Chelsea Miller
Chelsea M. Miller
construction method for morphing shapes 6.1m
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6.1
site run: 5m
rise: 7m
Bassin De La Villetee Rowing Club
Paris, France
rise:6.5m Run:5.75m cable:6.5m
rise: 6.0m Run:6.3m cable:6.5m
rise:5.5m Run:6.7m cable:7.0m
rise:5.0m Run:6.3m cable:6.5m
rise:4.5m Run:5.75m cable:5.8m
Section
710 Sq Meters
Pedestrian Brigde
Main ENTRY
LOCKERS RAMP
BOAT STORAGE
DOOR/ BOAT LAUNCH RAMP
CLUB BATHROOM GIFT SHOP/ VIEWING
WC CONFERENCE
STORAGE RESTAURANT
EXERCISE
1
MEETING
EXERCISE DECK/ VIEWING BAR/ VIEWING
ROOF DINING/ BAR/ RECEPTION
2
plan
Chelsea M. Miller
Bassin De La Vilette Rowing Club
Rowers Bay
The project was the Bassin de la Villette Rowing Club in Paris, France. The project was to develop a building based on a rowing club program. In addition there was to be a cafe/ restaurant and a viewing deck for visitors to the club. These two programs, in my eyes, needed to be interwoven but separate. Club activites excluded the public but should still be visually accessible. Therefore, I developed a Pedestrian Bridge which acted as an entrance to public spaces, such as the cafe; private club areas, such as the locker rooms; and a transitional viewing space for all. The bridge took a life of its own based on how each structural member reacted to its unique position in relation to the building. Our studio final was “competition style.” I was one of 5 “winners.”
RARE REsearch Station
Cruickston, Ontario, Canada
Phrag Falls
classroom
Research Station plan
High Point
Salamander Planks
Meadow
Tree Bridge
High Point Birch Stand
HOGSBACK BMX Course
0
100’
200’
300’
view point of interest exploratory path deer path/least resistance route mounded wet thick thicker thickest
site plan section
parti
476 ft Long, 630 SQ FT
viewing platform
Chelsea M. Miller
RARE Research station
Bridge
RARE Charitable Research Reserve contains nearly 24 unique habitats and trees more than 230 years old. this unique site provides numerous scientists with research opportunities as well as classroom activities. The project was to include a research and storage station as well as temporary classroom for better scientific study. I strived to provide a transitional space across the border of the meadow and into the Hogsback Forest without overly imposing on the site.
The branch Librry
Chicago, IL
BROWSE MANY BOOKS THROUGH VISUAL CUES
midterm prototype
closeup
TITLE EXPANDS AND OFFERS PERUSING OF BOOK-RELATED OPTIONS
“REMOVE” BOOK TO FIND THE REAL BOOK IN THE LIBRARY
A
A
MANNERISM INTENSIFIES AS ONE APPROACHES THE BOOK’S LOCATION
BEEP BEEP BEEP
BEEP BEEP BEEP
BEEP BEEP BEEP
B
FIND BOOK WITH VISUAL, SOUND OR VIBRATION CUES
site plan
plan
book river cartoon
Section B 1/8” = 1’-0”
section south to north
10, 240 SQ FT
Section A 1/8” = 1’-0” section west to east
Chelsea M. Miller
The branch Library
This project was to define what the modern library IS. internet and other technologies provide information available at the click of a button fromyour own home. so: What is the role of a modern library? The first half of the semester I created a flash program which found a new way to experience the library. I called it a “book river.” Then I used this idea to design a library on a given site. My ideas were based on an open environment and exploration.
ED GLANCY FIELD LOT A2
KEATING HALL
IIT ACADEMIC IIT NON-ACADEMIC
MICHIGAN AVE
STATE STREET
Growing Water Pavilion
Chicago, IL
ROADWAYS
plan
PARKING LOT 31ST STREET
GREEN LINE PARKS/ OPEN SPACE ECO-BOULEVARD BUILDING SITE
section B
KEATING POOL
WAST E
WATE R TO LIVIN G MA CHIN E
transverse section
LIVING
MACH INE
ECOBOULEVARD ECOBOULEVARD
water diagram
6,900 SQ FT
detail 2
RAIN IS CHANNELED IN TO THE MACHINE
SECTION
EcoBoulevard to Lake Michicgan LIVING MACHINE KEATING POOL
POND DRAINS TO LIVING MACHINE
Chelsea M. Miller
Growing Water Pavilion
The Growing Water Pavilion was to use a “Living Machine” to reclaim water from a Campus building. The main goal was to incorporate the Living Machine into a building of our own design and return the water to an “ecoboulevard” which returned water to Lake Michigan. I decided to collect water from the Keating Hall, a sports facility on campus. I chose to create a classsroom with ample access to the Living Machine to educate and use it as a research labratory. In addition, I included a bicycle rental shop, a study room and bleachers for the neighboring baseball field. Martin Felsen, proposed the ideas of ecoboulevards with UrbanLab studio.
Vosges Haut-Chocolat Factory
Chicago, IL
ingredients office
museum
factory
chicago river
N
Roof plan
basement
plan
116, 900 SQ FT
exploded structure
wall section C
exterior perspective
exterior walk
Chelsea M. Miller
Vosges Haut-Chocolat Factory
sensory wall/ walk
This comprehensive project focused on concrete construction as well as a real client: Kristina Markoff, owner of Vosges Haut-Chocolat. We were to incorporate a complex plan for a new chocolate factory for the company. My main highlights were an observation walk and a sensory wall. The walk enabled visitors to view the factory without disturbing the workers as well as the adjacent Chicago River. The sensory wall was a way for those visitors to experience the unique ingredients Vosges incorporated into their product, such as: wasabi, bacon and violets.
House Project
Bordeaux, France
Model
This componant model was a result of my case study of THE MAISON A BORDEAUX. I had to utilize my model shop skills as well as knowledge of how rem Koolhaas’ structure was intertwined with the design. All major pieces came apart in order to give the viewer a better understanding of house this residence was created. The model was originially at 1/16”=1’-0” scale.
Chelsea M. Miller
House Project
HOUSE PROJECT: MAISON A BORDEAUX; REM KOOLHAAS
Verticality Project
Crown Hall, Chicago, IL
THE FINAL PROJECT FIRST YEAR WAS TO CREATE A FULL SCALE MODEL WHICH USED THE PROPERTIES INHERENT OF A “FOUND” OBJECT TO EXPRESS A VERTICAL FORM. MY GROUP CHOSE the RECYCLABLE ALUMINUM BEVERAGE CAN. WE CREATED MULTIPLE STRINGS OF CANS WHICH WE STACKED TO CREATE A TOWER. EACH STRAND USED ONE FEWER CAN THAN THE STRAND BENEATH THUS CREATING A TAPERING SPIRAL.
Illinois Institute of Technology Campus, Chicago, IL
Site Geometry
The assignment: to choose an on-campus site to create a geometry based on the site conditions and found objects. Our project: Labyrinth made from garbage-bag liners and gravel from the parking lot.
Chelsea M. Miller
Freehand sketches
Salem Tercentenery and Still Life
Various sketches in multiple mediums: conte Crayon, charcoal, watercolor and ink. These are all assignments from my freehand classes with Jim Hall.
European Adventures
Top Left: Hercules and Caucus Baccio Bandinelli Piazza della Signoria Florence, Italy Top Right: Barcelona Pavilion Mies Van Der Rohe Barcelona, Spain Bottom Right: Vitra Campus Tado Ando Basel, Switzerland Bottom Left: Le Grand Palais Paris France
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Photography
Here is a small collection of some of my favorite travel photography. I spent a semester in Paris, France throughout which I visited numerous European locales. This was a truly remarkable experience which I enjoyed capturing.