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brett kordenbrock
Master of Landscape Architecture Knowlton School of Architecture The Ohio State University Columbus, OH
The following projects, research, questions, and crafts portray a variety of work that has aided me in my studies of landscape and urbanism at the Knowlton School of Architecture. These works have helped to round out previous skills, but have also introduced new perspectives and ideas which I hope to explore even further as part of a design firm. Our world is complex. Our world is bulging at the seems in may regards. As our society undergoes a paradigm shift in how we live and interact with, specifically, our urban environments we call on landscape to help us organize, understand, and augment this urban fabric, to find and create new spaces for the public. As designers, we have the ultimate duty in creating a sustainable model, which I have found not only deals with earth, water, and plants, but also cultures, economies, and technologies.
DESIGN
STUDIO
table of contents AUGMENTING SYSTEMS: Strategies for Ecological Intensity at Picway Power Plant...........................................1 HOW GREEN IS C-BUS? Sustainable Interventions for the Short North...........................................9 making the case: transportation research and infographics permeability typologies for the Short North: setbacks service station re-use: an in-fill project for the Short North NOMADsLAND: An Urban Campground and Nomadic Destination for Columbus, OH.........................................15 2010 HEINZ ULI URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION: FLOW - a community convergence.........................................20
WORKSHOP
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GRAPHICS
CHARACTER | MANAGEMENT | SPACE: Iterations as Exploration for an Urban Arboretum.........................................23 MODERNISM II: The Kauffman [Desert] House Finds a New Home in Columbus, OH.........................................27 ON | UNDER | ABOVE: Programmatic Iterations for the Frick Park Environmental Center.........................................31 HAND
C O N T R I B U T I O N S E X P L O R A T I O N S C R A F T S
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ROAD
WARRIOR:
OHSK8:
reppin’ the Nati’:
AFTER EFFECTS:
SKETCH a
classically
reinvigorated
GRAPHICS.........................................33 Civic
Hatchback.........................................36
OHSk8’s custom skate deck, Short North Tattoo.........................................37
Kenwood Towne Place & Picway Power Plant, KSA.........................................38
DESIGN STUDIO
Augmenting Systems: Strategies for Ecological Intensity at Picway Power Plant This award winning project explored strategies for infrastructural opportunism. Analyzing the systems of coal-fired power plants led to many potential interventions. The use of excess or wastes in its systems provided an opportunity for interventions. Through thickened hedgerows, power plant waste water reuse, carbon sequestration, and biomass as renewable energy production gives Picway Power Plant a new meaning. By simply understanding existing systems and augmenting them by repositioning their own wastes, Picway Power Plant achieves not only a new aesthetic, but also new operative - habitat patches and corridors are enhanced, thickened impoundment caps provide cover for both animals and a plane for biomass cultivars to be produced, waste water provides a 365-day water fowl environment and subsequently birding on a new scale introduces the human to this machine, and potential CO2 capturing provides a future energy resource as Ohio looks to diversify its energy portfolio. COURSE: G1 Design Studio - Infrastructural Opportunism | INSTRUCTOR: Jacob Boswell | DATE: Sp2011 AWARDS: Winning Entry - Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture “I am Being Resourceful� Student Honor Award - Ohio Chapter of the ASLA (the text above is hyperlinked to the respective award publications)
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65% of Ohio’s energy is derived from Coal making it one of the largest producers of energy via Coal in the Nation; Ohio imports nearly half of the coal needed to sustain itself (almost 25 million tons)
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Ohio’s Coal Dependency
Source(s): Ohio Coal; U.S. Department of Energy; SourceWatch
Ohio Coal-fired Power Plants
400+ MW
TOTAL 1 = 5 power plants 400- MW
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Picway Power Plant: water cycle
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= 500 Gallons per Minute (GPM)
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SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
evaporation
a once-through water cycle is used to condense steam, transport wastes (excess) and stored...
condenser
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bottom ash transport
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pyrites transport
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flyash conditioning
coal pile runoff
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Source(s): AEP Ohio - Sustainability Reporting - Chp. EN8
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ANATOMY: Picway Power Plant
residual land: - 20.0 Acres - expansion land - secondary coal holdings - slurry-type runoff areas
Land area: 96 Acres Generation/Production: 106 MW
ingress/egress to US Route 23 - 2,900 LF
Scioto
transmission lines: - sub-stations - Chillecothe Service Area
to
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coal stockpile: - 11.2 Acres - scale - truck drop-off - conveyor
plant water source
residual land: - 22.3 Acres - expansion land - utility ROW
water source: - .63 Acres - transmission station - water holding cell - water intake/pump - condenser water release
River
residual land: - 1.78 Acres - transition area - conveyor - building entrance - utilities
wetland: - 9.32 Acres
River Source(s): Bing Maps; Pickaway County Auditor; quantities and inventory by author
Over 72,000 gallons of water are pumped from the Scioto and used to condense water from gas to liquid daily. The water is then outlet, usually at temperatures 15 degrees warmer than at initial intake, before entering the Scioto River again. Thermal shock occurs near outlets jeopardizing plant and animal life. Understanding this cycle led to one of the first interventions - keep water on-site to ensure proper heat dissipation and in turn create freakologies and augment plant and animal life. Standing water during winter months (higher water temp.) allows for waterfowl habitat instead of migrating to other regions.
power building: - 76,000 sq. ft. - $4.2 million - combustion process - boilers - diesel back-up - generator - turbine
service area: - 5.1 Acres - parking - exhaust stack - utility sheds - building entrance
impoundment ponds: - 30.4 Acres - coal ash - fly ash - bottom ash
Brett N. Kordenbrock
The anatomy of the power plant helps us to understand its workings, pieces, footprint, operational flow/cycles, as well as land area. A large amount of the land associated with the power plant is heavily wooded or made up of the Scioto River and Big Walnut Creek (some 450+ acres).
INTERVENTIONS
UNDERSTAND: Where da slurry go?! 1
UNDERSTAND: Migratory Bird Habitat
UNDERSTAND: Waste Water
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INTERVENE: Thicken Cap | Ecological Potential
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INTERVENE: Thicken | Elongate INTERVENE: 365 habitat | purify
Picway Power Plant Land Management Strategy
The Strategic Management and Planting Timeline shows four operations or variables throughout the life of the power plant. Historically, the site has experienced deterioration of riparian corridors, adjacent hedgerows, soils, and water ecolgoies. Interventions in different phases allow for new growth, program, and ecologies to be introduced or emerge. Disturbance regimes allow for control of invasives, establishment of pioneer and planted ecologies so as to help ensure their success. Programmatic interventions are increased with the opening up of wetlands and other lands which the power plant will not use.
Section through Wetland and Capped Areas
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A massive cut/fill strategy is reorganized. Creation of wetland areas are produced by the need for capping impoundments - dried slurry. Larger or broader cuts create thickened caps, capable of facilitating a diversity of plant life and therefore fostering more wildlife. These mounds now create vantage points and activities unfamiliar to the Columbus area.
Section through Warm Water Ponds
Condenser water is pumped in to the ponds for thermal dissipation. This water - generally 15-20 degrees higher than at intake - funnels through a series of ponds. Warmer water tempratures help produce biota foreign to the region - freakologies. The water remains open throughout the winter providing waterfowl habitat in a 365-day environment.
MORNING BIRDING
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Scioto River Flood Stage
Exhaust Tower of Plant
Boardwalk & River Connection (kayak pull-off)
WARM WATER PONDS
Boardwalk & Regional Trail Connector Series of Warm Water Ponds
How Green is C-bus? The term sustainability is pervasive. How do we integrate stormwater management ideas, which are thought of as singular objects, into the urban fabric while activating the public realm? The Short North Cultural District in Columbus, Ohio provides us with many areas both conventional and unconventional when we think of public realm. Can we add green infrastructure to the mix of High Street, a well travelled corridor to improve the quality of life along it? The following studio had a unique development in that 1) groups were formed to analyze area data, resulting in bold infographics, 2) space typologies in the Short North - niches, setbacks, and open lots - were explored through a SWM lens (see typologies and detail), and 3) to intervene in a specific typology and develop it (see Service Station Re-use). COURSE:
G1 Urban Landscape Design Studio
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INSTRUCTOR:
Jason Kentner
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DATE:
Au2010
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Groups were formed to analyze multiple data. Transportation data allowed our group to understand current conditions in the Short North. Bicycle data was vary compelling as an avid biker. Infographics help convey the stark contrast in auto vs. bicycle facilities. These graphics were my own creation and interpretation of data.
IDEA GENERATION The Short North District has varying setbacks along its main road - High Street. Widths vary from 8-20 feet and addressing these variations is challenging. Stormwater was identified as a design challenge. Permeability, as a lens, was put on every typology, in varying degrees (25% to 100%). How can we manage stormwater effectively in these varying setbacks? Explorations initially in sketch lead to several considerations for varying setback conditions. Typologies were further developed digitally and a final detailed isometric for further consideration.
Setback:
10-20’ (small-medium) 25% Permeability
DETAILED TYPOLOGY: 8-20 foot Setbacks 50% Permeable
Setback:
10-20’ (small-medium) 100% Permeability
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Setback:
10-20’ (small-medium) 60% Permeability
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Outdoor dining area
Expanded and/or Improved Bicycle Lanes
Curb cuts: drains to bio- swale
StormH2O Management: permeable paving and structural BMPs
Perforated bridge over bio-swale
Improved Pedestrian Environment and Access
10’ sidewalk extension (removal of on-street, parallel parking) Hanging benches Bio-retention swale Engineered subsurface soils Scale: 1/4” = 1’
Urban Forest | Street Tree Improvements Vegetated Roof: intensive vs. extensive Bio-swales and Rain Gardens
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EMPTY LOT INFILL
SERVICE STATION RE-USE: Site Proposal for Vacant Lot Typology North High and 5th Avenue
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The intent for this infill project was to capture not only the history of the parcel, but also its performative potential, while providing a much needed open space in the Short North District. Also, to provide overlapping programmatic spaces, or layers, through which visitors can engage with the site in various degrees. And finally, to work programmatic zones in with ecological processes - harmoniously. The outdoor “Lawn� allows for multiple activities atop and below. Beneath the plinth, visitors (and transit patrons) can store items in lockers, lock their bikes, or grab a quick snack. Furthermore, the rear face of the Lawn couples as a climbing wall. Wetlands provide remediation of water as it works its way through the site collecting from various point and non-point sources. Through these areas, visitors may not be able to engage directly at ground level due to toxins present in soils, but can engage partially through elevated boardwalks.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
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Expanded Sidewalk North High Street
Bus Shelter with Bicycle Storage Lawn Expandable Drawers/Seating
Boulder Climbing Wall Vending and Locker Room The Lawn
SECTION A: North through the Lawn and immersion walk in wetlands
Immersion Walk
Remediation Pond
The stormwater management strategy for the site uses excavated portions of the soil remediation process as storage ponds. These excavated portions are left as rough indentations. Native plant mixes will act as water remediation agents for purification. An underground storage tank (UST) is reused as a cistern to provide irrigation and other potable and non-potable water needs for the site. The watershed for this drainage system extends beyond the site to accept adjacent sheet flow from the street and neighboring structures.
Late Night Movie and Activities at the Lawn
Immersion Walk Cistern (reused UST)
SECTION B: North through wetland and picnic area
Community Gardens and Picnic Lawn
NOMADsLAND: Re-inventing Public Space for Transient & Temporary Lifestyles As we speak a paradigm shift in the way we live is taking place. Economic factors, environmental/natural resource responses, morals and values, and political stances are being brought to the forefront. These stances reawaken many feelings, actions, and thoughts. As a result alternative lifestyles grow legs as we seek new opportunities. In NOMADsLAND we pay homage to the American Dream, but with overtones of communal living. The park acts as a community where resources are pooled, basic essentials provided, and flexibly programmed spaces are up for grabs. Campers, nomads, homeless, and tourists crowd the lawn and woodlands at night in preparation for Columbus has in store for them. Many will experience the daunting scale of the White Pine and Red Oak woodlands as they follow a well developed thread of lawn throughout the park. These areas provide shelter from the exterior elements, and also allow users to have open common area where a multitude of activities, such as kickball, victory gardening and the like, can take place - those displaced can have a personal space. Wetlands and bio-retention swales slice through the park to control stormwater. A major access crosses diagonally through the park to provide views to the Community Gathering Space as well as a lush meadow to soften the monotony created by the Pine and Oak woodlands. The Community Gathering Space provides a transparent backdrop. COURSE:
G1 Urban Landscape Design
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INSTRUCTOR:
Karla Trott
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DATE:
Wi2011
CONCEPT | PROCESS
Conceptual Sketch of Contemplation Garden
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An Emily Carr University student group developed homeless shelters to “weather the economic storm�. These have become popular in Vancouver, Canada. The shelters can be adapted for use on/as campsites. These, along with traditional campsite plots, dot the landscape, all held to an iconic lawn evoking a sense of ownership for transient populations, and providing a datum upon which the site and its elements are organized.
Section West to East through Campsites and Amphitheater
North to South through Demonstration Pavilions and Community Building
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Threads of lawn guide and organize shelters as they cut through the Red Oak and Pine forest. Campers, nomads, and others find shelter in the forest and shelters. A previous iteration looked at framing the discussion of the park as a harkening back to the past of the site and spoke to the site’s context - large industrial properties and infrastructures which bound the site. Perhaps we can use these features as event space or apparatuses for art installation.
Stormwater Management
SITE MODEL
PROGRAMMATIC SCENARIOS
SYSTEMS
Vegetation
Film Festival
Campaign Event
Site Structures
Circulation
Community Pot-Luck
FLOW: Community Convergence Mount Baker Station of Seattle, WA houses one of the most diverse populations in the nation. It is home to a high-school who has produced many famous athletes and musicians. It is a hot bed of cultures and day laborers waiting to be employed for the day. Lowe’s Home Improvement is a central feature of the neighborhood as both an economic generator and cultural destination. Contextually, the site sits near the Puget Sound and houses an array of infrastructure which funnels stormwater, suburbanites, and goods through it. Additionally, the site sits on a newly developed rail station part of Seattle’s growing transportation system. There are opportunities to capitalize on this form of transitoriented development so as to create a neighborhood district which opens up opportunities, integrates the latest technologies, and provides services to the community. As team leader I helped the group with conceptual design, pro-forma basics/outreach, and production of 3D models, plans, and various sections included in the submission. This was an experience filled with personal and group growth. The design team included Tatiana Parfenova [MLA], Annie Bergelin [MLA], Liz Colombo [MCRP], and Joe Campbell [PhD - Rural Sociology]. COURSE: G1 ULI Urban Design Competition - Seminar | INSTRUCTOR: Jesus Lara | DATE: Wi2011
2010 HEINZ ULI COMPETITION
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Section AA
FLOW: OUR NATIONS MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS FOR BOLD IDEAS
CONCEPTUAL SITE DIAGRAM PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
Figure | Ground
Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure
Circulation Circulation
auto pedestrian major pedestrian minor LRT
LARGE SWALES CAPTURE RAIN WATER BAZAAR PROVIDES COMMUNITY INTERACTION
Figure/Ground
RAINIER BOULEVARD
BOOMING LUNCH HOUR AT THE BAZAAR
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WORKSHOP | GRAPHICS
CHARACTER | MANAGEMENT | SPACE Ohio State’s Chadwick Arboretum is home to an array of wood plant material. It is being pressured by longterm visions for west campus as OSU begins to create critical mass east of the Olentangy. Chadwick is to be re-envisioned as a place for learning, an array of experiences, habitat enhancement along the Olentangy, and an extension of ideas put forth in the One Framework Plan by Sasaki Associates. Exercises were completed to understand context - at varying scales - and its implications at the site. Through this course we are challenging some initial ideas and proposals put forth in a previous quarter. Within design development our proposals were further developed through ideas of character, management, and space as ways to portray and further understand design intent. Various scales and edge conditions were explored. COURSE: G2 Earth, Water, Plants Workshop | INSTRUCTOR: Jason Kentner | DATE: Wi2012
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Main Path
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Victorian Village
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Olde North
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Entry Features
Bus Stop (CABS)
Vegetated Swale
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Bus Stop (COTA)
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Athletic Village
Seasonal Paths (mown)
Parking Lot (100)
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LANE AVENUE
up to 75 FEET
65 FOOT WIDTH
GRASS SLOPE EX STREET TREES
100 FEET TALL
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Arboretum commands little ROW space Lane Avenue’s ROW extends through permeable edge Confiers provide backdrop and barrier Slope allows for visual accessibility to Conifers Volumetric space of Lane is spread in to Arboretum
LANE
WOODLAND
LANE AVENUE
up to 75 FEET
65 FOOT WIDTH
GRASS SLOPE EX STREET TREES
Arboretum commands less space Slope and minimal plantings create permeable edge Lane Avenue’s ROW extends through permeable edge Edge condition allows for increased visual access Volumetric space of Lane is allowed in to Arboretum more extensively
SCHOTTENSTEIN
ARBORETUM
100 FEET TALL
Hyper-ridiculousness : INTENSITY
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Hyper-ridiculousness : INTENSITY 180deg : INTERNAL ORGANIZATION
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EDGE CONDITIONS and MANAGEMENT
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A: Woodland & Oak Savanna Zone B: Nature Center Zone C: Riparian Zone
Programmatic Iterations
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Arboretum commands more ROW A prominent mass to contrast Schottenstein Center Dense understory negates views into the Arboretum Pockets of program allow exposure to either Arboretum or Lane Volume associated with Lane extends skyward
CONIFERS
Within Woodland : EDGES EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION Proposed Condition : BOUNDARY SPREAD
SITE PROGRAMMATIC ITERATIONS
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EDGE CONDITIONS @ LANE:
LANE
STREET TREES
up to 60 FEET
LANE AVENUE 65 FOOT WIDTH
GRASS SLOPE EX STREET TREES
North Drainage Swale Profile
CHARACTER and PLANT COMMUNITIES
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Existing Building
Black Locust, Catalpa, Silver Maple, Hackberry, Cottonwood, Birch, Red Cedar
Oak Savanna
Pin Oak, Swamp White Oak, Post Oak, Indian Grass, Big Bluestem
Short Grass Meadow and Mesic Grassland
Forebay
coneflowers, Big Blustem, blazing star, milkweeds, Indian Grass, goldenrod, Switchgrass, Aster, bushclover
Emergent Wetland: 0-4”
Aquatic Species
SPRING
Oct
Apr
July Autumn Migration
Emergent Wetland: 6-12”
Base Flow Pond
Spring Migration
Jan
STORMH2O TRANSECT
Retention Pond
SEASONAL CHARACTER
Woodland and Understory Community
Existing Building
SUMMER
FALL
Kauffman House: Neutra’s Desert House Finds a Home in Columbus A Modernist residential home was given to us to not only to model, but also learn about its design elements, strategies, designer, and how it interacted with its current site. A site was also given which abutted a park and cemetery, and Olentangy River. Through site analysis and inventory (soils, topographic relief, vegetation, and stormwater) siting of the building and further development of a preliminary set of CD’s were produced. In this proposal, inspiration was drawn from the slight variation in topography near the south edge of the site. A depression of about 12 feet allowed me to site so when approaching the home one would only see a small second floor. As you approach the home your view is deflected away from the home where only slight glimpses of the house itself are seen until it appears before you as you enter the small auto court. As with its original intent, the home was sited to maximize southern exposure for solar thermal uptake. Further details include a robust outdoor lawn, viewing terrace off in the distance, contrasting vegetation, and a Corten retaining wall mimicking Neutra’s edgy concept for the home. COURSE:
Graphic
Representation
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INSTRUCTOR:
Karla
Trott
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DATE:
Sp2011
Section through Garage and Patio
STUDY MODELS
South Elevation
EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS
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PLANTING PLAN
SITE GRADING PLAN
DETAILS
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BELOW|ABOVE|ON: Iterative Workshop for the Frick Park Environmental Center Pittsburgh’s Frick Park was the topic for an iterative workshop related to building siting and design development process. Siting strategies for an environmental education center are described as below, above, and on the ground plane. Clay modeling and grading of particular programmatic elements gave way in each study. Considerations of solar orientation, adjacent program, and circulation informed many design decisions in each iteration. BELOW: this iteration submerged the building into the slope where it emerges from the ground. Adjacent program forms as a series of terraces mimicking the stepped nature of the buildings themselves. ABOVE: a cantilevered building is oriented E/W for maximum solar gain. It towers over the site and provides expansive views and little site disturbance. ON: this iteration was literal. Creation of a building slab made for increased disturbance and moved a lot of dirt [something clay modeling gives you an intimate feel for]. COURSE:
Graphic Representation
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INSTRUCTOR:
Sarah Cowles
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DATE:
Wi2011
32 Beech wood Blvd.
BELOW Private Terrace Existing Gra
Public Terrace
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Section - Looking North Scale: 1/16” = 1’
Public Terrace and Trail Connection
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ABOVE
Private Terrace Public Terrace Public Terrace
Section - Looking North Scale: 1/16” = 1’
Entry Plaza
Existing Gra
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Seating Area and Trail
Trail
Drive
Volumetric Space (Arena District)
Productive Land and Ecological Threads
Orthographic Detail (German Village)
Elevation of AEP Corporate
Concept Diagramming
Bangkok’s Royal Park - Allee
Framing an Iconic Landmark (Presidio)
Threshold to Corporate Campus
Monterey Cypress (Presidio)
HAND RENDERING & SKETCH
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34 Settler's Hill Landfill
Performance Pavillion Detail
Lannert Group: SETTLERS HILL END-USE PLAN AND DETAILS
Lannert Group: HAND RENDERED PROJECT BMP’S
PERSONAL WORK & EXPLORATIONS
The following work shows varying degrees of craft, engineering, and skill sets that I make use of within academia, but also through hobbies and other explorations. Metal fabrication and working by hand with these materials brings a level of precision, individuality, and character that may otherwise be lost in digital fabrication. Hand-material relationship is powerful as you get a great feel for the materials you are working with, not to mention the sense of ownership and accomplishment when completed. Craft and creativity as well as style and aesthetic appear simple, but below lies complexity in concept and execution in these projects.
ROAD WARRIOR: a classically reinvigorated Civic Hatch
Link to Honda Tuning Article
PROCESS
BEGAN: 2/2003 COMPLETED: 9/2006
NEW-ish
Power: 456whp on race gas/426whp on pump gas Best 1/4 mile: 11.8 seconds @ 126mph (cookin’)
OLD
This tasteful and classic rebuild of a 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback began with a trip to the east coast. The hacked up body and piecemeal motor, electronics, and other systems needed much love. The project began by ripping the exterior down for fresh paint. The interior was upgraded with an accessible roll-bar adding much needed rigidity and new carpet and accents. Turbo pieces were fabricated and an fully controllable engine management unit was installed for optimal control of every engine, boost, and other auxiliaries. The car yielded over 400whp and wreaked havoc on local highways and the dragstrip. I spent a lot of money on this beauty. The car was featured in Honda Tuning Magazine in April 2006.
OHSk8 Skate Deck Gallery: Reppin’ the Nati
STAINED
CHOPPED
TEMPLATE
FRESH
Out of both love and longing for my hometown, the skate deck was fitted with a hand cut logo of my beloved city, Cincinnati. The logo is a composition of both the historic skyline and hometown team, Cincinnati Reds. With lessons from both my late grandfather and father on woodworking, templating, and finishing, I managed to create this simple expression. It was purchased for $150 by a Cincinnati native. DATES: 9 -11/2011
After Effects: Observation Point Gallery Curated by Jason Kentner, After Effects was a symposium asking questions about landscape and its capacities. Themes which were discussed ranged from economic to technological landscapes. As part of the symposium, Observation Point identified landscapes of these types. The following are two site markers constructed of acrylic telling the story of these landscapes typologies. One installation discusses the Picway Power Plant and its current state of disrepair and eventual closure. The other, Kenwood Towne Place, is an abandoned commercial project near Cincinnati. Exposed steel, $5 million+ in liens, and a defunct developer leave us to question when or if this project will ever move forward. DATE: 10/2011
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