustable louvresStructural

Elevator Floors without Corridor

Floors with Corridor

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

The Peabody Terrace Towers are two independent towers in a superblock. This towers have four flats on each floor along a single-loaded corridor. In each tower, there are two main fire stair towers. Two apartment units wrap around each stair tower. In each apartment unit, there is a corridor that stretches from one end of the unit to the other. Along this corridor are the other spaces such as living room and bedrooms. This through-view corridor allows for cross ventilation.

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Four Fingers

The layout of the public housing is derived from the Ellicott plan (radial) and Jeffersonian plan (grid) superimposed on each other and creating collision zones.

Arc 403Fall 2011Professor Hiro Hata

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January February March April May June

July August September October November December

Monthly Wind Speed and Direction

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DaylightWinter SolsticeJanuary 21

EquinoxMarch 20 & September 22

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Figure Ground Map

Monthly Wind Speed and DirectionSite Analysis

Daylight Figure Ground Map

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Figure Ground Map

Neighborhood Business Collision Zone:Neighborhood-Business

Collision Zone:Neighborhood-Neighborhood

Downtown Roads(Radial)

Neighborhood Roads(Grid)

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Ground Floor Site Plan

Parking Floor 1 Parking Floor 2

Residential Floors 4, 5, 6

Floor 2 Floor 3

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Roof Plan Site Plan

The plan of this public housing refers to the radial and grid superimposition of the Buffalo city plan. Like in th Buffalo city plan, the main vertical circulation acts as the centerpoint where radii intersect. These radii become main through-view corridors for the apartments where all the spaces in the apartments branch off from. Along the window side of the corridor are lined with shoji screens that open up to benches for seating and daylight.

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Section 1

Southwest Elevation

Northwest Elevation

1 Bedroom Studio 3 Bedroom 2 Bedroom

Section 2

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R-2Multi-family resident

A-3Assembly (Library, Lec-ture Hall)

100 sq. ft (gross), 7 sq. ft (net)

200 sq. ft (gross)

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9265 sq. ft.

1600 sq. ft2100 sq. ft

36 in.

44 in.

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250 ft

200 ft

Maximum travel distance (p.284)

Sprinklers?yes/no(p. 284)

Smokeproof stairs? yes/no(p. 261)

Stair width(p. 284-285)

Number of egress stairs(p. 254)

Number of occupants

Maximum floor area (scheme)

Occupant load(p. 283)

Occupancy group(p. 7-12, 347)

Occupancy groups + means of egress

S-2Parking garages (low hazard storage)

200 sq. ft (gross)

212075 sq. ft. 44 in.52 yes no 300 ft

Residential Egress

Public Egress

Parking Egress

Residential Egress

Public EgressFire Stairs

ACCESSIBILITY

EGRESS

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Refuge Area

Elevator

Wheelchair Turning Radius

STRUCTURE

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BILITY

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WALL DETAIL: 3/4 = 1-0

Operable Louvres

RIGID INSULATION

ROOFING MEMBRANE

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FOUNDATION DETAIL: 3/4 = 1-0

CONCRETE SLABUNDERSLABINSULATION

CONCRETEFOOTING

DRAINAGEPIPE

CRUSHEDSTONE

EXTERIORMASONRYWALL

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WOOD BLOCKING

WOOD FLOORING

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Refuge Area

Fire Stairs44 in tread

Electric ElevatorResidential - 7.5 ft x 10 ftPublic - 5 ft x 5 ft

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Residential Egress Route

Public Egress Route

Accessible Turning Radius

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WALL SECTION

Vertical ChasePlumbing Walls

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Air Distribution Ducts

The closets in each bedroom are raised up two feet. Underneath these closets are operable louvres for the residents to open or close. Across the main corridor are operable windows. There are also operable windows inside each bedroom. Opening the b e d r o o m window, louvres, and hallway window allows cross ventilation.

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Chuncheon G5 Project

Students studied different urban designs that relate to the studio assigned site.

Arc 404Spring 2012Instructors: Hiro Hata, Harry WarrenGroup: Tiffany Chen, Yi Chen, Tomasz Majkut, Rich Mrugala

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Bridges

Each group designed a few different bridges that connect the Inner Harbor to the Outer Harbor of Buffalo, NY.


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02Elevation

01Plan

Basic Bridge

Double Leaf Bascule Bridge

This bridge is a double bascule bridge. The design of this bridge is based off the peeling motion. Different types of traffic have different pathways. The primary pathway is the vehicle and light rail traffic. The secondary, pedestrian and bike, pathway is peeled from the main pathway. This allows the secondary pathway to rise and fall at different points along the bridge. This scheme is closely related to and inspired by the peeling notion of the master plan design. This bridge is to act as a connection or transition from the inner Harbor to the Outer Harbor.

Section 1

Section 2

Plan

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Elevation

Plan

Arch-way Tunnel Bridge

Double-Deck and Double-Leaf Bascule Bridge

This bridge is inspired by Great Lakes Shipping and looks to invoke the form of a ships hull. The massive steel ships that once docked beside the grain silos along Buffalos riverfront and numerous canals are an incredibly important element of this heritage landscape that is often neglected. This bridge reflects these ships in its use of plate steel riveted or welded to internal steel ribs shaped to reflect the sinuous curves of a ships hull.

Plan

Section CSection BSection A

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The flanks of the hull form are then perforated to allow ample internal lighting and excellent views out over the Buffalo River for pedestrians crossing along the bridges lower deck. The form of the perforations is that of an arch which is intended to reflect the circular forms that dominate the grain silo through which the bridges transportation right-of-way passes. The penetration of the grain silo begins tight to the river side of the silo and expands to the Lake side giving the penetration a dramatic effect of driving into the side of a building upon approach only to open widely to reveal a powerful view of Lake Erie in the background with the Research center and fish hatchery pools in the foreground. The flared penetration reveals the circular section of the individual silos. The roadway is located on an upper deck with the pedestrian chamber sheltered below.

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Peel + Inhabit

The bridge connects the Inner and Outer Harbors of Buffalo; however, this land is under-developed. Thus, students in groups designed the areas connected by the bridge.


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Water - Surrounded by water, this is the most dominant influence on the site

Times Beach - In addition to providing critical habitat for wildlife, this nature preserve might be the only place in the city where a person can feel total freedom from the urban fabric.

Event/Commercial - First Niagara Center draws massive crowds for major events of all types. Canalside is blossoming destination for outdoor concerts and events

Main Street - Main Street provides multi-modal access. Currently lacking urban fabric capable of sustaining a vibrant streetlife

Historical Structures - The DL & W Train Station, Buffalo Main Lighthouse, and The Connecting Terminal R.R. Elevator garner preservation concerns.

Tifft Nature Preserve - About a mile and a half south of Times Beach along the Outer Harbor Greenway Trail, Tifft is the grand southern terminous of Buffalos Outer Harbor Nature Corridor

Image Courtesy of iloveny.com

Image Courtesy of buffalonews.com

Our buildings lift rather than consume the ground plane. In this way we are able to develop the site while also expanding the surface area available for wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation, and on site water retention and filtration. The horizontal is strongly emphasized over the vertical, drawing from the horizon line of Lake Erie, the shorelines of the Buffalo River, and the relatively shallow incline of the Niagara Escarpment. By sloping the elevated ground up from ground level the roof surfaces of the facility are developed into a park-like landscape where the public can rise from ground level up 48 vertical feet to the top of the research center for a panoramic view of downtown Buffalo, Lake Erie, and Times Beach Nature Preserve. By stepping-back the facade of the facility facing Times Beach, perception of the building as a barrier dividing the site and encroaching upon Times Beach can be minimized. The Canalside portion is designated for high volume public uses including a museum dedicated to childrens entertainment and development to be located on the Webster Block directly opposite of First Niagara Center. The Second floor of the former DLW train terminal will become the location of an experience center for exhibiting the resident wildlife of the outer harbor and research achievements of the Lake Erie Research Center for Industrial Rehabilitation. Development of the Inner Harbor architecture consists of lifting the ground plane to make productive use of the space in between the complicated three-dimensional layering of transportation infrastructure at the base of Main Street. Main street has been lifted up to allow use of the space underneath the ramp onto the bridge. This maximizes space and prevents dead zones on the site. Typically, ramps and other structures act as barriers for users but, by lifting the ground plane, users are not completely prohibited or deterred from a space.

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Light Rail Lanes

Car Lanes

Legend

Pedestrian & Bike Lanes

Walkway in Times Beach

Main St.

S. Park

Ave.

Perry

St.

Running

Soccer

Roller-skating

Badminton

ShoppingBusiness

ClimbingStudy&Research

Yoga

Birds Watching

Light Rail Lanes

Car Lanes

Legend

Pedestrian & Bike Lanes

Walkway in Times Beach

Main St.

S. Park

Ave.

Perry

St.

Master Plan

Circulation Activity

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Commercial Institution Recreational Residential Utility/Mechanical Industrial

Trajans Market - Rome, Italy30,000 SF

8 House - Copenhagen, Denmark646, 000 SF total

Great Lakes Research Center - Houghton, Michigan450, 000 SF

NYS DEC Salmon River Fish Hatchery - Altmar, NY140,000 lbs of fish/yr

Commercial - 15, 000 SFCommercial - 180, 000 SFResidential - 220, 000 SF Research Institution - 350, 000 SF Fish Hatchery - 200, 000 lbs of fish/yr

Viewsheds

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Great Lakes Marshland

Great Lakes Prairie

Great Lakes Beach Grasslands

Different sizes are peeled off the silos of the grain elevator to create either bird habitats or a climbing center. The smaller silos make up the climbing center, creating openings for a more exposed structure of the grain silos. The larger silos make up the bird habitat. Punctures or small openings are created depending on the bird lifestyle designated to the silo. Each silo is to accommodate different needs and rituals of the birds. The bird habitat is also designed to accommodate the different types of birds such as water birds and perching birds.On the Outer Harbor, different vegetation is placed depending on the type of path that runs along the buildings and around the site. The paths on the ramp are all accessible and are the main paths that stretch from one end of the building to the other end. The vegetation along this path is shorter allowing more visibility. The other path is a more liesurely path that winds and curves along the building. These paths intersect with the main paths on the ramp. The vegetation along these liesurely paths are taller. The sloping surfaces are also coordinated to channel water to special filtration landscapes where wastewater other than sewage is naturally purified to a level healthy enough that it can drain directly into the Buffalo River and Lake Erie.

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Phase 1- Bridge Storefronts under bridge ramp - Utility space for outdoor events at Erie - Canalside - Opening in the grain elevator and bird habitat on large silos - Research Institution - Fish Hatchery - Light Commercial (to become Mixed-Use Residential)

Phase 2- Childrens Museum - Museum in 2nd floor of DL&W Terminal and connection to Museum Climbing center in Grain Elevator - Addition to Mixed-Use Residential - Water Filtration Landscape - Lighthouse Picnic Grove - Coast Guard

Phase 3- Last addition to Mixed-Used Residential

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