Evan Oskierko-Jeznacki 2008-2014
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Detached House
Case Study Project: Eduardo Souto de Moura
Studio on the Edge Chicago Lot Design: Brick
Semi-Detached Houses in Munich Framing & Detail Precedent Study: Wood
Chicago Public Library Library & Theater Design: Wood
Markethall Urban Infill Markethall: Steel
Warming Hut Big Sky, Montana: Concrete
Glass Blowing Studio & Gallery Advanced Design Studio
Aerodynamic Tall Building Advanced Design Studio
‘City Sleeps’
Peterhan’s Prize for Photography
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Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Leslie Johnson 2009
into a terraced hillside, this project by Eduardo Souto de Moura becomes assimiDetached House Built lated into the landscape. This precedent is an intimate study of place, materials, and Precedent Case Study Individual Work, Academic
atmosphere. The significance of natural light in this space activates the resplendent nature of the monolithic granite in its raw form as well as highlights its refined beauty within the space as the flanking walls of the interior. The simplicity of an embedded roofed sanctuary is complemented by the simplicity of material use: stone, wood, and light.
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Studio on the Edge
Brick Semester: Individual Work, Academic
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Rose-Marie Webb 2009
Sited on a typical Chicago lot 25’ x 125’, the Studio on the Edge project focuses on the articulation and implementation of masonry as both an aesthetic and practical design influence. Embracing setback and walkway requirements for the city of Chicago , the design guides the occupant from the front of the lot across the length of the lot to the rear alley, in so passing trough the house. The house is designed around this axis . This project weighed heavily on the detail, for instance the custom door handle that follows the same house-axis theme to complement of the overall design.
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Semi-Detached Houses in Munich
Wood Semester: Framing & Detail Study: Semi-Detached Houses in Munich / Architect: Werner Bauerle 2-Member Team Project, Academic: Individual Role-Model Maker
Focusing on wood, this project and relevant precedent studies delved into the tectonics of this particular material in both structural and aesthetic applications. Scaled framing and detail models provided a fundamental basis for the final design.
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Aaron Adams 2010
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Chicago Public Library
Wood Semester: Individual Work, Academic
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Aaron Adams 2010
Building upon the timber case study, the second portion of the project was to design a library for the Chicago Public Library system. Located in the Bronzeville Historic District, the library was to be of primarily wooden construction. Further research showed that the cultural arts were also very much at the core of the Chicago Public Library, and noticing the scarcity of adjacent theaters or playhouses in the area, it was proposed to include a theater to my design. Comprised of administration, theater, and library portions the building design purposefully harbors a significant green space from the noisy adjacent street--adding both sanctuary and greenery to an area in desperate need of such amenities.
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Markethall
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Tim Brown 2010
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The design for this project has its early foundation in a thorough exploration of its site on Halsted and Clybourn, in Chicago. Visits to the site revealed a rich layering of textures which, when displayed graphically, begin to explain the geometry and experience of this particular place. By mapping these elements, mainly comprised of two portions: wind, and animal traffic and vegetation, one can begin to perceive patterns of charged areas on the site. To engage the site, the project took shape around these dense areas, and a manipulation of the ground plane was introduced to mimic this effect subtly. Enclosed by heavily operated streets on all sides but one, one of these highways runs directly out of the south of this site, and unfortunately many animals die here when encountered by cars. Hopefully, by placing this green space in this location, this ‘greenway’ will thrive again. Programmatically, ‘pods’ of conditioned space are introduced along the south edge of the design underneath a single continuous roof that outlines the unconditioned space.
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Big Sky Warming Hut
Concrete Semester: 2-Member Team Project , Individual Role: 2D Drawing & Model Making Academic The design for this warming hut centers on a simple construction, through use of available, on-site materials, and as little labor--and more importantly, equipment, as necessary. This focus developed into a modest use of as little concrete as necessary to form the two primary, load-bearing walls, and roof. With this said, the formwork used to cast the concrete is treated differently than what is commonly used in urban areas, in that not only is the formwork material to be harvested from the surrounding area, it is to be left in the structure. In this sense, the formwork, which once supported the curing concrete, is in the end, held up by the concrete.
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Acting as an interior finish, but also as an added thermal barrier, the formwork wood, Ponderosa Pine, will compliment the rough use of poured in place concrete. Furthermore, the remaining formwork will also act as a platform onto which bunks, benches, and racks for storage will be attached for the occupants. The overall form of the hut takes advantage of the sloping terrain to concentrate the heat from the furnace towards the rear, and away from the entrance.
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Glass Blowing Studio
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Andrew Metter 2010
Advanced Studio: Individual Work, Academic At the core of this design for a glassblowing studio and gallery was the site upon which it sits. Adjacent to one of the Chicago River’s two turning basins and across the river from Chicago’s historic Goose Island, the site holds valuable ecological significance as well. Being one of very few locations along the Chicago River with unoccupied and vegetated shoreline, the importance to respect this was paramount. The basic 20,000sf of program for the design needed to include glass blowing studios, a ‘hot shop’ for the furnaces, cold working areas (for machining, shaping, and finishing glass), an event space for gallery exhibitions, a theater/observation area, and lastly administrative and storage.
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The concept for the design thus became to take an inherently invasive and industrial program and detach it from the fragile ecosystem below. This would allow Chicago’s indigenous animal species who use what little of the Chicago River shoreline exists to traverse the city year round. The overall shape and structure of the main floating space was primarily inspired by the Cherry Ave. bridge to the East, a one-of-a-kind asymmetrical ‘bobtail’ truss bridge from 1902 that would pivot from one end.
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Aerodynamic Tall Building
Advanced Studio : Individual Work, Academic
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Ross Wimer 2012
At the very extreme of the architectural spectrum stands the tall and super-tall building, inspired technological innovation and justified by aerodynamic plausibility. Located in downtown Chicago on the corner of Columbus Drive and the Chicago River, this project aimed to answer two significantly limiting effects of aerodynamic building design: building oscillation and turbulence as a result of vortex shedding at high altitudes, and the unpleasant effect of tall building downdrafts on street level public spaces. The bottom two-thirds of the building is office space, and the top third is residential.The linear relationship between air velocity and altitude informed the decision to incorporate an opening at these altitudes. The building was pierced again at street level to allow both public and private entrances to the building, as well as allow access to the Chicago Park District river-walk corridor. Although a canopy was added, the design of the building promotes a negative draft space at street level, preventing down drafts from reaching this area.
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‘CITY SLEEPS’
2012 Peterhan’s Prize for Photography: Individual Work, Academic
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Ron Gordon 2011
‘City sleeps’ is a photographic series documenting the perpetual nature of the city. A glimpse at the world that never sleeps, a machine world powered by diesel and electricity. Electric lights shine on empty sidewalks and streets, in empty alleys and parking lots; the stillness of the evening air is interrupted only by the distant sound of steel train wheels grinding on their rails. We are inhabitants of the city during the day but are its visitors at night.
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Advanced Freehand Rendering Individual Work, Academic
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor John DeSalvo 2012
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Professional Competition
Parallel Projections Reanimate the504559 Ruins JohnDesalvoDesign 2014
Group Work, Invidivudal Role: Historic Research, Reuse Design, 3D Model
inclined moving walkway The adaptive reuse of the Packard Motor Company manufacturing and administration complex in Detroit Michigan, USA centers on preserving the past and looking toward the future. The exterior facades of the original historic complex designed by architect Albert Kahn will be restored to their original state; brickwork will be secured and outdated windows will be replaced with modern thermal units in the historic style. The historically significant concrete structure of the Packard motor plant was the first building to use the "Kahn" system of reinforced concrete in the city of Detroit . It's structure will be celebrated throughout the complex being exposed and manipulated to accommodate new functions and program elements. Floor slabs between levels will have openings cut into them to create connectivity within the assembly line animation sequence. Post World War II additions and modification will be minimized. The interior of the assembly line buildings will be a mixture of modern intervention and a place for the urban explorer to safely wander leaving much of the building interior in its current condition with new display and new cores for modern code requirements. A mixture of historic preservation and playful adventure.
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PROGRAM- Automobile Research Institute (ARI) will be a think tank for the future development of the automobile or modern self-contained transport vehicle. The five level, three building heart of the adaptive reuse project incorporates offices and simulations for professionals to do their research and collaborate with technicians from around the world. AUTOMATED PARKING- The visitor to the complex will arrive into newly constructed car deposit rooms where their car will be automatically transported to a parking space within the
reused structures. The car transport pallets come to a resting place in the open concrete structures until the visitor checks out and their car is automatically retrieved for their departure.
ENTRY HALL/ INCLINED MOVING SIDEWALK- Housed in a portion of the original assembly line houses a cafe and the moving ramp which leads to the fourth floor of the visitors center to purchase tickets for the museum. The visitors center provides access to the assembly line, video animation walkway as well as temporary galleries and offices. ASSEMBLY LINE VIDEO ANIMATION- The four story building will open up from floor to floor to offer a glimpse of the former multilevel assembly line. Videos of the simulated production line process will be projected onto the existing walls to demonstrate original production line processes. MUSEUM- The "C" shaped museum's main entry will be on the fourth floor of the complex at the end of the moving sidewalk. Visitors are encouraged to walk down through the exhibition floors beginning at the top floor with the founding of the Packard Motor Company and descending down through the process of the last produced Packard vehicle in 1956.
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CAR TOWER- At the center of the museum courtyard is the car tower. An homage to the reinforced concrete structure of the existing seven story building and the full production line of Packard automobiles. The original facade will be stripped away for new floor to ceiling fixed glass panels set into the framework for maximum viewing. Additionally, precast portals will be selectively affixed to the original cast in place concrete structure highlighting several of the Packard automobiles in a showcase jewel-box fashion. The center of the building will be opened to a glass covered atrium with a cafe at the ground level. New elevators will carry visitors to the different levels to view the classic Packard automobiles. HOUSING- Guests of the institute will be afforded a variety of housing accommodations according to their length of stay. New circulation elements organize the courtyard
shaped building. The exposed concrete loft type living facility will have state of the art and be connected to the research institute by the interior circulation spine while remaining separated from the museum and activities of the visitors.
ROOF GARDEN- The roof of the building will be transformed into an urban landscape with plantings that will echo the current abandoned assembly line and create a visually lush exploration path for visitors and guests of the research institute. By reanimating the ruins of the Packard Automotive plant this proposal hopes to reactivate a previously abandoned portion of Detroit.
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Independent Competition
Group Work, Invidivudal Role: Research, Design, Paraemtric Design , Rendering
Next-7 ‘What’s Next?’ Competition November, 2013
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Individual research and parametric development of a system to combat future extreme urban sprawl by reconnecting abandonded buildings with an occupiable space connecting the entire city using the existing, abandoned buildings as a host superstructure. A porous, cellular, bone-like concrete structure was proposed to layer over a lightweight metal formwork. This material would also double as an air filtratrion system for tthe city.
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