TASK:
WITH A SINGLE PIECE OF PAPER CREATE A DESIGN THAT ENCOMPASSES THE IDEA OF DATUM
SOLUTION:
THE DESIGN LOOKS AT THE TRANSFORMATION OF A BUTTERFLY EVOLVING FROM A COCOON, USING A NEGATIVE PLANE DATUM
TASK:
STUDY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF A FAMOUS INDIVIDUAL AND DESIGN A HOUSE THAT EXPRESSES THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SOLUTION:
USING NATURAL LIGHT TO CREATE AREAS OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT, THE HOUSE REFLECTS UPON EDISON’S INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB.
CREATE A BORDER CROSSING BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES USING STEEL
Tower Heritage
TASK:
SOLUTION:
THE DESIGN BEGINS TO STITCH AND MEND THE WOUND OF SEPERATION AND BRING CYPRUS TOGETHER.
Gridded lightweight Steel Canopy Round Steel Canopy X-Shaped Column
Axis of Circulation
Circulation Path
Focal point
GREEK
TURKISH
DN
TASK:
DESIGN A NEW INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOR CHICAGO ALONG THE RIVER.
HOLDING THE RIVER FRONT
SOLUTION:
THE DESIGN HOLDS THE RIVERS AGE WHILE CREATING A STEPPED GATEWAY BETWEEN RIVER AND CITY.
CONNECTION TO CITY
SPIRE 368’
VERTICAL VIERENDEEL TRUSS
High Rise Diagram
1 TUBE GSF: 5,625 5 FLOORS
Mid Rise Diagram
2 TUBE GSF: 11,250 5 FLOORS LINE OF TOWER
3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS
TASK:
3 TUBE GSF: 16875 5 FLOORS
DESIGN A NEW HIGHRISE ALONG THE RIVERFRONT OF CHICAGO
Low Rise Diagram
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS 3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS 4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 5 FLOORS
Hotel Diagram
UP
THE DESIGN BECOMES THE TALLEST TOWER IN CHICAGO AS A CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION OF THE WILLIS TOWER.
UP
SOLUTION:
3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS 3 TUBE GSF: 16,875 5 FLOORS
WACKER DR.
Upper Wacker Diagram
4 TUBE GSF: 22,500 4 FLOORS
HOTEL GSF: 28,200 10 FLOORS
SHARED GSF: 11,700 4 FLOORS
Lower Wacker Diagram
TASK:
SPEND A WEEK TO CREATE A DESIGN FOR THE EVOLO SKYSCRAPER DESIGN COMPETITION.
SOLUTION:
THE DESIGN IS A SERIES OF TUBES THAT BECOMES A WATERFALL LIKE SYSTEM SUSPENDED FROM A CLIFFSIDE.
ATHENS, GREECE MASTER PLAN
(CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS)
AHM BREAK ROOM RENOVATION, TROY (OH):
INTERIOR RENOVATION OF EXISTING BREAKROOM. THE DESIGN FOLLOWS A SERIES OF AXIS LINES BETWEEN THE ENTRANCES AND EXIT FROM THE SPACE. MAXIMIZING CIRCULATION THROUGH QUANDRANT SPACES.
RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR RENOVATION:
NEW STAIR AND FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS. RAILING DESIGN TAKES PRECEDENTS FROM USONIAN STYLINGS.
OFFICE ADDITION, SPRINGBORO (OH):
OFFICE ADDITION TO EXISTING MAINTENANCE GARAGE, THE DESIGN TAKES PRECEDENTS FROM NORDIC ARCHITECTURE STYLES.
ADA BATHROOM, TROY (OH):
THE PROJECT WAS TO CREATE AN ADA BATHROOM FOR THE EXISTING NATATORIUM. THE BATHROOM SITS AS AN OBJECT WITH AN EMPHASISED ENTRY, WHILE THE INTERIOR HAS A THRESHOLD COLOR SPLIT FOR LOCKERS AND BATHROOM.
LITTLE FREE LIBRARY, CENTERVILLE (OH):
A SCULPTURAL ELEMENT IN A LOCAL PARK THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY AS A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. THE DESIGN IS BASED OFF THE PARKS NAME, SCHOOLHOUSE PARK. THE LARGE SCHOOLHOUSE PIECE HOLDS ADULT BOOKS, WHILE THE OUTHOUSE PIECE HOUSES CHILDREN BOOKS. BOTH ELEMENTS ARE THEN STITCHED TOGETHER WITH A BENCH.
PUBLICATION:
http://www.bgsu.edu/news/2015/09/a-little-literacy.html
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