ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
SARA BERNHARDT
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La Brea Tar Pit Museum L.A Museum
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Sustainable Research OSU Energy Research Building
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Tower of Community WeWork Tower
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High St. Elementary Columbus City Elementary School
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Sculpture Home Live/Work House
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Co-Housing Columbus Brewery District Housing
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Architecture is a Waste Sustainable Independent Study
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La Brea Tar Pits Museum Gui Competition Location: Los Angeles, California Fall 2020 Senior Studio Instructor: Stephen Turk Partner: Tamina Wang The La Brea Museum is designed as a building of monumentality while recognizing the sites significance and role it plays as an equal part of the museum. Understanding the site as a continually changing ground of active research surrounded by the cities culture of entertainment, we developed a system for the structure to respond to the demanding site changes by using a wood scaffolding system, similar to that of a play stage set. The scaffolding generates space such as labs, classrooms, and exhibits that could be deconstructed and reconstructed as desired to respond to emerging tar pits. Choreographing the movement of program out to the site over time creates a paleontological map on the exterior and opportunities for new public use on the interior, whether it be for conventions or concerts. Contrasting the mobile scaffolding system, the rigid crystal-like spaces slowly become the remaining objects within the buildings shell that create both figural void and object as they compress and expand the space. The screen system is used to create figure ground relationships throughout the project. The exterior skin of the building is treated as an architectural ground to the interior rigid fragmented objects, creating relationships between the architectural figure ground and the building to the site. As an interior system the scaffold screens blur figure ground, creating equivocal views as you move through the space, invoking a sense of discovery as they approach. 03
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Initial abstract study based on Jesus Perea’s ideas of figure ground to generate an architectural language.
The exploded axon shows the layers of the building, from the rigid crystallike figures, to the varied levels of program constructed of scaffolding, and the perforated building skin.
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Year 1 Site Plan
Year 20 Site Plan
We studied a series of proposals showing the transition of the museum over a 20 year period that responded to the demands of the changing site. Strengthening the intersection of architectural figure ground and the site as observation labs, classrooms, and exhibits are constructed outside.
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The layering of screens defining labs, classrooms, and exhibits
Model showing the physical study of moving scaffolded program
Variations of wall & screen shown contrasting rigid crystal objects
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First Floor Plan
Year 1 Building Section
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
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Year 1
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View of second floor labs and elevator core
Year 20
View of second floor open event space & remaining elevator core
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View of third floor crystal-like diorama and open exhibit space
Year 20
View of third floor remaining diorama and other rigid structures beyond
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Sustainable Research Energy Research Lab Location: Columbus, Ohio Spring 2019 Junior Studio Instructor: Mike Baumburger The proposed research lab was strongly influenced by the studios initial figure void concrete studies produced to discover different conditions and forms concrete can take. This early study inspired buildings form of rigid rectangular exterior and the series of irregular voids networking together to create the large central atrium. Connecting to all facades of the building the atrium aims to promote sustainable practices through optimal natural lighting and ventilation. The voids organize the program, pushing or pulling it from its edge. Public labs are positioned up against the atrium to be viewed from different levels of the building while private labs are pushed to the perimeter. Interactive public space occupy the most light filled areas as covered terraces take part of the void system allowing light to enter the center and reflect off the faceted atrium walls. Figure void relationship is subtly continued onto the landscape through mounded bosques, carving out paths that appear to be carved from the objects that created the voids on the facades of the buildings. Wanting to create more green features in the building and connect to the park across the street, planting and vegetation were placed in the east and west voids to filter the light and atmosphere.
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Section B
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3D Printed mold for concrete void
Concrete Figure
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Light and form studies of the network of voids generating the building’s atrium
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Layered Axon Diagram The network of voids reaching the outside container of the building allowing the void to become filled with light
Section C
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Tower of Community WeWork Tower Location: Downtown Columbus, Ohio Spring 2019 Junior Studio Instructor: Mike Baumburger Partner: Alex Warner
The tower is programed to be WeWork spaces in the heart of Downtown Columbus. As WeWorking is revolutionizing the way companies work and people interact, the tower aims to strengthen those connections through an organization of communities and public centers within the building. Inspired by European cities organized with large public centers surrounded by private dwellings, the tower is similarly organized from the inside out. To encourage collaboration and comfort the tower is broken down into four communities, making the 14 story building work at a smaller, and more approachable scale. The three to four levels within a community shift and stagger creating activated atriums in each as well as visual connection throughout. Communities relationships to one another are also shifted, moving their centers across the tower providing different views and relationships to the city of Columbus. The facades erode visually connecting the tower communities and community of Columbus. The communities take unique forms, positions, and activities all differing from one another and creating an employees perfect temporary “home� or work space. The communities house different shared workspace, private offices, office suites, conference rooms, and head quarter space.
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Growing the tower’s city with additional communities
The collision between the city of Columbus and the Tower’s city is represented as eroded corners of the building facades connect them
Community center shifted to create visual connections within Communities first floor center for public use Upper community levels are shared and private work spaces Community stacked vertically
Office Organization: Public Center Private Exterior
City map with public center
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Shifting all the communities to create dynamic relationships and change
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High St. Elementary Columbus City Elementary School Location: Columbus, Ohio Fall 2018 Junior Studio Instructor: Justin Diles High Street Elementary plays with a choreographing views of the landscape and filtering views of the city through different systems. The focus of the project is to create a story between the two worlds and the children as they move throughout the building. Creating sloping and light filled hallways gives the children a sense of free exploration and imagination. The intent of the building is to create an essentialist focused school with organized traditionalaclassroomsacombinedawith qualities of an unschooling focus in the hallways. This is accomplished by expanding the hallways to become private study nooks and projecting out to the landscape. Requirements of the project was to experiment with masonry. The facades of the school are clad with terracotta bricks, rotated to create an animated facade while filtering the views and sunlight. The terracotta bricks are contrasted with vision and spandrel glass creating a glossy facade and opening up the views through the courtyards.
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Two conditions of the site, city vs ravine, the building takes on two conditions, bar vs cluster.
Lower level
Upper level
The lower level includes the science room, a collaborative work space, and the mezzanine area for the library. The regular classrooms are connected to special classrooms by a bridge hanging over the sloping terrain.
This level contains classrooms for the older students. It holds the linear bar front facing High St. and focuses on creating space outside the classrooms for collaborative or independent work. Nooks between classes and a large multipurpose room were made for additional space.
Framing of changing views as children experience the long light filled hallways. Different opportunities to experience between city, man made courtyard, and natural ravine views.
Courtyards punch through the buildings allowing hallways to take its perimeter. Glass lined courtyards allow views to and across one wing of the building to
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Section A
Section B
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Site Model
Section Model
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Sculpture Home Live/ Work House Location: Franklin, Ohio Fall 2018 Junior Studio Instructor: Justin Diles The task was to design a home that could function both as a live and work space in the suburbs of Columbus. The required program was two units and a shared work space. The occupation of the residence are sculptures, two owners and their two apprentices. A sense of privacy was created in the lower level by having minimal windows. The necessary natural lighting for a studio was brought in and controlled by sculptural light tunnels placed in various light-wells that pierce through the home. The light tunnels become exposed to the interior of the home creating sculptural surprises and burst of natural light as they circulate the home. The form of the project is about these large cylindrical light wells contained in a regular form. The interior walls are curved to create a sense of fluidity and movement between spaces between both units.
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Third Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
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Construction Axonometric
Section B
Section C
Section D
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06 Co-Housing Columbus Brewery District Housing Location: Columbus, Ohio Spring 2020 Senior Studio Instructor: Kay Bea Jones The proposed Co-Housing community is informed both by the physical factors of the surrounding site and by recognition that community members want to feel a part of the larger community of Columbus’ Brewery District in which they live in. The formal strategy of the project creates a strong figure ground relationship through perpendicular housing bars that allow for a variety of spaces to be formed while controlling the level of privacy experienced by the two communities. The housing development takes up 3.5 acres of a 10.9 plot of land while the remaining is proposed to be developed into a public park and additional Columbus housing. This location provides a number of amenities for the residence within a one mile radius such as Scioto Audubon Metro Park, Kroger, Cultural Arts Center, a bike path, and German Village. In addition, the surrounding community is filled with a rich history of brewers and masons, contributing to the combination of modern and historic aesthetic reflected in the brick facades. The co-housing community seamlessly embeds itself into Brewery District not only through its brick facades but by also providing a number of commercial spaces. The cohousing community invites the Columbus community in through a cafe, bakery, market, bike shop, yoga studio, flower shop, event space and more.
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Alvaro Siza’s seminal Quinta da Malagueira housing project in Spain
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A booming pedestrian street lined with bars and restaurants in Stockholm
Cleveland, Ohio 4th St. pedestrian street lined with first level restaurants and upper level living units.
The community’s social connection and interaction is enhanced by a linear figure-ground massing diagram that forms five distinct spaces, two of which are the pedestrian streets. As the housing bars follow a perpendicular grid creating a clear circulation flow through the project, the common house and agriculture creates a hierarchical shift in the grid.
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Site Plan
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Private Co-Housing Pedestrian Street
Commercial Pedestrian Street
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Stairwell Next to Light-well Clerestory Window Shared First Floor Entry
Clerestory Window
Shared Stair Stair Light-well
Shared Entry to Second Floor
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Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan 800 Sqft Type A
800 Sqft Type B
1600 Sqft Unit
1600 Sqft Type B
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Architecture is a Waste Sustainable Independent Study Fall 2019- Spring 2020 Advisor: Kay Bea Jones The field of architecture has many connections to it’s environment, including the health of our planet. As architecture students, our negative impact comes from the improper disposal of material waste. Recognizing the increased use of 3D printing across the school, six students and myself decided to investigate ways we could do our part to reduce waste. Unable to limit the use of 3D printing, we looked at ways to reuse unwanted and failed prints.
Color studies
The research focused on turning the waste into a new form or product by breaking down pieces of prints to then melt into sheets of plastic. We conducted a series of studies to understand how size and thickness impacted strength, melting rate, and the finish of the sheet. In order to communicate the groups findings we proposed an installation for Spring 2020. The “Living in Waste” installation was planned to allow the interaction between user and installation in order to create a dynamic space. Following the installation the panels would be able to be cut down and recycled for students use. To further educate students and faculty of our research, we produced a booklet providing insight to possible recycling methods as well as inspiration to continue the investigation of PLA waste. In addition, the group received a grant that funded a filastruder used to make filament from recycled 3D print material.
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Diagram showing the process of our small scale studies using a shredder, pan, and toaster oven.
Axonometric showing “Liv
Applying heat to study relationship of form, thickness, and strength
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Combining fragments of prints into sheets to study texture and thickness
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SARA BERNHARDT 216.906.7655 bernsara.49@gmail.com 4537 Liberty Rd. Cleveland, OH 44121
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