Joshua Bauman | LArch 2920 | Autumn 2012
A NEW CAMPUS
College of Food, Agriculture & Environmental Science
Creating A Scientific Gateway at the Northwest Corner of The Ohio State University
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In having the freedom to design an entirely new site, both building footprint and new landscape spaces, it was important to make sure the two related to one another and there was an overarching concept explaining the landscape movements detailed in the site. The overall landscape scheme is moving from structured and dense to a more open, finely texured space, leading from the border of the site to the river. Moving from East to West, this change is more gradual. Moving from the North or South, this change is far more rapid. At the East end of the site, a dense conifer grove defines a very formal appeareance facing the university. Moving into the site, prarie and then wetland transition to the [transparent] river. Other features, like the Ohio Stadium Promenade, are meant to keep a central axis visually open, connecting the ‘Shoe to Lane Avenue. Traditional farm features are found in the sculptural fountain at the East and the Ha-Ha that encloses the sunken pasture. Event piers jut into the Olentangy River.
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Living Roof Wetlands Sunken Pasture Remembrance Wall Ha-Ha Irrigation Sprinkler Water Feature Ground Gutter Ohio Stadium Promenade Event Pier Conifer Grove
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STORMWATER TREATMENT
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Water from the roofs of each of the buildings, if not first diverted into the rooftop prairies or greenhouses, is distributed to the above-ground gutter. An above-ground gutter collects stormwater, which then drains into a series of wetlands, helping to treat stormwater. These wetland containers are six feet deep at the lowest end. They fill in succession, so only in the case of natural disasters should stormwater be able to drain straight into the river. Along the river, there are pools that collect the city sewage and stormwater drain output. Stormwater collection from the intersection of Woodruff Ave./Woody Hayes Dr. and Tuttle Park Place is rerouted into the site for similar treatment.
AXES & CIRCULATION
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When considering the axial relationships of the site, the surrounding campus context had to be considered. An East-West axis connects the North residence hall community to the Olentangy River. A Northwest-Southeast axis relates the site to central campus, specifically at the corner of Woodruff Ave. and Tuttle Park Pl. Two separate North-South axes were considered, one connecting the Ohio Stadium’s iconic North entrance to Lane Avenue, and another re-aligning the site with its previous Columbus neighborhood-grid roots. In considering circulation, it was essential to keep each of these axes in mind, with each of them overlayed nearly entirely.
PROGRAMMATIC ADJACENCIES The parking garage is placed in such a way that it is both hidden by other spaces while remaining accesible to Lane Ave. and Tuttle Park Pl. Office space is placed to impose an administrative wall along Lane Ave. Classroom and flexible-use space was kept closest to central campus. The library is the central focus. Retail space lines the bottom floors along Lane Ave, Tuttle Park Pl., and Woody Hayes Dr. to receive the greatest amount of traffic. Lab space dominates the top floors of every building because of its hierarchial importance to the college. Olent angy River
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Large Deciduous Tree Large Deciduous Shrub [Erosion Control] Large Evergreen Conifer Small Evergreen Conifer
UNIVERSITY PRECEDENT
Agricultural Test Plots
Anchoring the northernmost point of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is the largest academic building on the college’s campus. on campus. It serves as a major research center focusing on breaking down the barriers between traditional research areas, much like the College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences at OSU is doing at the Columbus campus. [beckman.uiuc.edu]
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LIVING ROOF PRECEDENT The Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia sits along the water The building relates directly to the river, becoming taller towards it. To the South side, a green roof dominates its aerial view to the surrounding skyscrapers. It was important to include a living roof in the design for the new CFAES campus because of its direct connection to sustainability and vegetation. The living roofs chosen on my site create a liner view towards the river, and are clearly visible by the taller buildings around them. They are also a vertical expansion of the sunken pasture.
Woodruff Avenue
WETLANDS & STORMWATER TREATMENT This site is the perfect candidate for a wetland movement. When the transformation of the Olentangy River is complete, there will be a large wetland adjacent to the site where the river currently flows against. New wetlands will be formed and these can be effectively extended further into the site as means of beautiful, practical stormwater treatment.
SUNKEN PASTURE When considering agriculture, particularly the caretaking of livestock, the idea of healthy animals brings up free-range processes. The current CFAES site has two indoor animal arenas which take up a considerable amount of square footage. In the new site, one of those indoor arenas is replaced by a sunken pasture surrounded by a subtley sloped lawn, providing a versatile outdoor arena, connected to the indoor arena via an underground “cow tunnel.”
LAWN & SHADE TREES In the tradition of Ohio State’s recent landscape movement, the use of lawn and shade trees became a dominant landscape movement on the new site to maintain an ease of maintenance and conherence to central campus.
ILLUSTRATIVE RENDERING FROM THE SOUTHEAST
REMEMBRANCE WALL Remembrance Park has never been a very well-defined memorial on campus. In order to better define it, a memorial wall would be subtle, visible way. A backdrop of evergreen conifers provides metaphorical structure and strength.
GAMBREL-ROOF GREENHOUSES
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Greenhouses that utilize the square-footage of the roof of the buildings on the site are both sustainable and beautiful. By having a gambrel-style roof, there is a subtle hint to the traditions of agriculture.
In order to house the prarie without using a fence that restricts users, it was important to sink the space into the ground and use the traditional English ha-ha to bound the space in a subtle way.
IRRIGATION SPRINKLER WATER FEATURE Instead of using a more conservative water feature in the lawn across from the Blackwell and in front of the tallest tour on the new campus, a sculptural would better define the space and create interest from a distance. To reference the traditions and advancement of agricultureal practices, a massive irrigation sprinkler-type feature is ideal.
GROUND GUTTER
In order to aid with the circulation of storm water, a gutter is utilized along the center of the site, sloping towards the river. It collects the water from the roofs and transfers it into the wetland pools.
SILO An iconic feature of any traditional farm is the silo. To define the new CFAES campus as having roots in the past while working towards revolutionary advancement, a silo is a perfect metaphorical symbol for stability, capacity, and voluminous potential. It is also an interesting facade that can support a massive art feature to make it unique.
ILLUSTRATIVE RENDERING FROM THE SOUTHWEST