design III: inhabiting connections, final

Professor Karen Fairbanks

Final permanent pavilion network system in Istanbul. System of interventions that use universal languages (sports, dance, cooking, eating, etc.) to connect locals with curious outsiders like students and travelers.

Board designed to be read as a single day from morning on the left to night on the right with the “Lot” site that involves dance and sport on top and the “Atrium” site that involves cooking and eating below. Originally 130” x 36”

Project teammates: Lauren Espeseth, Rhea Schmid, Sara Shalam

Published by the Barnard + Columbia Architecture Society in TKTNK 2: Portfolio (May 2015, pages 42-45)

design III: inhabiting connections, midterm

Professor Karen Fairbanks

Using analysis of previous resource research by my group and a transportation-oriented group, the midterm proposal was a temporary structure based on connecting people physically and socially to the Galata Greek School, the site of the 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial. The scaffholding structure allowed for a view of the city (its traffic and development), connected people across a busy street, and mimicked the abundance of construction sites around the city.

Project teammates: Lauren Espeseth, Rhea Schmid, Sara Shalam

Above: Physical model, taking into account topography of site and temporary aesthetic of pavilion

 

 

 

design III: resources in istanbul

Professor Karen Fairbanks

This traveling studio is focused on how students tackle design issues in Istanbul, a city in a foreign country, through issues related to resources in the city. The city’s morphology was analyzed with special attention paid to the horizontal development of the city and the treatment of city’s public spaces.

Project Teammate: Rhea Schmid

Above: Photoshop analysis of historical and current Taksim Square photos

 

design II: barnard college library proposal

Professor Peter Zuspan

Using the program and site analysis from the midterm, a proposal was designed to utilize and exploit the peer pressure created in the library in a positive manner. Through books that could be removed or rearranged on the shelves, users can organize and occupy each reading room according to their own personal study habits and desires. The entire proposal is designed to encourage users to utilize the social system of the peer pressure, in addition to responding to the unique built environment and circulation of Barnard College. In addition, the proposal adds green space as well as performance space, which is limited on campus.

Above: Perspective of connection between buildings

 

 

 

 

 

 

design II: barnard college library program

Professor Peter Zuspan

Before proposing a library design to replace the existing library on Barnard College’s campus, analysis of library social systems and the site was undertaken which focused on the “peer pressure” that organizes and controls social systems. Using the example of the panopticon, an analysis of the libraries on campus revealed a similar pressure to focus on studying. In addition, the analysis revealed the social system of occupying space through placement of books and other belongings. The proposal also included an interest in rearrangement of books throughout the library, and the unique academic connections that may be made through the new relations. Then analysis of the site was undertaken revealing the agglomeration of several different building types, and the “jig-jogs” of the site which force users to constantly turn during circulation. The midterm project presented these findings.

Above: Analysis of library users and occupation

 

 

 

design I: ps 101 edible schoolyard

Leah Meisterlin

An analysis of the existing school found that it is imposing from the view of a child due to the materials used, the scale of the school, and the concentration of the materials. The proposal atomizes and reintroduces the existing materials of the school while increasing recreation space and adding new programs to the space including gardens, classrooms, and community space accessible throughout the day. The new programs and more approachable design seeks to inspire students and community members to live healthy lives.

Above: Section drawing showing accessibility of proposal, divisions between school and community space, and proximity between recreation space and gardening areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

design I: third SPAce

Rosalyn Shieh

Spa uses physics of heat to eliminate doors, permitting 24 hour access. The heat and personal space required for each program organizes the spa experience for users. Within the spa are also third spaces that create a space for socializing and interacting outside of the home and workplace regardless of weather or time of day. The spa programs add much needed spa and publicly accessible programs to the site, 6th Avenue and Vandam, NYC.

Above: Longitudinal section representing temperature of program as user moves through spa

 

 

 

 

 

design I: ice melting analysis

Professor Rosalyn Shieh

Analysis of ice dropping into water droplets from plaster and metal ramps compared to “ideal” water drops. Concludes that metal creates more centralized water dispersion and droplets than plaster melting structures.

Above: Metal compared to ideal

perceptions: hair growth analysis & salon concept

Nicole Robertson

An analysis of hair growth after shaving hair, describing the directions in which hair grow over time and the directions in which the razor shaves.

Concept for a ‘pop-up’ hair shaving salon in Times Square providing tourists with location to shave. Proposal also serves as a tourist surveillance device with exterior mirrors for police officers.

Featured in Columbia University GSAPP Abstract 2012-2013 

abstractions: abstracting a social system

Todd Rouhe

The project began by considering the social system of deciding to sit or stand on the subway. A Cheerio system was devised to record and map that social system and was tested around a public park bench.

The analysis and results were then used to propose a social intervention in Sara D. Roosevelt Park using a series of canopies with musical instruments and a system of seats that were limited, forcing social interactions similar to the choice of sitting or standing on the subway.

Featured in Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) Abstract 2012-2013

Above: Impact on social system of intervention