OLIVIA ROHA UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO
OLIVIA ROHA Education Pratt Institute School of Architecture 2012-Present Contact Phone
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02 HOUSE FOR AN ARTIST DESIGN 102
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03 WAVE HILL ACADEMY DESIGN 201
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04 SEEDBANK ARCHIVE DESIGN 202
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05 GRADUATE DORMITORY DESIGN 301
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06 COLUMBIA BOATHOUSE DESIGN 302
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07 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DESIGN 401
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08 CANON REBRAND REPRESENTATION 3
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FALL 2012 || DESIGN 101
SHELTERING LOUNGE
CRITIC
EZRA ARDOLINO
The project is an inhabitable space created from aggregated forms derived from previous assignments. The space was to have a specific program, uninfluenced by specific site (other than below or above ground level), and an architectural language detailing the creation of the space. The program was selected from a brief study on Ernst Neufert’s architectural standards. Starting with a previously developed triangular unit, the space was created to allow canopies and seating formed to specific Neufert standards. Occupants of the shelter are to stand, sit, or crouch. The enclosure consists of separate layers of structural material, thought of as bone, muscle, and skin. These layers vary in thickness and position. This project serves as the first introduction to creating space, a basic understanding of material use, and the use of drawings to represent the design.
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SPRING 2013 || DESIGN 102
HOUSE FOR AN ARTIST
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CRITIC
Using a basic aggregating unit developed from a previous assignment, the residential building serves as a public gallery, semipublic studio, and private residence for a single artist. The unit aggregates with other variably shaped triangular solids to provide the basic framework for the building. The gallery serves as the entrance to the building. Drastic aggregation of units at severe angles provides a cantilever canopy and an aesthetic facade. The gallery leads into a studio space used by the artist and on display to the public. At this point, aggregating units expand upward to allow for a fourth floor. Past the studio lies the private residence. The rear facade features several large windows which display a private garden and ground level patio.
Natural light enters the building
through windows on the front and rear facades as well as the roof of the building. The larger windows are framed with a repetitive linear pattern, developed from a previous assignment.
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FALL 2013 || DESIGN 201
WAVE HILL ACADEMY WAVE HILL PUBLIC GARDEN, BRONX
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RON DIDONNO
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The focus of this project is the relationship of the academy to the site.
The surrounding gardens, trees, and existing buildings were
all thoroughly evaluated and analyzed to form an attitude about the relationship between the new building and the site. This academy uses views of the garden and placement of existing infrastructure to its advantage. The entire academy, built on a grid system of beams and columns, is easily accessible to the handicapped. The public may access the auditorium and gallery, located on the southern end of the academy. Classrooms and oďŹƒces occupy the center of the building while the private residence is on the northern end of the building. This
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SPRING 2014 || DESIGN 202
SEEDBANK ARCHIVE CHRYSTIE & GRAND, CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN GREG MERRYWEATHER
A strip tectonic, derived from a previous project, was used to form the general language of the seedbank. Strips of a uniform 6 feet bend, fold, and peel away to form a library, a separate seedbank storage, an auditorium, a lobby, oďŹƒces, and facilities. In between each 6 foot strip is a layer of concrete beams and columns which form a unique structural system. The lobby is placed on the ground level, accessible through a void interposed between the seedbank and the neighboring existing buildings. This void was added in order to create a safe, quiet entrance separate from the busy Chinatown streets. Above the lobby is the auditorium, accessible by an open stair and the egress stair. Above this, the seedbank intertwines with the library and book storage. The library is accessible by researchers and students through an open stair. The seedbank has its own separate circulation and is not accessible by the public. This creates a separate, refrigerated research and storage area with visual connections but without physical connections. In this way, the seedbank becomes an exclusive building within a public library.
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FALL 2014 || DESIGN 301
GRADUATE DORMITORY MYRTLE AVENUE & GRAND AVENUE, BROOKLYKN NY
COLLABORATION CRITIC
JOSEPH MENDOZA LAWRENCE BLOUGH
The Graduate Dormitory houses 110 students in a vertical campus organized in a hierarchy of individual, shared, neighborhood, and community spaces. Eight L-shaped units, consisting of three individual bedrooms and two shared bathrooms, lock around a large lounge and kitchen area, which punctures through the dormitory. These eight units and corresponding lounge and kitchen become one “neighborhood� within the dormitory. Four of these neighborhoods are aggregated together to form the East wing. Family units on the South wing meet the East wing neighborhoods in a community corner atrium which houses a studio and the elevator core. The pressed zinc panel facade is a direct response from the internal furniture within each unit. The furniture partially occupies the facade and implies a corresponding imprint on the exterior. By pushing beds, desks, shelves, and fan-coil units toward the outer perimeter, more space is opened up within the small individual bedrooms. The pattern from the facade is applied to the front and rear yards as well; planters, benches, and sidewalks influence shape and size of the courtyard.
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The first floor lacks a hallway; if the occupant lives on the first floor, she simply enters her room from the street. The second and third floors do have hallways, so the occupant may use the grand stair or elevator located in the corner. An occupant living on the fourth floor accesses her room from the third floor; the stair within the unit will lead to her room. This pattern repeats for floors 5-8, with the exception being that occupants on the fifth floor access their rooms from the sixth floor hallway and use the stair within the unit. As the mobility between units is dependant upon the internal stairs, ADA accessible rooms are only available on the second, third, sixth, and seventh floors; these floors are accessible through the corridor.
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COLLABORATION CRITIC
SPRING 2015 || DESIGN 302
COLUMBIA BOATHOUSE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CHARBEL EID BETH O’NEILL
The Columbia University boathouse is a direct response to the conditions of its site, ranging from environmental to circulatory. In order to pull the athletes and public from the access roads to the river’s dock, the boathouse is separated into two main buildings connected by a single skybridge. The separation between these two buildings, along with the space below the Western bay, becomes a public gathering space. Six bays rest upon the site, with boat storage located on the unconditioned ground level and locker rooms, offices, and gyms located on the upper level. The bays are carefully oriented to allow easy movement of the boats from storage to the dock, while allowing the upper levels a controlled view of the desirable areas of the river. The boathouse is primarily closed off to the public, apart from the exterior landscaping and the event space located in the large Western bay. The lower portion of the bay is wrapped in a perforated zinc mesh to allow natural ventilation and light to enter the space. Through the use of a singular hallway running parallel to the shore, the boathouse itself mimics the direct pathway developed through the landscaping approach on the ground level. The hallway cuts through the bays in an East-West direction, separating the upper portion of the bays into different programs.
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The Columbia University Boathouse utilizes several energy saving strategies that take advantage of the site’s natural conditions.
The triangulated roofs of
the bays utilize solar panels, intensive sedum green roofs, and perforated mesh panel solar screening.
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gaps between the upper levels of the bays allow for indirect Northern light to enter the space. The boathouse is heated through a geothermal heat pump and cooled through natural ventilation.
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enclosed conditioned space, perforated metal panels cover operable windows to provide solar shading and permit ventilation when desired.
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levels of the bay are kept cool and ventilated through the unconditioned perforated mesh panelling. A living machine processes grey and black water through a combination of separate tanks and filters it partly through the use of a pond like structure. The processed water is used for irrigation and toilet water. Additionally, scrubbing algae is used in the rowing tank located on the lower level.
1. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS 2. INTENSIVE SEDUM GREEN ROOF 3. RAINWATER COLLECTION 4. GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP 5. LIVING MACHINE 6. MESH SHADED GLAZING 7. WINTER SUN WARMS SPACE 8. OFFSET GLAZED SURFACES REMAIN SHADED 9. PERFORATED METAL MESH ALLOWS FOR PASSIVE COOLING THROUGH VENTILATION 10. SCRUBBING ALGAE IN ROWING TANK
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COLLABORATION CRITIC
FALL 2015 || DESIGN 401
FLUID LEARNING PS11 ELEMENTARY, 419 WAVERLY AVE, BROOKLYN, NY JORDAN PFEIFFER ZEHRA KUZ
The existing PS11 Purvis J Behan Elementary School is located inbetween Waverly and Washington Avenues in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The existing school does not utilize any of the stormwater that falls on its surfaces, and instead drains this water directly into the sewer system, which leads to overflows and further problems related to stormwater management. In an eort to alleviate these problems, a series of interactions took place. Firstly, a greenhouse was added to the roof of the school. This greenhouse collects rainwater and then uses it to irrigate its crops, creating a hands-on learning environment for the students. Secondly, the large concrete playground was removed and replaced by sunken basins that can double as a sports arena in dry weather and a water basin during storms. This water is detained in the basin and slowly released back into the sewers, so as to not overload the system. Thirdly, a series of mounds and pits were added to create a playful and unique playground for the students and neighborhood children. The pits utilize rubber mulch and gravel to allow rainwater to slowly seep back into the ground. Furthermore, blue roof, green roof, and green wall technologies were researched and utilized in the intervention.
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FALL 2013 || REPRESENTATION 3
CANON REBRAND SIEGEL GALLERY, HIGGINS HALL
CRITIC COLLABORATION
DAVID MANS RAWAN ELNATOUR
The aim of this project is to rebrand an already existing corporate company whose identity might be considered dated and resdesign their logo, products, and presentation. Canon, the Japanese multinational corporation specialized in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, first introduced its logo in 1935. The current logo hasn’t changed since 1956. The new proposed logo resembles a combination of a camera shutter and a flower, one of the most photogenic objects captured on camera. The modelled product, a digital camera, is paired with a new design for an automatically adjusting tripod. The tripod is equipped with eight adjustable legs which would in theory wrap around multiple surfaces to provide secure photography and recording. In collaboration with another student, the Siegel Gallery in Higgins wall is transformed into a gallery to present and sell the new products. Aggregating units form walls, seating, display areas, lighting, and other essentials.
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