Transit Canopy Conceptual Design Rust Belt (2012)
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This conceptual design strategy for a mass transit canopy creates a statement both iconographic and utilitarian; addressing the scale of city (context (a) and pedestrian (user) in a simple, provactive manner. Here, the flat canopy acts as a datum which supports sustainability above and a unique, pedestrian environment (b) below.
(a) Santa Catarina Market Barcelona, spain (2005)
Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue
(b) Metropol Parasol Sevilla, Spain (2011)
J. Mayer H. Architects
operational lessons from running (2012)
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For architectural practice to excel it must shed both stubbornness and ego to embrace the improvisational requirements of process to be collaborative, flexible and intelligent. Lessons regarding operational or organizational tactics are not limited to fields of design and construction, ques exist in our everyday lives that only require a moment of pause to offer valuable guidance worth consideration.
Objects as Urban Assets Cleveland, Ohio (2011)
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This competition entry for multiple power substations on a local corporate campus transforms a static, unwelcoming object into a quiet, public space and community nightlight.
Architectural Devices
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Wallpaper: a catalog of select design work 3 1/2 years out of grad school
Jeremy Smith
Let’s Be Social! a recipe for public space in 4 easy steps (2011)
POST + Jeremy Smith Design
Let’s Be Social! is a recipe for activating underutilized space (a) while playfully synthesizing ideas (b) and projects (c) that highlight the latent potential in our everyday environment.
(a) All You Can Eat: A Buffet of Architectural Ideas for Cleveland
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland (Oct. 30+31, 2009)
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(b) Lo-Fi Architecture: A Modest Proposal + A Pictoral Manifesto
Pecha Kucha Night Cleveland, Volume 3. MOCA Cleveland (May 8th, 2009)
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(c) Pop Up City Various Sites, Cleveland, Ohio (2008-present)
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
Matte-Trucco’s Fiat Works defined the attitude, inventiveness and utility that laid the foundation for many emerging design practices today. The factory embraced the assembly process as automobiles were assembled on the massive sloped concrete floor leading to the test track on the roof, then finished on the opposing ramp to be sold and shipped at the lower level.
deception Anywhere, Great Lakes Region (2011)
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entry text from the Zombie Safehouse Competition
Sited in a typical Great Lakes vineyard, deception places sustaining life ahead of destroying it amidst a zombie epidemic. The safehouse is an artfully simple mirrored box, that reflects its surroundings while using sustainable practices to power, supply water and grow food. When not under attack, a section of wall panels rotates open to access the vineyard (or farmland if sited differently)and act as a beacon for other survivors looking for refuge.
new balance Cleveland, OH (2011)
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entry text from the Cleveland Design Competition
new balance proposes an integrated educational model that embraces global learning while supporting local collaborations to extend the classroom beyond the student body. The school is treated as a campus; separated into faculties or departments, eliminating the hierarchical segregation of the traditional model and allowing rooms to gain a level of specificity that utilizes shared equipment, laboratories, and storage. The “mixing” of grades supports a greater energy in the corridors and common areas that allows unique additional programmatic elements to be successful. As a globally oriented school, a large assembly / projection area supports web chats with enough space for the entire student body, while its glass volume engages the pedestrian on the street and extends the boundary of the educational experience. The adjacent art gallery gives students the ability to exhibit work regularly, and the cantilevered agricultural green provides hands-on learning; lifted off the ground for security, the canopy and orientation further integrate the school into its environment. The purpose of new balance is to go beyond technology without focus, and integrate a program that excites and inspires students to learn. New educational models, like the Cleveland International School, are emerging at an imperative pace, leaving the question: Can architecture make a difference in pushing the frontiers of education?
new balance is ready to prove it can.
perspective looking northeast from payne ave. and e.18th st.
Context Plan
Subtraction & Residue Diagram
perspective looking south from cafeteria . dining
Site & First Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan
Meet The Circles Pittsburgh, PA (2010)
Abrahamson + Smith
entry text from Pittsburgh Civic Minded Design Competition
We propose to create a new signature neighborhood, The Circles, up the hill from the Arena on the edge of Upper Hill. The Circles are the most distinctive neighborhood in Pittsburgh. This neighborhood is composed of walk-up buildings four to five stories tall and of curved plan, multiples of the famous Royal Crescent in Bath, England. Also present is a landmark hotel, competing on the skyline with a torqued corkscrew profile.
Three distinct activity areas populate the territory west of The Circles: a sunny swimming area to the south, a meadow-like winter play area to the north, and an urban park to the west nearer downtown. Anchoring this urban park is a forecourt across the street from the new Consol Energy Center. Flowing through this court we propose a skating canal reminiscent of Montreal’s Rideau Canal, which becomes a lazy river in summer, solidifying Pittsburgh’s place as the Venice of the United States.
But let’s get back to the problem at hand, Civic Arena. Let’s face it, most of the people that want to save the Igloo are Penguins fans. If you turn it into a science lab, those people won’t be able to experience the space. What we propose is to have those people park their cars inside. We propose to replace Pennsylvania’s most profitable surface parking with Pennsylvania, and possibly the world’s, deepest parking garage, spiraling deep below the Civic Arena far enough to replace all existing spots. It’s also a reference to the extents of local mining culture. Nobody digs holes better than Pennsylvania. Nobody. That’s right, West Virginia, we said it.
The heart of our proposal is an expansion of public space and the addition of amenities to a preexisting neighborhood. In addition to these amenities, The Circles transforms an underwhelming surface parking lot with a great view into a gem on the crown of the city of Champions.
