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Waterkeeper Alliance Headquarters Rhodes Tower House
Win(e)nvironment Bunker Hill Urban House
Over The Rhine Public Space Las Vegas Monorail
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Bachelor of Urban Planning, 2005, University of Cincinnati
Sponsor Michael Schuster Associates
Software/ SketchUp, Illustrator, Skills Photoshop, Hand sketches
Cincinnati’s urban core is being revitalized with new buildings and infrastructure, and while Downtown has numerous hotels, no facilities exist to provide accommodations to those visiting the city on a tight budget. Hostels are such facilities, in a communal, dormitory-style arrangement, where guests share bathrooms, lounge, and dining areas.
Hostels are usually only found in the largest of U.S. cities with extensive mass transit systems. Though Cincinnati is served by a bus system stretched thin, downtown is very walkable, and a future streetcar line shows hope for a city with a critical mass of
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4hostel fills a void in two ways: it fills a vacant site in the dense, yet relatively low-rise southwest corner of downtown, while filling a need for a hostel. The design and program emerge from the footprint, rising above surrounding buildings, as it connects the area to the heart of downtown.
4hostel features a multi-purpose wintergarden, a mezzanine computer lounge. Above are the sleeping rooms that house multiple bunk beds, with community single-user unisex bathrooms.
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MASSING DIAGRAM vignettes FIRST FLOOR PLAN lobby SIXTY FLOOR PLAN typical hostel
DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI map with site and streetcar route SITE/BLOCK MAP
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION TRANSVERSE SECTION
WINTERGARDENLOBBY AND CYBER MEZZANINE
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LARGE GROUP BEDROOM
Clark County Community Habitat for Humanity served a role as an actual client planning to redevelop the former site of an elementary school into Habitat housing. While the Springfield community agrees with the mission for Habitat for Humanity, there remains a stigma attached to Habitat homes and the concern of a large development of such homes in a neighborhood in transition.
The theme of the studio was to re-imagine how the Habitat house could be built, using different materials not traditionally used on the houses, while still using some common materials and techniques to make
Professor Jane Murphy
Client Clark County Habitat for Humanity
Software/ AutoCAD, Revit, Ecotect, Skills Illustrator, Photoshop, Hand sketches, models
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A combination of floor plans offer flexibility for houses to either stand alone, join together, or even expand and contract within. The site plan is a hybrid, that while creating a community within itself, also blends with the existing context and residential form of the neighborhood. The location of trees that remained after the school’s removal was also carefully considered in site planning.
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NEIGHBORHOOD FIGURE-GROUND PLAN SITE PLAN
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Habitat Remix
6-SQUARE PLAN 3-bedroom 5-SQUARE PLAN 2-bedroom w/ porch 4-SQUARE PLAN 2-bedroom
6-SQUARE
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PLAN OF ADJACENT UNITS
SECTION OF ADJACENT UNITS
4-SQUARE
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habitat REMIX - Construction
1 slab on grade 2 columns 3 ridge beams
4 roof beams 5 4’ x 8’ panelized wall studs 6 clerestory wall studs
7 sheathing panels 8 roof decking + exterior cladding 9 install windows & doors
CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY
“Less Than Zero Impact” is a multi-family apartment building on an urban brownfield site in Columbus, Ohio, at the northeast corner of High at 5th Avenue. It is at the northern end of the Short North Arts District, a vibrant community of shops, galleries, restaurants, bars, and residences, between downtown Columbus to the south, and The Ohio State University campus to the north.
The design is based upon extensive research of urban multi-family housing precedents, codes and regulations, sustainability, marketing, existing housing types, design scenarios, and site character
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SURFACE DIAGRAM
rain collection and
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istics. The schematic goal was something that results in a surplus of energy, rather than a building that typically uses up energy.
The design places photovoltaic solar panels on the south facade as well as the roof to generate its own electricity, and a system of rain collection on the west façade and over the central courtyard is used for greywater for flush toilets. The central courtyard, although shielded from precipitation while allowing for open air, is where vertical and corridor circulation is located, as well as space for residents to interact with each oth-er and see across from one unit to another.
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< ZERO IMPACT - Visual Sustainability
The building puts its power generation and water collection on display.SITE PLAN LONGITUDINAL SECTION
TRANSVERSE SECTION
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
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1 bedroom split-level
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2 bedroom split-level
2 bedroom townhouse
West Section
UNIT PLANS AND SECTIONS UNIT TYPES
COURTYARD SECTION
Professor Jose Oubrerie
Software/ AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Skills Illustrator, Hand sketches, Physical models
Midtown West is a vertical community located in midtown Manhattan’s west side, over the Hudson rail yard, at the existing site of an office building at 450 W. 33rd Street, located just west of Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.
The program, normally a single tower, is broken up into horizontal and vertical parts. Vertical sections are stacked into three towers, and four horizontal sections slice the towers into thirds, serving as bridges between them. Vertical circulation is external, providing people the views of the city and across the river to New Jersey.
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The Athletic Club Bridge is the common bond amongst residents and tenants at Midtown West. It houses locker rooms, front desk, fitness equipment, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and a running track. More club functions are spread into Tower 2, and Associated Press offices are accessible from the Club.
Tower 3 is split into apartments and condominiums. Residents have easy access to the Athletic Club and the Commons Bridge. The Hotel, in Tower 1, has its main desk, ballroom, meeting rooms, and a restaurant located at the Commons.
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Midtown West
Auditorium
AP Newsroom
AP Offices
Auditorium
AP Newsroom
AP Offices
Swimming PoolRunning Track
Fitness Canyon
Gymnasium
Racquetball
Tennis
Basketball
Aerobic Halls
Administration
Locker Rooms
Lounge
Basketball
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RESIDENTIALCondominium (upper)Apartments (lower)
HOTEL
ATHLETIC CLUB
SKYBRIDGE Associated Press Newsroom and Auditorium
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CondominiumsApartmentsHotel
single
double
super single
super double
1 bed + 1 bath
2 bed + 1 bath
2 bed + 2 bath
3 bed + 2 bath
studio
super studio
1 bedroom
2 bedroom
DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM TRANSVERSE SECTION STRUCTURAL SECTION STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
The studio assumes that it is taking place in a post-apocalyptic future, in which a neo-utilitarian society has emerged, mostly devoid of artistic discourses and influences. Research of historians have uncovered a small archive of paintings, writings and works of architecture, and has formed small enclaves of artistic design. This studio functioned as such an enclave, a bohemian demimonde, to design two houses influenced by the archive.
House I was based upon a selected Jonathan Lasker painting, as well as House IV by Peter Eisenman. The color brush
Professor Jeffrey Kipnis
Software/ AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Skills Rhinoceros, Illustrator, Photoshop, Physical models
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House II is a series of volumes and textures based upon two other Lasker paintings. The volumes create a progression of space that are also influenced by the textures present in the paintings. The studio works culminated with an exhibition in Knowlton Hall.
HOUSE II For the Eye of the Beautiful Beholder, 1997HOUSE I Ahistoric Remembrance, 2006
HOUSE II Supplemental Reality, 1996
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Living Room
Bedrooms
Dining - Kitchen - Utility
GreatHall
GuestQuarters
Study
Master Bed
Kids Beds
Kitchen/Dine Utility
Living
Guest Bedrooms
Guest Living
Lower Level PlanScale 1/8” = 1’0”
Upper Level PlanScale 1/8” = 1’0”
Section BScale 1/8” = 1’0”
Section AScale 1/8” = 1’0”
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Living Room
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Upper Level PlanScale 1/8” = 1’0”
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Bedroom 2
Master Bedroom 2Master Bedroom 1
Upper Study
Living Room
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Dining - Kitchen - Utility
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HOUSE I HOUSE II
Downtown San Diego has become a vibrant center of commerce, shopping, and entertainment in recent decades. Because of this activity, people are being drawn to the area as new residents, and redevelopment has grown outside the core into the neighboring East Village.
East Village’s lack of identity provides an opportunity to create a community environment mixed with social, economical and academic relations while maintaining residential needs. The recent revitalization of the southern end of East Village provides a catalyst for future and present
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demographic trends within the area to build upon. The proposed site design will blend East Village within downtown San Diego for future generations.
The site proposal is divided into four phases: 1) a large urban park, surrounded by commercial, office, and residential buildings, an urban farmers’ market and a community center; 2) mixed-use development ne City College and Trolley stations along Park Blvd.; 3) additonal infill mixed-use development; and 4) retail and commercial development on the southeast corner of the area.
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ObjectivesDensityAttract and retain residents to support local economic, academic, and social activities
Connectivity Build transitional linkages between neighborhoods, foster community partnerships
Environmental PracticesDevelop natural landscapes for environmental and recreational purposes
FlexibilityDesign buildings and landscapes with adaptive uses and longevity
LAND USE MAP ADAPTABILITY PUBLIC PLAZA surrounded by residential units
The Headquarters for the Waterkeeper Alliance, a grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to the environmental preservation of waterways, is proposed to be located in either Chicago, Cincinnati, or New York. The Chicago site is located at the lock and dam connecting Lake Michigan with the Chicago River. The program calls for something that would not only reach out to the public philosophically, but also physically, connecting the site to the downtown and the Navy Pier.
There was an analysis of the program, which determined three types of users: staff and
Instructor Bart Overly
Software/ AutoCAD, Rhinoceros Skills Illustrator, Physical models
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ceresearchers, which is located in the red, programmed rigid spaces; the public, which moves through the building via the green single surface that wraps the building, connecting the city to the pier; and the VIP, likely Oprah or Obama, which uses the building for speaking engagements, as well as a quick blue connection via helipad linked to the city of Chicago.
The building is built atop the Chicago Police Marine Safety station, which is redesigned to be integrated in the form of the structure, creating voids which exhibitions flow through.
SITE PLAN
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A red semi-private spaces make up the core
B green public outreach fabric connects to urban fabric creating circulatory loop
C outreach skin connecting the public loop wraps around the core
D connection of the green skin creates helipad
E blue vip inclined elevator connects with ground and join green and red to reach city
F green fabric forms flexible public exhibit space
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administration
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housingstorage
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temporary exhibition
cafelobby
auditorium
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outdoor display
permanent exhibition
boat dock
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offices
library
housinglabs
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION SIXTH FLOOR PLAN auditorium level
FORM + FUNCTION
This project is a private residence to be located atop the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower, the tallest building in the city, located across from the Ohio Statehouse.
The studio began with a study of a precedents, such Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, Mies’ Brick Country House project, the painting Rhythm of A Russian Dance, and works by Le Corbusier, as well as the Miller House by instructor Jose Oubrerie. That analysis resulted in the design of the house, which utilized a series of progression lines based upon golden sections.
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Not only does this guide the plan of the house, but its elevation as well. The regulating lines create floor plates and bearing walls throughout, which both provide and deny access and views throughout. The house consists of three volumes, which elevate and expand from each other, in which the red volume is partially hovering over Broad Street. This also creates a series of dramatic multi-level spaces, through which stairways and escalators pass and connect the volumes, which provide a combination of private and public functions that flow throughout.
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
ARCHITECTURAL PROMENADE
Win(e)nvironment is a comprehensive wine hospitality resort tower located at the confluence of the L’Ile and L’Arve rivers in Geneva, on an existing industrial site. Originally, the design was a simple diagram-based design that laid the functions of the program throughout the large site. While adjacency was considered, it failed to provide an experience beyond the essential functions of a winery paired with a hotel.
The next step was to take the program and stack it vertically. Rather than simply separating out the functions, programs like the hotel are split up and spread throughout.
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tThe purpose of the project was to create a phenomenal experience that not only contained a winery and hotel on the same site, but merged the two different functions into the same spaces.
The focus of the studio was to transform the landscape as part of the assignment. This project called for integrating the landscape of vineyards into the structure. These vineyards were placed into the structure at a depth that would adequately receive sunlight, and allow light and air to pass through the reduce the impact upon a traditional European city.
SECTION MODEL
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CELLARS + VINES ELEVATORS + VINES HOTEL + VINES PUBLIC SPACES + VINES STORAGE + VINES
ISOMETRIC FLOOR PLANSISOMETRIC PROGRAM MASS
This is a house for an extended family, located on Winthrop Square in a Boston neighbohood adjacent to the the Bunker Hill Monument. The design was based upon study of Le Corbusier’s Villa Cook, as well as other studio exercises.
With a narrow, long site that was landlocked, including an exsiting building on one side, a challenge was to maximize sunlight on the front and left side elevations. The design includes horizontal curtain walls of light, as well as an atrium, sun room and roof terrace. The four-level house is served by a stairwell that helps create split-level
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spaces at the front such as a library and great room. Another stairway begins at the rear of the house and cascades in a linear fashion towards the top level, which houses the sunroom, terrace, and a roof garden.
Another challenge was to create living quarters on the ground floor towards the rear for Grandpa White, who wanted accessibility and a link to his family, while maintaining a sense of privacy and independence, and the ability to rent out upon his vacancy. Family kitchen and bedrooms are located on floors above.
Building Site
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Roof40' - 0"
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN Kitchen and Great Room
FIRST FLOOR PLAN Entry, Garage, and Library/Den
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Over-The-Rhine a, historic neighborhood adjacent to Cincinnati’s central business district, was settled by German immigrants in the early 1800s, becoming one of the most densely populated areas in the United States. Over time, Over-The-Rhine fell into serious decline, yet was left behind in the wave of urban renewal. Thus, much of OTR’s collection of historic Italinanate architecture and traditional urban form, would remain, ripe for revitalization.
The studio was broken up into different user groups, and different aspects. This specific group looked at how residents, especially
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It was suggested that both parks be redesigned, along with two focal corridors: Pleasant Street, connecting Washington Park to Findlay Market to the north, and 13th Street, from Washington Park to Ziegler Park and former SCPA building. Over-The-Rhine is now experiencing revitalization, due to public and institutional investments that have attracted new private redevelopment.
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throughout the world. Best known for use at Disney theme parks, monorail systems have been proven to be successful and profit-able in cities in Europe and Asia for over a century. This thesis looked at how monorail could be used in other American cities, including expansion in Las Vegas.
Proposed are extensions to the north serving Downtown and Fremont Street, as well as to the UNLV campus and McCarran Internation-al Airport to the southeast. A western Strip spur was also proposed. Extensions could be financed through a combination of public and private funds.
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Las Vegas is a world-renowned center of entertainment, focused along Las Vegas Boulevard, also known as The Strip. This activity has created massive congestion that compromises the area’s quality of life, strain-ing the economy and the environment. Past transit systems have been considered and constructed as congestion solutions, but the first major effort began as the Bally’s - MGM Grand Monorail, opening in 1995, expanded into to a four-mile-long system with seven stations, completed in 2004.
This case study focused on the Las Vegas system, also looking at monorail installations
