christoph portfolio | selected works
00.contents The following collection of work represents a sample from 4.5 years of Christoph Eckrich’s study at Carnegie Mellon University. He is pursuing a b.arch degree with a minor in Intelligent Environments and Architectural History slated for May 2021. This portfolio is meant to demonstrate proficiency in thought, illustration, and fabrication. It is not meant to convey a particular narrative or chronology. Christoph is interested in pursuing new technologies in building and design, but is deeply rooted in the long standing discourses that have shaped architecture as a discipline. All work is original content unless noted otherwise. To view more work please visit: christoph.eckrich.com
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01.resumĂŠ / CV A short synopsis of skills and experiences 02.ecological charter school A proposal for the expansion of a Pittsburgh charter school 03.saco lake cascades A bathhouse situated in the stunning White Mountains 04.drawing/performance A transfer of ideas from object to paper to intangible to object 05.6123 penn ave. A collaborative and conscious working space in East Liberty 06.afterglow A frozen sunrise creating a public space for relaxation and community 07.s.g.u.p.c. Sankofa Gardens Urban Permaculture Center An urban agriculture center in Homewood, PA
08.berlin bookbinding A book documenting impressions and experiences of Berlin 09.hive A parasitic intervention into Hunt Library 10.moment A hoop house with a unique interaction 11.wean stairwell A colorful installation in a 1971 Brutalist building 12.six mile eco village An outlandish ecological development for a troubled site 13.subject to change A temporary church and permanent cultural center at Notre Dame de Paris 14.i.f.p.a.a. Institute for Peoples Art and Action A school and curriculum for aspirant protestors, artists, and change makers
15.ex-change catalogue The first ever EX-CHANGE exhibit catalogue and year-in-review lookbook 16.dichotomous futures An analysis and reinvention of Reyner Banham’s ideas, expressed through a speculative future narrative
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01.resumé / CV Contact ceckrich@andrew.cmu.edu 309-319-8582 christoph.eckrich.com
Education Carnegie Mellon University Bachelor of Architecture Pittsburgh, PA | 2016 - 2021 Norwich University CityLAB Summer Course in drawing and book binding Berlin, GER | Summer 2018 Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy College Preparatory Secondary Degree Aurora, IL | 2013 - 2016
Honors Dean’s List, College Honors Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019 AIA Pennsylvania Student Award Selected by faculty as the top student in our accredited program | Fall 2020 Louis F. Valentour Traveling Award Awarded for design work up until my fourth year of study | Spring 2020 IMAGINE: Top 60 at 60 American Institute of Architecture Students Named one of the top 60 architecture students in the country; qualified to work with Disney Imagineers in Summer 2017 The Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art @ the Frontier Awarded a microgrant for the “Black Box” post-digital confessional | Spring 2019 Lewis J Altenhof Scholarship Awarded for travel through the Ruhr Valley in Germany | Summer 2018 Caste Architecture Scholarship Awarded 2018 - 2021 Tartans Abroad Scholarship Awarded for travel to Berlin, participation in urban drawing and book binding course | Summer 2018 Residency In Your Room Fellowship Awarded a microgrant for creative practice during the COVID Pandemic | Spring 2020
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Leadership Experience inter·punct Journal Editor-in-Chief | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2018 - Present Oversee all operations in the journal, expanded the organization, conducted high profile interviews, organized production of next full scale publication, authored original pieces, edited all works Editorial Board | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 Manage and curate website content, assist with writing and laying out various publications Freedom By Design Project Manager AIAS Carnegie Mellon Chapter | Pittsburgh, PA | Spring 2018 Spring 2019 Founding member; directed development and planned distribution of winterizing kits to the Pittsburgh community Secretary AIAS Carnegie Mellon University Chapter| Pittsburgh, PA | Spring 2017 - Spring 2018 Took meeting notes; corresponded with members; organized chapter communications; developed new newsletter platform Student Advisory Council CMU School of Architecture| Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Served as one of three liaisons between faculty, staff, and students Booth Chair, Head Architect SPE Carnegie Mellon | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 Designed and lead construction of an interactive free-standing exhibition space for Carnegie Mellon’s Spring Carnival Brother Mentor Coordinator Sigma Phi Epsilon | Pittsburgh, PA | Spring 2019 - Spring 2021 Developed a curriculum for brotherhood mentorship and advancement, coordinated the group of brothers undergoing the highest fraternity honor Social Entrepreneurship Coordinator Leadership Education and Development | Aurora, IL | 2014 - 2016 Developed and taught a social entrepreneurship curriculum to a group of 160 high school students; managed a team of facilitators; networked and hosted events with 30+ professional guests Community Developer Residence Hall 1507 | Aurora, IL | 2014 - 2016 Managed a team of Resident Assistants; planned and facilitated student life programs; lead hall to win 1st place in campuswide competition two years in a row Director of Activism, Vice President Junior Statesmen of America | Aurora, IL | 2014 - 2015 Organized fund-raisers and charity drives for social good; planned events to spread awareness of social issues
Work Experience KieranTimberlake Intern | Philadelphia, PA | Summer 2020 Full time intern integrated into office team, majority of work on large-scale campus planning projects Bohlin Intern Worked stayed
Cywinski Jackson | Pittsburgh, PA | Summer 2019 - Spring 2020 full time as an intern on a variety of projects throughout all phases over the summer, on for part-time work after
a|sh Architekten Design Intern | Ludwigshafen, GER | Summer 2018 Worked in the design competition department, assisted in preliminary competition design of several large scale healthcare projects Ultra Low Res Studio Intern | Pittsburgh, PA | Summer 2017 - Fall 2017 Worked on several installations, assisting in design and fabrication STUDIOGRUBER Intern | Pittsburgh, PA | Spring 2018, Winter 2020 Brought on to work on several projects, making renderings and presentation models EX-CHANGE Editorial Fellow | Pittsburgh, PA | Spring 2019 - Summer 2019 Designed and published first ever exhibition catalogue and yearly look-book Exhibition Designer | Pittsburgh, PA | Summer 2020 Designed and coded online exhibition environment, coordinated web events wats:ON? Festival Across the Arts Director of Promotions | Pittsburgh, PA | Spring 2017 - Fall 2017 Created visual identity and festival brand; designed and deployed marketing materials Artist Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Summer 2019 - Fall 2019 Worked directly with festival artists to bring their pieces to life in Pittsburgh, particularly regarding projection mapping and technical matters Miller Institute for Contemporary Art Gallery Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2016 - Spring 2019 Assisted with set up/tear down of exhibits; guarded works; explained artworks Fabrication Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2019 - Present Assist in fabrication of exhibition materials and gallery works School of Architecture Videographer | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2016 - Present Capture and edit video footage in SoA, mainly of the guest lecture series Teaching Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 TA for Introduction to Digital Media, Design Chief for Virtual TA Team Teaching Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2019 TA for Environmental Systems I, a course on passive sustainability Teaching Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2019 TA for Reactive Spaces and Media Architecture, a course on contemporary media art Teaching Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Spring 2020, Spring 2021 TA for Historical Survey of World Architectures and Urbanism, a course on ancient histories Virtual Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2017 - Spring 2018, Spring 2020 TA and program coordinator for virtual community building efforts through Slack CMU Summer Pre-College Architecture Program Teaching Assistant | Pittsburgh, PA | Summer 2017 Taught digital, analogue, and hybrid media courses; organized trips, documented student work AB Tech Sound Technician | Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2016 - Spring 2018 Assisted with set up/tear down of shows; mix live audio; analyze acoustics
Skills Software Proficiencies Rhino Grasshopper Revit Python Processing Arduino DIVA T-Splines V-Ray Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere Muse AutoCAD Enscape AllPlan HAL + RobotStudio Touchdesigner MAX / MSP / Jitter HTML/CSS Cargo Fabrication Wood working Model making Digital photography Laser cutting 3D printing CNC Milling ABB Robotics Vacuum-forming Clay Printing
Languages English Native / Bilingual German Native / Bilingual French Limited working
Service Experience Apprentice Eckrich Cabinetry Bloomington, IL 2013 - 2016 Volunteer / Small Group Leader Habitat for Humanity Bloomington, IL 2013 - 2016 Volunteer 1000 Plus Pittsburgh, PA 2016 - 2018
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02.ecs middle school “A proposal for the expansion of a Pittsburgh charter school� Pittsburgh, PA Steve Lee, Akhil Badjatia Spring 2019
This studio was focused upon the materials, assembly, and systems necessary to produce a realistic, sustainable, and elegant building. The Environmental Charter School currently has several buildings in Pittsburgh, but was interested in developing a stand alone middle school for grades 6 - 8. After several conversations with the client regarding their pedagogy and curriculum structure we identified a set of shared goals and desires and were tasked with designing towards these. Professional structural and systems engineers were available for us to consult, and were involved with the process of design as well. The project was presented to a mixed jury, and the drawings were hoping to bridge the typical gap between construction and competition sets. The project splits the 12 classrooms into 3 distinct bars, one for each looping group of students, creating a sense of ownership and belonging assosciated with their space. The spaces in between serve as circulation and greenroof, and the three classroom elements sit atop the double height multi-purpose space, a flexible ThinkLab, and the administration wing. The building was carefully tuned for passive solar performance and is equipped with solar shingles on the rooves of the classroom bars. It also incorporates natural ventilation strategies, rainwater management, high r-value assemblies, and sustainable materials.
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03.saco lake cascades
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03.saco lake cascades “A bathhouse situated in the stunning White Mountains� Pittsburgh, PA Jeremy Ficca, Jeffrey King Spring 2018
Situated atop a rocky forested outcropping overlooking Saco Lake in rural New Hampshire, this bathhouse provides a surprising and well deserved repose for passing hikers as well as creating a destination for explicit travelers. The process of arriving at the final design was lengthy; beginning with understanding the material attributes of wood, concrete, and water, developing this understanding further into form based around the natural containment of water in basins, and ending with a discovery of a precise relationship with the site. There is an intensional stark divide between outside the bathhouse and in. The long abstract volume of the structural retaining wall accentuates this contrast, as well as creating anticipation by elongating the entry sequence. The pools are stepped and irregular, creating an environment that must be explored and discovered, where the visitor is constantly in some body of water.
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04.drawing/performance “A transfer of ideas from object to paper to intangible to object” Pittsburgh, PA Kai Gutschow, Nida Rehman Spring 2016 In collaboration with Arula Ratnakar This project was purchased by Dan Martin, dean of the College of Fine Arts, and is currently on display in his office.
Entitled Pascarré, this project was an exercise in process, although what is depicted on the following pages is only the final product. We started out drafting tools, then drafting their motions, then combining this motion with another tool and transferring these twodimensional ideas into three-dimensional space. A full set of construction drawings was created with particular emphasis placed on the tectonics. The joinery in this project uses nearly no glue, instead using several different friction lap joints. The form began with an antique insecticide sprayer and a tool for removing carpentry nails. The linear motion from the first and the rotational motion from the second, as well as a tension over one particular spot present in both movements, are clearly articulated in the final design.
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“A collaborative and concious working space in East Liberty� Pittsburgh, PA Jeremy Ficca, Jeffrey King Spring 2018
East liberty faces a quite alarming rate of gentrification. Not unique among the many Pittsburgh neighborhoods, but perhaps an extreme. Situating an office building at such a prominent intersection in this neighborhood was a cause of concern for me, and the project was largely shaped by the desires to remain respectful to the community and the context. One of the three lots has already been leveled, but instead of building on that spot it has been returned to the community as a public plaza for events, markets, dining, and recreation. The two existing buildings have been shortened to create more economically feasible rentable space and allow for the main building mass to slide into the block behind. The main workspace gives the illusion of cantilevering over the existing buildings, although in reality it simply rests upon old and new building mass beneath. The workspace is clad with patterned concrete panels and fritted glass, giving privacy where needed, allowing for light and transparency where possible, and framing views to important landmarks in the area. The social stair wrapping around the plaza may seem ungainly at first, but creates a natural border to the plaza, extends the auditorium seating, and anchors the site on the corner.
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“A frozen sunrise creating a public space for relaxation and community” Pittsburgh, PA Stefan Gruber - STUDIOGRUBER Spring 2018 In collaboration with Nickie Cheung, Tamara Cartwright, Rebecca Lefkowitz This project won first place in the TBD Riverlife competition put on by Pittsburgh Riverlife.
From the STUDIOGRUBER presentation: “Afterglow will transform the riverfront under Fort Duquesne bridge into a unique public space for relaxing and community events on the water, just steps away from downtown Pittsburgh. The installation captures the motion of a setting sun as it dips into the water of the Allegheny, and creates a series of micro-public spaces along the linear path of the promenade. Brightening-up the highway underpass, the suns provide programmatic differentiation within a unifying and evocative atmosphere.” The project won the TBD Riverlife competition, and will be built in Summer 2018. Key to the project are the planned series of events that will engage the community and help activate the space. The interesting part about the site is how close to downtown it is, and yet how secluded it remains. My responsibilities in the project were final model fabrication, digital modeling, and minor design involvement.
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“An urban agriculture center in Homewood, PASankofa Gardens Urban Permaculture Center” Pittsburgh, PA Joshua Bard, Tonya Markiewicz Fall 2017
This project embodies two key philosophies. The first is centered around the Twi or Akan word Sankofa that roughly translates to “return and retrieve it”. As an idea it is often associated with the proverb of the same culture: “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” which translates as “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten”. The other ideology is permaculture, a way of living in which we understand our systemic relationship to the world around us; it is an approach to finding sustainability in all things around us. This center will combine these two philosophies. Sankofa provides the cautious and wise understanding of our agricultural history, and permaculture provides the way forward. It will serve as a location for the dissemination of this knowledge, the gathering and strengthening of the Homewood community, and a showcase of the many techniques involved in sustainable urban agriculture. Formally the project draws inspiration from the Sankofa Heart, embodying one half in formal built environment, the other incomplete half in landscaped terrain, symbolizing the connection between human and nature.
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previous page • rendered plan with permaculture diagrams current page • top to bottom: circulation, site, and planning diagrams
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current page top • winter render, view from NE street corner current page bottom • latitudinal section
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top • demonstrating the model’s sectional features; entire site perspective bottom left • aerial view of plan elevation bottom right • aerial view of plan section; cut at 3 ft
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08.berlin bookbinding “A book documenting impressions and experiences of the Berlin” Berlin, GER Douglas Cooper, Mareike Lee Summer 2018
I spent three weeks during the summer of 2018 wandering around Berlin, drawing things, and learning how to bind books. The book displayed in the images on this page is one of two editions produced. It’s a collection of drawings, found objects, maps, words, and thoughts that come together to encapsulate my time in this fantastic city. The drawings play with the inserts, creating spatial, literal, and figural interactions between found and made. The drawings are all non-perspectagle impressions of places instead of a descriptive rendering of the place I saw before me. The book is loosely organized into themed sections, distinguished from one another through the overlayed map sections. Each section contains the same number of pages and components within, but could be indefinitely rearranged under new titles and with new neighbors to create different meanings. Indeed the other editions of this book all contain the same content, but in a different order. The book is hand bound with thread and glue, and the cover is made out of a silver ink lino-press. A few pages are depicted here.
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“A parasitic intervention into Hunt Library” Pittsburgh, PA Kai Gutschow, Kent Suhrbier Spring 2016 This project received top commendations from the studio coordinator and won two studio awards.
Although it is a key and frequently used building on Carnegie Mellon’s campus, Hunt Library is an old building with limited potential for minor renovation and rejuvenation. Improvements have been made, but none fully address the problems of limited study space, limited exposure to the environment, and painful circulation. We were tasked with designing a parasitic insert to address these key problems and further the discourse of what a modern library should be. The resultant project utilizes the existing formal system of sticks and planes to create a porch-like structure that bridges several floors and entails study spaces for groups of varying sizes. It provides natural light and ventilated spaces for reading and studying; creates new circulation routes between key areas; and adds an outdoor extension to the existing cafe area. The form and theory behind the design were inspired by stream of consciousness writings about the future of the library typology. These writings ultimately resulted in the development of a theoretical structure based on the workings of hives in the natural world.
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“A hoop house with a unique interaction” Pittsburgh, PA Joshua Bard, Tonya Markiewicz Fall 2017 In collaboration with: Gil Jang, Daniel Noh, Cathy Dong, Angelina Shi, and Owen Haft This project is currently installed in the Phipps Conservatory, providing growing space for their edible garden. It will later be transferred to the University of Pittsburgh Community Garden.
Our design is driven by the demands of accessibility with careful consideration of the specific site conditions that influence growth. The primary purpose is to extend the growing season of the plants inside, but how do we best do this? One factor is, of course, the passive regulation of the environment, but perhaps the more pivotal factor in terms of the plant’s well-being is its maintenance and care. Having a dedicated caretaker for our plants is invaluable to each plant’s growth. This moment of gardener/hoop-house/plant interaction is the most important for the life of our plants and we found it key to make it the most beautiful aspect of the project. Whether that be through an innovative mechanism, an interesting hinge structure, or a striking opening movement, this moment will be the center of our design. MOMENT is the expression of an event that takes place between garden and gardener. This juncture acts not only as protection, but also as presentation. Not a tedium, but an occasion.
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10’ Length 3-1/2” Length 1-1/2“ Length 1/16” Thickness 10’ Length Double-Sided
13 tubes 266 sq ft. 4 40 44 24 1 tube 1 roll
$2.61 per 10’ $0.10 per sq ft. $1.19 per bolt $8.24 per 50 $5.50 per 25 $2.68 per 25 $2.17 per 10’ $19.97 per roll
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“A colorful installation in a 1971 Brutalist building” Pittsburgh, PA Jakob Marsico - Ultra Low Res Studio Summer/Fall 2017 In collaboration with Alvin Wong
An immersive installation done for Carnegie Mellon University’s UPLift Challenge, aiming to activate and enlighten one of the more depressing spaces on campus. Three panels, each consisting of 30 custombuilt acrylic light tubes which bisect a floating plane at a fixed angles with varying amounts of rotation. The panels were developed in unison to create a cohesive motion across all three sections, relating to the forces of an electromagnetic field. Color is a primary driver of the installation; existing light fixtures are gelled rose and amber, and the tubes cycle through warm and cool colors throughout the day. I was an intern on this project under Jake Marsico’s Ultra Low Res Studio. My involvements consisted of scripting in grasshopper, laying out the final design, and fabricating the frames and light tubes.
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previous page top • variations in time of day previous page bottom • close-up of light poles
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11.six mile eco village “An outlandish ecological development for a troubled site� Pittsburgh, PA Dana Cupkova, Matthew Plecity Fall 2018
This semester long studio is founded on the premise that architecture is part of a larger planetary ecosystem, and must understand the larger ecology of it’s site and begin to participate in local and global systems. Beginning with a in depth computational analysis of the site, moving to precedents and typological studies, on to ecomachinic processes, and culminating in a large scale intervention - the semester is a crescendo of conjoining influences. My proposal focuses on providing space for human and non-human actors to create a symbiotic relationship, which ultimately benefits an even larger collective. Several scales of housing units act as floating reefs for bio-diverse river life. Anchored on dymaxion-like cores, they sway and adjust to changing flows and water levels. Leaving the island unbuilt due to its tendency to flood, it becomes a park, gathering, and event space for the community. Depicted on the following pages is a short summation of process, and then the final proposal. For more detailed process please visit christoph.eckrich.com.
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+ ANAROBIC BACTERIA STORAGE
+ INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR MOMENTARY INTERACTION AT ALL STAGES
+ SOLAR CHIMNEY INCREASES ALGAL SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
+ LETS NORTHERN/INDIRECT LIGHT INTO INTERIOR
+ PURIFIED WATER STORAGE
+ HUMAN INTERACTION BOOSTS ALGAE GROWTH RATE
+ INCREASED DENSITY AND SIZE ALLOWS CONDITIONING OF SPACES
+ HARVESTED ALGAE STORAGE [CELLULASE - LIPID - PROTEIN] + CONTAMINATED WATER STORAGE
contaminated water runoff
environment
grey water usage
solar energy carbon dioxide
waste matter collection
environmental mediation
water purification
algae system + SLIGHT OVERHANG PROTECTS OCCUPIABLE INTERIOR SPACE FROM SUMMER SUN
shading + thermal mass co2 removal
bathroom
physical frame
interaction co2 collection
living spaces
+ ALGAE TUBES PROPAGATED IN RESPONSE TO SUN
food production
kitchen
waste collection
framework for growing
framework for living
+ TUBES ORIENTED ACROSS FRAME FOR INCREASED DENSITY
+ TUBES WRAP ON SUPPORTS TO LET THROUGH MORE LIGHT
+ DOUBLE LAYERED FRAME CREATES GRADIENT OF OUTDOOR SPACE
+ SIMPLE DIFFUSION
+ INTERIOR FRAME ABSORBES REST OF SOLAR RADIATION
+ SUNLIGHT MODEL STEP = 30 MINUTES
+ SUNLIGHT MODEL STEP = 30 SECONDS
+ FRAME BENT IN RESPONSE TO SUNPATH
+ U shaped form removes interior condition
previous page • mapping studies current page • ecomachine development
+ pentagonal form edge draw creates interior pattern
+ square form edge draw creates interior pattern
+ ovoid form allows for more exposure elongates interior flow
+ depressed form allows for more exposure
+ circular form greatest freedom of movement
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top left • exploded axonometric plans top middle • flow diagram (top), choisy drawing (bottom) top right • perspective of entry sequence bottom left • section depicting movement of units in the river bottom right • section through both unit types
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top left • diagram of ecological substrate hull top right • render of unit interior, facing core bottom right • render of unit interior, facing deck following page • model photographs following spread top • render from opposite bank following spread middle • elevation showing ecomachine integration following spread bottom • night render of one block
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“A temporary church and permanent cultural center at Notre Dame de Paris” Pittsburgh, PA Jeremy Ficca, Francesca Torello Fall 2019
This project foregrounds architecture’s existence through time, reexamineing architecture’s historical preoccupation with permanence. Through material and function it questions what the experience of a temporary building should be, and how a permanent one can exist on timescales other than its own. The studio project consists of two complementary components, a temporary large-scale worship space for use during the 5-year restoration of Notre Dame cathedral, and a cultural center, intended to liaise with the existing crypt viewing space and to house educational and artistic content relating to the history and reconstruction of Notre Dame. The church element is constructed out of gabion, with a light-weight tensioned roof. These elements are functional and evocative, speaking the language of the crypt underneath and borrowing the rose window of Notre Dame through a forced perspective skylight. The cultural center takes over the existing parking structure, and uses methods of cut and insertion to turn the space into a contemporary art gallery. The entrance takes the vertical space of the old parking ramp, extending the gabion in a connection between surface and below, and a long winding ramp guides one down. The barrel vaults on the riverbank are vestiges from the Hotel Dieu brought back and utilized as circulation and lightwells in a kind of architectural archeology.
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top • circulation and initial concept drawing bottom • analysis drawing mapping geotaged photos of Notre Dame
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current spread • east-west section through site showing second phase, cultural center / details of central stair and entryway
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page top • interior render of temporary church, showing forced perspective through roof opening spread bottom • north-south section perspective showing second phase, cultural center
page top • all phases and levels of site plan
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“Institute for Peoples Art and Action A school and curriculum for aspirant protestors, artists, and change makers� Pittsburgh, PA Cruz Garcia, Nathalie Frankowski Spring 2020
The Institute of Peoples Art and Action aims to explore the connections between political/ cultural revolution and the associated artistic movements. We aim to equip citizens with the knowledge and collective conscious necessary to think critically about the established hegemonic and oppressive systems which they live under - and gather together in critical mass against them. The programs consist of rigorous study, avid debate, collective observation, ateliers of antipropaganda, demonstration grounds, guerrilla activism training, and strike organization. We are of the mindset that a holistic training in these areas will foster a commitment to change and revolution that will be our only way through the coming zero hour. Our current way of life is coming to an end, and we must be prepared to be the agents that will escort society into a more just, equitable, and regenerative future. The school is run by the Seventh International, a collective which aims to create a neoproletarian union which is of utmost urgency in our current global situation. Tapping in to the legacy of the previous five, we skip the sixth and look forward to a new and dynamic future, distancing but not disconnecting us from the past.
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current spread bottom • elevation of the Institute for Peoples Art and Action faculty
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This project is only one portion of the Loudreaders Campus. To view the rest of the campus please visit loudreaders.org. A large portion of the project consisted of video materials. These can be viewed online with the rest of the web-based content at loudreaders. org/INSTITUTE-OF-PEOPLES-ART-ANDACTION. Please also visit this page for more information on the curriculum and precedents utilized in aesthetic and conceptual formation. current spread• hardcorist iconography formal studies of the hyperbuilding typology
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15.ex-change catalogue “The first ever EX-CHANGE exhibit catalogue and year-in-review lookbook� Pittsburgh, PA Sarah Rafson Summer 2019
In May 2019, the third iteration of the EXCHANGE year-end show was another attempt to aggregate and present the breadth and depth of work produced over the past year. As a new tradition at the SoA, the exhibition and publication are still works in progress, changing and evolving every year. This year, the curatorial team took a twopronged approach to the predicament. The faculty-led team produced a highly curated exhibit to draw people in, which they coupled with a more extensive student-produced publication. In tandem, these initiatives have sought to reveal as much of the inventive work bubbling out of our school to as wide an audience as possible. In this third EX-CHANGE publication we have more than doubled the page count of the previous edition, and even so we have only been able to include a fraction of what we would have liked. The painstaking process of selecting work fell largely on the shoulders of faculty, and we are extremely grateful for their care and attention. We are proud of the collective effort the publication brings to light. To view the publication online please visit: https://issuu.com/cmusoa/ docs/ex-change_cmu-soa_2019_ issuu?issuu_product=header&issuu_ subproduct=document_page&issuu_ context=signin&issuu_cta=log_up
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current page • EX-CHANGE catalogue cover
current page • sample EX-CHANGE catalogue studio spread
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16.dichotomous futures “An analysis and reinvention of Reyner Banham’s ideas, expressed through a speculative future narrative” Pittsburgh, PA Gerard Damiani Fall 2020
A large portion of this project is depicted via video content. To view these and other projects from the studio please visit our youtube channel at: https://www.youtube. com/channel/UC-_bHGRJPAW82i5yY3OnDrQ To view the video and web content related to explicitly this project, please visit: christopheckrich.com/Dichotomous-Futures
This project envisions potential futures spinning out of the lines of thought present in Reyner Banhams “The Architecture of the Well Tempered Environment” and “A Home is Not a House”. By pushing many of his ideas to their at least semi logical conclusions we can learn about the respective shortcomings and advantages of such approaches. Specifically the project has latched on to the structure vs power dichotomy of environmental control methods presented to us initially in chapters 12 and 13 of the well tempered environment, as well as dealing with the prototypical bubble Banham and Delllegret create in a home is not a house. Initially, the two polarities of structure and power were used to represent opposing futures, imagining what would happen if one ideology was followed unwaveringly. The final narrative combines the two approaches into one imagined timeline, placing us in the shoes of a character reflecting on the state of the world a few centuries down the line. I’ve approached this as somewhat of a worldbuilding exercise rather than seeking to develop a singular, refined, condition. The narrative is trying to deal with critical social and technological issues banham holds very dear. For instance, the redefinition of common practices of dwelling, lifestyle, and the domestic that arise from the idea of a nonexistent, or non-enclosed house. What would a society with that kind of radical freedom look like? What would the consequences be for those who are inevitably unable to participate?
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current spread • worldbuilding collage, luddite/technocrat futures
current page top • Stasis Colony blueprints
current page bottom • ICU advertisement brochure 118
119 current page • STASIS colony axonometric, focus on protagonist’s unit
current page • depiction of a new earth resettlement colony
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previous page • view out from ICU maitenance platform current page top • ICU landing and colony formation axonometric - ‘radar scan’ current page bottom • ICU maitenance control room
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appendix.biography “Talk to me about music�
Chicago, IL | Schifferstadt, GER Franz and Lucille Eckrich Summer 1998
Christoph Eckrich is foremost a student, immersing himself in learning and the university environment when possible. He is pursuing a b.arch degree at Carnegie Mellon University, but has many side interests including, but not limited to: emergent technologies; media art and architecture; music appreciation; and travel. He is the editor-in-chief of inter¡punct, an agitating student publication - usually about architecture. He works as the videographer for the School of Architecture, and as an assistant at the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art. During whatever free time that falls in his lap, he reads, bikes, listens, plays, and makes lots of coffee. His work has a lot of room for developing interests, but is headed towards a particular emphasis on activating neglected spaces and communities, challenging theoretical norms, and integrating emerging technologies.
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christoph ceckrich@andrew.cmu.edu | 309-319-8582