KYLE MOLL ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
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Cincinnati Rowing Facility Cincinnati City Hall Row House Threshold Spatial Construction ONU Engineering Research Center OSU Graduate Research Library UC Business Incubator Photography Hand Skills
Cincinnati Rowing Facility The Cincinnati Rowing Clubhouse and Training Center is designed to be placed along the Ohio river, with a view pointed at downtown Cincinnati. Using the flood levee wall and existing roadway as datum lines, the building is designed in two separate but related forms: one containing the training facility and lockerooms, and the other serving as boat storage and dock.
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Beginning with the consideration of context, on the Newport Kentucky side of the levee which contains historic brick architecture, I chose a design based on the structure of a rowing boat, a shell with diagonal supports, in two and four barrel forms. This design is meant to not feel out of place in the context of Newport. The boathouse, which lies on the river side of the levee, does not need to appeal to any urban context, it is fully divorced from Newport itself. This allowed for a design based on program, in which shifts could be made to allow for easier removal and placement of 40 foot long rowing boats into the Ohio river to be ready for racing position.
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ROWING BOAT STRUCTURE INSPIRATION
STRUCTURE EXPERIMENTATION
INTERIOR OF BOATHOUSE
SECOND LEVEL PLAN
FIRST LEVEL PLAN
GROUND LEVEL PLAN
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Cincinnati City Hall The government of the city of Cincinnati exists now as 18 separate departments occupying more than 12 office buildings around the Cincinnati area. This project sought to combine these offices into one collaborative center to streamline the city government. This building was required to be built on top an existing parking structure in downtown Cincinnati. In order to create this tower as an accessible and welcoming center for the city’s population, additional program of a community theater as well as community pool were added. Using daylighting, massing, and view considerations, a tower with a continuous shifting atrium and collaborative work spaced emerged.
EXISTING GOVERNMENT OFFICES
CONDENSE AND COMBINE
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BASE GARAGE
ADD AUXILIARY AND MECHANICAL SPACE
ADD COMMUNITY THEATER
LIFT THEATER FOR VIEWS AND LOBBY SPACE
WEDGE POOL UNDER THEATER
ADD CITY HALL OFFICES
PINCH EXTERIOR WALLS TO ADD BALCONIES AND COMMON AREAS
SKEW COMMON AREAS TO MAXIMIZE VIEWS OF RIVERFRONT
CARVE ATRIUM SPACE
STEP BALCONY DEPTH TO MINIMIZE SUMMER SUN 12:00 PM JUN. 21
STEP BALCONY DEPTH TO MAXIMIZE WINTER SUN 12:00 PM DEC. 21
VERTICAL CIRCULATION AND HORIZONTAL PUBLIC LOBBY CIRCULATION
SEPARATED CITY HALL CATEGORIES TO CALCULATE HORIZONTAL ATRIUM SHIFT
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Projection & Sound
Storage & Supplies
Council Chamber Restroom
Restroom
LEVELS 15-18
Restroom
LEVELS 12-14
Storage & Supplies
Restroom
Storage & Supplies
Restroom
LEVELS 7-11
Restroom
Storage & Supplies
Restroom
Stage
AUX.
To 2nd Level
AUX. Restroom
To Main Level
To Main Level
LEVELS 2-6
Restroom
To 2nd Level
Restroom
Store and Visitors Center
Stock Room
Storage & Janitorial
Seats
Tickets & Snacks
Theater Waiting Area
Information Desk
Pool
LOBBY- POOL, THEATER, CITY VISITOR CENTER
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Row House This housing studio session sought to rapidly create a row house to be located in downtown Cincinnati. For my home I decided to push the boundaries of the row house form and use the building as a form of circulation while creating a large atrium space sliced through the building allowing light to penetrate deep into the long building form. Using the street as a datum line in order to continue the language of the street scape, I created a series of “urban screens� to create varying levels of public and private spaces within the house. In order to bring nature into the design, I have a series of terraces on every level, with planters that create privacy. Using a site that was only 22 feet wide, I attempted to create a balance of public/private space as well as indoor/outdoor space.
Front Elevation
Rear Elevation
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Extrude Site
Slice for Stairs
Recess Entry
Urban Screen
Carve Atrium
Step Terraces
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Threshold Spatially, the threshold of a building is central to its experience; this project sought to study the threshold of the Engineering Research Center by Michael Graves from several facets. After diagramming the space’s circulation, natural lighting, massing, and geometry, we worked to model the building and then abstract the space into a series of experiences in a final collage.
CIRCULATION
NATURAL LIGHTING
MASSING
GEOMETRY
PATH OF EXPERIENCE, ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER; GUACHE, PHOTO TRANSFER, PHOTOSHOP.
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RENDERED SECTION PERSPECTIVE INSIDE THE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER; PENCIL, PHOTOSHOP.
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Spatial Construction As our final first year project, my group of 20 students combined and refined a series of formal study models to arrive at one structural pavilion to be placed in a line with 6 other pavilions built by other groups. The final build stood 8’ wide, 8’ long, and 10’ tall; made of MDF and pine wood. We were then to document the design with an abstracted axon as well as a 5 minute video of the process. I was involved in many stages of the design, from design to 3D modeling and rendering; my final job was to assemble the video using footage gathered throughout the design/ build process.
NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS
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SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION; MDF AND PINE.
FINAL EXPLODED AXON IN CONTEXT; AUTOCAD, PHOTOSHOP, MICRON, AND PRISMACOLOR.
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ONU Engineering Research Center This project for Ohio Northern University called for a 100,000 sf Engineering Research Center featuring a workshop, large lecture hall, specialized innovation labs, and faculty offices. All of these spaces were arranged around a central collaboration hubs as well as open Creation Studios. Centrally, a large atrium bisects the building, creating an open space to allow natural lighting, as well as creating an open space for presentations. The structure and form was driven from the site location, adjacent to the university chapel and reflection pond. RESPONSIBILITIES: Concept, Plans, 3D Models, Rendering, Presentations. SOFTWARE: Illustrator, Revit, Sketchup, ShaderLight, PhotoShop.
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OSU Graduate Research Library The 18th Avenue Library on the campus of Ohio State University is a Philip Johnson-designed building from 1993. OSU approached BHDP with the desire to renovate one floor of the building to be a research library for graduate students. After many discussions, BHDP made the bold statement that modern libraries are less about books and more about technology and collaboration. Soon arose this concept of a technologically advanced library space with large touchscreen displays, collaborative meeting rooms and large “colloquia� thesis presentation room. RESPONSIBILITIES: Concept, Plans, 3D Models, Rendering, Presentations. SOFTWARE: Illustrator, Revit, Sketchup, PhotoShop.
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UC Business Incubator In their expansive Master Plan, The University of Cincinnati purchased an abandoned Sears and Roebuck store built in 1928, with plans to renovate the space as a business incubator. BHDP took on this project with the desire to preserve as much of the existing structure and Art Deco detailing as possible, though much of the structure existed in a state of disrepair. One entire wall of the facade would need to be torn down as it is unsafe. In the interior, a concept of shifting lightwells carved into the floor slabs was designed in order to maximize daylight penetration. RESPONSIBILITIES: Concept, Plans, 3D Models, Rendering, Presentations. SOFTWARE: Illustrator, Revit, Sketchup, PhotoShop.
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Photography
TOP: UNTITLED; EXPERIMENTAL FILM. EXHIBITED IN THE FOCUS SHOW. BOTTOM: UNTITLED; FILM.
UNTITLED; FILM. EXHIBITED IN THE OHIO GOVERNOR’S ART SHOW AND DISPLAYED IN THE CAPITOL.
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Hand Skills
TOP LEFT: MIXED MEDIA ELEVATIONS AND AXON. BOTTOM LEFT: DRAFTED FORM EXPERIMENT.
ABOVE: DRAFTED AXONS.
DRAFTED PERSPECTIVE INSIDE OF DAAP (DESIGNED BY PETER EISENMAN) RENDERED IN WATERCOLOR.
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Kyle Moll Portfolio: issuu.com/kylemoll/docs/portfolio kylemoll@outlook.com 419.705.8589 Experience
Education
BHDP Architecture
The University Of Cincinnati-DAAP Cincinnati, Ohio Bachelor Of Science in Architecture Certificate of Historic Preservation Class Of 2017 GPA: 3.7 Dean’s List 2013-2015
Columbus, Ohio January 2015- December 2016
Cooperative education experience focusing on architecture for the Higher Education market: -Assisted in Construction Documents and Details. -Created graphics for design proposals. -Concept modeling using Sketchup, and Revit. -Site Analysis, Programming, Building Code analysis. -Construction coordination with contractors and clients.
The Home Depot Toledo, Ohio May - September 2014
Assisted customers in the building material as well as garden center; customer service.
Special Education Tutor Delta, Ohio 2011-2013
The University Of Findlay Findlay, Ohio Class Of 2013 GPA: 3.9 Dean’s List 2013 Pike-Delta-York High School Delta, Ohio Class Of 2013 GPA: 3.9
Organized and led an after school program to tutor children with special education needs. Activities
Preservation Action Network 2013-2015
Engaged in a program promoting historical preservation and urban renewal in Cincinnati. DAAP Publication Team 2014
Organized a group of other students to produce a print publication of first year studio work. Destination Imagination 2004-2013
Competed in an international structural engineering competition to create the strongest structure from the lightest materials; placed 14th in the world (2012).
Skills
Digital Rhinoceros 3d Maya AutoCAD Revit Sketchup Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Microsoft Office Hand Model-Making Rendering
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. KM