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Projects from GSD Core I
CC Chiang
Harvard Graduate School of Design
(No)bsolescence /1
Thermodynamic Laboratories /9
Steganographic Room /23
Networked Dormitory /17
Personal
Informal Athens /27
RSP Architects PopulousJaponica Partners
Brown University Columbia University GSAPP Harvard GSD
Architecture Intern Architecture InternInvestment Analyst
B.A International Relations New York/Paris architecture program Master in Architecture I
Harvard Graduate School of Design
(No)bsolescence /1
Thermodynamic Laboratories /9
Steganographic Room /23
Networked Dormitory /17
Personal
Informal Athens /27
RSP Architects PopulousJaponica Partners
Brown University Columbia University GSAPP Harvard GSD
Architecture Intern Architecture InternInvestment Analyst
B.A International Relations New York/Paris architecture program Master in Architecture I
Obsolescence plagues the physical traces of mega-events such as the Olympics. Stripped of their congregative qualities, these buildings often fall into disuse as
voids in the city.
To preclude such obsolescence, an Olympic building must serve an evergreen
civic function.
Sited atop Charlestown, the Neighborhood Olympic Conditioning Complex (NOCC) seperates its programs into a flexible bar that segues into the street and a fixed
tower facing Boston.
An iconic presence housing spaces that can host an array of civic functions, the NOCC perpetuates a state of (No)bsolescence
well after 2024.
(No)bsolescence
GSD Core I | Spring 2015 | Instructor: Jeffry Burchard
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Public Institutions
Open Spaces
Recreation Facilities
City
Boston Charlestown
Site
20 min15 min10 min5 min20 min
10 min
5 min
Street View
City View
View from Bunker Hill St
View
from
Rus
sell
St
Residential Density
Neighborhood
Median HH Income (2011)
>$100k $30 - 65k <$30k$65 - 100k
Site
Civic space in Boston consists largely of open spaces such as the Boston Common rather than multi-use recreational facilities such as the NOCC. Based on its residential density, Charlestown itself cannot sustain the NOCC as a civic space post-Olympics -
it must serve the city. To do so, the NOCC’s spaces must be sufficiently flexible.
Destinations & Flows
2
Circulation
Program
Handball CourtPool
Archery Range
Taekwando Hall
Table Tennis Courts
GymWellness Center
Running Track
Enclosure Surface Mass Spectat
or
A
thle
te
Flexibility
Use
r
Changing Room
Fixed Flexible
Athlete
Spectator
Mixed
Analysis of the NOCC’s spaces conclude that the changing room would be the building’s center during the Olympics, filtering athletes from spectators, while the largest and most flexible volume - the handball court - should serve as the heart of the
NOCC post 2024, ushering everyday users from Bunker Hill St into the building.
A Flexible Civic Space
3
Circulation
Program
Handball CourtPool
Archery Range
Taekwando Hall
Table Tennis Courts
GymWellness Center
Running Track
Enclosure Surface Mass Spectat
or
A
thle
te
Flexibility
Use
r
Changing Room
Fixed Flexible
Athlete
Spectator
Mixed
4
10’ 50’25’
Basement
Changing RoomSwimmingDivingWater Polo
Ground
Handball
Second
ArcheryTable TennisTaekwando
Roof
RunningWeight & Fitness
Fourth
Spa
Section AA
Section BB
Section CC
Section DD
Section AASection BB
Section CCSection DD
5
10’ 50’25’
Basement
Changing RoomSwimmingDivingWater Polo
Ground
Handball
Second
ArcheryTable TennisTaekwando
Roof
RunningWeight & Fitness
Fourth
Spa
Section AA
Section BB
Section CC
Section DD
Section AASection BB
Section CCSection DD
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7
8
HotCold
Hot
Cold
Open StateClosed State
2nd order transformation
1st order transformation
3rd order transformation
Air Flow
Air Flow
Buildings are open systems: No architecture is closed from its thermodynamic milieu. Yet climate conditions and programmatic requirements necessitate different degrees
of openess.
A Grasshopper armature provides two types of formal organizations: A Closed and an Open state. These extensive geometries in turn inform intensive thermodynamic conditions: a temperature gradient from hot to cold spaces facilitated by convection
and radiation.
The resulting buildings are a product of the interplay between matter, energy, and
form.
Thermodynamic Laboratories
GSD Core I | Fall 2014 | Instructor: Kiel Moe
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HotCold
Hot
Cold
Open StateClosed State
2nd order transformation
1st order transformation
3rd order transformation
Air Flow
Air Flow
Tracing the movement of the armature’s eight components during its transformation yields its intrinsic geometry, which is then used to generate axes for the flow of energy
in two states: Closed and Open.
Extensive Geometry
10
Skin
Structure
SpaceHot Laboratories
Cold Storage
Private Circulation
Public Circulation
Emissivity
Ventilation Core
Fenestration
Exposed Radiant Slab
Solar Chimney
Operable Window (Double Glazing)
Open StateClosed State
Air SpaceLow-E Single Glazing
Closed State
Open State
Convection Tunnel
Reflectors
Metal Louvers
Fritted Glass Envelope
Opaque Panel
Opaque Panel
Insulated Slab
Insulated SlabExposed Radiant Slab
Intensive Thermodynamics
In its closed state, the laboratory’s energy flows within a closed loop from hot to cold spaces, with minimal circulation beyond its walls. In the open state, the laboratory dissipates hot air via a solar chimney, exchanging energy with its milieu. Heat transfer
runs parallel to the buildings’ circulation paths.
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Skin
Structure
SpaceHot Laboratories
Cold Storage
Private Circulation
Public Circulation
Emissivity
Ventilation Core
Fenestration
Exposed Radiant Slab
Solar Chimney
Operable Window (Double Glazing)
Open StateClosed State
Air SpaceLow-E Single Glazing
Closed State
Open State
Convection Tunnel
Reflectors
Metal Louvers
Fritted Glass Envelope
Opaque Panel
Opaque Panel
Insulated Slab
Insulated SlabExposed Radiant Slab
Modes of Exchange
The primary modes of energy transfer are radiation and convection. The open and closed convection loops channel air through circulation tubes in the form of a corridor and a solar chimney respectively. Energy exchange via radiation is facilitated by flexible
facades for hot spaces and hermetically sealed fenestration for cold spaces.
12
+130’
100’50’25’
+190’+24’’
+12’’
13
+130’
100’50’25’
+190’+24’’
+12’’
14
Closed State
15
Open State
16
Mixed
Loud
Quiet
Stair Core
Vertex AEdge 1
Vertex AVertex B
Edge 2 Edges 3 + 4
Vertex C Vertex B Vertex C
The American college dormitory is a major campus node, midwiving some of the economy’s largest enterprises alongside its traditional functions of socializing and
learning.
To create a network of circulation, learning, and living, the geometry of a stair core is juxatposed against a continuous 960’ long facade. The networked dormitory in the interstitial spaces is a 24/7 circuit running through the full spectrum of modern
student life.
Networked Dormitory
GSD Core I | Fall 2014 | Instructor: Kiel Moe
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Mixed
Loud
Quiet
Stair Core
Vertex AEdge 1
Vertex AVertex B
Edge 2 Edges 3 + 4
Vertex C Vertex B Vertex C
Social networks consist of vertices and edges. Manifested architecturally, the central stair core’s geometry is extrapolated into a family of 4 ramps and stairs of different slopes and dimensions connected by 3 vertices. The resulting voids house common
spaces while dormitories are arrayed along the edges.
Network Theory
18
Network
Stair Core
Bathrooms + Learning Spaces
Rooms
Facade
19
Network
Stair Core
Bathrooms + Learning Spaces
Rooms
Facade
20
+ 6’
Section AA
+ 42’
Section BB
Section AA
Section BB
5’ 10’ 20’ 21
+ 6’
Section AA
+ 42’
Section BB
Section AA
Section BB
5’ 10’ 20’ 22
1001
Hidden Room
Room 1Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
1
4 53
2
30° 15° 45°
30°
60°
45°
Steganography is a means of concealing by breaking down information and converting its basic units into something different. Unlike encoding and encryption, steganography is not evident to the naked
eye.
Architectural information is encoded in projective representations. By converting a room to its axonometric equivalent, the hidden room is encoded into its surrounding spaces, revealing itself through a circulation sequence generated by the
flow of information.
Steganographic Room
GSD Core I | Fall 2014 | Instructor: Kiel Moe
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1001
Hidden Room
Room 1Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
1
4 53
2
30° 15° 45°
30°
60°
45°
A 10x10x10’ room is rotated and sheared into its axonometric projection - the Hidden Room. This geometry is then applied to the envelope of a typical plan grid, embedding the Hidden Room within its surrounding spaces. One approaches but never accesses the Hidden Room, and only sees it in its entirety at the end of the circulation sequence.
Concealing Spatial Information
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Section AA
Section BB
+10’
+20’ +30’
+5’
Section AA Section BB
5’ 10’ 20’
25
Section AA
Section BB
+10’
+20’ +30’
+5’
Section AA Section BB
5’ 10’ 20’
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66%
34%
85%
15%
GreecePeer
Median
Official GDP Informal Economy
€ bn
0
100
200
300
201320122011201020092008
GDP
Employees Self Employed
Illegals Self-Employed Employees
Public Space Private Space
Tax Burden
MarketInefficiencies
Entrepreneurial Culture
Unregulated SpaceInformal
EconomyIllegal
Immigration
Labor Cost
15%
40%
45%
€ 36 bn
€ 184 bn
34%
15%
18%9%
24%
14%16%
A major drain on tax revenue, the Greek informal economy is output not accounted by conventional methodologies, including the black market, unreported work, and
undeclared income.
A significant proportion of the labor force is engaged in the informal economy. They may be categorized into Illegals, Self-
Employed, and Employees.
In this personal project, I examined the spatial ownership and exposure of three typologies occupied by these participants: The Street, the Periptero (kiosk), and the
Polykatoikia (apartment block).
Informal AthensPersonal | Fall 2013
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66%
34%
85%
15%
GreecePeer
Median
Official GDP Informal Economy
€ bn
0
100
200
300
201320122011201020092008
GDP
Employees Self Employed
Illegals Self-Employed Employees
Public Space Private Space
Tax Burden
MarketInefficiencies
Entrepreneurial Culture
Unregulated SpaceInformal
EconomyIllegal
Immigration
Labor Cost
15%
40%
45%
€ 36 bn
€ 184 bn
34%
15%
18%9%
24%
14%16%
EU: Greece’s highly entrepreneurial culture relative to its EU Peers suggests that a substantial amount of economic output may be unreported, as the self-employed have both the incentive and
means to conceal incremental activities.
Greece: Most informal economy estimates are based on tax evasion data instead of Greece’s unique labor market. I estimated incremental GDP
based on unreported economic output.
Athens: Each participant in the informal economy occupies a different typology and space. The most conspicuous illegal immigrants account for just
15% of economic activity.
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Illegal Goods & Services
Undeclared & Under-reported Income
Transactions
Ownership
Platia Vathis
Zeroing in on Platia Vathis, a neighborhood North of the Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio district, I studied shifting boundaries and commercial transactions of three informal typologies to diagram their spatial ownership and accessibility over 6 hours on a
typical weekday.
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Illegal Goods & Services
Undeclared & Under-reported Income
Transactions
Ownership
Polykatoikia
Due to high social security costs, informal employees, occupying the most stationary but least exposed space within polykatoikia
blocks.
Owners of periptero kiosks constantly bend the rules to expand the boundaries of their space, which is exposed to heavy consumer
traffic.
Periptero
Illegals hawking contrabands and drugs are highly exposed in public spaces. They own fluid spaces that react to market conditions.
Street
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