Portfolio_mid thesis by George Faber

PORT FOLIO George Faber Master of Architecture University of Cincinnati

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GE O R G E FA BER ge or ge fa b e r.arch@g m ail . com

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2008- 2015

2012

2011 2010

E D U CAT I ON

Master of Architecture, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Class of 2015. GPA: 3.71

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

EXP E R I E NCE

John Senhauser Architects Cincinnati, OH

May 2014 - August 2014. Tasks included: • Produced schematic massing models and plans for residential tower. • Provided interior/exterior renderings for client presentations. • Oversaw graphic updates to company website.

Ann Beha Architects Boston, MA

August 2013 - December 2013. Tasks included: • Worked through CD phase of 50,000 sq. ft. renovation/new addition project. • Developed curtain wall and exterior skin details. • Studied multiple interior 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 residential tower project from CAD to BIM. • Produced schematic design iterations for a student center through SketchUp. • Worked in Revit during DD phase of a high rise residential project.

Earl Swensson Associates Nashville, TN

March 2011 - June 2011. Tasks included: • Implemented drawing updates in the SD and DD phase using Revit. • Prepared client presentation drawings and diagrams for heathcare projects.

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.

S K I LLS

HONOR S & ACT I V I T I E S

• 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. • Avid rock climber and general outdoorsy stuff. dForm President (2014-15), Graduate Assistant (2014-15), Teaching Assistant (2012), Graduate Assistant Scholarship (2014), Cincinnatus Founders Scholarship (2012), Deans List (2008-15). DAAP Bowling League Champion (2011). *References available upon request

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designing design Spring 2015 From the beginning, the digitization of architecture has concerned itself around the speed of representation. CAD drafting software has reduced the monotony of drawing hatch patterns by hand to the click of a button. Other functions such as cut/ copy/paste further cut down the amount of time and effort of drawing standard building components. Now with BIM and other parametric software, the changes made to a single drawing are instantaneously updated across the entire drawing set. However, there is a tradeoff. While parametric models offer the flexibility to accommodate change, there is a tendency for changes to break parametric models unexpectedly. This less published consequence of parametric models is rarely addressed. Herein lies a paradox, the models that promote flexibility are often blindsided by the very thing they purposely accommodate; change. Advocates of parametric design claim that a degree of frontloading is critical for the use of such models. However, this upfront planning can be challenging, particularly in a process as notoriously hard to anticipate as the design process. These are some of the questions that this thesis attempts to explore.

site context This thesis is located in Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. At the intersection of Findlay and Elm Street, the location is directly adjacent to the planned streetcar route as well as close proximity to Central Parkway, a primary north/south artery linking the downtown and inner suburbs.

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digital workflows Much of my thesis work has looked at how parametric modeling is implemented within the process of architecture. Rather than attempting to design one parametric model which will be used from start to finish, my workflow has been one that views parametric models in the same way you would view a sketch. Explorations are comprised of throw away scripts that solve singular problems. 12

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CORE STUDIO

TE CH O P O L IS SUMMER 2013 Historically, Camp Washington has been an industrial neighborhood. From the meat packing plants of the 1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Colerain Ave.

Spring Grove Av e.

I75

Arlington St.

Sassafrass St

SITE PLAN Located on the northern boundaries of Camp Washington, the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;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 thoroughfare through the neighborhood.

ground floor plan New Addition Existing Crowsly Building

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 appreciation 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

east - west section

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. 21

CORE STUDIO

CR E ATE 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 build. 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.

site access

contain courtyard

scale courtyard

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. 26

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

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EVO LV E 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 partiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are chosen and advanced though similar rules to biological evolution. This project chooses to exploits this concept by using a evolutionary solver called 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;fitterâ&#x20AC;? 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.

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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;fittestâ&#x20AC;? 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

PROFESSIONAL WORK

j o h n s e n h a u ser a r ch i te cts SUMMER 2014 My final co-op of my graduate schooling was with JSA working with a small group of talented designers. My primary taskes inculded providing renderings for client presentations, building schematic massing models and plans for a high rise residentual tower, and overseeing graphic updates to the company website.

NORTHPOINTE GROUP NORTH AMERICAN PROPERTIES

LOOKING DOWN 8TH ST.

CITY VIEW

SCHEME B

EAST 8 LOFTS

32'-6"

C./ OR.

EXISTING 6-LEVEL APARTMENT BUILDING

20'-0"

212,000

PARKING CARS/ LEVEL LEVELS TOTAL

APT. UNITS/ LEVEL LEVELS TOTAL

15 8 120 APT.

EXISTING 3-LEVEL OFFICE BUILDING

AREA

17'-0"

40'-0"

TOTAL 67 7.5 502 CARS 142'-0" 15'-0" 162'-0"

29'-0"

17'-0"

29'-0"

15'-0"

RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOMES/ 2 LEVELS LEVELS TOTAL

TOTAL 67GARAGE SPACES 9 6 27 T.H.

19,000 152,000

APT. UNITS/ LEVEL LEVELS TOTAL

RES. TOTAL

20'-0"

TOTAL 12 6 36 T.H.

ELEC./ STOR.

20'-0"

20'-0" 30'-0"

20'-0"

8400 50,400

AREA

29'-0"

17'-0"

29'-0"

17'-0"

200,000

PARKING CARS/ LEVEL LEVELS TOTAL

40'-0"

17'-0"

15'-0"

40'-0"

17'-0"

VIEW FROM NORTH

AREA

10'-0" 29'-0"

17'-0"

212,000

7000 42,000

RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOMES/ 2 LEVELS LEVELS TOTAL

TOTAL 7 6 21 T.H.

8 16 128 APT.

9850 157,600

APT. UNITS/ LEVEL LEVELS TOTAL

9 15 135 APT.

12,000 180,000

155 UNITS

199,600

RES. TOTAL

156 UNITS

225,600

AREA 4000 SF

COMMERCIAL RETAIL

AREA 8500 SF

ELEC./ STOR.

AREA

TOTAL 60 162'-0" 829'-0" 15'-0" 15'-0" 480 CARS ELEC./ STOR.

30'-0"

AREA 29'-0"

60'-0"

15'-0"

RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOMES/ 2 LEVELS LEVELS TOTAL MARSH, INC.

AREA 7600 45,600

202,400

COMMERCIAL RETAIL

AREA 4000 SF

SYCAMORE PLACE

COMMERCIAL RETAIL

SEVEN AT BROADWAY 15 LEVEL GARAGE AND APARTMENTS

NORTHPOINTE GROUP UPPER TOWNHOMES PLAN TOWER TYPICAL GARAGE PLANS PLAN

1/32” :1’

20'-0"

156 UNITS

20'-0"

RES TOTAL

SEVENTH STREET

12 LEVEL APARTMENTS

20'-0"

180'-0"

20'-0"

180'-0"

3 LEVEL OFFICE BUILDING

5-LEVEL HOTEL BUILDING

20'-0"

GAR. LOBBY

20'-0"

HOLIDAY INN

20'-0"

210'-0"

RETAIL 4,000 SF

BROADWAY

SERVICE

3 LEVEL OFFICE BUILDING

AGE PLANS

15'-0"

29'-0"

20'-0"

GARAGE

RES. SERVICE

SYCAMORE

17'-0"

30'-0"

GARAGE 63 SPACES RESIDENTIAL LOBBY

TOTAL 63 8 504 CARS 162'-0"

40'-0"

15'-0"

EIGHTH STREET

5 LEVEL OFFICE BUILDING

75'-0" 20'-0" 15'-0"

17'-0"

20'-0" 30'-0"

29'-0"

20'-0"

15'-0"

CITY VIEW

VIEW FROM NORTH AXON FROM SOUTHWEST

20'-0"

PARKING CARS/ LEVEL LEVELS TOTAL 1 LEVEL REST.

15'-0"

LOOKING DOWN 8TH ST.

SCHEME C

AXON FROM SOUTHWEST VIEW FROM NORTH

8-LEVEL OFFICE BUILDING

162'-0" 29'-0"

SCHEME B

NORTHPOINTE GROUP

LOOKING DOWN 8TH ST.

SCHEME A AXON FROM SOUTHWEST

'-0"

SCHEME C

SCHEME A

O IRNT THE AGMREOR U I CP A N P R O P E R T I E S N O R T HN PO HAUSERARCHITECTS NEYER

1/32” :1’ 1/32” :1’

NORTH AMERICAN TOWER PROPERTIES PLAN

UPPER TOWNHOMES PLAN 1/32” :1’

TYPICAL 1/32” :1’ 1/32” :1’

GARAGE PLANS

JOHNSENHAUSERARCHITECTS

TOWER PLAN 1/32” :1’

PROFESSIONAL WORK

ann beha a r ch i te cts fall 2013 At ABA, I had the opportunity to work on a 50,000 sf renovation and new addition project for the mathematics department at MIT. The project consisted of renovating classroom and office spaces, then adding a new addition on top of the existing three story building. In a team of six designers we worked through the CD phase using Revit. My tasks included cartooning detail sheets, producing furniture and RCP plans and studying interior finishes through Photoshop manipulation.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

FR E D E R I C S CH WA RT Z A R CH I TE CT S FALL 2010 During my time in NYC, I worked to complete multiple design competitions. This project shown, is a three phase solution to emergency housing utilizing these empty containers. My primary tasks included 3D modeling, photoshop work on renderings and graphic layout of the presentation boards.

RÉ S U MÉ

GE O R G E FA BER ge or ge fa b e r.arch@g m ail . com

2013 1 9 8 9 -2 0 0 8

2010

2008- 2015

2012

2011 2010

E D U CAT I ON

Master of Architecture, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Class of 2015. GPA: 3.71

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

EXP E R I E NCE

John Senhauser Architects Cincinnati, OH

Ann Beha Architects Boston, MA

Solomon Cordwell Buenz Chicago, IL

Earl Swensson Associates Nashville, TN

March 2011 - June 2011. Tasks included: • Implemented drawing updates in the SD and DD phase using Revit. • Prepared client presentation drawings and diagrams for heathcare projects.

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

S K I LLS

HONOR S & ACT I V I T I E S