Project 1Part APart B
Project 2Project 3Project 4Project 5
Studio 1 Portfolio 2014Emi ly Hughes
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PROJECT 1A | Architectural Elements
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The purpose of th is projec t was to make exp lorat ions in arch i tec tura l intent iona l i ty . There are 5 arch i tec tura l e lements : ce i l i ng , wal l , door , w indow, and f loor . Through i terat ive, t ransformat iona l steps such as subd iv is ion, sca l ing, rotat ion, th icken ing, sp l i t t ing, and ext rud ing, the e lement was to be man ipu lated accord ing to a chosen theme. The spat ia l and exper ient ia l themes were as fo l lows: conta inment - extens ion, compress ion - re lease, so l id i ty - l ightness, exp l ic i t - impl ic i t . A fu l l set of drawings (p lan, sec t ion, e levat ion, and axo) were requ i red for each step.
Concept:
Transformational Steps
Step 1: Basic Square Floor
E lement : F loorTheme: Conta inment - Extens ion
What is a f loor?- a hor izonta l sur face la rge enough to move around on and fee l safe- a ver t ica l sur face less than knee he ight- a sur face conta ined between d ist inc t ver t ica l wa l ls
Step 2: Extending + Subdividing + Extruding
Step 3: Thickening + Slicing
Step 4: Thickening + Subdividing + Extruding + Slicing
PlanAxo Elevation Section
PlanAxo Elevation Section
PlanAxo Elevation Section
PlanAxo Elevation Section
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Elevation
Axo
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Final Transformational Step Th is f ina l step draws key aspec ts f rom steps 3 and 4 and
comb ines them to create a f loor that spat ia l ly conveys both
conta inment and extens ion. The length of the sur face creates long l i nes of s ight
g iv ing the user the fee l ing of extens ion wh i le at the same
t ime the prot rus ions and depth of the f loor prov ide extens ion
ver t ica l ly . The s l i t s were added to show the fu l l depth of the
e lement . Paradox ica l ly , the extens ion up the wal l and down
into the f loor wou ld rest r ic t movement and make the user
fee l conta ined.
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PROJECT 1B | Cube Transformations Study Model
Th is projec t was an extens ion of the f i rs t in that i t i nvo lved the use of any or a l l of the 5 arch i tec tura l e lements in the creat ion of space and form. From the star t ing po int of a cube, the inter-re lat ionsh ips between the arch i tec tura l e lements was stud ied and s ix t ransformat iona l steps were per formed to embody one of seven exper ient ia l themes: conta inment , extens ion, compress ion, so l id i ty , d i f fus ion, cent ra l i ty , and per iphery . Once aga in , a fu l l set of drawings (p lan, sec t ion, e levat ion, and axo) were requ i red for each step.
Concept:Theme: D i f fus ion
What is d i f fus ion?- mot ion + movement- a g rad ient- a spec i f ic f i l ter ing of l ight- a sense of immers ion in a space
Sketches
Transformational Steps
Step 1: Subdividing
Step 2: Slicing
PlanAxo Elevation Section
PlanAxo Elevation Section
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Final Model
Step 3: Shortening
Step 4: Slitting
PlanAxo Elevation Section
PlanAxo Elevation Section
Step 5: Thickening
PlanAxo Elevation Section
Step 6: Angling
PlanAxo
Elevation Section
Final Transformational Step
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The intent ion of th is projec t was to ga in a fundamenta l understand ing of R i ley Park and i t s issues, oppor tun i t ies , and cha l lenges. The s i te and landscape were ana lyzed and represented th rough comprehens ive g raph ica l documentat ion. Fac tors to cons ider were env i ronmenta l cond i t ions, land uses and spat ia l s t ruc ture, h istor ic evolut ion, v iews, and human uses.
Th is was a g roup projec t .
G roup Members : Amanda Vanderzee, Cody Kupper , Mark Cooper
Riley Park
Thomas and Georgina Riley, with their ten children, settles in the area and homesteaded the land. Their property, the Cochrane Ranch, included 146,000 hectares
Thomas passed away and the land was given to the City of Calgary1910 Riley Park was opened to the public
The birth of the park: rough paths begin to shape the park, the beginnings of the tree perimeter, and cricket pitch.
The pathway is much more defined, the garden area has been planted, and the addition of the wading pool.
Addition of a third cricket pitch, the creation of Senator Patrick Burns Rock Garden
Breaking up of the path that circles the park.Development of many informal pathways.
1889
1909
1924
1951
1961
1975
1991
The Riley Park Community
Hillhurst & Sunnyside Community Site Amenities
A Brief History
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One of the oldest and strongest community associations
providing things like free youth cooking lessons, year round
childcare, and urban agriculture workshop lecture series.
Wednesday night farmer’s market adjacent to Riley Park
Brand new development project that the community is collect-
ing signatures against due to its oversized height.
A community led initiative to redevelop the pocket parks from
the bow river along 9th A street to the LRT Station.
A Springboard Performace initiative that repurposes shipping
containers to create gardens, orchards, ball pits, patio space,
and sculpture.
First bar in Calgary to be in a shipping container. An idea that
emerged from the containR project.
Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association
Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmer’s Market
Twin 8 storey Tower Development
The Bow to Bluff Initiative
containR
Container Bar
Riley Park
SITE ANALYSISEMILY HUGHES, CODY KUPPER, MARK COOPER, AMANDA VANDERZEE
HILLHURST-SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
CHURCH
MEDICAL
SUNNYSIDE LRT STATION
SENATOR BURNS ROCK GARDEN
PLAYGROUND
PARK SPACE
GROCERY STORE
FOOD/BEVERAGE SERVICES
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
FINANCIAL
GAS STATION
SCHOOL
FITNESS
Board 1
Roadways and Parking LotsPaved Formal Pedestrian PathsPaved Formal Pedestrian Paths
Unpaved Formal Pedestrian PathsInformal Pedestrian PathsLRT
MEAN MAXIMUM
MEAN AVERAGE
MEAN MINIMUM
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PRECIPITATION RATES (MM)
QUIET
PLAY CATCHBALL SPORTSSWIM
PARK PARKDRIVE
CUT GRASS
CUT GRASSSTORE TOOLS
DRIVINGOFFICE WORK
LUNCH
CARS
WEDDING PHOTOS
FLOWERS & SHRUBS
ENTERENTERSQUEEZE
CRICKET
MUSICCONCERTBEATS
TUNES CRICKETSUNTANNING
SUNTANRELAX
HULAHOOP
SLACK LINING
CLUBHOUSE
BASEBALL
GARDEN
SIT
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FEED BIRDS
LRT
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WALK
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WALKCOMMUTE
WALKFRISBEEPICNIC
PICNIC
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WADINGSPLISH
NOISENOISE HONK
LOUD
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SUNNYSUNNY SNACKS
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PLAYJUMP
SLIDE
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20-24
25-34
35-44
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West Hillhurst
Hillhurst
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill
Sunnyside
Rosedale
Crescent Heights
25%3% 9%
5%6%
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11%11%14%
7%4% 7%
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20%18%
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Vegetation and Greens Colour Greys Palette Man Made/Pathways Palette
West Hillhurst
30.6%69.4%
Population, 2011: 57572005 Income:$61,401
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill Population, 2011: 2927
2005 Income:$61,207
HillhurstPopulation, 2011: 5914
2005 Income:$55,434
RosedalePopulation, 2011: 15922005 Income:
$128,984
SunnysidePopulation, 2011: 3751
2005 Income:$47,425
CrescentHeights
Population, 2011: 58952005 Income:
$49,039
27.7%72.3%
33.2%66.8%
47.2%
43.2%56.8%
11.6%88.4%
11.6%88.4%
52.6%
Roadways and Parking Lots
Paved Internal Pedestrian Paths
Paved External Pedestrian Paths
Unpaved Pedestrian Paths
Informal Pedestrian Paths
LRT
Circulation Map Mean Income & population
Temperature MeansAGE DEMOGRAPHICS Percipitation & Snowfall Ratesfrom 1910 to 2010 from 1910 to 2010
Park Activities
Ages
Menu
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Vegeta
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Pathways
Topography
Lighting Map
Vegetation in the Park
Site in Situ
Lilac
Blue Spruce American Elm Box Elder Mountain Ash Willow
Nanking Cherry Lodgepole Pine Columnar Aspen LarchCaragana Spirea
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PROJECT 3 | Reading Pavilion
Th is projec t was about des ign ing a read ing space for R i ley Park . The depar ture po int of the des ign was to be one of the t ransformat iona l stages f rom Projec t 1A or P rojec t 1B . The cha l lenge wi th th is projec t was respond ing to s i te charac ter is t ics wh i le mak ing t ransformat iona l steps wi th th is cons iderat ion in m ind. I t d raws on one’s own interpretat ion of read ing.
Concept:Theme: D i rec t iona l i ty + D iscovery
Read ing means escap ing rea l l i fe for a b r ief t ime and de-st ress ing. Th is means one needs to fee l iso lated and enc losed, comfor tab le and cozy, and re laxed. There must be a st i l l and qu iet atmosphere.
Sketches
Study Models
Site Location
The s i te was se lec ted because of i t s iso lated locat ion. There are no programmed ac t iv i t ies that happen at th is locat ion and i t is fa r f rom formal and informal pathways.
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Final Model
TransformationDepar t ing f rom Step 6 in P rojec t 1B, the panels were made un i form in width and var ied in he ight f rom 5m, 4m, 3m, 2m, to 1m. They a lso had var ious th icknesses accord ing to the i r he ight . They were then set in rows and each panel was systemat ica l ly rotated by 30 degrees.
The resu l t ing space is one of d i rec t iona l i ty and d iscovery .
Site Section
Building Plan
Building Section
Site Plan
Perspective Approach/Pathways
Seating LocationsSightlines
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For th is projec t , a precedent was stud ied and the tec ton ic order was documented th rough a tec ton ic sec t ion drawing. Th is tec ton ic was then used in the des ign of a f raming mechan ism to capture a phenomenon in R i ley Park . Wh i le the tec ton ic d id not need to be rep l icated, the overa l l i ntegr i ty of how par ts re lated to other par ts in the arch i tec ture needed to be ma inta ined.
Concept:Precedent : Igua lada Cemetery in Barce lona, Spa in by Enr ic M i ra l les + Carme P inos (1991)Tec ton ic Statement : to create a p lace where v is i tors can f ind so l i tude and seren i ty to contemplate the cyc le of l i fe . As v is i tors descend into th is “C i ty of the Dead” , the use of aged precast concrete e lements set at var ious ang les , cast ing stark shadows that p lay wi th the not ion of l i fe and death, and the overhang ing concrete parapets lend to the fee l ing of be ing wi th in the landscape. The dead and the l iv ing are brought c loser together by the mausoleum bur ia l p lots that l i ne the wal ls and the lack of deta i l and intent iona l neut ra l i ty create a ‘qu iet ’ and serene atmosphere.
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Tectonic:The tec ton ic intent ion of Igua lada Cemetery is to create a p lace of contemplat ion by carv ing the landscape into a ser ies of t ie rs and us ing precast concrete, a neut ra l mater ia l , set at var ious ang les to cast stark shadows.
Phenomenon: CricketThe cr icket p i tches at R i ley Park have been there s ince the const ruc t ion of the park in 1910 and p lay an impor tant ro le on the s i te as they are two of the s ix p i tches located across Ca lgary today. Count less cr icket games and tournaments have been he ld on these p i tches th rough the years wi th spec tators l i n ing the f ie ld to watch.
Framing Mechanisms:The des ign f rames the phenomenon of cr icket in th ree ways: in p lan, the st ruc ture star ts to wrap around the corner of the f ie ld , g iv ing the impress ion of a phys ica l f rame; the stad ium-type nature of the st ruc ture a l lows spec tators to s i t and watch cr icket games and i t s s ize emphas izes the phenomenon’s impor tance at a d istance; and the v iewing s l i t s th rough the st ruc ture generate int r igue, d i rec t ing the v iewer ’s eye to the p i tches, and add an exper ient ia l e lement to the st ruc ture .
Sketches
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Final Model
Tectonic Section
Final Renders
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PROJECT 5 | Interpretive Centre
Th is f ina l projec t looked at human-sca led intervent ion in the form of an Env i ronmenta l Interpret ive Centre . The arch i tec ture was to speak c lear ly of a b roader ecolog ica l and landscape respons ib i l i t y . Add i t iona l ly , bu i ld ing program and spat ia l adjacenc ies were dea l t w i th and mater ia l and tec ton ic log ic were exp lored to d iscover how the assembly and jo in ing of mater ia ls can poet ica l ly enhance one’s concept .
Concept: Contrast ing the Natura l w i th the Man icuredBecause the Interpret ive Centre was supposed to have an env i ronmenta l purpose, I s tar ted to th ink about ecolog ica l respons ib i l i t y and the idea of ma inta in ing natura l ecosystems. The concept dr iv ing my des ign of the Env i ronmenta l Interpret ive Centre in R i ley Park is the idea of cont rast ing the natura l w i th the man icured. My argument is that R i ley Park is a very man icured vers ion of “nature” so the des ign features th ree terraces and an inner cour tyard wh ich wi l l showcase the natura l ecosystem of the area and uses g lass to a l low v is i tors to perce ive th is d ist inc t ion.
Sketches
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Dr iv ing the des ign, R i ley Park is a very crowded green space wi th l i t t le unc la imed space. W i th the intent ion of leav ing open area for people to enjoy, I l i f ted most of my bu i ld ing of f the g round. The ver t ica l i ty serves another purpose in that i t p rov ides bet ter v iews wh ich st rengthens my concept .
Tectonic Models
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I n terms of tec ton ics , v is ib i l i t y was cruc ia l to the projec t . Therefore, the mater ia l of the wal ls wou ld be g lass so that v is i tors wou ld have unh indered v iews. Sp ider c lamps wi th st ruc tura l g lass back ing was chosen as par t of the tec ton ic for i t s t ransparency. St ruc tura l mu l l ions and connec t ions wou ld be h idden in order to
ma inta in the c lear v iews and not d ist rac t v iewers .
Glass railing with steel posts
Glass panes
Spider clamps
MullionConcrete slab
Structural glass
Concrete
Protective liningRoof deck
Protection boardWaterproof membrane
Insulation
Drainage
Filter fabric
Engineered soil
Vegetation
Tectonic Wall Section
I n order to enhance the concept , the cent re was located bes ide the h istor ica l garden on the east edge a long tenth st reet .
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The f ina l design has 4 levels of ecosystems, star t ing on the ground f loor in the inner cour tyard going a l l the way up to the th i rd t ier . Th is feature
connected the levels in terms of f low and kept the concept strong throughout the structure.
Immediately opposite the front doors, the inner cour tyard showcases a mix of nat ive vegetat ion
from trees to shrubs to grasses. The presentat ion room has a c lear v iew of th is cour tyard as wel l as
the h istor ica l garden so the two vers ions of nature can be contrasted.
The f i rst t ier would have trees on i t and the ra i l ing is set back to restr ic t v iews to encourage v is i tors
to v iew the natura l ecosystem. The second t ier would have shrubs and would be less restr ic ted so
that people could star t to perce ive the d if ference between the park and the natura l ecosystem. The
th i rd t ier would have nat ive grasses and the ra i l ing comes up to the edge so that v is i tors can fu l ly
apprec iate the v iews.
Building Plans
First Tier- native trees- restricted view
Second Tier- native shrubs- partially restricted view
Third Tier- native grasses- clear view
Elevator Shaft
Courtyard
Furnace & Services
Staff Office
Coatroom
Male Washroom
Female Washroom
First Floor
Storage Room
Presentation Room
Elevator Shaft
Viewing Room
Second Floor Third Floor
Building Section
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