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CONTENTS WESTCOTT VISITOR CENTER, Springfield, Ohio
1 - 20
AUSTIN REVITALIZATION PROJECT, Austin, Chicago
21 - 46
HOME OF NATION, Vilnius, Lithuania
47 - 56
HUESTON WOODS NATURE CENTER, College Corner, Ohio
57 - 70
HARVEST VILLAGE, Oxford, Ohio
71 - 90
NEO BANKSIDE MASTER STUDY, London, United Kingdom
91 - 98
CURRICULUM VITAE
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WESTCOTT HOUSE VISITOR CENTER CATEGORY: Academic Project LOCATION: Springfield, Ohio YEAR: 2018 “It is supple, free and as inquiring as the modern spirit: its principles permit the use of all the materials given by nature or industry in virtue of their own qualities... analyze everything and recognize no other law than reason.” Viollet-le-Duc, 1854 “And Wright, especially, articulates a joint by a change in profile when there is a change in material an expressive manifestation of the nature of materials” Robert Venturi, 1966 “Our perception of the whole is not distracted by the inessential details. Every touch, every join, every joint is there in order to reinforce the idea of the quiet presence of the work.” Peter Zumthor, 2010 The lens through which we view architecture is intrinsically altered by material interaction and tectonic specificity. The process of design begins with an understanding of the inherent qualities of a material and culminates with the thoughtful provocation of those materials to form a tectonic, architectural solution. The design for the Westcott House Visitor Center, an architectural compliment to Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Burton J. Westcott Prairie Style House in Springfield, was fundamentally and theoretically based in the architectural developments and motifs of Wright - a love for the inherent qualities of material, structural rationalism, honesty, and nature. The process of design developed beginning with Froebel box fabrication and block arrangements (tools of Wright’s childhood) to develop an appreciation for material and a foundational language for design. Wooden mallets, as an ‘extension of the hand of the craftsman’, were then quickly crafted to further a competency of the intrinsic qualities of material. The mallets, in combination with Japanese joinery techniques, were employed to fabricate a column-beam and column-base connection focusing on aspects found in nature such as biological symmetry, interlocking forms, and eloquent transitions. Design understanding from these three fundamental projects were then used to inform the design of the visitor center, concentrating primarily on the structure’s principal west facade. The unique solar exposure and two-story dynamic of this elevation prompted a rigorous study of facade layering and solid - void relationships. The solution is derived from the original arrangements developed from the Froebel exercises and incorporates mobile mahogany doors, strategically placed fabric screens, and a wood mullion system to complement the Westcott House’s autumn hues and provide ample shading to the center’s interior spaces. A simple, contrasting diagram delineates the floor plan with a distinct solid block for building services located along Greenmount Avenue. Visitors are initially ushered through this lower, limestone function into the primary, diaphanous pavilion with spaces including a cafe, store, and theatre, playfully animating the structure’s interior.
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STOCK
FROEBEL FABRICATION - GIFT SET 6 A LANGUAGE FOR DESIGN 3
JOINT
DETAIL
ANGST
WEAVE
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PROCESSING
MALLET AN EXTENSION OF THE HAND 5
CONNECTION
CARVE
SHAPE
COLUMN - BEAM CONNECTION
DETAIL
FINISH
COLUMN - BASE CONNECTION THE ADORATION OF THE JOINT 6
FACADE BAS RELIEF LAYERING AND SPATIAL DEPTH 7
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FACADE DIAGRAM SOLID - VOID RELATIONSHIP 9
WESTCOTT HOUSE
VISITOR CENTER
SOLAR HOUSE
SITE SECTION
WEST ELEVATION 10
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VISITOR CENTER
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CARRIAGE HOUSE
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WESTCOTT HOUSE
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SOLAR HOUSE
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TREE GROVE
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LOWER EVENT AND LEARNING PATIO
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BIOSWALE
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TURF WALKWAY
SITE PLAN
PATIO
CAFE
STORE
THEATRE
STAIR VESTIBULE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 11
RESTROOM
RESTROOM
OFFICE
STORAGE
TRASH
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Primary supporting beams Wood mullion glazing system Trellis support system External glass fin
Secondary cross beam Fastened metal strap and spline Metal top strap Pole timber column
Metal base strap and spline Metal plate embedded in concrete
STRUCTURAL DETAIL A TECTONIC SOLUTION 14
FURNITURE DESIGN STUDIES DISPLAY
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CHAIR
STOOL
TABLE
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PHYSICAL MODEL 17
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AUSTIN, CHICAGO REVITALIZATION CATEGORY: Academic Project LOCATION: Austin, Chicago YEAR: 2019 “We have to make possible the creation of districts which may grow old without becoming obsolete, which can absorb the latest ideas and yet have a sense of history. Districts in which the population can live for generations, and which yet incorporate the potential for change.” N. John Habraken, 1961 “Americans initially moved to the suburbs for privacy, mobility, security and home ownership. What we now have is isolation, congestion, rising crime, pollution and overwhelming costs - costs that ultimately must be paid by taxpayers, businesses, and the environment.” Peter Katz, 1992 The urban edge condition and suburban degradation dialogue in contemporary architectural theory continues to develop as we reconsider our traditional settlement patterns, analyzing them critically and reevaluating our modern settlement patterns. Focusing our attention on the urban fabric in Chicago, the community area of Austin is the city’s largest with approximately 100,000 local residents. It is seen quite literally as a gridded extension of the city of Chicago defining the western edge of the city. The under-resourced and disenfranchised community of Austin marks the divide between dense urban fabric and affluent suburbs such as Oak Park, Riverside, and Forest Park. In addition to considering Austin as an archetype for studying edge and suburban degradation, the community has been selected as the centerpiece for this urban intervention due to its substantial size encompassing a large, diverse geographical area, a rich cultural history, and its existing thread of community revitalization. The development of a masterplan for the revitalization of the Austin community began initially through intimate discussions with local leaders and feedback from community residents. A program, with 28 defined projects scattered along the community’s vertical spine, Central Avenue, were developed to satisfy the programmatic needs defined in a community Quality-of-Life Plan focused around seven key issues including community narrative, economic development, education, housing, public safety, youth empowerment, and civic engagement. In order to further define the urban characteristics of a possible solution, the development of seven image components were devised to contribute to the urban drama in order to stitch the proposed projects into the existing urban fabric: culture/ identity; dynamism and relief; social display; security and vitality; porosity, connectivity and legibility; diversity and density; and flexibility. These seven components were then further abstracted into seven experiential layers including massing, void space, vegetation, lighting and ground services, human movement, hardscapes and landscaping, and topography. These seven experiential layers lay the framework for the complete community revitalization, addressing the vital urban image components and representing the seven key community issues. Four extroverted architectural projects including a mixed-use grocery, a dynamic cultural center, housing for the homeless, and a reinvented park, lay the foundation for a framework for revitalization.
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CENTRAL AVENUE ANALYSIS 3D MODEL AND 2D DIAGRAM 25
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The first urban architectural project is a mixed-used grocery store, fronting the commercially important Chicago Avenue on the community’s northern boundary. Analysis of the vacant site began with three-dimensional modeling then developed to two-dimensional graphic analysis focusing on composition, lines of extension, adjacencies, site phenomena, etc. Programmatically, market stalls, a grocery on the first and second floors with a complimentary food hall, and residential units on the third floor are united through a large, dynamic social atrium. Urban vitality and porosity is ensured through the placement of the stalls along the pedestrian walking path and the push-pull/solid-void design of the grocery’s front elevation. Blonde brick piers, relating materialistically to the Austin Career Academy and
other important architectural gems in Central Austin, are contrasted by dark, glass voids that usher pedestrians through the porous facade and into the interior functions defined within. Pushed balconies and overhangs allow public visitors and private residents to constantly view the activities along Central and ensure the safety of the community. A large urban window on the corner, relating to similar “mom and pop” corner stores in the community, clearly expresses an urban connection between the interior functions and the external events of the street. An attached parking garage structure supplements the parking necessary for the redevelopment of the site (formerly a vacant surface parking lot) and provides parking for the adjacent City Sports and the grocery itself.
FOOD: A SOCIAL FACILITATOR 27
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BASSWOOD: EXISTING URBAN FABRIC
WALNUT: PROPOSED URBAN FABRIC
CHICAGO AVENUE GROCERY SITE ANALYSIS 28
MARKET STALLS
SOCIAL ATRIUM
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LANDSCAPE BUFFER
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AUXILIARY ENTRY
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ATTACHED PARKING
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SOCIAL ATRIUM
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CORNER ENTRY
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CITY SPORTS ENTRY
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MARKET STALLS
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GROCERY
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 29
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EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 1: MASSING
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 2: VOID SPACE
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 3: VEGETATION
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 4: GROUND SERVICES
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 5: HUMAN MOVEMENT
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 6: HARDSCAPES AND LANDSCAPES
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 7: TOPOGRAPHY
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC 30
DETAIL SECTION
FRONT ELEVATION 31
DETAIL SECTION
GROCERY
SOCIAL ATRIUM
STALLS
FOOTPATH
BUFFER
STREET
SITE SECTION 32
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The second extroverted architectural project, focusing most explicitly on the connection between interior and exterior space, is the Austin Community Cultural Center. Four pavilions, each dedicated to a unique cultural function of the community, are situated in a pinwheel arrangement, relating directly to their specific site conditions. The historic homes district to the east and Frederick Douglass High School to the north are complemented by a large history pavilion. A conceptualized Arts District to the south is complemented by a small arts pavilion and a significant arts garden to the south. Austin Town Hall and the Central Austin library branch to the east are complemented by a large civic pavilion and sunken theatre. Lastly, the former function of the site as a center for urban
agriculture is complemented by a small agriculture pavilion with exterior planter boxes, a fenced area for goat yoga, and a defined area for existing apiculture production. The arts promenade, extending to the south of the site, ushers and directly connects users and students of Frederick Douglass to a proposed redevelopment of the elevated line along Lake Street as the community’s arts district. This development will seek to radically increase the porosity under the elevated line and increase activity along this derelict, unfortunate community barrier and connect directly with the prominent cultural center at the social crossroads of Central Austin. The complete design and development of the site ensures its mixed-use and intimate relationship with its urban context.
LIFE EXISTS AND IDENTITY 33
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BASSWOOD: EXISTING URBAN FABRIC
WALNUT: PROPOSED URBAN FABRIC
CULTURAL CENTER SITE ANALYSIS 34
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FEDERICK DOUGLASS HS
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PLANTER BOXES
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HISTORIC HOMES DISTRICT
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GOAT YOGA
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LIBRARY/TOWN HALL
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APICULTURE
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AGRICULTURE PAVILION
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HISTORY PAVILION
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ARTS PAVILION
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CIVIC PAVILION
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SUNKEN THEATRE
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ARTS BUBBLES
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OVERHEAD FOLLY
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TERRAIN BENCHES
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ARTS ALCOVE
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FIREHOUSE
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ARTS PROMENADE
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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VIEW FROM HISTORIC DISTRICT
PLANTERS
SMALL PAVILION
VIEW FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL
LARGE PAVILION
ARTS PROMENADE
FIREHOUSE
SITE SECTION 36
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The impetus for the third urban architectural project was a community need for affordable housing for low-income individuals and the homeless. Originally conceiving of the 11 vacant lots as a development based on organic growth, the site was divided into a 12’-0” x 12’-0” grid relating contextually to the typical Chicago lot and the functional uses of the interior arrangements. Social vitality is ensured through the development of an interior urban street and interior courtyards that create a dynamic, socially active interior event and connects the proposed Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Job Sourcing with the existing Austin Career Academy. A daycare/educational center defines the buffer between public and residential uses on the site’s northern boundary.
GROWTH DIAGRAM
PERMANENCE AND GROWTH 37
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WALNUT: PROPOSED URBAN FABRIC
BASSWOOD: EXISTING URBAN FABRIC
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITE ANALYSIS 38
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AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL
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DAYCARE/EDUCATION CENTER
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LOW-INCOME/HOMELESS
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SENIOR CO-HOUSING
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CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING AND JOB SOURCING
SITE PLAN 39
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VIEW ALONG NORTH PINE AVENUE
DAYCARE / EDUCATIONAL CENTER FROM AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
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PARKING STRUCTURE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 41
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LIGHT COMMERCIAL
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GARDEN PLOT
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URBAN STREET
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URBAN COURTYARD
DETAIL SECTION
SITE SECTION 42
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These four projects were specifically selected for their diverse programs, distinct locations along Central Avenue, and their ability to address all issues defined by the community. The revitalization of the park was fundamentally conceived as a center for socialization and spectacle. Located directly adjacent to the noisy Eisenhower Expressway, the park serves all community recreational functions including sports such as baseball, football, soccer, fishing and all social functions from a state-of-the-art concert pavilion to multiple public plazas with complimentary retail and commercial uses. Serving as a central attractor for recreational fishing in Chicago, the park’s most important asset, the central lagoon, has been reinvigorated with a community boardwalk for leisure walks
and enhanced fishing. Spectacle is most clearly achieved by the new concert pavilion designed for the southwest corner of the park. The elliptical design scheme, relating to the elliptical motifs of the landscape and based on the typical elliptical motif used by the park’s original architect, Jens Jensen, extends a diagonal axis across the park and relates distant corners of the community’s most important recreational asset. Underground parking on the park’s eastern edge serves as a dynamic intervention to supply necessary landscape integrated parking for large community events. Lastly, a large, green landscape bridge weaves the recreational park across the busy highway with the commercial functions to the south in the community’s southern industry district, The Island.
SOCIALIZATION AND SPECTACLE 43
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BASSWOOD: EXISTING URBAN FABRIC WALNUT: PROPOSED URBAN FABRIC
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITE ANALYSIS 44
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SITE PLAN 45
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EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY
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CONCERT PAVILION
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COUNCIL RING
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OPEN LAWN
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PUBLIC PLAZA
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LOOKOUT
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LANDSCAPE PARKING
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MONUMENT TO AFRICAN HERITAGE
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STATUE TO DE PRIEST
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RETAIL
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PREFECTORY
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LAGOON
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NATURE ZONE
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BOARDWALK
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PLAYSPACE
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COMMUNITY FIELDHOUSE
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SPORTS FIELDS
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 3: VEGETATION
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 4: GROUND SERVICES
LAGOON BOARDWALK EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 5: HUMAN MOVEMENT
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 6: HARDSCAPES AND LANDSCAPES
VIEW OF OPEN LAWN
EXPERIENTIAL LAYER 7: TOPOGRAPHY
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
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HOME OF NATION CATEGORY: International Competition LOCATION: Vilnius, Lithuania YEAR: 2019
“First, they understand the laws and order of nature; then they defy them. Second, they believe that circumstance of a project will generate its architecture; then they imbue the architecture with the meaning of circumstance. If at all correct, the above posits a process and way of thinking and knowing that is as much about observation, intuition, and conditioned experience as rational judgment and formal knowledge. It is a process of thinking that produces an architecture that flirts with human instinct and teases with physical phenomenon.” Mack Scogin, 2010 A system of reoccurring complexity/simplicity and harmony/contradiction animate the proposal for Lithuania’s newest large-scale public structure at the heart of its capital city, Vilnius. While the competition called for ideas and designs for a structure dedicated to national concerts, the unique vision of the government for a multi-use home for the nation prompted an intense metaphorical and theoretical study for the design. In addition to a small and large hall, an educational expo center and large, dynamic atrium spaces comprise Lithuania’s newest architectural gem, allowing the structure to be utilized diversely throughout the year, constantly activating the prominent site at the summit of Tauras Hill. Four new programmatic solids are positioned strategically at the summit of the hill. The solids are actively interconnected by expansive, modern glass atria. The unique intersection of classical motifs and contemporary aesthetic lays the groundwork for the architectural design, rooted at once in history and modernity. Large, contemporary stone slabs (defining the solids) are arranged in a running bond, classical motif, relating the aesthetic qualities of the proposed design to a unique Lithuanian architectural tradition. The stage, in both the small and large halls, is delineated and celebrated by a translucent glass panel coffer system, allowing controlled daylighting to enter the concert hall during the day and shine a beam of vivid light, acting as an architectural beacon, at night. The expansive and exaggerated scale of the building, a response to the competition developers request for a “new landmark and cultural spot”, more generally ensures the structure’s relationship to the city as a whole and its intimate connection to specific site conditions. Site paths and axes are extended to create the intersections of programmatic solids and abstract voids. The seven principal columns of the proposed design, expressed architecturally on the concert hall’s primary, north facade beckon a nostalgic remembrance of the seven unordered columns of the former Palace of Trade Unions, proposed for demolition due to its “derelict” architectural state. Originally built under soviet occupation of Lithuania, the palace has been left to deteriorate at one of the city’s most prominent cultural and historical sites. Enveloped by abundant greenery and a unique topography, Tauras Hill will serve as the city’s epicenter after a monumental Home of Nation is established on its summit.
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PROGRAM AND SITE ADJUSTMENT
SOCIAL CONNECTORS & ACCESS POINTS
SOLID - VOID RELATIONSHIP EAST ELEVATION
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ADMINISTRATION / EDUCATION ENTRY EDUCATION CENTER KITCHEN OFFICE MECHANICAL LOADING BAY CONTROL MINOR LOBBY SMALL HALL
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
STORAGE MUSICIAN LOBBY MUSICIAN ENTRY BIG HALL BANQUET HALL MAJOR LOBBY TICKETING MAIN ENTRY RESTROOMS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 50
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MAIN ENTRY
LARGE HALL
MAJOR LOBBY
AUXILIARY ENTRY
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EAST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION 53
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HUESTON WOODS NATURE CENTER CATEGORY: Academic Project LOCATION: Oxford, Ohio YEAR: 2017 “When atoms are traveling straight down through empty space by their own weight, at quite indeterminate times and places, they swerve ever so little from their course, just so much that you would call it a change of direction. If it were not for this swerve, everything would fall downwards through the abyss of space. No collision would take place and no impact of atom on atom would have been created. Thus nature would never have created anything.” Lucretius, 1 c. BCE “When you live in big beautiful country like this, the land is more important than the architecture... the materials are a direct response to the surrounding wilderness.” Tom Kundig, 2015 The gridded pattern of our Midwestern agricultural landscape, an extension of the gridded city, is defined universally by repetition, expanse, and permanence. The Hueston Woods State Park, designated in 1945 and dammed to create Acton Lake in the summer of 1956, is an attempt to disrupt the boundless breadth of Ohio farmland - a dense green and blue oasis in a sea of neutrality. The forested, undulating landscape of Hueston Woods is extraordinary, independent of the comparison to its surrounding monotony. Its centerpiece, Acton Lake, shines as the nucleus for the development of the artificial old-growth forest around its periphery. The design for the Hueston Woods Nature Center seeks to interpret and celebrate the nature of the forested park while acknowledging our ephemeral place in the landscape. A narrative of connection with nature is told through a process of admiration, revelation, and repose. The design imposes the organization of three primary spaces (exhibit space, classroom, and laboratory) and a collection of structural and functional exterior systems to integrate the structure with its existing natural fabric, inherently assisting with the user’s complete connection to nature. The joining of the nature center into the natural landscape of the site is accomplished primarily through the preservation and further accentuation of important site viewsheds. The large unimpeded views to the natural landscape of the lake and the nearby forested peninsula are prevalent in the structure’s basic parti, diagrammatically responding to important site phenomena. The connection of the user to nature is further developed through the utilization of a natural structural system of glulam columns and an exterior building covering that seems to form organically, trickling from the structure’s roof over its various facades and providing shade to the expansive curtain wall. Furthermore, a dramatic and dynamic entry sequence of strategically positioned corten steel partitions mimics the drama of discovery found in nature, intriguing and ushering the user inside. Lastly, the plethora of social spaces, including balconies, gardens, gathering spaces, and communal staircases, allow diverse user groups to benefit from the center’s unique process of connection with nature.
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SECONDARY VIEW
VIEW ANALYSIS 59
PRIMARY VIEW
INTRODUCTION THE ACT OF DISCOVERY
RISING ACTION INTEREST, SUSPENSE, AND TENSION
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PRIM
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CONCLUSION MEDITATION AND REPOSE
SEQUENCE DIAGRAM 60
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SCULPTURAL ENTRY
SITE PLAN 61
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EXTERIOR GARDEN
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BIRD VIEWING PLATFORM
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RAMP STAIR
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ACTON LAKE
METAL DOWEL - CONNECTION BETWEEN WIRE MESH AND WALL SYSTEM
PLANT LIFE
.080 GALVANIZED MESH (PROVIDED BY DARBY WIRE) WALL SYSTEM
WIRE MESH DETAIL
2X6 WOOD STUDS GFRC WALL SYST. - 2 1/2” UL APPROVED
REALSTONE SYSTEMS WHITE BIRCH HONED
10” COLUMN SHOWN BEYOND EXT.
INT. 1 1/2” STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF
4” CONCRETE SLAB
FLASHING
1/2” PLYWOOD
WALL DETAIL
6 MM CLEARGLASS AVIPROTEK T POSITION 1
GRADE 4” RIGID INSULATION
6” PURLINS @ 16” O.C. 4” COMPACTED GRAVEL
WILSONART ROUGHCUT METAL #L6453 (408)
GLAZING DETAIL
CONCRETE FOUNDATION
ROOF DETAIL
SITE SECTION 62
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EXHIBIT SPACE A
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EXTERIOR GARDEN
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CLASSROOM
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COMMUNAL STAIR
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MECHANICAL
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STORAGE
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EXHIBIT SPACE C
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OFFICE
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CLOSET
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RESEARCH
UPPER LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
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LOWER LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 65
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BUILDING ELEVATIONS 66
CLASSROOM INTERIOR
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RESEARCH LAB INTERIOR
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PHYSICAL MODEL 69
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HARVEST VILLAGE CATEGORY: National Competition, Academic Project LOCATION: Oxford, Ohio YEAR: 2019 AWARD: U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Undergraduate Division First Place “If we lived on a planet where nothing ever changed, there would be little to do. There would be nothing to figure out. There would be no impetus for science. And if we lived in an unpredictable world, where things changed in random or very complex ways, we would not be able to figure things out. But we live in an in-between universe, where things change, but according to patterns, rules, or as we call them, laws of nature... We can do science, and with it we can improve our lives.” Carl Sagan, 1980 Architecture, as a service for the people and as a construct of artificial objects in the natural world, is intrinsically linked to issues of social organization and environmental sustainability. Harvest Village, in Oxford, Ohio, responds primarily to these two crucial issues of socialization and sustainability through Net-Zero design and a synergistic relationship between housing and education as an integrative and holistic experience for students, faculty, and residents alike. The ecological community is located adjacent to the former Maude Marshall elementary school which has been redeveloped into the new Sowing Seeds Academy in conjunction with the following attached housing project. This unique connection is strengthened by an innovative pollinator prairie, planted with a diverse mix of native flowers and grasses, enriching the greater ecosystem of the surrounding community by inviting the appearance of native birds, a bee population essential to food production, and a dynamic butterfly habitat. This space also provides a unique opportunity for outdoor education and passive enjoyment with walking trails and informational signage that extend to connect the school to the Harvest Village community. The attached housing community aspires to be energy efficient, reducing embodied carbon and promoting effective and efficient water use. A variety of housing sizes encourages a diverse mix of community members interested in experiencing engaged community living in a regenerative landscape environment. The principle design strategy considered for the Harvest Village attached housing community incorporates high performance envelope design with contemporary floor plans and unit sizes suitable for a variety of family structures. Employing the principles of Passive House design using PHIUS+ 2018 standards, the houses incorporate airtight construction, continuous insulation, high performance windows, and energy recovery ventilation for proper indoor air quality to ensure a comprehensive model for energy efficiency and a strong framework to attain Net Zero. The architectural design and detailing of the Harvest Village attached homes is deeply rooted in Midwestern vernacular building traditions, imitating prototypical farmsteads scattered around the agricultural landscape of Middle America. The scattered, irregular orientation of the units create an intriguing “dance”, reminiscent of the random mix of agricultural buildings positioned around a farm’s main residence. Equal attention has been placed on the building’s materiality, form, detailing and complete building systems to ensure overall integration with the local, vernacular aesthetic. This technique inherently engrains the architecture of the Harvest Villages homes in their unique geographical location and situates them in a larger architectural tradition.
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THE CITY
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
THE SITE Detroit
Chicago
Dayton Indianapolis Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Oxford
Louisville MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD
Nashville
2 US 7
AREA PLAN
PROJECT LOCATION
CONTEXT PLAN 73
WIND
TOPOGRAPHY
SUN PATH
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POLLINATOR PRAIRIE
SITE PLAN 74
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COMMUNITY GREENWAY SITE PLAN 75
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Dog Park Open Lawn Limestone Water Feature Cistern Community Fire Pit Garden Plots
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COMMUNITY ALLEY SITE PLAN 77
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Main Thoroughfare Limestone Entry Enclosure Private Fenced Back Patio
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COMMUNITY BARN SITE PLAN 79
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Grassed Lawn Farmers Market Community Barn Apple Orchard Walnut Orchard Path to BCRTA Bus Stop
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WEST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION 81
STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF Cool Colored Roof 95% Recycled Aluminum Cans Locally Sourced
HARDIEPANEL VERTICAL SIDING Moisture and Rot-Resistant Enhanced Durability Locally Sourced
TRIPLE PANE WINDOW Increased Insulation Value Low-Emissivity
LIMESTONE ENTRY ENCLOSURE Low Carbon Footprint Durable Locally Sourced
DETAIL ELEVATION 82
TRANSVERSE SECTION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
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LEGEND:
STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF WATER-RESISTIVE BARRIER
BuildSMART wall panel
5/8" OSB 1" INSULATION VENT BAFFLE AT EACH BAY
BuildSMART component
ENGINEERED RAISED HEEL HEAL WOOD TRUSS WITH BLOWN-IN CELLULOSE 1/2" OSB SHEATHING (AIR BARRIER)
Air Barrier
YANKEE GUTTER
PASSIVE HOUSE CRITERIA: Foundation Insulation: R-20 Wall Insulation: R-34 Roof Insulation: R-43 Tightness: 0.06 cfm/ft2 @ 50 Pa
METAL FLASHING 2x WOOD BLOCK BUILD SMART ROOF BAND, SEALED TO WALL PANELS WITH PROSOCO R-GUARD JOINT AND SEAM
1x3 WOOD FURRING 1/2" SHEETROCK ECOSMART GYPSUM BOARD GUSSET ANGLE AT EACH TRUSS
ROOF DETAIL AIR BARRIER AIR BARRIER
BUILD SMART WALL PANEL - SEE WALL DETAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION
TYPICAL 2ND FLOOR AIR SEALING DETAIL - SECTION 23/32" ADVANTECH SUBFLOOR
SPRAY-FOAM INSULATION
11 7/8" 360 TJI JOISTS @ 24" O.C.
BUILD SMART FLOOR BAND, SEALED TO WALL PANELS TOP AND BOTTOM WITH PROSOCO R-GUARD JOINT AND SEAM
1/2" OSB 1x3 WOOD FURRING
2ND FLOOR DETAIL
KEY
NOT TO SCALE
23/32" ADVANTECH SUB-FLOOR
AIR BARRIER
1/2" SHEETROCK ECOSMART GYP. BOARD
SUB-SLAB 6 MIL VAPOR RETARDER EXTEND PAST SLAB EDGE 12" 4" REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB 4" SUB-SLAB TERMITE TREATED EPS RIGID FOAM 8" COMPACTED GRAVEL
INSECT SCREEN
BUILDSMART MODULAR J-FORM
TYPICAL 2ND FLOOR AIR SEALING DETAIL - SECTION 1" CRUSHED STONE OR SAND PARGE COAT
4" DIA. PERFORATED DRAIN TILE COMPACTED GRAVEL TRENCH
FOUNDATION DETAIL 84
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ETCHED GLASS AT VIEWING PLATFORM
ROTATING SUNSCREENS
ELEVATED PLATFORM
ROPE MESH GUARDRAIL
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PLAN
4 3 1
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BIRD NATURE HUT
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2
MONARCH NATURE HUT
3
BUTTERFLY NATURE HUT
4
BEE NATURE HUT
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PHYSICAL MODEL 89
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NEO BANKSIDE MASTER STUDY CATEGORY: Academic Project LOCATION: London, England YEAR: 2019
“No, you do not understand; or rather you, like many others, have seen only with the eyes of those who do not know how to see... his unskilled hand rendered what his eyes communicated to his understanding.” Viollet-le-Duc, 1879 “To depict realistically is not to portray or copy but rather to build rigorously, to construct objects that exist in the world in their particular shape.” Franz Roh, 1925
As a basic form of human communication and self-expression, drawing is one of the primary foundations of design creativity and formal realization in architecture. This master study of Richard Roger’s Neo Bankside housing development, located near the Thames River and directly adjacent to Herzog & de Meuron’s renowned Tate Modern museum addition, is a development in drawing and rendering expression to analyze and investigate the building’s design through a fundamental tool of architecture. Fully rendered plan, elevation, section, and experiential ground-level perspective were completed to document the primary components of the design. All drawings were completed with graphite on 22” x 30” Arches paper. The expressive nature of the external skeleton structural system, defining the building’s facade, is clearly delineated and expressed in all views. This unique system of external bracing allowed the reduction and even eradication of interior columns, leading to a more flexible and dynamic interior. Functional vertical circulation systems, such as the building elevator system, are clearly independent of the main structure. This technique, of a formal external expression of building services (most eloquently demonstrated by Rogers and Piano at the Centre Pompidou in Paris), provides a functional and honest external characteristic to the building’s facade. In the case of the four Neo Bankside housing towers, expressive external bracing and picturesque glass punctures supply a contemporary London aesthetic to a newly redefined historical district at the heart of this industrial city.
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TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN 93
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ELEVATION 95
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GROUND-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE 97
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BLAKE KEM blakekem1@gmail.com www.blakekemdesign.com EDUCATION Miami University (2016 - 2020) Oxford, OH Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Bachelor of Arts in Spanish GPA: 3.99/4.00 Leo Junior - Senior High School (2012 - 2016) Leo, IN Academic Honors Diploma Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00 AWARDS + ACHIEVEMENTS Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Attached Housing Division Undergraduate First Place, 2019 Howard E. Gartner Scholarship Academic Excellence 2017, 2018, 2019 President’s List Fall 2017, 2018 Spring 2017, 2018, 2019 Hobey Baker Character Award Spring 2016 EXTRA - CURRICULAR American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Vice President, 2019 - Present Events Chair, 2018 - 2019 Member, 2016 - Present Dept. of Arch. Student Advisory Council (SAC) Representative, 2017 - Present Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Introduction to Landscape and Urban Design, 2019
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AutoCAD Lumion SketchUp Adobe Creative Cloud Rhinoceros Cura Revit Hand Drafting V-Ray 3ds Max Grasshopper
18011 McNabb Road, Spencerville, IN (+1) 260 494 8210 WORK EXPERIENCE Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | 2018 - Present Architectural Intern New York, NY • • • • •
Collaborated on mixed-use architectural projects in Boston, San Francisco, and New York City Generated numerous design studies collaborating directly with lead designers and principals Met directly with clients and industry consultants to inform design process Prepared schematic design packages for city and client approval Crafted architectural models synthesizing 3D printing and hand modeling techniques
Kelty Tappy Design, Inc. | 2015 - 2018 Architectural Intern Fort Wayne, IN • Met with clients in schematic design phase • Developed first-phase marketing drawings • Researched and analyzed international building codes and local zoning laws • Created final draft construction documents for state approval and construction bidding STUDY ABROAD Miami in Spain Gijón, Spain (Summer 2017) Indiana University Honors Study Abroad Program León, Spain (Summer 2015) LANGUAGES (ILR LEVEL) (5) English Spanish (4)
REFERENCES Matt Kelty Principal and Mentor Kelty Tappy Design, Inc. matt@keltytappy.com 260 426 7770 John Reynolds Professor and Mentor Miami University reynolj@miamioh.edu 513 417 4660 Chris Allen Supervisor and Mentor Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates callen@kpf.com 212 977 6500 ext 3510 Jeff Tappy Vice President and Mentor Kelty Tappy Design, Inc. jeff@keltytappy.com 260 426 7770 John Weigand Associate Dean and Professor Miami University weiganjb@miamioh.edu 513 529 9938