Rachel Elbon | Architecture Portfolio | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville by Rachel Elbon

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RACHEL ELBON LEED Green Associate

CONTENT Sp 2015 - Sp 2018

01 // ARCHITECTURE Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture Multi-use development located in the downtown area of Knoxville, TN

UVA Film Institute A study in the rhythm of space

Infiltrating Territories Utilization of an underpass as an armature to create an infilltration of space

Pavilion XI Architecture as a time piece

02 // STUDY ABROAD The Chapel of the Resurrection Documentation of a funerary chapel in Turku, Finland

The Framing Effect Exploration in cognitive bias

Photography Photographs taken while studying abroad

03 // GRAPHICS TAAST 2018 T-Shirt Design T-Shirt Design for TAAST week 2018

AIAS Flyers Flyers designed for events in AIAS

TAAST Flyers Flyers designed for events during TAAST week

03 ACSA AIA cote top ten for students | winner 2017 AIA convention in orlando, florida | exhibited gold ORE undergraduate research excellence award | winner phi kappa phi undergraduate research award | winner brewer ingram fuller sustainable design award | first place AIA middle tennessee student design award | nominee

GASTRONOMIA: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE Knoxville, TN Fall 2016 In collaboration with Adam Smith

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

Located between the University of Tennessee campus

and downtown Knoxville, the old Supreme Court site has been vacant since 2003. This vacancy creates an emptiness and stillness within the site, surrounded by the speed of the city of Knoxville. The design will take the vacant Supreme Court building and parking lot and set it into the momentum of the city, causing the site to constantly evolve as the people and social trends around the site change. The program is based on the premise that the design will continuously move over certain periods of time - morning to evening, month to month, annually, and over five year spans. The site stands as a connection between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The site will provide residents and visitors with community gathering spaces, farmers markets, a co-op, and restaurants, acting as a way to tie together the activities taking place on the UT campus and downtown Knoxville. The site contains three trolley stops and five bus routes, providing residents, employees, and the surrounding community means to travel to and from the site eash day.

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

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fig. 01.01 looking across the urban farm onto the tower and restaurants in the distance

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

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residential

green wall culinary research + development labs hydroponics facilities

urban farm below grade parking

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fig. 01.02 site section A fig. 01.03 south section perspective

By wrapping the building with a green wall, the design dampens noise pollution, purifies air, and provides solair, rain, and thermal protection. The waterproof living wall creates a rain-screen while also separating the building envelope and the building with a layer of air, allowing the building to breathe. The green wall will also reflect, refract, and absorb acoustic energy from the city. This will rid the housing located in the tower of urban noise pollution and vibrations, providing residents with a quiet home. Plants absorb and clean pollutants from the air. The plants on the living wall [spider plants, ficus, and devils ivy] will clean the air inside of the tower by sequestering carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen into the air, improving the quality of life of the residents, employees, and visitors on the site.

fig. 01.04 site section B

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

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metal flashing counter flashing

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1/4” air space

rigid insulation 3 layer CLT [4 1/2”] EPDM membrane gravel kawneer 1600 L-R thermal curtain wall system 5 layer CLT [7 1/2”] gypsum board

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fig. 01.05 parapet roof detail fig. 01.06 green wall + east elevation detail

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finish flooring [maple]

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

13mm plywood acoustical underlayment metal clips kawneer 1600 L-R thermal curtain wall system 3 layer CLT [4 1/2”] 5 layer CLT [7 1/2”] gypsum board rigid insulation 3 layer CLT [4 1/2”] 1 inch cedar slats electrical conduits hvac duct [6inx12in]

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fig. 01.07 clt wall to floor connection fig. 01.08 detail wall section

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affordable housing | modular construction this set of five apartments uses a modular construction method to create 500 sqf clt apartments for the community.

culinary research lab | hydroponics the first 3 floors of the design consist of culinary research labs and hydroponic facilities.

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

clt connections

restaurants | heavy timber five farm-to-table restaurants are located on the ground floor.

living wall | construction the living wall will hang off of the structure using steel construction.

geothermal wells | supply + return

14 roof level | hot air expulsion the roof uses passive cooling to help naturally heat and cool the atrium space in the apartments. fans are place in the roof parapet for smoke ventilation.

double skin facade | floor to floor the windows have a double skin and are operable, allowing for cross ventilation through the building. the glass allows light to move through the apartment atrium, warming the building in the winter and cooling it in the summer.

clt inserts | community center the abandoned supreme court building will be renovated and restored to hold a new community center on the site. six inserts made out of clt will permeate the perimeter of the structure - classrooms, offices, and bike facilities.

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

green wall | seasonal changes

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Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

fig. 01.09 Located beneath the tower holding hydroponics facilities, residential units, and culinary research labs, the plaza unites visitors while providing a space to eat, farm, and gather.

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

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[01.11] fig. 01.10 north elevation fig. 01.11 east elevation

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[01.13] fig. 01.12 west elevation fig. 01.13 south elevation

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

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fig. 01.14 The approach from locust street allows visitors, residents, and employees to gather before entering into the site.

first floor plan | 1â&#x20AC;? = 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;-0â&#x20AC;? 01 restaurants 02 plaza + eating area 03 lobby for apartments + culinary research 04 experimental testing restaurant 05 bike facilities 06 urban living room 07 lecture hall 08 classrooms 09 offices 10 urban farm

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fig. 01.15 first floor plan

Gastronomia: Sustainable Architecture

approach | view 01 plaza | view 02

UVA FILM INSTITUTE University of Virginia Spring 2015

UVA Film Institute

As leaves change their color from green to dark or-

ange, a new school year begins on the UVA campus, and students slowly develop a rhythm moving in between their every class. Autumn slowly reveals itself on the campus, and with it comes the annual film festival used to educate people on film, as well as introduce new and old films to the public for their enjoyment. Located between Lambeth field and Culbreth road, the film institute consists of three large theatres capable of seating three hundred visitors, classrooms, offices, and private viewing rooms. After the annual film festival, the film institute is used a classroom space, introducing a School of Film onto the campus. This design initially began as a study into the human spine and subway systems, as well as an attempt to connect one side of the preexisting tracks to the other, and to frame views in the Institute. As life underground moves at a fast, chaotic pace, with every passenger running from each stop to the next to get to their destination as quickly as possible, the train tracks remain still and unmoving. The subway moves at a constant, arriving at its next stop on time and at a regular interval. The subway acts as a spine, holding the whole system together as life moves rapidly around it.

UVA Film Institute

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fig. 02.01 axonometric view of the film institute and courtyard

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UVA Film Institute

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VISITORS EXPERIENCE | 4 hour span Visitors enter the film institute from the west, moving into an outdoor lobby space with theatres and classrooms towering above them, vertically framing a view of the train tracks. Visitors can move into the indoor lobby fig. to02.02 buy tickets and refreshments before entering into the theatres.

Visitors enter the film institute from the west, moving into an outdoor lobby space with theatres and classrooms towering above them, vertically framing a view of the train tracks. Visitors can move into the indoor lobby to buy tickets and refreshments before entering into the theatres.

UVA Film Institute

DIRECTORS EXPERIENCE | 4 year span [02.03] Directors who have gone to the film institute in the past make a return every year for the annual film festival. their perspective of the building, however, changes from the perspective of the student to the perspective of the visitor. As they graduate, the time spent in the building in class and in various films becomes a part of their memories.

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Directors who have gone to the film institute in the past make a return every year for the annual film festival. their perspective of the building, however, changes from the perspective of the student to the perspective of the visitor. As they graduate, the time spent in the building in class and in various films becomes a part of their memories.

UVA Film Institute

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elevation and section thorugh classrooms and theatre.

INFILTRATING TERRITORIES Knoxville, TN Spring 2016

This design utilizes an underpass in Knoxville as an

Infiltrating Territories

armature to create a series of programmatic spaces that are juxtaposed on top of each other. These moments result in an infiltration of territories by both parties, leading them to utilize spaces that are atypical to the norm, problematizing preconceived notions of who can use a space. A series of scenarios were created to investigate programmatic spaces, and to prove that program does not matter. Each scenario includes two types of programs that create tension between the users. This attempts to prove that multiple types of programs can create the same experiences. XX-03.01 GO KART RAMPS + HIGH PROFILE BUSINESS? This scenario investigates using curves as an armature to create a go kart park with ramps that move through the entire structure above the interstate. A high profile business will be located below the interstate. The curves are put in place + used to create these ramps by snapping to points. After the ramps are created, the curves are deleted, leaving only the go kart track, ramps, + business in place.

Infiltrating Territories

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XX-11.02 GO KARTS + HIGH PROFILE BUSINESS GO KART RAMPS ARE CREATED BY SNAPPING TO POINTS IN THE ARMATURE MOVING THROUGH THE STRUCTURE ABOVE THE INTERSTATE. THE ARMATURE IS THEN REMOVED, WHILE THE RAMPS REMAIN.

XX-11.03 SLICE THROUGH GO KART RAMPS + TRACK SLICE THROUGH THE TWO TERRITORIES, HIGHLIGHTING THE RAMPS MOVING THROUGH THE STRUCTURE.

XX-11.04 SLICE THROUGH ARMATURE SLICE THROUGH THE TWO TERRITORIES, HIGHLIGHTING RAMPS + CURVES. THE CURVES ARE USED AS AN ARMATURE TO CREATE THE GO KART RAMPS, THEN REMOVED.

Infiltrating Territories

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION + SKATE PARK? THIS SCENARIO INVESTIGATES USING PIPES AS AN ARMATURE TO CREATE A SKATE PARK BENEATH THE INTERSTATE + A BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ABOVE THE INTERSTATE. THE PIPES BEANEATH THE INTERSTATE WOULD ACT AS A THRESHOLD INTO THIS TERRITORY + SCAFFOLDING SURROUNDING THE BUREAU, WHILE THE PIPES MOVING THROUGH THE BUREAU WOULD ACT AS AN ARMATURE FOR VARIOUS ROOMS + RAMPS THAT LEAD FBI MEMBERS + SKATERS THROUGH THE SPACE. MEMBERS OF THE FBI MUST WALK THROUGH THE SKATERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TERRITORY TO REACH THEIR BUREAU, WHILE SKATERS AND DRIVERS ON THE INTERSTATE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE BUREAU BY MEANS OF RAMPS, ROADS, + SCAFFOLDING, LEADING THEM TO SEE DIRECTLY INTO THE BUREAU...

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PROJECTION CENTER + FIRE DEPARTMENT?

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FOREIGN EMBASSY + NUCLEAR POWER PLANT?

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EMPTY CONTAINER + CONGREGATIONAL SPACE?

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VEHICLE CHARGING STATION + SEMI PIT STOP?

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HYDROPONICS LAB + FEDERAL AGENCY?

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TRAMPOLINE HOUSE + COURTYARD?

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Infiltrating Territories

AIRPLANE HANGER + MAZE?

AVIARY + CEMETERY?

ZERO GRAVITY RESEARCH

+ TRAIN STATION?

Students circulate through and around the lawn,

their speeds and directions changing intermittently. Located on the corner of the lawn adjacent to pavilion ix, pavilion xi stands as a timepiece, regularly changing positions at three distinct points during the day. The pavilion sits on the edge of the lawn, similar to the other ten pavilions, and stretches halfway across the preexisting rooftop of the computer annex connected to Garret Hall. Students and visitors enter the pavilion by climbing the stairs to the roof and crossing a threshold covered in Helenium flowers, comparing the entrance to the timepiece to the entrance of a new school year.

PAVILION XI

The Lawn at the University of Virginia Spring 2015

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fig. 04.01 axonometric view of the courtyard, library, and the movement of the machine throughout the day

01 01 Reading room location at 9am 02 Reading room location at 12pm 03 Reading room location at 5pm

Pavilion XI

Visitors move into a gathering space through a hall of shadows, entering into the belly of a machine. Rows of bookshelves frame three doors that open and close at three different points during the day as the reading room moves along the northeast side of the building. Around nine in the morning, as sunlight begins to stream through the glass window running alongside the lawn and casts shadows into the reading room, the timepiece rests at the east most side of the building. Around noon, the door leading into the reading room shuts and locks, awaiting the change in position about to occur in the timepiece. From inside of the reading room, visitors can hear the gears to the machine wind and shift into place as it begins to move. The piece then slowly moves along the wall, stopping at a central point and it’s 12 o’clock position. At five pm the piece makes one final change in position for the day, moving to the west most side of the wall. As night falls and the campus sleeps, the machine rewinds and sets itself back into it’s nine o’clock position, resetting itself for a new day.

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fig. 04.02 Cherry blossoms line the garden rooftop and direct visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; line of sight to the courtyard below and the lawn ahead. The timepiece has moved during the night and now rests above the left side of the courtyard, awaiting visitors and students. The summer air brings life to the campus, and students begin to move at a faster pace. the timepiece remains a constant.

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[02] ICELAN

[03] CHERR

[04] ASTERS [02] WINTER

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Pavilion XI

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[11] TIMEPI [07] [01] FALL

nomenclature [01] heleniums [02] iceland poppies [03] cherry blossoms [04] asters [05] entrance and overhang [06] hall of shadows [07] tea and coffee station [08] courtyard and ampitheatre [09] timepiece and 9am [10] timepiece at 12pm [11] timepiece at 5pm [12] reading room and timepiece

[12] READIN

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Pavilion XI

[04.04] library

reading room// timepiece

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fig. 04.06 Inside the gathering space, doors are set between bookshelves and open and close throughout the day. At twelve oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock the door on the eastern side of the building closes, preventing visitors from entering as it moves. As gears begin to wind and the machine begins to move, visitors await its new position at the center of the wall.

Pavilion XI

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fig. 04.07 As darkness falls over the campus and the moon and stars come alive, the interior of the pavilion begins to glow in the black and shine light on winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s white snow. The timepiece has reached its final resting place for the night, hanging over the right corner of the courtyard, preparing to rewind and move back to its initial position to start a new day.

43 study abroad in helsinki, finland physical model on permanent display in the finnish museum of architecture in helsinki, finland

THE CHAPEL OF THE RESURRECTION Turku, Finland Summer 2016

The Chapel of the Resurrection

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fig. 05.01 As the bell ringer in the chapel of the resurrection completes his daily tasks, he provides a means of moving through the chapel space during the funeral services. From the tower, he can watch as mourners enter the chapel on the west, pause inside of the chapel, and exit through the south side, bringing the coffin from the sacred space of the chapel into the natural environment to be buried. The bell tolls act as a means of moving through the chapel space. The bell ringer, while not included in the procession in a physical sense, still plays a large role in the movement through the chapel. The bell ringer watches as seasons change and the surrounding forest changes, but the bells act as a constant.

The Chapel of the Resurrection

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fig. 05.02 Visitors enter the interior of the chapel, and their eyes are immediately brought towards the cross hanging in the back wall directly across from them. Walking past the vestibule and into the chapel space, the walls reach far above them, skewing their ideas of proportion. as visitors walk deeper into the sanctuary, A garden and forest accompany them on their right side, creating a sense that the exterior is melting into the inside of the chapel. Bells begin to ring in the trees, but visitors are unsure of their meaning.

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The Chapel of the Resurrection

49 study abroad in helsinki, finland

THE FRAMING EFFECT Helsinki, Finland Summer 2016

51 the framing effect | helsinki, finland

the framing effect | helsinki, finland

The Framing Effect

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01 The Procession the procession As mournersand+ visitors approachthethe as mourners visitors approach site,site, they they pass through thick rows of trees and the surrounding landscape pass through thick rows of trees and the surin the cemetery. near the site, mourners choose which path to move down - one near the one continuing rounding landscape in bay the orcemetery. Nearthrough the the cemetery. site, mourners choose which path to move down - one near the bay or one continuing through the cemetery.

02 The Approach the approach The pathalong along theleads bay visitors leads tovisitors to anon enthe path the bay an entrance the east side of the chapel. as mourners enter onto the site, trance on the east side of the chapel. As mournthey pass through a glass skin wrapping the chapel and pause in a courtyard between the sacred and proers enter the site,located they pass through a glass skin fane spaces. wrapping the chapel and pause in a courtyard located between the sacred and profane spaces.

03 The Framing Effect the framing effect The framingeffect effect an example of cognitive bias, the framing is anisexample of cognitive bias, in which react to a particular choice in different ways deinpeople which people react to a particular choice in pending on how it is presented; as a loss or as a gain. the frame is a choice architect makes. the it viewer has to take different ways the depending on how is presented; on the image in the framing context that the designer has as a loss or as a gain. the frame is a choice the provided. the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perception of the site is dependent upon or is amakes. function ofthe the viewer frame thathas is chosen for the architect to take on site. the image in the framing context that the designer has provided.

52 the framing effect | helsinki, finland floor plans | the framing effect

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The Framing Effect

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1:50 first floor First|Floor Planplan program Program 01 courtyard 02 lobby 01 courtyard 03 sanctuary 02 lobby 04 gathering space 05 farewell area [second floor] 03 sanctuary 06 service 04 gathering space 07 forced view 01 08 forced view[second 02 05 farewell area floor] 09 forced view 03 [second floor] 06 service 07 forced view 01 08 forced view 02 09 forced view 03 [second floor]

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1:50 | second floor plan Second Floor Plan

53 framed | the framing effect framed viewsviews | the framing effect

The Framing Effect

framed view 01 | arrival + ceremony framed view 01 | arrivalmourners + ceremony once in the sanctuary, take their seats. they once in the sanctuary, mourners take their seats. they focus focus on a framed view on the west side of the sancon a framed view on the west side of the sanctuary looking out intolooking the landscape. tuary out into the landscape.

framed view 02 | gathering + mourning framed view 02 |ingathering + mourning mourners stand a gathering space consisting of a mourners stand in a gathering space consisting of a large large window on the south view solely window on the south side, forcingside, a viewforcing solely ofa the water thewater reflection the chapel. ofandthe andof the reflection of the chapel.

framed view 03 | departure + burial framed view 03 | departure + burial visitors stopatatoneone the finnish sky -their before visitors stop finalfinal viewview - the -finnish sky - before departure and entrance back into the landscape. the departure and entrance back into the landscape.

The Framing Effect

TRAVEL

Vanta, Helsinki, Poissy Summer 2016

St Lawrence Chapel | Vantaa, Finland 57

St Lawrence Chapel | Vantaa, Finland

Alvar Aalto Studio | Helsinki, Finland 59

Alvar Aalto Home | Helsinki, Finland

Villa Savoye | Poissy, France 61

Villa Savoye | Poissy, France

GRAPHICS

Knoxville, TN Fa 2016 - Sp 2018

TAAST 2018 T-Shirt Design 65

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TAAST 2018 T-Shirt Design

AIAS 2016 Meeting Flyer 67

MARCH 03 kickball_sequoyah hills_10am

beaux arts ball_the standard_8pm

MARCH 08

documentation workshop_

MARCH 06 aias game night_a+a atirum_6pm film series_109_8pm

MARCH 07 ncarb lunch info session_11:30

maker day_1:45pm-5pm printmaking_the striped light glassblowing_marble city glassworks jewelry making_the fab lab wood shop work shop_the fab lab

MARCH 09 celebration of craft_103a_all day

pub crawl_downtown knoxville_8pm

TAAST18TAAST18 TAAST18

MARCH 08 documentation workshop MARCH 06

aias game night_6pm film series_stranger than fiction_8pm

MARCH 09

celebration of craft_103a_all day pub crawl_downtown knoxville_8pm

TAAST 2018 Flyers + Calendar

MARCH 05 lecture_bill baker_SOM_5:45pm

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MARCH 04 banner drop_a+a atrium_6pm