J o h n E d wa r d s
John Edwa rds email: johnedwards1991@gmail.com phone: (217) 652-2823
EDUCATION August 2013 - April 2016
University of Cincinnati Master of Architecture, 2016
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign August 2009 - May 2013 Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies, 2013 • Dean’s List (Spring 2010) • Design Studio project selected for 2014 NAAB accreditation visit (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)
WORK EXPERIENCE Association for Preservation Technology International May 2013 - January 2016 Intern, Springfield, IL • Scanned an average of 10 historic architectural catalogs daily • Uploaded catalogs onto the Building Technology Heritage Library and organized them into CSI MasterFormat Divisions CR Architecture + Design M a y - A u g u s t 2 0 1 5 Architectural Intern, Cincinnati, OH • Prepared design development drawing sets for Dolce RBM Hotel Cincinnati • Assisted hospitality team in drawing details to meet building codes BHDP Architecture August - December 2014 Architectural Intern, Cincinnati, OH • Prepared design development drawing sets for international and domestic Claire’s and Icing retail stores • Assisted in 3D modeling and renderings of Claire’s 2015 prototype plan and storefront design Environmetrics, Inc. J a n u a r y - M a y 2 0 14 Architectural Intern, Cincinnati, OH • Prepared as-built drawings for residential remodeling projects and building permits • Conducted on-site observations and performed demolition work to begin construction i
ACADEMIC WORK
PROFESSIONAL WORK
BREAKFAST AT LOCK 37
BHDP ARCHITECTURE
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URBAN FRAGMENTS: A CULTURAL CENTER FOR CHICAGO
ENVIRONMETRICS
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MOUNTAIN WITHIN
FULLERTON RESIDENCE
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COLUMBUS DESIGN CENTER 25
ARTWORK
ILLINOIS STATE ARMORY ADAPTIVE REUSE
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
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MUSEUM OF ANCIENT LIFE 35 SHIFTING MODULES 41 RESEARCH ON THE INCLINE
Cover Illustration: Observed Detail of Taft House Window, Urbana, IL Graphite on Illustration Board 14x20 inches
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ACADEMIC WORK
BRE AKFA ST AT LOCK 37: DESIGNING FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE TRAVELER IN THE SCIOTO VALLEY Site: Canal Warehouse, Chillicothe, OH Duration: August 2015 - April 2016 Master of Architecture Thesis Project
Southern Ohio counties are not adequately prepared for understanding the nature of the tourism audience that will be coming after the UNESCO World Heritage Inscription of the regions Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, expected in 2018. Heritage travelers seek places, artifacts, and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past. The Canal Warehouse in downtown Chillicothe is a survivor of the Ohio and Erie Canal era (1831-1907) and offers a historic accommodation for the traveler’s stay.
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Second Floor Columns
L AY E R I N G SYSTEM-INSERTIONS COM POS I T I O NAL F R AGM E N T S The design for the adaptive reuse of the Canal Warehouse is developed around three primary themes - layering, systeminsertions, and compositional fragments. It works with all the LAYERS of significance from Hopewell Cosmic Monumentality, Historic Urban Building Fabric from the Canal Era, and Contemporary Heritage Tourism. The new architectural SYSTEMS are present as FRAGMENTS and LAYERED within the existing fabric to draw upon the concept of critical continuation found in the built environment in the Scioto Valley.
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OLD CANAL SMOKE HOUSE 94 E. WATER STREET
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DOCK AT WATER 80 E. WATER STREET
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IVY’S HOME & GARDEN JOSEPHINE AT IVY’S 105 N. PAINT STREET
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SCHLEGEL’S COFFEE HOUSE 80 N. PAINT STREET
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RIVERS BEND SPORTS CO. 94 W. WATER STREET
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OLD TOWN FABRIC SHOP 56 W. WATER STREET
SHOPPING
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LLOYD’S SWEET SHOPPE 22 W. WATER STREET
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BOOK WORLD 16 W. WATER STREET
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CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE CANAL WAREHOUSE
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Museum of Canal Architecture Gift Shop Entrance
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Display Cases and Benches in Attic Gallery
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Signage, street trees, and outdoor seating added
Steel awning installed over inn entrance and dormer doors glazed
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Hopewell Gallery in Attic
Master Suite Guestroom with Balcony 12
URBAN FRAGMENTS: B R I N G I N G T H E CU LT U RE S O F CH I CAG O TOG E T H E R T H RO U G H F O O D, MU S I C, A N D DA N CE Site: Tribune Tower, Chicago, IL Duration: 16 weeks Spring 2015 Graduate Project Even though Chicago has diverse cultural communities, it is difficult to enjoy all it has to offer because they are fragmented across the city. The main concept behind the Cultural Center for Chicago is to bring all of these communities together to celebrate their rich culture through food, music, and dance. Using the metaphor of a crushed rock, the building’s form was driven to shape a public courtyard space where cultural food can be enjoyed while listening to music or watching small performances. In the larger auditorium spaces, with seating capacities of 480 and 730, Chicago organizations that celebrate cultural music and dance can host performances. The architectural language of fragmented geometry exists throughout the design in the paving, roof structure, and glazing system.
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First Floor Plan
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Fragmented Composition Diagrams
Shadow Analysis Diagram
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Roof Plan
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Pedestrian Paths
Fragmented Communities
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West Elevation
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ACCESS CONTEMPORARY MUSIC NEW MUSIC CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE DANCEWORKS CHICAGO AUDIENCE ARCHITECTS AMERICAN RHYTHM CENTER
View from theater balcony
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MOUNTAIN WITHIN Site: Over the Rhine, Cincinnati, OH Duration: 12 weeks Partner: Sarah Kusuma Summer 2014 Graduate Project
Physical Model
Situated across from Findlay Market, above Our Daily Bread, visitors to the Boutique Hostel encounter a thick wall with openings that reveal the spaces inside. The texture and verticality of the pre-cast concrete envelope stands autonomously from the glazed curtain wall behind. The interstitial space formed by the double skin facade creates a sense of quiet tension upon entering. The entrance itself is recessed behind the concrete structure and offers direct access to the vertical circulation. The massing of the guest room floors change scale and proportion, while also varying the intensity of light. The visitor’s experience is invigorated further by natural light that enters the public spaces through a sky lit atrium. The stacked guest room design also creates a symbolic connection between the hostel and the hills of Cincinnati. Overall, the hostel experience plays on a pensive theme. 19
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Clyfford Still’s paintings inspired the design for the Boutique Hostel. Looking to his original inspiration, the mountainous regions he grew up in; and combining this with the quiet tension, the pensive, raw/refined, and morphological nature of his paintings, the Boutique Hostel began to take shape. Early inspiration was derived from pixelated hills and textured models such as BIG’s “The Mountain”, OMA’s “Helix Tower”, and Tadao Ando’s “Water Temple.” I never wanted color to be color. I never wanted texture to be texture, or images to become shapes. I wanted them all to fuse into a living spirit. -Clyfford Still 1947-D, No.1
Double Layer Facade: a Tadao Ando ...the vertical necessity of life surrounding an inside out skyscraper.
A mountain inside a building.
October, 1950
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West Elevation
North Elevation
Section Looking South
Section Looking East
Axonometric Wall Section Detail
North Wall Section Detail Looking East
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1. VERTICAL CIRCULATION
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Building Envelope Exploded Axonometric Diagram
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COLUMBUS DESIGN CENTER Site: Columbus, IN Duration: 14 weeks Fall 2013 Graduate Project
Box within Box within Box Diagram
Porous masses with a varying scale of openings within the Columbus Design Center are placed within each other to filter sunlight, define circulation, and serve as sculptures themselves. Glazing on the east facade maximizes daylight to enhance the overall effect of the Chihuly glass collection. A diagonally braced steel structural system supports this glazing. The overall building design is a box within a box within a box. The roofs of the boxes all serve as connecting points between the east part of the building and the parking garage. 25
Sunlight Diagram
Transverse Section
Bay Model
Longitudinal Section
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First Iteration
Lower Level Plan
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Second Iteration
First Floor Plan
Third Iteration
Second Floor Plan
Fourth Iteration
Third Floor Plan
Fifth Iteration
Fourth Floor Plan
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ILLINOIS STATE ARMORY: ADAPTIVE REUSE Site: Springfield, IL Duration: 14 weeks Spring 2013 Senior Year Project The Illinois State Armory, built in 1936, suffers from the lack of a permanent user for the past thirty years. Previous renovations have left it a maze with scattered departments and offices without access to natural light. Numerous deferred maintenance issues needed to be addressed, which included antiquated MEP, accessibility Issues, and life safety Issues.
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Aerial View
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Removing the existing auditorium seating allows for more design freedom in the central void without eliminating the historic features including the brick masonry entrance walls and the proscenium wall. Using a light structural steel frame to stack the offices, creates a smaller building environment within the Armory. One of the main goals behind the design is to bring natural light through the atrium and to the office spaces, which previously had inadequate amounts of it. Daylighting is also known to improve productivity in the workplace. The fourth floor is the top floor of the new structure and houses a restaurant. The exposed steel trusses create a unique space and shadows cast through the skylights enrich the dining experience. The office layout allows a sense of being in one’s own professional state department while still encouraging collaboration among the employees. CROSS SECTION
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MUSEUM OF ANCIENT LIFE Site: Champaign, IL Duration: 14 weeks Fall 2012 Senior Capstone Project
Exterior Perspective
Site Plan
In order to establish the Tyrannosaurus Rex as the primary experience in the Museum of Ancient Life, it is placed at the intersection of two main axes in the open exhibition space. The north-south axis aligns the main entrance with the T-Rex and the east-west axis unites the T-Rex with the two major vertical circulation elements; the main staircase and the elevator. The classicizing ornaments on the facades connect the museum to the adjacent downtown buildings such as the Orpheum Theater, City Building, and Jefferson Building while also relating to the traditional language of natural history museums.
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Site Model
Concept Diagram: Axes
Closet 100 Coordinator Office 110
Gift Shop 101
Staff Restrooms 112
Staff Office 111
Reception
Elevator Equipment 109
Women’s Restroom 108
Men’s Restroom 107
Receiving/Storage 102 Janitorial 106
Equipment 105
Mechanical 104
Work Room 103
Interior Perspective: First Floor
First Floor Plan
Accounting 200
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Assistant Director 201
Kitchenette 203
Orientation Room 204
Library 208 Mechanical Shaft
Second Floor Plan
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Men’s Restroom 207
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metal roofing panels 4” rigid insulation metal decking Roof Level Elevation: 29’-0”
steel truss member copper gutter steel beam 1/2” drywall
vapor barrier
CMU bond beam limestone window pediment Top of Window Elevation: 24’-0”
double glazed low-e window
First Floor
Bottom of Window Elevation: 18’-0”
flashing
travertine tile floor
main supply duct
concrete floor slab
supply diffuser metal decking
fresh air supply main return duct
2nd Floor Elevation: 15’-0” steel beam
return diffuser exhaust air
1/2” drywall
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steel studs at 12” o.c. vapor barrier CMU bond beam
HVAC Distribution Diagrams System Type: Single-Duct VAV
limestone window pediment Top of Window Elevation: 10’ 0”
Elevator Core
Pitched Howe Steel Truss Spans 65 ft
double glazed low-e window
Egress Stairs Egress Stairs
flashing Bottom of Window Elevation: 4’0”
CMU backup wall 3” rigid insulation 2” air space limestone masonry panels travertine tile floor
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concrete slab on grade
W 10x69 Steel Girder
Ground Floor Elevation: 1’0”
concrete sidewalk
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Structural Axonometric Diagram
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Concrete Slab with Foundation Wall and Footing
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SHIFTING MODULES Site: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Chicago, IL Duration: 4 weeks Spring 2012 Junior Year Project
Spatial Catalogue Walking up the staircase into her newly acquired space, the interior design student finds a new project on her hands. The interior architectural modules in the house provide a solution for determining the function for the spaces within. She finds the spatial arrangement to be disorganized and only the existing features allow for any transformation into her own style.
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RESEARCH ON THE INCLINE Site: Kickapoo State Park, IL Duration: 4 Weeks Fall 2011 Junior Year Project
Situated on a steep slope in Kickapoo State Park, the research facility serves as a retreat for visiting researchers. The ground slope is identical to the staircase slope, offering a smooth transition from the upper floor to the lower floor. As visitors enter the facility, the enclosed hallway opens up to the work room which is illuminated by skylights to maximize productivity. The outer shell is composed of wooden louvers, forming a canopy for the inner box and connecting the building to the landscape. 43
Site Plan
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Precedent Study
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Interior Perspective
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Lower Floor Plan
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Lower Floor Plan
South Elevation
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
BHDP ARCHITECTURE Retail Team Fall 2014 Co-Op While at BHDP Architecture, I was part of the retail design team. My primary responsibilities included creating design development sets for Claire’s and Icing retail stores both in North America and internationally. I also assisted in the 15L prototype storefront design and fixture plan layout.
Courtesy BHDP Architecture
Icing 14S Storefront Design
Storefront Rendering Valley River Center Mall Eugene, OR 51
Courtesy BHDP Architecture
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CLAIRE'S NEW FIXTURES 'S NEW FIXTURES EAR RING TREE (ERT)
ENVIRONMETRICS, INC. Spring 2014 Co-Op At Environmetrics, I was able to work on ten residential projects ranging from remodels to additions. In the office, I was responsible for as-built drawings and proposals to obtain permits. I also performed demolition work on several residences alongside the sub-contractors before construction work began.
Dust-Miltner Residence Mt. Adams, Cincinnati, OH
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PHI DELTA THETA HOUSE University of Cincinnati October 2015
This project was for a design brochure I completed for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house at UC. Thomas Arnold, the president of Environmetrics, asked for an exterior rendering of his new design for the house which I did post processing on in Photoshop. 3D SketchUp model courtesy: Chip Brown, Architect Environmetrics, Inc.
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FULLERTON RESIDENCE Site: Mayne Island, British Columbia Architect: Bob Irving, AIBC, LEED, Principal Irving Pitcher Architects
For this project, I was responsible for building the scale model of the schematic design of a private residence located on Mayne Island, BC. The model was completed June 2013 and the built house was finished December 2015.
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ARTWORK
PA I N T I N G S A N D D R AW I N G S
The Ripening of a Banana Acrylic on Canvas 24x48 inches
Kitchen Perspective
Graphite on Bond Paper 14x20 inches
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Porch in New Orleans Watercolor 11x15 inches
Sailboat
White Charcoal on Black Paper 18x24 inches
Collage
Graphite 8x10 inches
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In a Galaxy Beyond
Spray Paint on Poster Board 11x14 inches
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Interplanetary Moons
Spray Paint on Poster Board 11x14 inches
Amidst Interstellar Clouds Digital Painting 1550x870 pixels
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