Ellen Hart BODY OF WORK 2013
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The Sacred City of Caral-Supe, Caral, Peru Fall 2012
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Rooting Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan Spring 2012
12-17 Air Frame Power-Plant & Educational Facility, Willard Airport, IL Fall 2011 18-23 Mixed Use Residential, Chicago, IL Spring 2011 25
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The Sacred City of Caral-Supe A Traveler’s Inn, Caral, Peru, South America - Graduate Student Design Award Nominee
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The Nasca lines, a southern Peruvian phenomenon, are strong linear scars across the barren desert landscape. The power behind these gestures informs the linearity of a Traveler’s Inn on an Andean slope overlooking the Sacred City of Caral Supe.
Nasca Lines, Southern Peru
To maintain each unit’s maximum view and individual landscape, two long rows of private residential units nestle into the landscape and bend to compliment the topographical features. Sand and wind reveal and bury an evolving landscape. Public space provides a buffer between the two extensions, and the open air restaurant patio and upper gathering area overlook the beautiful Supe Valley and its archaeological treasures. The edge sinks into the mountainside, a treasure yet to be uncovered. An outdoor stair frames views as the user descends the landscape. Rocks recovered from excavation become a central feature in the scheme, providing visual interest, separation of materials, and wayfinding devices. Quincha, a traditional mud and plaster method of construction, utilizes a native bamboo structure that is inherently earthquake resistant. The bamboo is revealed on the ceiling, showcasing its lightweight flexible structural qualities.
Achupallas blowing in the wind, Caral, Peru 2
Rooms provide a step up to remove sand from the sleeping area. A sliding partition allows personalized views and privacy.
The reception area provides a central point to all circulation.
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Model photos
Roof Plan 4
Standard Unit Plan
Standard Unit Section
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Rooting Tsukiji Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo Bay, Japan- Earl Prize Honorable Mention Ellen Hart & Eric Wall - 14 week partner project, Rotch Traveling Studio
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Early concepts
This design looks at how culture and nature can begin to work together to reinforce one another. The result is an infrastructure that permanently roots the Tsukiji fish market both physically and spiritually as a symbol of Japan’s culture and history, forming an artificial grotto that elevates the concept of fish market to something worthy of much higher regard. As a result there is a renewed understanding of the importance of the relationship between man and ecology.
Tokyo Bay Flood Susceptibility Sanbanze
Yatsu Higata
Banzu area under low tide levels Steel Plants Power Plants Refinery Petrochemical Tidal Flats
area under high tide levels area at risk of damage during flood area below sea level normal water levels in Tokyo Bay
This water is vital to the marine life that inhabits it. The marine life is vital to the fishing industry The fishing industry is an inherent part of Japanese culture.
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The Tsukiji Market is an essential part of Japanese culture.
Tsukiji Fish Market
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Inner Wholesale Market
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A system of concrete walls gives structural and spatial organization to the market. The walls form boundaries between spaces, and the walls themselves are also inhabited; market stalls, storage space, and circulation space are carved into them, emphasizing their mass and presence. These walls work to filter the water that they contact, allowing the water that naturally permeates the site to slowly draw its way down into the ground, naturally filtering itself, and replenishing aquifers below. The form of the wall is both a vertical interpretation of the plan, and a formwork of the ecological process of filtering and directing water. The market thus becomes about experiencing the enormity and mass of these walls, the interaction between water and land, human and nature. They defiantly state that Tsukiji is permanently rooted and here to stay.
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Concept sketch and diagrams
Tokyo Bay Flood Susceptibility
Sanbanze
Yatsu Higata
Banzu area under low tide levels Steel Plants Power Plants Refinery Petrochemical Tidal Flats
area under high tide levels area at risk of damage during flood area below sea level normal water levels in Tokyo Bay
This water is vital to the marine life that inhabits it. The marine life is vital to the fishing industry The fishing industry is an inherent part of Japanese culture. The Tsukiji Market is an essential part of Japanese culture.
Tsukiji Fish Market
Allow natural filtration through natural resorces to absorb and remove heavy metals and other harmful pollutants.
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How does architecture reinterpret the natural filtration process and reconnect Tsukiji Fish Market to Tokyo Bay?
290 sq. km of land have been reclaimed along the Toky Bay coastline. 1910s
Fishing Ports & Economic Climate
1990s
Japan is world’s largest importer of fish.
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Air Frame Power-Plant & Instructional Facility Parkland Community College, Willard Airport, Champaign, IL
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This project addresses Willard Airport’s site axis and the NorthSouth axis by bringing visual continuity to the two conflicting axes. The instructional facility and hangar are organized according to these axes and function is divided clearly to address the varying program needs for the space. A glass entrance atrium with a solar array brings the occupant into the building while providing sharp visual interest and a clear connection to the airplane hangar. A bridge runs along the North-South axis and provides access to the educational wing and accessible green roof. The offices are located in a separate wing along the Southwest facade and are separated by a large concrete thermal mass wall. This separation provides privacy, a separate means of entrance and threshold from the rest of the facility. Daylight is allowed into the space through clerestory windows that provide indirect sunlight into the classroom, shops, and offices.
Kasmir Malevich Suprematism: 18th Construction 1915
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Initial Floorplan Sketch
Spatial Sequencing Initial Sketch
1 - Restrooms 2 - Vertical Chaise 3 - Apron 4 - Atrium 5 - Hangar 6 - Sliding Hangar Doors 7 - Shop 8 - Storage 9 - Elevator
North First Level Floorplan 1’ = 1/64”
10 - Entrance 11 - Conference 12 - Library 13 - Office 14 - Lounge 15 - Classroom 16 - Studio 17 - Green Roof
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To accommodate the hangar’s long span, a cable-truss system is utilized. Similar to a steel truss, a cable truss replaces the tension members with cables. The benefit of this system is the minimal amount of space required for structural elements. The second floor provides a bridge walkway that penetrates the hangar and provides visual access to the hangar and exterior. Since classrooms occupy the majority of the second floor, this walkway provides an educational opportunity for educators and students. The entrance sequence provides a view of the second floor bridge that allows access to classrooms and the green roof. The photovoltaic panels are integrated into the angled roof, and the protrusion provides operable window space where the glass angle and flat roof meet. Shops are located to provide easy access to the hangar and atrium space. The thermal mass wall provides an exterior hallway, separating administrative and educational program, while preventing negative thermal loads from the adjacent glass curtain wall.
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Model Photos
A - Northeast Section 1’ = 1/64” C
Southeast Elevation 1’ = 1/64”
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Interlocking Efficiencies Mixed-Use Apartment Building, Chicago, IL - Earl Prize Nominee
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This project asks to challenge the normative through the investigation of structure, part to whole relationships, and the city. Investigations in model and module development are used as a springboard in developing the strategy for structural approach, spatial arrangements at different scales, and how the experience of the city influences the project.
Overlapping Planes The interlocking module translates to overlapping floor-slabs.
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Interlocking Surfaces Where the floor slabs overlap, the interlocking planes are programmed to become usable space. The interstitial space becomes carved out seating areas, bed space, bathtubs, counterspace and stairways.
Push back Reveal The facade pushes back where the overlap occurs to reveal the interlocking floor slabs. This carved out area allows the exterior to reflect the interlocking structure.
Unbroken Surface Contrast Where the carve does not occur the faรงade remains a smooth plane perforated with window punches. The arrangement of the windows reflects the evolving interior while maintaining a readable linearity.
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The overlapping spaces are always comfortable because the user experiences them in a prescribed manner: sitting, laying, traveling down stairs etc. Program is carved out of the overlap to maximize usable space. Iteration Concept Models
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1 - Residential Lobby 2 - Retail 2 - Restaurant 3 - Retail 1 4 - Circulation Core 5 - Retail Loft 6 - Parking 7 - Gym/Fitness Center 8 - Fitness Class Space 9 - Office/Storage Space 10 - Pool/Sun Deck 11 - Bar / Cafe Floorplans 1� = 100’
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Parking rises with each residential unit up to the seventh floor. This creates a “personal driveway� which allows tenants to park on their residential level with easy access to their own front door.
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Ellen Hart Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies Candidate May 2012 GPA: 3.62/4.00
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master of Architecture Candidate May 2014 GPA: 3.93/4.00
Awards & Recognition Graduate Award for Design Excellence - Nominee - Fall 2012 Award recognizing outstanding student work completed in a graduate design studio. Malcolm Jaseph Fellowship 2012 - 2013 Award recognizing an outstanding academic record and high quality portfolio given to one highly qualified student entering the Master of Architecture program at the University of Illinois. Rotch Traveling Studio 2012 - Spring 2012 One of four outstanding senior undergraduate students showing exemplary work selected to participate in a graduate studio traveling to Tokyo, Japan. Elwood E. & Adalaide Schwenk Scholarship - Recipient 2011 One of five students awarded this scholarship honoring academic merit and good character. Edward C. Earl Prize - Honorable Mention - Spring 2012; Nominee - Spring 2011 Professor nominated award recognizing design excellence through consistency of student work and quality of final product. Exhibitions & Publications Manufacturing Landscapes Exhibition & Symposium Chicago, IL - Participant Spring 2012 Displayed project ‘Rooting Tsukiji’ in an exhibition examining approaches to coastal planning through architectural framework. Experience Harding Partners Chicago May 2012 - August 2012 Architectural Intern - Summer Developed and edited construction drawings including plans, elevations, details, and specification research. Participated in and coordinated client meetings. Assembled design material boards, researched and contacted manufacturers. Reviewed and corrected shop drawing transmittals. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Fall 2011 & Fall 2012 FAA 101 Teaching Assistant Conduct weekly classes with freshman in the college of Fine and Applied Arts as an introduction to the University and college. Lead discussion on topics including ethics of design, diversity, academic integrity and studio culture. Building Research Council - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign August 2011 - February 2012 Public Housing Administrative Assistant Provide administrative assistance to Housing Research Specialist with various affordable housing projects/grants associated with Smart Energy Design Assistance Center. Organize funds to provide efficient energy resource options for IL public housing. Community & Academic Involvement School of Architecture Program Ambassador for Incoming Students College of Fine & Applied Arts Student Ambassador I-Help Volunteer Community Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program Skills • Adobe Design Suite • Revit Architecture • AutoCad Architecture 502 E. Springfield Avenue #309 Champaign, IL
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