lydia kirbyBS Arch University of Cincinnati

lydia kirbyBS Arch University of Cincinnati

unit construction

personal atrwork

modeled space

fifty percent block

clifton literary center

The term community is about finding a sense of belonging, refuge, and trust in others. This literary center is a place where one can find such things. Located in the Clifton area of Cincinnati, Ohio, this facility creates an atmosphere where people of many different nationalities and race can come together and converse with their neighbors and friends, or simply relax and enjoy a good book. Thus, this literary ceter will provide a library, cafe, and even a lecture hall. This faciliry will also include a variety of exhibits, guest speakers, and lectures on an array of subjects.

9 AM 12PM 3 PM 9 AM 12PM 3 PM

Dec

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Sept

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Physical Model Daylighting Study Digital Model Daylighting Study

The term community is about finding a sense of belonging, refuge, and trust in others. This literary center is a place where one can find such things. Located in the Clifton area of Cincinnati, Ohio, this facility creates an atmosphere where people of many different nationalities and race can come together and converse with their neighbors and friends, or simply relax and enjoy a good book. Thus, this literary ceter will provide a library, cafe, and even a lecture hall. This faciliry will also include a variety of exhibits, guest speakers, and lectures on an array of subjects.

9 AM 12PM 3 PM 9 AM 12PM 3 PM

Dec

embe

r 21

Sept

embe

r 21

Physical Model Daylighting Study Digital Model Daylighting Study

clifton literary center

Floor plan: Level 1 Rendering with application of materials Floor Plan: Level 2

Final 1/4” scale model

wall clip wall clip arrangement transformation drawing initial unit design

Transformation and iteration was the key to succeeding in this assignment. Initially an individual assignment, students created, through several iterations, their proposal for a unit. From which we would then collaberate as a studio to decide the overall shape, materiality, and composition of the unit. The overall goal of the assignment was to create occupiable space through the units.

unit process blocks

wall clip wall clip arrangement transformation drawing initial unit design

Transformation and iteration was the key to succeeding in this assignment. Initially an individual assignment, students created, through several iterations, their proposal for a unit. From which we would then collaberate as a studio to decide the overall shape, materiality, and composition of the unit. The overall goal of the assignment was to create occupiable space through the units.

unit process blocks unit construction

material exploration: material exploration: assembly method final unit steel rods wood (2x4 lumber) exploration

fifty percent process blocks

Creating space through viod was the focus of this project. I started with the dimensions of a 12x12 cube then studied ways, through line, plane, and mass to imply the mass of the cube.

Line Block

Plane Block

Massing Block

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Floor Plan and Sections

Analyzing how color and light can affect a given space was the main ob-jective of this study. The goal was to find a pre-existing space where there was a substantial amount of natural light. We then, were in-structed to create a model of that space and study how different colors, when hit by natural light, affected the temperature, emotion and overall ambiance of the space.

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modeled space

Hand Rendering

Abstract Object Rendering

Music and Emotion

Shading Study

Waves of Excitement

personal artwork