Architecture Portfolio Ethan Rothermel P: 330-705-7991 e: erotherme@gmail.com
AKron Coffee Rompere Colony One CNC Furniture
AKron Coffee
cuyahoga falls, oh Summer 2016
WikiHouse is an open-source architecture project to develop CNC milled houses that anyone can download the files for and make themselves. BetterBlocks is a nonprofit that aims to empower the communities in which it works to reshape and reactivate built environments to promote the growth of healthy and vibrant neighborhoods. WikiBlocks is a combination of these ideas, empowering the community through open-source designs in order to reactivate the built environment. For this project the studio worked with BetterBlocks to develop temporary structures for local businesses to set up shop in for the weekend event. Using standard sized 3/4� plywood all of the structure’s pieces are made using a CNC mill. I developed a storefront for Akron Coffee Roasters. A faceted counter wraps around the chassis and up the side of the structure next to it. The facets fold back over to form a canopy. Gaps between the triangular facets are left intentionally in order to allow light to shine through from the inside of the counter. The storefronts were all built with the help of the community the day before the event. Furniture and other streetscape elements were CNC milled for the event.
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Rompere Florence, Italy Fall 2015
Moving the train station in Florence from outside the center city gives new possibilities as well as obstacles to overcome. The new train station proposed by Sir Norman Foster sits outside the center of the city in the San Jacopino neighborhood. Catty-corner to the train station is a large empty site, a literal hole in the ground. It is here I propose a large multi-use program to serve the train station and to bridge the gap between the city center and the train station. Florence, being a pedestrian city, it is important that the site embraces the urban fabric of Florence. The sites respective buildings and public spaces are each split up into three different typologies respectively. The three public space typologies are Italian piazza, urban thoroughfare, and park space. The three building types are residential, public and commercial. The buildings are oriented with the more public conscious programs towards the train station and along the way to the center of the city, while the residential building and offices are tucked away giving more privacy and intimacy.
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Residential Offices Commercial Tourism Center Hotel
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Colony One Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2015
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Colony One is a multi-use building focusing on the future of space travel. Located in Pittsburgh, PA home to a Google campus and tech forward universities such as Carnegie Mellon, and new automated vehicle testing, the city is looking to become a technological giant in the upcoming years. This building uses new and experimental technologies to show the world what is to come and to also inspire thinkers to create and innovate. The top floors are office and small testing spaces for a privatized space travel company. The first floor is commercial space activating the streets and alleys on all sides of the building encouraging pedestrian movement and use throughout the site. The second floor is a science fiction museum meant to inspire and imagine the future. The third floor features rentable workshop spaces and a maker space for the public. Colony One also meets living building requirements by using new and innovative ways for resource management. Rain water collection troughs feed a cistern underground for grey water recycling. Translucent LED panels clad the facade allowing for daylight management as well as night time displays.
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CNC Furniture Summer 2016
This Chair experiments with two supports that interlock with each other forming the four legs of a chair. Connections are hidden within the embellishment channels and through partial depth cuts to give this chair a connection free look. This chair is held together with the hidden joints and glue
Material: 3/4� Plywood
Two outer frame pieces cap this chair and provide a seamless figure when viewed from the side. Again the connections are hidden with partial depth cuts and held together using only gule.
Material: 3/4� Plywood