PortfolioAlex Arvid Coyne

architecture + design

Contents*Bibliothèque nationale de France | 2012

* Cover: Parc André Citroën | 2012

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Unity Temple | additionarchitecture | historic preservation

Sailing centerurban | public | landscape

Amphitheaterdetail | tectonics | architecture

610 North Water Street | infillurban | historic preservation

Visual Studiesparis

Auditorium 03

The auditorium is intended to be a fragment of a previously designed campus. Its conception is driven by the investigation of tectonic details and the manipulation of light.

The strategy for the wall system is to use interior infill panels to diffuse light brought in through slotted punctures in the wall. The system is sensitive to both natural and artificial light.

Auditorium | final model

ARCH 410 | Fall 2011 | Professor Erik Walsh

Unity Temple ADDITION 01Historic Preservation | Fall 2012 | Professor Matthew Jarosz

Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple remains to be seen as one of the most prominent architectural works of the past century. Unique for its time, the design for the Unity Temple embodies a certain synthet-ic unity- the fusion of space, material and worship. An approach to designing an addition to such a prominent work should be one that seeks balance between ambition and an inevitable sense of trepeda-tion. As a result the proposed design becomes an abstraction of that approach, a literally contained ambition.

The addition is aims to alleviate the growing programmatic problems that the temple has encountered. In order to do so the addition hous-es a program that can fluctuate from event to worship to meeting. Other necessities include religious education space, office, storage..

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UNITY TEMPLEFIGURE GROUND

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1. entry2. gathering | event space3. office4. classroom5. path6. terrace7. ramp

Obscure interior spaces are created by using a series of intricate partitions, a diagonal pathway and a level change that defines the event/meeting space. A series of skylights comes to give further defi-nition to implied spacial zones, all contained within parallel concrete walls that stand bare and perpendicular to the Temple. The sense of restraint is broken as the interior is exposed to the east and west ends of the building, creating openness to the community. The west end of the building exposes its religious education classrooms and offices, a growing need for the existing program. To the east is an outdoor space with a series of reflecting pools that accentuate the translucent concrete trim of the northern wall, paying homage to the revolutionary methods in which Wright exposed the concrete of the Unity Temple.

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1. utility | mechanical2. storage3. restroom4. connection5. gathering | event space

skylight | detail

Sailing center 02

This project is meant to be a catalyst for the revival of Milwaukee’s inner-harbor. The idea is to produce a building that would become somewhat of a glowing lantern for the harbor, and also a plausible extention of the river-walk.

The one thing that the site currently has is an ideal view of the Hoan bridge. With that in mind, the sailing center has the opportunity to give the highly active Hoan bridge something to view in return. In order to amplify the reciprocative views between the sailing center and the bridge, the relation between light and water becomes vital, and the facade prominent. By having an illuminating facade the inner-harbor can begin to move from dark, industrial and abandoned to safe and habitable.

inner-harbor | ORTHOGRAPHIC MAP

sitebridge

ARCH 320 | Spring 2011 | Professor Mo Zell

classroom

conference

office

kitchen

dining

event

boat slip

ground floor

screen

lit facade

boat storage

workout

office utility

multi-use

locker rooms

second floor

charcoal

North water street INFILL 04

The 610 Water Street lot is located in Milwaukee’s historic business district. The aim of this project is to create an infill that capacitates a large and diverse programmatic volume, but more importantly, react according to the aesthetic context of the site. Specifically the design looks at the notion of being delicate to the historic neighboring buildings, and combating the visually intrusive neighbor.

610 N. Water Street | rendering

Historic Preservation | Fall 2012 | Professor Matthew Jarosz

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reacting to context

The design has three primary elements of response:

aesthetically responding to the profile of the block

1. creates sense of seperation from state bank building through material and spacial manipulation: massive corten steel volumes floating on glass facade

2. stoic concrete book-end rejecting relation with lady bug building

3. continuation of disciplined order of bank building through street-level entries

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plan | ground floor | retail-parking plan | 3rd floor | cafe-parking plan | 9th floor | offices

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studio

Visual Studiesthrough my lens

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summer 2012

Paris, France

Professor Gil Snyder