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3PROJECT LIST+ LAYERING THE PRESENT / Emblematic Addition, International Competition Winning Entry, May 2011

+ JAMAICA PLAIN HOUSING / Studiowork, Harvard GSD, Spring 2007

+ CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPE / Studiowork, Harvard GSD, Fall 2007

+ OBJECT OF DESIRE / Studiowork, Harvard GSD, Spring 2008

+ TENT LONDON PAVILION / Art Fund Pavilion International Competition Entry, Spring 2009

+ TRANSFORMING TATE MODERN / Herzog & de Meuron, Oct 2008 - July 2009

+ 50 VARICK ST. ART STUDIO / Adjmi + Andreoli, New York, 2011

+ 250 BOWERY ST. RESIDENCE / Adjmi + Andreoli, New York, 2011

LAYERING THE PRESENT1st Prize Winning Entry for Emblematic Addition International ideas competitionSchool of Architecture at Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada | May 2011

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Background / Concept

The Old Seminary of Quebec, which houses the Laval University School of Architec-

ture since 1988, is part of an important historical complex recognized as a UNESCO

World Heritage Site. Its level of importance in Quebec City parallels that of the Notre-

Damede-Quebec Basilica, the City Hall and the Price Building, all situated within

close proximity of the School, as well as the Chteau Frontenac, the fortifications that

encircle Old Quebec and the Citadelle, which is integrated into the continuity of the

fortifications. The strategic position and eminence of the Old Seminary of Quebec in

the old city recalls the strength of Quebec City upon its founding in the 17th century.

Its martial volume and austere elevation mark its influence in the city of the past. Its

plan breaks from the urban tissue. The numerous bell towers and chimneys that form

its long silhouette give the vOld Seminary its distinctive majesty. As extensions of the

roof that punctuate its sober profile, they provide a hierarchical synchronicity and

aerial rhythm, recalling the religious symbolism to which they owe their style.

Architecture is living heritage. The idea, style, structure and function reflects the so-

cial, technological and cultural identity of its time, and they are consistently recorded

and remembered in our built environment. In this sense, the Old Seminary building

must be considered as an accumulation of layers of important historical events,

which means that the new addition to the School of Architecture must also be con-

sidered as an act of adding another layer of history. Therefore, the new addition is

neither a resultant of literal imitation of formal features of the old nor a expressive ele-

ment of contemporary architecture; it must rather be a outcome of reinterpretation of

the existing structures characteristics, and translation into a new form of architectural

elements. As a result, the accumulated layers of the old and the new creates another

interpretation as a whole.

Birds Eye View

7EXISTING CONDITIONThe existing is separated into two part. The courtyard has a narrow corridor to the city plaza, and the building follows typical french architec-ture that has a corridor on one side. Due to the strict hierarchy of space and circulation system, the courtyard and the building must be re-organized coherently to achieve the more active public engagement and successful exten-sion to the School of Architecture.

NEW COURTYARDThe entrance way is expanded to invite public from outside, and to be visually connected better from the city plaza. The new courtyard is divided into two different levels; the higher level that is existing, and the lower level that is created for access to the underground space. Having two different levels of the courtyard will provide not only spaces for diverse outdoor activities, but also a new hierarchy between public space and residents space.

UNDERGROUND PLAZA The underground space is a semi-public space shared by the resident and public. Directly connected to the outdoor courtyard, the multi-use spaces on both sides of the lobby will be used for events such as exhibition, open forum and studio critique that could be possibly open to public. The underground space will also be a new lobby and entrance for the School of Archi-tecture, and is directly connected to the Wing of Procure and the Wing of Parlours.

AMPHITHEATERIn addition to the new courtyard and the under-ground plaza, the new building is added on the open-side of the courtyard, as an extension of the existing building. Respecting the form of typological french classical architecture, the oating extension building houses space for the amphitheater overlooking and dening the typical french courtyard. The building has a direct accesses both from the courtyard for public and from the existing building for residents.

INTEGRATED WHOLEThe underground plaza and the oating amphi-theater become integrated with existing build-ings in terms of function, form and history. In the functional point of view, the new additions provide space not only for School of Architec-ture faculty and student, but also for visitor, without interrupting each other. In the historical point of view, the new intervention represent itself as a layer of current time, with a respect of accumulated layers of a long history of Quebec Seminary.

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Design Strategy / Evolution

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WING OF PROCURE AMPHITHEATER ADDITION WING OF PARLOURS WING OF CONGREGATION

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Site Plan (above)

Site Strategy

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Existing Condition of the Courtyard and Building (above)

Intervention Strategies

PUBLIC & VISITORFACULTY & STUDENT

MULTI-USE SPACE 1

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Perspective View of the New Intervention

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Perspective View of the New Courtyard

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Underground Exhibition Space

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Night View of the New Intervention

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JAMAICA PLAIN HOUSINGHarvard GSD Studio, Instructor: Thomas SchroepferJamaica Plain, Boston, MA | Spring 2007

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vSITE STRATEGY 01Responding to the context, housing building is placed along the surrond-ing buildings and main street. On the other side of the street, green space facing the park functions as exten-sion of Emerald Necklace Park.

SITE STRATEGY 02Major open space of this area is met-ro station in the triangular area shown above. As an extension of the major open space and parking area on site as well, housing building is splitted into two pieces and moved to the west edge of the site.

SITE STRATEGY 03Having connected on the upper level of divided buildings, two different open spaces are defi ned as sev-eral different functions: semi public spaces that includes parking space underneath, and private green space for residents of the building.

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v Typical Floor Plan (above)Massing Model (below)

Unit Typology

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Option 3Duplex / Single Side

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Unit Aggregation

Aggregation System I

Aggregation System II

Unit Distribution

Void Variation

Circulation

Facade Void Pattern

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View From the Emerald Necklace Park (above)Shadow Pattern Casted on the Facade (below)

Model

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Above: Unit Aggregation Model (Left) / Roof Garden (Right)Below: Physical Model, Overall

CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPEHarvard GSD Studio, Instructor: Maryann ThompsonAquarium at Isla Grande, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Main Fish Tank

Outdoor Aquarium

Shallow Sea Touch Area

Aquarium Entrance

Dryforest Habitat

Rainforest Habitat

Ocean View Restaurant

Maintenance, Administration, Support Facilities

Lobby

Auditorium

Roof Deck Public Access (Ramp)

Water Transportation Access

Roof Deck Access to Aquarium

Observation Deck

Rood Deck Access from Waterfront

Aquarium Exit to the Roof Deck

ground level

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giant ocean tank

rainforest habitat

dry forest habitat

deep sea

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shallow sea touch area

manatee

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mangrove habitat_26ft(manatee)

caribbean fishes_17ft shallow sea(+ touch area)

rainforest habitat tank_20ftdeep sea_min. 30ft(sharks, sea turtles, barracudas)

lagoon/ outer reef_20ft dryforest habitat

fully enclosed space (artificial light) semi-open space fully exposed spacefully enclosed (interior) + fully exposed space (exterior)

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REQUIRED TANK DEPTH FOR VARIOUS EXHIBITS

SECTIONAL SEQUENCE FLOW

SECTIONAL SEQUENCE BASED ON THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMSSectional sequence of the exhibition space is generated by visitors movement ow: experiencing underwater world as if they are actually walking through the topography: deep sea to the land level.

Space Program

Sectional Sequence Based on the Different ProgramsSectional sequence of the exhibition space is generated by visitors movement fl ow: experiencing underwater world as if they are actually walking through the topography: Deep Sea to the Land.

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Main Fish Tank

Outdoor Aquarium

Shallow Sea Touch Area

Aquarium Entrance

Dryforest Habitat

Rainforest Habitat

Ocean View Restaurant

Maintenance, Administration, Support Facilities

Lobby

Auditorium

Roof Deck Public Access (Ramp)

Water Transportation Access

Roof Deck Access to Aquarium

Observation Deck

Rood Deck Access from Waterfront

Aquarium Exit to the Roof Deck

Interior Aquaria Model

Longitudinal Section

Longitudinal Section Perspective

TOPOGRAPHIES, OPERATIVEWe call operative topographies those devices conceived of as and through strategic movement of folding in the territory. Such movements define platforms and (or) enclaves of a quasi geographical nature, developed as programmatic refluences (using the term in its double meaning, as current or movement of ebb and flow derived from another main current, but also as cleverness in action): functional magmas or plateaus that enhance their condition as skin or elastic bark (membrane), either as slippery and extended surfaces (dynamic lands or platforms), or as extruded surfaces (localized reliefs, or enclaves). In all cases, they are manipulated virtual landscapes that relate to the vacant nature of free interstitial spaces and, ultimately, to the very definition of landscape as background, as scenario and as construction at the same time: landscapes, then, within other landscapes.

LANDS IN LANDSThick, dense lands over free receiver lands.Thus, rather than a partitioning of spaces or parcelling of uses, what is called for is an articulation of activities in an preferably free, fluid space only potentially nipped by hollows - mats - of services (accumulators in negative) that reveal a concern for colonising the landscape - beyond the old distinctions between space able to urbanised or not - through infilitration and distancing devices that would bound no longer to strict geometric schemes but rather would be of a freer and more meaningful configura-tion. Devices that act by inserting, densifying and preserving at the same time. Solid lands meant to articulate programs developed contrary to the orthodox. Rugged, trenched reliefs and sheared trays would thus conform new patterns over the terrain; mineral landscapes in which movements and flows would ultimately be articulated according to plan in chieselled ground level surfaces.

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Interior Perspective (Left, Center)

Above: Roof Deck Floor Plan (Left) / Lower Level Floor Plan (Right)Below: Birds Eye View Perspective

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Digital Prototyping Model

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Interior Space Model

OBJECT OF DESIRE: Bicycling in the CityHarvard GSD Option Studio, Instructor: Mack ScoginMuseum of Modern Art, New York, NY

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BICYCLE FACTORY

VELODROMEBIKE TRAINING FAC.

BIKE RETAIL SHOP

STREET LEVELENTRANCE

GIANT LIFT

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

OBSERVATION DECKRESTAURANT

Diagrammatic Elevation

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IMAGINATION: PLACE OF NO OBSTACLE

A bicycle factory and a velodrome in the middle of Manhattan could be a building that criticizes the inhuman environment of the city, and it could be a symbolic object representing a new kind of cycling culture for the city, while simultaneously being critical of it. Imag-ine people riding their bicycle, floating from the ground and looking down at the congested traffic below - Its a place with no obstacle, a playground for bicyclists, while also being a CRITICISM of the city

A Bicycle factory in the city is a place for producing alternatives. Its also a place for exhibition so that people actually see the produc-tion of bicycles. Unlike the two other programs, the training facility is place of education. There could be classes for safe bicycling in the city, or bicycle technologies, etc. And the retail store is a place of distributing the alternative transportation to the city. Its actually a store sells bicycles produced in the factory.

INVERSION: CRITICISM OF NYC

To achieve the images of the program and its criticism of the city, the program of the building itself should be exposed to exterior. In other words, production of bicycle and the people riding their bicy-cles on the velodrome up in the sky - everything that happens in the building should be exposed to influence or affect the city as a critic. Thinking about how this kind of visibility, I returned to my thoughts about the prototypical skyscrapers of Manhattan again - They are all in enclosed box shape, and people can hardly know whats hap-pening within the building. Every single building is like a container that is covering up the contents (programs) inside. As a strategy of opening up the building to the city, inverting inside and outside would make the bike factory and velodrome visible from the street.

An object that is a container without solid building skin so that pro-grams could be visually or sometimes physically exposed to the city. Having no container would make people recognize the presence of the bicycle factory and velodrome.

A Symbol of Alternative Transportation: For commuters and travelers in New York City, bicycle is an alternative to the automobile on the roads. Its very 1. efficient form of transportation during rush hours.Environment-friendly: Bicycle is human-powered vehicle - Environment-friendly way of transportation. Neglected by the citys road system: Street 2. Bicyclists are neglected by the city - bike lanes are occupied with parked cars, and there is very limited number of bicycle parking space. It is also very dangerous to ride a bicycle on the street since theres no certain physical protection for bicyclist. Painted lanes dont help. Street level experience: Different experience from driving a car. While driving a car, youre stuck on a track, looking through a big sheet of glass with very 3. limited range of view and physically separated from outside. Its a means of moving from one place to the other place, not about experiencing street and the city. On the other hand, on a bicycle the city becomes your playground. Everything is open to youone way streets, red lights, back alleys, shop-ping streetsmore variation and creative exploration. It is a fast-forward version of street experience of the city.Riding a bicycle in the streets of NYC represents a desire of escaping from inhuman circumstances of the city, and experiencing the city in different ways. 4.

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ART FUND SUMMER PAVILIONInternational Design Competition, hosted by Tent London, March 2009Semi-Permanent Structure for Outdoor Exhibition and Informal Gathering.

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Section / Elevation

Longitudinal Elevation

Longitudinal Section

Elevation Section

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Section Axonometic

TRANSFORMING TATE MODERNHerzog & de Meuron, Basel, SwitzerlandInternship, October 2008 - July 2009

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Ceremonial Route: Stairs

Level 01 - 02 Stair 3D Model

Level 03 - 05 Stair 3D ModelCeremonial Route Diagram

Level 02-03 Stair Material and Void Study

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Brick Facade

Above: 3D Prototyping Model of Brick FacadeLeft: Brick Facade Window Reveal Model

Brick Facade Detail Model (1:10)

50 VARICK STREETTransforming Industrial Building to Art Space in New YorkAdjmi + Andreoli, New York

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59Feature Stair at VIP Lounge

61Event Space / Art Studio Space

63Lobby Entrance

65Art Gallery Space

High-end Condominium Adjmi + Andreoli, New York

250 BOWERY STREET

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Rendering

71Facade Closeup View

73Interior View

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