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OFFICE ADDITION ODC DANCE COLLABORATION BASKETBALL SHELTER TIMESHARE SCALE MODEL
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CONNEAUT LAKE BEACH CLUB URBAN LAB & OBSERVATORY CHAPEL BY THE LAKE 4HELP KIOSK ABSTRACT SERIES STUDIO SHELVING
OFFICE ADDITION CHESEAPEAKE, VA
The renovation of and addition to an office building accomodates the growth of a contracting company. Early conversations with the client explored an understanding of the company’s process, moving from the cohesive whole, to departmental scale interaction, to individual work spaces. Starting here, with the smallest unit, the design of the building evolved from the inside-out, generating three viable schemes.
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MARKETING
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HUMAN RESOURCES
ACCOUNTING
SAFETY
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SCHEDULER
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TRANSIENT
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Rendering by Mingfan Li
1 ENTRY COURT WITH PAVERS 2 SHEET PILE SITE WALL
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3 WOODEN PLANK WALKWAY 4 BIORETENTION SWALES 5 EXISTING STRUCTURE TO REMAIN 6 EQUIPMENT YARD 7 EXISTING PORTION OF BUILDING
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DANCE COLLABORATION
OLD DONATION CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH
A collaboration with the Old Donation Center dance program seeks to engage a dialogue between architecture and dance.
Photographs by Mario Gandia
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An object defines a space between the rigid and flexible: three slender hoops are bound loosely by a thin fabric skin. The object is expanded into a series, united in construction and distinguished by overall geometries. A limp and spineless frame by itself, each object is transformed by the movement and interpretation of the dancers.
Photographs by Mario Gandia
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BASKETBALL SHELTER NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
Having recently acquired an old fire station as a new training center, Urban Discovery Ministries looked to transform the rear apparatus drive into a sheltered basketball court to support their outreach through coaching. The court is pushed to the back of the site and partially enclosed by overlapping folded planes. Corrugated metal panels and plywood interior surfaces articulate these planes, wrapping the structure of a single-sloped pre-engineered metal building. The open sides of the shelter maintain a connection to the existing building, and offer a visibility to the surrounding neighborhoods.
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TIMESHARE SCALE MODEL 1/4”=1’-0” WOOD MODEL
Photographs by Mario Gandia
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CONNEAUT LAKE BEACH CLUB CONNEAUT LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA
A public, beach-side building is the framework for an exploration of intersection and boundary. It inhabits the shoreline between a historic amusement park and popular summer destination, Conneaut Lake. The architecture defines an intersection between three planes of the site: lawn, beach, water. Two vertical cores occupy this junction, containing the specific and conditioned spaces of the program. An extension of the historic boardwalk wraps the core volumes to maneuver the elevation change of the site and knit together the three planes. A roof gives presence to the boundary between inside and outside, containing an intermediate condition.
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A map-object explores the hierarchy of the site. Main public buildings are identified and linked to the surrounding land from which they draw. The resulting overlap, intersection, and density inform an understanding of the system of the place.
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A diagram of stacked planes is extracted from the immediate site plan, identifying three important approaches to the building: the lawn, the beach, the water. Occuring at different elevations, the planes define a common, vertical core through their intersection. A series of models explores how a path can wrap the core to maneuver the site’s elevation change. In each iteration, the path becomes an extension of the adjacent, historic boardwalk.
A scale model realizes the concept of path and core within the site context. The roof is formalized as a counterpart to the path, sliding subtly in and out of perception. As the two variably converge and diverge, a question of enclosure arises.
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A collaged elevation tests material ideas and the legibility of the building’s form. The rhythm of a rough wood cladding feels familiar in a town of historic wood structures.
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LEVEL 1 PLAN
LEVEL 2 PLAN
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URBAN LAB & OBSERVATORY CINCINNATI, OH
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The ULO responds to current efforts to animate the city by relating to projects including the development of the Fountain District. It stimulates immediately surrounding movement and activity by inviting the ground plane into the building and blurring the transition from open public space to the enclosed space of the building. A large, heavy, concrete mass is cut by a light, translucent, steel frame structure. Primary public access occurs where the ground plane slides up into the heavy mass while vertical egress punches through to the overhead structure in three locations.
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1. visual gallery space 2. audio gallery space 3. exhibition plaza below 4. bathrooms 5. mechanical space 6. auditorium below
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exhibition plaza bathrooms auditorium support gallery hall auditorium
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exhibition plaza storage catering kitchen parking access lobby storage/staging space service/loading dock
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A light steel structure contains smaller gallery spaces that look down on the exhibition plaza below. As visitors move through these galleries, the pieces viewed at ground level upon entering are observed from a new perspective.
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CHAPEL BY THE LAKE HONORABLE MENTION, 2ND YEAR COMPETITION
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
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A very small chapel creates a meditative space for a single person on the edge of a lake. Oriented toward the water, a trapzoidal volume is is dominated by a contrasting, dark stone wall. The focal point of the chapel, this wall obstructs the view to the lake creating an intimate, contemplative space for reflection and thought.
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4HELP KIOSK BLACKSBURG, VA
A computer-help kiosk to service the students of Virginia Tech: a new structure, sited in an alley between Main Street and campus, expands the services of 4Help by providing a convenient dropoff location with work space and short-term lap top storage. An important connection to campus, passage through the alley is maintained.
MAIN STREET ELEVATION
ROOF PLAN
RECEPTION DESK
RESTROOM WORK SPACE
PUBLIC RECEPTION STO.
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ALLEY ELEVATION
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ABSTRACT SERIES An exercise in abstraction began with a piece by Marcel Duhamp: Sad Young Man on a Train. The piece was explored sequentially through the stages of sketching, modeling, drawing, and diagramming. The process uncovered qualities and techniques in the original piece that were investigated further in each stage. A moving force is embodied in the subtle changes of a repeated element. A model reveals this force in the distortion of its surface and with the light the passing through layered corrugation. Its strength is felt by the depth of its cut and the harshness of its angle.
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STUDIO SHELVING The thesis process began with an intervention of the workspace: designing the creative environment. A shelving unit addresses limited storage space, freeing up work surfaces from clutter. As a shared piece, the shelves promote studio interaction and create a dynamic collection of artfacts between its users. Except finishes, the shelf is constructed entirely from discarded materials found around studio: triangular aluminum trusses and plywood scraps. Designed and built in collaboration with Leo Naegele and Brent Sikora
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