DESIGN - BUILD

BUILDING FROM WITHOUT

CONTENTS

GBBN/SAINT JOSEPH HOME

SCREEN WALL

MON MODULOR

RENDERINGS

ROMA

The following project is of particular interest in that it is repre-sentative of the entire mode of work that I have when designing in stu-dio. It was completed independent-ly, using concepts generated from ideas and core ideas worked out through a process of iteration.

For this project overall, I was tasked with combining three programs and typologies on top of a parking garage in downtown Cincinnati.

In a broader sense, I looked at the overall process by which I design. Here, the idea was to build from the larger scale, from without.

TITLE: Building from Without

DATE: November 2014

TOOLS: Sketchup, Adobe, AutoCAD

natural lightview

projection room poolstage

LOW POINT

LOW POINT

HIGH POINT

SUMMER SUN

WINTER SUN

SOUTHWIND

WESTWIND

TITLE: Saint Joseph Home

DATE: February 2015

TOOLS: Sketchup, Adobe Suite, Revit

As part of UC’s co-op program, I have so far had one internship experience. This was with GBBN Architects in Cincinnati, OH.

I was a part of the healthcare team. As GBBN’s largest market, I got the chance to experience many different projects at a variety of stages, and also work closely with them for clients both large and small.

This particular project I have chosen to feature as I worked on it the most. Here, you see a model and diagrams for the master plan of a care facility.

My task here was to model the existing con-ditions in both Revit and Sketchup, conduct research and complete diagrams concerning site and current use situations, and aid in pre-sentation materials.

For the final project of the first year, each studio designed and construct a space of pause, viewing, and promenade at full scale.

Each studio’s space con-nected to the other in a continuous band.

Additionally, a short film was created to document and reflect on the work as a whole.

This challenging new way of representation made me think about things in quite a different way.

The challenge here was to design with some homoge-neity across the studio of 150 people.

TITLE: Design-Build

DATE: April 2014

TOOLS: wood and mdf

Here, two projects segue into each other.

As the first projects of my architec-ture career, the 4 compositions on the immediate right are more so exercises in sculpture than architec-ture.

However, these 4 compositions were then aggregated to from units that when then aggregated in var-ious ways to create 3 designs that begin to create space and modu-late light.

This project is also one of the first projects I did in a large group.

TITLE: Screen Wall/Compositions

DATE: March 2014

TOOLS: wood, mdf, casting

Le Corbusier’s “Modulor” is undeniably influential on not only architecture but all of design.

In this project, I created my own Modulor, based on the proportions and relationships between parts of my own body.

This system of proportions began to affect space in the same way that it affects my body. Brought down to scale, my design fits one body doing one action.

TITLE: Mon Modulor

DATE: September 2014

TOOLS: Adobe, Rockite, Museum Board, Plywood

While training the mind and eye, the hand was also trained in either new or refined methods of representation.

Whether digitally or physically, time and time again I was challenged to represent space realistically and clearly.

Collected here are a few such exercises, not only done by hand with pencil on paper, but also digitally with the mouse, and furthermore combinations thereof.

TITLE: renderings (various)

DATE: Fall 2013- Spring 2014

TOOLS: graphite, pen, adobe suite

In the summer of 2014, I took a trip to Rome for 10 days with the University Honors Program.

Since I was traveling with a group of non-archi-tects, I sought to independently explore further into architectural concepts.

Here, drawings and photos are overlaid to ex-plore the dichotomy between the perceived and the actual, and the overall fragmentation of archi-tectonics through the act of observation.

TITLE: Roma

DATE: May 2014

TOOLS: graphite field sketch and photography overlay

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