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Angela Nunez Matos

Angela Nunez Matos

Washington, DC, US

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24/7 Terminal

Dubbleldam Studio
Angela F. Nuñez Matos + Yitian Zhao

The 24/7 Terminal is located at the heart of the master plan – supplying services for the
site and surrounding communities – where all main transportation hubs are located. The
concept of the Terminal was developed in accordance to its location will offer services
at all times. Likewise, the functions of the Terminal provide a new typology.
Terminal typology consists of three main components: a Bus and Train Terminal, Commercial
and Residential. Their local interactions generate a 24/7 Terminal bottom-up
system. The first terminal component brings in financial to invigorate the commercial, as
well as brings in new population to revitalize the residential. The second commercial
component supports the residential with facilities. The third residential component allows
for the commercial to include variety. The residential and commercial transform the
Terminal concept from a transitional and ephemeral place into a permanent optimize
destination.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Santurce, PR, US

 
The tight fit between different subsystems of the bottom-up system establish the terminal to be an integrated whole which will read as one complex system on the site instead of three different buildings on three sites. Based on the concept, utilizing the hair system and particle studies, we generated the envelope and connections of the 24/7 Terminal. These dynamic modeling tools have a counterpart relationship, the hair system is extensive and particle is intensive. The hair system studies how...
The tight fit between different subsystems of the bottom-up system establish the terminal to be an integrated whole which will read as one complex system on the site instead of three different buildings on three sites. Based on the concept, utilizing the hair system and particle studies, we generated the envelope and connections of the 24/7 Terminal. These dynamic modeling tools have a counterpart relationship, the hair system is extensive and particle is intensive. The hair system studies how the building envelope will organize the space from the site influences. And, the particle system is used to figure out how the interaction between different components will form the inner space and circulation. The programmatic function will be limited by the envelope design which is developed in a way to allow for different types of enclosed and open spaces. The envelope creates a boundary for the circulation. Each component will generate a pattern within the system, the terminal will be a large scale and open space, the commercial will be open and enclosed area, and the residential will be a smallest private enclosed space. Patterns emerge over multiple iterations, without repeating exactly.