Portfolio 2024 - Taylor Cox

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Taylor Cox

TABLE OF CONTENTS GRADUATE WORK FLOURISH: A HOSPITAL IN A FOREST

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INTERTWINE: A TEXTILE SCHOOL

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THE STUDENT’S CENTER FOR WELL-BEING

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EDEN WAY TOWNHOMES

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JACKSON STREET SALON

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PROFESSIONAL WORK

Section Perspective T Graphics done by Taylor Cox

01 FLOURISH: A HOSPITAL IN A FOREST

This project was completed as part of the COTE (Committee on the Environment) Competition.

The driving force was AIA’s 10 Design for Excellence factors in order to design for changing climate factors, adaptability, resilience and a carbon-neutral future.

Group work done with Khin Htet and Hannah Lewis

As a result this hospital has been designed to reduce energy consumption through use of geothermal energy storage, solar energy production and passive strategies. Another large driving force is the design to collect, filter and re-use water on the site as well as use for cooling.

Calculations were completed to show the impact of design and the overall performance of the hospital.

Diagram done with Khin Htet

The concept for the hospital came from the 80 acre expanse of forest currently existing on the site. Being amidst a rapidly growing urban context, there posed a great risk to the natural landscape.

The hospital leverages nature as a healing component and resolves the confilct of built environments, people, and nature.

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Patient Room

Farmer’s Market

Through Center Atrium

Atrium Space

46.27 In. Annual Rainfall

27% Water Runoff

66% Infiltration

7% Evaporation Rate

School for Neurodiverse

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32 degree winter sun angle

78 degree summer sun angle

The passive shading strategies of the building facades limit interior heat gain and the double skin facade allows for ventilation, further reducing heat gain.

Hospital Entrance

80%

Site Rainwater: 95,961,313 gal/year

Of adults report prolonged stress

Collected: 27, 104, 726 gal/year

10% Reduction in water usage due to Reuse

20 minutes of nature reduces cortisol levels by 18.5%

FILTER

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Diagram done with Khin Htet

Landscaped Terraces

Solar Fins ELECTRICAL PANEL

69,915 kWH/Year

SOLAR PANEL 200 Panels - 7,115 SqFt 1, 423,000 kWH/Year

425 Roof Panels 10% Total Electricity

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Diagram done with Khin Htet BIPV

Design for INTEGRATION

Design for CHANGE

Balancing nature, the built environment, and people on site provides a multisensory experience for patients, staff, and visitors. Aspects of nature are pulled into the building interior by bringing the exterior trail into the atrium, filling public spaces with planters and natural light, and introducing multiple lightwells within the patient tower and underground levels.

Public gathering spaces are created in both the existing context and the new construction to encourage social interaction.

The facade is designed to adjust aesthetically with the copper as it tarnishes, requires limited maintenance, and will be easy to reuse if the building is renovated. The hospital includes space for the expansion of the diagnostic and treatment block and an increase in patient beds. By adding interstitial space on every floor, the hospital can easily adapt to future healthcare innovations. The layout of the road system leaves space for and encourages future development closer to the interstate, limiting the ecological disturbance deeper in the site.

Generic Building

Plazas: Public interaction with nature

Cut into the Ground

Existing Site

Programs Added Above

Raise Patient Tower

Future Expansion

Third Floor (NTS) 10

108, 306 SF 76 Med/Surg beds 6 LDR / 12 Post Partum 12 Infant Bassinettes

Terraces: Closer interaction with nature

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Maintain Site Drainage

PROGRAM 36, 738 SqFt

1 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

1,195,171 gal/year water collected 67% planted area 9 species local flora + fauna)

2 FARMER’S MARKET 3 MOB 4 OUTPATIENT & RETAIL 5 LANDSCAPE TERRACES & POND

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85 Acre Site 20 Acres Touched >3/4 site is undeveloped

Courtyards: Intimate interaction with nature

6 CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT 7 SCHOOL FOR NEURODIVERSE

Second Floor (NTS)

8 ADMIN & ICU 53, 000 SF Pond

166, 892 SF Hospital Footprint

9 ROOF GARDEN

25,909,555 gal/year Plant Species?

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10 IN-PATIENT TOWER

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6500 SF

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Class Size: 32 Students K-3rd grades

Ground Floor (NTS)

Design for ECOSYSTEMS

Design for DISCOVERY

By limiting on-site development, and melding the boundaries of nature with the built environment, the existing ecosystems are protected and encouraged to flourish. All trees planted on site and plants introduced on the roof garden and terraces are native species. The placement and size of the hospital and roads are in alignment with the natural topographic contours and limit the overall amount of paved area.

The existing site features topography of large elevation differences and areas with steep drop offs. This offers the opportunity to learn how best a project of this scale manages this particular challenge. The resulting hospital takes advantage of the topography, introducing underground levels that have access to light and exterior amenities such as the pond and terraces.

Highest: 645 ft Lowest: 550 ft ~100 difference

Axon and diagrams done with Khin Htet

Sub-Level 1 (NTS) Floorplans done with Khin Htet & Hannah Lewis

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02 INTERTWINE: A TEXTILE SCHOOL

RESIDENTIAL

BASILIC

Elevation Context

Intertwine is a textile school designed in the urban context of Asheville, NC. It seeks to maintain the regional Mountain Fiber Arts through architectural translations of weaving wool. Both building and program is driven by environmental sustainability, preservation of traditional technique and craft, and local sourcing.

The entire school runs “farm to spindle” to source wool from local livestock into sellable outdoor activewear. The building program intertwines outdoor/landscape space, public space, and textile schoo programs.

Site Plan (NTS)

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Weaving Program Volumes

Parti Diagram PARTI DIAGRAM

GROUN

The inspiration for design arose from the stretching quality of fabric from high to low positions. The diagonal is prominent due to the tensile stress, but also creates interesting space from excess fabric. Diagonals are brought into the project based on the elevation context of surrounding builidngs.

The parti arises within the contstraints of the overall diagonal force, composed of three major verticals intersecting with three major horizontals.

These follow the traditional textile grid of warf and weft combinations.

This idea makes its way into the details of the building composition and facade- seen through shading devices, ceiling beams, trusses and the diagonal green wall.

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Section (NTS)

Interior Perspective

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East-West Section (NTS)

Wall Section (NTS) North - South Section (NTS)

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03 THE STUDENT’S CENTER FOR WELL-BEING

Designed on Clemson University’s campus, this student wellness center focuses on offering students moments of respite in the midst of busy student life.

Thoughtfully designed to manipulate circulation, the built form filters and obstructs movement to create eddies or pockets of backflow, resulting in natural areas of pause.

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The wellness center emphasizes health in the form of social connection, physical expression (action) and meditative restoration, with program spaces closely following these ideals.

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PROFESSIONAL WORK August 2021 - August 2022

The projects included belong to Eos Studio Arc; Principle ArchitectLisa Whitney who gave permission for their inclusion in this portfolio.

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04 EDEN WAY TOWNHOMES September 2021- August 2022

Located in Lawrenceville, a district of Pittsburgh, these single family townhomes were designed for PHC Construction Developers. Role in the project began in the schematic design phase and then managed through to construction.

A full set of construction documents were produced.

Project was supervised and stamped by Principle Architect Lisa Whitney of Eos Studio Arc.

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05 JACKSON STREET SALON January 2022 - August 2022

This project was a change of use renovation into a salon (just now starting construction). While code intensive, the project also required exterior and interior design which was rendered for the client. Role was managing the entire project from schematic design to set of construction documents.

Project was supervised and stamped by Principle Architect Lisa Whitney of Eos Studio Arc.

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Clemson University Master of Architecture and Health 2022- Expected 2025 Research Experience: Spring 2024 Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health

Architectural Intern - HKS May 2023- August 2023 Richmond, VA

TAYLOR COX Contact tcox7@g.clemson.edu 724-856-6661

Intern Architect/Project Coordinator August 2021- August 2022 eos Studio Arc Pittsburgh, PA

Achievements Mary Bruce Bradbury Fellowship (2022, 2023, 2024) Air Force Honor Graduate and Airman of the Quarter (2021) Panthers Forward Scholarship (2020)

Hobbies

NATURE | HEALTH | COMMUNITY