Portfolio 2018

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ELIJAH SATORU WO OD

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in

Oberlin Ohio, Graduate from the University of Cincinnati and excited to see where life takes me.

I love to make visual

art in all forms through exploration of both 3D and 2D Other

spacial

composition.

passions

of

mine

include listening, playing and making music, cooking and repairing bicycles.

CONTENTS I N TO T H E N E ST 6 - 13 M U LT I U N I T H O USI N G 14 - 21 AT H E N A E U M 22 - 25 DEFIANCE 26 - 33 I NSE RT I O N 3 4 - 37

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39° 09’ 27.9” N

84° 32’ 24.1” W

INTO THE NEST

In

with

the

Engaged

collaboration Northsiders

with

Sustainable

Transformation

(N.E.S.T),

this

studio

on

designing

was

focused affordable

single family homes in the Northside neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio.

theme with

Using of

the

main

affordability

subcategories

of

sustainability and visitabily, research was organized into design

constraints

paired

with site specifications and family demographics.

With a set of given

constraints

students

were

tasked with designing two houses during the semester.

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The Constraints provided are Corner Lot,

1,800-1,950 sqft, Four Bedrooms; N/S Orientation, Water Management; Minimal Footprint, Site Context; Community Focus, Internal Courtyard.

The relationship between the constraints is

what drove the design. By seeing what constraints worked well with one another offered insight into how affordable, sustainable and visitable this project could be.

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These study models focused on minimizing

footprint and height of the house. The main circulation wraps around the central courtyard.

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The provided constraints for this house

are 1,000 - 1,500 sqft, Family with one child, E/W Orientation infill lot, Stack ventilation and occupiable roof.

This project was focused on minimizing the

private spaces and maximizing the public spaces. By doing so, this reduced the number of corners within the interior which then informed the exterior shape.

The stairwell doubles as a ventilation shaft allowing for easy air movement.

The study models focused on the balance

between the semi public spaces and private spaces.

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84° 30’ 46.4” W

MULTI-UNIT HOUSING

3 BDR 1.5 BATH

Located

University campus,

of

south of Cincinnati’s

this

project

assumes the redevelopment of Calhoun St.

The

intended

project primarily

is for

2 BDR 1.5 BATH

middle-income tenants, with 20% of the units rented below market rate to low income tenants and current residents of the neighborhood. The subsidies for these units will be built into the project’s financial structure.

All of the units will

be designed to the same quality and size standards; no specific units will be designated as the “subsidized units”.

1 BDR 1 BATH

TYP. UNIT PL ANS

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The

L

shaped

unit

provided

different

configurations they could interlock with one another.

They could then be pulled apart to create interstitial space that created circulation paths. Then by allowing the units to stack according to the elevation difference kept the overall height of the building low in relation to the surrounding context.

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84° 30’ 45.5” W

ATHENAEUM

Film is the sequential

movement of images that create the illusion of event.

The concept behind

the design of the athenaeum is the illusion of movement.

Located

in

downtown Cincinnati, this site

and

numerous

ones

around it have potential in their current state, however remain underdeveloped.

The

majority

of

buildings around the site are no more than five stories tall and built early in the cities history.

There is a certain

rhythm that is created with the early architectural motifs found within the area. This building

attempts

to

go

against this rhythm.

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Movement

being

the

design

concept,

intersecting diagonal grids were used to differ from the orthogonal rhythm observed in the surrounding buildings.

These grids were used to create the floor plate

shapes that were then pushed and pulled horizontally to create slight offsets. This created the sense of movement.

On the east side of the site, a large brick wall

stands flush against the empty site. The street front faces north while on the west and south sides, narrow walkways weave between adjacent buildings.

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COMMUNITY CLASSES

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PARKING

EVENT SPACE

AUDITORIUM

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P

HOTEL

APARTMENTS PARKING

PARKING

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41° 16’ 52.1” N

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DEFIANCE

SUBTRACT PRESCHOOL & CONNECTORS

The

primary

intent is to engage with the opportunities inherent within the

present

and

access

infrastructure the

communal

FILL ATRIUM

current nostalgia,

serving not purely as an act of preservation, but as a potential civic stimulus to instigate future investment and cultural growth.

This

master

plan

aims to activate the fluid connections

internal

and

external to the 629 Arabella site and the city of Defiance as a whole. With the intent of drawing a new density

FILL SERVICE SPACE

of residential spaces and engendering

a

regional

cultural arts presence that exists locally.

ADD APARTMENTS

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By taking stock of the current site and

carefully reconstructing the interstitial connections between the 1918 and 1928 iconic structures, a unified mixed-use campus can be developed as an anchor to the existing city center business district. The proposal respects the core components of the existing architecture by conditioning the site for active future use and development.

The north side of the site, encompassing the

triptych of the 1918 school building, 1928 auditorium and gymnasium, will be developed as an interconnected hospitality, conference, event and performance space.

The south side will function as a high density residential and community arts component of the campus.

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INSERTION

The

purpose

of the insertion project was to rework an existing building to modify it’s interior experience.

The

building

chosen for this project was the Dieterle Vocal Arts center which is part of the Conservatory on University of Cincinnati’s campus.

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