FINAL

ELEVATIONS

HERE ARE THE LATEST ELEVATIONS. YOU CAN SEE I HAVE CREATED A CONTINUOUS HORIZONTAL BAND AT BOTH THE TOP OF THE TOWER AND THE BOTTOM WHICH CONTINUES OVER TO THE ACADEMIC BUILDING ON THE NORTH EDGE. I AM INCLUDING A TYPICAL TOWER PLAN SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE AND WHAT VIEWS THEY ARE FRAMING. ANY INPUT YOU HAVE WILL BE HELPFUL.

SITE PLAN

"FINAL PRESENTATION"

I know a number of you have been asking about the final presentation. We got an email from Werner in Jan. stating the following:

The semester officially ends on Friday, February 22, 2008.As we missed the first two days of the semester to federal holidays, itseems to me but the right thing to do to allow a few more days ofproduction at the end of the semester. I'm not expecting any morecomments on each others work past Friday, but allow to post work untilMonday.I'm not sure where the 26th is coming from.I hope this clarification helps.

I asked Werner at the end of the intensive if we would have a final presentation via internet or at the BAC and he responded no. Hopefully Werner can confirm all this. Hope this helps you all.

STRUCTURE - ACADEMIC

STRUCTURE - HIGH RISE

Now that my footprint is not changing, I have revised my structure for the high rise. I am resending this to Kurt for his advisement. Revisions will be made as required.

NONRENDERED FINAL SITE PLAN

This is the revised site plan. I plan on rendering it up tomorrow. If anyone sees anything or has questions, please comment tonight so I can incorporate them. Otherwise tomorrow afternoon I will be rendering it by hand and reposting it no later than Monday. Thanks!

LAST SKETCH UP TILL THE END

So, this file is basically not working anymore and I am having major issues with it. So you can see the basic horizontal bars I am creating and I am going back to CAD so I can get everything done in a timely manner. The verticality will be reinforced by the spaces between the tube openings for the frame windows. I hope you can get the gist from this. As you can see I can't get the Gehry building pic to work. So... look for more in elevations and others to come throughout the rest of the day.

DETAIL 2

The Curtain wall and Shading device detail has been started. I plan on studying the construction of the actual shade later this week and will do a further enlargement of that area. The yellow shaded area represents the light coming in and deflecting off of the shading device when it is open. It essentially becomes a light shelve. I will be adding an angled "hinge" that will connect at the top and allow the occupants to control the angle of the device. I also need to add the fire stopping between the slab and the wall.

DETAIL 1

So here is a first stab at the roof edge along the north wall of the academic building. I plan to utilize the skin to collect the water runoff and funnel it down to the collection walls and pools throughout the site. I have to provide fire rating so I am trying to decide how I am going to do this. Currently the steel members are exposed with fire proofing spray but I need to provide the insulation at the roof so I may enclose the system and provide the insulation in that zone. Off to bed so I can provide the other 2 details to you tomorrow when I get home from work!

SKETCH UP AND I ARE FIGHTING!

So, I spent all day today (off from work) working on this and I am still not happy with it, but my husband came home to the kiddos pouring salt on each other’s heads and a house that looked like a war zone. Needless to say, I am done with sketch up for today or my laptop will be out on the sidewalk in the snow that is pouring down! Here are a few images so you can gather what I am working on. I am moving to the details tonight (in AutoCAD my favorite) and then I will come back to the views from the tower tomorrow evening when I get home from work. Sorry, I really wanted to have more, but I have been working for almost 12 hours straight on it and it is driving me insane! Hope you enjoy the views I do have and can provide me with some input. The grid isn't in on the glazing and I am still trying to decide on the roof line for the atrium glass roof. I think I might pitch it up from the south to the north and the east to the west so they meet in the corner. Provide me with your thoughts on this. Like Eddie pointed out at the intensive I need more than a typical hip glazed roof like most atriums are.


Traveling East - don't know what happened to the pic on the Gehry building but it's going to have to wait to be fixed! You can see my tower takes a much larger presence then it did when we left the intensive session. The lower portion now extends over the tracks and provides a solid wall at the edge of the turnpike similar to the Gehry building.

Traveling west

View under the canopy heading toward the acadmic building

Pedestrian approach from the east

Pedestrian approach from the west

View from roof garden

START OF MODEL

So I have started the model but it is very sketchy but I wanted to post what I have so you all know what step I'm at. I am going to be bringing this model into sketchup and adding the grid pattern to the windows and adding materials so you can see the effects. For now you will have to rely on the elevations to see where the wood is. Tomorrow I will be adding the materials and taking views out of the tower so I can develop the tower windows. My tower is now on the edge of the Mass Pike and is 102' (I think) tall. So it should be a good segment to the Gehry Building. Please remember these are sketchy and are not even close to be finalized!!!

REVAMPING SO LATE IN THE GAME!!

So I sat down today to keep plugging through on my project and I just wasn't happy with what I was working on so I started revamping. I am very happy with the direction I am going in now and I am posting a footprint of the building and the new elevations so that you all know what direction I am headed in.





Elevations - the south and west elevation of the acadmic building are complete. I am studying the views out of the tower once I build a new model to determine the window placement on the tower. The hatch on the elevations represents a wood paneling, the solid areas are masonry, the grids obv. represent glazing and the skin that wraps the roof from the north elevation is a metal paneling. The horizontal bars at the floor levels will also be metal panels. I can't wait to get the model done so you can all see what I envision for this!

BUILDING CODE ANALYSIS

STRUCTURE HAS BEEN SENT TO KURT FOR REVIEW AND WILL BE POSTED WHEN I MAKE THE CORRECTIONS HE INFORMS ME OF. NEXT I MOVE ON TO THE AREAS THAT I STRUGGLE IN WHICH INCLUDE THE DETAILING AND THE BUILDING SERVICES. I WANTED TO GET THE DOCUMENTS POSTED THAT WERE ON THE SCHEDULE TO BE FINALIZED THIS WEEK.

ZONING CODE

I AM STILL REVISING SOME OF THIS BUT THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED INFORMATION IS CORRECT ON HERE. I JUST NEED TO REVISE THE NY CODE INFO TO STATE IBC AND THE CORRECT TABLES. I STILL NEED TO REVISE THE PARKING CHART INFO BUT THE TEMPLATE IS CORRECT.

FLU IS HERE

Guys,
Apparently the flu is here. I will continue to work but am pretty much out of commision right now. I was up all night and have been in bed all day. My hubby brought my laptop into our room for me and hopefully I can get some of my green information up for you. Some of it is seen in my site plan. So...don't panic if I'm not blogging!

PROGRESS SITE

Site:
This diagram pretty much shows much site layout ideas.
The north side of the site will have a wall that will protect the parking and it will come up to the first floor level where it will convert into a retention basin for the water collection. To the north edge of the parking wall will be planted with native grasses non-mow area. Along the south edge of the parking wall is a path for the students and/or community to stroll along. I envision this as an area where the students go to just step away from the work day for a brief time. The area between the academic building and the residential tower should be natural terrain and should not be graded to a perfect landscape. The paths as well should be more of a rugged design and not just a carved out straight path. This will give the feel of a natural setting not a designed setting that is typical in urban settings. Another rugged path will need to be inserted for those approaching from the west. The front retention area should have a “wall” that is planted with native plants.
My basic site ideas are to keep the landscaping as native as possible and non linear.

Building Elements:
Most of the elements are discussed in prior posts. The water collection is shown here in the site plan; the shading and day lighting are demonstrated in my schematic detail from the intensive presentation. I will gather my images into a sheet and post that soon. I did a lot of research this weekend while in bed.

PROGRESS STRUCTURE

Here are the first steps to the strucure. Kurt and I have been emailing each other today and discussing the cantilvers over the tracks. He is confident of what I am calling cantliver 1 but not cantilever 2. I am rethinking that edge and also still in communication with Kurt about it. I will continue studying this.

Structure

Foundation:
Due to the soil conditions on our site as a result of filling in the back bay, the foundation shall be supported by piles to be approximately 100’ with a pile cap. The parking level of my building shall be a structural concrete slab with all other slabs above comprised of metal decking with a concrete slab. Foundation walls shall extend 4’-0” below grade (frost line) and shall be a 12” thick concrete wall. (Werner, does the footing become the pile cap?).

Framing:
Both buildings are to be framed with structural steel as noted on the floor plans, section and details. Framing shall be either fire sprayed or enclosed in a fire rated assembly due to the classification of the building. Depth of beams to be 18” in order to meet the ratio specified by Kurt (span/depth = 20). The maximum span is 30’ and the minimum is 20’. Column spacing is also a maximum of 30’ with the average bay being 30’ X 20’ but they do vary. See plans for specific bay sizes. Glass walls on South Façade shall be curtain wall systems. All interior wall framing shall be metal stud.

Cantilever:
I have been in contact with Kurt and this is underway.

PROGRESS ELEVATIONS

Here are my blocked out elevations in progress. I still need to include the parking lot level and need to work on the fenestrations on the tower as well as incorporate Werner's comments in the tower. I have increased the height of it but I want to make it more powerful. I just wanted to get a post up of my status. I need to move on to the rest of the tasks for the week so I will revisit these at the end of the week. I think my site layout and the ideas I have for landscaping and site elements may impact the facades so I will work on that and the structure next.

MASSING STUDY

Here are some images from a "quick" massing study that I was working on purely in sketchup. No AutoCAD! Well, except for the footprint of the building. I think that I am on to something and am going to move onto studying the fenestrations which will be a combination of my scheme from the intensive and the sketch I showed last week.


Aerial View

Aeriel view - from southeast

View heading east on Mass Pike - you can see the angle from Gehry's building transposed onto mine.

View down Boylston Street looking east

View from rounding the corner at Best Buy. I like that you can see through the lot - I will be studying this more when I move to the site plan. You can see the consistency of the street facade down Mass Ave.

REVISED BUILDING FOOTPRINT ON SITE

Here is the revised footprint. I have separated the buildings much more as you can see. I wish to use the residence tower to hold the street facades of both Boylston and Mass Ave. (Werner, oh great Zoning Administrator, am I granted this approval for air rights?). The solid hatch demonstrates the building at ground level. The horizontal hatch demonstrates the building above. I will be posting a solid figure model of this so you can understand it more. All lines are taken from the existing street facades and Gehry building as demonstrated on my post from yesterday.