design portfolio
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Tulane University 2nd year Masters of Architecture Design PortfolioTRANSCRIPT
KYLE GRAHAM
SELECTED WORKS
UrBan FabricFall 2012Urban AnalysisHand DiagrammingCOmputer Assisted Modeling
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The Fisher HouseSpring 2013Precedent AnalysisDigital DiagramsModeling - Wood, Acrylic, Resin
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fRERsPRINGsITE AnalyHand DrafHand Mod
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GridSPRINGRHINOCeroGrassHopDesign-Bu
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RET gALLERY 2012
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908.334.1644
Kyle Graham
M.Arch CandidateClass of 2016
TUlane University
URBAN FABRIC
An analysis of New Orleans, LA at the city and neighborhood scale culminating with the design of a museum space inspired by the city. The project emphasized hand-rendering techniques and drawing inferences from the visual data held on maps of New Orleans
The City
The Neighborhood
The Museum
1framed - Lower Garden Districtmarked - building site
THE CITY
Vegetation and Violent Crime
Visibility and Violent Crime
2VISIBILITY AND VIOLENT CRIME
Upon analysis, it was shown that areas of New Orleans that had medium levels of visibility (not the most well lit but also not the darkest areas) had a higher violent crime rate than areas of New Orleans that are considered poorly lit and the high traffic, well lit areas combined. Instances of violent crime over the course of a year are shown as red dots.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Upon completing the analysis of greater New Orleans, I zoomed in on a specific neighborhood of the city, the Lower Garden District. Here I was able to expand my analysis onto the urban landscape at the building level, the socioeconomic status of the neighborhood by block, and the tree canopy of the area.
Building Height Front Building Facades
Tree CanopyAverage Income by Block
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THE MUSEUMAfter my investigation into the Lower Garden District, I was tasked to create a museum/archive space along the bustling Magazine Street. The building program called for two volumes, an auditorium and a gallery, a commercial area, a courtyard space, and an archival space. In the design that I provided, the volumes are supported by a series of structural “wraps” that reflected the consistent rythym of the neighborhood I studied. I then weaved the other required programs within the structure. The circulation of the design then wove through the structural wraps, orbiting around the central volume of the auditorium and the central void created by the courtyard. As the visitor escalates throught the building, they move through each of the programmatic spaces in sequence and are also allowed moments of relief to step off of the path and view exhibit space.
THE MUSEUM
1/32” to 1’ Scale Site Model
1/16” to 1’ Scale Model
Wrap Diagram
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THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUM
Urban Density Analysis (site is grey)
Entrance Perspective
Rendered Sectional Perspective
I/8” to 1’ scale sectional model
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THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUM
Plan Drawings
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THe FiSHER HOUSE
An investigation into Louis Kahn’s 1967 Fisher House in Hatboro, PA. This exercise was aimed at developing three dimensional physical and digital diagrams that could represent the important design forces within the project.
Fisher House
Model Series
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Structure Diagram set into site model
THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUMFISHER HOUSE
The first in a series of five diagrams, this diagram describes the spatial feeling within the Fisher House as the space is expanded or compressed by Kahn. This was created by constructing a series of sections through the house that described the spatial conditions and then using a digital modeling program to unite the the sections into a single polysurface that showed the entire project’s spatial sequence.
Spatial Compression Diagram
2’
24’
18’
14’
12’
12’6’
24’
This diagram describes the repeated geometric forms used by Kahn to form the Fiisher House. Each repeated geometric form is modeled so they are interchangable and can be swapped between each other.
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Repeated Geometries Diagram
THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUMFISHER HOUSE
This diagram describes the clear definition of public and private space used by Kahn in the Fisher House. Because of this, the model is made of wood pieces that interlock but can be pulled apart to show the individual public or private units.
Spatial Appropriation Diagram
This diagram utilizes the sight context to describe the framed views that Kahn uses in the project. Each of the framed views is projected out from the window onto the object that is framed. In the model, this is represented by shapes formed by the projections from the windows that are then placed in the landscape in the same location as the object that the view was framing,
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Framed Views Diagram
THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUMFISHER HOUSE
The final diagram shows the relationship of materials in the project. The thick stone masonry is embedded into the landscape and the wooden construction rests on top of it. By using this technique, Kahn was able to make the building appear as if it was floating on the landscape on top of the stone foundation.
Structural Tectonics Diagram
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South Elevation
Ground Floor Plan
FRERET STREET GALLERYAn exercise in designing a small gallery in the context of New Orleans’ Freret Street. The design was created trough the dis-tortion of a triple shotgun plan where the middle was left open to the public for an outdoor scultpture garden. The remaining program was divided in to administrative and commercial use and placed in the around the hollow core.
1/16” to 1’ scale Context View
1/8” to 1’ scale 2nd story
1/8” to 1’ scale 1st story
1/8” to 1’ scale model
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THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUMFRERET STREET GALLERY
1/8” to 1’ scale model
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THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUMFRERET STREET GALLERY
1st floor plan
2nd floor plan
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THe GridShell
A constructed installation piece made as part of a group cha-rette project in conjuction with MATSYS studio. The project was constructed out single pieces of wood lath that were attatched to eachother in accordance to a digital geometry created by using the Grasshopper and Kangaroo plug ins for Rhinocer-ous. These programs generated a surface and then found the geodesic curves forming the surface so it could be contructed.
Aerial View
Digital Rendering
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Connection Detail
THE MUSEUMTHE MUSEUMTHE GRIDSHELL
The program was designed to output both a digital model and a file detailing how each piece was to be fabricated. From here, each piece was made by hand in accordance to the output of the file.
Output File
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