Charlie Hymowitz
Carnegie Mellon University - School of Architecture
B. Arch 2026
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering 2026
01 UPHAMS CORNER LIBRARY
02 THE LIVING MACHINE
03 THE ALLEGHENY LINE
040506
LATHROP PLANT
COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN ANALOG MEDIA
An Exploration For Knowledge And Discovery In The Heart Of Uphams Corner
Praxis Ii: Third Year Spring 2024
Studio Coordinator: Jeremy Ficca
Studio Professor: Jongwan Kwon
Individual Work
Project Goals
Focus On Structural Integration, Envelope Development, And Urban Contextualization
Site
Uphams Corner
619 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, Ma 02125
Situated in the heart of a bustling commercial district south of central Boston, the Urban Ribbon provides an exciting and captivating event prompting the search and exploration associated with a pursuit of knowledge. As a library branch adding to the local culture of Uphams Culture, the overall parti of the structure represents a looping “ribbon” traversing through multiple loops among two distinct stories.
With a differential between serviced and served, there are a number of internal divisions of space to prioritize area, light, proximity, function, and context. Easily identifiable through its cantilevered wing and grand courtyards, this monumental intervention challenges the idea of a 21st century library through surprising twists and turns binding the project together.
Transverse Section with Construction Assemblies
Section Perspective with Construction Assemblies
A Dynamic And Expressive Fire Station In The Core Of Pittsburgh’s Heart
ASOS I: Fourth Year Fall 2024
Studio Coordinator: Gerard Damiani
Studio Professor: Niloufar Alenjery
Collaborators: Khoi Do, Bina Guo, Jordan Lee
Project Goals
Focus On Mechanical System Integration, Code Compliance Documentation, Envelope Assembly
Site
Pittsburgh Fire Company Co. 3 1401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA, 15222
An integration of architecture, engineering, and project management, this Pittsburgh Fire Station is a dramatic and expressive machine of parts proudly expressing the systems of its composure. With the apparatus bay as the heart and core of the project, all building aspects ranging from parti to structural design adhere to and admire the central drive-through void.
Two bars maintain all supportive spaces, with circulation proudly circumventing the building as the arteries carrying both workers and the public. As the integration studio in the B.Arch curriculum, significant attention was dedicated to code compliance, life safety systems, an integrated HVAC network, and climate simulation.
Rendering Apparatus Bay Section Perspective
A Necklace Reconnecting The City Through Rail Transportation and Grain Cultivation
PRAXIS I: Third Year Fall 2023
Studio Coordinator: Heather Bizon
Studio Professors: Jared Abraham, Vicky Achnani
Collaborator: Camila Martinez
* Indicated Drawn by Camila Martinez
Project Goals
Focus On Urban Scale Design, Architectural Typologies, Residential Design, Contextualization
Sites
Pittsburgh Zoo Parking Lot 7370 Baker St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
31 ST Studios
77 31st ST, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Gateway Station 501 Stanwix St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
The Allegheny Line is a necklace of three distinct sites throughout the Pittsburgh region, and through the act of reactivating an abandoned rail right-of-way, new opportunities of housing, infrastructure, and event space can begin populating the city. Alongside themes of transportation access, all sites take precedent from a specific process associated with grain cultivation.
The first site, situated alongside the underutilized parking lot for the Pittsburgh Zoo, focuses on the process of growth through grain farms and high-density rural village for farmers and their families. The second site sits in the Strip District neighborhood, where manufacturing factories once stood, and focuses on the act of selling through a farmers market and communal housing towers. Lastly, in downtown Pittsburgh, the Gateway Center station will act as a new landmark for the city and focuses on consumption as both a transportation and culinary hub.
Additionally, all three sites focus on biophilic design principles focusing on CLT structural methods, and establishing different solutions that blend the line between what’s urban and nature.
Rural High Density Farming Community: Hillside Dwellings and Communal Facilities for Grain Farmers and their Families
The first site explores the benefits of the commons found in high-density urban settings, while exploring biophilic advantages to living within nature in wooded environments. Consisting of a number of expandable housing units in wooden arrayed modules, the CLT design heavily explores themes of folding and harmony as the homes sit above the undisturbed Earth.
Left: Hand Drawn Library Rendering, Housing Module Diagram
Above: Housing Module Plan; Housing Module Model
Below: Entrance Rendering
Typical Housing Plan
Farmers Market and Housing as Adaptive Reuse of Existing Factory Buildings
While the first site explores growth and cultivation, the Strip District Site looks at vending and selling through a new community farmers market. Once again, while exploring languages of folding and puncture in CLT construction, two tall towers with small-footprint units sit above a new food and nature hub. Additionally, an artificial wetland park is created from the Allegheny River, around the two housing towers, to a future train station once again emphasizing the reincorporation of nature into the urban field.
ABOVE: PIER RENDERING RIGHT: MASSING DIAGRAM BELOW: OVERALL SITE SECTION*
Transit Center and Restaurant Complex
Designed as a New Monument to the City
Situated in the highest density environment of the three sites, Gateway Station is an existing light rail station proposed to be re-imagined with timber construction and dramatic folding forms. With an underground transit connection, light tubes funnel the minimal rays of filtered through neighboring skyscrapers through the pedestrian mezzanine to the platform level. Additionally, above ground, a new restaurant will deliver food grown from the local farms at the other end of the line. With dramatic folding planes and expansive atrium spaces, the architectural form is a result of numerous studies and exploration in CLT construction.
Above: Physical Model Of Site, Massing Diagram Of Site
Left: Axonometric Of Site Below: Building Section*
Above: Ground Floor Plan*
Below: Ground Cut Section Render
Adaptive Reuse Of A Historic Steam Production Facility In One Of Chicago’s First Planned Neighborhoods
Stantec Summer Intern Project: Summer 2024
COLLABORATORS
FRANCESCA HVOSTAL (INTERIOR DESIGN)
JACOB JOHNSTON (ARCHITECTURE)
KOHL LINDAMAN (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
ZIYU CHEN (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
OLIVIA KNOECHEL (LIGHTING)
Project Goals
Focus On BIM Management, Cross-Discipline
Collaboration, Practical Applications
Site
LATHROP HOMES STEAM PLANT
2567 N HOYNE AVE, CHICAGO IL, 60647
As a collaborative endevour across disciplines and offices, our interpretation on how to re-image an abandoned steam plant in the dense fabric of Chicago explores flexibility and what common spaces should be. This design seamlessly blends history and modernity preserving its historical essence while integrating contemporary services, that overall creates a dynamic space that serves the community.
Our final design implements a community gym below grade, a public market hall with short-term rentals on the first floor along the river, with flexible co-working space and event halls higher up. We utilized the coal hoppers, so visitors can still look up through the atrium and see the 3-story tall hoppers while integrating programmatic elements inside them. This design also allows for substantial natural light to flood the interior of the building from the existing factory windows above.
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN | 2023
ELLA MAXWELL, CHARLIE HYMOWITZ, BELLA SALAZAR HARPER, TRISTAN HINEMAN
In this project we continued our development of the soundwave waffle grid but in a vertical style rather than as a square. Using the parametric logic as outlined above, we created a code that transformed a soundwave into a curved ribbed structure. This structure represents the shape of the song in elevation, plan, and section.
This ribbed waffle is suitable for use as a horizontal or vertical plant cage that serves to protect and support the plant inside. The structure can also function as a trellis, at a smaller scale for bush beans and a larger scale for pole beans and grapes.
Focusing furhter on the importance of a large scale installation, this final section of the project tested collaboration and communication to bring our ideas to life. Fixing issues such as a lack of bridging, improiving joints, and nailing the wood down all added to the success of our final model.
Oversee CNC Router and Transport of
Practical Applications of Parametric Modeling And Transforming Digital to Physical
Final Exhibition Prep and Disassebly
Fundamentals of Computational Design
Instructor: Eddy Man Kim
Collaborator: Ella Maxwell
Project Goals
Focus On Grasshopper Implementation, Digital Fabrication, Visualizing Workflows
These are a collection of projects that represent the visualization of grasshopper workflows to maximize efficiencies in complex shapes. This project takes sound waves from different phrases and songs, and transforms them into physical fabricated planters.
Hand Drawn Sketches
Drawing I, Drawing II, Personal Experience
Individual Work
As one of the eight Head Orientation Counselors for Carnegie Mellon’s Orientation program, my key responsibilities included designing the class photo for 2000+ participants, organizing over 70 events focusing on Well-Being and Mental Health, and leadership roles over my 18 person team.