1. PROPOSED ARTIST’S STUDIO/ EXIBITION/ AND RESIDENCE
PROPOSED ARTIST’S STUDIO MAIN ENTRANCE
PROPOSED ROOF GARDEN/CAFE AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITION
MAIN ENTRANCE TO MOORE FURNITURE CO. ART GALLERY

2. MAIN ENTRANCE TO MOORE FURNITURE CO. BUILDING
NEW EXIBITION SPACE - THIRD FLOOR - MOORE FURNITURE CO. BUILDING
ART EXHIBITION - THIRD FLOOR HALLWAY - MOORE FURNITURE CO. BUILDING
EXISTING ART GALLERY - FORTH FLOOR - MOORE FURNITURE CO. BUILDING

3. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE BETWEEN ARTIST’S STUDIO AND ART GALLERY
PROPOSED ARTIST’S STUDIO - BUENA VISTA POST OFFICE
ARTIST’S RESIDENCE - FOURTH FLOOR - MOORE FURNITURE CO. BUILDING
EAST ENTRANCE TO MOORE FURNITURE CO. BUILDING

4. SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
TRANSVERSE SECTION
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
SOUTH ELEVATION
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
EAST ELEVATION

5. SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
ROOF PLAN - GARDEN

6. GROUND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLANFIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLANGROUND FLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
EXISTING AREA / NO WORK
EXISTING GALLERY SPACE
PUBLIC RESTROOMS
NEW ARTIST’S STUDIO (POST OFFICE)
OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACE
NEW ARTIST’S RESIDENCE
SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”

7. formula for bluring
1. select a facade to blur
2. create a cell or module
3. identify areas to become indistinct
4. propagate the cell to cover those areas
5. increment the cell’s size following
a perspective view in a
corresponding plane
6. enphasize facade contour by
bluring rest of the facade
7. repeat step 3 - 6
experiments
these series of experiments
explore the use of different cell shapes
to create the effect of blur on top of
portions of a facade, like a dome. these
are initial explorations of pattern
onto fields of textile coverage.
they all transmit varietations of blured
fields
operations
1. cover a facade with a plane
2. mark its edges to define a countour
3. close edges to create a module
4. multiply module to create exponential growth
5. cover a large area
6. blur the facade by emilinating its countour with the new pattern
7. pattern now acts an armour and can be separated from the building’s facade
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images form optimization
There were several operations that were developed
to optimize the form simplification, to merge, and combination of the shape to obtain
the effect of blur.
1. simplification
2. .merge
3. .combine

10. THIS PROJECT PUTS FORWARD THE PREMISE THAT PURE AND EXPLORATORY ARCHITECTURAL FORM CAN BE USED TO
EFFECTIVELY REVITALIZE PREVIOUSLY INCONGRUENT AND DECAYING STRUCTURES OF THE CITY. THROUGH STRATEGIC
ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION THIS PROJECT AIMS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS TO CREATE A VIABLE
AND SUCCESSFUL ART-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVING THAT TRADITIONAL AND
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL FORMS CAN NOT ONLY SUCCESSFULLY COEXIST, BUT FEED-OFF EACH TO ADD
TEXTURE AND COMPLEXITY TO THE FABRIC OF THE CITY. THIS PROJECT ACHIEVES THIS GOAL BY CREATING A PUBLIC
SPACE IN A CORNER OF THE CITY WHERE PREVIOUSLY TWO BUILDINGS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, ARCHITECTURAL
STYLES, AND SCALES, EXISTED CREATING A VOID IN THE URBAN FABRIC AS WELL AS AN EYE SORE IN THE
UP-AND-COMING DESIGN DISTRICT. BY INTERVENING, THIS THESIS CLAIMS TO HAVE AMELIORATED THESE ISSUES BY
SUBSTITUTING DISHARMONY WITH BALANCE AND COMPLEXITY THAT ADDS TO THE RICHNESS, VISIBILITY, AND
PRESTIGE OF THE ART-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM.
BUENA VISTA HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
& URBAN FABRIC REVITALIZATION:
BUENA VISTA POST OFFICE / MOORE FURNITURE BUILDING
4000-4040 NE 2nd AVE, MIAMI
PASEOPONTI
NE2NDAVEMUE
NE 40TH STREET
PALM COURT
I - 195 TO MIAMI BEACH >
< FROM MIAMI BEACH
COURT-
YARD
MOORE BUILDING - elastica by zaha hadid
MAIN AXIS TO OPEN SPACES
PUBLIC OPEN PIAZZA
BUENA VISTA POST OFFICE - millionaire
/ Moore Furniture Co. Building
ROOF CONDITION
BRISE-SOLEIL CONDITION
GALLERY AND RESIDENCE ARCHITECTURAL FORMS - URBAN INTERVENTION
VISUAL / PHYSICAL CONNECTION
PRECEDENTS
FILL A VOID IN THE URBAN FABRIC
INFORMED SIMPLICITY ORGANIZATION
INTERVENTION EXPLORATIONS