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Architecture Studio Work 4
Transition: GUI Competition
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Double House
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JO Recreation Center
Installations
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The 1 1/2 Chair
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inScribed: Exhibit Columbus
Architecture Studio Work
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Transition_GUI
west elevation p. 4
Competition Finalist
Year Place
Fall 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
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US Embassy
ground floor plan p. 6
“Transition� challenges the modern design of a U.S. embassy where multiple buildings are situated along a site, each with a distinct program and accessibility. By introducing two systems into the design, the embassy takes on a complex spatial relationship that works to merge spaces and blur the boundary between what is public and what is private. Each system holds multiple functions and each has the ability to alter depending on their location, relationship to one another, and their program demands.
section west p. 8
The gray system which snakesthrough the site, works to hold the white volumes together that are clustered in groups according to similarities in program. With the absence of traditional floor plates, the white volumes depend on the gray system to expand and contract to create sectional difference. Thin metal panels clad the gray volumes and allow light and visibility into the spaces and have the ability to open and close depending on the interior program and relationship to the adjoining spaces.
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US Embassy
The design can be seen as a civic gesture. The two systems work together to create an open yet secure embassy that invites visitors to enjoy the space and experience a relationship with the more private aspects of the embassy.
north elevation p. 10
US Embassy
model p. 12
Fall 2017
model p. 13
US Embassy
model p. 14
Fall 2017
model p. 15
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Double House_Symmetry
Exploration Group Project: Vera Betancourt perspective p. 16
Year Place
Spring 2018 Franklinton, Ohio
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Double House
ground floor plan p. 18
Double House
Situated in Franklinton, Ohio, the design of this live/work apartment complex explores iconography, symmetry, and reflection. The house icon was transformed through a process we called “pinching.” Working both horizontally and vertically, the “pinch” not only alters the size of the interior spaces but creates a visible division between the units, funneling one programmatic space into another. The house modules were situated in a way that allowed for the most variation in unit organization. The occupants have the ability to choose a unit that accommodates their demands for a live/work environment.
interior renders p. 20
Spring 2018
interior render p. 21
Double House
The underground cistern garden opens up to the main roadway allowing visitors and residents to enter underneath the units and experience a hidden landscape. The cistern funnels out into the green garden which is a mirror reflection of the exterior facade. The green landscape acts as community space where visitors and residents can gather and relax.
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Section Scale1/8”=1’
Double House
sectional model p. 24
Spring 2018
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JO Recreation Center_Visible section north p. 26
Energy
Year Place
Fall 2016 Columbus, Ohio
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Jesse Owens Recreation Center
ground floor plan p. 28
Fall 2016
Located on The Ohio State University campus, the redesign of the Jess Owens Recreation Center was inspired by the ideas of growth and fractal expansion. Starting with the largest form that houses exercise spaces and multiple basketball courts, the smaller adjoinging structures mimic the configuration and formation patterning of the main space. floor plans p. 29
section north p. 30
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Jesse Owens Recreation Center
The structure’s expansion across the site emphasizes the energy and motion of the interior spaces. Glass curtain walls line the lifted planes in which the interior spaces are embedded. north elevation p. 32
Fall 2016
Each glass curtain wall is oriented toward the perimeter of the site to allow for visibility into the interior spaces.
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Jesse Owens Recreation Center
model p. 34
Fall 2016
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Jesse Owens Recreation Center
model p. 36
Fall 2016
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The 1 1/2 Chair
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inScribed: Exhibit Columbus
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Installations
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perspective p. 40
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1 1/2 Chair_Mirroring
and Manipulation Group Project: Vera Betancourt Year Place
Spring 2018 Columbus, Ohio
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1 1/2 Chair
This project explored manipulations of symmetry and a new concept called “twoness,� where the object has two visible, and equally recognizable, indentities. Starting with one half of a 2D clip art chair, we mirrored the form two times which gave us three halves.
The manipulation occured at the second half, where the form begins to warp and destabilize. The warp never effects the first half and only slightly impacts the third.
symmetry diagrams p. 42
Spring 2018
construction drawing p. 43
1 1/2 Chair
At each transition, the halves experience a warping manipulation, showing the effects of time and change. The chair is stable but never whole, meaning that the chair relies on the instability of its warped halves to become stable.
installation p. 44
form study p. 46
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inScribed_Exhibit
Columbus Installation Group Studio Project Year Place
Spring 2017 Columbus, Indiana
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Spring 2017
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inScribed
form studies p. 50
Spring 2017
installation p. 51
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