Ellis Portfolio_Undergraduate

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georgia institute of technology

bachelor in science of architecture

2017 2021

Shrine/Shed for Ramblin’ Wreck

Utopian Thought

Whitehall St.

Yujin Revival (Yonsei Univ.)

Starland District Development

Lake Victoria

Droneport

Durham Cathedral

CAD study

UGAMI Research Building

Shrine/Shed for Ramblin’ Reck @ Georgia Tech, GA professor; Sabir Khan

The Shrine/Shed buildings emerged through a focus on materials, their dimensions, qualities, and weathering, as well as various aspects of environmental performance. The role an architect’s design plays in a building’s lifespan extends beyond the completion on the building but well into its functioning years.

rainwater runoff roof study

sun angle and ventilation skylight studies

GRAVITY WALL DETAIL

CLT PANEL TO CONCRETE WALL CONNECTION

studio iv

utopia; proposal for modern problems

professor:

sabir khan

Can urban hyperdensity bring together communities while simultaniously allowing each the release of nature?

This pandemic has highlighted that the “communities” in America’s sprawling suburbs are inherently flawed. Exposure to cultural diversity and natural experiences is too diluted for sufficient mental health and cultural growth.

Community Centers Centered in Nature

Creating “Immersive Environments”

Urban Density

The point is to make impactful cultural interactions a part of every persons’ everyday lifestyle.

Natural Release

The goal is to offer a get away from the stimulating urban settings and to be able to surround yourself with a natural environment.

“Negative effects on the urban climate can be improved by increasing greenery and vegetation, and choosing materials and surfaces that minimize solar heat gain and increase the albedo effect”

embrace ruin MECHANICSVILLE

atlanta, ga professor; ryan Roark PARTNER; BELEN HEYBROEK

385 Whitehall Street tackles the ruin of the post industrial fabric of the land, the property, and the people left when post-olympic interest and stimulus waned for the south downtown Atlanta neighborhoods. A program for educating those in need with labor skills, phytoremediation of the site, and providing spaces for people to live and shop all work to re-stimulate this forgotten section of Atlanta. A trade school for tiny house holistic construction training is established with production blocks in the current warehouse structure on site. Above the warehouse rise apartments to house any participants of the school who are in need as well as low income residents of the community. Supplementary traditional classrooms and flex space are provided in the new adjacent subterranean addition. This partially underground building, created from the removal of toxic soil from the site, also fronts commercial spaces that are noticeably lacking from surrounding areas. The old warehouse and new addition are bordered by additions of greenery to revitalize the land. The crumbling parking lot in front of the warehouse is turned into an occupiable plaza for the community to gather, and the rest of the western and back end of the site is given to landscaping that detoxifies the ground as well as provides scenic spaces for residents and locals alike to enjoy.

APARTMENT FLOOR PLANS

APARTMENT LAYOUTS

MATERIALS ELEVATION

MATERIALS ELEVATION

GRIDDED GLASS

BLACK GRIDDED GLASS

CONCRETE EARTH ROOF

CONCRETE GREEN ROOF

GLASS CURTAIN WALL

GLASS CURTAIN WALL

BIOLOGICAL CONCRETE

BIOLOGICAL CONCRETE

WIDE ORANGE BRICK

WIDE ORANGE BRICK

CUT CORTEN STEEL

CUTOUT CORTEN STEEL

DARKENED STEEL

DARKENED STEEL STRUCTURE

RAMMED EARTH

RAMMED EARTH

EXISTING RED BRICK

CURRENT RED BRICK

MATERIAL:PATTERN

INTERIOR WALLS; WOOD COMPOSITE CONCRETE COLORED PANELS

INTERIOR; CONCRETE/WOOD COMPOSITE PANELS

GROUND SURFACE; PERMEABLE PAVERS

MATERIAL: CONCRETE

GROUND; PERMEABLE PAVERS

PATTERN: HERRINGBONE

CONCRETE:HERRINGBONE

This mixed use proposal sits on a lot half occupied by a thriving food truck yard constructed of shipping containers and a brewery occupying a raised home. This building is designed to encourage new neighborhood growth with a community park expanding on the highly social programs pre-existing on site and with vernacular both trendy and appropriate to the historic locale.

studio iii starland district development savannah, GA professor; ryan roark

STARLAND YARDS

SITE CONTEXT

PUBLIC PARK AND WALKWAYS

DEVELOPMENT BASIS

Based on precedent of Formosa 1140 and buildings similar to it that redefined what private land could accomplish for the community, the need for open and public spaces was priority number one. With a combination of building masses that allowed for through movement, the entire residential complex and retail/commercial space could be connected with public access park.

NEW RETAIL SPACE

BREWERY EXPANSION AND EVENT SPACE

RESIDENCES

STARLAND YARDS AND FOOS TRUCK ROUTE

TWO TIDES BREWING CO.

PLINTH TO YARD PARK

RESIDENTIAL AGGREGATE MASSING

PLINTH EXPANSION

Neighborhood Aesthetic Context Assembly

porches bay window column pitch roof

bay window column pitch roof porches

building revival seoul, korea

yonsei university; study abroad

The perogative was to insert an alien form to revitalize interest in this area focal building. The proposal consists of decomposing large areas of the Yujin center to its basic structure at key inflow areas to generate interegue...

This building was built as a luxury living community before the Korean War and throughout history found itself retrofitted to hide tanks in its subterranean level during the Korean war, had half of one of its sides demolished to make room for an elevated highways, and has seen a slow declined in patronage over time.

while inserting transparent lightwells, or the ‘growths’, to reveal programs within and illuminate the new and improved functionality and events the building can now house.

decompostion

growth

lig we curiosity elements promote between

ht lls driven that sightlines programs

light room programmable, occupied space or void separators light well program non-invasive sight-line provider

light stage space divider and elightening performances and the river below

studio

lake victoria

droneport

kalangala, africa professor; hayri

dortdivanlioglu

NTEXT: REGION

Context: Region

The Lake Victoria Competition aimed to create community centric drone-ports to assist in need towns and villages surrounding the lake with access to vital medicines and supplies. Being situated in the Kalangala island region, this proposal also offers boat centric designs for access, repair, and creation.

CONTEXT: ISLAND

Context: Island

INSPIRATION

The form the droneport took was heavuly inspired by the natural forces of the Lake Victoria Region. The monolithis rock formations provide a recognizable facade as well as a funneling roof structure for water catchment. Curvature was introduced to pay homage and provide refuge to the storm paterns in the area.

programs

functions

durham cathedral

nave wall

Media and modeling ii autoCAD, rhino, 3d print

buidling sapelo island, ga professor; harris dimitriopolis

The existing UGAMI research center on Sapelo island has an ever growing research program that needed to be expanded on. Facing many struggles as a barrier island due to climate changes, the design is adaptive to the many resultants of climate change such as sea level rise, strengthening hurricanes, and erosion as well as gives a large base for the growth of the native habitats of oysters.

site map

transect section

program legend

building entrance

building walkways

building room