Elegant Formations,
Battery Park City, New York, USA, Spring 2011
Instructor: Hina Jamelle + David Scott & Matt Jackson (ARUP)
Team: Nam Il Joe, Jennifer Tobias
Elegant Formations will examine organizations that are highly integratedformal and spatial systems which operate the same as organic systemswhere the forms result from their adaptation to performance requirements;in our case the structure, inhabitable surfaces and enclosure. Achievingan integrated whole entails the refinement of spatial and structuralorganization and the integration of building systems, including stairs,structure and skins inflecting and adapting to each other providing anoverall intelligence of fabrication and assembly.
Structural integration will be addressed through the material associationsof each projects design development. These associations allow usto understand the behavior of materials such as steel, concrete orcomposites that will translate directly into structural diagrams and testmodels. This allows for an integrated design methodology by translatingthe compression and tension of transformed geometries.
The formation is driven by the interaction of spectators and performers,Spectators occupy the westside highway edge of the site with its highlevels of ambient noise. The transformation begins with a porousentry and becomes increasingly layered and acoustically controlled.Performers occupy the west edge of the site, which is more residential.The transformation moves from faceted, compartmental administrativeoffices to the building with spaces for performance. The intersection ofspectator and performer creates spaces for new programs.
The vertical transformation goes from large spaces for interaction, tomedium scale spaces for supporting performance, to small spaces forlearning. The programmatic trasformations are achieved using a steelstructure and precast concrete panels. The panelization trasforms froma structure with glazing, to a frame and ultimately an opaque facetedsurface.
Elegant Formations will examine organizations that are highly integratedformal and spatial systems which operate the same as organic systemswhere the forms result from their adaptation to performance requirements;in our case the structure, inhabitable surfaces and enclosure. Achievingan integrated whole entails the refinement of spatial and structuralorganization and the integration of building systems, including stairs,structure and skins inflecting and adapting to each other providing anoverall intelligence of fabrication and assembly.
Structural integration will be addressed through the material associationsof each projects design development. These associations allow usto understand the behavior of materials such as steel, concrete orcomposites that will translate directly into structural diagrams and testmodels. This allows for an integrated design methodology by translatingthe compression and tension of transformed geometries.
The formation is driven by the interaction of spectators and performers,Spectators occupy the westside highway edge of the site with its highlevels of ambient noise. The transformation begins with a porousentry and becomes increasingly layered and acoustically controlled.Performers occupy the west edge of the site, which is more residential.The transformation moves from faceted, compartmental administrativeoffices to the building with spaces for performance. The intersection ofspectator and performer creates spaces for new programs.
The vertical transformation goes from large spaces for interaction, tomedium scale spaces for supporting performance, to small spaces forlearning. The programmatic trasformations are achieved using a steelstructure and precast concrete panels. The panelization trasforms froma structure with glazing, to a frame and ultimately an opaque facetedsurface.
Publication
comparison of properties of diamond and graphite
structures of carbon allotropes
transformation diagram of carbon
transformation diagram and corresponding attributes
spatial units with correspoinding attributes
site strategy
section perspective
ground plan
wall section and construction details
lobby
restaurant
