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ALEX ROBINSONAcademic Work 20132015
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Rails-to-Trails: Activating Dormant Industrial RelicsBelleville, WI
RobinsonSpring 2015 GD 3 Advisor: Comazzi
This project proposes a series of site specific architectural interventions designed to amplify the experience of visitors and locals along a multi-purpose recreational trail in Southern Wisconsin: the Badger State Trail. The 40-mile trail connects Madison, Wisconsin to a series of small towns scattered across the rural landscape. These interventions respond to not just the material and topographic characteristics of former industrial sites, but to the story of a past industry. The designs expose people to a variety of scales, materials, and movements embedded within the rural landscape. The interventions identify and activate dormant vestiges of an aging industrial system that has transitioned into a recreational public experience.
TRAILHEAD
MADISON
BELLEVILLE
STEWARTTUNNEL
MONROE
MONTICELLO
3.75 MI / 6.0 KM
6.75 MI / 10.9 KM
6.0 MI / 9.7 KM
5.0 MI / 8.0 KM
10.5 MI / 16.9 KM
8.0 MI / 12.9 KM
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The Depot
The Silos The Tunnel
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NORTH ELEVATION
The DepotIn Belleville, a historic rail depot rests on the south side of the town square. Programmatically, this space will be converted into a new Chamber of Commerce offices and coffee shop to function as a rest stop for trail users and the local population. A new architectural intervention flanks the south faade of the Depot and functons as a back porch and trailhead. The west side of the intervention is an open-air framed structure built out of dimensional lumber and fastened to a dividing wall at the center of the shelter. The variable sloping roof dives into a new deck which lifts trail users off of the trail and onto the building itself literally elevating and empowering trail users to traverse this new addition. The east side of the intervention is an enclosed space, sheathed in glass and reclaimed corrugated metal panels the material of the vernacular. This space can function as a gathering place for more formal community meetings and impromptu events.
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WEST ELEVATION
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Public Rest Stop (West Side) Interior Community Gathering vs. Trail Rest Stop (North Side)
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The SilosThe Silo site peels off of the main trail and divides a pedestrian experience from the fast-paced trail. Two former concrete silo footprints hold a new pair of thinly sliced corten steel viewing silos. The welded support structure blocks appear to hover across the landscape as the thin bands that mimic the neighboring slip formed lines disappear at eye level. The adjacent pair of existing slip formed concrete silos allow passage for people and grant views to the sky. A thin band of corten marks the infinite passage of time as people gaze into the sky, to notice a subtle corten stain on the inside of the silos as it ages.
Section Perspective
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Inside Existing Silos Inside New Silo Viewing Towers Looking Up Sky Viewing Chambers Existing Silos
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The TunnelAs the users approach the tunnel, a thin band of corten steel rises from the earth anddelineates the path into the pure darkness of the Stewart Tunnel. New corten rain chains pierce the natural stone interior roof and are suspended to control the flow of water into the tunnel to create ice formations. A soft glow emanates from the ice formations illuminated by a light below as a way to guide the users slowly along the path. At the center of the tunnel, a light shaft pierces the complete darkness, allowing the user to understand their earthen depth.Above the tunnel, a series of corten steel gates mark the path of the tunnel underfoot. This translation of the tunnel breaks down the scale of the seemingly infinite into a comprehensible human scale as a way to define and describe the tunnel. As the gates from the North and South ends merge, they transform into a concrete firepit. The firepit marks the center of the tunnela lasting monument to the two work crews in the late 1800s who built the tunnel starting on opposite sides and meeting precisely in the middle.
Approach From North Interior Existing Tunnel
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Tunnel Gates at Firepit and Bench/Firewood Storage
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Firepit and Bench Monument
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Vertical Tunnel New Ice Chains Create Glowing Wayfinding Sculptures
Concept Section at Vertical Tunnel Concept Plan at Vertical Tunnel
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Situation/Apparatus/EnclosureApple Valley, MN
RobinsonSpring 2013 GD 2 (7 Week Module) Advisor: Amel
This project began with a farm-to-table situation: flour milling for food production.Based on the historical research into methods, an apparatus was designed to fulfill all of the production needs of the situation. A wind powered grist-mill and concrete pizza oven was carefully choreographed and organized around the scale of a human. The materiality of the enclosure was decided based on the conceptual nature of historic wooden windmills (creaky, moving structures) and the solid nature of stone ovens (solid, unmoving). Located in a field of wheat, users experience the planting, harvesting, threshing, milling, and baking processes.
Site Plan: Relationship to Red Barn
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Interior Perspective: Gears at Milling Platform
Wood Framing, Windmill/Oven, Concrete Structure Approach From Barn - Sack Hoist(Hybrid Drawing) Milling Platform
Public Gathering Space Beyond Windmill
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1. Kitchen Space2. Food Prep Bar3. Stone Oven4. Firewood Storage
1. Grain Hoist2. Stairs to Mill3. Kitchen Below4. Chimney
1. Grain Hoist2. Stairs to Mill3. Grist Mill4. Chimney
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LOWER LEVELWEST ELEVATIONEAST ELEVATIONSOUTH ELEVATION
ENTRY LEVEL
MILL LEVEL
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1. Sliding Door2. Steel Angle3. Steel Plate4. Bolts5. Steel Angle6. 4 x 8 Wood7. Aluminum Siding8. 3 Insulation9. Water Barrier
1. Aluminum Siding2. Siding Clip3. 1 Insulation4. 4 x 8 Wood5. Steel Angle6. Bolt7. Perf. Aluminum Planks8. 2 x 4 Tube Steel
FRAMING AND FACADE PLAN DETAIL
SLIDING DOOR SECTION DETAIL
WINDOW/FACADE SECTION DETAIL
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Front Office ReDesignUMN Architecture OfficeMinneapolis, MN
Robinson/Greene/AdamsSpring/Summer 2013 Independent StudyAdvisors: Comazzi/Swackhamer
The College of Design asked me, along with two other students, to make the face of the Architecture School a more functional and inviting space. We spent a semester exploring flexible work environments and built our design over the summer. The design concept started with a barcode. By expressing a variable vertical linear rhythm across horizontal datums, we addressed program requirements (storage, display, sitting, lighting, variable opacity) by growing out or pushing in parts of the structural ribs. We were responsible for designing, toolpathing for CNC operations, milling using the CNC, and building the final production using digital fabrication methods in conjunction with traditional woodworking methods (dovetails, french cleats).
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Dowel Holes
French Cleat @ Wall
Strip LED Chase
LED Light Switch InlayDovetail Negative
Corrugated Plastic Cover
Wire Chase
Nested Parts (4x8 plywood) Detailing CNC Cut Paths
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Milling Components Stacking Modules Placing Module Dovetail/Cleat Detail Move into Position
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BioEnergy Park: A Clean Energy Production FacilityDuluth, MN
Robinson/Kraemer/Bauer/Nowak2014 - ARCH 8253Graduate Design 3Saloojee/deBritto/Wheeler
The Duluth BioEnergy Park is a prospective future for the former U.S. Steel manufacturing site. The proposal combines a future sustainable energy production plant and planting grounds with a series of trails for the public.The proposal outlines, through a series of phases, a planting strategy for switchgrass and willows, because of their ability to remediate the toxic soil of the SuperFund site. The plants are harvested and brought to the energy production facility to provide heat for the surrounding community. The building is organized to allow the public to pass through and witness the production of energy, encouraging their experience to be educational. The design features an exterior plaza which engages an existing industrial relic formerly used to store coal. The rhythm of the coal wall inspired the massing of the facility.
US STEEL SITE
DULUTH
ST. LOUIS RIVER
GARY-NEW DULUTH
MORGAN PARK
GARY-NEW DULUTH
MORGAN PARK SLAG POINT
COAL WALL
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CITY
SITE
HISTORIC U.S. STEEL
PHASE 1: Remediation 2015Excavate contaminated soils and form mounds
Plant Willow and Switchgrass to begin remediation of toxic substances
1. Willows2. Switchgrass3. Capped Contaminant Mounds4. Existing Forest Buffer5. Service Roads6. Recreational Trails7. BioMass Energy Facility8. Future Industrial Area9. Morgan Park10. New Road11. Parking
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PHASE 2: Construction 2016 PHASE 3: Harvest (2018 - 2020)Install new road between Morgan Park and GND
Install service roads
Build Biomass Energy Production Facility
Harvest willow and switch grass and begin crop roatation cycle
Begin energy production
Open recreational trails
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Biomass Drop Off
Chipper and Boilers
Smoke Stacks
Mechanical
Offices
Public Observationand Information
Display
To Trails
Exit to Parking The Wall
Drying Recept.
New Road Along West Side
of Site
Lift
1 = 1
Finish Metal Detailing Between Wood and Steel Beam
3 Rigid Insulation
Z Joint
Perm-A-Barrier Sprayed-on Air / Vapor Barrier
8 x 8 Tube Steel Column, Painted with Intumescent Paint
3 Corrugated Metal Siding
3/4 Wood Sheathing in line with Tube Steel
Bolted with Metal Plate Poured Concrete
Corrugated Steel Decking
12 x 12 Tube Steel Beam,Painted with Intumescent Paint
CMU
Poured Concrete
6 Perforated Drainage Pipe
1 = 1
Metal cap 2 Corrugated Metal Roofing Perm-A-Barrier Sprayed-on Air / Vapor Barrier Rigid InsulationPoured Concrete
Corrugated Steel Decking2 x 12 Glulam Beam 8 x 8 Tube Steel Beam, Painted with Intumescent Paint
Metal Bracket
Finish Metal Detailing Between Wood and Steel Column
Z Joint Perm-A-Barrier Sprayed-on Air / Vapor Barrier
8 x 8 Tube Steel Column, Painted with Intumescent Paint
3 Corrugated Metal Siding
3/4 Wood Sheathing in line with Tube Steel
1 = 1
3 Rigid Insulation
Cut-Away Model Interior
1/16 = 1 N
Biomass Drying
Chipper and Boilers
Smoke Stacks
Mechanical
Elect.Room
Cont. Room
Emergency Exit
Emergency Exit
Emergency Exit
Biomass Drop Off
= Private
= Public
Corrugated MetalRoofing
Glulam Beams
Tube Steel
Wood Paneling
Corrugated Metal Siding
Loll Siding-White
1st Floor Plan
Basement Plan
West Elevation
Ground Detail
Roof Detail
Exploded Structural Bay
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South Elevation3/32 = 1
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South Elevation
East Birds-Eye Pedestrian Bridge on Coal Wall Exterior Patio Perspective
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Reclaimed Railroad Trail Detail Entry from West Trails
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Viewing the Boilers and Energy Production Public Gathering Space
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ALEX [email protected]
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
Master of Architectureuniversity of minnesota
minneapolis, mn05.2015
madison, wi05-08.2014
minneapolis, mn02-09.2013
minneapolis, mn09.2012-05.2013
minneapolis, mn09.2013-05.2015
minneapolis, mn09.2009-08.2012
northfield, mn01.2009
CaS4 Architecture, LLCDesign Intern
Design+BuildDesign Partner
W.L. Hall WorkshopStudent Technician
University of MinnesotaTeaching Assistant
Habitat for HumanityConstruction Volunteer Facilitator
BA Biology + Envionmental Studiessaint olaf college
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
REFERENCES
REPRESENTATION SKILLS
Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarshipaia minnesota minneapolis, mnSpring 2015
George Gorbatenko Jr. Scholarshipuniversity of minnesota minneapolis, mnFall 2014
SOM Scholarshipuniversity of minnesota minneapolis, mnFall 2014 + Fall 2013
Student Design & Scholarship ExcellenceGraduate Team: Architectureuniversity of minnesota minneapolis, mnSpring 2014
Minnesota Society of Architects Scholarshipuniversity of minnesota minneapolis, mnFall 2013
Rhino 5VRaySketchUPRevit 2014AutoCAD 2014ArchiCAD 12
John Comazzi AIADirector BS ArchitectureUniversity of Minnesota(612)[email protected]
Marc Schellpfeffer AIAPartnerCas4 Architecture, LLC(608)[email protected]
Marc Swackhamer AIAHead of School of ArchitectureUniversity of Minnesota(612)[email protected]
Adam Marcus AIAAsst.Professor of ArchitectureCalifornia College of the Arts(415)[email protected]
3D/Drafting Digital FabricationCNC RoutingCNC Plasma3D printing
Laser Cutting
2D/PhotoPhotoshopIllustratorInDesignPremiereArcGISWordExcel
Redlined construction documents in AutoCAD (Synagogue).Conceptual design in SketchUP/AutoCAD (Mixed Use).Developed website, built office library, and desks for new firm.
Designed and built a new reception area for the School of Architecture with 2 other students.
Taught undergraduate and graduate architecture students how to properly operate power tools, CNC router, 3D printers, laser cutters.
Drawing and Perceiving (Undergraduate Intro to Drawing/Representation)
Environmental Architecture (Sociocultural Impact of Architecture)
Design Fundamentals 2 (First Undergraduate Studio)
Read and referenced construction documents to communicate and teach daily construction tasks from framing to finishing to volunteer groups of up to 50 people.Managed the purchase and delivery of construction supplies and equipment to maintain an organized jobsite.
Presented educational material regarding Twin Cities housing issues to volunteer groups.
Advised students on construction methods to safely achieve desired design goals.
Used Rhino and SketchUP to iterate design schemes and produce construction documentation.
Converted 3D models into toolpaths for CNC router and plasma operated CNC to mill plywood.