Katie Hardwick selected works
Katie Hardwick Objective As a Masters student in the Architecture + Health program at Clemson University, I consider myself to be organized, goal oriented, and self disciplined. I see architecture as a way to bring people, nature, and the built environment together. Throughout my time as a student, I have developed an interest in the integration of natural elements in the built environment, and how these elements affect health and wellness. I am searching for a rewarding position in architecture that will both continue to challenge and inspire me.
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Education Clemson University •M.Arch + Health Candidate •GPA 3.93 •Class of 2020 Texas A&M University •Bachelor of Environmental Design •GPA 3.866 •Class of 2018
Experience Intern at HKS Atlanta •Summer 2019 Clemson University Graduate Assistant •2018-2020 •Manages Program Website •Runs communication with guests and alumni PDC Student Design Charrette •Spring 2019 •Runner Up HCD Student Design Charrette •Fall 2019
Clemson, South Carolina
903. 530. 0686.
katie.hardwick18@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/katie-hardwick/
Skills/Software •Revit Architecture •SketchUp •Adobe InDesign •Adobe Photoshop •Adobe Illustrator •AutoCAD
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Contact Maggie’s Centre Greenville GHS Cancer Center Grove Point Medical Center MUSC Phase III Hospital Perinatal Planning
Maggie’s Centre Greenville First Year M.Arch individual project Professors: David Allison and Byron Edwards Fall 2018
The purpose of a Maggie’s Centre is to provide levels of support for all those affected by cancer. While no physical treatment is done in these buildings, they focus on the mental, emotional, and social health of individuals. The design of this Maggie’s Centre is to promote wellness by reducing stress in patients, encouraging activity on site, and promoting socialization among visitors. In order to achieve this goal, I focused on integrating natural light and views to the surrounding forest from the tree trunks to the tree tops.
Massing and Site In order to reduce the stress of users as much as possible, I utilized a form that allowed both natural light and views to nature. This “U” shaped building offered the opportunity to engage the steep site and create a ramped green roof accessible from ground level. The green roof encourages activity, generates views from levels as you ramp up, and creates a street presence along the main road. The Maggie’s Centre is located on the Greenville Health Systems Campus, but separated in order to maintain a sense of privacy in the very forested site.
Parking in the Park
Harvest Daylight
Create a natural healing environment from the start
Supports well-being and reduces feelings of depression
Common Areas at Heart
Spaces for Respite
Non-Institutional, central space for socialization
Allows staff to recharge for better patient care
Welcoming Entry
Gradual Transitions
Invites people to building
Indoor/Outdoor spaces open up the space to nature
Gardens Which Live
Stormwater Management
Healing or therapeutic gardens aid in healing
Responsible method of recycling water to use on site
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Flows and Spaces The “U� shaped building contains both a public and private bar that circulate around a courtyard. The private bar is along the northern side of the site, and is buried into the earth 2ft to allow for the slope of the ramped roof. The lower ceilings and consistent northern light create a warmer, more intimate space where the information center, offices, and counseling rooms are located. The public bar looks to the southern part of the site, facing most of the views. This part of the building is floating over the contours to give the impression that the user is immersed into the forest. The open plan promotes socialization and offers views to both sides of the building. To further encourage this, the glass walls facing the courtyard open up to allow for indoor/outdoor activities.
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Steel Channel Z Clips anchored to steel frame Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Panels
Growing Medium 6” Filter Fabric 1/2” Drainage Layer 1” Root Barrier 1/4” Waterproof Membrane 1/4” Insulation 3” Concrete Slab 12”
Mesh Shading Structure: Aluminum Frame bolted into steel frame of parapet
Curtain Wall Glazing: Waterproof Membrane sits on top of frame Flashing Aluminum Frame Glazing
Floor: Finished Concrete Floor 2” Concrete Slab 16” Waterproof Membrane 1/4” Insulation 3” Steel Soffit 2” Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Panels attached to soffit with Z Clips
Greenville Cancer Center First Year M.Arch project in collaboration with Xi Cao, Alex Langford, Hannah Shultz Professors: David Allison and Byron Edwards Fall 2018 Contributions: Revit model, floor plans, section drawings, and select diagrams
The Greenville Cancer Center is located on the edge of the Greenville Health Systems campus in an area that is densely forested. The goals of this project are to provide a sense of comfort and awareness throughout treatment areas by ensuring that patients have access to natural daylight. As a team, we focused on emerging patients, visitors, and staff into nature through a transparent facade system, a daylight filled central spine, and lightwells that carry light into the treatment areas.
Massing and Site The form of the Cancer Center started with a treatment block and a public block intersected by a central spine that aligns with the axis of the existing campus. This spine would serve as a transparent circulation element, pointing you directly to the forest. All staff circulation would be along the north side of the building, while all public circulation would stay toward the views on the southern side of the site. Two lightwells puncture the treatment block to give natural light and views to all departments, including the linear accelerator vaults.
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The second floor serves as the Medical Oncology Department and Resource Center. The department is organized with a treatment block and a transparent block (waiting, nurse station, lightwell, and offices.) There are two sets of blocks, and one feeds the other. Exam rooms are placed along lightwells to get consistent filtered light.
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The third floor is the Infusion Center and green roof. Public infusion bays are located along the south to allow for the best views, while semi-private infusion and treatment rooms are located along the lightwells. A balcony and family room have been provided to accommodate large group visits and restless family members adjacent to the nurse station for visibility.
Flows and Spaces As a team, we developed four different characters that are going through different types of cancer at various ages, gender, and personality types. Through this exercise, we arranged and developed spaces within our building that were accommodating to different individuals. The waiting spaces are broken up to give the user a sense of autonomy. Some waiting is open and family oriented, while other spaces are blocked off for the private type. The infusion center houses open public bays facing the forested site, semi-private bays along the lightwells, a family room for patients with large groups visiting, and a balcony that allows family, staff, and healthy patients the opportunity to get fresh air. On the left page, these different profile’s paths are marked to show how each type was considered in the plan.
Materiality The facade material palette consisted of various arrangements of glass, perforated aluminum, and wood shading fins. Each facade has unique layers to protect from the various sun conditions. The central spine that cuts through the building is accented by taking away the wooden shading fins, and creating a transparent facade using glass and perforated aluminum. By using the same material palette in different ways, we were able to create a cohesive building that protected from the harsh sunlight, but also allowed for views outward.
Grove Point Medical Center First Year M.Arch individual project Professors: Byron Edwards Spring 2019
Grove Point Medical Center is a Mental Health Facility located in Greenville, South Carolina on the Greenville Health Systems campus. This facility is for short-term treatment of pediatric, geriatric, and intense medical adult cases. The goals of this project are to create a safe, deinstitutional environment for healing by providing spaces for family support, active outdoor areas, and quiet zones for patients to relax.
Massing and Site This site on the Greenville Health Systems campus is adjacent to a main road, Grove Road. This facility takes advantage of this adjacency by creating a strong street presence that would reduce the stigma of mental health facilities. The massing fans out toward the street, and responds to the surrounding residential neighborhood with a similar roofline. Three units are connected by outdoor spaces and vertical circulation. The units have a skylight above the central living room, bringing in daylight and warmth to the unit.
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Create a natural healing environment from the start
Support well-being and reduces feelings of depression
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Respite
Provide spaces for family engagement and interaction
Allow staff to recharge for better patient care
Outdoor Room
Street Presence
Offer an inviting environment for patients to benefit from nature
Reduce stigma of mental health by creating a strong image
Deinstitutional Environment
Safety and Security
Make patients more comfortable by creating a homelike atmosphere
Create a safe space for patients, family, and staff
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Flows and Spaces During this process, I used a series of profiles to make sure that circulation was clear, and different populations were being taken care of properly. The main entry is a long curve that allows access to both elevator banks. Outpatient treatment is on the ground level right off of the main entry with staff services between the units. The critical patients in the IMU, or Intensive Medical Unit, are the only patients on the left wing. This unit is located right above the emergency entry, so that by ambulance one can be assessed and immediately moved up to the unit without crossing the public. The adult units are on the second level with a shared roof terrace, and the children and geriatric units are on the third level for maximum security.
MUSC Phase III Hospital
Second Year M.Arch project in collaboration with Ray Tan and Renee Ritchie Professors: David Allison and Byron Edwards Fall 2019 Contributions: Urban context and master plan, site plan, diagrams, and Revit modeling
MUSC Phase III is a hospital planned in Charleston, South Carolina. The premise of this project was to zoom out to the urban context of Charleston, and provide urban strategies to improve the medical district. Then, plan the hospital with a systems approach, not room by room. We were tasked to lay out departments, circulation, and flows. As a team, we prioritized flexibility over time, creating a series of connections, and resilient design.
Massing and Site In Charleston, South Carolina, water drives much of the city planning. As a group, we chose to implement strategies that help mitigate water, connect people to the medical district, and reduce traffic. The massing of the hospital is designed to defend against water and establish a series of connections. Once the proper zoning envelope was established, we aligned staff/public circulation with the neighboring hospital and connected to the existing parking garage. This gave our project clear wayfinding along a service spine that was then filled with mechanical and elevator shafts, service closets, etc. We ramped the main entries to Level 01 to protect medical program against flooding. Then, using a series of ramps and stairs created a public concourse lobby for retail and amenities along the main entries. The Emergency entrance mirrors this ramp, with the Service entry below on the rear of the building.
Mixed Use
Waterfront Dam
Create a lively medical district full of amenities for both the workers and visitors
Defend against the rising sea level by creating a terraced park along the water
Blue/Green Infrastructure
Aqua Farming Along Coast
Provide space to slow, collect, store, and drain water to help alleviate flooding
Allow the city to give back to both the coast and the economy
Hagood Extension
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Offer a connection from the medical district to the neighboring research district
Reduce use of cars within the medical district by pushing car traffic to the edges
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Make the medical district accessible from public transportation
Design a hospital with acuity adaptable rooms with a service spine that frees the edges of the building
Mixed Use
Blue/Green Infrastructure
Hagood Extension
Trackless Tram
Waterfront Dam
Aqua Farming Along Coast
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Planning When planning the various departments, key adjacencies and entries were of up-most importance. The ground floor is reserved for retail along Courtenay Drive, while the service and parking is along the rear. The first level houses Emergency and Imaging for easy access from the main entrances. As a group we chose to split the ICU so that there were units directly adjacent to Surgery and Interventional. This also allows for flexibility because these split ICUs could be reserved for specialties such as Cardio or Neuro. Level 04 contains the dining area for views of the coast, as well as a roof garden that allows skylights to penetrate to Surgery. The Interstitial Mechanical floor feeds the tower in both directions. In order to make the bed tower as flexible as possible, the plan is copied up, and units are designed to accommodate both ICU and Med/Surg. Nested toilets drove the layout of the tower. We chose to use this typology so that the patient and families have great views out, while the nursing staff still has visibility to the patient.
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Flows and Spaces The main circulation spine shown to the left organized the program. All public functions along the lower levels were kept to the street front, while service and staff were along the rear. This shifts on the dining floor so that patients and visitors can have views oriented to the coast. As a group, we discussed the importance of the 7 Flows in Healthcare, and mapped the vertical circulation of these flows. The staff and service flows do not cross the public, providing privacy and safety to the patients and workers. The public concourse lobby has entrances along both ends for pedestrians, and a covered drop-off in the center on the upper level. Retail and art instillations invite pedestrians to use the space along with staff and visitors. The bed tower units have a family “porch� facing the views to the water. This gives visitors a place to find respite that is also visible from the nurse station. It also ensures that the units have abundant views and daylight.
Perinatal Planning
Second Year M.Arch individual project Professors: David Allison and Byron Edwards Fall 2019
This premise of this planning project was to take a portion of the MUSC Phase III hospital and plan a department. This exercise shows if the hospital designed is flexible enough to accommodate program properly. The program in this project is Perinatal consisting of 17 LDRPs and 16 Single-Family NICU rooms. The departments have been placed on Level 02, directly above the Emergency department and below Surgery.
Birthing Unit The Birthing Unit is arranged around a large public zone and courtyard on Level 02. This public zone houses a cafe as well to accommodate both the families in the NICU and the students in the Education area on this level. The circulation within the department forms a large loop from entering the department to discharge. Exam rooms, consult areas, and triage are located at the entry which is also adjacent to the patient elevators coming from the Emergency department. The LDRPs are along the main corridor arranged in two pods of seven. The three rooms at the end are reserved for Antepartum so that they are adjacent to the Operating Rooms. The Operating Rooms are adjacent to the Central Sterile Processing elevators, however, there is still a sterile processing area within the department for flash sterilizing. Education spaces and team workrooms for staff are situated along the courtyard for maximum security and visibility. There are small family seating areas dispersed throughout the unit to give families a private space to wait. A quiet room has been provided for families who may be grieving a loss. The LDRPs are larger than typical to accommodate the use of birthing aids. PHA RM AC Y
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Direct access to the NICU as well as elevators that go to Emergency, Surgery, and the Helipad Because MUSC is a teaching hospital, classrooms and conference rooms are provided
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Adjacent to NICU A space for the visitors to go while they are waiting for large periods of time C-Section ORs are placed near the Antepartum rooms as well as the designated Central Sterile elevators
A large courtyard is provided for the daylight, views, and fresh air Due to unfortunate outcomes, a private room is separated from loud, happy waiting areas to allow for grieving
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