Catalogue of Students' Work - ARCH 491: Vertical Urbanism

Department of Architecture | Design Research Studios - Directed | FALL 2020

Sustainability | Design Research Studios - Directed | FALL 2020

Alex Takacs Benjamin Nahum Beverly Harper Brockway Fionna Schoener Hannah Spolidoro James Damus Jennifer Carvajal Moreno Jillian Kreglow Kate McKenna Linda Ma Michael Hafer Sean Rutala

LARCH 414 Anya Bielawa Bethany Gindhart Brandon Patellos Jack Kang Katherine Guo Kenya Sanchez Mihn Anh Kieu Tori Maciorski

VERTICAL URBANISM IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

ARCH 491

VERTICAL URBANISM IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

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Dan Willis Paul Daniel Marriott

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductory Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Studio Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Project Site Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Preliminary Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Master Plan Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Group 1 - The Crescendo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Conceptual Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Site Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Site Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Structural Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exterior Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Orthographic Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Group 2 - Sculptures in the Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Conceptual Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Site Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Site Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Structural Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Northside Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Southside Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Group 3 - Urban Terracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Site Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Form Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Central Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Building Podium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Roof Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tower Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Group 4 - Cleveland Reimagined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Analysis & Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Site Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Northern Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fountain Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eastern Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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STUDIO INFORMATION

The Premise of the Studio

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Writers as diverse as architect and urban planner Peter Calthorpe (Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change, 2011), economist Ed Glaeser (The Triumph of the City, 2011), New Yorker writer David Owen (Green Metropolis, 2009), and architect-educator Vishaan Chakrabarti (A Country of Cities, 2014) have argued that dense urban environments are inherently more sustainable than other settlement patterns.

Family Friendly?

The historic Salvation Army Building (constructed as a YWCA) at the corner of Prospect Ave. and East 18th Street must remain as a landmark façade.

You may choose to leave it as it is, assuming it will continue to operate with its present program, OR you may preserve and renovate it, converting it into a new use that is in keeping with the program for our site. 50% of the existing building footprint and mass must be preserved.

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One factor that has traditionally limited the attractiveness of urban dwelling in U.S. cities is that dense urban areas are perceived to be unfriendly to families with children. Professionals living in the urban core often flee to the suburbs when they start families. Making urban living attractive to families has been a key challenge of previous iterations of this studio.

A Response to COVID-19 Concerns

Existing Conditions

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East 16th Place, Caton and/or Huntington Courts can be abandoned if you make provisions to service the buildings and facilities in your master plan, including the entering and exiting of the site by cars and service or emergency vehicles.

Unfortunately, the Covid 19 pandemic has revealed other downsides to urban density. Social distancing, coupled with remote work, has drastically reduced the ridership of mass transit systems; office buildings site nearly empty; restaurants struggle to survive without indoor dining.

The Fall 2020 Edition This Fall 2020 iteration of the studio explored the ways architects and landscape architects can intervene to create sustainable, healthful, and safe urban neighborhoods. Studio projects were completed by interdisciplinary teams. The architecture students’ engaged, in addition to the challenges mentioned above, the design of one or more high-rise buildings.

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Site relationships to existing features and activities adjacent to the site should be considered, such as: Playhouse Square, Cleveland State University and Erie Street Cemetery. Consider the massing and proportion of your buildings to the Prospect Street corridor.

Paul Daniel Marriott | Dan Willis | booklet organized by Michael Hafer - Group 1 Student

PROJECT SITE INFORMATION

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Existing Conditions continued The Erie Street Cemetery is an exceptional green resource within downtown Cleveland. Its proximity to our site is an opportunity to distinguish your design. You may make recommendations for nonintrusive programming or streetscape alterations.

The basketball arena, Wolstein Center, and its main tenant, Cleveland State University, lie to the immediate East of the Project Site. Special attention should be paid to the students and basketball fans interacting with the nearby locations.

Views to North of the Project Site

Views to South of the Project Site

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PROJECT SITE INFORMATION

MLB’s Progressive Field across the Erie Street Cemetery

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PRELIMINARY ASSIGNMENTS Unique Challenges of 2020 Studio

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In response to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Fall 2020 version of this studio was taught remotely. The professors and students “met” during the scheduled studio hours over Zoom. Although the students were granted access to the physical studio space in Stuckeman Building, most of the students opted to work in their homes or apartments. Interestingly, for a studio predicated on interdisciplinary collaboration, many of the students working in teams together never actually met in person.

Another change for Fall 2020 is that we were unable to take the studio to Cleveland to see the site and explore the city firsthand. In past iterations of the studio the Cleveland field trip was an excellent bonding opportunity for the students to get to know one another, and to choose the members of their teams for the Master Plan and schematic design phase of the project. In the two previous years the studio was offered, we also began with a research phase, were small groups of students were assigned to explore and document aspects of the city such as Cleveland’s history, demographics, planning and zoning, etc. For Fall 2020 we utilized the research findings of the 2018 and 2019 studios, and instead asked the students to engage in a series of very short introductory exercises.

Introductory Studio Exercises

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Integration of Architecture and Landscape Architecture The first of these, which the students did over two days in groups of three members, all from their own discipline, was an assignment to find, document, and present to the class examples of the effective integration of architecture and landscape. These were conveyed to the whole studio in tenminute PowerPoint presentations.

Interdisciplinary Memorial to Address Social Issues The second short assignment, which reflected the social, cultural, and political situation in the United States during the summer and fall of 2020, was the first opportunity for the students to work in interdisciplinary teams. Their assigned task, for which they had one week to complete, was to design a memorial to address one or more of what had been described as a “trifecta” of crises: the pandemic and its devastation, the Black Lives Matter social movement and protests, and the worsening effects of climate change (which, in 2020, included wild fires in California, a record-breaking derecho in Iowa, a series of intense tropical storms and hurricanes, and the unprecedented melting of ice cover in Greenland). The site for the memorial was to be the same site in Cleveland that we would be using for our main studio project.

An Egregious Lack of Accessible Urban Balconies The last short assignment was specifically in response to the “lock down” situation being experienced by urban residents globally in order to mitigate the spread of the COVID 19 virus. They are lacking a balcony. Only 62% of apartment and condominium dwellers in the largest metropolitan areas in the United States have access to a private balcony, terrace, patio or porch. doors is possible.

The students were asked to reconsider high-density urban residential housing during a pandemic.

Interdisciplinary teams were charged with designing meaningful outdoor spaces for EACH unit in a residential midrise tower.

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MASTER PLAN PARAMETERS

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Between 600 and 800 dwelling units; assume all are apartments. In recognition of our third short project and the accompanying readings, the majority of the residences should be provided with balconies. In addition, amenity decks and green roofs for the residential population should be considered—these do not count toward the 20% ground place open space requirement.

A minimum of 1/4 of your total residential units are to be designed for families (3-5 residents 20% of residential units will be subsidized income-adjusted/affordable housing. You are encouraged mix these units with market-rate units; i.e., don’t segregate low cost housing into its own wing or cluster of floors.

Parking for residences based on .25 parking spaces for each dwelling unit. Surface parking will not be permitted on the site (short-term/drop-off parking is allowed). Parking options include the construction of one or more garage structures (which may or may not be incorporated into the footprint of new buildings). Because of local soil conditions (and the economics of the Cleveland), underground is not be feasible.

Assume at least half of the residences will have one or more bicycles. The secure storage of these can either be within the parking structure(s), or separately within your residential building(s).

Assume parking for office spaces and retail establishments will be accommodated by existing parking structures, surface lots near our site, and limited on-street parking.

Indoor and outdoor recreation, entertainment, and leisure spaces and facilities as appropriate to the size and demographics of the residential population.

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180-room hotel (which may be associated with and/or physically connected to other buildings) with integral bar and restaurant, ballroom/meeting rooms.

Ground floor/street level retail (which can include restaurants and financial services that are marketed to the public such as banks, stock brokers, etc.) at all major street front areas. Provide one parking space for each 1,000 square feet of retail space. These parking spaces may be integrated with the parking for residences and/or may be provided (or partially provided) through on-street parking on any of the streets surrounding the site.

Class A Office Space: 350,000 - 500,000 square feet. You may assume that parking lots and garages in close proximity to our site have the capacity to absorb the parking requirements for these new offices.

A Charter High School for the performing arts for 250 students. The high school must include a 300 seat adaptable theater, similar to the Outcalt Theatre at Playhouse Square.

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Zoning Requirements

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New Public Spaces

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A minimum of 20% of the site’s ground plane (open to the sky) should be developed as pedestrian open and civic spaces. This space may include performing arts facilities, outdoor recreation facilities, and landscaped and garden spaces (including stormwater facilities). Due to the lack of playgrounds and facilities for children and families in the downtown area, you are strongly encouraged to address this need in your master plan. In response to Covid 19 concerns, access to any play areas will be controlled, and playground designs should reflect the possible need for continued social distancing. In addition, in the event of another health emergency the playground(s) on the ground plane must have a direct access to the residential building(s).

Loading and service areas may not be counted as part of the 20%. The existing open space (public sidewalks) within the rights of way of the surrounding streets (or any added bike or pedestrian amenities within the ROW) does not count toward the 20% minimum.

A primary public plaza, public garden or art space (or multiple combinations of such spaces) should occupy the ground plane and work collaboratively with the architectural massing of the site.

An outdoor public space suitable for theatrical and musical performances that prior to the pandemic would have accommodated 1,200 to 1,500 spectators. Your design should be adaptable so that smaller crowds can occupy this facility while maintaining social distancing, but that in the future full capacity can be used. The outdoor performance space will count toward the 20% open space requirement.

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In addition to the ground plane, new public spaces—including green roofs, living walls, or other integration of buildings and vegetation—should be considered.

Pubic and green spaces should consider the weather and be designed to maximize outdoor enjoyment in the space throughout the year. In addition, consider connectivity to Cleveland’s existing and proposed green corridors and trails.

Streetscape Improvements: the streetscape of the site should be considered as an integral part of the design. Building setbacks and access points to the public and green space should be carefully considered and designed to facilitate and interesting street frontage for the pedestrian— for example, building setbacks beyond the zoning requirement. Sidewalk widths and materials should be proportional to their level of use and importance as the “connective tissue” between your development and the city. Street trees, plantings, pedestrian seating, entrances to buildings and site features, lighting and signage are all to be considered in both your Master Plan and final design.

Access issues for all users (pedestrian, bike, automobile and service vehicles) should be addressed. Consider drop off areas, motor courts, laybys and service areas. Consider conflicts among user groups: resident, hotel guest, shopper/diner, school students, trash and delivery trucks, taxis and Uber, etc.

Shelters for public transportation should be considered. Small kiosks for coffee, etc. may be included within the 20% minimum requirement so long as the square footage does not exceed 200 square feet. Larger signature/destination buildings (such as an ice cream shop) are encouraged, but cannot be counted as part of the 20% minimum requirement for open space.

A bike sharing station, with covered storage for 200 bicycles, should be given strong consideration.

Due to Covid 19, mass transit ridership has fallen in most cities. Short-term bicycle rentals may be one solution to filling transportation needs without resorting to private automobiles.

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Group 1

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the CRESCENDO

BEN NAHUM

FIONNA SCHOENER

Our group’s design matches the architectural density to the north of the site and replicated the horizontality and openness to the South of the project site.

•Areas of Work: Hotel, Apartment, Charter High School, Commercial Storefronts, Office Spaces & Market

•Areas of Work: Apartment, Outdoor Performance Space, Salvation Army refurbishments & Hotel tower

•Created all Renders of architectural works •Located programmatic elements on the Project Site •Decided Upon a Structural Grid and System •Drew building elevations •Created Detail drawing of an Apartment unit

•Created the layout for the Outdoor Performance Space •Designed the layout for apartment units •Designed Apartment Tower (Levels 7-50) •Created conceptual diagrams •Repurposed the upper level of the Salvation Army building

an Architectural Ascension

Architecture Student

Our carefully curated design for the site carefully negotiates the density of downtown with the urban sprawl to the South.

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Cleveland Playhouse

US Bank Building

Hanna Building

Cleveland Armory Museum

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•Areas of Work: Hotel, Apartment, Charter High School, Commercial Spaces, Office Spaces & Parking

•Areas of Work: Central Plaza, Charter High School, Commercial Spaces & Office Spaces

•Areas of Work: Parking Garage, Open Air Market, the Surrounding Streetscape & Office Spaces

•Created all interior spaces and the building footprint in the bottom 7 floors, as well as the parking garage •Divided BIM model into regions that could be worked on asynchronously by each student.

•Drafted building plans & sections •Drew axonometric diagrams that show site considerations

•Designed the Central Plaza Space •Designed Community Gardens and a Running Track on rooftops •Drew Site Plans and generated connections to many neighboring mounuments •Designed pedestrian plaza that crosses 14th Steet •Designed an outdoor Rooftop art gallery connected to Charter School

•Designed street-side parking on 14th and 18th Streets •Re-invisioned and designed Traffic circles + direction of traffic to the South of the Site •Designed an Applied Arts Gallery on the parking garage rooftop and chose the artworks to occupy it •Created processional renders from the Street to the Rooftop Gallery.

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CSU Student Center

Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

Our project negotiates the heights of the northern downtown towers with the urban sprawl and freeways to the South. Visual and physical connections to the historical formations of the neighboring Playhouse Square and Erie Street Cemetery are established.

TOWER PLACEMENT AT THE NORTH END As a move to reflect the heights of the towers and Playhouse Square, the large mass of Hotel and Apartment tower was shifted to the North end of the Project Site.

HEAVY PROGRAM AT THE NORTH END To negotiate the height difference of large towers to the North and urban sprawl to the South, the remaining architectural program descends in height to match its surroundings in the urban fabric.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE CONNECTION TO PLAYHOUSE SQUARE The outdoor performance space is at the South of the site. The northwest corner of the Tower mass is cantilevered, allowing a visual link underneath it between Playhouse Square and the performance space.

CONNECTION TO GREEN SPACE OF THE ERIE STREET CEMETERY The expansive landscaped plan of the Erie Street Cemetery spills over the road onto the Project Site. It merges with the Central Plaza nestled between the building podium. The axis of the Cemetery is continued on rather than terminated.

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SITE CONSIDERATIONS

Located in the city’s performing arts district, Playhouse Square, the project must show sensitivity to all nearby performance venues and establish an impromptu space for performances of its own. Likewise, the sports venues to the west and Cleveland State University to the east have a constant dialogue with the Tower.

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Seen as a supplement to the urban fabric of Playhouse Square rather than a reinvisioning of it, the team took great care to minimize the demolition of existing buildings on site. A combination of recladding and repurposing has brought these structures up to date.

ON SITE EXISTING BUILDINGS RETAINED IN PROJECT

PUBLIC PARKING LOTS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE

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SITE CONSIDERATIONS

Vertical breaks in the height of the tower were chosen strategically to correspond to the rooftops of neighboring towers in Playhouse Square as well as those in Cleveland’s downtown.

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SITE PLANNING

The majority of architectural program is sequestered to the North and East ends of the site.

Commercial and corporate storefronts line the streetwall on 18th Street.

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The streetscape on 14th Street is more permeable, allowing for better connectivity.

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STRATIFIED DESIGN

Educational, corporate, and commercial spaces, as well as the public lobbies of the Tower, comprise the building’s podium.

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Residential spaces such as Hotel and Apartment Suites fill out the height of the Tower.

Variations in structural systems and vertical circulation make this stratification possible.

STRUCTURAL VARIATION

CORES OF VERTICAL CIRCULATION

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EXTERIOR VIEWS

A sequence of discoveries are made as viewers approach the ‘Crescendo’ tower by way of the Erie Street Cemetery. The tall tower is always visible, but as pedestrians approach, they begin to see the podium peek above the treetops.

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Once pedestrians reach the ‘end” of the Cemetery path, they realize it does not in fact end, but rather it continues into the building’s Central Plaza.

TOWER RISES ABOVE ERIE STREET CEMETERY

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EXTERIOR VIEWS

The streetscape along 18th Street is commercialized. Class A-office space occupies the upper floors while a combination of corporate entries, grocery store, pharmacy, restaurant and distillery comprise the ground level.

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COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE ENTRIES ON 18TH STREET

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EXTERIOR VIEWS

The streetscape along 18th Street is commercialized. Class A-office space occupies the upper floors while a combination of corporate entries, grocery store, pharmacy, restaurant and distillery comprise the ground level.

MIRRORING A RUSTICATED BASE Commercial storefronts on the left reflect the mass and rusticated base of the Salvation Army, which creates a consistent Street wall. Mirroring the upper floors of the Salvation Army, expressed structural columns act as a portrait for groupings of recessed windows. So, while the material pallete and construction is modern, the structural order is reflective and respectful of the Salvation Army.

MIRRORING A STRUCTURAL RHYTHM

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RISING ELEVATION ALONG 18TH STREET

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EXTERIOR VIEWS

(1) As pedestrians approach the Tower from Playhouse Square, they begin to see the red, spindly legs of the Theatrical Sculpture.

1 – VIEW FROM PLAYHOUSE SQUARE

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(2) The Central Plaza is a hardscaped site element meant for lounging.

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EXTERIOR VIEWS

As pedestrians approach the central Performance space, they will notice an arrangement of occupiable rooftops around its periphery.

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A staircase flares out to welcome occupants up through seating balconies to a Applied Arts Sculpture garden. Livelier crowds can drink and catch a show from a Rooftop Cocktail bar.

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ORTHOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION

Organizationally, this design matched the architectural density to the north of the site and replicated the horizontality and openness to the South of the project site. A tuned mass-damper is installed at the mechanical penthouse to combat the relatively slender shape of the Tower.

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Group 1 I Benjamin Nahum, Fionna Schoener, Jack Kang, Michael Hafer, Tori Maciorski

SECTION THROUGH BUILDING PODIUM & CHARTER SCHOOL APARTMENT HOTEL TOWER CHARTER SCHOOL COMMERCIAL CORPORATE OFFICE OCCUPIABLE GREEN ROOF PARKING GARAGE

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ORTHOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION

Each of the Streetscapes are dedicated to a different population and purpose. The North caters to entry through semi-public lobbies. The East is dedicated to commercial ventures.

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The South provides parking to all users, whether they be tenants or passing through. The West is permeable, allowing pedestrians to access the central plaza nestled between all 4 facades.

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GROUND FLOOR — TOWER PODIUM 1. FIT-OUT COMMERCIAL 2. HOTEL LOBBY 3. HOTEL GYM 4. CAFE / RESTAURANT 5. APARTMENT LOBBY 6. CHANGING ROOMS 7. SCHOOL THEATRE 8. SCHOOL LOBBY 9. MAKER SPACE + STORAGE 10. BACK OF HOUSE GARAGE

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Living at the Crescendo cannot be described by one perspective. Its lower rent units are perfect for students of the neighboring Cleveland State University while the luxury units reflect the attitudes of their high-roller occupants. Spacious Hotel rooms offer occupants views to the Performance Space, Playhouse Square, and downtown Cleveland. The one constant is an expressive Timber structure.

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STUDIO APARTMENT

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While the Apartment units come in several shapes, sizes, and finishes, the one constant is an expressive Timber structure.

EXPOSED MASS TIMBER STRUCTURE

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It provides intimate planar and volumetric spaces as well as subtler pyschological benefits.

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The Cleveland Tree Plan addresses the city’s ‘low performance’ in its sustainable urban forest plan. By achieving the nickname ‘the Forest City’ yet again, city dwellers can reap economic, social and environmental benefits from tree canopies.

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STACKED ‘JENGA’ FORMS

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Inspiration for spatial forms was drawn from the simplest of forms: the ellipse and rectangle.

Architectural forms innately assume rectangular forms as they are efficient and permutational.

Nature assumes elliptical and curvilinear shapes.

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ELLIPSE SITE FORMS

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We began by analyzing the surrounding site context in Cleveland in order to place the various program elements on our site. We referenced other city plans to gain insight on designed spaces to fit this urban fabric.

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ANGLES AND ADJACENCIES IN THE CITY FABRIC

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This map highlights the main elements that will be interacting with our design. The circles represent how long it would take to walk 5 minutes from our site and 10 minutes from our site.

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VERTICAL GLAZING STRIPS

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CONSERVATORY ANGLES

Buffer zone = extra layer to help control heat loss Reduction of heat loss in winter Protection of overheating in the summer Angled wall at 73 degrees to block Summer Sun

CONSERVATORY BALCONIES

COMMUNITY CENTER SUN SHADES

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SITE PLANNING

Elliptical site elements are nestled between the orthographic architectural forms. These landscape elements serve, in addition to their own purposes, as visual and pedestrian conduits between the separate structures.

SITE ELEMENTS INTERSPERSED BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE

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PROGRAMMED SITE ELEMENTS + PRIMARY DROP OFF LOCATIONS

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We organized the buildings according to the urban density surrounding the site. The historic Salvation Army building is renovated as a hotel, and it forms connections between overlapping volumes of the office. This drawing also shows the tiering effect we created on the site in terms of program scale and privacy.

PROGRAMMATIC ‘JENGAS’ ON SITE

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The ground floor plan emphasizes the radiating ellipse patterns on the ground plane and how they interact with the rectilinear buildings and their cantilevers. We wanted to take advantage of the cantilevers and design outdoor spaces underneath of them to allow for a seamless connection between the site and the buildings.

GROUND FLOOR & SITE MASTER PLAN PLAYHOUSE SQUARE

ERIE STREET CEMETERY

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WOLSTEIN CENTER

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Each block consists of a series of stacked floors and a structural truss system that allows us to have large cantilevers without columns underneath—which helps to the emphasize the block forms. Facade features include vertical window strips, extended wings on the ends of the jenga blocks, and shading devices on the South facing facades.

SECONDARY BEAM STRUCTURE

SOLID WALL WITH EXTENDED WINGS PRIMARY TRUSS STRUCTURE

WOOD LOUVERS

CURTAIN WALL

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EXPLODED STRUCTURAL AXON

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Corporate and residential spaces dominate the north side of the project site. The Parking Garage is located on the North end as spaces of higher or more permanent occupancy—apartments, hotels, commercial and office spaces—are there. Three surface parking lots immediately across Prospect Avenue serve as overflow.

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The Salvation Army building still holds a strong character on this corner of the site. Openings and indents in the street wall invite pedestrians to easily circulate throughout the site safely away from vehicular traffic.

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This section illustrates the mounds outside of the Jenga City Apartments. Intersecting the pavement pattern, they guide pedestrians further into the site. Seating options are also included for pedestrians walking throughout the retail space.

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Retail Spaces + Plaza Design

SECTION ALONG PROSPECT AVENUE

RETAIL PLAZA CONNECTS PROJECT TO PLAYHOUSE SQUARE

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Retail is located on the ground floor as double height spaces, which open to the retail plaza and connect to the Playhouse Square. The parking garage is also located on the east end of the building.

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Residential Tower The main entrance is along the north facade on Prospect Avenue, while the south entrance guides you out onto the event lawn.

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In keeping with cautionary COVID measures, we have provided smaller common spaces such as individual office areas and various gym facilities to limit the number of people in the same space.

SHARED RESIDENTIAL BALCONY

APARTMENT UNITS & ROOF GARDENS — 8TH FLOOR (2ND JENGA)

The shared balcony space provides residents views to the city and the main lawn of the site. The low planting and glass boundary create a grounded feel.

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This is a plan of the apartments on jenga 3. The jenga building form naturally creates a vertical core space. In this space we have placed mechanical rooms, electrical rooms, pet rooms, janitor closets, and rentable storage areas for the tenants.

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Office & Hotel Tower We have mixed the apartment typologies throughout the building such as the affordable units & the luxurious units throughout the layout. Apartment typologies include a studio unit, a 1 bedroom, a 2 bedroom, and a 3 bedroom. As well as 1 or 2 bedroom affordable units.

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STUDIO APARTMENT UNIT The angled glass wall controls daylighting and traps heat admissions into the building. This reduces heat loss in the winter and protects overheating in summer.

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Residential Tower - Apartment Units

SECTION THROUGH 3 BED UNIT LIVING ROOM This is a visual section of the apartments with direct access to the conservatory. The south facing apartments will be able to look out onto our site.

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This section cuts through the residential apartments, the office building, and the hotel as shown in the key plan. You can see the office courtyard (1) within the office and hotel, the various rooftops on each building (2), and the retail plaza interacting with the corner shops (3).

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Our focus for this building was to integrate the new architecture with the historic building, while also preserving the character of the existing architecture by connecting and interlocking the volumes.

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We also wanted a design that could support activity at all different times of the day. For instance in the morning there is space for yoga on the lawn. It includes a stage for all different types of performances.

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We also wanted a design that could support activity at all different times of the day. For instance, in the evenings, movies could be played in the park.

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Areas of temporary stay—mainly the Charter School and Community Center—are located on the South end of the site, where public transit is more readily accessible and the surroundings are less dense.

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LIBRARY — COMMUNITY CENTER

DROP OFF LOOP ON 14TH STREET — SERVICING COMMUNITY & SCHOOL

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The first jenga block is open to all community members, with spaces such as a library, multipurpose room, fitness center, computer lab, and art room.

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Community Center & Provisional Housing The provisional housing has its own private access to the second jenga block. Resource Offices are on the first floor of this block and they make use of an outdoor rooftop healing garden.

PROVISIONAL HOUSING + HEALING GARDEN— 6TH FLOOR (2ND JENGA)

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We added a community center to our program to give users unique amenities offered on our site. These curved bookcases and floor patterns continue with the exterior paving in the overlapping plaza outside.

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LIBRARY — COMMUNITY CENTER

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This elevated healing garden gives the users a private outdoor space away from street level noise. We designed this garden to stimulate and engage all the senses.

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Community Center & Provisional Housing Bright, colorful plants with varying textures and fragrances combine with natural sounds to create an engaging environment to help relax, and stimulate, the users.

OUTDOOR HEALING GARDEN — LOOKING AT PROVISIONAL HOUSING FACADE

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Cutting through the center of our site, this building has direct connections with the Erie Street Cemetery on the West, and Wolstein Center on the East.

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Community Center & Provisional Housing

SECTION THROUGH APARTMENT & PROVISIONAL HOUSING

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The program of the first jenga of the school includes a dance studio, a music room, and a rec room. The ellipses on the site inspired the vestibule, the lobby, the auditorium, the cafe, and the study rooms, as well as the book cases in the library.

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Charter High School of the Arts The second jenga block includes the art rooms, offices, and classrooms. Classrooms were located on the top floors to optimize views. The rooftop terrace area and lawn space is available to occupants to create a safe, outdoor learning environment for the students.

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The main entrance to the Cleveland community center stems from a drop off zone shared with the Forest High School of the Arts. We designed a block sculpture to mimic the language of the buildings while also exemplifying Jenga movement.

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CAR AND BUS DROP OFF LOOP — CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

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The Project Site lies at an important intersection between varied districts within Cleveland.

This means the included program and access points to the site must be equally versatile and varied. Quiet spaces for relaxation are presented to those leaving Entertainment and Sporting venues.

SUBDIVISIONS OF THE SURROUNDING URBAN PLAN

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Parking is included for those visiting the Commercial sector. Housing is available to those attending the neighboring college, Cleveland State University. Those traveling from both the high density of downtown or the suburban areas to the South can take refuge here.

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The Tower is a product of its immediate and culturally-significant surroundings. To its West lies major entertainment venues, such as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and Progressive Field of the professional NBA and MLB leagues respectively. To the North is downtown Cleveland, and closer still, the performing arts venues of Playhouse Square.

NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS OF MAJOR CULTURAL IMPORTANCE

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To the Tower’s west is the broad campus of Cleveland State University. Being a highrise dedicated primarily to housing, as well as residing next to the termination of campus borders, it only makes sense that Affordable Housing units for college students would be included in our program.

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The Project Site occupies an important buffer zone between the large, dense, and culturallysignificant buildings to the North and the sprawl of roadways and residencies to the South.

PROJECT SITE AS THE MEDIAN BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND URBAN SPRAWL

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As the title ‘Urban Terracing’ would suggest, the descent of the building’s height and terraces helps gradually taper the building off. It reflects the heights to the North and the sprawl to the South.

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Being a product of its immediate and culturally-significant surroundings, the form of the Tower, Podium, and entrances into the site are all determined by connections to their neighbors.

AXIAL AND VISUAL CONNECTIONS TO SURROUNDINGS

Wolstein Center

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SITE ENTRANCES TO THE TOWER & PLAZA

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Much like the receding terraces of the Tower, the Central Plaza continues the same dialogue of ‘push and pull’ in its material and physical forms.

SHIFTING STRIATIONS IN THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN

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LARGE MASSING

EXISTING STRUCTURES

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SITE AXES FRACTURED MASSES + RECEDING TERRACES

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Heavy program elements dedicated towards residency and extended stay (i.e. the hotel and apartment towers, as well as the Charter School) are positioned to the North end of the site, where they can correlate to the heights of downtown structures. Here, city dwellers and visitors can be visually reminded of the city they live in.

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Meanwhile, the horizontal and stouter buildings—commercial and office spaces—reflect the diminutive and sprawling sizes of their surroundings to the South. Encompassing the parking garage and owning an immediate adjacency to the on-ramps to Interstate 90, passersbys have ease of ingress and eggress.

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CENTRAL PLAZA CENTRAL LANDSCAPED PLAZA — VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL TRANSITION

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The treetops of the forested plaza soften the vertical transition from the green ground plane to the stark, sheer verticality of the architecture. It serves to horizontally carry foot traffic from the South and East end of the site into all of the structures.

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CENTRAL PLAZA INTRODUCTORY VIEW OF CENTRAL PLAZA THROUGH THE ERIE STREET CEMETERY

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The treetops of the forested plaza soften the vertical transition from the green ground plane to the stark, sheer verticality of the architecture. The axis of the Erie Street Cemetery is continued on in the Plaza, connecting directly to the Apartment Tower Entrance.

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CENTRAL PLAZA COBBLED SPEED TABLE CREATES VISUAL & PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS FROM TOWER AND SITE TO CEMETERY

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A cobblestone Speed Table creates a connection—both as a physical throughfare and a visual symmetry of the rustic locations—between the Masonic Cemetery and modern tower. Shopping outlets dot this Street now that pedestrian usage has been emphasized.

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CENTRAL PLAZA NEXUS WITHIN THE PLAZA — MONOLITHIC VERTICAL PROMENADE

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Beneath the austere and airy facades of the building podium, a vertical promenade transitions Plaza pedestrians up and into the indoors. Wrapped within the gesture of these stairs is an outdoor seating patio and Tree Plaza.

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CENTRAL PLAZA PRIVATE TREE & SEATING PLAZA

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Tucked between and beneath the vertical masses above, this quiet Tree Garden offers pedestrians time for reprieve and introspection. Quiet locations are few and far between in this incredibly active node within Cleveland.

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CENTRAL PLAZA FOUNTAIN PLAZA AT SITE CENTER

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Envisioned as an oasis located in the heart of both a frenetic project site and an assortment of building types, the Fountain Plaza can serve as a space for both activity or reprieve. Children can play in the fountains while adults lounge on the monolithic seating structures.

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CENTRAL PLAZA PEERING BACK FROM THE PROMENADE

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As pedestrians ascend the Grand Stairs and prepare to enter the tower, they may turn around and reminisce on where they’ve come from. As the curtains close on their time outdoors, they can have a sense of finality and enjoyment towards their day.

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PODIUM AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN GROUND AND TOWER VIEW FROM INTERSECTION OF PROSPECT AVE. & 14TH STREET

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The building podium creates a more gradual vertical transition from the street level to the heights of the tower. The podium scales the Project in accordance with its surroundings, while the tower scales it with Cleveland as a whole.

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VIEW ALONG PROSPECT AVENUE

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Through a roundabout motion, the ascending rooftops of the podium structures—in order from left to right; the Salvation Army, Charter School and Community Center, and Hotel—rise to match the receding terraces of the Apartment Tower in the background.

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EAST ELEVATION

VIEW ALONG 18TH STREET

GLAZING

SOLID MATERIALS

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The building podium picks up and carries on the rusticated base of the Salvation Army building.

An austere, yet airy aesthetic dominates the lower levels of the structure but makes way for lighter, glazing materials of the tower.

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OVERALL GROUND FLOOR PLAN

APARTMENT HOTEL TOWER CHARTER SCHOOL COMMERCIAL ROAD EDITS PARKING

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Sean Rutala, James Damus, Alex Takacs, Bethany Gindhart, Brandon Patellos

TRANSVERSE SECTION THROUGH LOBBIES OF NORTHERN STRUCTURES

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NORTHERN BLOCK — GROUND FLOOR

HOTEL TOWER — FLOORS 4-11

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HOTEL NORTH ELEVATION — VIEW FROM PROSPECT AVE.

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COMMERCIAL SPACES & TERRACES — 9TH FLOOR

LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH CORPORATE & APARTMENT SPACES

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BUILDING PODIUM PLAZA ON NORTHWESTERN TIP OF THE SITE

Sean Rutala, James Damus, Alex Takacs, Bethany Gindhart, Brandon Patellos

An industrial design aesthetic harkens back to Cleveland’s historical prominence in the Rust Belt region. This pedestrian avenue through the building podium serves not only as the storefront for shops and the Hotel, but also as a connector to the interior Central Plaza.

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An arcade bisects the School and Hotel spaces, spilling foot traffic into the Central Plaza.

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ARCADE SPACE LEADING TO CENTRAL PLAZA — BETWEEN SCHOOL & HOTEL LOBBIES

Sean Rutala, James Damus, Alex Takacs, Bethany Gindhart, Brandon Patellos

The cobbled and glazed material pallete of the exterior is emulated indoors.

APARTMENT TOWER LOBBY

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COMMERCIAL TERRACES — 11TH FLOOR

RESIDENTIAL & CORPORATE PRIVATE GREEN ROOF

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Sean Rutala, James Damus, Alex Takacs, Bethany Gindhart, Brandon Patellos

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ROOF LANDSCAPES HOTEL AMENITY DECK

Sean Rutala, James Damus, Alex Takacs, Bethany Gindhart, Brandon Patellos

Lifted several stories from the ground plane but not quite to the soaring heights of the rooftops above, this pool deck is equal parts privately and publicly accessible. Located on the West side of the site, it receives full sunlight during the morning, afternoon and evening.

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ROOF LANDSCAPES LOOKING AT APARTMENT TOWER FROM GREEN ROOF

Sean Rutala, James Damus, Alex Takacs, Bethany Gindhart, Brandon Patellos

A ‘park in the clouds’ lies on the 11th Floor of the Commercial structure. It is accessible to occupants of both the commerical spaces as well as the Apartments towering above. With all structures sitting to its north, the park is bathed in sunlight from dawn til dusk.

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APARTMENT TOWER — VERTICAL SEGMENT 1

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Sean Rutala, James Damus, Alex Takacs, Bethany Gindhart, Brandon Patellos

VERTICAL SEGMENT 1 — FLOOR PLAN (7 FLOORS)

AFFORDABLE SINGLE AFFORDABLE DOUBLE FAMILY UNITS

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APARTMENT TOWER — VERTICAL SEGMENT 2

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VERTICAL SEGMENT 2 — FLOOR PLAN (14 FLOORS)

ONE BEDROOM UNITS TWO BEDROOM UNITS FAMILY UNITS

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APARTMENT TOWER — VERTICAL SEGMENT 3

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VERTICAL SEGMENT 3 — FLOOR PLAN (7 FLOORS)

ONE BEDROOM UNITS TWO BEDROOM UNITS FAMILY UNITS

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APARTMENT TOWER — VERTICAL SEGMENT 4

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VERTICAL SEGMENT 4 — FLOOR PLAN (5 FLOORS)

LUXURY UNITS

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DIRECTED RESEARCH STUDIO | ARCH 491 | LARCH 414

CLEVELAND REIMAGINED

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With its concave form and rippling glass storefronts, the building radiates a welcoming gesture to the West, where a serene, historic Cemetery and acclaimed Ballpark lie. It is not strictly a visual connection however, as a pedestrian avenue bisects and connects all three.

DIALOGUE ACROSS THE ERIE STREET CEMETERY — MLB’S PROGRESSIVE FIELD TO THE PROJECT SITE

PLAYHOUSE SQUARE US BANK BUILDING

HANNA BUILDING

PROGRESSIVE FIELD — RIGHT FIELD

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Through its theatrically curving forms and “loud” luminescence, the project is undoubtedly respectful to Playhouse Square—the local performing arts District—to the immediate North.

Playhouse Square and the Hanna Building house theatres of their own.

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The regions west of the Project Site are dominated by entertainment venues and waterways that divide the city of Cleveland. In the regions West and South of the Project Site, institutional structures are aplenty.

NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS OF MAJOR CULTURAL IMPORTANCE

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Twelve thousand students who study at Cleveland State University pass through its campus daily. Its basketball and performance venue, the Wolstein Center, lies across 18th Street. The large campus of St. Vincent Medical Center lies across Interstate 90 to the South.

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GENERATION OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL FORMS

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The building form steps and wavers, both vertically and horizontally, in tune to its surrounding forms and traffic patterns.

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Wavering forms circumscribe both the project site and the buildings themselves.

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LOWEST LEVEL

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Green forms extend their presence, and biophilic properties, to the architecture.

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GROUND PLANE RISING TO MATCH BUILT FORMS

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BIOPHILIA

GOVERNING PATTERNS IN NATURE

PRESENCE OF WATER

VISUAL CONNECTION TO NATURE

PROSPECT & REFUGE

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SITE MASTER PLAN — GROUPING OF PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS

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The concave gesture of the architecture creates an envelope for natural elements to be situated within. Sheltered from traffic and any harmful weather conditions, occupants can rest easy.

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SITE MASTER PLAN — GREEN ELEMENTS INTERSPERSED BETWEEN BUILDINGS

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Pods of plantings further shelter the interior of the site. In addition, the trees help to create secluded ‘islands’ of activity within the whole of the Central Plaza.

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PEDESTRIAN & MATERIAL LINKS TO THE CEMETERY — CONNECTION BY COBBLED MATERIALS

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A replication of the Masonic Erie Street Cemetery’s cobbled materials links the two spaces.

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NORTHERN PROGRAM — SCHOOL + MARKET, HOTEL + OFFICES, & RESIDENTIAL

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The culturally-important programmatic elements—the School, auditorium, and Open Air Market—line the north side of the site, matching the accessible purpose of the Salvation Army.

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NORTHERN ELEVATION — OUTWARDLY EXPRESSED VERTICAL CORES

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

In an effort to mimic the elevational order of the Salvation Army, the glass storefront of North tower carries on the datum line of the rusticated base. Much like the Salvation Army, the circulation cores are pulled to the periphery of the floor plan and expressed on the exterior face.

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

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WEST FACADE OF NORTHERN TOWER

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NORTH TO SOUTH SECTION — THROUGH AUDITORIUM AND HOTEL

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Bright lights envigorate occupants and remind them of the theatrical Playhouse Square.

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Expressive and playful interior design bolsters the students’ passion for Theatre.

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NORTHERN PROGRAM OPEN AIR MARKET ALONG 14TH STREET

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1ST FLOOR PLAN

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NORTHERN PROGRAM OPEN AIR MARKET ALONG 14TH STREET

Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Much like a Boardwalk shop, an open storefront and bright lights urges people to explore.

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Subject to the Lake effects of Lake Erie, winter in Cleveland is quite intense. Warmth is refuge.

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FOUNTAIN PLAZA

FOUNTAIN PLAZA — NESTLED WITHIN THE SALVATION ARMY BUILDING

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Acting as the hinge between the Northern and Eastern towers, the Fountain Plaza preaches harmony and balance in both its conceptual forms and positioning on the site.

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FOUNTAIN PLAZA GLASS WALKING PLATFORMS ABOVE THE WATER

Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Balance between the orthogonal architectural forms and curvilinear nature is expressed.

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FOUNTAIN PLAZA HARMONY & BALANCE

Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Built and natural forms are equal but opposite. It’s a beautiful balance.

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FOUNTAIN PLAZA POP-UP COFFEE STAND PATIO

Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

A recessed seating space borders the Fountain. Vendors can service passersbys here.

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FOUNTAIN PLAZA FOUNTAIN + GLASS VIEWING PLATFORMS

Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

Water cascades down the surface of a granite column structure. Glass platforms envelope it.

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A sweeping, double-curved podium circumscribes the base of the Residential Towers.

EASTERN PROGRAM — RESIDENTIAL TOWERS + COMMERCIAL SPACES 15’

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105’

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Commercial entities fill the volumetric spaces within the building podium.

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

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WEST ELEVATION

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The residential tower sits amongst of forest of trees and public amenities.

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Hannah Spolidoro, Kate McKenna, Linda Ma, Katherine Guo, Mihn Anh Kieu

A residential pool occupies a democratic location at the base of the tower.

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An avenue of air bisects the two Residential Towers, creating a greater sense of privacy.

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16TH FLOOR — LOOKING TO AMPHITHEATER & CEMETERY

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Furthermore, private rooftop gardens provide green space separate from the Central Plaza.

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A playful and energy-generative canopy looms above the 16th Floor rooftop gardens.

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16TH FLOOR — ROOFTOP PHOTOVOLTAIC CANOPY

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An amphitheater and subsequent plaza lie within the architectural envelope.

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A performing arts space allows for informal events outside of Playhouse Square.

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A sequence of invigorating murals decorate the walls of the amphitheater space.

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First and foremost, this project is geared towards families—meaning, both adults AND children.

Intentional obstacles present objects for children to play on and adults to sit on.

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