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CONTENTS ACADEMIC
WORK
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIO WORK
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UNDERGRADUATE THESIS WORK
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PERSONAL
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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DRAWINGS
PR OFESSIONAL
WORK
FOOD DESERT GIS ANALYSIS
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REPURPOSED CHAIR RACK
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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ACADEMIC WORK UNDERGRADUATE STUDIO WORK
The restorative landscape I proposed for Union Terminal represents my multifaceted and comprehensive approach to design. The scheme not only passively captures and cleans runoff, but also teaches visitors about the site’s history, natural drainage patterns, and passive bioremediation; all while incorporating additional parking space for guests.
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Restorative Landscape Illustrated Section (West) Union Terminal Redesign Studio 2010
Stream Derivative Diagram Union Terminal Redesign Studio 2010
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Restorative Landscape Illustrated Section (North) Union Terminal Redesign Studio 2010
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Restorative Landscape Site Plan Union Terminal Redesign Studio 2010
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ACADEMIC WORK UNDERGRADUATE THESIS WORK
My thesis investigated passive site interventions to remediate the heavily contaminated Indiana Army Ammunition Plant. In my design, the derelict site of INAAP is transformed into a post industrial landscape, which celebrate’s the site’s industrial heritage while passively cleansing the site’s soil and runoff, which ultimately goes into the Ohio River.
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Jenny Lind Run Passive Stormwater Digester Site Plan Undergraduate Thesis 2011
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ACADEMIC WORK HOW IT WORKS:
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS WORK
Shown in the site plan is the main feature of my intervention: the stormwater digester, which sequesters all of the site’s heavily contaminated runoff, passively cleaning it with phytoremediation, where it then eventually drains into the Ohio River. Miles downstream lies Lousiville Kentucky which my plan incorporates by providing unique and dynamic recreation opportunities for residents.
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1. Water drains off the site and into the digester system
Contaminant-absorbing plants High porosity sand cleansing layer
2.The stormwater then is absorbed by the filter layer soil contaminated stormwater is then absorbed by the cleansing plants roots 3. The where it is then metabolized, while the contaminants are removed in the process
4.Any remaining water unabsorbed by the plants drains away into the draining layer unabsorbed water is then recirculated back into the digester system where it can 5.The be reabsorbed elsewhere within the system.
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Zeolite intermediary cleansing layer Drain pipe Lava rock drainage layer
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Jenny Lind Run Passive Stormwater Digester Illustrated Section (West) Undergraduate Thesis 2011
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PERSONAL WORK PHOTOGRAPHY
For nearly a decade I have spent my free time photographing abandoned architectural relics all across the rustbelt. In these photographic works, I attempt to highlight the intense beauty that arises from desolation and neglect. Additionally, the photographs serve as personal record of the unique and fleeting spaces that nobody chose to remember in the first place.
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Power Distribution Terminal Indiana Army Ammunition Plant Charlestown, Indiana January 2010
Boiler Old Taylor Distillery Frankfort, Kentucky March 2010
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Geriatrics Dayroom Mayview State Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 2011
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PERSONAL WORK PHOTOGRAPHY
In recent years, I have switched totally from digital to film capture--capturing the essence of two vanishing forms simultaineously. For this, I use a traditional 4x5 inch technical view camera, which permits me to adjust perspective and depth of field independent of eachother. Truly this is a labor of love, often I have to hike to locations carrying my 40 pound outfit.
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Ageing House Dowling Brothers Distillery Near Frankfort, Kentucky August 2010
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Drug Storage: Geriatrics Maysville State Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 2011
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PERSONAL WORK Elevated Path Study Drawing Undergraduate Thesis Preliminary Drawings 2011
DRAWINGS
To work through complex design problems, or really any problem I encounter, sketching helps me get the idea out of my head and into a differing context--the page. This contextual disconnection helps me by allowing me to see the problem from a new perspective. Sketching is also a fantastic way to quickly explore new concepts or ideas.
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Playground Section Union Terminal Redesign Studio 2010 DAAP Sketches From Memory Personal Sketches 2010
Reservoir Adaptive Reuse Section Study Undergraduate Thesis Preliminary Drawings 2011
Thesis Stream Path Study Undergraduate Thesis Preliminary Drawings 2011
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PROFESSIONAL WORK FOOD DESERT G I S A N A LYS I S
Supermarket Analysis: City of Cincinnati
In the spring of 2010, while working at the Niehoff Urban Studio I produced a GIS analysis of food desert conditions prevalent in the city of Cincinnati for the Center for Closing the Health Gap and the neighborhood of Bond Hill. The maps were made in response to the abrupt closing of the Bond Hill Kroger store weeks prior.
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Cover Map Cincinnati Food Access Analysis 2010
Food Access Analysis: Poverty In studying food accessibility, the primary distinguishing factor between food security and insecurity, next to walkability, is access to a vehicle*. Areas with high vehicular access rates typically are high-income areas, with excellent food access and healthy citizens. However, areas with low access to vehicles exhibit food insecurity and disproportionate public health problems*. Food deserts and food insecurity are major problems in cities like Cincinnati, and much of the problem stems from how people get to and from the grocery store. In this map distances of 2 miles, 1/2 mile, and 1/4 were plotted showing the linear-distance relationship. The 1/4 and 1/2 mile distances are representative of 5 and 10 minute walking distances. The 2 mile circles represent Kroger’s established “service area” ring. Stores outside of the City of Cincinnati are represented in orange 2 mile circles. The Walnut Hills Kroger location is considered endangered and is ghosted to illustrate the food desert that is appearing in the Walnut Hills, Avondale, Bond Hill, and Roselawn * see references corridor
Hartwell
Carthage
College Hill
Roselawn
Winton Hills Kennedy Heights
Mt. Airy
Bond Hill
St. Bernard
Pleasant Ridge
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Millvale
Westwood
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* References
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Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring Food Deserts and Their Consequences. United States Department of Agriculture (2009). The Spatial Organization of Cities: Deliberate Outcome or Unforeseen Consequence? Alain Bertaud (2002). 2000 Decennial Census. United States Census Bureau (2000).
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Poverty & Food Desert Map Cincinnati Food Access Analysis 2010
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Hartwell
Carthage
College Hill
Kennedy Heights
Mt. Airy
St. Bernard
Bond Hill
Pleasant Ridge
Winton Place Northside Norwood
Fay Apartments
Oakley
Clifton
Millvale
Avondale
Camp Washington
Hyde Park
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S. Fairmount
Evanston Corryville
N. Fairmount
Madisonville
N. Avondale
Westwood
Sayler Park
Roselawn
Winton Hills
Walnut Hills
* see references
Columbia Tusculum
East End
CBD
Mt. Washington
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Pedestrian Access Distances
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This has an advantage over standard linear distance mapping because it takes the actual form of the built environment into consideration.
Data was compiled from the 2000 US Census related to vehicular access per household, population, and income. A database of supermarkets within the City of Cincinnati was then created and plotted in GIS to determine any existing geo-physical relationships. From there, street centerlines were plotted and modeled using Network Analyst. Around each grocery store is a 5, 10, and 15 minute walking distance* modeled with the street network taken into account, rather than simple linear distance.
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By taking the street grid into consideration, a two-mile walk suddenly becomes much smaller.
In studying food accessibility, the primary distinguishing factor between food security and insecurity, next to walkability, is access to a vehicle*. Areas with high vehicular access rates typically are high-income areas, with excellent food access and healthy citizens. However, areas with low access to vehicles exhibit food insecurity and disproportionate public health problems*. Food deserts and food insecurity are major problems in cities like Cincinnati, and much of the problem stems from how people get to and from the grocery store.
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What makes this particular analysis unique is that the food desert areas were not based on linear distance alone.
Food Access Analysis: Pedestrian Access
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FOOD DESERT G I S A N A LYS I S
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* References Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring Food Deserts and Their Consequences. United States Department of Agriculture (2009). The Spatial Organization of Cities: Deliberate Outcome or Unforeseen Consequence? Alain Bertaud (2002). 2000 Decennial Census. United States Census Bureau (2000).
Map Showing Food Desert Resulting From Closing of Bond Hill Krogers Cincinnati Food Access Analysis 2010
California
Food Access Analysis: Poverty In studying food accessibility, the primary distinguishing factor between food security and insecurity, next to walkability, is access to a vehicle*. Areas with high vehicular access rates typically are high-income areas, with excellent food access and healthy citizens. However, areas with low access to vehicles exhibit food insecurity and disproportionate public health problems*. Food deserts and food insecurity are major problems in cities like Cincinnati, and much of the problem stems from how people get to and from the grocery store. Povery data was compiled using the 2000 Census, then plotted in GIS to show any exhisting relationship with food access and income. The 5, 10, and 15 minute walking distances were plotted in ArcGIS with Network Analyst and are not simple circular overlays representing linear walking distance. They are, however, the walking distance defined by street patterns and are a more accurate representation of pedestrian access.
Hartwell
Carthage
College Hill Winton Hills
Kennedy Heights
Mt. Airy
Pleasant Ridge
Winton Place Northside Norwood
Fay Apartments
Oakley
Clifton Avondale
Camp Washington
Hyde Park
E. Price Hill
West End OTR ms
Queensgate
Mt. Lookout
Columbia Tusculum
Mt .A da
W. Price Hill
L. Price Hill
Mt. Auburn
E. Walnut Hills
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Lin w oo
Clifton Heights
Walnut Hills
S. Fairmount
Evanston Corryville
N. Fairmount
Madisonville
N. Avondale
Westwood
Sayler Park
Bond Hill
St. Bernard
Millvale * see references
Roselawn
East End
CBD
Mt. Washington Riverside
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Percent of the neighborhood at or below poverty line
California
* References Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Measuring Food Deserts and Their Consequences. United States Department of Agriculture (2009). The Spatial Organization of Cities: Deliberate Outcome or Unforeseen Consequence? Alain Bertaud (2002). 2000 Decennial Census. United States Census Bureau (2000).
Map Showing Food Desert Clustering Cincinnati Food Access Analysis 2010
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PROFESSIONAL WORK REPURPOSED CHAIR RACK
While working at the Niehoff Studio I was asked to design and build a moveable cart that could accommodate 70 or more folding chairs. The chair cart is built entirely out of recycled components found within the studio. The majority of the cart is made of repurposed extruded aluminum window frame members, and was assembled with mechanical fasteners and simple tools.
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Folding Chair Rack For the Niehoff Studio 2010
In addition to being totally constructed out of repurposed materials, the Nisse Folding Chair Rack is highly maneuverable---it was required to fit through all the doors in the studio, as well as the elevator. The only materials that had to be sourced from outside the studio were the casters and mechanical fasteners that hold it all together. Fully loaded, the cart can accommodate over 70 folding chairs, which equates to nearly 600 pounds of weight that the structure had to support.
Folding Chair Rack For the Niehoff Studio 2010
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