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Summer 2016 Design and Fabrication PortfolioTRANSCRIPT
14-16 LaidleySan Francisco, CAat Cary Bernstein Architect
A remodel of an existing duplex in Glen Park neighbor-hood of San Francisco, currently in the permitting process. The existing project consists a rental unit in the dank, light-starved basement with the client’s home above.
The Existing House Our proposed renovation
We designed a sensitive 2-unit house with a central court-yard dividing the units. The minimalist, light-filled design takes subtle cues from contemporary Japanese architec-ture, as a memorial to the client’s deceased partner.
THEOREM VINEYARDS MASTER PLAN AND COLE HOUSE REMODELCalistoga, CAat BAR Architects
Converting this historic chicken farm into a working winery required the con-struction of several new buildings and the remodeling of several historically significant ones.
The first of these remodels was the Cole House, a 3-bedroom home built in the late 19th century for the former Surgeon General of California. It had been the victim of several unfortunate additions over the years.
We demolished the additions, recon-figured the space for a natural flow and an abundance of natural light, and returned a simple, craftsman charm to the finishes and detailing.
Top Right: The Remodeled Cole HouseRight: Master Suite interiorBelow: Winery Master Plan
RENAULT SHOWROOMParis, FranceCompetition - Awardedat DGT Architects
For Renault’s display stand at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, we sculpted an artificial topography within the space, creating rotating hilltops for the new models and an amphitheater in the central presentation space.
The form of the topography was reflected in the suspended lighting, the color of which was pro-grammable based on the use of the space.
An LED display-clad building containing a cafe and sales offices wraps around the perimeter of the showroom.
Top: The Topography configured as an amphitheaterLeft The display podiumsBottom Left: The Cafe interiorAbove: The overall plan
POINT RUSTON REMEDIATION CENTER Ruston, WAStudent WorkBest in Show Award 2012 Cal Poly Thesis Prize
Treating contaminated soil as a natural resource on the site of a live-work research campus
Point Ruston is a former ASARCO smelter site. The majority of the soil is waste slag. This project removes the waste soil, decon-taminates it, and uses it to grow food on a new greenscape canopy structure.
The canopy is a grid of modular planters on a steel structure. A rail system on the bottom site allows bucket-chain excavators to remove soil from the site for processing while another rail system on the green surface allows harvesters, seeders, and irrigation to facilitate bioremediation and agriculture.
There are four buildings on the site with specialized purposes: earth treatment, food processing, research and development, and production / mechanical facilities. Each building has its specialized section underneath the canopy and residential / community spaces above.
Top Right: Campus in SiteRight: View from Research Building Roof Park Bottom Right: Site OrganizationBelow: Section Model of Canopy, Excavator
BROUSSAIS STUDENT HOUSING Paris, FranceCompetition Entry: Runner-UpAt DGT Architects
This project is a student apartment building in Paris’ 14eme arrondissement on the site of an old steam factory. A key concern in this project was the lack of a real sense of identity or any key cultural amenities in this district. Thus, the project needed to make a strong statement to inspire future development in the area.
As student housing, the project’s main goal was to facilitate social interaction and recreation, developing connections within the project and with the com-munity at large. This was accomplished through a variety of community spaces and circulation.
Top: Main Facade and Courtyard Right: Room and Community Space Bottom: Main Facade drawing
KAOHSIUNG PORT TERMINAL Kaohsiung, TaiwanCompetition EntryStudent team with RNT Architects
This project was a competition for a pas-senger ship terminal and cultural hub in the Kaohsiung Port District, a bur-geoning, energetic redeveloped area of Taiwan’s second-largest city.
This was a team project with 8 students and support from RNT Architects of San Diego and an engineer from Buro Hap-pold.
The port terminal was conceived of as a threshold between the chaotic, vibrant city and the self-contained systems of the passenger ships that it would be servicing.
Therefore the terminal building’s form had to mediate between these opposing formal languages: the dense urban fabric and the discrete “machine for living” at sea.
Top: Night view of public interface Right: Main Terminal Space Bottom: Site Plan
FAHRENHEIT 451 FIRE STATION Boston, MAStudent Work
A Public Panopticon, Facilitating the Burning of Books
In Ray Bradbury’s landmark dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, books are contra-band and the job of the firefighter is to burn them and punish their owners.
In the novel, there is no evidence of any surveillance apparatus. All the ac-counts of book-burnings are the result of citizens reporting their suspicions about their neighbors and friends to the firemen. The firemen then search the accused home, then bring in the flamethrowers. As the books burn, the community gathers to watch the flames dance. The guilty are taken away in shackles.
The fire station must engage the public and encourage their participation in the policing of their community and their collaboration with the firemen.
The project consists of the existing his-toric Boston Fire Station #3, a publicly accessible tower and a bar of additional firefighting space connecting the two, all draped in a porous skin layer.
Top Right: View from Congress St.Bottom Right: Aerial Site viewBelow: Diagram of use of Space, Circulation
DOPPLER CHAIRFall 2011
CRYSTAL CORNER SHELVINGOakland, CA
I stumbled upon a wire enclosure from an industrial mixer at a salvage yard and was inspired to upcycle it into a modern-ist chair for my apartment.
I was commissioned to build a shelving unit to display this shop’s selection of crystals and other geological wonders.
PERF LIKE A PIRATEat Google’s San Francisco Office
Google threw a conference about HTML5 standards, which happened to fall on Talk Like A Pirate Day, and when they asked my girlfriend and myself to do the decorations, I suggested building a surround for the podium to make it look like a pirate ship. They jumped at the idea and I built it in my living room.
The ribs of the ship and the logo were CNC cut from birch plywood and I bent the wood lath siding around the frame with the help of an industrial garment steamer.
Right: The Pirate King at the HelmBelow Left: The plywood ribsBelow: Progress on the lath siding
MEGWatercolor on Mylar
WANTEDWatercolor on Mylar
RED CONSTRUCTION1Graphite and Watercolor on Paper
HELEN’S FACETSWatercolor and Ink on Paper
CHARLES F BOYDLEED AP BD+C
CAL POLY SLO
ENSA PARIS VAL DE SEINE
FREELANCE
RICHARD BEARD ARCHITECTS
CARY BERNSTEIN ARCHITECT
BAR ARCHITECTS
DGT ARCHITECTS
B.Arch 2012Best in Show Thesis Prize
Intensive Urbanism Study, 2010
Brennan Residence Remodel, 2015Casework for Crystal Corner, 2015Google HTML 5 Conference Interior, 2014Sequoia Sake Brewery, 2014Plethora Rapid Manufacturing Office, 2013
Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, Grasshopper, SketchUp, 3DS Max, Adobe Creative Suite
Modelmaking, Drafting, Fabricating, Prototyp-ing, Sketching, Diagramming
Electronic Music Producer, Painter, Film Nerd, Motorcycle Enthusiast, Former College Radio DJ
San Francisco CAPart-time DesignerSept 2014- July 2015
San Francisco CAAssociateJune 2015 - Current
San Francisco CADesignerRevit Support TeamNov 2012- Sept 2014
Paris FRDesign InternJan 2011 - Jul 2011
