Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

Portfolio of Creative Work -2012

Ryan Croyle December 15, 2012 8265 Wilhite Drive Wadsworth, OH 44281

This portfolio contains the design work of Ryan Croyle.

Table of Contents Architectural Works Threshold/Boundary

Cleveland Institute of Art T.I.M.E.

Kent Independent Film Center

Cleveland Market Lab

Florence Gastronomy Center

Kent State Biomimicry Institute

Research Outpost

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Architectural Objects

Scissor Chair

Variable Visibility Wall

San Lorenzo Facade

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Musical Instruments

Spinet Harpsichord

Stick Dulcimer

Laser Dulcimer

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Freehand Sketching

Bardini Gardens, Florence, IT

Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge, UK

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Threshold/Boundary First Year, First Semester

This project began with a study of threshold and boundary conditions.

Using photography as a medium, examples of thresholds and boundaries were collected. A collage of solid and void images was created and a sectional view created illustrating an ordinary event. From this these studies, three dimensional models served to further develop an experiential space emphasizing threshold and boundary conditions.

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Kent State University CAED Professor Kathryn Strand

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Cleveland Institute of Art T.I.M.E Second Year, First Semester

Kent State University CAED Professor Jason Turnidge

The Technology and Integrated Media Environment (TIME) program at the Cleveland Institute of Art bridges the boundaries between art and technology. This building is designed to serve this program and the surrounding community with classrooms studio workspace, media rooms and a black box theater with cafe.

Time is a fixed resource that plays an integral role in nearly every process of existence, and media is no exception.

Divided into three tenses: past, present, and future, time can be used to define the limits of media. Metaphorically, media can be separated into past, present, and future categories. Extending this concept into the physical manifestation of the TIME program, a library is a place of past media, performance hall a place of real time media, and educational environment a place of future media. The culmination of these categories creates an event space, where the live performance of past media initiates future media.

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By organizing the program around an embedded event space, all media is channeled toward the event space. This creates an environment which looks to and relates all media toward the creation of new media, new ideas, and new relationships.

A symbiotic relationship is formed between each space. Educational space creates media for performance space, which creates media for event space and library. Library and event space inspire new media from educational space and the cycle continues.

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Kent Independant Film Center Second Year, Second Semester

Kent State University CAED Professor Greg Stroh

The Kent Independent Film Center will house a theatre, classrooms, editing spaces, and media library to support the research and study of film and video art. The project aims to examine film making from both a pragmatic and poetic perspective, with a particular focus on its material and conceptual potential to move across scales of inhabitation.

This project examines the access of community assets to produce new layers in the system of public space (parks/ recreation areas, social meeting centers, etc.). By affecting the way public space is defined, it becomes possible to facilitate particular activities and social interactions. Access to public space applied to physical, visual, acoustical, and cultural aspects is a major factor in how it is utilized. Large or numerous access points allow more people to utilize the space, whereas smaller and controlled access points suggest smaller scale uses. These conditions then direct the activities that occur within.

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Located on a prominent downtown park, the site is a hub of urban movement and activity. In response to this, the design pulls away from the edge of the site, forming an L shape that maintains the existing paths through and around the site.

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Cleveland Market [lab] Third Year, First Semester

Kent State University CAED Professor Charles Graves

The Cleveland Market [Lab] is located adjacent to West Side Market in Cleveland, Ohio. As a culinary school and fine dining restaurant, the Market Lab is an embodiment of the Epicurean Lifestyle. As visitors to the restaurant move further into the restaurant, solid walls give way to a cinemetrically derived shell that represents a shift from the pain of the world to the pleasures of dining amongst friends.

Epicurean Movement Through Market [Lab] Ep•i•cu•re•an•ism ( p -ky -r -n z m, -ky r -) n.

1. A philosophy advanced by Epicurus that considered happiness, or the avoidance of pain and emotional disturbance, to be the highest good and that advocated the pursuit of pleasures that can be enjoyed in moderation.

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The shell of the Market Lab is derived by projectiing viewpoints from four “characters� as they move past thresholds throughout and around the building.

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Florence Gastronomy Center Third Year, Second Semester

Florence Gastronomy Center lies on the boundary between the historic and modern city of Florence, Italy. Located in Piazza Annigoni, adjacent to San Ambrogio Market, the program calls for a culinary school, tasting room, restaurant, bookstore, and auditorium. This project attempts to mediate the boundary between the old and the new and create a new focal point for the eastern part of the city.

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Kent State University CAED (Florence, IT) Professor Filippo Caprioglio

Urban Limits and Existing Conditions

Old City vs. New City Conflicting Axes of Old and New City Intersection of Lines to Define Form

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The skin works to define the shape of the building. Selected areas are void to optimize views to the piazza and market. The elevation of the skin is adjusted to accommodate varying floor and roof heights, and to denote the primary entrance of the building. The skin creates a pixelated elevation. The primary unit is a one by two meter ceramic panel that is divided into solid, semi-transparent, and void panels that are placed according to programmatic need for light and privacy.

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Accessible and Integrated Piazza

Extend Courtyard into Piazza; Connect to Market

Intersection of Axes Creates a Focal Point of Activity

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Biomimicry Center Fourth Year, First Semester

Kent State University CAED Professor Charles Harker

The objective of this project is to provide a new building for a collaboration between Kent State University’s Biology Department, the National Biomimicry Institute, and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The building follows the Living Building Challenge guidelines in order to minimize impact on its surrounding wetland environment.

The Biomimicry Center serves as a stopping point along the esplanade path to Dix Stadium, containing public exhibition spaces on the first floor and private labs on the second and third.

Solar energy and rainwater is collected from the roof to fuel activities within the building. Wastewater then goes through a Living Machine system before returning to the wetland. Using these systems the building can remain independant of the university utilities which are not readily available at this site on the remote edge of campus.

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Green Roof PV Array

Ridgeblade Wind Turbine

Lab Exhaust Thin Film Photovoltaics embeded in low-e glass, operable shading and ventilation.

Kinetic Energy Recovery System, Dynamic Titanium Facade Panels

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IES Virtual Environment was used to analyze lighting, carbon emissions, and energy use intensity. First, a model without active sustainable strategies was tested. According to the results, the building uses 48kBTU/ft2 of energy per year. This is about average for this size building and does not meet the Architecture 2030 Challenge requirements. Adding solar panels and the wind turbine, the EUI had a 39% reduction down to 35kBTU/ft2.

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Research Outpost Fourth Year, First Semester

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Kent State University CAED Professor Charles Harker

Acting as an addition to the existing observation deck, the research center places students and researchers at the edge of the wetland. The building minimally affects the site by using a post foundation system that does not require large machinery or grading.

Prefabricated wall, roof, and floor systems are built off site, and assembled in small pieces. Using a truss framing system for the roof allows the use of small sized dimensional lumber and uses material efficiently. This delicate approach to construction respects the existing site and importance of maintaining wetland ecosystems.

From within, views are directed outward across the wetlands, which are accessible to researchers by a deck forming the entry to the building. Inhabitants of the research outpost are invited to the wetland from within a framework of sustainability.

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The research outpost collects all of its water through a rain collection system. This system is integrated into a Tromb Wall that takes advantage of the thermal mass of water to help heat the building. Water pumping through the radiator array is warmed by the sun. This heat is then slowly released into the surrounding space. Drinking water is provided through a five gallon water cooler. A small photovoltaic array acts as a covering for the entry, and provides a visual screen that conceals the electrical and rain collection system. The slope of the roof and light shelf allow ample daylighting, and operable windows in the clerestory provide sufficient ventilation in summer months. In order to balance the amount of glazing, a system of insulated shading panels lines the southern wall. These can be adjusted according to the season to block out light and keep heat in.

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Scissor Chair

Second Year, Second Semester The concept of this project was to create a modular piece of furniture that could easily and efficiently serve multiple functions. Beginning with a simple stick model and working within the limitations of uniform pieces, the form of two intersecting sets of hinged pieces was selected as a final iteration.

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Kent State University CAED Professor Jonathan Fleming

In the downward position, the user sits on fabric draped over the back of the unit and connected at two points at the front of the unit. In the upward position, the user can sit or lay in the fabric connected to either end of the unit, forming a hammock-like shape. The final unit is constructed from two sets of two, six foot, two by fours, each pair hinged at one end. The “scissor� form is maintained with a three foot galvanized steel tube that runs through each pair of two by fours and several tension members

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Variable Visibility Wall Summer 2011

This proposal addresses the need for a physical barrier between the toddler rooms and the hallway while still allowing visual access.

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Interaction begins with a mutual action or influence. By maintaining visual and acoustical access to the rest of the facility, the partition becomes a tool for the day care, not just an enclosure to keep children from running away.

Varying the length of each pipe section creates a vertical topography.This affects visibility through areas of the partition, and viewing through the wall can be controlled.

PVC Pipe 10’ Length

Pipe Sections

Assembled Partition

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San Lorenzo Facade Third Year, Second Semester

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Kent State University CAED (Florence, IT) Professor Filippo Caprioglio

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Spinet Harpsichord 2009

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Stick Dulcimer 2011

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Laser Dulcimer 2012

Building an instrument requires a lot of labor. In order to continue my hobby, I needed to find a way to cut down on construction time.

To do this, I developed a small lap dulcimer that was drawn in AutoCad and printed onto basswood with a laser cutter. This technique turns instrument building into a matter of gluing pieces of wood together. This is ultimately an ongoing project of refinement to ensure perfect construction. This particular design is one of three that will be sold online.

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The inital design was drawn in Rhinoceros 3D. This form was exported to AutoCad where it was formatted to laser cut. The resulting wooden pieces were then assembled into the final instrument.

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Bardini Gardens

Third Year, Second Semester

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Kent State University Florence Professor Sylvie Duvernoy

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Bridge of Sighs

Third Year, Second Semester

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Kent State University Florence Professor Sylvie Duvernoy

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