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egerteramy@gmail.com 916.335.1991
I want to know how things work. I want beauty. I want functionality. I want to have fun with my work.
Spacial Function
Experiential Function
Building Function
space?
to A+B is to A, as A is
Thats like, the size of my bedroom. Thats like, only slightly bigger than an ADA bathroom stall. Thats like,
really small
505' - 0"
500' - 0"
495' - 0"
490' - 0"
480' - 0"
475' - 0"
470' - 0"
Glass Skylight
Gravel
Louvers
Green Roof
To make 300sqft work, my teammates (Anran Li and Maxence Ryan) and I came up with the idea of sliding walls. These walls could change to adapt to the residents various social engagements. By sliding and swinging the walls, many configurations are possible.
Night Time Layout ht2 Time Layout Night Time Layout 2 1'-0" 1/4" = 4" = 1'-0" 1/4" = 1'-0"
Studio Layout 3 Layout Studio Layout Studio 3 1'-0" 1/4" = 1/4" = 1'-0" 1/4" = 1'-0"
Dinner Party Layout 4 Party Layout Dinner Dinner Party Layout 4 1'-0" 1/4" = 1/4" = 1'-0" 1/4" = 1'-0"
experience?
Last.fm Pavilion
Next, remove the walls that would be present in a typcial office building.
Create a facade that both frames the work being done on each floor, and unfolds to reinforce the idea of open collaboration.
Cafe
Breakroom
Elevator
Elevator
Lobby
Meeting Rooms
Level 1 at 0 1=20
For this site, there was not just one building user, but many. We wanted to create many musical spaces for those users. We tried to think of our building from the users perspective, and how each they might move through the space. We thought that if our architecture responded to not one, but many needs, and to many varieties of people, perhaps then it could become democratic.
Tourist Circulation:
Front St.
Green St.
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Level 1 at 0 1=20
Greenhouse Lobby
Offices
Private Auritorium
Listening Pool
function?
Urinals (4 units)
Turns out they could become a netzero building for water demand.
Irrigation (1 unit)
Wastewater
Evaporation
Rainwater (1 unit)
Lavs (1 unit)
Urinals (3 units)
Irrigation (1 unit)
Evaporation
AREA OF CONCERN
Shadowbox (U-Value = 0.083 BTU/hr/SF/F) Mullions (MAX U-Value = 5.8 BTU/hr/SF/F) Corrugated Form Panel
(U-Value = 0.29 BTU/hr/SF/F)
External Glazing
Vertical Fins
Horizontal Projection
OPTION 2 SCHEMATIC:
10 5
OPTION 3 SCHEMATIC:
12
NORTHEAST FACADE SOUTHEAST FACADE
OPTION 4 SCHEMATIC:
10 5 30
2 3
4 5 1
4 5
BTU/hr-ft
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
2 3
ORIENTATION: SCHEMATIC:
90 FROM FAADE
90 FROM FAADE
30 FROM FAADE
90 FROM FAADE
egerteramy@gmail.com 916.335.1991
With every shift in my focus, I hope to connect my understandings of architecture, from the broadest level, to the most detailed. The function of a building will continue to change, and so will the scope of my understanding.