Jennifer Wentling
INDEX MICHIGAN AVE PERFORMING ARTS 3600 N HALSTED MODEL MAKING FOLK ART FACADE BRICKELL CITY CENTER EAST POOL HOUSE ULI WALNUT HILLS COMPETITION LITERARY CENTER RESUME
MICHIGAN AVE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Chicago, IL
The movements of the Performing Arts Center were in response to the river and the buildings already on the site. It pulls off the Chicago River and weaves around the Equitable Building and the Tribune Tower. There are three major elements to the Michigan Ave Performing Arts Center; the stone nodes that house the theaters, the metal paneling that wraps the theaters and contains the circulations through the space, and the glazing which makes up the voids between the other two.
west elevation, pencil and ink on paper bird’s eye from north, pencil and ink on paper
The stone nodes cut through the first floor of retail space where some of the stone tesselations are replaced with glass panels to allow for the shoppers to get a glance at backstage activities. There are three theaters, each at a different scale to accommodate different performances. The circulation that begins at the river, follows the east spine of the building and ramps up to each level of seating. The images for my final presentation were done entirely by hand using pencil, pen and charcoal after working in Maya and Rhino to create a massing model.
main theater section, pencil and ink on paper
3600 N HALSTED SENIOR LIVING CENTER Chicago, IL
Built as an expansion of the former historic 23rd District Police Station, 3600 N Halsted project is intended to be one of the first LGBT senior living centers. The program includes 79 studio and one-unit apartments, community rooms outdoor patio and retail space. On this project I worked in lighting design, modeling Revit families and construction documents. I also created presentations for both clients and partners.
west elevation Halsted Entry (west)
MODEL MAKING
This model was done for client presentation of a confidential project at Gensler for a new corporate headquarters and campus. I worked on a team with two other interns. We began by referencing site surveys and Revit files of the proposal to recreate a simplified 3D digital model in Rhino. This file was then use to create cut-sheets for topography, context buildings, floor plates, cores and facades which were then laser cut. The base and context buildings were done is chipboard and spray painted while the featured buildings were made of acrylic with the mullion system etched into the facades.
AMERICAN FOLK ART FACADE STUDY New York City, NY
Using the American Folk Art Museum as a model we aimed to re-clad the building in a new style with consideration of the interior program and entrance sequence.
pencil on paper MDF, museum board, basswood
clodagh BRICKELL CITYCENTRE EAST Miami, FL
A mixed use development, Brickell CityCentre East is located in Miami’s downtown financial district. Clodagh Design International is currently in charge of designing 263 guest rooms and 89 serviced apartments for the project along with conference spaces, meeting rooms, an open show kitchen, fitness center, feature pool, and lobby.
site plan rendered view from west site from west
I spent my time on the BCCE project designing casework and updating and maintaining all work done on serviced apartments, guest suites and lobby spaces through Revit and AutoCAD.
interior view of elevator view from east
POOL HOUSE AND SPA TECTONICS STUDY
The program of the pool house contained required a sauna, plunge pool, large pool, rest rooms and changing rooms. Each pool is connected to create a fluid mass of water. While entry and public spaces float above the water, all private rooms are located underneath the pool. I modeled the pool in Rhino but rendered by hand using pencil and charcoal.
WALNUT HILLS COMPETITION Cincinnati, OH
FIREHOUSE ROW ULI hosted the Walnut Hills-based competition fall 2014, for this I worked in collaboration with planning students Anna Barchick-Suter, Greg Sanders and real estate student David Dickson. Firehouse Row in Walnut Hills serves growing populations moving to urban areas in Greater Cincinnati. The site and spaces provide prospective buyers and renters great access to an up and coming neighborhood while providing enough space for the downsizing empter-nester all the way to the college students and young professionals joining the work forces or starting families. Within my team I created the Revit model and AutoCAD drawings. I rendered using Autodesk Cloud Rendering, Photoshop and InDesign. existing site proposed site plan
A mix of townhomes, condos, apartments, retail and office space make Firehouse Row a new complement to the rest that Walnut Hills has to offer.
TOWNHOMES
APARTMENTS, RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE
CLIFTON LITERARY CENTER
Cincinnati, OH
The goal of this project was to create a library program and fully develop a design for a literary center to sit in the historic neighborhood of Ludlow in Cincinnati. Through this assignment I created very fluid and open program to open the center to the surrounding community. My renderings were composed by hand and done in pencil then taken into Adobe Photoshop.
aerial view north facade
EDUCATION University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning School of Architecture and Interior Design September 2011- May 2015 GPA 3.6 Dean’s List Anglo-American University Prague, Czech Republic June-July 2012 Summer semester study abroad program EXPERIENCE Marks, Thomas Architetcts Baltimore, MD 2014 Low-Income Housing Developed construction documents through both Revit and AutoCAD for new constructions and rehab projects, provided facade design mock-ups with SketchUp, designed client presentations through InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop Clodagh Design International New York, NY 2013 High End Residential and Hospitality Maintained construction drawing sets, developed casework and lighting design for interiors through Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, and InDesign Gensler Chicago, IL 2013 Workplace and Hospitality Constructed physical models both for the purpose of design studies and client presentations working with Rhino and laser cutting, prepared construction documents and client presentations using Revit, AutoCAD, and InDesign SKILLS Autodesk Revit, Rhino, Autodesk AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Google SketchUp, Adobe Illustrator, Maya, Microsoft Office, Newforma, Hand Rendering and Modeling INVOLVEMENT Alpha Rho Chi Professional Architecture Fraternity President Urban Land Institute Member Spring In Our Steps UC Bearcat Concert Band Paul and Carol David Scholar UC Women’s Rugby Hugh O’Brian Leadership Conference
THANK YOU wentlija@mail.uc.edu (330) 413 2280