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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
KODY DECOSTA THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTORS: DOW KIMBRELL LINDSAY MCLAUGHLIN KRISTY BALLIET ANN PENDELTON-JULLIAN ZACH SNYDER MICHAEL BAUMBERGER LAURA BOUWMAN (ZAGO ARCHITECTURE) EMILY MOHR JACKILIN HAH BLOOM (PITA+BLOOM) FLORENCIA PITA (PITA+BLOOM) 3523 ROSSLARE HARBOUR DR PICKERINGTON OH, 43147 (330) 413-1018 KODYDECOSTA@YAHOO.COM
CONTENTS UNDERGRADUATE WORK CLARK VILLA
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AUTUMN 2014
HUTCH 3+
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SPRING 2015
THE NEW WEXNER
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AUTUMN 2015
*JUEA PRESIDENTS HOUSE
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SPRING 2016
**SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE OF MUSIC
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AUTUMN 2016
INSCRIBED
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SPRING 2017
GRADUATE WORK CHOPIN PIANO HALL
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SPRING 2018
EASY OFFICE
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AUTUMN 2018
*SELECTED FOR STUDENT ACCREDITATION GALLERY
**AUTUMN 2016 STUDIO AWARD WINNER
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CLARK VILLA LOCATION: COLUMBUS, OH INSTRUCTOR: DOW KIMBRELL TIME: 4 WEEKS, AUTUMN 2014 A FAMILY VACATION HOME RIGHT ON THE SCIOTO RIVER THAT EMPHASIZES VIEWS THROUGH THE PAVILIONIZED SPACES WITH THE INTEGRATION OF WALL PUNCHES. THIS HOME IS APPROXIMATELY 3,000 SQ FT AND SITS ON A SLOPE LEADING DOWN TO THE SCIOTO RIVER BANK RIGHT NEXT TO THE AUDOBON CENTER. IT CONTAINS 1 MASTER BEDROOM, 2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, LIVING ROOM, STUDIO, AND OBSERVATION TOWER. IT ALSO HAS AN IN-LAW SUITE WITH SEPARATE ENTRY CONTAINING A BEDROOM, BATHROOM, KITCHENETTE, LIVING SPACE, AND DIRECT ACCESS TO THE OBSERVATION TOWER. THE HOME IS TERRACED TO FOLLOW THE SLOPE OF THE RIVER BANK AND INCLUDES A PATIO AND LIVING ROOM THAT SIT RIGHT ON THE WATER LEVEL. 5
Views Through Space
Trajectories of punches change to allow for views in section. Two vantage points allow for views through spaces using wall and ceiling punches.
Pavilionization
The rooms of the house are pavilions (shown in blue) that are glued together by the main circulation (shown in red)
Twisting Tower
Tower is twisted to face water exaclty parallel emphasizing importance of the water in procession
Tower allows for a variety of views in all directions and is emphasized by being the most perforated.
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HUTCH 3+ DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH BRANDON KROGER LOCATION: OHIO STATE FAIR INSTRUCTOR: LINDSAY MCLAUGHLIN TIME: 5 WEEKS, SPRING 2015 HUTCH3+ IS AN EXPLORATION IN THE COMMON THEMES OF PETER EISENMAN AND CEDRIC PRICE, ALBIET FOR A RABBIT HUTCH. BOTH THE FUN PALACE, AND HOUSES I-X, ARE DESIGNED ABOUT THE GRID, AND HOW THE GRID CAN BE MANIPULATED TO CREATE APERTURE, AND THEREFORE, PERMEABLITY. TO SEPARATE SPECIFIC SPACES, BOXES WERE SUPERIMPOSED AND ROTATED. THE BOX IS THEN ABLE TO BE BROKEN APART, CREATING APARTMENTS, EATING AREAS AND RECREATIONAL SPACES FOR THE RABBITS. THE “PLUS” IN HUTCH3+ IS AN ADDITIONAL SPACE TACKED ONTO FACADE, CALLING OUT THE CUBIC OBJECTS IN PRICE’S FUN PALACE. THE PROJECT IS TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE OHIO STATE FAIR. 11
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Cage
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THE NEW WEXNER LOCATION: COLUMBUS, OHIO INSTRUCTOR: KRISTY BALLIET TIME: 7 WEEKS, AUTUMN 2015 THE NEW WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS RELOCATED TO A SITE ADJACENT TO THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART IS THE PREMISE OF THIS PROJECT. WORKS FROM THE WEXNER TRANSFIGURATIONS COLLECTION WERE TO BE SELECTED TO DESIGN FOR PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON TAPERING DUE TO PERSPECTIVE, THE CREATION OF A NEW GROUND WITH GALLERY ON THE WAY, OUTDOOR SPACE, AND DESIGN OF LOBBY TO DIRECT TOWARD THE GALLERY. THE GALLERY EXISTS ON, NEXT TO, UNDER, AND AROUND A DESIGNED RAMP THAT EMPLOYS PILLARS FOR WALL SPACE AND POCKETS FOR VISITORS TO STOP AND VIEW ART OR PEOPLE. THE GALLERY BLEEDS OUT INTO THE OUTDOOR SPACE TO CREATE A SCULTPURE GARDEN NEXT TO A PUBLIC SEATING AREA FOR STUDENTS. 17
Broad St
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DETAIL MODEL
STUDY MODELS
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JUEA PRESIDENT’S HOUSE LOCATION: KAJIADO COUNTY, AFRICA (SAVANNAH) INSTRUCTOR: ANN PENDELTON-JULLIAN TIME: FULL SEMESTER, SPRING 2016
THIS PROJECT DEALS WITH A MULTITUDE OF PARADOXES BEING IN THE OPEN SAVANNAH OF KAJIADO IN AFRICA. THE BUILDING NEEDS TO BE OPEN TO THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE, YET IT NEEDS TO BE CLOSED TO ALLOW FOR SECURITY OF THE UNIVERISTY PRESIDENT IN A LAND OF CONFLICT. THE DESIGN DEALS EXACTLY WITH THAT AS IT TAKES ON THE ORGANIC FORM INSPIRED BY THE MASSAI CULTURE AND TRIBAL ARCHITECTURE AND USES IT TO CREATE SPACES THAT ARE OPENED AND CLOSED AT THE SAME TIME. THERE IS NO FRONT DOOR, VISITORS WILL FIND THEMSELVES INSIDE AFTER MOVING THROUGH AND WRAPPING MORE AND MORE INTO AN INTERIOR. THE PLAN IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THE FLUID MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND AN EXPERIENCE OF OPENESS. THE ORIENTATION ON THE SITE WORKS WITH THE UNIVERSITY PLAN AND TAKES RAIN COLLECTION AND USE OF SOLAR GAIN INTO ACCOUNT. *SELECTED FOR STUDENT ACCREDITATION GALLERY 23
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SAN FRANCISCO HOUSE OF MUSIC LOCATION: GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRANCISCO INSTRUCTOR: ZACH SNYDER TIME: FULL SEMESTER, FALL 2016
THIS PROJECT FIRST AND FOREMOST DEALS WITH THE SITE IN WHICH IT IS PLACED, GOLDEN GATE PARK. THE PROJECT TAKES THE TERRIAN OF THE SITE INTO ACCOUNT ALONG WITH THE EXISTING PIECES OF ARCHITECTURE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM AND THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE FROM THAT AREA OVER TO THE SITE IS A LARGE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE SITE PLAN. THE BUILDING ITSELF TAKES ON A JUXTAPOSITION OF A LIGHT GLASS LOBBY THAT ACTS AS CONNECTIVE TISSUE BENDING UNDERNEATH THE WEIGHT OF A HEAVY THEATER. THE PROGRAM INCLUES 3 THEATERS OF VARIOUS SIZE, ADMINISTRATION SPACE, AND EDUCATION SPACES. **AUTUMN 2016 STUDIO AWARD WINNER 31
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INSCRIBED LOCATION: COLUMBUS, INDIANA INSTRUCTOR: MICHAEL BAUMBERGER TIME: FULL SEMESTER, SPRING 2017 COLUMBUS, INDIANA, THE TREASURE TROVE CITY OF SAARINEN ARCHITECTURE ASKED THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR ANNUAL DISPLAY OF ARCHITECTURAL TALENT CALLED EXHIBIT COLUMBUS. THE EXHIBITS ARE MEANT TO PUT COLUMBUS ON THE MAP, FURTHER ITS NAME AS A DESIGN CENTRIC CITY, AND PROMOTE DESIGN ITSELF BY DISPLAYING ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITIONS FROM LOCAL FIRMS AND MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITIES. THIS STUDIO CREATED OHIO STATE’S SUBMISSION. A TEAM OF ABOUT 13 STUDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND MIKE BAUMBERGER TOOK THE PROJECT HEAD ON. THE SITE IS ADJACENT TO AND SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO GRADE SCHOOLS AND IS A RELATIVELY FLAT AND CLEAR SITE NEXT TO THE SITES OF OTHER UNIVERSITIES. OUR SUBMISSION COMES IN THE FORM OF AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM FOR STUDENTS AFTER CLASS TO RELAX AND LEARN. THE STRUCTURE IS MILLED PLYWOOD AND THE INFILL IS LARGE SCALE 3D PRINTED. 39
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CHOPIN PIANO HALL LOCATION: ZELAZOWA WOLA, POLAND INSTRUCTOR: LAURA BOUWMAN (ZAGO ARCHITECTURE) TIME: FULL SEMESTER, SPRING 2018 THE CHOPIN PIANO HALL FEATURES A FULL SIZE CONCERT HALL AND REHEARSAL HALL TAILORED TO SUIT PIANO MUSIC. THE PROJECT TAKES ON THE PROBLEM OF THE CONTINUOUS, TWO SIDED SURFACE THAT WRAPS FROM INTERIOR TO EXTERIOR AS IT INFORMS MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BUILDING FROM THE GROUND TO THE CONCERT HALL. THE SURFACE FURTHER TAKES ON THE DESIGN CHALLENGE OF FIELD CONDITION MASONRY THAT BEGINS TO MODULATE THE SURFACE AS IT SEAMLESSLY TURNS THE CORNER AND ALLOWS FOR A READING OF THE TWO-SIDED NATURE OF THE SURFACE. THESE FORMAL STRATEGIES ALLOW FOR THE BUILDING TO BEGIN AT THE GROUND AS THE SURFACE PULLS VISITORS UP INTO THE BUIDING AND MOVE WITH THE VISITORS THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS SPACES.
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EASY OFFICE LOCATION: CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA INSTRUCTORS: EMILY MOHR, JACKILIN BLOOM, FLORENCIA PITA (PITA+BLOOM) TIME: FULL SEMESTER, AUTUMN 2018
EASY OFFICE BEGAN WITH A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS UNIFIED BY THEIR INDUSTRIAL, EXTRUDED QUALITIES PHOTOGRAPHED IN PLAN AND ELEVATION VIEWS. THE READY-MADE’S VALUE IN THE PROJECT IS TO TAKE THE EXTRUDED INDUSTRIAL OBJECTS AND APPROPRIATE THEM THROUGH ABSTRACTION AS ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTIONS IN THE OFFICE SPACE. CUTTING AND COMBINING THE OBJECTS IN 2 DIMENSIONAL AND 3 DIMENSIONAL METHODS OFFERS NEW AND UNEXPECTED RELATIONSHIPS FROM ONE OBJECT TO THE NEXT. THE POST-DIGITAL MATERIALITY OF THE PROJECT DEALS WITH A COMBINATION OF ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL TECHNIQUES. THESE METHODS ATTEMPT TO BRING THE DRAWING INTO THE MODEL AND BRING 2D TO 3D OFFICE SPACE. THE OFFICE SPACE INCORPORATES A SERIES OF ENVIRONMENTS FOR RECREATION CONTAINING ARCHITECTURAL FORMS THAT OFFER DIFFERENT WAYS TO INTERACT WITH THE BUILDING ORGANIZED AROUND THE CENTER LONG TABLE WHICH ACTS AS THE ONLY WORKSPACE FOR THE OFFICE. 57
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