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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...
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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.

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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.

Client // Vosges Haut-Chocolat
Location // Chicago, Illinois
Date // Spring 2007
Project Team // Seth Ellsworth, Prof. Randal Kober
Materials // Precast & in-situ concrete

Vosges Haut-Chocolat is an up-and-coming exotic chocolate company based in Chicago.  The owner requested a new chocolate factory that would serve as an icon for the company, but also deal responsibly with the surroundings and the environment.  This design is based on the work of modern artists Daniel Buren, Donald Judd, and Sol Lewitt.  The mass of the factory is composed of repetitive concrete frames, which contain suspended garden beds for growing spices in-house.  The tower is another repetitive concrete frame which has exploded, leaving large voids.  These voids form large atria and connect adjoining spaces, including retail, office, and restaurant.  Environmental strategies include wind turbines, solar heating, and natural light & ventilation.

Client // Chicago Park District
Location // Chicago, Illinois
Date // Fall 2006
Project Team // Seth Ellsworth, Prof. T.J. McLeish
Materials // Prefabricated steel structure

Designed for the Taylor-Lauredson Park of the Chicago Park District, this field house is a study in steel and glass.  A geometric steel structure allows for prefabrication and efficiency of materials, and transparency for occupant safety and public enjoyment.  The large glass walls are modular, saving money and allowing for easier replacement of windows.  Silk-screened images are applied to the four elevations of the building depicting scenes from each season.  The spaces are arranged increasingly in height and volume, with a continuous grass roof, allowing the public to use otherwise inaccessible space.  An array of solar panels above the gym provide electricity to power the field house and the park lighting.

TATA Tower
Laser-cut chipboard, wood

Tree Studios II
Laser-cut acrylic, illustration board

Field Chapel Concept
Metal mesh, landscaping marble

Transitional Space
MDF, wenge wood

Maison à Bordeaux
Basswood, deconstructable

Fieldhouse Operable Wall
Basswood, acrylic, metal pivot

Vosges Detail Model
Concrete, acrylic

Location // Lewisville, Idaho
Date // Fall 2007
Materials // Salvaged redwood & brick

I have always had a strong interest in materials.  It is amazing how much difference a slight variation in color, texture or light can make.  I would say that architects are masters of material, and the best details are almost always found where two materials meet.  This project is a quick study on the relationship between brick and wood, and how the two are able to interact with one another.  Built as a small fence to conceal a water pump from view, this small project is still one of my favorite.  The brick is made to be a little rough and messy, and the wood is the sharp counter-weight.  Masonry details continue throughout the project to help tie the materials together.

Rural Modern Kitchen
Dark cherry, glazed maple, custom beadboard

Peek-a-Boo Coffee Table
Finnish birch plywood, expandable

The Man’s BBQ
Steel barrel, custom construction

Experimental Desk
Finnish birch plywood

Exponential Shoe Rack
Red oak, 27 pair capacity

Gazebo Concept
4×4 posts

Half-Timber Column Model
Douglas fir, concrete