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JULIA CARSONCOMMUNITY CENTER

Gresham-Smith Competition 2011

Indianapolis, IN

Arch 303Prof. Michele Chiuini

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The Julia Carson Community Center project, devel-

oped for the 2011 Gresham-Smith Competition, was

proposed with the hope of revitalizing a struggling

neighborhood in urban Indianapolis. Although

the size of the site was generous, the needs of the

project were many, requiring a careful balance of

programmatic functions and spacial uses.

My proposal sought to heavily integrate the building

with its site, using the edges of the building to define

interesting outdoor spaces which would create

a sense of comfort and relief for the surrounding

neighborhood. A sloping green roof provides an

interesting form of access to to the building’s second

floor (right).

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OUTDOOR PATIO

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A defining goal of my proposal was to unify the

various spaces and functions with a sense of

transparency. Different spaces are integrated and

mixed amongst each other, often revealing their

inner functions through open floorplans or care-

fully placed glass walls. As a result, their respective

functions would be revealed to other spaces so

that guests of the center would be further aware

of its full range of offerings. All spaces are centered

around a central atrium, through which many of

the building’s spaces can be seen (right).

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CHRISTY WOODSCANOPY TRAIL

Muncie, IN

Arch 401Prof. Wes Janz

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PROCESSThe Christy Woods Canopy Trail was created to heighten aware-ness of a forest near Ball State’s

campus through a kind of perma-nent outdoor installation. Early

concepts of my project (top left, opposite page) sought to elevate visitors to allow them to explore the different levels of the forest

environment.

However, as the project devel-oped, a major emphasis was also placed on lightness, or a project that would leave minimal impact on the ground. By the time my process stage was completed, I had mapped out every tree in the area, and created a proposal for a walk-through which could be built while leaving every tree in place.

The final proposal involves three sepa-

rate trails through the forest, which

converge at a central elevated experi-

ence. Each of the trails allows for a dif-

ferent study of the forest environment:

the northern trail passes at close range

to only a few trees, allowing for a close

examination of each. The eastern trail

passes through a small grove and allows

one to study the spacial relationship of

the trees within. The southernmost trail,

and the only without stairs (allowing for

full accessibility) offers a more gradual

study of the forest, and a slow immer-

sion into the forest canopy. Once visitors

have fully ascended the installation,

they are presented with a series of

viewports which allow for more defined

“snapshots” of the forest environment.

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Yolo Valley, CA

Arch 303Prof. Michele Chiuini

CACHE CANYON HOTEL

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The Cache Canyon Hotel was designed as a retreat

among the mountains of northern California, over-

looking Yolo Valley. The complex is broken up into

a series of modular cabins, deliberately composed

in a way which would create the community of

a campground while allowing for the privacy of

a resort. The cabins are arranged around many

shared common areas with seating and landscap-

ing, while the rooms themselves are each oriented

outward from a central point so that no other

cabins are visible. Each cabin features a series of

moveable partition walls and windows, which can

opened or adjusted to create connections with

outdoor patios or with adjacent cabins, or closed

to enhance feelings of privacy.

Outdoor common spaces

Upper floor cabin

At the center of the complex is a community hall,

which houses dining facilities and recreational

spaces, and is the primary center for circulation

between the levels of the hotel. The dining facili-

ties allow access to both interior seating and an el-

evated exterior patio during appropriate weather.

Directly in front of the community hall is an adobe

fire pit, which can provide opportunities for guests

of the hotel to convene for activities. Many of the

building’s construction practices take cues from

the region’s historic Native American tribes, such

as the use of local woods and adobe construction.

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Central gathering area

ACRYLIC STUDY Arch 301

Prof. Janice Shimizu

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Students of Prof. Shimizu’s studio were encouraged to choose a mate-rial, and explore its sculptural and tectonic possibilities through a series of small models. For my project, I chose to study acrylic, which allowed for interesting studies in transparency and malleability. The results included the 14 models pictured here, many of which required digital modeling, laser cutting, and various forms of melting and hand-molding to complete.

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The study culminated in another use for our selected

material, in which we proposed an occupiable

installation utilizing a second chosen material. For

my project, I decided to contrast the flexible and

transparent qualities of acrylic against the opacity

and sturdiness of wood.

After experimenting with digital models and con-

cepts that would push the forms of the materials to

their limits (far left), I went with the idea of a pattern

of alternating wood and acrylic layers, combining to

make a single and continous form, based specifi-

cally on the curves of a violin. The final product (next

page) features a kind of gradient in solidity, from

most transparent (on left) to most opaque (on right).

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URBARNIndianapolis, IN

Arch 402Prof. Timothy Gray

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For the final semester of our under-

graduate studies, my studio sec-

tion sought a project that could be

physically built and fully useful to the

community. The result was UrbaRn, an

“urban farm” project seeking to edu-

cate children about urban agriculture

and adaptive reuse, in part through

the repurposing of two former ship-

ping containers into classrooms. The

project was a collaboration between

the Indianapolis Project School and

the Ball State University College of Ar-

chitecture and Planning. Development

began with a series of proposals from

small teams of Ball State students

(my team’s proposals featured here),

although input from the younger

students of the Indianapolis Project

School was also taken into account

(upper left). As the proposals finalized,

construction drawings and physical

models were underway (far right).

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The UrbaRn project was heavily col-

laborative, with each student assisting in

a variety of roles. I assisted in managing

material orders, sanding and cleaning

for reuse (as pictured in large image

on right), painting, and furnishing the

container, among other tasks.

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The final outcome features both com-

pletely repurposed shipping contain-

ers, one as a classroom with desks and

one as a more open play area, each

with large sliding doors. A spacious

wooden deck connects the two spaces.

Chief among my contributions to the project was through its docu-mentation and publication in a 106-page book, available online. I was also in charge of promotional efforts attempting to secure additional fundraising.

Buy the book!http://ow.ly/rNx6W

WALT DISNEY IMAGINATIONS

Walt Disney ImagiNationsCompetition 2011 + 2012

2011 - Semi-Finalist“Arabian Nights:

The Tales of Scheherazade”

2012 - Semi-Finalist“Lunacy: A Space Club and Bar”

Teammates:Justin Gross

Tiffany Lim Rachel Martinelli4 34

As an attempt to try something far removed

from the traditional architecture curriculum,

a small team of three other students and I set

foot into thematic design as we entered Walt

Disney Imagineering’s ImagiNations competi-

tion. In the 2011 competition, we proposed an

elaborate “dark ride” (an indoor ride featuring

staged scenes in controlled environments) for

Disneyland Paris, based on the tales of the 1001

Arabian Nights. The ride sought to entrench itself

into the existing Middle Eastern theming in Dis-

neyland Paris’ Adventureland, as well as into the

long connection with Middle Eastern folklore in

French culture. Our ride featured a flying dhow,

or Arab sailboat, moving through physical scenes

representing the tales told by Scheharazade to

the cold-hearted King Shahryar (left).

Work on the ride quickly proved the need for surprising amounts of

research into Arab culture and the origins of the 1001 Nights, as we

sought to evoke traditional Irani/Persian architecture in the facade

of King Shahryar’s palace (opposite). Also necessary were human

designs for many of the characters in the ride, which would be

depicted through the use of advanced A-100 Audio-Animatronics

(left).

As the proposal had to be physically shipped to Walt Disney Imagi-

neering’s campus in Glendale, California, we chose to package our

flash drive in a custom-designed box which would begin the story of

our attraction from the moment it was opened (below).

COLORED PENCIL WATERCOLOR

The images above were created in 2010 as part of a study in different

visual media, all examining Oscar Niemeyer’s Niterói Contemporary Art

Museum outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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TRAVELS +PHOTOGRAPHY

Pictured, from top left:Antelope Canyon, UT

London, United KingdomSorrento, Italy

Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaInside Passage, AK

Berlin, Germany

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