Aimee HultQuist design portfolio
SELECTED
Marcel Breuer + Postwar America
Syracuse Architecture Exhibition
ConventionCenterQueensboro Bridge,
New York, NY
Dorm + Student CenterCornell University
Ithaca, NY
Will Build to SuitBig Box - now and later
Cicero, NY
NYC Plastic LabBrooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn, NY
Elsewhere EnvisionedGallatin School, NYU
New York, NY
Aimee HultQuistSyracuse UniversityBachelor of Architecture, 2013
http://issuu.com/[email protected]
SELECTED
Marcel Breuer + Postwar America
Syracuse Architecture Exhibition
ConventionCenterQueensboro Bridge,
New York, NY
Dorm + Student CenterCornell University
Ithaca, NY
Will Build to SuitBig Box - now and later
Cicero, NY
NYC Plastic LabBrooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn, NY
Elsewhere EnvisionedGallatin School, NYU
New York, NY
Aimee HultQuistSyracuse UniversityBachelor of Architecture, 2013
http://issuu.com/[email protected]
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The BNY Plastic Lab was developed as part of a larger masterplan
for the northeast face of the Navy Yard. It would face a new public
park space to the east and act as a mediating filter between the
public and the industrial environment in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The combined waste management, remanufacturing, and research objectives of the BNY Plastic Lab
would tackle the massive ecological effect of plastics on the environment, turning waste into profit.
The project would increase the vitality of New York Citys maritime economy and create new jobs in
fields from manufacturing to material science, with the hope of developing smarter alternatives to
plastic for the future. The building would act as a new face for the Navy Yard, encouraging public
access and enjoyment of the waterfront while simultaneously isolating the more industrial working
environment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from the casual visitor.
study models refuse plastic + foam
aerial rendering Rhino + Photoshop
Brooklyn Navy Yard Plastic Lab Brooklyn, NY
The BNY Plastic Lab was developed as part of a larger masterplan
for the northeast face of the Navy Yard, along Kent Avenue. Sited
just across the barge canal from this busy street, it would face a new
visitor-friendly park space to the east and act as a mediating filter
between the public and industrial environment in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The combined waste management, remanufacturing, and research objectives of the BNY Plastic Lab
would tackle the massive ecological effect of plastics on the environment, turning waste into profit.
The project would increase the vitality of New York Citys maritime economy and create new jobs in a
wide variety of fields, from manufacturing to material science, with the hope of developing smarter
alternatives to plastic for the future. The building would act as a new face for the Navy Yard, encour-
aging public access and enjoyment of the waterfront while simultaneously isolating the more indus-
trial working environment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from the casual visitor.
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study models refuse plastic + foam
aerial rendering Rhino + Photoshop
Ground Floor1/32 = 1Ground Floor Second Floor| +10
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SORTING
Manual + AutomaticMetal Detectors
Trommels
PREPARATION
ShreddersGranulators
SEPARATION
Air SeparatorsSink/Float TanksHydrocyclones
WASHING RINSING DRYING
Rinse-Dryers Centrifuges
ExtrustionThermoforming
Experimentation
PRODUCTION
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guillotine
prewashing trommel
post-selection line
sink-oat tank
turbo-wash+ centrifuge
densier +steam-cleaner
extruder
the 230,000,000 ft of plastic waste produced in New York City every year could cover Central Park in a layer 6 ft deep . . .
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Plastic Lumber
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Rigid Foam Insulationfrom 6 plastics
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Ground Floor1/32 = 1
densier +steam-cleaner
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storage
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Centrifuges
PRODUCTION = Self-reinforcing PET(SrPET) from 1 plastics + +
Plastic Lumber
from 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , + 7 plastics
Rigid Foam Insulationfrom 6 plastics
SORTING
Manual + AutomaticMetal Detectors
Trommels
PREPARATION
ShreddersGranulators
SEPARATION
Air SeparatorsSink/Float TanksHydrocyclones
WASHING RINSING DRYING
Rinse-Dryers Centrifuges
ExtrustionThermoforming
Experimentation
PRODUCTION
RAW MATERIA
L STORAGE
BASIN
guillotine
prewashing trommel
post-selection line
sink-oat tank
turbo-wash+ centrifuge
densier +steam-cleaner
extruder
the 230,000,000 ft of plastic waste produced in New York City every year could cover Central Park in a layer 6 ft deep . . .
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BARGE DROP
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PRODUCTION =
Self-reinforcing PET(SrPET) from 1 plastics
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from 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , + 7 plastics
Rigid Foam Insulationfrom 6 plastics
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SORTING
Manual + AutomaticMetal Detectors
Trommels
PREPARATION
ShreddersGranulators
SEPARATION
Air SeparatorsSink/Float TanksHydrocyclones
WASHING RINSING
Rinse-Dryers ExtrustionThermoforming
Experimentation
PRODUCTIONDRYING
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1/32 = 1Second Floor| +10 Third Floor| +30
1/32 = 11/32 = 1
Ground Floor1/32 = 1Ground Floor Second Floor| +10
1/32 = 11/32 = 1
s t r u c t u r e
r a w m a t e r i a l s t o r a g e
i n t e r i o r c i r c u l a t i o n
f a c t o r y f l o o r+ d i s t r i b u t i o n
SORTING
Manual + AutomaticMetal Detectors
Trommels
PREPARATION
ShreddersGranulators
SEPARATION
Air SeparatorsSink/Float TanksHydrocyclones
WASHING RINSING DRYING
Rinse-Dryers Centrifuges
ExtrustionThermoforming
Experimentation
PRODUCTION
RAW MATERIA
L STORAGE
BASIN
guillotine
prewashing trommel
post-selection line
sink-oat tank
turbo-wash+ centrifuge
densier +steam-cleaner
extruder
the 230,000,000 ft of plastic waste produced in New York City every year could cover Central Park in a layer 6 ft deep . . .
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BARGE DROP
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Rigid Foam Insulationfrom 6 plastics
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The plastic lab is composed of several distinct elements:
All waste plastics from the New York City area would be delivered by barge at the northmost end of
the project and scooped into large plastic sheets. These massive drawstring bags hang on tracks
which snake upward along the body of the building, and could be manufactured within the facility.
Finally reaching the fifth-level summit of storage, the plastic waste would tip into the large circu-
lar basin at the southeast end of the building; a hole in the center of this receptacle would allow
the waste to fall through the plastic research laboratory that winds around the center of the bowl
shape, allowing easy access to samples for the researchers. The basin would be constructed of a
clear plastic so visitors to the site could observe the changing level of the waste as it is processed.
factory floor and lab section Rhino + Illustrator + Photoshop
organizational diagrams Rhino + Illustrator
Nplans AutoCAD + Illustrator
1 ground floor plan showing refuse delivery by barge, plastic storage, and remanufacturing floor2 second floor plan showing factory sorting floor3 third floor plan showing plastic laboratory and conference space emerging from NE face 4 fourth floor plan showing public-access green roof sweeping up toward plastic storage
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sectional perspectives Rhino + AutoCAD + Illustratorbarge waste delivery
conference room rendering Rhino + Photoshop
plastic waste storage and employee facilities along facade
plastic waste storage and employee facilities along facade green roof public-access park and plastic remanufacturing pods
1. Big Box 2009: Design the perfect 35,000 ft2 empty big-box store
2. Redux 2025: Trade projects with another studio member + revamp to house a futuristic transportation hub for the year 2025
Studying local building code and touring the common American big-box with a critical eye motivated the initial design to focus on minimizing the environmental effects of this building type while maintaining its monolithic, regular character. The scheme is raised on piloti over a natural wetland, housing its parking lot on the roof to maximize spatial efficiency. The natural ground provides wildlife habitat and helps control storm runoff due to the ubiquitous impervi-ous surfaces of suburban sprawl.
Will Build to Suit:Cicero, NY
conceptual site renderings Cinema4Daerial site rendering Cinema4d + Photoshop + SketchUp
aerial rendering Cinema4D
solar studies Ecotect + Illustrator
planning diagram Cinema4D + Illustrator
Ecologically-conscious transportation options begin to replace the automobile, requiring a renovation of the initial big-box. This transfor-mation of another students project re-uses the original buildings quirks such as steeply sloped areas, large expanses of paving, and fast-growing trees to influ-ence the character of the new transportation program as well as create a commu-nity hub for physical activity.
Redux | 2025
longitudinal section 1/16=1 transverse section 1/16=1
physical model wood + foam + mesh + sandpaper
longitudinal section 1/16=1 transverse section 1/16=1
section through upper level AutoCAD + Illustrator
longitudinal section AutoCAD + Illustrator
A low-slope roofB steel deck + oiled cedar planksC insulationD cedar rain screenE double-glazed curtainwallF steel window fittingG insulationH concrete structure
interior renderings Cinema4D + Photoshop1 inside Personal Rapid Transit vehicle2 segway commuter on atrium ramp
wall section detail AutoCAD + Illustrator
east facade rendering AutoCAD + Illustrator
interior renderings Cinema4D + Photoshop1 inside Personal Rapid Transit station
2 upper level waiting area and community center
sustainable ideas diagram Cinema4D + Photoshop
renderings showing rooftop park in different seasons Cinema4D + Photoshop
transverse sectional perspective looking north: showing ground floor dining hall and upper level dorms, common areas, and atria Rhino + Illustrator + Photoshop
ARC 308 . Spring 2011Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
(DESIGN DRAWING II)access | egress | transport | core services
Dorm oors
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76 units54 double-height rooms
22 one-story singles all accessible from floor level
1 : 12 slope accessible rampconnects ground floors across
street with 36 ascentlandings each 30 access pods
3 elevator shafts 55 x 68
4 fire-rated stairwells total occupancy > 1000
Located on Cornell Universitys residential North Campus, this complex houses a dining hall, fitness
center, lounges, meeting rooms, computer labs, and living space for 150 students. Taking inspira-
tion from the sloped site, the building terraces upward from more public to more private spaces,
and bridges an existing road in order to following existing site contours. Its gently-sloped roof harvests
rainwater for use in the terraced surrounding landscape. Spaces accessible to all students are placed
at ground level, with building security increasing as one winds their way up a ramp lined with meeting
pods that cantilever into open spaces, eventually reaching the private dorm spaces on upper floors.
Cornell Dorm and Student CenterIthaca, NYcollaboration with B. Burke
1 : 12 slope accessible rampconnects ground floors across
street with 36 ascentlandings each 30 access pods
3 elevator shafts
4 fire-rated stairwells
13 doubles = 13 x 2 rooms = 26 rooms7 singles = 7 x 1 room = 7 rooms4 triples = 4 x 3 rooms = 12 rooms1 quad = 1 x 4 rooms = 4 roomsFloor Total = 26 + 7 + 12 + 4 = 49 rooms
13 doubles = 13 x 2 rooms = 26 rooms7 singles = 7 x 1 room = 7 rooms3 triples = 3 x 3 rooms = 9 rooms2 quads = 2 x 4 rooms = 8 roomsFloor Total = 26 + 8 + 9 + 8 = 50 rooms
39 doubles = 39 x 2 rooms = 78 rooms22 singles = 21 x 1 room = 21 rooms10 triples = 10 x 3 rooms = 30 rooms5 quads = 5 x 4 rooms = 20 roomsBuilding Total = 78 + 21 + 30 + 20 = 149 rooms + 4 bathrooms/oor + light perforations
13 doubles = 13 x 2 rooms = 26 rooms7 singles = 7 x 1 room = 7 rooms3 triples = 3 x 3 rooms = 9 rooms2 quads = 2 x 4 rooms = 8 roomsFloor Total = 26 + 8 + 9 + 8 = 50 rooms
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Dormitory room modular arrangements lavatories study nooks
section through dorm room AutoCAD + Illustratorsection through double-height common space
Elevation 24
Elevation 48
Elevation 72
Elevation 96
Rainscreen claddingExterior sheathing/vapor Rigid insulation
Gypsum boardStud
Elevation 84
Elevation 60
Elevation 36
Elevation 12
Cross TeeFlex TrackGypsum wall board
RC2 Clip
Double-glazingConcrete LedgeRigid insulation
Gypsum boardStud
Rigid InsulationConcrete poured-in-place Terrazzo Flooring
Light shelf
Concrete footing below frost line (48)
Drainage pipe
Sheet metal parapet
Soil/PlantingsMoisture retention layer
Structural Silicone Curtain Wall Glazing
Thermal Insulation
Jalousie window
Skylight connection
Utilizing thermal-mass concrete construction and a SW-NE site orientation, the project soaks in sunlight for direct heating and orients living spaces toward
views of the nearby gorge. Additional heat is provided through radiant floors using the campus wide geo-exchange system.
For warm weather, the staggered facade cantilevers to self-shade and keep glare from workspaces. Structural cores house forced-air cooling ducts,
but much of the ventilation is provided by passive stack effect: a network of exterior and interior balconies open airflow to prevailing winds from the
west, allowing it to flow from the vaulted ceilings of rooms to the atria that perforate the eastern side of the building, finally directing air to rooftop vents.
detailed transverse section rendering facing south AutoCAD + Illustrator + Photoshop
dorm common room interior perspective Rhino + Cinema4D + Illustrator
ground floor lobby rendering Rhino + Cinema4D + Photoshop
material studies Cinema4D + Illustrator
sectional model Rhino + Cinema4D
building in North Campus context Rhino + Photoshop
trnasverse sectional perspective looking north Rhino + Photoshop
Exercise 3: SCHEMATIC DESIGNARC 308 . Spring 2011Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
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Exercise 3: SCHEMATIC DESIGNARC 308 . Spring 20Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
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Exercise 3: SCHEMATIC DESIGNARC 308 . Spring 201Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
CORNELL DORM / STUDENT CENTERGround Floor Plan 1=1/16
elevated ground floor plan[G.5]
site and building plans1 ground and elevated ground-level plan showing dining hall, lounges, gym
2 first dormitory level plan with inset of pods running along north-facade ramp
3 second dormitory level plan
4 third dormitory level plan
Exercise 3: SCHEMATIC DESIGNARC 308 . Spring 2011Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
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Exercise 3: SCHEMATIC DESIGNARC 308 . Spring 20Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
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Exercise 3: SCHEMATIC DESIGNARC 308 . Spring 2011Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
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Exercise 3: SCHEMATIC DESIGNARC 308 . Spring 2011Aimee Hultquist + Barbara Burke
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Convention centers are big dumb boxes. As paradigms of consumerism, they fail tobe ruthlessly capitalistic in their allocation of space, and space = money.
As a type, their architectural articulation ranges from nondescript to heavily prescriptive: the event transforms the box. The convention acts as a mask.This conventional strategy for flexible space lacks the easy malleability required in order to mitigate between the permanent and temporal needs of the convention center
The Convention Center for NYC fits more display space than a conventional convention center in a compact linear path underneath the Queensboro Bridge. Its seemingly restrictive dimensions achieve incredible spatial flexibility through construction as a malleable field.
Convention CenterNew York, NY
inefficient gridded field creates an excess of unusable path space
with 657,ooo ft2 of exhibtion space, Javits loses business due to lack of space
conceptual diagram of malleable field + convention-as-maskconceptual rendering physical model + photoshop
partial possible configuration for convention-level plan AutoCAD + Illustrator
Queensboro Bridge site model foam + plywood
sectional model foam + wood + drinking straws
conceptual tectonic experiments Illustrator
Lower (Service) Level Plan | 1/32 = 1
Short Section | 1/16 = 1
Lower (Service) Level Plan | 1/32 = 1
Short Section | 1/16 = 1short section showing existing bridge, convention, and delivery levels AutoCAD + Illustrator
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4study models exploring the concept of conventionality
1 white cube plaster2 anti-cube least-cubelike-cube wire3 super cube most-cubelike-cube chipboard + paint + clay4 unconventional cube drinking straws + glue
section showing convention floor in open, articulated, and closed configurations AutoCAD + Illustrator
conceptual models exploring tectonic potentials foam + wooden dowels
iinterior renderings Rhino + Photoshop1 open convention floor rendering 2 articulated open meeting area3 articulated linear convention space 1
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This Syracuse Architecture exhibition culled from the works of architect Marcel Breuer and his associates was a collaboration with Barry Bergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Ar-chitecture and Design at MoMA, and School of Architecture professors Jonathan Massey , Brett Snyder, and Jon Lott of PARA-Project.As student leader of the curatorial and instal-lation committee, I participated in designing exhibition floor and wall layouts, fabricating the exhibition, and curating the materials from the Marcel Breuer archives, property of the Syracuse Library Special Collections.
Marcel Breuer and Postwar America SOA Exhibition, Syracuse, NY
exhibition photography courtesy of J. Massey
wall display layouts scanned documents + AutoCAD
el recreo ariston ibm la gaude unesco hud
Breuer-shapes furniture production plans AutoCAD
boomerang installation wood, paper, fur, mirrored tape
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These graphic boards highlighting the innovations and political contexts of the work of R. Buckminster Fuller were commissioned as a collaboration with architectural historian Jonathan Massey and exhibited at the New York University Gallatin School for Individ-ualized Study as part of the five-year international Global Design NYU lecture and exhibition series.
1. Dymaxion House2. Geoscopes and World Game
3. US Pavilion at Expo 67
Elsewhere Envisoned Global Design NYU, New York, NYcollaboration with J. Massey
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