Urban Agriculture Initiative

Lower Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio

This project aims to incorporate the goals of the Green New Deal to create a neighborhood institution which provides healthy foods and living spaces while supporting the surrounding infrastructure and broadening the conversation encircling smallscale urban farming and sustainable living.

The use of multiple farming strategies such as raised beds, hoop houses, and hydroponic systems enables this facility to produce significant quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables yearround, to be sold or otherwise distributed to food banks and cooperative markets in Lower Price Hill and other neighborhoods in Cincinnati.

The gasket between living and working space is explored with a modular system of multi-residential housing, complemented by a lightweight steel superframe to encourage the propagation of climbing plants and vines. These two elements combine to create dynamic indoor and outdoor spaces for residents to enjoy while partaking in the daily operations of the farm.

While also responding architecturally to the context of Lower Price Hill’s historic district and Cincinnati’s history as a center of industry and commerce, the Lower Price Hill Urban Agriculture Initiative is a proposed step towards the revitalization of our evolving urban environments.

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Two bedroom - 1200 sq. ft.

One bedroom - 800 sq. ft.

Studio - 600 sq. ft.

ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT

TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT

Poolhouse

Jackson Hill Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

Jackson Hill Park supplies a unqiue and under-utilized overlook of Cincinnati’s skyline, allowing for this project to explore the relationships between indoor and outdoor spaces that respond to the surrounding environment.

Starting with site analysis to uncover the park’s main sightlines, diagrams and massing models were used to map out the major elements of a proposed recreation center for this park. Two locker rooms, indoor/outdoor gathering areas, and saunas link together three major pools of different sizes. The arrangement of this program maximizes the potential for visitors to enjoy the views of Cincinnati and partake in a variety of activities.

Modelling serves as a central element to the presentation of this proposal. Several sketch models serve as material studies, construction techniques, and programmtic elements, explored to the highest level of detail possible. Section models and massing models were also developed to resolve and apply these sketch models to the scope of the entire project.

The following field sketches were conducted as part of a general site examination. Analysis of Jackson Hill Park’s distinctive topography through CAGIS data uncovered the relationships between the park’s existing greenscape, neighboring parcels, and overlook conditions that are unique to this park.

Massing models were also used to experiment and sketch tentative massing layouts which incorporate all aspects of the facility’s program.