Last Activity: 11-20-2011
Designs: 4
Products Used: 8
Benjamin F
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Architecture
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Frost Blacksmithing Studio Interior
Frost Blacksmithing Studio Penland, North Carolina
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Frost Blacksmithing Studio Exterior
Frost Blacksmithing Studio Penland, North Carolina
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Open, Interactive Learning Interior
Designing a school that is adaptable, flexible, and accommodating to change is a noble venture, for it sets the example for the future of a more attentive architecture. Ultimate flexibility, however, can be detrimental to the clarity and quality of an architectural design. Structural steel offers endless flexibility with its open floor plans in which infinite arrangements of program exist. There are always sacrifices, however, with an open floor plan, as each building type has its own specific spatial, mechanical, and aesthetic needs to which an open plan cannot cater. Given that flexibility cannot be the priority, adaptability becomes the most important consideration in the life cycle of a building. While similar terminologies, the application of flexibility and adaptability differs greatly. Adaptability implies a design that exists specifically as one building type, but can be altered to suit another, rather than a space that is generic enough that any program can be forced into it. As the environmental choice, that is also easily manufactured to meet various specifications, structural steel is not only beneficial for flexible design, but also for adaptable design. The school takes advantage of a manipulated structural steel grid system. While similar to the generic grid system, it offers more possibilities as the corners have been liberated by moving the columns toward the center. The school is suspended from a series of structural towers, which also act as vertical circulation through the building, and offer access to the spaces which are cantilevered from each tower. In the life cycle analysis, the structural steel system is the most permanent feature, expected to last up to 75 years. The current program might exist for 25 years before being altered to suit another function, whether office, apartments, or something else. The interior layout of these spaces could change more frequently, perhaps every 3-5 years, and the day-to-day settings would change most frequently. The overall design of the project reflects the values and security of a home, where the public spaces are nearest the ground, while the private are above. In fact, the ground floor of the school is entirely un-programmed space, allowing the building to be freed from the ground and lifted toward the sky, a gesture of the lofty ideals of the school. The second floor offers public access to a floor of the library, and to part of the cafeteria if it opened at night to serve the less fortunate members of a society. It is also on this floor where the offices are located to buffer the public and private realms. The third floor houses more offices, and the private portions of the library and cafeteria. From the fourth to the sixth floors, the classrooms revolve around the towers and open into a grand interior circulation space. The classroom spaces are colored to foster learning, and the circulation to create a cheerful, social environment that promotes interaction between school kids.
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Open, Interactive Learning Exterior
Designing a school that is adaptable, flexible, and accommodating to change is a noble venture, for it sets the example for the future of a more attentive architecture. Ultimate flexibility, however, can be detrimental to the clarity and quality of an architectural design. Structural steel offers endless flexibility with its open floor plans in which infinite arrangements of program exist. There are always sacrifices, however, with an open floor plan, as each building type has its own specific spatial, mechanical, and aesthetic needs to which an open plan cannot cater. Given that flexibility cannot be the priority, adaptability becomes the most important consideration in the life cycle of a building. While similar terminologies, the application of flexibility and adaptability differs greatly. Adaptability implies a design that exists specifically as one building type, but can be altered to suit another, rather than a space that is generic enough that any program can be forced into it. As the environmental choice, that is also easily manufactured to meet various specifications, structural steel is not only beneficial for flexible design, but also for adaptable design. The school takes advantage of a manipulated structural steel grid system. While similar to the generic grid system, it offers more possibilities as the corners have been liberated by moving the columns toward the center. The school is suspended from a series of structural towers, which also act as vertical circulation through the building, and offer access to the spaces which are cantilevered from each tower. In the life cycle analysis, the structural steel system is the most permanent feature, expected to last up to 75 years. The current program might exist for 25 years before being altered to suit another function, whether office, apartments, or something else. The interior layout of these spaces could change more frequently, perhaps every 3-5 years, and the day-to-day settings would change most frequently. The overall design of the project reflects the values and security of a home, where the public spaces are nearest the ground, while the private are above. In fact, the ground floor of the school is entirely un-programmed space, allowing the building to be freed from the ground and lifted toward the sky, a gesture of the lofty ideals of the school. The second floor offers public access to a floor of the library, and to part of the cafeteria if it opened at night to serve the less fortunate members of a society. It is also on this floor where the offices are located to buffer the public and private realms. The third floor houses more offices, and the private portions of the library and cafeteria. From the fourth to the sixth floors, the classrooms revolve around the towers and open into a grand interior circulation space. The classroom spaces are colored to foster learning, and the circulation to create a cheerful, social environment that promotes interaction between school kids.
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Autodesk AutoCAD
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Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture
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Autodesk Impression
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Autodesk Navisworks Manage
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Autodesk Revit Architecture
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Autodesk Revit MEP
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Please Note: For the 2013 version, all three disciplines of Revit Architecture, MEP, and Structure) are included in one unified interface. If you are interested in a 2013 version, please download Revit 2013 from this catalog.
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Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional
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