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CONTENTS

Cultivate Northside01

Clifton Plaza02

Chicago-Hancock Zeppelin Dock05

Aerostat PZ-425

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Ghana Design Build06

Biography08

Art07

Clifton Public Library

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Cultivate NorthsideCincinnati Food Co-Op, 2012

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Site Plan

This project was completed in an interdisciplinary studio with both architecture

and graphic design students. Northside, Cincinnati has an old car dealership that has sat vacant for a few

years. Our job was to redevelop the space into a food co-op. This co-op has an art gallery, marketplace, commercial and

community kitchens, a restaurant, cooking classrooms, and a greenhouse.

The major focus of the design came from community integration. We put plans in place for farmers to contribute to the co-op

only if they live within a 150-mile radius of the building. The same went for delivery services. Cooking classes and gallery events encourage community

members to interact and engage within the space. The architecture team decided to keep materials humble and simple, so we wrapped together wood, concrete, and the building’s existing brick. The studio was an amazing way to get exposure into two new worlds for me-Graphic Design, and food production. I learned a great deal from my graphic design colleagues, and they learned much from the arcitecture students as well.

Interior rendering by Jordan Frazin

Loading Food Processing

Mechanical

CommunityKitchens

MarketCheckout

Entry

0’ 16’ 32’ 64’

Gallery

Storage

StorageRef.

Greenhouse

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FLOOR 1

Rooftop Garden

Rooftop Garden

Restaurant

RestaurantKitchen

GreenhouseOpen toMarket

DemonstrationKitchen

Classroom

Office

Office

FLOOR 2

Floor Plans

Sections

Logo design by Katie Scott

E-W Section N-S Section

M A R K E TN O R T H S I D E B I S T R O

Clifton Plaza

Transforming Shelter, 2011

Urban Library Redevelopment, 2011

Clifton Public Library

The Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati has a small library on a street corner. It was my job to update this library to allow for more books, media, and people. It for this project that i began addressing issues of sustainability both from technological and community standpoints. My primary design focus was a convergence of “old” and “new” by incorporating a double skin facade around a brick skin composed of salvaged bricks from the previous library. Although the program called for a taller, bigger building, i wanted to stick to some of the area’s traditional materials.

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Interior Rendering

Aerostat PZ-425: “Exulan”

Personal Zeppelin Design, 2012

Bridge

Gallery

Atrium

Master Suite

Center “Stack”

StudioReading Room

HangarMachine Shop

Helipad

Bedroom Staff Quarters

Exercise

Bedroom Bedroom

StorageMisc.

Plan

LiftElectricWater

This project was a particularly interesting one. Our studio was tasked with designing a set of modern zeppelins or rigid airships. My partner, Blaze Burke, and i began our design by creating a client. His name is J.R. Ashcroft and is a former oil tycoon-turned environmentalist. He wants to use his wealth earned in the oil industry to begin a life not only “off the grid,” but “off the planet” entirely. His zeppelin design incorporates technologies and systems that allow the zeppelin to never need to touch down again. A greenhouse with aquaponics system, rain collection, wind turbines, and solar panels keep the zeppelin powered and survivable. Added to these systems are electric helicopters that allow Ashcroft to “shop locally” anywhere in the world. He can buy coffee from colombia, sausage from germany, and wine from california. This sustainable mansion in the sky allows Ashcroft to change his wasteful ways and live green.

JR Ashcroft

General CharacteristicsCrew: 3 Maximum Capacity: 27 personsDimensions: 425’ x 150’ x 191’Volume: 6,100,000 ftLift Type: vacuum cellsPackage: SkyGreenStructure: Reinforced carbon fiber and nano fibersPower: 4 x BG ElectrinPwr Motors (2000hp)

PZ-425: “EXULAN”

Central Stack Section Perspective

Helipad

The center of the zeppelin includes the two-story greenhouse with running track, aquaponics system (and aquarium), water treatment room, and kitchen. The top two electric motors are accessible for maintenance from the top floor of the greenhouse.

Chicago-Hancock Zeppelin DockParasite High-Rise Port, 2012

Having finished the personal zeppelin design, it was now my task to create a docking system for the ship. I created an architectural parasite that attaches itself to the top thirty floors of the John Hancock Center in Chicago. I began my design by experimenting with different techniques of folding. The structural grid system of the Hancock building lends itself to be folded out from within. The folded volumes took the form of the inverse of the front of the ship, so that the zeppelin could dock precisely inside. To create a parasite that truly stood out on the skyline as a different piece of architecture, I used a white plastic outer shell lit from the inside with colored light. Because this parasite is for docking small personal “yacht” zeppelins, I added a second port. Eastbound and Westbound zeppelins can land and depart seamlessly with the multi-directional ports.

Ghana Design BuildTeacher Cottage in Ghana, West Africa, 2012

Art

Self-Portrait, 2008pastel, water color, marker, and acrylic paint

Water Glass, 2005

Black and White

Gandalf the Grey, 2005white colored pencil

on black paper

graphite drawing

Piano Hands, 2006scratchboard

Gollum, 2007colored pencil

Tre Cool, 2007colored pencil

Still Life, 2008colored pencil

Colored Pencil

Poetry and Natural site Analysis Collages, 2011

Urban Site Analysis Collage, 2011

Africa Collage, 2012.Wood framing and panel, metal brackets, chipboard, photographs, acetone transferred images

Biography

Mike Gospel was raised in Carmel, Indiana.He earned a bachelor’s degree in Architecture with a minor of urban design from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio.He performs improv comedy with ComedySportz Indianapolis and Miami’s Sketched Out.He plays piano and ukulele at mediocre-to-decent skill levels.

Height: 5’7” Weight: 145 lbs.Hair: Brown Eyes: BlueFavorite Musicians: Ben Folds, The Beatles, Florence + The Machine, The White Stripes, David BowieFavorite TV shows: Arrested Development, Family guy, Saturday Night Live, Breaking Bad, 30 RockFavorite Movies: Back to the Future, Star Wars, Little Miss Sunshine, Silence of the Lambs, A Few Good Men