Studio: Graduate II
Semester: Fall 2022
Location: Mexico City
Professor: Gabriela Etchegaray and Zuzana Kubisova
Partner: Zook Crain
The Circle of Cares network diagram shows various household structures but no matter what a family looks like or what roles someone needs to take on, everyone needs these cares inside of the home. If a family cannot provide these cares, they can reach outside of the home to their community and government. In the domestic landscape, each apartment type was grouped together in a “pod” to create a community living space in the circulation. By grouping similar housing types, residents can start to make connections and networks of their own for whatever their specific needs are. Each unit will also have access to an exterior community patio space with a folding door to allow for natural light and ventilation. These spaces can range from public to private using materials to blur the line. There are two multipurpose rooms for the residents to
use for their benefit; the workROOM and workSHOP are for scheduled exterior services that are brought in and for workshops that the residents can host so they can learn from each other. The interior and exterior facades are from locally sourced materials in Mexico City. It was important to use these materials in a variety of patterns for each unit in the pod, trying to give their own sense of individuality and the corridor to feel like a sidewalk on a street.
The exquisite corpse is a class wide iteration of stacking each project or floor to make an entire building. In this iteration of the exquisite corpse, the cares and programs of each project were considered and sorted by what worked best together. Color coordinated from the network of cares and how all services can benefit from other programs and vice versa.
Studio: 4th year Integrated Design Studio
Semester: Spring 2022
Location: Chicago
Professor: Stacie Burtelson
Partner: Sarah Vala
The driving design strategy behind this form is the integration of the existing building with the proposed library and affordable housing. This strategy integrates the old, vernacular architecture of Pilsen, with the new architecture. Forming the entry of the building, a large cantilever creates a covered entry into the library and an outdoor courtyard for community members to enjoy. The cantilever offers direct views of the existing old facade and integrates it with the new facade. The library and residential offices are located on the first floor for easy access to community members. A tiered book stack system, located in the existing building, leads library guests to the second level where they can enjoy a reading area, private study rooms and a community meeting room. Housing units occupy the other half of the
second floor and the entire third, fourth and fifth floor. The third level features a community garden above the existing facade for apartment residents to utilize. A large atrium space occupies the third, fourth and fifth floor, bringing natural light to residents in the corridors and community spaces.
The facade strategy utilized for this structure employs the use of glazing, brick, and aluminum. These materials reflect the vernacular architecture of Pilsen, while creating a unified look with the Existing Building. Expansive glazing brings natural light into the library and community spaces. On the upper levels, three window types make up the facade for the residential and remaining library areas. This relationship mirrors that of many of the mixed use buildings in the area.
To complement the design strategy, steel beams and columns serve structural purposes for the proposed apartment and library space. The column grid allows for the majority of the columns to be hidden within interior walls to maximize interior space. On the top two levels, a steel truss system supports the large cantilever. For the floor structure, ComSlab, a long span concrete floor system, allows for long spans with the use of columns. This structural decision allowed for the elimination of columns, opening up spaces. To safely preserve the existing building, the building maintains its existing separate structural system and exists independently of the new facade. This strategy accounts for the buildings settling at different points without harming the structure or facade of the other, creating a harmonious relationship between old and new architecture. To maximize efficiency, two separate systems serve the library and residential units. In the library, a variable air volume (VAV) system was used to maintain occupant comfort, minimize initial and operating cost, and noise of the system. This system allows air to circulate from a central source from the mechanical room. The apartment units will utilize a fan coil system. This system best serves each unit to maximize flexibility of rental space and minimize space required for the system’s operation.
PARAPET
CONCRETE PARAPET CONTINUOUS SEALANT BELOW BASE FLASHING
FLASHING
MORTAR JOINT
BENCHMARK THIN BRICK
GLAZING PANEL WITHIN ALUMINUM CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM
‘COMSLAB DECK
#8 PANHEAD TEK FASTENERS
TRU-BRIX RAILS
KARRIER PANEL
ROLLER APPLIED AIR AND MOISTURE BARRIER
EXTERIOR GRADE GYPSUM SHEATHING
TITEBOND WEATHER MASTER POLYMER SEALANT BASE TRIM
To integrate the structural and MEP systems, several design strategies have been implemented. There is a balance between concealing structural elements, including most of the beams and columns, while celebrating other structural elements, like the columns in the flex spaces in the library. The HVAC systems for each level are concealed through effective placement in ceilings and stacked mechanical closets. Residents and library guests are able to enjoy noise-controlled spaces with the concealed HVAC systems. The facade strategy uses different window configurations to maximize light in gathering spaces, and limit light in private spaces. Additionally, utilizing the facade of the existing building creates a recognizability for community members. Old architecture has been united with new architecture to give new purpose to the site. This design serves as a community landmark, while honoring the architectural language of Pilsen and creating an inviting environment for affordable housing.
Studio: 4th year
Semester: Fall 2021
Location: Kent, Ohio
Professor: Jon MacGillis
A new architecture school is being proposed on the Kent State campus. This design is focused on the idea of collaboration, activating the studio space and maintaining studio culture. In order to activate the studio, student desks were reorganized into fun layouts creating pods and different perspectives to promote collaboration. The main atrium has a ramp to allow people to see the studio spaces and the layout of the desks help guide people through the space to get to the classrooms and resources on the opposite side of the building. This creates the layering effect through the program. Critique boxes are located on the other side of the atrium and ramp to allow for more room and privacy. But the walls are glass to see the studio and there is space in studio for movable walls for quick pin ups. There is a main entry on the basement and second floor. The basement level leads you into the cafe area to bring other people in from the campus and there are fun and comfy seating at the bottom of the atrium. In order for this space to be a truly collaborative space, people from other colleges can use this building.
For the facade an airy feel to the space was achieved, but still maintaining natural light. These wooden panels allow for that. After doing a few facade studies, the verticals are read strongly because the building is so horizontal.
Studio: Graduate I
Semester: Summer 2022
Location: Cleveland
Professor: Thom Stauffer
The new Amtrak station in Cleveland is located along 9th Street, and near the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, to be easily accessible to the city for residents and visitors. The building is curved with a parametric lamella roof for aesthetic and structural purposes. The flow of the building is direct and directional for pathfinding for any patron who wants to get in and out quickly or tourists who want to shop before going to the platforms. At the center of the building, there is a large atrium with a skylight above with the criss crossing pattern of the lamella roof. The drop off loop and platform canopies are also continuing the la mella structure patterns which pierce through the walls inside. The relationships between the curved building, lamella structure and ribbon windows creates a fun experience for the people getting on and off the trains, or even tourists who want to go to Cleveland.
Studio: 3rd year
Semester: Spring 2021
Location: Cleveland
Professor: Jenny Meakins
This is a two-family housing proposal located in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood in Cleveland. It is designed to accommodate aging residents and multi-generational living while engaging with the adjacent playground program site. The main idea in both projects is to promote healthy living; when your physical and mental health are in balance. “The Playground” site uses typical play equipment to provide physical benefits by having easy, safe access for both children and adults to play and workout. In the duplex living space, a courtyard in the center of the house with a pitched roof and clerestory windows provide the living areas with abundant natural light. Natural light is great for the human body because it makes you feel happy and full of energy. There are two different units, so each individual family unit has varied levels of privacy, but each has a main gathering space with a direct connection to the shared, central courtyard to provide a place for both families to gather as a whole. The main living spaces are on the side of The Playground, so there is a direct line of sight and to interact with the community.
In this scenario, there is a couple with elderly parents that needs accessibility living. The grandparents come to live with the couple in a duplex, so they can help them with everyday activities and to have family around. There are two units, so they can have privacy, but some shared spaces for gathering.
Studio: 2nd year
Semester: Spring 2020
Location: Cuyahoga Falls
Professor: Charles Harker
Stitching is a study of grids layered together to form one large grid system. The structure is inspired by two pieces of fabric that are stitched together to be created into one. The front facade was created by three grids on top of each other, and the windows are using some lines and parts from the grid. The program hosts an art gallery, studio spaces, a private housing unit & studio, and coffee shop. These are different public and private spaces that are weaved together to become a whole. The left side of the building has the public gallery and studio spaces, while the left side has a combination of both public and private. The basement and top two floors are for the owner and not open to the public, but the first floor is the coffee shop. The area next to the gallery and coffee shop is open for an outdoor patio to host gallery openings and outdoor seating for the coffee shop.
Outdoor Patio
Outdoor Seating
Studio Space
Private Studio
Gallery
Gallery
Coffee Shop
Workshop
Garage Private Housing
Studio: 3rd year
Semester: Fall 2019
Location: Kent State
Professor: Bill Willoughby
The School of Peace and Conflict Studies and Center for Restorative Justice was designed to create a unique space on the Kent State Campus, meant to mark the 50th anniversary of May 4th and establish a way forward by creating a space of reflection, reconciliation, and reparation for future generations to seek social justice after conflict. This design was intentionally located behind Prentice Hall because it is situated around the site of the May 4th, 1970 conflict, Taylor Field and Taylor Hall, where the May 4th Visitors Center is located. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies is interdisciplinary in nature, and teaches, researches and provides public service relative to peaceful change, with an emphasis on learning from experience. It consists of classrooms, seminar rooms, library, offices, areas for student mediation and conflict resolution rooms, and spaces of communal gathering intended for restorative justice dialog and to host community meetings. The Center for Restorative Justice is a place of reflection, reconciliation, and reparation designed to be an inspirational space that anyone can come to day or night seeking quiet solace.
Behind the School of Peace and Conflict Studies is the current May 4th memorial, but this is a proposed design to add on to it. It uses an iconic image from May 4th broken up into 50 pieces to represent the 50th anniversary. The photograph is of the National Guard personnel wearing gas masks, walking towards the crowd near Taylor Hall, and was taken on the day of the tragic event, by the Kent State University News Service. The memorial spans 40 feet and is made of stainless steel 13-foot-high pillars that will be sandblasted for texture and coated with gray paint. The pillars were arranged in a way that they are distorted until visitors stand in a specific spot at the perfect angle to see the image clearly. The current memorial by architect Bruno Ast will remain the same, and this proposed design will be added to it with a gap in between the landscape to represent the old and new; the past and present. In today’s society photographs and social media a have major impact on things such as news stories because they can change or manipulate one’s perspective and can change their perception.
Step 1: - black & white
Step 2: - divide Step 3: - overlay Step 4: - individual pillars
Semester: Spring 2022
Location: Hampton Inn
Professor: Anthony Mirando
Partners: Olivia Williams & Troy Baden
For the Kent State Construction Management Capstone course, we were to make a fictional construction company and make a bid for the Hampton Inn in Madison, Ohio. The bid included a cover letter, project management plan, estimate, schedule, logistics plan, safety plan, insurance and quality control plan.
*entire construction bid on my issuu page*
Golden Construction was founded in 1962 in Northeast Ohio. Our family business started with small residential and commercial construction, but as we grew so did our projects. We built on the Kent State campus, in downtown Kent and across Portage county.
Golden Construction’s core values are ingrained in trust, quality, and commitment both to our clients and our community. Building up the Portage community wouldn’t be possible without the citizens within it and we still value the meaning of a firm handshake. We stand by our numbers, work, and quality of construction.
Since we have a large and range group of work from the surrounding area, we believe that this hotel will be great for our company to work on. After a few apartment buildings including 345 flats, we have much experience in vertical construction.
Concrete, carpentry, mechanical, excavation and wood framing are our self performing capabilities. Our contractors are the best of the best in the area. Our trades are extremely talented and well-rounded in everything we do. We take pride in the years and years of experience our trades have accumulated. These capabilities help us keep a budget and maintain wonderful craftsmanship.
General Conditions Insurance
Vice President, Troy Baden, will keep the client informed and involved in the construction process and assure that all expectations are met and/or exceeded in collaboration with the PM, PE, and Superintendent.
Project Manager, Autumn Sariano, will be in charge of executing the entire project with high responsibility and satisfaction. She will coordinate on-site with corporate office activities, organizing and overseeing job site administration, field supervision, schedule progress and assisting in the procurement of subs and suppliers.
Superintendent, Olivia Williams, will be responsible for the supervision of field activities such as, scope reviews of bid packages, working alongside the project manager, developing site utilization program, field construction and directing field staff.
Project Engineer, Elania Delisio, will be responsible for coordinating construction and administrative requirements for bids, submittals, document control and assisting the program manager, superintendent and staff.
Estimator, Jacob Herbst, will prepare estimates for this project. He will conduct all pricing for materials, labor, and technology.
Scheduler, Rachel Manuel, will monitor real time progress to adjust and produce two week look ahead schedules and six week look ahead schedules. Observe subcontractor performance and contractual documents.
$463,800.00
$457,800.00 $13,300.00 $127,900.00 $121,950.00 $732,400.00 $230,000.00 $2,800,200.00 $16,500.00 $68,800.00 $1,031,200.00 $965,435.00 $143,000.00 $1,098,00.00 $323,700.00 $202,880.00 $6,637,600.00 $457,800.00 $24,000.00 $427,000.00 $909,000.00
$7,546,472.00
2022
February 24 ........ Bid Date
March 09 ........ Pre-Construction
June 08 ........ Start Construction
June 08 ........ Excavation
August 01 ........ Foundation Inspection
August 02 ........ Structural Steel
August 17 ........ Elevator Inspection
August 23 ........ Frame 1st Floor Exterior Walls
September 05 ........ Rough Roof
December 29 ........ Install Roof
2023
January 05 ........ Install Windows & Exterior Doors
March 13 ........ Place Furniture & Signage
March 28 ........ Finish MEP
April 24 ........ Final Inspection
April 27 ........ Move In
To follow all safety protocols and procedures of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA. Per regulations, we must treat all employees with the utmost regard for their health and safety while working under Golden Construction. We aim to keep everyone healthy and sending them home every single day.
a. Per OSHA guidelines, we must fill injury and illness record keeping forms 300, 300A and 301 to be filled out within 24 hours of the incident. Also following OSHA standards, these records must be kept on our company file for 5 years.
a. As substandard 1926.501 states overall the duty to have fall protection for all employees working 6 feet above the ground and near open edges. This includes but is not limited to, installation of guardrails, safety net systems, and personal fall arrest systems. Here at Golden Construction, we believe in always triple checking harnesses and all hoisting equipment to ensure safety of our employees.
I. Falls near and around edges/ Working at heights
II. Material Handling
III. Moving objects/equipment/vehicles on site
Here at Golden Construction, we aim to make quality one of the most important aspects. We pride ourselves on our crew and the quality work they produce day in and day out. We pride ourselves on our thorough processes of quality control and our passion for a top-quality job is reflected in our numerous awards. Our performance records are available for the public on our website. We have multiple awards from ABC, Associated Builders, and Contractors.
Committed to providing the most effective and efficient services throughout all of the building. All levels of employees are expected to watch and look for quality work and find what is not up to speed. All employees are required to follow all strict guidelines to ensure their quality of work remains stable for the entirety of the project.
a. Practice
b. Prevention
c. Maintenance
d. Quality Checks
e. Feedback
Quality assurance paperwork will be filled out and turned in every day. This includes pictures, videos, and logs as needed. This is in addition to daily safety inspections, briefings, and reports. All of this information will be stored on a secure server, viewable by the owner and other vested parties per request, along with monthly checkpoint meetings.
All building materials and equipment are to be tested prior to use. Our company also follows protocol with the material written below:
i. Pre- Mobilization Meeting
ii. Initial Inspection
iii. Follow-Up Inspections
iv. Final Inspection
