ARCH 410
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In this course students were asked to engage in site-specific projects that test the links between architecture, landscape, space, and materials. The first project was a small gallery/community space on an in-fill site on Martin Luther King Blvd. Using an iterative process, students developed a series of spaces that can accommodate specific functions in an artful, intelligent manner. The gallery displayed 2 sets of objects – a collection of ceramic vessels and a collection of quilts. There are also a series of public spaces that will necessitate rich public/private interactions. The second project of the semester was a WWI Airplane Museum. This private collection will house these artifacts and contextualize them in regard to the history of aviation. This is a living museum. These planes are all working examples. In addition to the typical spaces found in museums, this museum requires spaces to work on the planes. They will need to have access to the existing runway as well. The museum will have typical programmatic spaces that allow for the public to be educated and for social gathering for those who share an interest in these historic artifacts.
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Critics:
Chris Cornelius Aparna Dhareshwar Wekeana Lassiter Marc Roehrle Brian Schermer Kyle Talbott Jim Wasley |
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This project was focused on the idea of addressing a long span and living object problem. Located in Grafton Wisconsin there is an abandoned grass airfield in which this designed World War One aerospace museum shall be incorporated into with active use. The museum not only features relics and decommissioned planes from the era but also live operable aircraft. The planes displayed in such a manner that they can be moved about the space and more importantly that they can be taken outside for display and active flight. The project design and shape began by research and diagraming of the space of Grafton and planes of WWI. From these diagrams 3D forms were extruded and articulated in a manner to begin shaping the buildings positive and negative physical spaces. The spaces began to be carved out to fit the program of space that features use from maintenance, education, dining, social, and much more. The positive building shape then was wrapped with a skin that features designs from the research and diagrams done early on and negative spaces encased with large glass panes that act as skylighting components completing the flow of the space. This 53,512 square foot museum is not only a tribute to the past advancements in the world of aviation during the first world war but an architecture marvel to the process and lineage one takes from beginning to end when given a blank canvas.
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The World War 1 Airplane museum project primarily focused on the interaction of programmatic spaces with the exhibition spaces. Movement of people and how they would interact with it was also very important. These were concepts that I took into my building when designing it. My core ideas included positioning of floors and spaces for views of the landing strips and planes. I felt that it was critical to create an environment that would make people want to move through and explore the space to experience it from every angle. For this reason, I put a lot of focus on the floor plans and sections do describe these ideas. My floor pulls back from those below, and cat walks line the perimeter of the exhibition space so that people can see these artifacts from any angle. Along with being a museum, It was important I felt to allow this space to be an active hanger for small craft. This is because the world renowned Oshkosh air show is nearby. Attracting some of those aviators would add to the museum. Viewing and natural lighting in the space tied in as well to the design, prompting large glazed facades. This is in contrast with the timber and steel construction of the air museum itself. The rural design of the structure is meant to take language from the barns in which airplanes were kept during WW1. Along with tying into the historic nature of the artifacts, the rural design also fits the context.
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Storytelling the history behind an object is often left at the hands of museums. Being tasked to create a public institution that showcases World War I aircrafts, my main interest falls into creating a museum that revolves around the exhibit of the aircrafts themselves. Wanting to design a new atmosphere where the aircrafts are considered equal to those who pay to see them, the scheme to create an experience within an experience is born. The approach to create such a scheme was decided to create a more contemporary piece that houses the aircraft exhibit while the air craft exhibit houses the additional program of the museum. The purpose behind building an exhibit as such allows for exhibit flexibility and visitors having the opportunity to personally interact with the aircrafts and the program. The museum is a long-spam problem that I took a building within a building approach to solve. The space to house the aircraft not only comprises a majority of the square footage of the program, it is where the most design opportunity exists. This design approach allowed me to discover the ability of a ceiling to shape a space, how a roof can express form, understand how structure can be used as an organizational tool and to develop a design language that visually and spatially conveys your intentions. By scaling down the grid of the site, this became the bases of design throughout the entire design process. The grid became the pattern in which the overarching canopy is created that then follows through with the internal program layout at the center of the canopy. With careful consideration to natural ventilation, lighting and skylight placement, research in folded structures using steel, and the study of spider fittings for large glass curtain walls my design falls together to create unique space experiences that allow for direct interaction with visitors in relation to the aircrafts.
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What is unique about this project is that it is a “living” museum, as in the airplanes here are not just displayed, but are operable and will fly on the grounds. Although WWI happened over 100 years ago, the beautiful thing about this museum is that it is an experience, you will get to see the planes that flew a century ago in action. My main design goals were to incorporate a lot of light into the building and play with the size and heights of the spaces as they correlate with light. As this is a living museum, I wanted to branch away from the typical dark setting. The planes will bask in sunlight, and you will be able to see them not just from the ground, but above them too. Even when the planes take off, there is a large viewing area on the second floor, and if that is not good enough, there is a 360 degree view watchtower at the top of the tower sequence in the heart of the museum. Although the majority of the space swims in light, I did retract light from one area of the building; the tower. The tower is a circular structure at the middle of the building connecting the entrance and airplane display area. This is where the rest of the information about WWI will be. Although it is fun to see the airplanes, as a designer I felt I had to acknowledge the darkness and seriousness of WWI. Starting beneath the tower in the theater, the guests will be able to climb their way up the tower, seeing the war broken up into parts: the trenches, the field, and then the sky. The information ascends as you do. Just before the top, the guests are then reintroduced into the light, where they will be above the building and be able to see the airplanes in flight, now with a deeper understanding of where the planes came from, and where they are now.
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This World War II Airplane Museum project was focused on the division of space between the exhibition area and learning and community center. My project distinguishes this difference in two different shapes. The west volume is where the learning center, banquet hall, gift shop, and offices are located, and the east volume is where the exhibition hall is located. Where these shapes intersect creates a more unique program of an outdoor garden featuring a World War II Airplane and an exposed airplane maintenance shop on display for guests. The circulation of the building is centered around this intersection point that guides in a loop around the building. As you approach the building from the street and parking lot an image of an airplane is visibly etched into large concrete columns near the entrance of the building. As you walk closer to the building, the etched pattern becomes less legible as guests will be able to see between these columns and preview the exhibition hall and display airplanes. When guests enter the museum are presented the choice to dive into the exhibition hall or learning center and begin their circulation route around the building. This approach sequence is designed to excite guests as they approach the building and gain more detailed views and information of the airplane displays. These concrete columns also operate to block direct daylight from entering and heating the exhibition space.
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During the fall semester of my junior year at UWM, ARCH 410 was asked to design a plane museum in Cedarburg, Wisconsin right off of highway 60. The site includes runways for planes to land and take off on, and also surrounding neighborhoods along with some commercial areas. To celebrate flight, I chose to focus on ski-planes. I chose ski-planes because they would be perfect for the Wisconsin winter weather, landing and taking off on the snow during the winter months. These planes are usually constructed with aluminum and wood, and have about a wingspan of 20 to 30 feet and can land and take off on snow. I chose ski-planes because I imagined the visitors here would be flying back and forth from their cabin with their families to check out other visitors' planes. In order to visualize flight in my design, I imagined the building to look like it was swooping from the ground, so it almost looks like a plane taking off. This structure has a 450 foot wingspan and includes spaces for planes to be observed landing and taking off, along with a grass roof terrain which tapers into the surrounding terrain that allows adults and children to play on during any months of the year.
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Designing a public institution, like a museum to display historical artifacts, requires great care to not only preserve those fragile artifacts, but to delicately represent an accurate storytelling of history to public viewers. To approach this project, I conducted thorough research by investigating WWI planes, the site, and precedents. I allowed this research to guide me through a series of “offspring drawings”, which helped me create a distinct culture and language to portray the WWI artifacts, the site, and the culture of the story to be told. These drawings played a key role in the way that I developed the form of the museum, which is a unique and fresh way to invite occupants to interact with the project. This museum extracts history—its artifacts, colors, emotions, pains, and triumphs—and presents it to the viewer in an approachable, yet sophisticated manner. The form is split into three sections, similar to a Venn Diagram. The north wing houses the Allied Powers while the west wing houses the central powers. The middle form in-between these two wings grounds the project and allows viewers to travel to and from the different areas of the museum and the war. Programmed with a banquet hall, classrooms, a small theater, and a gift shop, this project is more than a museum, but a special gathering space for the community to enjoy.
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Our task in this project was to design a World War One aircraft museum with programmatic elements that focused on user experience and interaction. My research and understanding of the project brief lead me to explore a connection between the essence of what an aircraft should do and the manifestation of that idea through design. Aircrafts take you above the landscape, but how these aircrafts acted upon the landscape is far different. These are designated as war aircraft and their goal was to preform and destroy. Craters from exploded bombshells have left a significant mark on many battlefields across Europe, but I drew the most inspiration from the landscapes at the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Somme located in France. With inspiration from intentions of war aircraft in mind and their impact on landscapes it became important to investigate the simple relationship between what it means to be above but also how that influences what is below. I flipped the relationship between aircraft and landscape by allowing the landscape to speak on behalf of the aircrafts. The story of the landscape now dictates the perception of the aircrafts. This role reversal inherently investigates our understanding of the magnitude of destruction in which these aircrafts have had on Europe. By doing this it enhances the users understanding of scale and function through firsthand experience of the museum and its treatment of the landscape.
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The WWI Airplane Museum is a “living” museum designed to display fully functioning aircraft. It occupies the center of an opening between three runways on an existing grass airway north of Milwaukee. To generate the plan, a circular quarter segment is divided into two components by a second non-concentric circle. The main component becomes the primary exhibition space, expanding in plan and section so that the artifacts “lift off” as the ceiling soars higher along its length. The subsidiary plan component serves to consolidate non-airplane program areas to preserve the integrity of the main exhibition space. This main exhibition space opens on each end and to the sky via a band of skylights. In addition, a set of superstructures punctuate the entry and terminus points, linking the building to the landscape. The circular geometry also extends into the landscape, creating fleeting glimpses as visitors negotiate curving roads, pathways, and landscape elements. The exterior form is considered in dialogue with the interior realm. A butterfly roof reaches toward the sky, hinting at the organization and quality of spaces inside while ascribing to its own logic.
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