selected works

CHARLES F. BOYD SELECTED WORKS

CONTENTS

Fahrenheit 451 Fire Station

Kaohsiung Port Terminal

Discovery Pavilion

Broussais Student Housing

Renault Showroom

Doppler Seat

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Charles F. [email protected](253) 592-2322

California Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo, CA

College of Architecture and Environmental DesignBachelor of Architecture 2012

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FAHRENHEIT 451 FIRE STATION BOSTON, MASS

A Public Panopticon,Informing the Burners of Books

In Ray Bradbury’s landmark dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, books are con-traband 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.

Student Project Winter 2010Studio Marc Neveu

The fire station must engage the pub-lic and encourage their participation in the policing of their community and their collaboration with the firemen.

The project consists of the exist-ing historic Boston Fire Station #3, a publicly accessible tower and a bar of additional firefighting space connect-ing the two, all draped in a porous skin layer.

The tower includes a public furnace which allows the public to burn any books they may have and an intercom system to facilitate communication between the public and the fire chief.

The perforated metal skin obscures the building form and controls views in and out of the building.

Public Observation Deck

Furnace Chimney

Book Burning Furnace

Historic Fire Station

Training and Barracks

Public Access and Atrium

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SITEThe existing Boston Fire Museum (former Historic Fire Station #3.) and the adjacent parking lot at the intersection of Congress St. and Farnsworth St in the Fort Point district of Boston, Mass.


OBSERVATION DECKPublic Surveillanceof PublicObscured by Façade

4TH FLOORExerciseTraining Space

3RD FLOORBarracksObservation

2ND FLOORChief’s OfficeRecreationKitchenStorage

1ST FLOORGarageEquipmentMechanical DogParking Access(Underground Parking)

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SKIN DESIGNThe overall form of the skin ob-scures the building’s organiza-tion, disguising a fairly small and functional building as a massive alien structure of an advanced totalitarian regime.

The skin itself is a perforated screen based on abstracted and scaled patterns of random-ness, facilitating views out but restricting them into the build-ing. The porosity of the panels varies with the adjacent internal functional needs and is most porous at the observation deck.

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KAOHSIUNG PORT TERMINAL KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN

This project was a competition for a passenger ship terminal and cultural hub in the Kaohsiung Port District, a burgeoning, energetic redeveloped area of Taiwan’s second-largest city. This was a team project with 8 stu-dents and support from RNT Archi-tects of San Diego and an engineer from Buro Happold.

Group Project Summer 2010

FORMAL MEDIATION

The unique scale and discrete form of a passenger ship stands in stark contrast to the diversity of the urban fabric. Since the passenger terminal is the gateway between the two, its form serves to mediate between them, reconciling the monumental object-ness of the

ship with the interconnectedness of the city.

FORMAL MEDIATIONThe 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 be-tween these opposing formal languages: the dense urban fabric and the discrete “machine for living” at sea.

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Arrange program on sitePromote layering and progression from city to water

React to the forces of the cityConform to siteExtend to adjacent parcels/landscapeHold edge of water/land

Reach toward cityConnect the program elements - Program relationships are formedInteraction between program elements, water, ships, and the city

Combine program elements to form one building

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CONCEPT / PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT3 Program Bars

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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Shaped by Circulation

Oriented to Context

Connecting Programs

Extending to City Axis

Combining Elements

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1. Concourse 2. International Terminal 3. Domestic Terminal 4. Offices 5. Underground Parking 6. Generator 7. AtriumDeparting Passengers Arriving Passengers Office Workers General Public

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1. Concourse 2. International Terminal 3. Domestic Terminal 4. Offices 5. Underground Parking 6. Generator 7. AtriumDeparting Passengers Arriving Passengers Office Workers General Public


SECTIONAL DEVELOPMENTThe organization of the program bars remained largely intact, though the space between had to become an enclosed atrium due to humidity and environmental control concerns, minimizing the surface area to volume relationship.

The domestic and international terminals were split sectionally in response to the scale of the ships, and a large convertible lobby space was created, as per the competition brief.

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roof deckPVscafe LED wall

auditorium follies

SITE PLANThe port terminal is the first building to be built along this particular sec-tion of the waterfront, so it has to set the tone for the development of the adjacent lots. Our project attempts to propose a pattern upon the site which can easily be continued on the adjacent lots while allowing a great deal of flexibility for the inte-gration of amenities such as the café, amphitheater and sculptural folies that we’ve proposed.

FORMAL MEDIATION

The unique scale and discrete form of a passenger ship stands in stark contrast to the diversity of the urban fabric. Since the passenger terminal is the gateway between the two, its form serves to mediate between them, reconciling the monumental object-ness of the

ship with the interconnectedness of the city.

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DYNAMIC SHADING SYSTEM PREVENTS DIRECT SOLAR GAIN & PERMITS DIFFUSE LIGHT INTO THE ATRIUM

BIPV FOR POWER GENERATION

FULL HEIGHT NORTH GLAZING PROVIDES EXCELLENT DAYLIGHTING IN OFFICES AND MEETING ROOMS

ARTIFICIAL DIMMING PROFILE

DIFFUSE NORTHERN LIGHT TO COMMERCIAL SPACE

DAYLIGHTING TO BELOW GRADE PARKING

SOUTH BIPV PROVIDE SHADE & POWER


ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

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Above Left: Atrium InteriorAbove Right: Main ConcourseBelow: South Façade and Public Space


Above: Night Aerial View from WaterBelow Left: Connection with TransportBelow Right: Connection with Street

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DISCOVERY PAVILION SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA

In order to see the world and grasp it as paradoxical, we must break with our familiar acceptance of it. Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Student Project Fall 2011Studio Ansgar Killing

CONTEXTA small courtyard be-tween two of the science buildings on the Cal Poly campus. The pavilion must provide connec-tions between the two, an atrium space and a café.

In the writings of Francis Crick (one of the dis-coverers of the double helix structure of DNA) he stressed the effectiveness of approaching problems from skewed perspectives, which in his case included the ingestion of psyche-delics during theoretical research. He claimed that the resulting shift in con-sciousness gave him new insights into overly familiar technical issues.

This pavilion seeks to pro-duce a similar perspective shift in subjects through a disorienting spatial experience with the goal of facilitating insight and inspiration.

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THE FOREST FLOORLight is sparse, its source obscuredCirculation is organic, wrapping around structural members

THE LABYRINTHPath is confused, fragmentedConnections are obscuredLight is filteredExample: Escher’s Relativity

THE DISCOVERYWhite spacePure SkyExample: James Turell’s Skyspace

CONCEPTUAL SECTION

Above Left: View from East ContextAbove Right: Circulation Axis SectionBelow: Connection Axis Section

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FAÇADESExternal façades were devel-oped to enclose the process, creating mystery from the outside and strictly manag-ing where the path encoun-ters light, view and access. The cylindral central core suggests the final discovery space, drawing the path up-wards into the labyrinth.

Above Left: South Entry Model ViewAbove Right: North Corner Model View

DISCOVERY PAVILION SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA

Above Left: South Entry Atrium SpaceAbove Right: North Entry Façade View

CORTEN STEEL

Façade Textures

Bounding Surfaces

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Cast in Place

Structure and Path

TRANSLUCENT GLASS

Windows, Railings

Some Internal Façades

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BROUSSAIS STUDENT HOUSING PARIS, FR

Invited Competition, Spring 2011At DGT Architects

This project is a student apartment building in the 14th arrondissement of Paris on a redeveloped lot. 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 develop-ment in the area.

The historic smokestack as a local landmark was a driving force in the design, as was Paris’ strict zoning.

As student housing, the project’s main goal was to facilitate social interaction and recreation, developing connec-tions within the project and with the community at large. This was accom-plished through a variety of commu-nity spaces connected by a spiral of circulation from the front entry to the roof plazas.

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SITEThe student housing proj-ect was part of a master plan developed by DGT and 4 other firms, each of which designed one of the buildings. The site formerly housed a steam factory, part of which would remain on the site. Adjacent is a green path park that is being developed into the main pedestrian axis of the district.

The site plan includes stu-dent housing, public hous-ing, private residences, and a community center, oriented to axes developed for gra-diation of public space.

The visibility of the smoke-stack was integral to the site planning, as it becomes a beacon for the community center at its base.

BROUSSAIS STUDENT HOUSING PARIS, FR

1. Total site block impacted by zoning

4. Public spaces connected by exterior circulation

2. Grand entry and public interface

5. The public space extended into the residential space

3. Impact of the tower view corridor

6. Appropriation of façade and public space

FORM DEVELOPMENT

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UNITSThe overall organization of the project is intended to promote social interaction by providing several commu-nal spaces of varying scales.

In order to include all these community spaces, the units had to be as efficient as possible, while still providing a comfortable environment. The unit is divided by the bathroom into a living area and a kitchen area and each unit has a view of either the street, exterior courtyard, or interior courtyard and sun infiltration is maximized.

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North Facade East Facade

North-facing Section East-facing Section

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RENAULT SHOWROOM PARIS, FR

This project was part of a rebranding effort by Renault that included 3 large-scale showrooms in Paris, Kiev, and Brussels, and redesigns of their exist-ing dealerships, most of which are very small and located in urban settings. I worked primarily on the flagship showroom in Paris.

Invited Competition, 2011: AwardedAt DGT Architects

CONCEPTThe cars are displayed upon a false landscape, defined by two soft hill forms. Soft lights suspended from the cieling mirror the topography.

The services are contained in a large bar building which defines the land-scape space with a façade patterned from Renault’s logo, a section of which is an animated LED wall.

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FOCUSThe LED walls slide together to create an animated backdrop for a central event space with the hills providing seating.

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DOPPLER CHAIR VELLUM FURNITURE COMPETITION

Student Furniture Design Fall 2011With Bre M. Howard

BASEInverted form of fan enclosure frame Concentric circles cut from a 1/2 inch birch sheetLaminated and sanded smoothStained black

PADDINGConcentric tubes of stuffed white vinylAround a circular base cushionTranslation of frame form to new material

FRAMEA salvaged industrial fan enclosureReminiscent of mid-century california designCut, filed, buffed, polishedInspired the rest of the pieceMounted to frame with rotating lazy susan base

DESIGN GOALThis piece was for an annual student furniture competition which stressed the use of recycled-materials. Our goal was to use a salvaged piece in a way that looked finished and fully integrat-ed, disguising its industrial origins.

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CHARLES F. [email protected](253) 592-2322

STUDIES Bachelor of Architecture: June 2012 California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA Art and Sustainability Concentrations Studied in Paris 2010-11at ENSA Val-de-Seine

SKILLS Digital: Rhino, Grasshopper, 3DS Max, CAD, Revit, Cinema 4D, Adobe Creative Suite

Analog: Model-building, Laser cutting, draft ing, sketching, painting, woodworking, small- scale construction, conversational French

WORK EXPERIENCE Intern Architect at DGT Architects Paris FR : January 2011 - July 2011 Involved in various stages of the design process Primarily digital modeling, graphic representation

Design Team Member with RNT Architects San Diego CA : May 2010 - August 2010 Part of a small team of students who, working with RNT Architects and Buro Happold, entered a design competition for the Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Production Intern at Dakata Entertainment Phoenix AZ: May 2009 - Sept 2009 Photo editing and graphic design for this photo studio

Designer at Profound Artistry SLO CA: Nov 2009 - present Graphic design for an upstart apparel company

Production Intern at KBTC Tacoma WA: May 2007 - August 2007 Assisting production of a weekly local newsmaga zine show at this local TV station

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Radio DJ: on-air DJ at KCPR 91.3 since Fall 2008 Music: Various bands, electronic music production Art: Small shows of my paintings Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout in 2007

selected works

Documents

station boston

ing historic boston

public furnace

kaohsiung port district

taiwanthis project

team project

atrium3sitethe existing

student project winter