Portfolio 2020

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ELIJAH W O O D WORKS 2 0 2 0

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 spacial composition. Other 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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INTO THE NEST

In collaboration with the Northsiders Engaged with Sustainable Transformation (N.E.S.T), this studio was focused

on

designing

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

Using the main theme of

af fordabilit y

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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, 1,8001,950 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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3 BDR 1.5 BATH

MULTI-UNIT HOUSING

Located south of University of Cincinnati’s campus, this project assumes the redevelopment of Calhoun St. The project is intended primarily for middle-income tenants, with 20% of the

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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”.

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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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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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PARKING

EVENT SPACE

AUDITORIUM

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HOTEL

APARTMENTS PARKING

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SUBTRACT PRESCHOOL & CONNECTORS

DEFIANCE

The primary intent is to engage with the opportunities inherent within the present infrastructure and access the FILL ATRIUM

current communal 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 of residential spaces and engendering a regional

FILL SERVICE SPACE

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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