2009-2015
stephanie wagner architectural works
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” -Winston Churchill
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GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO
agriFIT CENTER | FULL OF GROWTH
KSU
FASHION APARTMENTS | A CATWALK EXPERIENCE
SN MEDIAtech
FILM CENTER | PERSONALIZED GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY
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GRADUATE-LED WORKSHOP
TRANSLATION INCEPTION | EXPERIMENTAL INSTALLATION THROUGH COMMUNICATING DESIGN
in partnership with Brie Constantino
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FOURTH YEAR DESIGN STUDIO
RPM INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS | SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED DESIGN kent state integrated design competition 2nd place finalist
KENT
in partnership with Nicholas Slaughterbeck
STATE BIOMIMICRY RESEARCH CENTER | CAMOUFLAGE
KENT STATE RESEARCH PAVILION | SUSTAINABLE RE-USE
ARIZONA RESIDENCE FOR RETIRED PHOTOGRAPHER | INSPIRING WITH NATURE
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THIRD YEAR DESIGN STUDIO
GASTRONOMY CENTER FOR FLORENCE, ITALY | MULTI-PURPOSE GRID
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SECOND YEAR DESIGN STUDIO
PITTSBURGH
MEDIA CENTER | DIGITAL INTERACTION IN A WORK/PLAY ENVIRONMENT
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SKETCHING IN FLORENCE, ITALY
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PHOTOGRAPHY
CONTENTS
graduate works Pittsburgh agriFIT Center
This project proposes the development of an agriFIT Center in the city of Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The project integrates agriculture with fitness through a sharing of infrastructure in a way that creates unique experiences that are both healthy and productive. Cities have been continuously viewed as dense, fast-paced conglomerates that support business. As society embraces a digital infrastructure, cities have expanded from a place of work to a field of play. Further development must redefine the city by planting digital infrastructures to create healthy and productive environments that compose more livable cities. Pittsburgh, a historically industrial city, has developed into a place for markets, business, and living. Waterfront development, particularly at Point Park, accommodates for a variety of recreational activities, but relates little to the activity beyond the riverfront. This accommodation fades along the approach to the Strip District from Point Park. The agriFIT Center works as a destination point along the riverfront trail, extending recreational activity through the Strip District while bringing the heavy market activity to the waterfront. The project will provide facilities for food and floral production in support of the district’s heavy market environment as well as creates- a public recreational destination point that populates the Strip District throughout the day and night. The project will house educational, agricultural, and recreational facilities, which are shaped by the riverfront trail , which cuts and weaves through the building. As program elements interact, green and blue spaces overlap and a shared material use transforms in response to changing program elements. The integration of agriculture with fitness makes this project a demonstration of growing and exercise strategies allowing for the sustainable and healthy development of both body and plant.
Agriculture and fitness come together to educate people about a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. The joining of these programs create unique experiences that allow the city to truly accommodate for living.
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The structural facade is a shared infrastructure resembling the aesthetic of tree branches that extend out in various directions to serve programmatic needs. The structure supports both vegetation and fitness activities. It varies in depth in order to create pocket experiences where agriculture, fitness, and recreation meet.
KSU Fashion Apartments KENT, OH
This proposal for an apartment complex creates a fashion community near the Fashion Design building on Kent State University’s campus. The project activates the Esplanade and develops a catwalk experience across the site and within the building. This path cuts the complex in half with an interior courtyard space. The exterior facade of the building creates a backdrop for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The curve shaped interior balconies create a similar effect for the courtyard.
CATWALK EXPERIENCE event space
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ROOF PLAN
work space
space
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
cafe
250 SF UNITS CAFE
500 SF UNITS EVENT SPACE
The design process included the fabrication of an initial design model that informed the project. This crystalline form inspired the facade of the apartment complex to create a unique reflective and colorful backdrop for fashion activities. This facade would result wherever the esplanade interacts with the building.
fashion community
INTERIOR CURVED BALCONIES
250 sf units
2-STORY APARTMENTS WITH CATWALK
500 sf units
SN mediaTECH FILM CENTER short north, columbus, OH
At the SN Film Center film is both produced and viewed on site. A continuous, highly accessible social environment stretches across High Street. Production and event atmospheres both educate the public about film and allow them to participate in the art of film. The public becomes the filmmaker. A media tech environment allows individuals to plug in, import, export, and share within a rich archive of film related media. Individuals can then tune their experience of film to meet their moods and interests. As people become engaged with the film center, the archive of culture grows and becomes a field of research for students, as they create film for specific audiences. Event space then creates a canvas on which to display this art. This project behaves as a media hub, as it allows global interaction and access while documenting and engaging with the culture of users. In this way, the project cultivates a unique film experience for every individual. The project activates a site where film, and thus culture, is imported, exported, produced, viewed, and shared.
event art culture
media hubs direction
TRANSLATION INCEPTION WORD WORD WORD WORD
DEFINITION DEFINITION
DEFINITION DEFINITION
EXCHANGE
graduate led workshop in partnership with Brie Constantino
DESIGNERS
The intent of this workshop was to collect and analyze data in order to reveal impacts and trends within design communication and concept interpretation. The ultimate goal was to create an experimental installation piece, which marks the physical manifestation of the exchange of ideas. Individuals realized their strengths and weaknesses as communicators of design through various mediums while adhering to specified conditions. Individuals were dispersed throughout the space. An action word was distributed to every individual. The initial translation consisted of each individuals’ nonverbatim written interpretation of the given concept. Written constructs were exchanged between individuals randomly, and a 2D interpretation followed. 2D constructs were exchanged randomly, and the 3D interpretations were constructed in response to 2D representations of the original concepts. The result was a collection of works which demonstrated the result of multiple interpretations. Each word had a written, 2D, and 3D interpretation, and discussion followed as to which concepts were successfully carried through the exchanges. This exercise illustrated collaboration, interpretation, and exchange of authorship that exists in the professional world.
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3D
DISCUSSION
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3D
DISCUSSION
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DISCUSSION
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DISCUSSION
CHASING
AGING
SHOUTING
REPEATING
SOLAR POWER white rubber roof containing photo-voltaic solar discs that generate solar energy
WATER roof garden used for stormwater collection
RPM
DOUBLE SKIN double skin system help barricade from cold winter winds, containing a spider glass curtain wall, an aluminum screen with punched openings, and both vertical and horizontal shading devices
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
VIEWS multi-purpose rooftop space for views to the lake, fitness activities, and therapy
NATURAL LIGHT glass covered atrium
NANO TECHNOLOGY Nano Vent Skin facade contains micro wind turbines, which generate wind and solar energy while absorbing CO2. Curved exterior core aligned with wind patterns.
VOID separation between the base and tower of the building allows wind to travel up underneath the tower for ventilation while creating a noise buffer between the fitness center and offices above
RADIATION white concrete keeps outdoor space warm throughout the year
VEGETATION BUFFERS wind protected outdoor eating area
SUN SHADING operable aluminum louvers shade STRUCTURAL GLASS TUBE office spaces on the west side cuts through the office spaces to reTRADITIONAL BRICK veal natural light and ventilation through contrast between old design techniques and respond effectively to different times of the day operable panels and new advancements in technology demonstrating the concept of healing with sustainable design
Integrated Design Competition
in partnership w/ Nicholas Slaughterbeck 2nd place finalist award
RPM (Robotics Prosthetics and Mechanical Assistance) is an international company looking to place their headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. The company wishes to celebrate health and fitness and bring an active and lively environment to the Cleveland waterfront. The company chose this location in order to work with the Cleveland Clinic as well as the Cleveland Browns, both of which can benefit from RPM’s services. The headquarters building, at 11 stories and 225,000 square feet, includes a fitness center as well as a physical therapy floor. This building creates a destination place for any resident or visitor of Cleveland, while creating a pleasant work environment for the RPM staff. RPM wishes to additionally promote sustainable design, as they apply these ideas to their work. The building’s skin makes use of nano vent skin technology as well as mechanically operated sun shading devices. These elements, in addition to other sustainable strategies, give a robotic aesthetic to the building while displaying the company’s interest in sustainable, comfortable, and efficient design.
key card access entrance for executives heavy brick walls shield from cold winter winds
glass wall used in associate offices to allow for maximum daylighting
metal louvers help shade the working office space from direct sunlight open counter space joins office space with kitchenette
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Integrated Office Space
shared space with kitchenette and team conference
reflected ceiling plan
This design proposal for a Kent State Biomimicry Institute directly reflects and mimics the surrounding natural environment. This design is inspired by camouflage, which is achieved when pigments in the skin of animals, such as the squid, reflect light in a certain way. The building envelope behaves as camouflage within the surrounding wetland area. As one walks along the University Esplanade, one may not notice this 50,000sf reflective 2-story structure upon first glance. Minimal mullions make up the glass facade and seem to disappear as the glass reflects the green, earthy hues of the colorful surrounding vegetation. The building looks very similar on all sides as a result of its reflected grid plan. However, the facade of the building creates a dynamic experience as one views the pushing and pulling operable reflective glass panels from different angles as they promenade around the building. These tinted operable windows contribute to the sustainability of this design, as they allow proper ventilation and sun shading. Programmatically, one wing of the building is dedicated to public education and entertainment, while the other side accommodates private research facilities. The two building functions reflect each other along the axis of the central glass lobby. The building also makes use of collected rainwater, through the use of a water filtration system that allows water to be cleaned and reused throughout the building. The design of this building allows the structure to sustain itself. As a result, this building not only reflects nature but mimics it in an efficient and sustainable way.
KSU BIOMIMICRY RESEARCH CENTER
direct sunlight protection
ventilation
DEMONSTRATION FLORA/FAUNA ELECTRICAL
EVENT SPACE RESTROOMS MECHANICAL/STORAGE
LOBBY VESTIBULE SERVICE OFFICE
WATER FILTRATION
RESEARCH LABS
LOUNGE/CAFE BANQUET HALL SERVICE
KENT STATE RESEARCH PAVILION KENT, OH
This 800sf research pavilion stands as a symbol of sustainability for Kent State University. The building lies at the edge of a bog. The building is elevated above ground level in order to accommodate for the campus water drainage system. A long boardwalk leads up to the building from a nearby road in order to immediately engage visitors with the surrounding natural environment. The building has large south facing windows that allow daylight into the classroom and lobby areas. These windows are shaded by operable screens that can be controlled depending on the desired amount of daylight. Skylights in the research lab allow light to reach the lab tables. The design also makes use of interior green walls that are fed by the water collection system. The walls create a better indoor air quality, which contributes to an ideal space for learning.
RESEARCH LAB
MECH
SUSTAINABILITY
CLASSROOM LOBBY
The design goal in this 800 sf residential project is to unite the building with the surrounding natural environment. The client, a photographer, wishes to view nature from different angles and experiences through the spaces within his home. Viewing platforms will allow this retired photographer to get that perfect shot, even within his own home. The design, however, will also favor entertainment. The couple loves to have people over for parties and other events. Therefore, the living spaces will accommodate for these activities. The design then will become the perfect place for a photographer to continue to study his passion while enjoying the company of his family and friends.
RESIDENCE FOR RETIRED PHOTOGRAPHER BEN GUNDY SEDONA, AZ
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VIEWING BALCONIES AND DAYLIGHTING
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EVAPORATIVE COOLING
FLORENCE GASTRONOMY CENTER This design for the Florence Gastronomy Center is inspired by the city grid. The geometries of this building mimic that of the buildings of Florence. The resulting forms compose outdoor spaces of various levels of enclosure, based on their programmatic needs. These outdoor spaces are divided in a way that suggests a certain purpose to each space, which is placed adjacent to its corresponding interior space. The grid in this design is the tool used to create a multipurpose environment. The design process shifted from the concept of extending the grid to adjacent buildings to using the grid to suggest space use. The variety of programs within the building is celebrated with assigned colors that can be seen from the exterior of the building through the gridded glass facade, helping to direct people and draw them in. The gridding on the exterior of the building creates interesting shadows on the interior. The goal of this project was to create spaces that would be used by people in the Italian culture, as it includes spaces such as piazzas, outdoor cafe space, markets, and event spaces.
MULTI-PURPOSE
STUDY CULINARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM EVENT SPACE
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PUBLIC PARK OFFICE SPACE
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DINING FOOD TASTING
SCHEME 2 grid used to divide and suggest purpose to each space
OUTDOOR LOUNGE INDOOR LOUNGE
SCHEME 1 extending the grid to connect to city surroundings
The use of color in this project served the purpose of suggesting program use. The colors were chosen to reflect specific programs. BLUE creates a calm and focused environment for research in the bookstore. GREEN represents health and nature in the food tasting area. ORANGE brightens up the office spaces for a pleasant and energetic work environment. YELLOW used in the culinary school creates an alert and curious environment for students. PURPLE in the auditorium and event space inspires creativity. The use of RED in the market and restaurant spaces induce appetite. Each interior space corresponds with an adjacent exterior space as illustrated in the side diagram. Additionally, the use of green space became important to this project to create inviting and sustainable piazza spaces.
MARKET RESTAURANT
MEDIA CENTER
The design for the Pittsburgh Media Center centers around the relationship between education [work] and media [play]. The 25,000sf building is separated into two wings to accommodate for both work and play atmospheres. The wings are linked together by a central glass atrium, representative of use of glass in the city of Pittsburgh. The building includes the use of interactive walls to allow the people of the city to interact directly with the media center as well as to advertise events that may occur at the media center. A series of four bridges connect the education and media building wings. The bridges reflect the bridges of Pittsburgh. They also represent the process of education leading to the artistic performances and pieces that are produced in the media center.
WORK
PLAY
The building also makes use of interactive walls that pick up the movement of the people inside the building and the both pedestrian and vehicular traffic outside of the building. As pedestrians and vehicles pass by the building, a camera will pick up their movements and display a digital masterpiece of spikes and waves that correspond to the movements of those passing. The digital screen will be filled with the colorful movement of Pittsburgh traffic.
SKETCHING Florence, Italy
palazzo pitti Palazzo Pitti
santa maria del fiore Santa Maria del Fiore (Interior)
santa croce Piazza della Santa Croce
piazza della signoria
santissima annunziata Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
Piazza della Signoria
santa maria novella Santa Maria Novella
library of san marco Library of San Marco
photography
NEW CARVER APARTMENTS in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
SAN GIMIGNANO, ITALY
THE GHERKIN in LONDON, ENGLAND
EMERSON COLLEGE in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
GORGE METRO PARK in CUYAHOGA FALLS , OH
SCI-Arc in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA