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Zero-Net-Now / Green Technology Center
2010 / The Leading Edge Design Competition / 32,000 sq. ft. / Long Beach, California
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Haven-Key / Resort Hotel & Wellness Center
2010 / A Feasibility Design Study / 125,000 sq. ft. / Key Largo, Florida
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Flex-Care / Adaptable Urban Hospital
2009 / University of Chicago Medical Center / 1,200,000 sq. ft. / Chicago, Illinois
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Labor & Delivery Hospital Fit-Out
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The Bio-Rhythmic Charter School
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2009 / University of Chicago Medical Center / 50,000 sq. ft. / Chicago, Illinois
2009 / ACSA Steel Design Competition / 35,000 sq. ft. / Muncie, Indiana
2008 / Cripe Architects Design Competition / 32,000 sq. ft. / Muncie, Indiana
Ball State Center for the Environment
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2008 / Gresham Smith Design Competition / 20,000 sq. ft. / Indianapolis, Indiana
National Design Factory & Art Center
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2008 / Open Architecture Network Africa Challenge / 3,000 sq. ft. / Nairobi, Kenya
Eru-Dition / Youth Media Lab & Library
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2007 / A Multiuse High Rise Building / 1,000,000 sq. ft. / New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Icon / High Rise Complex
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2007 / ICMA Student Design Competition / 15,000 sq. ft. / Columbus, Indiana
Architecture Education Center & Rest Area
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Design & Field Sketching
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Credits
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ZERO-NET-NOW/ GREEN TECHNOLOGY CENTER
2010
Location / Long Beach, California Square Footage / 32,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Vray / Abobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator / Adobe InDesign
Project Summary / The Leading Edge Design Competition challenged designers to develop a net-zero energy center for the Long Beach, California, community. The residents of Long Beach are at the forefront of sustainable, energy efficient technologies and this facility aims to provide training and career placement opportunities for community members. The program offered by the Design Competition focused on an array of building uses, most geared towards education, career development, and lifestyle. From this given program, three main program functions were then extrapolated and used to determine several design moves. The re-developed program of the facility focuses on LIVE[ing], LINK[ing], and LEARN[ing]. In terms of net-zero design, this green technology center focuses on the advantages the Long Beach climate can offer in terms of effective and efficient design. Building orientation was key in development of the two separate buildings on the site. This also allowed for optimal lighting and shading for all occupied spaces of the facility. One of the key features in reducing heat gain of the facility is the use of exterior circulation for the entire facility. Also, rather than creating one large building mass, thin floor plates
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and single-loaded “corridors� were chosen to further optimize daylighting and ventilation of both of the buildings. The key feature for shading the north building is the punctuated steel screen that borders the exterior circulation on the upper floors of the building. The crossing metal bands that appear as a steel mesh prevent direct sunlight gain on the exterior glazing of the classrooms and offices of the building. However, light studies prove that daylighting of these spaces is still effective throughout the year. Operable windows allow users to control their internal environment and maintain green awareness within the facility. The south building offers up-close, hands-on experience with green technologies; in particular, users can interact with roof gardens and photovoltaic panels on the second-story rooftop of the south building. All of these features combined allow this net-zero facility to operate as a true educational example of the success of green technologies and aid in developing a green environment in the city of Long Beach.
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Roof Garden/PV Education View
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First Level Plan
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Opposite/ Circulation View
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Program Diagram
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Circulation Diagram
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Concept/Program Section
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Daylighting Studies
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Vertical Circulation
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Longitudinal Section
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Learn[Ing] Shops And Labs Live[Ing] Exterior Vertical Circulation Learn[Ing] Classroom Live[Ing] Mechanical Room For Heat Pump, Battery Storage And Water Filtration Live[Ing] Lounge And Snack Bar Live[Ing] Primary Administration For Facility Link[Ing] Employment Classrooms And Counseling Offices Link[Ing] Interview Waiting Link[Ing] Employment Search Library Learn[Ing] Lecture Hall Learn[Ing] Library And Computer Lab
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Cross Section
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Photovoltaic Panels Garden Roof System With Native Plantings Steel Screen For Lighting Control Exterior Circulation Operable Windows For User Control Geothermal System Living Machine For On-Site Water Re-Use Light Wells For Individual Shop Spaces Educational Photovoltaic Panels Educational Garden Roof System With Native Plantings Aluminum Louver System For Lighting Control Sliding Glass Entrance Panels For Natural Ventilation Gardens Of Native Ground Cover And Plantings
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HAVEN-KEY/ RESORT HOTEL & WELLNESS CENTER
2010
Location / Key Largo, Florida Square Footage / 125,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Vray / Abobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator
Project Summary / Haven Key is a resort hotel and wellness
center located in Key Largo, Florida. This feasibility design study attempts to offer a positive enhancement to the Gulf Region’s tourist economy while conserving the ecological benefits of the Gulf’s coastal zones. The Florida Keys are visited and prized for their invaluable natural resources and unique location. Monroe County, home to all of the Florida Keys, has adopted Integrated Coastal Zone Management guidelines in order to sustain the cherished ecology of the coastal region of the Keys. The challenge with tourism development within the Keys is to integrate design and development strategies within the protected coastal regions in order to further sustain the longevity of the coastal zones. Based on the required programmatic elements for this resort, concepts began emerging that allowed the project to develop into a sort of haven for hotel-goers and community members. By further engaging the land and water relationship, a public to private gradient was developed that allowed the separation of usability for these two distinct groups—overnight guests and local community members. All visitors are introduced to an outdoor, on-grade entry that leads either horizontally to quiet, shaded trails along the coast or vertically, up, to check-in for your stay. Once in the lobby, guests are immediately directed to the framed view of the Blackwater Sound. Once beyond the initial public lobby and entry to the site, guests are further
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immersed into engaging public spaces. The primary use of the resort for community members is the Meeting and Conference center. Short-term visitors and long-term guests also have access to retail and several restaurants at the southern portion of the resort. Moving towards the coast, guests are treated to a host of wellness features, including a Medical and Diagnostic facility, a Fitness Center and a Spa. At the most private extents of the resort, overhanging the Blackwater Sound, are the varying overnight guest rooms. This placement over the water provides a serene setting for complete focus on mind, body, and soul. The true heart of the resort is the Oasis that exists between and acts as a transition for the public and private spaces. While on the upper deck level, guests have the opportunity to engage in typical resort activities, such as swimming and sun bathing, amongst layers of tropical vegetation and overhanging architectural elements. The transitional ramp down to the guest rooms’ level introduces waterfalls into the salt-water pools, adding sound as another sense to be engaged in this Oasis. The architecture of the resort is a juxtaposition of the ecology of the site and speaks to the modern, pristine culture of the genius loci of the region. The relationship between architecture, landscape, natural ecology, local environment and community all add to the experience of Haven Key and ensure that this resort is true to its name 365 days a year.
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Main Level Plan
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Ground Level Plan
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Second Level Plan
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View of Medical/Diagnostic Facility
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View from Ground Level Path
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Category 1 or 2 Hurricane/Surge Capability
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Category 3 or 4 Hurricane/Evacuation
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Main Lobby Building Section
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Building Cross Section
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Site/Building Circulation
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Programmatic Massing
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View of Guest Rooms from a Boat
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View of Resort Oasis & Spa
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FLEX-CARE/ ADAPTABLE URBAN HOSPITAL
2009
Location / Chicago, Illinois Square Footage / 1,200,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Vray / Abobe Photoshop /
Adobe Illustrator / Physical Models
Project Summary / Nestled in the heart of the University of
Chicago’s campus, Flex-Care aims to further advance the goals of the campus for biomedical expansion over the next several years. Future biomedical goals for the expansion include not only clinical care facilities, but research and laboratory functions as well. Situated on the north side of 57th Street between Drexel Avenue and Cottage Grove Avenue with Washington Park adjacent to the west, Flex-Care seeks to maximize site opportunities while maintaining a dynamic presence as a multi-function facility on the University of Chicago campus. Addressing the new Flex-Care design as two buildings joined by a north-south, public multi-story “lobby” for both of the facilities created a broad range of future capacity and infill projections. The immediate projected use of the two buildings allows connections to the newly constructed Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery to the east as well as the current construction of the New Hospital Pavilion to the south. Flex-Care features a large expanse of rentable retail space at the base level as well as multiple drop-off locations for patients, visitors, and employees. Another unique aspect of Flex-Care’s spatial planning is the focus on the opportunity to maximize the base floor uses and therefore, raising the
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proposed Emergency Department to the second floor. Rather than mimic typical healthcare designs prevalent in the United States, a European lighting model for a healthcare system was adopted. Very few large floor plates are established, rather, the majority of the floors are punctuated down the middle by a thirty-foot (plus) exterior light well creating a visual “H” in plan view. This maximizes the daylight penetration and provides patients, clinical care specialists, and even research/lab attendants with consistent daylighting and views. The Flex-Care site lends to optimal lighting orientation and louvers were deemed necessary for the building to properly function on the north and south facades. Reflecting the juxtaposition between the urban campus and Washington Park, Flex-Care seeks to provide ideal green, interactive spaces for all building users. Gardens and green spaces have been recognized to help promote healing in hospital patients—Flex-Care provides opportunities for this interaction with nature at every floor level. Whether a patient visits a “green pod” at the end of their patient floor or their families wait in the central lobby near interstitial natural vegetation pods, a consistent relationship with the “outside,” despite sometimes cold Chicago weather, is evident.
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First Level Plan
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Building Diagrams
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Interior Lobby View
Program Stacking
Site-Building Circulation
Hospital Views
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Cross Section
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Longitudinal Section
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Building Section
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Summer Solstice
Equinox
Winter Solstice
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Building Wall Section
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57th Street Perspective
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LABOR & DELIVERY HOSPITAL FIT-OUT
2009
Location / Chicago, Illinois Square Footage / 50,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Google Sketchup Pro / Vray / Abobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator
Project Summary / Obstetric departments in the beginning of the twentieth century were focused primarily on the separation of a recovering mother and new born baby. In the widely preferred model that can be seen today, the proximity of mother, baby, and family members is strengthened. This popular patient model is known as LDRP, or labor-delivery-recovering-postpartum. The design for a new Birthing Center on the University of Chicago’s Medical campus seeks to positively execute this LDRP model into the new urban hospital. By focusing on issues of movement, circulation, privacy, and daylighting, this design developed a highly organic internal form in juxtaposition with the existing base building. The lobby and reception desk are conveniently positioned to the west of the public elevator core and to the direct east of the pedestrian walkway for easy registration and security purposes. Adjusting to circadian rhythms and sleep cycles is often difficult for newborn babies. To aid in improving these patterns, the neonatal intensive care unit and well baby nursery are located at the perimeter of the building as well. Support spaces and C-section services are located within the center of the primary circulation.
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The LDRP model for obstetrics increases the amount of time mother and baby are in direct contact with one another. This model also limits the amount of transition and spacial changes both mother and baby endure. For this particular design, spatial considerations were made for all parties involved in the birthing process: mother, infant, family members, nursing and medical staff. There are three main zones within this LDRP room layout. The staff zone provides medical care-takers with the equipment and resources necessary for proper care of both mother and baby during the delivery and recovery process. The mother/child zone is designed with open spatial accommodations for ease in moving delivery equipment during birth, to allow the infant cart to move into the space after exam, and to provide for family visitation during recovery. The position of the patient bed allows direct views outside to the surrounding campus. To make patients and visitors more comfortable within the patient room, medical gases are hidden by familiar artwork and the delivery cart is stored away in its own room. The family zone is located at the end of the room and is designed to accommodate extended stay visitors. This space features a sofa sleeper, private television, and office desk that can all be isolated from the medical care functions occurring within the LDRP room.
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LDRP Process Diagram
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L & D 7th Floor Plan
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Sink & Scrub Area Delivery Cart Storage Nurse Work Station Concealed Medical Gas Outlets Newborn Cart Area Mother Care Delivery Partner Toilet/Shower Area Sofa Sleeper Family Zone/Desk
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LDRP Patient Room Design
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View of Patient Room
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THE BIORHYTHMIC CHARTER SCHOOL Location / Muncie, Indiana Square Footage / 35,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Vray / Abobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator
Project Summary / The Bio-Rhythmic School is located
in Muncie, Indiana, in the Whiteley Neighborhood. The neighborhood is located on the northwest side of Muncie’s historic McCullough Park, just north of the White River. The neighborhood began in the 1890s with the attraction of industrialists to the area because of the gas boom. Despite the industrial success of the early 1900s, much of Delaware County saw economic decline around the Great Depression and wartimes of the 1940s. Whiteley became home to mostly working-class families of low socio-economic level. In the 1960s, the boundaries of the current neighborhood were set and the demographics of working class families are consistent today. Immediately surrounding the site are various means of traffic; pedestrian traffic via the Cardinal Greenway, vehicular traffic from the surrounding neighborhood and park, and an active railway directly to the east. Essentially, the site is sandwiched between a residential neighborhood and a public park. With these immediate forms of access to the site, the Bio-Rhythmic Charter School provides a program focused not only on academics, but also community involvement and activity. There are two wings, one for the community and one for the school, in order to engage everyone in the educational process
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2009 *Honorable Mention Design Award ACSA Steel Design Competition as well as technological opportunities. By integrating steel as a major design element, a new and innovative charter school immediately surfaces. The clean-cut aesthetic value of steel along with the industrial history of the site both blend together to produce a heightened optimism within the community. Creating a sense of community and providing public access to spaces such as the library, computer labs, medical offices, music and art education, as well as gymnasium, the school will become a revitalization source in the community. The lifecycle of the building and its immediate site surroundings are the main focus of the design of the Bio-Rhythmic Charter School. In correlation with the concept of lifecycle, design was taken beyond the walls of the classroom. Adjacent to the school are large interactive gardens. These gardens are planted with crops that are usable by community members, and most importantly, the student and faculty. With the growth of these gardens over long periods of time, community members are engaged in hands-on learning experiences while controlling the rhythmic cycle of the building and site at the same time. Crops are harvested and taken to the Center for Science for all natural cleaning and processing before being used within the cafeteria, at seasonal farmers’ markets, and throughout the surrounding community.
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South Garden View
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Interior Circulation View
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Classroom Section
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Building Elevations
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North Entry View
Opposite Bottom/ Building Sections
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Lifecycle of a Garden
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Stage 1 Growth
Stage 2 Growth
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BALL STATE CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Location / Muncie, Indiana Square Footage / 32,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Vray / Abobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator / Adobe InDesign / Physical Models
Project Summary / In a world where environmental
awareness and concern is advancing, Ball State University is taking a lead by proposing the design and development of an environmental education and research center. This center will help begin a new era of technology for the University by enhancing building design through performance efficiency and modernization in materials and energy usage. The design of the environmental center plays off of the interior street that the University has created between two campus streets, Petty and Riverside. Two rigid forms create an angled band that wraps itself around both TC and AJ, fusing them together and allowing circulation to flow linear along its two main circulation paths. The rigid form is contained within a double structured skin made of glazing and a sun screening louver system. The louvers run vertically along the building’s west and east façade and become horizontal along its horizontal planes allowing only diffused sunlight to enter the spaces throughout the day limiting the use of electric lighting. The screen allows users to experience different forms of space based on their reference angle to the screen. The organization of the building is linear, with one path connecting AJ and TC internally along the second level, and the
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*Second Place Design Award Cripe Architects + Engineers Design Competition other circulation path linking McKinley to the Environmental Center and the second level interior street. Along the interior of the circulation paths are linear placed spaces to allow window access and daylighting to every room. A living machine is placed along this main path allowing pedestrians to observe its use as a biological wastewater treatment facility. Along its northern façade, an opening is punctured completely through the building, allowing pedestrians to circulate perpendicular to the interior street and through the building to other University buildings. Vegetative roof slabs are used, with the potential of reducing heating and cooling loads on the building, allow for an increased roof life span, and a reduction in storm water. Photovoltaic panels are placed along the roof slab, providing a small amount of the buildings electrical load, as well as serving as a research tool for professors and visiting scientist. The materials used within the design respect those of the campus community, but still create identity within the building. The exterior skin creates an identity for the building by utilizing glass and aluminum louvers. The interior surfaces focus on becoming part of the University by utilizing limestone and brick. The environmental education center will set a standard for future University buildings, and help make Ball State an environmentally responsible university.
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Interior Circulation Space
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First Level Floor Plan
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Building Cross Section
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Building Longitudinal Section
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Exterior Circulation Space
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Structural System
Solid/Void
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Building Wall Section
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Exterior View Down McKinley Avenue
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Interior Circulation Space
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Design/Concept Diagrams
Mass Programming
Building Concept
Site Circulation
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NATIONAL DESIGN FACTORY & ART CENTER Location / Indianapolis, Indiana Square Footage / 20,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Vray / Abobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator / Adobe InDesign / Physical Models
Project Summary / What once was a prospering community situated around The National Motor Vehicle Corporation has become abandoned and broken away from Indianapolis. The potential to renew life and energy is within the development of the abandoned factory. A vinculum, a bond or bandlike connection, will be made between the existing factory, the Monon trail, and the surrounding communities of Indianapolis. Together, local artist, designers, musicians, and performers will unite as one to create an environment of positive energy and enthusiasm that will restore a disconnected neighborhood. The design extends from the existing factory to make a direct connection with the Monon trail, bringing people into galleries, stage performances, recreational space, and markets selling locally grown plants. The front faรงade references the history of the factory through the use of
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2008 *First Place Design Award Gresham Smith Design Competition
similar materials and pattern language, while new fabricated steel forms accelerate though the existing structure and reach out into the community. Exterior spaces flood the site giving walkers, bikers, runners, and rollerblades direct access to all aspects of the design. The Design Factory is not only setting an example for art and design, but the integration of environmental efforts. Photovoltaic Panels line the large flat roof of the existing factory helping to reduce the large energy loads of the facility. Covered courtyard spaces provide areas for art sales and markets of locally grown crops, while shading the interior galleries. Rainwater is collected off of the large sloping roof of the auditorium, and is reused for the urban garden. Large sliding doors open the galleries and auditorium to the exterior creating passive cooling and blurring the line between the interior and exterior. This blurred division is what unites the community and the design.
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First Level Plan
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Auditorium Section
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Building Cross Section
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Interior Gallery View
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Auditorium View
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Building Wall Section
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ERU-DITION/ YOUTH MEDIA LAB & LIBRARY Location / Nairobi, Kenya Square Footage / 3,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Vray / Abobe Photoshop /
Adobe Illustrator / Adobe InDesign / Physical Models
2008 *Competition Finalist Open Architecture Network Africa Challenge
Project Summary / The global population is dependent on computers and the internet as the main source of communication and transfer of digital information. The community of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, a potential asset to the global economy, needs to acquire the knowledge and be able to access the required resources to take its place in the global economy. Eru-Dition will encourage the Mukuru Kwa Njenga neighborhood to join together to produce a community center. Helping with construction will encourage community members to take ownership of the site and its functions. The community will develop and learn from its digital computing technologies, market agriculture center, and locally produced entertainment. With community involvement, Eru-Dition will become a building block for the future that distributes global information and ultimately improves lives.
Every opportunity to encourage community interaction is provided throughout the site. The radio station and daycare become transparent as they open to a large athletic field on the north end of the site. The northeast entrance to the site provides the surrounding community with a canvas-covered space to develop a market of local products, as well as a place to gather and interrelate. Finally, the material pallet coincides with the simplistic nature of the spaces. The existing shipping container will be utilized for photovoltaic battery storage. Local quarried stone and a single size of open-webbed steel joists will carry the building loads, while light gauge steel columns and beams frame the corridor. The remainder of the walls and roof will be in-filled with corrugated steel panels. Finally, the floors will be made of rammed earth inlaid with flagstone.
Eru-Dition focuses on three main design principles: simplicity, constructability, and interaction. A long corridor not only acts as a single unifying element throughout the site, but it also provides a simple framework that everyone can understand.
Eru-dition will provide knowledge through community effort and development. With this knowledge comes the power to achieve the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of an entire population of skilled individuals.
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Construction Process
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Building Floor Plan
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NEW ORLEANS ICON/ HIGH RISE COMPLEX
2007
Location / New Orleans, Louisiana Square Footage / 1,000,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Rhino Modeling / Flamingo / Abobe Photoshop /
Adobe Illustrator / Adobe InDesign / Physical Models
Project Summary / In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in
the fall of 2005, New Orleans faced a major rebuilding effort in order to reestablish its economic and cultural status known throughout the world. The damage that occurred from Katrina flooded and destroyed the greater New Orleans area, and in some respects, its infrastructure was ruined and life as the people from New Orleans had once known it would never be the same. This design creates a new symbol for the New Orleans area symbolizing the now brittle heart of the city wrapped in a rugged, indestructible cage of carbon fiber. The design incorporates both public and private spaces; a symbol of how people needed to live and work in a harmonious manner in order to properly rebuild the city to the fame it once had.
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The building contains sixty-five floors consisting of retail, residential, a hotel, and top floor observation deck. The high rise takes on an organic and smooth geometric form to reduce wind loads and be more aerodynamic. In order to developed an exposed steel structure within the abstract form, Rhino scripting was implemented. The script placed a diagonal grid of structural steel around the building based on its individual properties. Placed at the top of the building are five wind turbines supplying a small percentage of power to the building. Together, the buildings signature shape, use of exposed steel framing, and incorporation of green technologies create an icon to be celebrated by the city of New Orleans.
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Aerial View
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Building Elevations
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ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION CENTER & REST AREA Location / Columbus, Indiana Square Footage / 15,000 Sq. Ft. Design Tools / Google Sketchup Pro / Abobe Photoshop /
Adobe Illustrator / Adobe InDesign / Physical Models
Project Summary / The conceptual idea of interchanging
traffic lanes is a complex combination of spaced gaps, overlapping forms, and interconnecting elements that together develop a series of branched spaces that offer different opportunities for exploration. This conceptual idea was integrated with the programmatic spaces needed for an educational visitor’s center located north of Columbus, Indiana along Interstate 65. The conceptual form allows visitors to make choices about how they move through a space. The design consists of three separate elements, together forming an interchange, that consist of the functions a visitor desires: service, exhibition, and information. To increase visitor’s awareness on sustainable design, a green roof, natural daylighting, roof water collector, and living machine were incorporated into the design concept. The combination of conceptual form, movement by choice, education for the future, and sustainable design creates an innovative design of interchanging space.
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2007 *Competition Award Winner ICMA Student Design Competition
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First Level Plan
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Building Elevation
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Building Section
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Exterior View
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Indiana Barns
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Château Frontenac, Quebec City
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Université Laval Ecole d’ architecture
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Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Hancock Building, Chicago, Illinois
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On the Road Again / Michigan to Indiana
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Walnut Street Facade, Muncie, Indiana
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Ball State University Architecture Studio
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CREDITS ZERO-NET NOW / GREEN TECHNOLOGY CENTER
LABOR & DELIVERY HOSPITAL FIT-OUT
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 502 / Spring 2010
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 501 / Fall 2009
Studio Professor / George Elvin Project Partner / Ashley Wilson Project Length / 9 weeks
Studio Professor / Stephen Kendall Project Partner / Ashley Wilson Project Length / 4 weeks
HAVEN-KEY / RESORT HOTEL & WELLNESS CENTER
THE BIO-RHYTHMIC CHARTER SCHOOL
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 601 / Fall 2010
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 402 / Spring 2009
Studio Professor / Antonieta Angulo Project Partner / Ashley Wilson Project Length / 10 weeks
Studio Professor / Pamela Harwood Project Partner / Erin Chapman Project Length / 6 weeks
FLEX-CARE / ADAPTABLE URBAN HOSPITAL
BALL STATE CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 501 / Fall 2009
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 401 / Fall 2008
Studio Professor / Stephen Kendall Project Partner / Ashley Wilson Project Length / 7 weeks
Studio Professor / Stephen Kendall Project Length / 13 weeks
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NATIONAL DESIGN FACTORY & ART CENTER
ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION CENTER & REST AREA
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 302 / Spring 2008
Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 202 / Spring 2007
Studio Professor / Wes Janz Project Partner / Jared Burt Project Length / 7 weeks
Studio Professor / Jason Johnson Project Length / 6 weeks
ERU-DITION / YOUTH MEDIA LAB & LIBRARY Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 302 / Spring 2008 Studio Professor / Wes Janz Project Partner / Nicholas Satterfield Project Length / 6 weeks
NEW ORLEANS ICON / HIGH RISE COMPLEX Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Arch 301 / Fall 2007 Studio Professor / Joseph Bilello Project Partner / Christopher Rhoads, Andrew Adegbamigbe Project Length / 3 weeks
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