Edgar Cabadas
← Selected workProject 05 / 10
Academic / 2020

Error 415

I studied what happens to a building plan when its edges are repeated, shifted or interrupted. A boat-storage facility gave those breaks a use. Water enters the site between fragments of the building, bringing boats directly to the storage hall.

Boat slips cut into a large courtyard block and into smaller fragments at the water’s edge.
FIG. 01Boat slips cut into a large courtyard block and into smaller fragments at the water’s edge.Waterfront plan
Project brief

A boat-storage hall shaped by a glitch

A catalog of slips and racks tests how each fragment can hold a boat. The site plan gathers them around a courtyard and protected basin. At the hall, boats move from the river to a lift well and across a clear handling apron to the dry-storage racks.

Setting
Woodbury University
Studio
Degree project
My role
Degree research, image experiments, architectural plans and sectional modeling.
Project drawings

Drawings and studies

Five fragment types test how racks for dry storage and slips for boats on the water can occupy the same system of repeated bays.
FIG. 02Five fragment types test how racks for dry storage and slips for boats on the water can occupy the same system of repeated bays.Marine storage types
Six variations test what happens to a room when a wall shifts, an edge repeats or a surface opens.
FIG. 03Six variations test what happens to a room when a wall shifts, an edge repeats or a surface opens.Fragment studies
Displaced rectangles leave gaps between solid fragments. Those gaps suggest where a court or passage could form.
FIG. 04Displaced rectangles leave gaps between solid fragments. Those gaps suggest where a court or passage could form.Image experiment
Horizontal shifts repeat the courtyard edge and break the waterside forms into narrower bands.
FIG. 05Horizontal shifts repeat the courtyard edge and break the waterside forms into narrower bands.Displacement study
A protected basin links the slips to the lift well. On land, an offset service court gives the storage hall a separate approach.
FIG. 06A protected basin links the slips to the lift well. On land, an offset service court gives the storage hall a separate approach.River access
Read drawing key
  1. Dry storagePerimeter rack bays
  2. Transfer courtClear handling aisle
  3. Lift wellWet-to-dry transfer
  4. River basinProtected approach
  5. Working slipsShort-stay berths
  6. Service courtRepair and support
  7. Service wingLandside access
Boats enter from the water at the lift well. A clear handling apron connects the lift to the rack banks without interrupting the service rooms.
FIG. 07Boats enter from the water at the lift well. A clear handling apron connects the lift to the rack banks without interrupting the service rooms.Boat-hall transfer level
Read drawing key
  1. Rack bankBoat storage
  2. Handling apronDry-side route
  3. Travel-lift wellShared transfer edge
  4. Water approachClear entry to well
  5. Support roomsStaff and service
The ground cut exposes the spaces between walls and floor plates inside the storage fragments.
FIG. 08The ground cut exposes the spaces between walls and floor plates inside the storage fragments.Sectional model

Project credits

Degree project by Edgar Cabadas, Woodbury University.

Drawing excerpts are resized for screen viewing. Refer to written dimensions.