robert joseph schlorff portfolio

Design PortfolioRobert Joseph Schlorff

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Desert MazeFall 2012

Dynamic WindSpring 2013

2-ViewsSpring 2014

Suspended DivisionsSpring 2014

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ArboretumFall 2013

The CaveFall 2013

Reclaimed GableSummer 20147 The Foundry

Fall 2014

Desert MazeSingle Residence/Exploration- american desert

ARCH 272- Professor Lawrence Hamlin4 Week Project

Fall 2012Edward C Earl Prize - Honorable Mention

The concept for my design was to take our lim-itation of two walls and bend those walls to create several similar but varying spaces. The position of the walls and the route and transi-tion between spaces created a maze. This maze reveals each space in a different way with every space having its own specific relationship with the environment around it.

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Dynamic WindSingle Residence in the midewest- champaign Il

ARCH 272- Professor Lawrence Hamlin5 Week Project

Spring 2013

For this project, located in cham-paign Illinois, I wanted to create a small but effecient home that i could see myself in. Due to the location I decided to focus primarily on block-ing prairie winds while still creating usable outdoor space. All Spaces within the structure are open to a courtyard and completely shielded from the south, west, and east: fo-cusing all attention to the North. The screen wall protecting the court-yard is also a kinetic sculpture using the force of the wind to turn and al-ter its pieces; this creates a union be-tween the wind and structure creat-ing some visual representation of its protective purpose.

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Interior view of lower level living space

ArboretumSupport Facility for The University of Illinois Arboretum- champaign Il

ARCH 373- Professor Jefferey Poss3 Week Project

fall 2013

This project was to create a support facility for the University of illinois Arboretum. This facility would need to house public restrooms and chang-ing rooms for different events. My approach to the problem was to at-tempt to limit my impact on the land-scape. Tucked into an exsisting hill and out of the highly sought views my proposal was a wall and shading device which would give the facilities needed without excess.

view iterations looking North East

Light study of interior subteranean spaces and dif-ferent wall finishes

View of canopy from North East

Wall/canopy iterations

The CaveOutdoor Performance complex and artists retreat at alerton Park- Monticello Il

ARCH 373- Professor Jefferey Poss12 Week Project

fall 2013

This project called for a performance cen-ter and artists retreat on the grounds of Allerton park in Monticello Illinois. My approach was to design a complex that would blend with the existing landscape. My design does not leave the landscape un-touched but rather uses the same visual language of the site to create something new but familiar. Within the artist retreat I focused on making the spaces multi-pur-pose with built in/pullout furniture and appliances. The idea was to connect this space within the rest of the complex but still provide the artists privacy and space to work.

Artists Retreat

Performance center

Original Landscape

Built in Furniture exploration within the artist re-treat space

Interior View of Artist’s Retreat

2 ViewsMixed -use urban structure- Chicago Il

ARCH 374- Professor Altaf Engineer3 week Project

Spring 2014

This project was a short, schematic, look at a mixed use urban structure in Chicago Illinois. The program was to create space for commercial businesses and in my case a public gym near street level and an arrangement of residen-tial units above. The orientation and placement of my residential towers gave them ideal light conditions, shel-ter from the noise of the L train, and allowed for every unit to have a desir-able view of the chicago surroundings. Between the two towers would be a semi-conditioned garden space usable all year long.

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Suspended DivisonsUrban Library on Southern Corner of Lincoln Park- Chicago Il

ARCH 373- Professor Altaf Engineer12 Week Project

Spring 2014

For this project we were asked to design a public library on the southern corner of Lin-coln Park in Chicago. During our site anal-ysis it became clear this could be used for far more than a library and would be a major attraction in this growing prospering area. I wanted to divide and separate the different programs within the building. Each program was given its own space and own unique expe-rience. Each floor differs in use and form. A combination of suspended bricks and translu-cent glass is used to diffuse harsh light on certain floors and certain areas.

Exterior facade screen of suspended glass bricks

lower level childrens library

The Foundryboutique hotel- 502 N. Neil Street, Champaign, Il

ARCH 475- Professor Scott Murray15 Week Project

Fall 2014Edawrd C Earl Prize - Second Place

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3D HVAC and Structure Diagram

This was a semester long comprehensive design project for a new boutique hotel in downtown champaign Illinois. Light shafts spaced between rooms not only spread light through the floors but act as venti-lation stacks for the whole building. The First and second floors connect to the pe-destrians on the street through large cur-tain walls and large folding doors in the restaurant. these doors can be opened in temperate weather to help ventilate the building and push restaurant seating out into the sidewalk like many restaurants in the area do. Terra cotta bars hung over metal panels serve to respect the tradi-tional brick buildings in the area while at-tempting to update that idea. During the semester we had a series of exercises that focused on Life safety, Structural system, enclosure and energy codes, Environmen-tal Comfort, and Interior Development.

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Ground floor Second Floor

Western Facade Restaurant Doors -Cables and counter Weights are used to open the doors

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Metal Flashing over Parapet Built up Bitumin Layer Roofing

2-1/2” sqare terracotta tubes

8” of expanded polystyrene insulation

1/2” Gypsum Board

1/2” rebar embedded in concrete structure

1’ 2-way concrete roof slab

Aluminium window frame and interior shading

Triple glazed Low-E coated glass

5-5/8” Steel studs

1/2” Exterior sheathing

5’ x 3’ composite aluminium panels

tie backs supporting aluminium panels and terracotta tubes

1’ 2-way concrete floor slabs

7” deep horizontal, aluminium curtain wall mulions

12” deep vertical, aluminium curtain wall mulions

1’ 2-way concrete floor slab

3” expanded polystyrene insulation

5” drainage pipe

2’4” concrete foundation footing Gravel below basement slab

Aprox. 5.5” Mineral fiber batt insulation between studs

Metal vertical bracket supporting aluminium panels and terracotta tubes

Wall assembly R- Btu/h ft f 1/2” Gypsum board .45aprox 5.5” batt insulation 19Exterior sheathing .61waterproof membrane .064 3/4” expanded polystyrene 23.751” air space 5’ x 3’ aluminium panel .61

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Suspended Ceiling/Light Fixture

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Conference Facility

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Back of house

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Restroom Restroom

View of Lobby looking west

West Facade South Facade

Reclaimed GableCompetition: Sukkah City STL 2014

Participants: Robert Schlorff, Connor Chelmecki, Will StaufferSummer 2014

A GENERAL INTERIOR AREA IS ESTABLISHEDWITH THE USE OF A RECTALNGULAR PRISM

A GABLE FORM IS SITUATED WITHINTHE RECTANGULAR PRISM

THE GABLE FORM IS ROTATED WITHIN THE RECTANGULAR PRISM

THE GABLE FORM IS TRIMMED AT THE VERTICAL FACES OF THE RECTANGULAR PRISM TO CREATEAN INNOVATIVE GABLE CONSTRUCTION

ONE ROOF PEAK OF THE FORM IS DROPPED IN ORDER TO CREATE A DYNAMIC SHAPE

ONE EDGE OF THE FORM IS EXTENDED OUT TO OBTAIN MORE USABLE INTERIOR SPACE

Sukkah City STL 2014: Between Absence and Presence is an innovative art and de-sign competition presented by St. Louis Hillel and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The competition proposes a re-imagi-nation of the sukkah, an ancient, temporary structure used by nomads and harvesters, and to suggest dynamic possibilities for traditional construction constraints with forward-thinking design and sustainability.

Our approach to this prompt was to blend the sukkah’s form and materials with tra-ditional american vernacular form: specifi-cally the gable roof. Our material choices came from the idea to reuse and recycle many unused items available in our area.

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SEWN YARD CLOTH OR CANVAS BAGS ARE FILLED WITH TOP SOIL AND INSEETED INTO THE PALLETS UPON CONSTRUCTION.

DIMPLES ARE SEWN THROUGH THE SOIL BAGS IN ORDERTO CONSTRAIN THEIR OVERALL WIDTH.

THE BAGS ARE DESIGNED TO FILL THE ENTIRE OPEN VOID WITHIN THE PALLETS TO MAKE THEM IMPERMEABLE TO LIGHT.

PLANTS ARE ARRANGED THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE SOIL BAGS AFTER CONSTRUCTION.

THE SOIL BAGS ARE HUNG IN THE INTERIOR OF THE PALLETS WITH WIRE AND OTHER SIMPLE FASTENERS.

Perspective Axon

Each of the pallets will contain planters containing vines that are both visible from the interior and exterior

Night view through Roof