Rachel Kuepers Portfolio

Contents Jesse Owens North

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Plan and Pool Room Views Sections and Physical Model

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Flat Out Process Images Plan and Sections

Rachel Kuepers

Vitra Warehouse Section and Diagrams Plan, Section, and Vignette

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Jesse Owens North Gym on Ohio State Campus Instructor Sandhya Kochar Fall 2021

This project was meant to explore what future gym culture would be like and how it would begin to influence the architecture of a gym. I then applied those ideas to design a new gym for the Ohio State University campus. I decided to design a gym which would act like a supplement to the university. I did this by designing pods which can be used as independent exercise spaces, but also for things like eating, sleeping, meditating, and working on homework. The building is also designed around a large, central pool room. There are terraces with workout equipment as well as courts for various sports looking out over the pool to create a very social space juxtaposing the more independent program of the pods. Some of the pods also become saunas and pools of various temperatures to create the experience of Turkish This view shows the scattering of the pods across the first floor and how they interact with other spaces.

baths moving from the locker rooms to the pool.

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This render shows a view into the pool room.

This view shows the terraced workout spaces and pods from the pool room.

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The plan exhibits the central pool space as well as the building envelope weaving in and out of the pods.

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Sec�on 1:16 This section shows how some of the pods start to break through the building’s envelope.

This section shows the juxtaposition of the pods and the large open spaces above.

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This section model shows the look-out into the pool room through the terraced workout spaces around it.

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Flat Out Display Pavilion Instructor Ashley Bigham Spring 2021

The goal of this project was to design a pavilion which would sit on the Vitra Campus and house a single chair from the Vitra Collection. It developed from flattening a container and refolding and reconfiguring the flattened surface into a three-dimensional pavilion. The flattened box was also projected onto the surface of the pavilion to create a pattern which could inform apertures. I utilized a Target box covered in packing tape which I translated into the stripes which appear on the pavilion’s surface.

Because the tape was both transparent and acting as a binding agent, the stripes do the same for the pavilion.

There are stripes cut out to allow light into the pavilion as well as to interlock pieces of the pavilion to create a unified form.

This axon exhibits one point of entry into the pavilion as well as the positioning of the chair within.

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The image is of the original Target box previous to it being flattened and

The image is of the unrolled Target box which was projected onto the sur-

The image shows the model developed from the original Target box after it

refolded into the final pavilion.

face of the pavilion as a pattern which influenced apertures.

had been flattened and reworked.

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The section shows the interlocking of both roofs which slant toward the center of the pavilion.

The section shows the relationship of the placement of the chair beneath a slanted portion of roof.

The plan shows the location of the chair in relation to the main path of circulation.

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Vitra Warehouse Warehouse on Vitra Campus Instructor Ashley Bigham Spring 2021

This project sought to produce a warehouse space through the implementation of a field condition within the Vitra Campus in Germany where many infamous chairs and furniture is produced. My strategy revolved around the use of organic forms to produce the field condition which were defined in the building through grids of different scales. These grids are made up of columns and furniture within the different spaces. Some of the columns become large enough to act as podiums to diplay the chairs of the Vitra Collection and house restrooms.

Though most of the building is open to the public, there are private spaces defined by thick walls, but to make This axonometric shows how the grid defining each space is represented with columns and furniture.

sure light is able to reach them, there are curtains which can be pulled back as well as clerestory windows.

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These diagrams show the idea of the field condition and how it is exemplified by various grids.

The site plan shows the warehouse’s interaction with the rest of the campus.

The section exhibits the variation between exhibition spaces and workrooms as well the various uses the columns have.

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The vignette displays the depth of the spaces within the warehouse as well as the variation in column types.

The plan demonstrates how the columns and furniture begin to embody the grid to show where one space ends and another begins.

The section shows how the large columns in the exhibition space become podiums to display the Vitra Collection.

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