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Eating competition research.

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Competition Choice

I have decided on the competition which I will enter - I shall pursue entry of the Eating - Alternative Designs for Restaurants.  If I design it out of steel, I can double-dip it into the ACSA Steel competition when it is released.

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Competition 1: Evolo Skyscraper Competition: http://www.evolo.us/category/2018/  USA-Based.

Graphics - 1st - 3rd places, 2016.  Juror graphics: Matias Del Campo, Thom Faulders, Marcelo Spina.

This is a primarily graphics based International Design Ideas Competition.  For Profit. International entries welcome.  Annual, changing sponsor with recurring sponsors.  Program is very open, and past winners have pushed the envelope of what is expected of a given structure, adding on or completely redefining societal roles of it.  It is focused on atmosphere, not photorealism.  Graphics pretty well resemble that of the jurors, just on a more conceptually grand scale.

The graphics here simply coordinate an atmosphere of wishful veracity without a grounding in reality, often being suggestive of future technology without providing a grounded response to rationale of how to implement any of it.

2018 SCHEDULE: July 10, 2017 – Competition announcement and registration opens.  November 14, 2017 – Early registration deadline 95$.  January 23, 2018 – Late registration deadline 135$.  February 6, 2018 – Project submission deadline (23:59 hours US Eastern Time).  April 10, 2018 – Winners’ announcement.  AWARDS  1st place – US $5000  2nd place – US $2000  3rd place – US $1000

Competition 2:  PAVE (Planning and Visual Education):  http://paveglobal.org/Competitions.aspx?typeid=26   USA-Based.

sponsor: Chick Fil A.  For Profit. International Entries welcome.  Annual, changing sponsor.  Due Date: Oct 31, 2017.  Past winners have focused on concept, branding, and atmosphere, not so much photorealism.

I’m already doing this competition for “lighting design” class at instructor direction, despite it not being apropos to the course.

Graphics - 2011, 2014, 2016 PAVE Winners, first through third place each year.  The jurors did not have much in the way of graphics up that I could compare to, but the few I did find matched winners’ styles loosely.  The graphics remain relatively consistent in quality between the years, becoming more detail oriented as the competition grew in notoriety.  This year, I expect the graphics will be focused on both branding and atmosphere, as well as the details and feasibility of construction, as the competition deliverables have been updated to merge all categories such as product design, store design, and interior design into one single entry category.

Competition 3:  120 Hours:  http://www.120hours.no/  Norwegian-Based.

Sponsor: varied, and annual.  There is a changing sponsor each year.

I plan on participating in this this upcoming spring semester.

Competition 4:  KROB: https://krobarch.com/   USA-Based.

This architecture competition is one that I will be entering while the rest of the class is in Chicago.  I’ll use graphics from either a past project or another one of my choosing.

Competition 5: 7th Annual Advanced Architecture Contest.  http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org/summary.html

This is a very open ended contest which has a high amount of vague work which could work in an entrant’s favor.  It would be very interesting to enter I believe. It would necessarily rely on graphics, as per what I've observed in this competition’s past.

Competition 6: Archstorming Mosul Postwar Camp: http://www.archstorming.com/info.html  

Pause: temporary structures often become permanent (this needs heavy consideration of the conditions), and it has very loaded politics and extraordinarily intensive research required.

This is one I would like to do, simply to expand my design scope and skills, though I’m not certain I would necessarily succeed at the competition itself, though I believe I could.  This would have a very layered and intensive research component.

Competition 7: Velux Daylighting Competition:  http://iva.velux.com/   USA Based.

Pause: This one is so small that every single detail will stand out very prominently.

However - Since I am an interior design minor currently in a lighting class, this is a very apropos competition in which to enter.  Further, due to my current difficulties with life and school right now it might be more appropriate for me as an individual, even though it may not be proper for others in the class.

7th Annual Advanced Architecture Competition:  http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org/summary.html

Pause: very broad subject, but it has precedent and has a very high potential for outstanding graphics and urban planning development of my skillset.

Overall, I believe I could succeed in this competition.

Other competitions: 120 hours, krob, 7th Annual Advanced Architecture Contest, and possibly the Velux Competition, Archstorming mosul camp. My analysis is that either Evolo, krob, archstorming, velux daylighting are the ones I might succeed at. As I have time I’ll update this with more images and more analysis of each competition.

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Arch Studio 9

Competition Entries for Analysis:

Student Design Competition: PAVE.

International Design Ideas Competition: 120 Hours.

Competition (For Profit) Website: KROB.

International/ National Professional Competition (Built): Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.

International/ National Professional Competition (Not Built): Guggenheim Helsinki.

PAVE (Planning and Visual Education): http://paveglobal.org/Competitions.aspx?typeid=26

Sponsor: Chick Fil A

For Profit.

International entries welcome.  I am already doing this for another class.

Due Date: Oct 31, 2017.

Annual - changing sponsor.

Past Winners: Conformed to program outlined, went above and beyond on graphics - focused on concept, branding, and atmosphere, not photorealism. Graphics loosely resembled the work of the firms of the jurors.

120 Hours: http://www.120hours.no/

Sponsors: various Nordic architecture firms, graphic design firms, Nordic universities, and a restaurant with no visible stake in the competition.

Not for profit.  Started by architecture students.

International Entries welcome. I have competed in this in the past.

Start and due date: Late February 2018.

Annual - changing program, static sponsor, continuously changing all-student jury.

Past winners: Ranging from bold simplicity that defied the program, all the way to solely construction documents with a single money-shot rendering. Winning graphics are consistently overly-conceptual in nature, and respond to a program, not context or site, and loosely resemble the minimalism found in the sponsor firms’ work.

KROB: https://krobarch.com/

Sponsors: international architecture firms, computer systems companies, a digital media solutions company with focus on architectural renderings.

For profit.

International Entries Encouraged.

Due Date:  October 13th, 2017.

Annual - recent expansion of media accepted.

Past Winners: pushing the envelope in various ways, always improving the competition and setting new boundaries. recently more conceptual and varying levels of abstractness. Always Eye Candy.

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore Design Competition, 1418. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/il-duomo/mueller-text

Sponsors: Florentine Fathers.

For Profit.

International Entries were accepted.

Due Date: .... Way past.

One-Time.

Competitors ranged from absurd proposals to proposals that took into realistic consideration the dead loads imposed by such a structure.  The winning entry was made by a goldsmith, Filippo Brunelleschi, who went on to design technical masterpieces of invention for constructing such a project.  This competition was not rivaled in scale or sheer ingenuity required until after the industrial revolution.  A certain lasting implication of this particular competition was that architects were more highly lauded during the renaissance than ever before.

Guggenheim Helsinki: http://designguggenheimhelsinki.org/, 2014

Sponsors:  private sources and was organized by the Guggenheim in association with the City of Helsinki, the State of Finland, the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), and London-based Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC).

For Profit.

An open, international architectural competition organized by the Guggenheim Foundation.

Due Date:  June 4, 2014

One-Time

Competitors were up against more than 1,700 designs in the first round. the second round included 6 shortlisted designs. The winning entry by Moreau Kusunoki Architectes, a Paris-based firm, was not built, as the city of Helsinki decided to discontinue its interest in such a proposal.

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this one had the biggest change. i’ll work on getting text down, an interior render in, and  try to change wind/sun/generative diagram as per final reviews

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Notes from critiques: 1: Vault: Ghost axon good! With materials and systems. Simple, uncomplicated, build able. 15: map the wind, document design production. building systems successful. The canopy: plotted out column and water. Architectural canopy should feed more into the green. Interior perspective . Render quality is a bit low. Connect everything to the end result. Winter adjust solar panels. 30: concept of diagrams to decisions clear, low quality renderings, needs to be clearer, materials at home on the site, interesting diagrams, “winter is bad” takes you through the cote measures. Bold important. Iconoclastic metal thing good but useless and unclear as to purpose. Make everything clear. Layout good, make assemblies believable. 31: composition clear. Make materials clear. Massing is functional. Create interior perspective. Cote # system integrated is important. Wording is important. Tell the whole story on flooding and tornado damage. 38: simple. Put in photos of models? Mechanical systems: put them in. Work backwards on the process diagram. Sketch quality, smaller, get rid of 2&3. FLOOR PLAN. Show Entry, wind.

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apparently this posted in the wrong account

Assigned as a visitor center, the project’s ultimate goal is to educate the public on the importance of renewable energy, protection of the environment, and water conservancy.  The building’s site is a floodplain, necessitating the use of aggressively resilient materials such as concrete, while designing for passive systems within the structure’s layout and hierarchy.   Therefore, it is apropos to use structural concrete in an above-grade tornado shelter for the community and students. This volume integrates into the main structure through the use of connecting and orienting gluelam beam elements, and copper roofing as an aerofoil rainscreen with wayfinding elements carved into overhead space over the entire building.

This safe and resilient project in Moore, OK, USA utilizes “a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide architectural solutions that protect and enhance the environment” (COTE).  The various principles employed include: Biophilic design through use of gluelam beams in place of normal structural steel, allowing for cooling breezes through building orientation and operable windows, the use of permeable pavingthe meeting of functional needs through consideration and design for health, safety, and welfare of all occupants with special considerations to structure and lighting.

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Interior of Christuskirche (1956-59) in Bochum, Germany, by Dieter Oesterlen

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Today

Due to the absurdity of the >60 page subittal due yesterday in another class we were hardly taught how to start, let alone complete, along with personal issues going on, I’m a bit behind as of right now. My final submittal for today will be notably subpar, but I’ll keep improving it before actually submitting it to the cote competition.

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more.

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various other new Sefaira visualizations with the middle volume added back in.

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Raw Sefaira Output.

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COTE 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Conventional heating and cooling systems have been supplemented with natural ventilation and operable windows, maximizing the airflow such that the building will only need hvac units 1/10 of the year. To perform at the maximum capacity, the building is oriented and shaped in elevation to control wind through the structure in a way that will cool the occupants without forcing it to be uncomfortably windy inside.  The under-floor heated tile system is powered directly by the solar panels, taking much of the heating load in the winter, with the high insulated thermal mass of the interior concrete reducing even further the swing that the building would experience. The integration of south-oriented solar is necessary to the project, so the power can be stored in onsite batteries for later use, especially during power outages.  The lighting is high-efficiency LED that provides appropriate task lighting for the shop as well as the appropriate level for a business room setting, while minimizing daytime usage of power through automatically dimming circuits.  The overall lighting power density will be .75 W/ft2 or lower.  Any usage spikes throughout the day will be handled through the use of the battery system in the storm-safe building.

The materials in the project will be of carbon-sequestering nature, with fly ash in the concrete and wood gluelam beams replacing the normal steel elements.  This also helps optimize health and durability, as the gluelam can be used even after a low-grade fire, as it loses minimal structural capacity as it chars, when compared to steel’s steep failure rate when subjected to high heats.  Lifecycle assessment of gluelam beams is greatly favorable when compared to concrete or steel structural systems.  Construction waste will be mitigated through modularity and pre-cast elements where any excess material is simply reused for other projects.  Construction waste currently present on the site in the form of CMU blocks and bricks would be reclaimed in the form of a 10 foot high and 80 foot long wall to reflect and minimize the highway noise, and to serve as a mural for Oklahoma artists to paint on, serving a double purpose as an attractive billboard for the project, as it is the first major object users experience on entering the site.  Recycling during building occupancy would be promoted, with up to 70% of all waste being actively sorted and recycled.

The floorplan of the project divides the project into several modular spaces, each of which could take on multiple functions, with impermanent walls inside each solid concrete volume.  This building would be practical to use for 50-100 years with minimal remodeling necessary, but possible.  It is designed to withstand the forces involved in a 500 year flood which would reach 3’ above the foundation, with much of the structure being able to be structurally intact after an F4 tornado, and the main tornado safe room able to withstand an F-5 tornado with wind speeds in excess of 250 miles per hour.  The building itself is built up 4 feet above the 100 year flood plain, reducing flooding insurance rates by up to 60%, greatly reducing operating costs for the owner over the 50-100 year lifespan of the building.  The gluelam timbers are easily reclaimed and refinished for other projects while resisting weathering for great periods of time, and the concrete can be recycled to new applications in the future.  The program encourages interaction with the landscape as well as promotion of alternative energy sources and education of the wider public.

A one-year measurement plan will be initiated, with a real-time view of the energy use, historical, current, and future, which will in turn help educate the public how their energy usage affects both the environment and the expenses of their companies and own private lives.  As the building progresses in its age, it is expected that the solar will be replaced at least twice, allowing for the public to view updates and improvements in solar technology, from the absolute best we have available right now, to the absolute best available at the time of replacement.  The maximum value will be achieved through the involvement of city, state, and regional governing bodies and regulatory initiatives to achieve tax credits and property value benefits from the ecologically sound principles at work, for both this project and similar ones in the future for other builders. As the building ages, inherent design successes or flaws may become noticeable, and will provide a feedback for how to design better in the future.

 I’ll have the various diagrams and improved metrics up as I complete them over this next week into the weekend.  My goal is to make my first test plot of the 20x20 boards on Saturday, a final one on Monday, and keep revising into tuesday on the off chance i get to print before the deadline.

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model photos. black is meant to be precast concrete, wood is gluelam beams and joists, tigerwood decking, and tigerwood shading louvers. silver is weld plates for attaching gluelam to concrete. copper is standing seam copper roofing. Black under copper is bituminus waterproof barrier, shown by electrical tape. Blue is spray applied air / vapor / weather barrier (I don’t trust the concrete sandwich panels and still don’t know precisely how all that goes together). Furring strips on blue are wood. Gyp board / paint on the inside is 1ply chipboard.

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COTE 6

On-site drainage and run-off is both captured and allowed to infiltrate the groundwater through a system of retention tanks connected to the roof and the permeable paving.  This is to prevent the poisonous chemicals from cars and the runoff from the clay fields north from reaching the already flooded natural habitat. As such, it is protecting the natural water cycle from further harm.  A rain garden south of the parking can help to drain and treat excess water runoff from an excessively large storm system, as is apt to happen in Oklahoma.  The cisterns can collect more than one inch of rainfall across the entire roof to mitigate the impervious nature of the building, accounting for 4,500 total gallons of water collection.  In addition to becoming an essential part of the maintenance, xeriscaping, groundwater recharge, and greywater sources, it can become an education element in an otherwise intentionally understated landscape. An estimated 112,000 gallons of water will be retained in the cisterns yearly for timed release in drier times to keep the creek from becoming a stagnant cesspool.  This is an apropros system to consider as the more costly Norman water systems are already overrun in times of heavy downpours.

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COTE 4+5

Bioclimatic response to the local climate utilizes courtyard conditions to passively reduce cooling loads by drawing air up and at a higher velocity through and over the building to naturally cool all spaces through operable windows.  The daylighting in most spaces is capable of greatly reducing the necessity of lighting during operating hours.  Natural massing on the north side of the volume makes use of solid concrete walls to keep the heat or cold in the space in a natural ecologically friendly manner. Sliding shading doors on the west can help prevent the harsh Oklahoma setting sun from glaring into the building, as well as reducing wind flow to the main gallery space, which would be necessary for presentations.  60% or more of the spaces can be daylit during operating hours and have views to the outdoors or are within 15’ of an operable window.  The solar panels on the roof are slanted towards the naturally more intense Southern sun capitalizing on the 40% efficiency of the perovskite solar panels, creating a bioclimatically friendly energy source.

  The narrow strips covering each lateral volume function as both wayfinding and lightwells for the volumes, optimizing daylight penetration to each space. This lighting situation allows users to individually control their lighting, provided by overhead LED fixtures resistant to damage and are dimmable.  The overhead ventilation units allow for conventional air diffusers at key locations, providing for all occupants’ desired comfort levels.  While this project does not specify furniture, it is assumed durable, movable furniture will be provided as suitable to a university project.  They also serve to break the rainwater runoff into three separate holding tanks which allow for greywater use and xeriscaping in an ecologically friendly manner.  The air will flow over and around each volume at a velocity great enough to minimize hvac loading when used in conjunction with the operable windows and other key design elements.

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Updated COTE 1-3

This design is defined by sustainable material choice and highly resilient design principles with active and passive systems.  The minimal form of an aerofoil resting on top of a series of hierarchical volumetric boxes defines an experience of biophilic design responsive to the region’s natural forces.  The massive gluelam beams will be sustainably harvested from third generation forests, sequestering carbon and being of a scale to resist large wind forces and be reused in another structure. The orientation and systems will make the building reliant on solely solar energy and natural rainfall, with the ability to be naturally ventilated most of the year.  The innovative, high efficiency pervoskite solar panels will provide up to 30,000 kWh/an with the capacity to store 1,260 kWh in a Tesla powerpack system in case of a power outage in a disaster, helping it meet its goal of serving as a storm shelter. The rainwater collection system will aim to be able to hold 30,000 gallons of water in a visual and educational manner.  Permeable paving will mitigate parking impact on the site, cleaning the runoff while slowing the discharge from the baseball field, which is clay with a low permeability.

The design responds to the community by using locally produced concrete and gravel, supporting industry in the Moore-Norman area while making the facility safer, more cost effective, and less ecologically damaging.  To increase the public’s access to the site, the addition of a transit stop near the interstate is necessitated, as is the installation of bike parking. This infrastructure improvement would allow connection to the more walkable parts of the cities near it, as well as the apartments across the creek.  Mandated parking is reduced by partly relying on the existing parking to the north by the baseball fields, and can double as overflow for the baseball fields on game days. The former greenfield site is improved through  the addition of the permeable parking, cleaning and detaining the water before it is allowed to percolate into the water table, while preserving the vegetation on the site through right-sizing the project. Metrics: Estimated percent of occupants using public transit, cycling, or walking: 20%.

Located on the edge of a flood zone, with high-runoff clay soil on the uphill parts of the site, the design would detain and purify much of the runoff, starting to purify and heal the conditions the site is subjected to. The goal of purifying and protecting the existing habitat is of utmost importance, resulting in minimal vegetation loss, and preventing stormwater from affecting it negatively.  The project transforms a 1.5 acre low-permeability site into a highly permeable retention and percolation feature that improves water quality with ecologically sensitive xeriscaping.  95% of the natural feature backing the site will be preserved in its original state, with the debris and human-made trash removed and beautified, and volumetrically neutral topographical changes will be executed. Noise infiltration to the site will be minimized too, through the use of a noise isolation wall and vegetation.  The project will eliminate the need to connect to a stormwater system, saving both the city and owner the money involved with such an endeavor, at a savings compared to traditional systems. Heating and ventilation was placed on the roof of the building to further diminish impervious area.

the goal of these descriptions is to loosely be similar to those of the Federal Center South Building 1202 cote top 10 winner of 2013.

This next week I’ll update  the rest of the cote measures, create a project narrative, create sketches of the core graphics and board layouts, and at least 5-6 graphics of detail and quality sufficient to use on the COTE boards, and start to put them into the layouts.