Portfolio_2013.5

PORTFOLIO A COLLECTION OF PROJECTS

BY GEORGE FABER

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE 2015 | UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

01

TECHOPOLIS • Summer 2013 • Office space • Tech Campus • Cincinnati, OH

02

CREATE • Fall 2012 • Live/work studio • Architecture students • Canbrook, MI

03

EVOLVE • Spring 2012 • Evolutionary design • Grasshopper • Parametric design

04

A HOME FOR HAITI • Fall 2010 • Competition entry • Emergency housing • Adaptive reuse

RÉSUMÉ

GEORGE FABER georgefaber.arch@gmail.com

2013 1989-2008

2010 2008-2014

2012

2011 2010

EDUCATION

Master of Architecture, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH August 2012-Present.

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Class of 2012. Graduated with honors. GPA: 3.5 EXPERIENCE

Ann Beha Architects Boston, MA

August 2013-December 2013. Tasks included: • Worked through CD phase of 50,000 sq. ft. renovation/new addition project • Drew curtain wall and exterior skin details.

• Studied finishes through Photoshop manipulation and renderings.

Solomon Cordwell Buenz Chicago, IL

January 2013-April 2013. (Chicago office) January 2012-March 2012 (San Francisco office). Tasks included: • Transferred project from CAD to BIM. • Produced schematic design iterations through SketchUp. • Coordinated through the SD and DD phase of a high rise residential project.

Earl Swensson Associates Nashville, TN

March 2011-June 2011. Tasks included: • Primary worked in the SD and DD phase using Revit.

• Worked under PM to fix redlines.

• Produced presentation materials and diagrams.

Frederic Schwartz Architects New York City, NY

September 2010-December 2010. Tasks included: • Completed multiple competitions with a small team of designers.

• Produced 3D models and final renderings using a variety of software.

Lightroom Studios Decatur, GA

March 2010-June 2010. Tasks included: • Produced bid drawings for a small residential project.

• Managed development of two websites (flash and HTML).

• Designed print/logo package for a landscaping company.

SKILLS

Computer:

• Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, able to work in both Mac and PC. • Experienced with 3D printing and laser cutting in the rapid prototyping lab.

• Published graphic design experience.

HONORS & ACTIVITIES

Graduate Assistant (2014), Teaching Assistant (2012), Graduate Assistant Scholarship (2014), Cincinnatus Founders Scholarship (2012), Deans List (2008-present). DAAP Bowling League Champion (2011).

*References available upon request

01

TECHOPOLIS CORE STUDIO - SUMMER 2013

Historically, Camp Washington has been an industrial neighborhood. From the meat packing plants of the 1800’s to the manufacturing of radios during the world war eras. The one characteristic of the neighborhood that seems to live on is its ability to adapt to make what is needed of its time. It is now time for a new industry to take its roots in CW, a modern industry, the tech industry. This project places an internet company’s new corporate headquarters in the northern boundaries of CW. Located in the existing Crowsly building and adjacent site, this project becomes highly visible from I-75, acting as both a gateway to Cincinnati as well as re-branding the entire neighborhood as the home of this new (clean) industry.

PORKOPOLIS - 1800’S Historically Camp Washington has been an industrial neighborhood. From the meat packing plants of the 1800’s to the manufacturing of radios during the world war eras.

TECHOPOLIS - 2013 Due to a surplus of space and low rental rates in the neighborhood, Camp Washington becomes an ideal location for emerging industries to place their roots.

6

1.

Crowsly Building. 8 story existing brick and steel building. Adjacent building lot becomes site.

2.

Maximum buildable area, based on combination of zoning regulations and adjacent buildings

3.

Building mass adjusted per required program. Terracing levels step down toward the street level.

3.

Building mass is further sculpted to create a dynamic relationship between levels.

7

WALL SECTION An entrance off of Arlington Street on the Northern facade of the building provides the unique opportunity to see the relationship between existing and new building. The new facade folds under itself to define a point of entry. The metal panels of the new facade mirror the size and scale of the existing window openings to create an understanding of how old influences new.

EXHAUST SUSPENDED CEILING EXTERIOR UP LIGHT PAINTED SUSPENSION CABLE

PERF. METAL RAINSCREEN

SERVICE CATWALK

RAISED FLOORING SYSTEM

OPERABLE WINDOW

AIR INTAKE FOR STACK VENTING

STEEL SUPPORT MEMBER

DOUBLE LAYER LAMINATED GLASS WALL SYSTEM

EXISTING CROWSLY BUILDING BEYOND

REVOLVING DOOR

8

IN R TE 5 E7 AT ST

SITE PLAN Located on the northern boundaries of Camp Washington, the site‘s proximity to I-75 allow for high visibility as traffic is entering downtown Cincinnati. This allows for the neighborhood to re brand itself as a hip, up and coming area that will encourage other business utilize the low rent market currently available in Camp Washington. The new addition to the Crowsly building envelopes the site while stepping down to Colerain Ave, which is the primary pedestrian through fare through the neighborhood.

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN Existing Crowsly Building New Addition

9

FIFTH FLOOR PLAN Existing Crowsly Building New Addition

BUILDING SECTION The transversal building section reveals the dialogue between old and new. A common discussion was the idea of contrast and how the differences between the buildings creates a greater appre-

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

ciation of each. The new addition is not attempting to replicates the old but rather mimics compositional elements of scale and mass to create common threads that can be understood.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

02

CREATE CORE STUDIO - FALL 2012

Designing a new architecture building for university can be a daunting task, let alone one that is synonymous with modern American design. This project, an architecture building for Cranbrook Academy of Art, explores a new teaching paradigm, one that exploits the relationship between architecture students and the process in which they work with computers. It attempts to blend the interaction of where a student lives, where a student works, and where they fabricate. The building contains graduate student apartments, architecture studios, fabrication labs (3D printers, laser cutters, CNC mill), cafe, and a presentation gallery for student reviews.

SITE CONTEXT Cranbrook Academy of Art is located in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills. The Academy was first designed and led by Eliel Saarinen, who influenced a wide range of students such as Charles and Ray Eames, and Florence Knoll.

1.

2.

3.

site access

contain courtyard

scale courtyard

STRUCTURAL MODEL The structural framing model provides further investigation that infulances the buildings form. Location of elevator cores provide shear bracing against lateral loads whit moment braced steel frames transfer loads down to the foundation.

16

STUDY MODEL 1 An early attempt at containing two separate courtyards, the more private and more public, this model begins to look at the relative size of the program as compared to the site.

STUDY MODEL 2 Realizing the previous model lacked a unity between the programmatic modules, this model begins to stack certain functions of the building.

VOLUMETRIC MODEL Relating more to scale and language of the adjacent models this massing diagram allows for a more fluid response to the creation of the courtyard. Movement through the building also becomes expressed in the exterior form.

17

CONNECTING TO THE COURTYARD

Fab Lab

Both the north and south building facade open to the adjacent courtyards to allow various programs to spill out into the public space. During the temperate summer and Fall months, the Cafe can extend seating outdoors. Similarly, the Fab lab has the opportunity to extend out onto the courtyard to allow for the fabrication or assembly of larger projects.

Cafe

Fab Lab

Courtyard

BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN Internal courtyards act as buffer zones to mediate the transition between programs. Both visually and physically, they separate presentation space from fabrication areas. The courtyards are accessible for students and teachers to gather for lunch, or decompress before a final review.

18

Courtyard

LAYERING OF MATERIALS Varies facade studies allowed me to explore detailing of curtain wall systems. A system of butt jointed glazing panels that are captured within the fascia were chosen. The building as a whole plays with the juxtaposition of the old brick buildings on campus and a clean, modern aesthetic of this new design/build studio.

Exploded Axon

Studio

19

03

EVOLVE UG CAPSTONE - SPRING 2012

Evolutionary principles are an inherent element in the process of design wither it is realized or not. Everything from idea sketches to initial parti’s are chosen and advanced though similar rules to biological evolution. This project chooses to glorify this concept by using evolutionary solvers such as Galapagos, a component in Grasshopper, to drive elements of design, Schematic massing models are generated through a series of rules and then analyzed by the program to produce a “fitter� design.

This project was an attempt to remove the human element of schematic design and quantify architecture through rule based quotation that produce form. The end result was a failure.

GALAPAGOS GENERATIONS LINEAR

SUB-DIVIDE

SHORTEST PATH

GEN A

GEN B

GEN C

GEN D

In generation A the only genotype to satisfy is the programed square footage.

Programs are free to move within the given boundary area.

In generation B each program now contains two constraints that must be met.

Galapagos positions each program with the minimal distance to its neighboring program.

DIAGRAM

NO RELATIONSHIP

D A

In generation D control points are given for primary and secondary circulation nodes. Generation D produces the shortest path through these nodes.

L D

O W

In generation C each programed area is now broken down into the smaller components that make up the space. Similar to how Gen B is developed, Galapagos positions rooms based on a distance.

L

W

A

L

O

L

B.1

C.1

D.1

A.2

B.2

C.2

D.2

2

1

A.1

B.3

C.3

D.3

A.4

B.4

C.4

D.4

A.5

B.5

4

3

A.3

5

C.5

22

D.5

6.

1.

2.

3.

4.

3.

3.

5.

5.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

3.

1. MULTI FUNCTION 2. GALLERY 3. RETAIL

4. LOBBY 5. RESTROOM 6. STORAGE

6.

7.

4.

8.

9.

4.

2.

8.

10.

11.

4.

3.

12.

1.

5.

5.

B1 FLOOR PLAN 1. WORKROOM 2. COMPUTER LAB 3. RPC LAB 4. CLASSROOM 5. RESTROOM 6. LIBRARY 23

7. BREAKOUT AREA 8. SEC. OFFICE 9. ADMIN OFFICE 10. DIRECTOR OFFICE 11. LOBBY 12. CONF. ROOM

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION Natural selection is the phrase coined by Charles Darwin that explains the process in which biological traits become more or less common in a given population. It states that not the strongest or fastest but it is the “fittest� that survive. In biology, fitness changes over generations. pad for dialing numbers, and others that have died off, such as external antennas.

DESIGN EVOLUTION Design is very similar to this process. In the design profession this is often referred to prototyping. Cell phones, clunky and large at first, have changed to become sleeker and more portable devices. This can be seen as a direct result of technological advances, designer aesthetics and user preferences. None the less, the cell phone has had qualities that have lived on through multiple generations, such as the key

24

25

04

A HOME FOR HAITI FREDERIC SCHWARTZ ARCHITECTS FALL 2010 America is importing so much merchandise from and exporting so little, we now have a surplus of empty shipping containers sitting unused in docks across the country. This project, completed during my co-op at Frederic Schwartz Architects develops a three phase solution to emergency housing utilizing these empty containers.

Team credit: Frederic Schwartz, Saranga Nakhooda, Elias Kastle, Alec Gardner.

PHASE ONE: SHIPPING CONTAINER The shipping container becomes a solid earthquake proof core to the home.

It provides an immediate shelter against the weather as well as give the family a ‘safe house’ to store food and feel protected from crime and theft. Even if another disaster destroys everything, the family is still left with the original shipping container.

28

SHIPPING CONTAINER

LOCAL MADE SHUTTERS

29

PHASE TWO: COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS Included inside each shipping container is a “make your own home� kit. Instructions to make compressed earth blocks and bamboo trusses stimulate the community by creating jobs for local Haitians. Water cisterns and a gutter system allow for the reuse and recycling of water for washing and watering local gardens.

30

SHIPPING CONTAINER

LOCAL MADE SHUTTERS

BAMBOO FRAMING

GRASS THATCH ROOF

METAL GUTTERS

LOCAL MADE CEB’S

31

PHASE THREE: CUSTOMIZATION The idea of using shipping containers for emergency housing is not a new idea. In fact it has been used in many relief housing efforts. The problem in the past was that there was no opportunity to expand. Our solution employs the CEB’s to encourage residents to make their home the way they want and need it. When a family grows and needs another room, an addition can be added fairly simply. Locally made CEB’s provide jobs and ease of new construction.

32

SHIPPING CONTAINER

LOCAL MADE SHUTTERS

BAMBOO FRAMING

GRASS THATCH ROOF

METAL GUTTERS

LOCAL MADE CEB’S

HAND WOVEN SUN SHADES

SOLAR PANELS

CORRUGATED METAL ROOF

33

Phase One

Phase Two

Phase Three

34

35

05

[P] PAVILION ELECTIVE - SUMMER 2011

As part of an elective course we were asked to explore the potential of Grasshopper, a plug-in for Rhino, and it’s parametric capabilities to adapt to fit multiple sites. My project chose to explore the forms that are generated by lofting together a Sin and Cosine curve to produce a dynamic roof structure that then could be controlled in the x,y,z direction to fit the constraints of differing sites.

Sketchbook ideas

Grasshopper Script

38

X,Y, AND Z SLIDERS The X,Y and Z sliders control the overall dimensions of the pavilion. If you aimagine a bound box the sliders correspond to the width, length, and height of the box. These parameters can be determined by the location of the pavilion.

FREQUENCY AND AMPLITUDE SLIDERS The frequency and amplitude sliders control the front and back curves of the lofted roof. Based off of a sin curve, these parameters influence the overall form and complexity of the shape. Where as the previous sliders are predetermined, these sliders are more of an aesthetic option.

X AND Y DIVISION SLIDERS The X and Y divisions sliders control the number of subdivisions that happen on the lofted surface. These directly relate to the number of resulting columns that reach the ground plane. An even numbers of sliders are used to eliminate the possibility of loose ends and a break in the structure.

39

POP UP PAVILION

RÉSUMÉ

GEORGE FABER georgefaber.arch@gmail.com

2013 1989-2008

2010 2008-2014

2012

2011 2010

EDUCATION

Master of Architecture, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH August 2012-Present.

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Class of 2012. Graduated with honors. GPA: 3.5 EXPERIENCE

Ann Beha Architects Boston, MA

August 2013-December 2013. Tasks included: • Worked through CD phase of 50,000 sq. ft. renovation/new addition project • Drew curtain wall and exterior skin details.

• Studied finishes through Photoshop manipulation.

Solomon Cordwell Buenz Chicago, IL

January 2013-April 2013. (Chicago office) January 2012-March 2012 (San Francisco office). Tasks included: • Transferred project from CAD to BIM. • Produced schematic design iterations through SketchUp. • Coordinated through the SD and DD phase of a high rise residential project.

Earl Swensson Associates Nashville, TN

March 2011-June 2011. Tasks included: • Primary worked in the SD and DD phase using Revit.

• Worked under PM to fix redlines.

• Produced presentation materials and diagrams.

Frederic Schwartz Architects New York City, NY

September 2010-December 2010. Tasks included: • Completed multiple competitions with a small team of designers.

• Produced 3D models and final renderings using a variety of software.

Lightroom Studios Decatur, GA

March 2010-June 2010. Tasks included: • Produced bid drawings for a small residential project.

• Managed development of two websites (flash and HTML).

• Designed print/logo package for a landscaping company.

SKILLS

Computer:

• Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, able to work in both Mac and PC. • Experienced with 3D printing and laser cutting in the rapid prototyping lab.

• Published graphic design experience.

HONORS & ACTIVITIES

Graduate Assistant (2014), Teaching Assistant (2012), Graduate Assistant Scholarship (2014), Cincinnatus Founders Scholarship (2012), Deans List (2008-present). DAAP Bowling League Champion (2011).

*References available upon request