Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Material Contrast
Ticketing, waiting, and service areas will be cool, smooth, and fast.
The rugged exterior of the geode conceals a delicate interior structure.
The landscape and Train Shed will be treated as massive extensions of Sonoran Desert geology.
Mass and Material
Rammed Earth (Color Integral Concrete)The following images illustrate potential territory of investigation between apparent mass and material lightness.
Loose Ordering System (Transpose Scale: 1"=100')
Apparent Mass - Material Lightness
Tenuous Heaviness - Apparent MassTuesday, April 13, 2010
Miami Concept Design 1
Downtown Miami physical site model
Solar studies
Programmatic massing studies
Solar chimney concept for transit terminal membrane. Do to the high humidity level of South Florida air current must not remain stagnant. The proposal is for the train terminal and ferry dock program components to remain non-conditioned space with a central connecting lobby conditioned.
The solar chimney at it's base will act as the urban connective tissue that will link the motor-vehical drop off entrance, above ground "people-mover" tram system, and high speed rail. The chimney membrane accends the commercial program expeling the rising hot air from the terminal creating a drag current throughout the station.
View of terminal between Biscayne Bay and Biscayne Island
Solar studies
Programmatic massing studies
Solar chimney concept for transit terminal membrane. Do to the high humidity level of South Florida air current must not remain stagnant. The proposal is for the train terminal and ferry dock program components to remain non-conditioned space with a central connecting lobby conditioned.
The solar chimney at it's base will act as the urban connective tissue that will link the motor-vehical drop off entrance, above ground "people-mover" tram system, and high speed rail. The chimney membrane accends the commercial program expeling the rising hot air from the terminal creating a drag current throughout the station.
View of terminal between Biscayne Bay and Biscayne Island
Monday, April 12, 2010
Tucson: Massing 01
Overview Looking East
In this proposal, the building sits low on the site. The train shed transitions to a planted roof structure over the parking areas.View of Entry
The primary entry to the ticketing and service spaces for the station is on the north-west side of the site on Toole Ave near the existing Amtrak station.Interior View
The roof structure is supported by a trussed frame which is clad on either the interior or exterior face, producing an effect of disintegration or phase change which changes as one moves through the space.View from South, Parking Access
Parking is accessible directly from the 210. The 2,000 spaces currently planned for the site will serve the new high speed rail connections as well as local light rail, the regional bus depot, and downtown Tucson.New Orleans Train Station Concept 01
Roof Diagram
Level Diagram
Level Diagram
City/Highway Context
Platform Level
Second Level 
Layer Diagram
Section
Level Diagram
Level 2 w/ Glass Atriums
City/Highway Context
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