BRETT WEDDING UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO
THE BELTWAY HOTEL Fall Graduate Studio Instructors Erik Herrmann & Beth Blostein Partner: Rosie Rabati This hotel design sought to merge an urban context with a playful and fun assemblage of parts. Bringing together a hotel, conference center, retail experience, and multilevel art gallery, this project explores compostitional relationships and programatic adjacencies. Furthermore, sectional differences between the entry on the river front and in the urban context allowed for the intriduction of a public forum in place of a formal lobby, which has been moved to the highest level of the tower, accessible to all visitors regardless of their status as a guest in the hotel.
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LA BREA TAR PITS MUSEUM REDESIGN Knowlton School Gui Competition Instructor: Kay Bea Jones, Autumn 2019 Partner: Riley Sagan The conception of this project sought to create a space that becomes a cultural gathering space that encourages exploration of the interior and exterior spaces. When we began our design, we quickly learned of the history of our site and of Los Angeles. The site’s earliest inhabitants were the Tongva people, who would weave their boats with tule reed on the site and seal their vessels with the tar that was found there naturally. This design studies a series of interwoven bands that disrupt the ground plane and create a new cultural center in the form of a sunken plaza. The formal use of ellipses created multiple centers which share a common focal point in the middle of the former museum. This center, known as the “knot,” is where the visitors begin and end their journey through the building. The upper banding takes you through the exhibitions and the lower banding forms the sunken plaza, a cultural gathering space. The elliptical bands then pull apart to create a gesture towards Hancock park and the La Brea Tar Pits, beyond.
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Looking into “the Knot” from Curson
Exhibition Space
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Research Mezzanine
Ground Level
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Concept Sketch
PARK LA BREA
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CO-WORKING OFFICE TOWER Columbus, Ohio Instructor: Andre Cruse, Spring 2019 || Partner: Carrick Reider This building is located in the heart of downtown Columbus, contributing to the urban fabric and city skyline with a strong geometric form. Using a variety of glass, this co-working tower reflects the city around it while also using transparency to highlight its scattered sky gardens, shared work environments, and moments of variation across levels. Providing a variety of workspaces and breakout areas, this project questioned life in a traditional office tower and created an environment full of energy, light, and new experiences to discover amongst co-workers. In this tower, a utility core creates a division of spaces between a regular office setting similar to the surrounding buildings and a more active space with unique moments on each level. Elements of activity include a big stair meeting space, a multi-level slide, and a conversation pit to generate new methods of interaction and engagement between workers.
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HOME & STUDIO Franklinton, Ohio Justin Diles, Autumn 2018
This Live/Work project is designed on a prominent street corner in Columbus, Ohio’s Franklinton neighborhood. Located in an up and coming area, this two unit home was designed to accommodate two young professionals and their families, while providing a common work space in between. A heavy timber framing system drives the structural integrity of the home, while the exterior is clad with a lattice light screen to increase privacy on the lower level, while also creating a play on light. Features of the home include: shared and private balconies, an architectural drafting room, and framed views of downtown Columbus.
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GROUND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
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ARCADIA ACADEMY
Columbus, Ohio Instructor: Justin Diles, Autumn 2018 This Elementary School is located between High Street, one of the most heavily trafficked roads in Columbus, and a deep wooded ravine, creating a design problem that called for privacy as well as protection. The Arcadia Academy uses its unrolled circular form to create a hard barrier against High Street, while wrapping around to form an interior courtyard that protects the students of the school from dramatic topography found on the site. Featuring classrooms for grades 1-6, dedicated rooms for the arts and sciences, an elevated library, and a cafeteria space that sinks into the topography, this school provides views of the ravine, while encouraging activity and exploration for students of all ages.
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PROJECT PLAN 1/32”=1ʼ
PROJECT SECTION 1/32”=1ʼ
DETAIL FACADE ELEVATION 1”=1ʼ
DETAIL FACADE SECTION 1”=1ʼ
DETAIL FACADE PLAN 1”=1ʼ
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WINDOW SECTION (R-VALUE 3.8) ACTUAL SIZE
CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS DRAWN HALF SCALE
ALUMINUM SPACER
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CONCEPTUAL MODEL SHOWCASES THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CMUS AND INTERIOR DIAGRID
GLASS PANEL
ARGON GAS FILL
LOWER LEVEL
UPPER LEVEL
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ARCHITECTURE FROM NEW PERSPECTIVES
Undergraduate Research Summer 2018 - Winter 2019 In June 2018, I had the opportunity to travel to Venice, Italy and Sydney, Australia. Documenting this trip with a drone, I sought to create connections between imagery and design. Understanding that architects have long striven to represent buildings as carefully as possible, I built on the style of representation started by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff in Britannia Illustrata, a series of aerial drawings showcasing English Palaces. With the use of geo-spatial data provided by drone images, I scanned buildings and generated accurate 3D models to share with the faculty in the Knowlton School. This work was well received, allowing me to continue the work in conjunction with existing Study Abroad Programs at Ohio State. This allowed me to travel across Central Europe during May 2019, and again to Peru in December 2019. Through this research, I have noticed a new way of perceiving and representing buildings. We use known technology to represent a familiar reality, often times through the lenses of photography. Thanks to advances in this technology, one can extract and analyze geo-spatial information from these images to create an augmented reality. Using this newly fabricated digital world, one can reimagine what is possible. Lastly, designers and communicators can use this augmented reality to develop and create an altered or improved physical realm that brings this process back into a continuous loop of architectural significance.
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FARNSWORTH HOUSE PLANO, IL 26
PARTHENON TEMPLE NASHVILLE, TN
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TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY & SKETCHES
THE BAUHAUS
MACHU PICCHU
FOUNDATION LOUIS VUITTON
COTTBUS LIBRARY
OTHER WORK RONCHAMP
STAATSBILIOTEK
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BRETT WEDDING wedding.10@osu.edu 937.681.5239