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NICOLE ESSER:SELECTED WORKS
_intesity of green stippling represents higher median incomes _intesity of black stippling represents higher density of population uner 18
:: A COMPARISON OF POPULATION DENSITY OF CHILDREN UNDER 18 AND AREA MEDIAN INCOMES AS SEEN ABOVE AND BELOW SEA LEVEL
SELECTED WORKS:CONTENTS
MILLER HOUSE VISITOR CENTER:SITE CONTEXT/CONNECTING
A-WEEK: PNEUMATICS PROJECT:DESIGN-BUILD/GROUP CHARETTE
A MUSEUM OF THE CITY:PARTNER PROJECT/CONCEPTUAL BUILDING
MILLER HOUSE VISITOR CENTERCOLUMBUS, IN
SPRING 2013A PROJECT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER THOROUGH STUDY OF PRECEDENTS - NAMELY AALTO’S WORK AND THE MILLER
HOUSE ITSELF IN MY CASE - TO DRAW INSPIRATION AND SPECIFIC CUES FOR A VISITOR CENTER ON THE SITE OF THE MILLER HOUSE - A NATIONAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE. IN MY CASE, I DECIDED TO RETHINK THE APPROACH TO THE HOUSE
AS THE MILLER HOUSE HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN OPENED TO VISITORS, AND WAS NEVER MEANT TO HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS. THE “PAVILION” VISITORS CENTER DRAWS OUT THE VISITOR ALONG AN IMPORTANT AXIS TO RE-EXPERIENCE THE
PROJECT. THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN ROOF ALLOWS FOR AN UNBROKEN SITE LINE FROM THE HOUSE AND A NEW SPACE TO PROVIDE FOR EVENTS AT THE SITE. THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTS - SAARINEN AND KILEY - SET UP A LANGUAGE OF THEIR
OWN THAT IS BROKEN DOWN AND CARRIED THROUGH WITH THE VISITOR CENTER. THE PROJECT HAS A HEAVY EMPHAIS TOWARDS LANDSCAPING, SCREENING OF THE HOUSE AND PARTICULAR VIEWING ANGLES.
INTERVENTION PLAN1/8” = 1’
INTERVENTION SECTION1/8” = 1’
AXES AND CIRCULATIONAS INFLUENCED BY TREE ALLEES
SCREENING TO CREATE AVEHICLE FOR VIEWING
CREATION OF OUTDOORROOMS AND TENSION
ORIGINAL AND MODIFIEDPALLADIAN GRIDS
RECURRING MODULARITY
TREE ALLEE LOOKING BACK OVER PROJECTINTERIOR- GALLERY SPACE IN CENTERENTRANCE TO VISITORS CENTER ALONG RETAINING WALL
MILLER HOUSE VISITOR CENTER
COMPLETED 1957COLUMBUS, IN
NICOLE ESSER
FEB 2013OPTIONAL GROUP DESIGN CHARETTE TAKING PLACE OVER 3 DAYS.
MY GROUP DESIGNED AND BUILT ONE OF TWO INFLATABLE PNEUMATICS (NAMED “THE TRIAD”) AND HELPED CONSTRUCT A SECOND. OUR DESIGN WAS A COLLABORATION BASED ON AN AGREED UPON SITE THAT HAD A UNIQUE CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO LARGE LIVE OAKS
AND THE IDEA OF SMALL MEDIUM LARGE. THE SURFACE WAS MADE “BUMPY” TO DIFFERENTIATE SMOOTH CONNECTION TUBES VERSUS “STAYING SPACE” WHILE TRAVERSING THE PROJECT PLAYS WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONNECTIONS (SUCH AS BEING ABLE TO TRAVERSE
AND TOUCH VERSUS SOLELY AUDIO VISUAL). WE LEARNED NEW SOFTWARES AND MANY CONCEPTS ON AIR FLOW.
A-WEEK: PNEUMATICS PROJECT
13’-10”
30’-9”
9’-9”
11’-6”
A-WEEK: PNEUMATICS PROJECT
(RIGHT COLUMN) PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS BY DAVE ARMENTOUR
A MUSEUM OF THE CITYCARROLLTON, NEW ORLEANS, LA
MUSEUM OF THE CITY :
FALL 2012A PARTNER PROJECT THAT CULMINATED IN A MUSEUM WITH A CONCEPTUAL PROGRAM (MADE OF A SERIES OF
“WALLS” WITH CERTAIN SPATIAL QUALITIES) THAT WAS MEANT TO BE EXTREMELY SITE SPECIFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT OF CARROLLTON, AN OLD SUBURB
OF NEW ORLEANS. THE PROJECT DREW FROM THE REGULARITY OF STREETCAR STOPS ALONG THE MAIN AVENUE OF CARROLLTON AND THE LIVE OAK TREES THAT LINE THE STREET AND EVEN THE
VERNACULAR OF THE TRADITIONAL SHOTGUN HOUSE. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT CAME TO BE PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED GREEN SPACE TO CARROLLTON, ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVOTING HALF
OF OUR SITE TO A PARK SPACE INCLUDING A COVERED COURTYARD.
A MUSEUM OF THE CITY
SITE MODEL WITH EXTENDED VIEWS - 1/32”
OVERLOOKING PARK SPACE - RENDER WITH OVERLAYED DRAWING
GALLERY SPACE - DRAWING WITH OVERLAYED RENDER
FINAL MODEL IN SITE CONTEXT - 1/16”
OAKJOLIET
AXON DRAWING OF SURROUNDING CONTEXT
A MUSEUM OF THE CITY
WALL OF THECITY
WALL OFSURVEYOR
LINEARVOLUME
WALL OFLIGHT
ROOFTOPCOURTYARD
CUBICVOLUME
URBAN-SUBURBAN
COURTYARD
WALL OF BOOKS
