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*Cover pat te rn des igned for CUAdc

CUAdc was a design build course. Our project was to furnish a single person dwelling, a hermitage on the site of the Franciscan Monastery where visitors could go to meditate and re-center spiritually away from technological and social distractions. I designed this pattern for a fireplace screen, a key feature in the small space.

P a r t O N E :B a r c e l o n a : U r b a n T r a n s f o r m a t i o n s

Analy t ica l Urban Sketch ing P1.0Si te Analys is P1.1Design Park P1.3

Photography P1.4

P a r t T W O :W a s h i n g t o n : U r b a n N a r r a t i v e s

Mixed-Use Mul t i -Uni t Housing P2.1L ibrary vs. Technology P2.4

P a r t T H R E E :D e t r o i t : U r b a n E x p l o r a t i o n s

Cafe Renovat ion P3.1Dia lys is Center Nurse S ta t ion P3.2

Ambula tory Care Center P3.3

Table o f Conten ts

Col lec t ive In te l l igence

Twenty students f rom Cathol ic Univers i ty ’s School of Architecture are se lected to study Urban Design for one semester in Barcelona , Spain. A fu l ly integrated curr iculum consist ing of des ign studio, f ie ld study, h istory, theory, and the local language promotes a strong sense of p lace , as the work suggests .

Histor ica l ly Barcelona is a p lace of innovat ion and high qual i ty des ign. I ts strong Catalan identity sets i t apart f rom Europe and the rest of Spain, as i t has exper ienced moments of growth and moments of persecut ion. Dur ing t imes of f lour ish, great th inkers l ike Gaudi and Cerda created the fabr ic that st i l l def ines Barcelona’s urban character. Dur ing t imes of constra int , the Catalans remained resourceful in resolv ing urban issues, convert ing open graveyards into p lazas that provided re l ief f rom over-crowded streets . From pre-history to present-day, Barcelona deserves thorough considerat ion when studying urban des ign.

Through observ ing , analyz ing , descr ib ing , and des igning abroad, I have gained a comprehensive knowledge of Barcelona that wi l l cont inue to inf luence my des ign research and strategies .

B a r c e l o n aUrban Transformat ions

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Weekday 9 a.m. Weekday 2 p..m.

D e s i g n P a r kSi te: Cal le Val ldonzel la, Barcelona

The site of Calle Valldonzella in “El Raval” neighborhood of Barcelona is located on the edge of the old city, near the Cerda grid.

Our group of 10 students collected research in an effort to create a holistic urban analysis, which we formatted into a book that each of us could use in our design strategies. The book contained two adjacent halves, each containing diagrams that could be compared across different categories and scales. In this way, we could begin to understand the urban condition of this site as a cohesive whole, made up of proportion, transformation, zoning, program, time, corners, circulation, enclosure, and aperture.

This analysis then informed our design decisions with our partners for the Design Park project. The Design Park is intended to be “a design research cluster, connecting to design research centres locally (CCCB, MACBA, Disseny Hub) and globally (Helsinki, Toronto, Brasilia, Seoul).” Seeing design as an integral part of a city’s infrastructure, this center would provide an opportunity for residents, students, and visitors to use Barcelona to its fullest design capacity.

As the prompt outlined, “The Park would support a number of activities that foster a closer engagement of the city and architecture, and will contain functions as far reaching as housing, theatres and classrooms, galleries, and ad hoc un-programmed spaces.” In partners, we were to formulate the massing and ground floor plan that would promote the gathering, interacting, and sharing involved in an urban laboratory.

Weekday 7 p.m. Weekend 2 p.m. Weekend 10 p.m.

After examining the different program types in this area of Barcelona, we divided our research into time sensitive observations. In this way,

we recorded the morphological qualities of this everyday urbanism. The diagrams describe how all of the schools and university buildings are

closed at mid-day for a break, or Siesta, and weekend nights. Very few museums, theatres, or other cultural buildings are open early morning weekdays, and are completely closed late weekend nights. Commercial

business fluctuates in this neighborhood, but it is worth noting that some stores close for Siesta and on the weekends. Now it is possible to start

understanding who is moving through this neighborhood at certain times and what his or her purpose is, an observation crucial to determining the

program arrangement of the Design Park.

Educat ion

Cul tura l

Commercia l

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Circulation for Residents

Classrooms

Computer Lab

Circulation for Athletic and Artistic Facilities

Gallery Space and Public Ciirculation

Cafe/Restaurant and Kitchen

Indoor/Outdoor Theatre

Ground F loor Zone

a. Important Cultural Buildings

b. Edges Diagram

c. Simplified Aperture Plan Diagram

d. Isolating Aperture Spaces

Enclosure and Aper ture Planometric and Axonometric Diagrams describe the unusual string of

openings surrounding core cultural buildings, and how a new mass might alter this site yet maintain this passageway

a. b. c. d.

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The basic massing study of the Design Park included three L-shaped zones that hooked together, anchored to the ground by the top “L” and anchored together by the bottom “L”. The zone on top is residential, the middle zone is workspace, and the bottom zone is public space. These top and bottom zones have ramped roofs that are usable for other activities.

Massing and Sect ion

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Using a material sampling from a trip to The Netherlands, we developed a palette to define our design park through opaque and clear materials. We assigned specific percentages of wood, glass and stone to each zone according to its proportion of public and private spaces. Our concept involved using light and vegetation as infrastructure in the circulation spaces, as the thinner strip of materials represents.

Mater ia l S tudy

P h o t o g r a p h yThe Human Scale

1) The Alhambra. Granada, Spain 2) Tibidabo Theme Park. Barcelona, Spain 3) The Mezquita. Cordoba, SpainOpposite Page: 4) The Bilbao Airport by Santiago Calatrava. Bilbao, Spain 5) The Fountains at Montjuic. Barcelona, Spain

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Light & Shadow

1) The Pompidou Centre. Paris, France 2) The Mezquita. Cordoba, Spain. Opposite Page: 3) Nantes Waterfront. Nantes, France 4) Montjuic Cemetary. Barcelona, Spain

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CUArch

The Crough Center i s home to over 600 architecture students of every level , crammed into an adaptive reuse project that was once the school ’s f ie ld house. CUArch’s mission i s unique in i ts focus on stewardship . The school of architecture and planning interprets th is approach in three ways:

Design Excel lence :“Good des ign means good stewardship”; students work on a var iety of projects to expand their knowledge of the bui l t environment. Us ing a mult i tude of tools and resources, the goal i s to create projects that promote qual i ty of l i fe .

Interdisc ipl inary Study :With a l ibera l arts background, CUArch students are offered ins ight into f ie lds outs ide the architecture school , u l t imately impact ing the way we des ign. As the largest major on campus, the School of Architecture br ings in students f rom other schools , contr ibut ing to a dynamic educat ion for a l l students .

Washington DC, Design Lab:CUArch is the largest school of architecture and planning in the DC area, and the school fu l ly embraces the nat ion’s capita l as a resource as wel l as an opportunity to offer serv ice. CUAdc is a program that provides pro bono des ign work to the community, whi le the foreign travel programs a l low students to compare their studies in DC to those abroad.

W a s h i n g t o nUrban Narra t ives

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Mixed-Use DevelopmentSi te: 14 th S t. and W S t NW

The site of these development proposals is a long corridor between the U Street Corridor and the neighborhood of Columbia Heights that was once a clear division between the white and black residents of Washington DC.

The rich history and current state of gentrification of this site made this mixed-use project one that needed to be especially sensitive to the existing needs and amenities of the surrounding community. Thus, our group of three designers proposed the idea of an addition to the 14th Street corridor that was a creative outlet for this neighborhood.

14th S t ree t Panorama N-S

W Street

14th Street

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Ar ts, Beats, and Ea ts

The “arts” building, located in the Northeastern corner, contributes a facility and resource for the creative and active neighborhood between U

street and Columbia Heights. These new developments are programmed for art, music, and food to foster creativity among the existing schools,

community centers, ethnic restaurants, and religious buildings. The curve along the 14th street corridor is reflected in the arts building and music building North of W Street. This curve on street level is then carried up

through the arts building to form the bathroom cores of each unit, as well as a threshold between the “service” and “served” areas.

The bus network means that in this type of network, one “cable” connects all of the various nodes. Since only one “cable” is used to connect these members of the network, this connector can be the single cause of failure. Yet in this case, the vibrant history and steady re-growth along the 14th Street corridor prove that this network typology can be successful for new development. The three proposed mixed-use projects took this network into consideration when designing the programmatic and formal additions to the site.

Net work Typology: Bus

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L i b ra r y v s .Te ch n o l o g ySi te: 18 th S t. and Cal i forn ia S t. NW

A s technolog y has a l lowed b ook s to be purchased onl ine, read onl ine, read on k indles , or read a loud whi le dr iv ing in the c ar, i t seems the publ ic l ibr ar y may be a dy ing ins t i tut ion. In th is projec t , we were set to exp lore what makes a l ibr ar y re levant among th is technolog y, and how the archi tec ture of a bu i ld ing c an represent our idea of a publ i c l ibr ar y.

My ar gument that l ibr ar ies are s t i l l re levant i s based on the not ion that the technolog y c annot rep lace the exper ience of go ing to a l ibr ar y, rece iv ing he lp f rom the l ibr ar ian, f ind ing a b ook, and hunching over a br ight t ab le searching for your answer among the resources of your communi t y.

Form and Space, Mater ia l i t y, and Det a i l s he lp def ine the emot ional exper ience. How may th is manipulat ion of l i ght , sound, and other sensor ia l qual i t ies c reate a cer t a in atmosphere that def ine the use and exper ience in each space?

Mixed-Use/ Commercial

Residential (19th century)

Residential (20th century)

Mixed-Use/ Commercial

Residential (19th century)

Residential (20th century)

What is a publ ic l ibrary today?

Are l ibrar ies s t i l l re levan t among new technology?

What would a publ ic l ibrary in t roduce to the urban fabr ic o f Adams Morgan?

Vision Smell Taste Sound Touch

Bui ld ing as a Backdrop

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*Renzo Piano’s Modern Wing of The Art Institute of Chicago

In fo Cen tersQuiet Noisy

Sof t Bright

Cool Warm

Cour tyardQuiet Noisy

Sof t Bright

Cool Warm

Reading RoomQuiet NoisySof t BrightCool Warm

T h e L i b ra r i a n s

T h e S o c i a l i z e r s

T h e Wo r k e r s

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Profiling the main spaces Conceptual Collages of the main areas

T h e L i b ra r i a n s T h e S o c i a l i z e r s T h e Wo r k e r s

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Henry Ford Heal th System

Henry Ford’s commitment to Detroit and to innovat ion has had a large impact on my career goals . The organizat ion is cont inual ly t ry ing to adapt to new movements in health care, whether i t be expanding care under the Affordable Care Act or adopt ing a new electronic medical record system. By working in th is environment

I have learned to col laborate with d i fferent profess ions, to pract ice universa l des ign, and to consider how healthcare des ign can affect not just indiv idual pat ients but the larger community. I t has been very fu l f i l l ing to implement renovat ions and addit ions that can increase pat ient safety, make care more successful and eff ic ient , and transform a daunt ing exper ience into a comfort ing one.

I am amazed at the impact a medical inst i tut ion can have on the future of a c i ty. My exper ience with Henry Ford Health System is prepar ing me for the advanced study of architecture, as I develop an apt i tude for interdisc ip l inary work, learn how to improve the health and l ives of those us ing these spaces, and engage the c i ty of Detroit .

The F isher Bui ld ing by Detroit ’s dar l ing Albert Kahn; the v iews from my off ice of the exter ior

D e t r o i tUrban Explora t ions

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D e t r o i tUrban Explora t ions

Cafe ter ia Renovat ionSi te: Henry Ford Hospi ta l, De t ro i t

The current directions to the Hospital Cafe are “follow this corridor and at the large black and white art sculpture turn left: The art is mounted to the wall in front of the cafeteria. By opening this wall up, visitors are able to see the food stations from the main hospital thoroughfare, greatly improving the way-finding of this often confusing layout.

Each food station is curved so that when lines build up at peak times, the groups of people will not block the main pathway to the cashiers. The layout also improves visibility to each station, so that visitors don’t miss something tucked away in a corner.

E x is t ing Cafe ter ia

En t rance opened up to Cor r idor

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Prep Space vs. Work Space

Troy Dialysis CenterSi te: Henry Ford Heal th Sys tem, Troy MI

A new nurse station was needed for a dialysis center that could provide better views of the patients, optimal preparation surface area, and increased storage for carts and containers causing accidents and an unsightly patient experience. A new medical record system requires carts with computer stations to be transported to each patient, and a new storage system was needed when they were not in use. Nooks within the curved station allow quick easy storage and a place to recharge.

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Ambula tory Care CenterSi te: Henry Ford Hospi ta l, De t ro i t MI

A new outpatient care building will be built across from the main Henry Ford Hospital in downtown Detroit. A trend in health care today sees more outpatient care to reduce the risk of hospital acquired infections and costly overnight stays.

Proposed Program:

Grocer Chain such as Trader Joe’s-Detroit as a food island

Medical Hotel-For visiting patients and family

Outdoor Market Space-Available for daily use and special events

Public Park-Outdoor seating and food trucks-transportation park for future public transport

Retail-Brings life to the area during day and night-Pharmacy and wellness store

Full Clinic Building-Surgery-non surgical clinics

E x is t ing Si te

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Si te: Sou th o f “ The Boulevard”

The ambulatory care center would be located directly across from Henry Ford’s main campus hospital in

downtown Detroit. Ideally they would be connected and bridge the current divide between both sides of West

Grand Boulevard, adding retail and life to the somewhat decaying neighborhood.

Henry Ford Heal th Sys tem: Innova t ionThe idea for the form of the building came from Henry Ford Health

System’s visual identity. One of the main symbols in Henry Ford’s publications is the Henry Ford Flag. Currently all medical centers are

also updating their signage, with a large arc pointing towards the entrances of each office, clinic, or hospital.

Henry Ford Hospital leaders also wanted a building that would be distinguishable as a place of innovation and quality health care.

Including sustainable features as well as adaptable and forward looking program is most important to making this scheme work in Detroit.

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Medical Ho te l

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Grocery S tore Marke t Park

Ker ry Conway

kerryconway11@gmail.com(248) 835-8022

998 Brookwood Street Birmingham, Michigan

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The Alhambra, GranadaSultan’s Palace, Istanbul

Work Col labora tors

Enclosure and Aperture Diagram: Sean Gulbin and Lulu Escobar (Group Members) P1.2Design Park Partner: Shawn McCormick (helped build model) P1.3

ImagesP1.2 Google Earth Image P2.3 vision: Livraria da Vila; smell: Piet Oudolf landscaping; taste and sound: Google images; Building as a backdrop: Renzo Piano’s Modern Wing of The Art Institute of ChicagoP2.4 Chair pictures from Herman Miller websiteP2.5 Background image from Google EarthP3.3 Background images from Google EarthP3.4 Background image from Google Earth

*All other images are original work

Cont r ibu tors

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam Mosque, Istanbul Haggia Sophia, Istanbul Mosque, Istanbul