kelsey howard
PORTFOLIO
architecture + design
kelsey howard M.Arch Candidate 2015 Tulane University
khoward2@tulane.edu
study abroad
URBAN VOIDS advanced studio | rome fall 2013
mixed media
photo collage | water color sketching | painting mixed media collage
comprehensive design studio
TANZAKADEMIE third year | comprehensive studio spring 2013
design-build
TULANE CITY CENTER engage.design.build studio furniture design | fall 2014 URBANbuild construction | structure technology material exploration | spring 2014
thesis research
DENSIFYING THE INNER BLOCK: ameliorating displacement
contents
caused by gentriďŹ cation | fall 2014
URBAN VOIDS This project looked at different strategies for designing within urban voids. The site was located in the heart of Rome, on top of historical ruins. Each student was tasked with designing a program involving human exchange and deciding how to handle the ruins (cover them up entirely, allow them only to be viewed from a distance, incorporate them into the project). This project uses art as a form of exchange, specifically sculpture. There is a center where classes can be held, small apartments where local artists can live, rentable studio space for working, and an exhibit hall. The classrooms have outside working spaces that face the busy street, and the apartments and studio spaces face inwards to create a sense of community and foster interaction. As you move through the site, you walk under covered walkways downhill with the exhibit hall as your final destination. Large glass walls and tall ceiling heights make the exhibit space ideal for displaying sculptures in natural light. There are long platforms overlooking the ruins where sculpture can be displayed as well.
site lines
urban connections
connection to existing residential area
PRIVATE
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connection to larger urban fabric & Piazza Navona
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connection to bridge and river
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connection to Campo dei Fiori
8 PUBLIC
RESIDENTIAL CHURCHES SCHOOLS GOVERNMENT
site strategies
massing diagrams
VOID
SOLID
VOID VOID
indoor indoor
SOLID SOLID
outdoor outdoor
CONCEPT INFLUENCING AXES
URBAN PIAZZA VS. GREEN PIAZZA
INFLUENCING INFLUENCINGAXES AXES
URBAN URBANPIAZZA PIAZZAVS. VS.GREEN GREENPIAZZA PIAZZA
PRIVA
PRIVATE PRIVATE>>PUBLIC PUBLICGRADIENT GRADIENT
EXIT
EXIT EXIT
CONCEPT indoor indoor
CONCEPT indoor
residences studios exhibit space institutional commercial
outdoor EXIT EXIT
INFLUENCING INFLUENCINGAXES AXES
ENTER ENTER
ENTER
PRIVATE PRIVATE>>PUBLIC PUBLICGRADIENT GRADIENT
PRIVATE > PUBLIC GRADIENT
ENTRY & EXIT
ENTRY ENTRY&&EXIT EXIT
GREEN GREENSPACES SPACES
GREEN SPACES
CONCEPT
CIRCULATION
GREEN GREENSPACES SPACES
BOUNDARIES/ENCLOSURE BOUNDARIES/ENCLOSURE
SOLID VS. VOID CIRCULATION
EXIT outdoor outdoor
CIRCULATION
BOUNDARIES/ENCLOSURE BOUNDARIES/ENCLOSURE
residences studios exhibit space institutional commercial
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SOLID VS. VOID CIRCULATION PROGRAM
PROGRAM
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2 open to below +12’
1 3 +22’
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10 SECOND FLOOR PLAN +22’/+12’ 0’
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+10’
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN +10’/0’ 0’
1. Art Supply Store 2. Exhibit Space & Gallery 3. Artists’ Residences 4. Platforms with Sculpture 5. Rentable Studio Spaces 6. Sculpture Studios 7. Outdoor Working Areas 8. Common Gathering Space 9. Excavated Ruins 10. Green Piazza 11. Urban Piazza
8’ 16’
32’
16’
32’
64’
ROOF PLAN 0’
16’
32’
64’
GLASS MULLION CONNECTION DETAIL 0’
LONGITUDINAL SECTION 0’
4’
8’
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2’
ROOF CONNECTION DETAIL 0’
1’
2’
VIA GIULIA ELEVATION 0’
LUNGOTEVERE ELEVATION 0’
8’ 16’
32’
8’ 16’
32’
MIXED MEDIA
Throughout the years, I have always enjoyed working with my hands in many different mediums. This is a selection of some of the work I did outside high school in order to get a portfolio together, and throughout architecture school and study abroad. I particularly enjoy working in collage form, layering many different pieces, textures, and patterns. Shown here are pieces in: watercolor, painting, pastels, photo collage, mixed media collage and sketching.
TANZAKADEMIE The comprehensive design studio presents the challenge of integrating the diverse aspects of building form and functional design with the technological systems of structure, enclosure and environmental control systems. It provides an opportunity for students to more fully develop a command of the complexities presented in integrated building design as it relates to the practice and discipline of architecture. While this studio does not attempt to strictly mimic a normative project development model of professional practice, its ambition is to establish modes of critical thinking, research, technical command and project resolution that will serve us as professionals. This studio forced us to develop an attitude for seeing every facet of a building’s consideration as a design opportunity critical to the realization of exceptional architecture. The Tanzakademie program was a dance school with attached performance space. This required attention to circulation and dealing with a large variation in occupancy at times, as well as researching what type of space is conducive for dancing in practice as well as performance.
building strategy
concept diagram SOLID: SERVICE, SUPPORT
SUPPORT + CIRCULATION
THEATER
STUDIOS + BLACK BOX
circulation strategy ELEVATOR
VOID: ATRIUM, SOCIAL, ROOF TERRACE
program diagram
CIRCULATION PATH
FIRE STAIR
IN BETWEEN: STUDIOS, THEATERS FIRE STAIR
structural strategy
entrance bookstore cafe/bar theater green room scene storage scene shop costume shop/laundry 6400 SF school storage studios (5) dressing rooms black box teacher’s rooms lecture room 10850 SF
DESIGN CONCEPT/PARTI
admin storage administrator secretary staff offices (2) copier bathrooms 830 SF
bathrooms loading area storage loading area 2400 SF
mechanical strategy
wall section details
4" THICK ALUMINUM PANEL ALUMINUM COATING
STEEL COLUMN
CAP FLASHING CANT STRIP STEEL ANGLE DAM ALUMINUM MULLION: 18" DEEP 4" WIDE
2" THICK ROOF MEMBRANE CONCRETE TOPPING 4" CORRUGATED METAL DECK 1.5" 20" DEEP STEEL WIDE FLANGE GIRDER
24" DEEP STEEL WIDE FLANGE BEAM
STEEL WIDE FLANGE GIRDER
1" CLEAR GLASS
2'X3' SUPPLY AIR DUCT STEEL PLATE WITH BOLTS CEILING SUPPORT WIRE TIES 1' STEEL WIDE FLANGE COLUMN
4" INSULATION 4" THICK METAL DROP CEILING WITH CHROMA PANELS
8" WIDE GRILL
METAL BRACKET
2" THICK SOLID CHROMA PANEL
STEEL BOLTED PLATE 18" FLOOD HEIGHT: CONCRETE
SIDEWALK
4" CONCRETE SLAB
6X6 WELDED WIRE REINFORCING
GRAVEL PERFORATED DRAINAGE PIPE CONCRETE FOOTING
CONCRETE PILE CAP
CONCRETE PILES
EARTH
TULANE CITY CENTER
This studio aims to create empowered designers who understand the basics of building and who know how to identify, engage, and work collaboratively on projects with a social interest. It is an opportunity to thoroughly explore issues of detailing, construction, fabrication, material qualities, technologies, and public interest design through the design and construction of a project in the New Orleans community. The studio stresses quality of craft and care in execution. It exposes students to the coordination of construction at varying scales and the constraints of a budget. Students learn how to collaborate as a team on a single built project that demonstrates a commitment to design excellence. The Tulane City Center recently moved their headquarters to a 7,000 SF ‘white box’ in central city. This studio team outfitted the new space by building distinct pieces that created community space, studio space, office space, a fabrication shop, and a courtyard. DesignBuild components ranged from furniture design, flexible space-making walls, and material explorations. This design build studio inaugurated the community home and laid the foundation for future projects as the Tulane City Center continues to grow.
concept diagram: wrapping | folded ribbon
COMMUNITY STOREFRONT PLAN 1' - 0" = 0' - 1/8" 0
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12
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28
felt wall assembly
studio
COMMUNITY EVENTS
classroom
shop
FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL OC HALEY 10/21 ROUX CARRE PROJECT LAUNCH PARTY 10/30 7PM CENTRAL CITY JOB FAIR 11/2 11AM-5PM ASHE FUNDRAISER 11/11 6PM
TCC STAFF flex office
conference
ribbon bench assembly
WINDOW BENCH LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1' - 0" = 0' - 1/4" 0
4
8
12
20
28
pivot wall assembly
URBANbuild As a continuation of efforts initiated by the studio in the fall semester, this studio continued with the development and fabrication of a single family dwelling prototype sited in Central City, New Orleans. Debate continues with regard to what should be done with the many historically marginalized areas of largely low-income under privileged communities of this city. During the fall semester, several housing strategies were developed as ‘infill’ components in response to and in support of the physical and cultural priorities of an identified site, and one was selected for construction. The spring studio group worked at the scale of dwelling and fabrication- focusing on material issues and the development of fabrication details through the realization of a built project. Design and fabrication took place within a fast 14-week timeframe. Students were asked to produce mockups, communicate with tradespeople, acquire materials, develop building skills, and respectfully interact with community members. Students learned to safely use power tools along with effective construction techniques. Additionally, each student recorded and documented revisions and developments of the scheme through the careful maintenance of a record set of documents which were eventually prepared for presentation upon the conclusion of construction.
DENSIFYING THE INNER BLOCK: Ameliorating Displacement Caused by Gentrification
In order to receive my Masters of Architecture, I must complete a semester of Thesis Research and a semester of Thesis Design. Throughout the fall semester, my research centered on this thesis: In tourist driven urban economies, the delicate balance between accomodating visitors and maintaining the authentic culture they have come to experience is often contingent upon avoiding population displacements from desireable parts of the city. An important contribution to this balance is the possibility of increases in residential density without extensive capitol or wholesale building stock replacement. In the older neighborhoods of New Orleans, this concept can be deployed by exploiting the advantages of light, open source architecture, relatively empty block interiors, and anomalous urban lot characteristics to create a new inner block density.
In tourist driven urban economies, the delicate balance between accomodating visitors and maintaining the authentic culture they have come to experience is often contingent upon avoiding population displacements from desireable parts of the city. An important contribution to this balance is the possibility of increases in residential density without extensive capitol or wholesale building stock replacement. In the older neighborhoods of New Orleans, this concept can be deployed by exploiting the advantages of light, open source architecture, relatively empty block interiors, and anomalous urban lot characteristics to create a new inner block density.
gentrification: pros + cons
the sharing economy Companies like Airbnb have proved that the sharing economy is becoming more and more relevent and popular. The “sharing economy� is based around the idea of unlocking the idling capacity of resources. Everyone has untapped assets that other people need. The sharing economy tries to find a way to share these benefits with everyone. By renting out extra space from their home, people are realizing they can supplement their income or even pay for their entire mortgage. This puts the power back in the hands of the homeowner, giving people in popular tourist areas a chance to prevent themselves from being displaced.
VISITOR
VISITOR
HOST DISPLACED
VISITOR SHARED
SHARED VISITOR
HOST
HOST
VISITOR
HOST HOST SHARED
site selection criteria 1 The site is adjacent to an existing alleyway or there is space to create an alleyway that runs through the inner block 2 The site is located in an area where displacement is a significant problem (Property taxes are rising and there are a large number of vacancies). 3 The site is centrally located (near various tourist attractions). 4 There is sufficient backyard space or individuals parcels within the site location where secondary units can be deployed. 5 There are multiple parcels within the selected area where secondary units can be deployed, creating a system. 6 The site is within the proper residential zoning area. 7 There is a CNC machine available locally, or space to build one nearby.
zoning analysis
site analysis
selected site
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