Final Board Presentation

Final Perspectives

Exterior Perspective

Aerial view of building looking South-East.


Interior Perspectives

This first imagine depicts the view of downtown Cincinnati and the Ohio River from a two bedroom condominiums located on the 7th floor of the building.  The finished in the apartment include floor-to-ceiling height windows, bamboo flooring, and exposed duct-work.

The second image shows the view of each floors "lobby" area.  This area includes a four elevators, floor-to-ceiling height windows, bamboo flooring, a view of the skylight, and an open space area which extends from the first to tenth floor.

Master Site Plan and Organizational Diagrams

The master site plan is showing the condominium building (located at the corner of Fourth Street and Central Street).  It also shows the location for the townhouses which are located closest to the Ohio River front.

Site Topography

Organizational Diagrams

Circulation

Structure - Foundation Plan

Light - South Elevation

Bottom - Middle - Top Floor Layouts

The image above is of the first floor of the building.  The green is showing commercial space.  The blue is showing the lobby/circulation for this floow.

The image above is the fifth floor of the building.  The dark blue is showing the two bedroom units on the floor.  The light blue is showing the lobby/circulation for this floor.

The image above is of the tenth floor of the building.  The green is showing the four bedroom units on this floor.  The gray is showing the three bedroom unit on this floor.  The light blue is showing the lobby/circulation for this floor.

Dimensioned Floor Plan

Final Building Sections

Building Sections

The above floor plan shows the section cuts for the building sections.  The first building section reflects the vertical cut and the second building section reflects the horizontal cut.  Floor to floor height of the floor one is 17 feet, while the floor to floor height for floor two through ten is 15 feet.

Section A-A (vertical)

Section B-B (horizontal)

Wall Section

Final Floor Plans

Two Bedroom Layout -- 1600 square feet (40ft x 40ft)

Three Bedroom Layout -- 3200 square feet (40ft x 80ft)

Four Bedroom Layout -- 3200 square feet (40ft x 80ft)

Final Elevations

East Elevation

North Elevation

South Elevation

West Elevation

What have I been up to?

Since October 17th, I have been diligently working hard on perfecting my final building design.  I will now be posting my final imagines which I will be using for my board presentation.

Phase III Presentation

Everyone has an idea of what fortunate means to them. Good health, freedom, financial stability, and love are just a few.  These ideas weave together as one creating a fortunate life.  Our community embodies the word fortunate.  Each floor of the building will differ from the others, allowing the structure to come together as one in its own unique manner.  The immense outdoor space will allow residents to take in the breathe-taking views of the Ohio River and downtown Cincinnati.  Share your fortune with others in this exclusive community.

Design Parti:

Possible Building Concepts:

Residential Square Footage Breakdown:

• 2 Bedroom Apartment = 1500 square feet --> Light Blue
• 3 Bedroom Apartment = 2000 square feet --> Gray
• 4 Bedroom Apartment = 2500 square feet --> Dark Blue
• Each floor ~ 45,000 square feet
• Grand Total = 405,000 square feet

Schematic Layout of Possible Floor

Schematic Layout of 2 Bedroom Unit

Commercial Square Footage Breakdown:

• Communal gym - 18,750 square feet
• Cafe/smoothie bar - 11,250 square feet
• Childcare - 7,500 square feet
• Roof garden ~ 2,500 square feet
• Grand Total = 40,000 square feet

Overall Layout of site:

Parti on Site:

Model:

Inspirational Image:

New Design Scheme

I have now created a new design scheme based off of the grid lines on the site.  I did this by pulling and pushing the various grid lines to come up with a blockish structure.  This structure would consist of different sized blocks placed on top of one another.  This would create a "weave" look.  This also helps tie in my first series of models which helped to show the weaving effect as well.

Revisiting My Site and Parti

After my review, I revisited my parti and site to try and create a design scheme that correlated with my parti.  I started out by making a grid design on the site.  I then started varying the grid lines, which allowed me to put my parti on the site since my parti deals with weaving different aspects of life together to form fortunate.

Design Schemes

I am having the most trouble trying to figure out a design scheme for my project.  I have tried to create various schemes surrounding my parti/design concept, but I am not liking how any of them are looking.  Hopefully after my review, I will have some guidance on where to go from here, but for now here are my preliminary schemes.

Bubble Diagrams

Rough sketches on how I see the floor plan layouts.

Program Cut-Out

Total Square Feet = 587,700

Studio Condo = 10% = 58,770 Square Feet
One Bedroom Condo = 40% = 235,080 Square Feet
Two Bedroom Condo = 40% = 235,080 Square Feet
Three Bedroom Condo = 10% = 58,770 Square Feet

3D Site Investigation with Parti

For this investigation I wanted to do a preliminary study about the varying heights of the structures and how they would relate to each other.  The colors also represent how different things might be grouped with one another.

Surface Image Characteristics

I wanted to pick different materials which relate to my design philosophy.  All of the materials are found on http://transmaterial.net.  I choose various materials that all could bring something different to my project.

InvariMatte

InvariMatte is a nondirectional, low-gloss, uniformly textured stainless-steel finish designed for use in architectural applications. While its lower reflectivity lends itself to roofing applications, it can be applied to wall panels, coping, and trim.  The superb consistency of this finish results in excellent panel-to-panel matching.

Solid Poetry

Just when you think you've seen everything that can be done with concrete, along comes another surprise.  Developed by Netherlands-based designer Frederik Molenschot and Susanna Happle, Solid Poetry is a concrete tile that reveals a pattern when wet.  The floral pattern depicted here are the result of a carefully applied surface treatment that reveals itself only when exposed to water or humid air.

KiloLux

KiloLux is a monolithic glass block with the appearance of a laminate produced by thermally bonding glass at low temperatures.  Wales-based Innovative Glass Products Ltd. developed the material for inclusion in building facades as a light-emitting decorative element.  Because no adhesive is used to manufacture the product, it has good resistance moisture and freeze-thaw cycles.

Site Interpretation

I began my site interpretation by placing my parti onto the site in a very simple, plain way. I then varied shades of grey onto my parti to help me figure out differing heights of structures, with the lightest being the shortest and darkest being the tallest.  I want to emphasize the views of the Ohio River and of downtown Cincinnati which is why the squares closest to the Ohio River are lighter, while the figures behind them would be taller (darker).  I then started experimenting with color on my site to help relate different structures with others.  I will need to explore this aspect more though.

Modified Massing Study

With my modified massing study, I wanted to focus more on the colors.  I liked how with my first models, I made different spaces/levels bringing the different shapes to varying heights.  I did not like the harshness of the colors though.  I thought that they were too strong and powerful and did not symbolize the kind of fortune I wanted.  With these models I choose more calmer and comforting colors.  I also played around more with where/how the varying levels interacted with one another.

Massing Study

With this first study, I wanted to focus on the aspect of starting with a flat surface with the different colorful squares.  I then wanted to pull the squares up vertically, on different levels to start to create space.