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    Architectural Thesis Presentation

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    Spring '11 Final presentation for my architectural graduate degree.  Pages pulled from my thesis book that I created all the contents within: renderings, diagrams, page layout, etc.

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    Spring '11 Final presentation for my architectural graduate degree.  Pages pulled from my thesis book that I created all the contents within: renderings, diagrams, page layout, etc.

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    Spring '11 Final presentation for my architectural graduate degree.  Pages pulled from my thesis book that I created all the contents within: renderings, diagrams, page layout, etc.

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    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    6K views30 pages

    Architectural Thesis Presentation

    Uploaded by

    Isaac Miller
    Spring '11 Final presentation for my architectural graduate degree.  Pages pulled from my thesis book that I created all the contents within: renderings, diagrams, page layout, etc.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    of 30

    Towards a New Futurism:

    A reinterpretation of Futurism for an ecological way of life

    Project Goals:
    Create a reinterpretation and reaction to the Futurism of a 100 years ago, updated to a more environmentally informed society: New Futurism Use the concept of arcology to create an ecological, vertical city that exists more responsibly within the environment and becomes the preeminent form for this New Futurism Create a mutualism between technology and nature

    Vancouver, BC, Canada


    Area: Population:
    Density:

    Daily Mean Temperature: 50o F Average High: 56o F Average Low: 0o F

    Annual Rain: 45 Inches Rainy Days Average: 166

    City - 44.3 mi Metro - 1,111 mi2


    2

    City: 578,000 Metro: 2,116,000 13,817/mi2

    Sunny Days Average: 289 Average Sunshine Hours: 1,928 July: 295 hrs December: 60 hrs

    Annual Snow: 19 Inches Snowy Days Average: 11

    Progessive nature

    Site Limitations

    Density Issues

    Scale

    East False Creek Flats

    Science World Arcology Vacant lots

    Rail Station

    Warehouse

    False Creek

    Brewery Creek

    Density

    Most Dense

    Least Dense

    Downtown
    Area: 1.5 mi2 Population: 43,400 Density: 30,000/mi2

    Strathcona
    Area: 1.5 mi2 Population: 12,000 Density: 8,000/mi2

    Ealse False Creek Flats


    Area: 0.5 mi2 Density: ?

    Density transferral

    Injection

    movement (implied)

    movement (physical)

    transfering city center

    tie into urban fabric of site

    create urban node relating to greater downtown

    Influence

    Extending nature into site

    tie into natural fabric of site

    Scale

    Grouse Mountain - 4000

    Tallest Building - Living Shangri-La - 659

    Arcology - 750

    Average Building height - 300 - 500

    Program Volumes
    Live
    16 % 32 %

    Work

    16 %

    21,401 ft 16,4 t 200,000 f 17, 0 33,000,00 ft

    36 %

    00,000 ft 38,0

    Leisure

    Infrastructure
    Energy

    Infrastructure
    Parks

    Waste Water Circulation

    Leisure

    Recreation Shopping Cultural Dining

    Live

    Dwelling Units - 2.3 people average family size size Oce Education Industry Hospital

    Work

    Program Placement Parameters

    Leisure 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

    Live: Family Dwellings

    Work 1: Office, Healthcare, Educational

    Leisure 1: Parks and Recreation

    Work 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

    Program Orientation
    Work 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

    Live: Family Dwellings

    Work 1: Office, Healthcare, Educational

    Leisure 1: Parks and Recreation

    Leisure 2: Shopping, Dining, Cultural

    Integration

    sectional relationships

    Program: Live

    conventional

    arcology stacked and staggered units facing southern sun

    final form

    Program: Leisure 1

    extension of surrounding natural context final form

    Program: Leisure 2

    conventional

    arcology spiral ascension acting as circulation. connects live/ work

    final form

    Program: Work

    metaphor for vertical ascension and bridging downtown with suburbs

    Vertical Farming

    farms become structure, circulation, and energy provider

    Vertical Farming
    Farm Orientation
    Gravity fed, cyclical system of cascaded vertical farms and live units Bio Waste - Waste Water - Carbon Dioxide CONSUMPTION

    FARM
    PRODUCTION

    LIVE

    Food - Water - Oxygen - Power

    1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

    Live unit consumption Farm processing Recycled Product


    3 2

    Elevation view

    Section View

    Farm Section
    Direct Wind Power to interior leisure to live units to live units

    Hydroponic Conveyor System Biological Waste Water Treatment - Living Machine Aquatic life for filtering and food - fish, snails, clams

    to interior leisure

    Hydroponic conveyor system

    Powered by wind turbines and PV cells

    Ensures equal light distribution

    Living Machine: Filtering and recycling waste


    Solids

    Waste

    Vertically Oriented, Gravity - fed

    1. Filtration

    Methane Digester

    Liquids

    2 - 4. Treatment

    Solids

    5. Settling

    6. Polishing Energy Fertilizer Reusable Water for toilet flushing, hydroponics, etc

    Solar Power

    20,000 ft2 available for PV panels = 511,0000 KwH per year Enough to offset the energy consumptuion of 200 units

    4 deep Intensive Green Roofing allows for most plants to grow on leisure deck. Reduces cooling loads in the summer.

    ETFE Glass: 1% weight of normal glass, self-cleaning and recyclable

    Native, small-sized, and shallow-rooted trees such as the vine myrtle

    Creating Neighborhoods

    all necessities within the 5 floor span between leisure decks

    creates more social opportunities

    More public exterior leisure spaces for larger outdoor events

    interior skytrain station creates a destination and gateway to the city

    Building on site

    relate to stanley park in northern Vancouver

    allowing nature to reclaim site organically

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