PORTFOLIOOF SELECTED WORKS

SPRING 2005 - SPRING 2009

KELLY BALLBACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE 2009CORNELL UNIVERSITY

A housing project in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami provides apartments of various sizes confi gured strategically to provide passive ventilation, plenty of shaded outdoor space for public circulation on the street side of the complex and private courtyards in the back of the building. The fragmented block, composed of 20x20 modules, accommodates 28 apartments, with one to four bedrooms. Ground fl oor retail space and a parking ramp are provided beneath the terraced apartment levels.

longitudinal section, NTS (below); fi nal model of apartment complex, view from southwest corner (right)

LITTLE HAITI HOUSINGFALL 2006 DESIGN STUDIO - MIAMI, FL

perspective view of pedestrian stair and retail space from northwest corner study model for intervention on site

third level housing plan NTS 02

SPRING 2007 DESIGN STUDIO - ITHACA, NY

ITHACA COMMONSARTS PAVILLION

This proposal for a temporary arts pavilion in downtown Ithaca received an honorable mention in a two-week third-year design competition. Overlap-ping canopies provide space for outdoor perfor-mances and movie screenings. A covered walkway for pedestrian traffi c connects to the promenade along shop fronts on the Commons. The corner site makes it an ideal location for advertisement, art exhibition and public gathering.

Section through pavilion NTS (left); Renderings (above); axonometric drawing illustrating circulation paths NTS (above left)

This model of the ocean-front Berkowitz-Odgis House in Marthas Vineyard describes the structural systems at play in the timber frame house designed by Steven Holl. The house is like an inside-out balloon frame structure with exposed wooden members carrying a porch around the front of the house. A bow-like dining nook window breaks through the porch to face west.

site plan (Steven Holl Architects), NTS (right); fi nal model, built to 1/4=10 scale (above)

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS MODELSPRING 2007 DESIGN STUDIO - MARTHAS VINEYARD, MA

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Sited along the highline on the west side of Manhattan, this fi tness center is part of a dramatic urban proposal. The re-development of the highline into an elevated linear park creates an active pedestrian path onto which programmatic hubs can latch.

The urban scheme proposes a system of linear buildings and parks that connect the west-side neighborhood- through open space, views and pedestrian paths- to the Chelsea Piers and waterfront. The new urban system intersects with the North-South corridors of 10th Avenue and the highline. The programmatic network along the highline becomes a fi lter between this new condition and the existing urban grid.

Map of 10th Ave and highline (orange), urban proposal NTS (left)

CHELSEA HEALTH HUBSPRING 2007 DESIGN STUDIO - MANHATTAN, NY

map of existing built conditions surrounding site NTS (above); roof plan of building proposal at 10th Ave and 23rd St NTS (below)

east elevation of Health Hub as seen from10th Ave NTS

The proposed health hub uses the stair -- at many scales- as a tactic of spatial organization (clearest in the section through the highline). From 10th Avenue, the building acts as a voyeuristic screen to passerbys and a recreational fi lter through which one can experience and access the highline.

The building steps down to street level through a series of open recreational spaces -cafe, fi tness center, bas-ketball ball court- while hanging over the highline and connecting to it as a secondary pedestrian street. A glass curtain wall facade exposes all recreational activ-ity to 10th Avenue while the back of the building serves as support, both structurally and programmatically, to the building.

Section through building facing west, NTS

STUDIO LOFT

CAFE/LOUNGE

HIGHLINEENTRANCE

STUDIO 1

LOCKER ROOM

LOCKER ROOM

SWIMMING POOL

SQUASH COURTS

BASKET-BALL COURT

FITNESSCENTER

FITNESS CENTER

(OPEN TO BELOW)

RUNNING TRACK

HIGHLINESTUDIO 1

STUDIO 2

STUDIO LOFT

Section through building facing west, towards highline NTS (above);Section through building and highline facing north NTS (below)

third fl oor plan NTS (above)

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PARCO PORTA MAGGIOREFALL 2007 DESIGN STUDIO - ROME, ITALY

This project in Rome investigates the Porta Maggiore site- a palimpsest of active and inactive infrastructures, physical walls and monuments. The porta itself is a monumental double archway built by and dedicated to the Emperor Claudius in 52 AD, to celebrate the two aqueducts it car-ries. In 271, the gateway was incorporated into the Aurelian Walls and to this day serves as a portal into the original city confi nes.

The intervention proposed re-programs the Aurelian Wall where it intersects with the Neronian aqueducts, activates the urban enclave and engages people with the ancient monuments. Parco Porta Maggiore is the intersection not only of infrastructure- aqueducts, walls and tram lines- but also of pedestrian paths and experiential sequences through the city. Thus, the intervention is read differently from one side of the wall to the other and its program- cafe/night-club/gallery and park is similarly multi-faceted.

Aerial view of intervention (left); fi gure-ground site map (below)

Facing north, view of glass facade and hanging stairway- entrance to bar and nightclub from traffi c roundabout (above); facing south, View of park from tramstop (below)

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MONASTERY FARM FARMAPARTMENT APARTMENT APARTMENT

B, D LINES

T LINE

STREET/SIDEWALK

ROOFSCAPE

CHINATOWN TOWER COMPLEXSPRING 2008 DESIGN STUDIO - MANHATTAN, NEW YORK

Combining unlikely program with the skyscraper, this bold intervention in lower Manhattan proposes a network of towers that provide apartment housing, farms and a monastery to the Chinatown neighborhood. The interven-tion also provides a connection to the new T subway line, and the B and D lines, running under Christie Street. The scheme establishes an inhabitable programmed- market, restaurant, park- surface at the roof level of the existing buildings which transforms the separate towers into a complex urban network connected at three disparate levels- subway, street and roof. This was a group project, researched and completed with Zahira Crespo and Adam Vana.

A variable facade system wraps the main body, the middle zone in which the primary program is held, of each tower with glass or ETFE diagrid panels, giving a distinctive yet unifi ed character to each tower. The panels vary in opacity and change in scale to allow for control of light emittance and privacy.

Section through farm tower ETFE facade (above);View from apartment interior (below)

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Section and plan of typical farm tower NTS (above)Section and plan of monastery tower NTS (above)

Shadow plan of area depicts shadows cast at 3 PM (top); Rendering of the wind col-lection crown of the farm tower (right)

Each tower type has an iconic structure, a crown, atop the body which provides a different programmatic zone, a unique identity and either rain, wind or solar collec-tion.

Sections and fl oor plans of typical housing tower NTS (above)

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E Chase St

McDonogh St

E Eager St

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proposed block renewal strategy (thesis)proposed construction (JHU and EBDIexisting buildings

property lines

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REFORMING ROWSSPRING 2009 THESIS DESIGN STUDIO - BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

The thesis approaches the rowhousing typology as a critical component of the physical fabric, collective memory and ur-ban identity of Baltimore- a city in which the population has been dropping and the popularity of the rowhouse has been dwindling. In Historic East Baltimore, partially or entirely abandoned blocks are being leveled and redeveloped into new-urbanist housing and conventional commercial build-ings.

If it is to maintain its viability as a housing type and perpetu-ate an urban identity in Baltimore, the rowhouse must adapt to better support community needs and provide program-matic variation. The particular block under examination is comprised of 52 rowhouse lots between 1,000 and 1,500 sf in size. Public program will be introduced to the block without destroying the structural system, the inherent archi-tectural logic or the perforated rowhouse facade.

The thesis reforms the individual rowhouse, the block and the neighborhood in order to stimulate the area and perpetu-ate an urban collective memory. The transformation hope to inform how redevelopment in American cities reuse existing urban constructs rather than replacing blocks.

Site plan with proposal (approx. 1/128=10); Elevation along Chase St, looking south (below)

REHAB IN HISTORIC EAST BALTIMORE

Greenhouse Library

Grocery/Retail LaundromatHousing

Courtyard/Park

LAUNDRY DAYCARE GREENHOUSE

GROCERY

LIBRARY

Daycare

1/32=10

Existing Buildings

Party Wall Greenhouse

Library

Grocery/Retail

Laundromat

isometric explosion depicting manipu-lation of block NTS (below)

refurbished facades and existing party walls

green roof and program-matic insertion

lower level parking, program, and pedestrian connectionsaxon diagram- distribution of com-

munity programs with residential component in orange

public programs introduced to block (above)diagrammatic plan program overlap (below)

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AAPARKING LEVEL PLAN1/16=10

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Aparking level plan NTS (above)section AA NTS through laundry/housing/greenhouse, parking/greenroof and library/housing (below)

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BGREEN ROOF LEVEL PLAN1/16=10

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Bgreen roof level plan NTS (above)section BB NTS through pedestrian path facing entrance to library (below)

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HOUSING LEVEL PLAN1/16=10

hosuing level plan NTS (above)section CC NTS through lower level parking and green roof, facing west (below)

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sectional plexiglass model, depicting existing original rows (frosted), new construction (clear) and ground (black)