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FLORENCE

EAST COLLEGE PROJECT


Beginning with a piece of furniture as a precedent, the program required a display gallery for a furniture company. Much like the seat of the chair is supported by the L-shaped supports, the furniture gallery floats within a three-dimensional matrix of structure.



cluster housing the dull landscape of present day suburbia is primarily driven by economics and practicality. the design problem was approached by synthesizing a practical and efficient floor plan with a new aesthetic endpoint. the point of departure from traditional housing is achieved by superficially altering the design and eroding the fundamentals of exterior that we know as housing.






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To address the urban edge of the commercial street, all of the program was overloaded on one side of the site. Certain programmatic elements were then pulled out from this mass to respond to public/private relationships between the functions. The separation of forms relates urbanistically to the surroundings by breaking up the large program into more characteristic smaller structures of the area.

KENT, OHIO




RO CLEVELAND, OHIO


SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOUSING OFFERS PLACES FOR THE HOMELESS TO LIVE AT LITTLE OR NO COST. THE UNITS ARE ARRAYED WITHIN LONG BOX TRUSSES, MIMICKING THE COMMON USE OF STEEL FRAMED BRIDGES WITHIN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. THE SIMPLE ENCLOSURE SUGGESTS THE MINIMAL LIFE OF THE HOMELESS AND THEIR CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO THE PUBLIC from a LACK OF PRIVACY. Below the units, a MARKET GIVES THE RESIDENTS A PLACE for employment. this LOWER LEVEL BECOMES THE POINT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HOMELESS AND THE PUBLIC people. BY COMBINING A MINIMAL SETTING FOR THE OCCUPANTS WITH A COMPLEX COMMON AREA AND MARKET, THE RESIDENTS BECOME MORE LIKELY TO intermix WITH THE REST OF SOCIETY.


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1. ENTRY 2. COMMUNITY ROOM 3. COMMUNAL KITCHEN 4. LAUNDRY 5. COUNSELING OFFICE 6. MANAGER UNIT 7. PUBLIC RESTROOMS 8. MALACHI MART OFFICE 9. MARKET SPACE 10.SEASONAL MARKET 11.LOUNGE

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dresden

masterplan



a design team of six students collaborated to develop a masterplan for a large vacant site in dresden, germany. the solution was to create a ruptured perimeter block. by pulling apart the perimeter block, an axis was created to connect two of the city’s landmarks. AFTER THE MASTERPLAN WAS ESTABLISHED, EACH STUDENT RECEIVED A BUILDING TO DESIGN.


THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE BECAME THE MOST VISIBLE LOCATION FROM THE BUSY TRANSPORTATION NODE NEARBY. TO ADDRESS THE MOTION OF THE TRAFFIC, A LINEAR METHOD IS TAKEN ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING. THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS TREATED WITH A MORE STATIC APPEARANCE TO BE MORE WELCOMING FOR PEDESTRIANS TRAFFIC.




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the new high speed train station proposed by norman foster will relocate existing rails underground. THE MASTERPLAN FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA CALLS FOR A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN BE USED BY TRAVELERS OR BUSINESS PEOPLE.


BY INVESTIGATING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE LAYERED CITY, THE SITE CAN BECOME A NEW INTERPRETATION OF LAYERING. EACH PIECE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THE FABRIC AS WE SEE IT HOLISTICALLY.




A CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM UTILIZES THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING AS A SCULPTURAL ELEMENT, MERGING THE similarities of ART AND ARCHITECTURE.



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THE ELEVATED HORIZONTAL VOLUMES ACT AS THE DESTINATIONS. THEY INCLUDE EXHIBITION SPACES AND OFFICES. THE TRANSITIONAL SPACES BECOME THE STREETS.

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TOTALING UNDER 60,000 SF, THE PROGRAM COMFORTABLY FITS WITHIN THE SITE. APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE SITE CAN REMAIN UNUSED BY SIMPLY MAKING ONE STORY VOLUMES.

OBERLIN, OHIO


PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN. THE APARTMENT STRUCTURE TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE IS SIXTYFIVE FEET IN HEIGHT. WHEN SUN ANGLES ARE LOWEST IN THE WINTER, THIS BUILDING CASTS A SHADOW OVER A MAJOR PORTION OF THE SITE. BY PUSHING THE BUILDINGS TO THE NORTH AND CREATING A PEDESTRIAN LINKAGE BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND THE STUDENT UNION, THE DESIGN CAN REACT TO BOTH CLIMACTIC AND URBAN ISSUES.





THE FENESTRATIONS REACT TO THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ORIENTATION THEY FACE. BY COMBINING THIS TECHNIQUE WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS, THE INTENT IS TO CAPITALIZE ON PASSIVE STRATEGIES. EACH TYPOLOGY REACTS TO THE SITE IN A DIFFERENT WAY, HOWEVER, THEY AL HAVE CONSISTENCY IN FORM IN ORDER TO LINK THEM TOGETHER ON THE SITE.






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