Architectural Design Portfolio by Karolina Kay

Photograph by William P. Gottlieb

Title: Paradise Valley Cultural + Entertaintment District Kickoff Date: May 2007 Duration: January 2008 Location: Detroit, MI Project Collaborators + Recognition: Client: Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Collaborators: Detroit Planning and Development Department Detroit City Planning Commission Schervish Vogel Consulting Architects, PLC Designer: Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture

After the acquisition of important property in the Harmonie Park area in Downtown Detroit, the DDA has hired the Detroit Collaborative Design Center to develop an urban design plan for the Paradise Valley Cultural + Entertainment District. This area is centred around Harmonie Park and bounded by Randolph, Centre, and East Grand River. After a series of stakeholder workshops a vision for a thriving small-scaled cultural, music, and entertainment district within and complementing the overall, larger Entertainment District came to light. The collage pictured on following pages illustrates two paths inscribed with bits of history from the African American and German cultures intersecting at a performance area where a canopy displays significant historical events. The new paving and attractions along the east-west path, or "Harmonie Walk" celebrate the history of Madison-Harmonie District. The north-south path, or "Paradise Valley Walk" celebrates the culture of the historic Paradise Valley. Interactive projections and a series of "outdoor rooms" exhibiting installations by local artists engage visitors as they make their way through the park.

The Detroit Collaborative Design Center staff that worked on the project included the following: Dan Pitera, Director, Virginia Stanard, Project Manager Karolina Chaney, Intern Crystal Whiters, Student Intern Carrie DaVia, Student Intern Krista Wilson, Student Intern Brittany DesRocher, Student Coop Mone Smith, Student Coop Pinky Mcduell, Student Work-Study

New Street paving material (similar to pavers at Campus Martius)

New Boutique Hotel

New entry signage at scale legible by vehicular traffic

Harmonie Studios

Harmonie Club

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Replace existing pedestrian-scale light fixtures within project boundary with new light fixtures. Repair and relocate existing lighting to another area of city

New Mixed-Use Development

"Outdoor rooms" exhibiting installations/information celebrating historic Paradise Valley. Remove individual seating benches. Replace with full benches Widened sidewalk and new parallel parking New stage area (remove existing wall and trees behind wall, and reconfigure water feature)

Harmonie Park Walk

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New entry markers/attractions New sidewalk paving pattern. Match Cross Streets Improvement Initiative New benches and/or leaning rail New leaning rail street furniture

Widened sidewalk (7'-0") Relocate existing way finding marker New public art entry marker (typical 3) indicating beginning of District and Harmonie Park and Paradise Valley Walks New crosswalk

Preliminary Urban Desing Plan of the Harmonie Park Focus Area

Collage created in Adobe Photoshop illustrating an evening view from within the park

Title: Pewabic Pottery Campus Expansion Plan Kickoff Date: May 2006 Duration: January 2007 Location: Detroit, MI Project Collaborators + Recognition: Client: Pewabic Pottery Collaborators: Schervish Vogel Consulting Architects, PLC Designer: Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture

In May of 2006 Pewabic Pottery asked the Design Center to help them evaluate any changes necessary to their campus in order to accommodate the organization's rapid growth. The Pottery is still housed in the original Tudor Revival style building designed by William Buck Stratton in 1907 which is now considered a National Historic Landmark. Today, Pewabic Pottery not only specialises in the design and fabrication of vessels, tiles, and architectural ornamentation but also contains active components of education, exhibition and museum programs. Maintaining the delicate balance between the existing and intervening was one of the issues of the highest importance. The clients wanted to create a visual connection between the two objects softly through trees and courtyards without the addition being physically attached to the historic building. The character of the new was not to overwhelm the existing with contrast, nor to attempt at reproducing it. The visibility and celebration of the historic building, which is a "jewel" of the campus was constantly kept in mind throughout the process.

The Detroit Collaborative Design Center staff that worked on the project included the following: Dan Pitera, Director, Christina Heximer, Associate Director Karolina Chaney, Project Manager Matt Glabb, Intern

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Administration

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Studios & Administration

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Existing duplex Design Design

Hurlbut St.

Museum

Cadillac Blvd.

Contemporary Exhibits

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Fabrication

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Title: Russell Woods-Sullivan Jazz Pavilion Kickoff Date: May 2007 Duration: July 2008 Location: Detroit, MI Project Collaborators + Recognition: Client: Russell Woods-Sullivan Area Association Collaborators: Paul Dannels, Structural Design Inc. Tim Karl, Detroit Recreational Department (DRD) Designer: Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture

For over ten years the Russell Woods-Sullivan Area Association has held an annual "Jazz In The Park" concert in their neighbourhood park and every year the audience grows. After receiving funding from Wayne County the community asked the Design Center to develop a design for a park pavilion that provides shelter for the musicians so that the show can go on, rain or shine. This small residential community is located in a historic district of Detroit characterised by beautiful brick and iron work. Most of the houses in the area were built between 1920's & 40's in the Craftsman, Tudor Revival, Neo-Tudor, Colonial Revival and Moderne architectural styles. While the residents and the historic district commission wanted the design to be harmonious with and respectful of the area's aesthetic they did not want it to mimic any architectural style.

The Detroit Collaborative Design Center staff that worked on the project included the following: Dan Pitera, Director, Christina Heximer, Associate Director Brandon Becker, Project Acvisor Joe Odoerfer, Project Advisor Karolina Chaney, Project Manager Matt Glabb, Intern Anthony Giacco, Student Intern

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Roof Plan

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Steel Framing Plan

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Plan Showing Steel Framing For Slab

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Floor Plan Showing Slab Placement

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Foundation Plan

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Wall Sections

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South Elevation

Title: Mercy Education Project Kickoff Date: May 2003 Duration: December 2003 Location: Detroit, MI Project Collaborators + Recognition: Client: Mercy Education Project Collaborators: Karl Rollings Designer: Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture

The Sisters of Mercy run a program in Southwest Detroit dedicated to after-school education of young women and girls. Their 8,000 s.f. facility contains administrative offices, tutoring pods, a library and a digital technology center along with 1,500 s.f. of space for classrooms and lunch area. This built project was designed to provide a fun environment for the students to learn, play and display their work in ways less conservative and intimidating than the image that might be associated with a traditional classroom. The thickness of the walls was inflated to create nook-like playing spaces where the student can hide away to read or write. Thin slivers were cut into the walls, allowing students a unique way of interacting with the architecture around them, by slipping in and out of "kid sized" passageways. Openings in the cladding were strategically placed to provide glimpses into and out of the inhabitable wall, and sections of the wall were clad in homosoat that could be used as pin-boards.

The Detroit Collaborative Design Center staff that worked on the project included the following: Dan Pitera, Director Christina Heximer, Project Manager Christopher Lee, Project Manager Andrew Sterm, Project Advisor Kristan Piacentini, Student Co-op Staci Seyfreth, Student Co-op Alexander Froelich, Student Co-op Karolina Chaney, Student Co-op Carl Bolofer, Student Co-op

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Title: Superbowl Storefront Exhibit Kickoff Date: January 2006 Duration: March 2006 June 2006 Location: 1520 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI Project Collaborators + Recognition: Client: Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) American Institute of Architects, Detroit (AIA) Collaborator: Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, building owner Designer: Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture Title: Urban Alchemy: Artifacts Transformation Kickoff Date: June 2006 Duration: July 2006 Location: 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI Project Collaborators + Recognition: Client: Urban Alchemy Gallery 555 Architectural Salvage Warehouse Designer: Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture

This installation was placed in a storefront window on Woodward Ave., Detroit in hopes of inciting a moment of reflection on the city's condition as passers-by stroll down the street. It was originally set up for the Super bowl Storefront Exhibit and later recreated for an Urban Alchemy Exhibit at the 555 Gallery in Detroit. The inspiration came from the seemingly opposing ideas of the built and the natural environment, of making and unmaking, the cyclical process of growth and decay. The apparatus is a living machine made of objects found throughout the city. It symbolises the symbiotic relationship between the green and the mechanical. The directions written in vinyl on the glass read "Touch DETROIT to participate in the sustaining of the apparatus. Touch DETROIT to participate in the sustaining of the city". The Detroit Collaborative Design Center staff that worked on the project included the following: Dan Pitera, Director, Karolina Chaney, Project Manager Jana Cephas, Project Designer Margot Lystra, Project Designer Christina Heximer, Project Advisor Tariq Abdullah, Student Co-op Carl Bolofer, Student Co-op Mais Karadsheh, Student Coop

Installed at 1520 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI

Upon the completion of the AIA Storefront Exhibit the installation was disassembled and re-constructed at Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 555 Gallery for an Urban Alchemy Exhibit

Deconstructed for the move to the 555 Gallery

During re-construction at the 555 Gallery

Installed at the 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI