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Client // Lutheran Church of Boedigheim
Location // Boedigheim, Germany
Date // Summer 2009
Project Team // Ecker Architekten, Prof. Frank Flury, IIT Design/Build Studio
Personal Role // Conceptual design, Detailing
Materials // Local lumber & stone
Photographs // Brigida Gonzalez
Website // Flurkapelle Buchen/Bödigheim

“We’re not able to contain our enthusiasm… it’s such an honest building.” – AIA Chicago Awards Jury

The result of an international collaboration between students of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, and Father Moser of Boedigheim, Germany, this field chapel is an extraordinary place for quiet repose and worship.  Typical of the German countryside, field chapels are often built as a memorial, or as a destination for pilgrimage.  Built of local materials by volunteer labor, this small chapel serves as a testament to the hard work and effort provided by so many.  Once inside, pure light fills the interior, both physically and metaphorically.

Client // Design Cloud Chicago
Location // Chicago, Illinois
Date // Fall 2011

Design Cloud Chicago is an upcoming group of designers and creators that are redefining what a design studio should be. This studio, located in Chicago’s West Loop, is a creative workplace & art gallery. They believe that the best way to stimulate and improve the creative process is to continually interact with other disciplines and understand their many different ways of thinking.

The space is designed as a workspace within an art gallery. I was fortunate enough to meet this exciting group early in their development, and consulted on the overall space design/aesthetic, and custom furniture design and fabrication. Design Cloud Chicago is a creative launch pad for clients and freelancers alike.

Sponsor // Precast Concrete Institute (PCI)
Location // Lincoln Square, Chicago, Illinois
Date // Fall 2010
Project Team // Seth Ellsworth, Prof. Tom Brock
Materials // Precast concrete, Living walls

This work/live artist housing project utilizes the many advantages of precast concrete systems.  Planned around the principles of a modular ‘kit of parts’ construction, and employing a single access corridor for three levels of residences, this project is able to provide a wide variety of units which cater to each artist’s individual preferences.  Each residence has access to a semi-private courtyard and natural lighting and ventilation.  Interaction between the artists and the public is encouraged by the central courtyard.

The building form draws inspiration from modern art theory and the benefits of modularity.  The result is a striking volume in brilliant white concrete, flush mounted windows and living wall systems to create a bold contrast in appearance and texture.

Sponsors // CTBUH, RoMF
Location // C-Ward, Mumbai, India
Date // Spring 2010
Project Team // Seth Ellsworth, JaYoung Kim, Prof. Antony Wood
Materials // Concrete, Steel

By the year 2030, 25% of the land area of Mumbai will be covered by parked cars.

The TATA Tower is a project which addresses the serious infrastructure issues currently found in Mumbai.  The city’s energy and transportation networks are at maximum and experience frequent problems.  This urban parking development aims to remove several vehicles from local streets, allowing for increased public transportation and open space at the ground level.  It also generates sustainable energy for its vehicles, itself and its neighbors.  Total residences: 930.  Total vehicles: 4050.