Eleanore Williams Selected Works 2022-2023
The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
Contents 01 Advanced Design I 02 Comprehensive Design 03 Environmental Controls 04 Design V August - December 2023
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professor Rasa Navasaityte
January - May 2023
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professor Judith Birdsong
October 2022
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professor Ben Marshall
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August - December 2022 professors Rodrigo Lima and Suhash Patel
05 Design IV
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January - May 2022
(832) 538 - 4057 eleanore@utexas.edu
professor Mari-Michael Glassell
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The project has several elements that produce, process, and reuse food and water waste. For example, scraps from the communal kitchen are broken down in an anaerobic digester that powers the brewery fermentation process, and waste CO2 from fermentation is piped throughout enclosed crop growing chambers to increase yield. These elements are organized so that visitors are able interact with them at different levels of exposure. The first destination, the sunken plaza, serves as a flexible space for vendors to sell their product, and visitors to explore. There are other points of interest sprinkled throughout the upper levels of the project; spaces for cooking classes, food vendors, and rooftop lounges and gardens. The precise circulation bridges loop visitors through all levels of the project, allowing them watch their food and drink in the production process, or become a part of that process themselves. The brewery and kitchen are viewable but inaccessible to the public, but service workers and visitors share circulation paths through the bridges lined with the CO2 growing systems, allowing for closer interaction with the foundational system of the project. Gaps in the growing systems in the circulation allow for pedestrians passing by to view the movement of people within the building, and the bridges extending over the plaza create intrigue that entices those on the ground plaza to explore the upper levels.
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This advanced studio’s task was to design a public market that integrated indoor farming and food production systems to create a self-sustaining building. Starting with months of research on sustainable circular buildings and innovative growing systems, we then experimented with generative AI to visualize integrating technological elements to create an interactive public space. The chosen site for the project sits at an intersection of old and new Austin, surrounded by a mixture of small businesses, upscale high-rises, tech offices, and single-family homes. This trendy East Austin neighborhood has had a recent history of musicians, artists, and restaurant and business owners having to relocate to less expensive areas. The goal of our project was to create a space for locals to create, produce, and sell their products and to use food waste from our building and surrounding businesses to power our systems.
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LIVING LEARNING LOCAL RESTAURANTS
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800 SQ. FT. SERVICE KITCHEN filtration
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SITE VIEW
AXONOMETRIC WALL SECTION FLOOR SYSTEM 1’ CONCRETE SLAB 2” DIA. STEEL REINFORCEMENT 2” WOOL INSULATION 2’ AIR CONDITIONING DUCT HANGING CHANNEL GYPSUM BOARD PANELS
BRIDGE SYSTEM 1/4” INSULATED GLASS ONE-PIECE BASE TRACK 4” CONCRETE SLAB 2” DIA. STEEL REINFORCEMENT 8” CONCRETE BEAMS GYPSYM BOARD AND 1’ WOOD DECKING STEEL HANGING SYSTEM STEEL PIPE SUPPORT TRACK 1.5’ DIA. CO2 PIPE
WALL SYSTEM BOARD-FORMED CONCRETE PANEL 2” DIA. STEEL REINFORCEMENT 5” BAT T INSULATION 1’ POURED CONCRETE WALL INTERIOR GYPSYM BOARD
GROUND SYSTEM 6” POURED CONCRETE SLAB 2” DIA. STEEL REINFORCEMENT 4” CONCRETE SLAB VAPOR BARRIER 5” INSULATION COMPACTED GRAVEL FOOTING 8” DIA. DRAINAGE PIPE COMPACTED SOIL
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Designing a cinema and amphitheater on a site between Waller Creek and I-35, the busiest freeway in Austin, was a challenging assignment but created unique results. We began the project with a typical cinema arrangement in plan, and focused on realizing the amphitheater on the roof. Incorporating views of downtown Austin and considering noise pollution from I-35, we wrapped the amphitheater with a concave envelope to reflect sound from the movie screen. To continue this formal language throughout the building, a looping staircase descends down the exterior and interior of the building. The exterior staircase interacts with Waller Creek, creating a path from the creek up to the amphitheater. The winding interior staircase intends to induce excitement from watching the procession of movement to the theatre, allowing for interaction, discussion, and exhibition before or after a movie, a show in itself.
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SITE PLAN Site 1’ = 1/32”Plan 19
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January - April 2023 Professor Judith Birdsong In collaboration with Walker Young
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GROUND FLOOR 1/8” = 1’
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ROOF ROOF 1/8” = 1’
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SECTION B-B
WALL SECTION GRP PANEL
PANEL BRACKET
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PANEL FRAME
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CONCRETE SLAB VAPOR RETARDER CONNECTION ARM BASE PLATE BOLTS ANCHOR PLATE
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Environmental Controls I August-December 2022 Professor Benjamin Marshall
This project, a collaboration with Caroline Frerichs, allowed us to explore and experiment with ambient light by creating our own Lumiere. We began our design with a repetitive circular pattern. Taking the circle, we stretched and compressed it, rearranging it into clusters and voids. We reversed this pattern, punching holes in the circular spaces, and applied it to a typical rectangular paper lantern form. The voids reveal the lamp inside; in an enclosed space it casts intricate light patterns on the walls. In an open environment or placed on a table, the Lumiere creates an ambient environment with soft, diffused light. Because of the removable base, colored sheets can be overlain on the lamp to create different color tones for various moods and contexts.
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AOI
In a group collaboration with Camila Vera- Tudela and Francesca Valdetaro, we chose the climate crisis of rising sea levels. We researched sea level rise around the globe, finding the main contributors to the crisis as well as the scale of cities and people affected by it. We used this data to predict sea level rise until the year 2050. Further, we explored extreme flooding caused by sea level rise and global warming, and the effects of it on our built environment. We concluded that the best architectural solution to mitigate the effects of sea level rise is to build away far from the coast; because of this, I later chose to focus my building’s response on flood control in urban areas caused by heavy rain events related to global warming and sea level rise.
Intermediate: Design V
August-December 2022 Professors Rodrigo Lima and Suhash Patel
This speculative studio, Vertical Density Futures, focused on creating a residential skyscraper that responded to a current global climate crisis. The studio was split into four sections, AOI, AOII, AOIII/AOIV, and used a bottom-up approach to high-rise design; starting with designing individual units, then stacking them to create a responsive building. AOI began with researching a specific climate crisis, predicting how this climate factor will change our world in the future, and analyzing architectural solutions for the crisis. AOII involved analyzing specific climate and weather data for a single city, choosing a response to the crisis, and implementing this into a living unit. In AOIII, we stacked these units and added a ground plane and amenities to create density and further respond to the chosen climate crisis at the building scale. In AOIV, we furthered our drawing, rendering, and modeling skills by representing our building digitally as well as in a complete, physical structure model.
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AOII
24” Rainfall
21521 gal water 1125 cubic feet soil
3377 sq ft - soil area 4 in - soil depth
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675 sq ft - soil area 20 in - soil depth
225 sq ft - soil area 60 in - soil depth
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After choosing flooding in urban places due to heavy rainfall caused by global warming as my climate crisis, I developed a unit that would catch and retain the amount of water it would shed through runoff in a heavy rain event, preventing the water from shooting down the side of the building and collecting and flooding the base. I calculated the gallons of runoff produced by a specific area of exposed facade that would be created by a specific amount of inches of rain. I then calculated the volume of soil that could hold and retain this amount of runoff water, eventually evaporating it back into the atmosphere. I applied this formula to different unit types to calculate the volume and area of soil needed to capture the runoff. I took the soil configurations of these units and created the “negative” for each unit type, so that when stacked, both wind and gravity push rain into the units and soil beds to be absorbed.
AOIII/AOIV
One-bedroom Unit
Two-bedroom Unit
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Unit Matrix
Ground Plan
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Outdoor Amenity
Typical Plan
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Indoor Amenity
Unit Section
Building Section
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Structure Model
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+ brick screen = privacy
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+ storage bins
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LIVING UNIT
LIVING UNIT
LIVING UNIT
LIVING UNIT
SHARED KITCHEN
MAIL AND STORAGE
MAIN STAIR
+ wide pocket doors = exposure and connection
LIVING UNIT
LIVING UNIT SHARED KITCHEN
+ concrete frame = separation between unit clusters
+ set-back door = privacy EGRESS STAIR
+ tiered stair = gradual exposure
+ exposure level 5
+ exposure level 3
LIVING UNIT + exposure level 2
SHARED KITCHEN
LIVING UNIT
+ wide pocket doors = exposure and connection
SHARED KITCHEN
GYM + exposure level 4
+ set-back door = privacy
+ concrete frame = separation between unit clusters
+ exposure level 1
LIVING UNIT
LIVING UNIT
LIVING UNIT
CHICON ST.
+ brick screen = privacy
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Intermediate: Design IV
LIVING UNIT
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EXISTING TREES
March-May 2022 Professor Mari-Michael Glassell
EXISTING BUILDING
Following months of research of Austin’s East Cesar Chavez area and studies of human habits and isolation, I created a residential building that gives its dwellers controlled levels of exposure to other people. The building is made up of 36 micro-units that feature a brick screen covering storefront windows that allow light but block outsider’s views. Each room is centered around a circulation corridor that connects to a shared kitchen between three units, slowly transitioning from isolation to a low level of exposure. Each of these unit clusters is situated around a central circulation core made of tectonic steel, allowing for views of floors above and below, the next level of exposure before entering the outside world.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
EAST CESAR CHAVEZ ST.
WILLIAMS | DESIGN IV | GLASSELL
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Ground Floor Plan
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UNIT CLUSTER 2 shared seating
study space
shared kitchen
LIVING UNIT
LIVING UNIT
ROOF - NO ACCESS
LIVING UNIT
in-unit kitchenette sleeping space
SHARED KITCHEN
OPEN TO BELOW MAIN STAIR
+ brick screen for privacy
+ pocket doors for exposure
+ wide pocket doors = exposure and connection
+ set-back door = privacy
EGRESS STAIR
+ set-back unit entrance
ROOF 55’0”
CIRCULATION CORRIDOR
+ in-unit washer & dryer
LIVING UNIT
SHARED KITCHEN
4TH FLOOR 41’6”
+ kitchen shared between 3 units
ROOF - NO ACCESS
in-unit washer and dryer
UNIT CLUSTER ONE
400 sq ft. per unit three units around central hallway shared amenity with kitchen
bathroom and shower
LIVING UNIT
+ linear circulation = social interation
LIVING UNIT
3RD FLOOR 28’0”
in-unit kitchenette
OPEN TO BELOW
Fourth Floor Plan
UNIT CLUSTER 1
Unit Cluster 1
study space
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shared kitchen
shared seating
UNIT CLUSTER 2
AMENITY
2ND FLOOR 14’6” + set-back unit entrance
+ gardening and cooking = social cohesion
bathroom and shower
LIVING UNIT
FOOD PREP
MAIN STAIR
+ pocket doors for exposure
+ wide pocket doors = exposure and connection
OPEN TO BELOW
+ set-back door for privacy
LIVING UNIT SHARED KITCHEN
ROOFTOP GARDEN
+ tiered stair = gradual exposure
LIVING UNIT
GROUND FLOOR - 6’0”
EGRESS STAIR
+ exposure level 4
+ existing building and trees
+ mail slot for each resident
CIRCULATION CORRIDOR + exposure level 5
+ exposure level 3
LIVING UNIT
+ exposure level 4
sleeping space
400 sq ft. per unit three units along linear hallway shared amenity with kitchen
READ & WORK
LIVING UNIT
WILLIAMS | DESIGN IV | GLASSELL
Unit Cluster 2
+ exposure level 1
West Section1’0”= 3/32
SECTION C
UNIT CLUSTER TWO
+ exposure level 2 SHARED KITCHEN
LIVING UNIT
+ shared workspace = social cohesion
UNIT CLUSTER 1
OPEN TO BELOW
Third Floor Plan
AMENITY
UNIT CLUSTER 2 ROOF 55’0”
+ brick screen = privacy
+ kitchen shared between 3 units
4TH FLOOR 41’6”
+ shared cooking space
+ set-back door = privacy
+ community rooftop garden
+ concrete frame = separation between unit clusters
+ linear circulation = social interation
3RD FLOOR 28’0”
+ in-unit kitchenette
+ tiered stair for gradual exposure
+ brick screen for privacy at entrance
+ direct circulation = social interaction
+ high windows = privacy and light
2ND FLOOR 14’6”
+ storage for additional belongings
+ existing building GROUND FLOOR - 6”
+ brick screen = privacy
UNIT CLUSTER 1
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Second Floor Plan
SECTION B
WILLIAMS | DESIGN IV | GLASSELL
1’0”= 3/32”
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South Section
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