Ellen HartBODY OF WORK 2013

Table of ContentsThe Sacred City of Caral-Supe, Caral, PeruFall 2012

Rooting Tsukiji, Tokyo, JapanSpring 2012

Air Frame Power-Plant & Educational Facility, Willard Airport, ILFall 2011

Mixed Use Residential, Chicago, ILSpring 2011

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The Sacred City of Caral-SupeA Traveler’s Inn, Caral, Peru, South America - Graduate Student Design Award Nominee

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Nasca Lines, Southern Peru

Achupallas blowing in the wind, Caral, Peru

Reception

Gathering/LibraryRestaurant

Exterior Stair

Car Circulation

Outdoor Seating/Desert Garden

The Nasca lines, a southern Peruvian phenomenon, are strong linear scars across the barren desert landscape. The power behind these gestures informs the linearity of a Trav-eler’s Inn on an Andean slope overlooking the Sacred City of Caral Supe.

To maintain each unit’s maximum view and individual land-scape, two long rows of private residential units nestle into the landscape and bend to compliment the topographical fea-tures. Sand and wind reveal and bury an evolving landscape. Public space provides a buffer between the two extensions, and the open air restaurant patio and upper gathering area overlook the beautiful Supe Valley and its archaeological treasures. The edge sinks into the mountainside, a treasure yet to be uncovered. An outdoor stair frames views as the user descends the landscape. Rocks recovered from excava-tion become a central feature in the scheme, providing visual interest, separation of materials, and wayfinding devices.

Quincha, a traditional mud and plaster method of construc-tion, utilizes a native bamboo structure that is inherently earthquake resistant. The bamboo is revealed on the ceiling, showcasing its lightweight flexible structural qualities.

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Rooms provide a step up to remove sand from the sleeping area. A sliding partition allows personalized views and privacy.

The reception area provides a central point to all circulation.

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Model photos

Roof Plan

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Standard Unit Plan Standard Unit Section

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Rooting TsukijiTsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo Bay, Japan- Earl Prize Honorable MentionEllen Hart & Eric Wall - 14 week partner project, Rotch Traveling Studio

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Detail Section

This design looks at how culture and nature can begin to work together to reinforce one another. The result is an infrastructure that permanently roots the Tsukiji fish market both physically and spiritually as a symbol of Japan’s culture and history, forming an artificial grotto that elevates the concept of fish market to something worthy of much higher regard. As a result there is a re-newed understanding of the importance of the relationship between man and ecology.

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Yatsu HigataSanbanze

Steel PlantsPower PlantsRefineryPetrochemicalTidal Flats

Tsukiji Fish Market

290 sq. km

1910s 1990s

Tokyo Bay Flood Susceptibility

area under low tide levels

area under high tide levelsarea at risk of damage during flood

area below sea level

normal water levels in Tokyo Bay

Allow natural filtration through natural resorces to absorb and remove heavy metals and other harmful pollutants.

How does architecture reinterpret the natu-ral filtration process and reconnect Tsukiji Fish Market to Tokyo Bay?

This water is vital to the marine life that in-habits it.The marine life is vital to the fishing industryThe fishing industry is an inherent part of Japanese culture.

The Tsukiji Market is an essential part of Japanese culture.

of land have been reclaimed along the Toky Bay coastline.

Japan is world’s largest importer of fish.

Total: $14.4 billion of fish

consumes 7.5 million tons Exports 0.5 million tons Japan

of fish per year.

Fishing Ports &Economic Climate

Urban - Upper ClassRural - Lower ClassSuburban - Middle Class

Early concepts

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Outer Public Market

Inner Wholesale Market

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A system of concrete walls gives structural and spatial organization to the market. The walls form boundaries between spaces, and the walls them-selves are also inhabited; market stalls, storage space, and circulation space are carved into them, emphasizing their mass and presence. These walls work to filter the water that they contact, allowing the water that naturally permeates the site to slowly draw its way down into the ground, naturally filtering itself, and replenishing aquifers below. The form of the wall is both a vertical interpretation of the plan, and a formwork of the ecological process of filter-ing and directing water. The market thus becomes about experiencing the enormity and mass of these walls, the interaction between water and land, hu-man and nature. They defiantly state that Tsukiji is permanently rooted and here to stay.

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Banzu

Yatsu HigataSanbanze

Steel PlantsPower PlantsRefineryPetrochemicalTidal Flats

Tsukiji Fish Market

290 sq. km

1910s 1990s

Tokyo Bay Flood Susceptibility

area under low tide levels

area under high tide levelsarea at risk of damage during flood

area below sea level

normal water levels in Tokyo Bay

Allow natural filtration through natural resorces to absorb and remove heavy metals and other harmful pollutants.

How does architecture reinterpret the natu-ral filtration process and reconnect Tsukiji Fish Market to Tokyo Bay?

This water is vital to the marine life that in-habits it.The marine life is vital to the fishing industryThe fishing industry is an inherent part of Japanese culture.

The Tsukiji Market is an essential part of Japanese culture.

of land have been reclaimed along the Toky Bay coastline.

Japan is world’s largest importer of fish.

Total: $14.4 billion of fish

consumes 7.5 million tons Exports 0.5 million tons Japan

of fish per year.

Fishing Ports &Economic Climate

Urban - Upper ClassRural - Lower ClassSuburban - Middle Class

Concrete/plaster study models

Detail Section

Concept sketch and diagrams

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Air Frame Power-Plant & Instructional FacilityParkland Community College, Willard Airport, Champaign, IL

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Kasmir MalevichSuprematism: 18th Construction1915

Initial FloorplanSketch

Spatial SequencingInitial Sketch

This project addresses Willard Airport’s site axis and the North-South axis by bringing visual continuity to the two conflicting axes. The instructional facility and hangar are organized accord-ing to these axes and function is divided clearly to address the varying program needs for the space. A glass entrance atrium with a solar array brings the occupant into the building while providing sharp visual interest and a clear connection to the airplane hangar. A bridge runs along the North-South axis and provides access to the educational wing and accessible green roof. The offices are located in a separate wing along the South-west facade and are separated by a large concrete thermal mass wall. This separation provides privacy, a separate means of entrance and threshold from the rest of the facility. Daylight is allowed into the space through clerestory windows that provide indirect sunlight into the classroom, shops, and offices.

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First Level Floorplan1’ = 1/64”

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1 - Restrooms2 - Vertical Chaise3 - Apron4 - Atrium5 - Hangar6 - Sliding Hangar Doors7 - Shop8 - Storage9 - Elevator

10 - Entrance11 - Conference12 - Library13 - Office14 - Lounge 15 - Classroom16 - Studio17 - Green Roof

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To accommodate the hangar’s long span, a ca-ble-truss system is utilized. Similar to a steel truss, a cable truss replaces the tension members with cables. The benefit of this system is the minimal amount of space required for structural elements. The second floor provides a bridge walkway that penetrates the hangar and provides visual access to the hangar and exterior. Since classrooms occupy the majority of the second floor, this walkway provides an educational opportunity for educators and students.

The entrance sequence provides a view of the second floor bridge that allows access to classrooms and the green roof. The photovoltaic panels are integrated into the angled roof, and the protrusion provides operable window space where the glass angle and flat roof meet. Shops are located to provide easy access to the hangar and atrium space. The thermal mass wall provides an exterior hallway, separating administrative and educational program, while preventing negative thermal loads from the adjacent glass curtain wall.

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1’ = 1/64”Southeast Elevation

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1’ = 1/64”A - Northeast Section

Model Photos

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Interlocking EfficienciesMixed-Use Apartment Building, Chicago, IL - Earl Prize Nominee

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Overlapping Planes Interlocking Surfaces Push back Unbroken Surface The interlocking mod-ule translates to over-lapping floor-slabs.

Where the floor slabs overlap, the interlocking planes are programmed to become usable space. The interstitial space be-comes carved out seating areas, bed space, bath-tubs, counterspace and stairways.

The facade pushes back where the overlap occurs to reveal the interlocking floor slabs. This carved out area allows the exterior to reflect the interlocking structure.

Where the carve does not occur the façade remains a smooth plane perforated with window punches. The arrangement of the windows reflects the evolving interior while maintaining a readable linearity.

ContrastReveal

This project asks to challenge the normative through the inves-tigation of structure, part to whole relationships, and the city. Investigations in model and mod-ule development are used as a springboard in developing the strategy for structural approach, spatial arrangements at different scales, and how the experience of the city influences the project.

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Spatial Section Perspective1/8” = 1’

Iteration Concept Models

The overlapping spaces are always comfortable because the user experiences them in a prescribed manner: sitting, laying, traveling down stairs etc. Program is carved out of the overlap to maximize usable space.

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1 - Residential Lobby2 - Retail 2 - Restaurant3 - Retail 14 - Circulation Core5 - Retail Loft6 - Parking7 - Gym/Fitness Center8 - Fitness Class Space9 - Office/Storage Space10 - Pool/Sun Deck11 - Bar / Cafe

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Floorplans1” = 100’ N

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Parking rises with each residential unit up to the seventh floor. This creates a “personal driveway” which allows ten-ants to park on their residential level with easy access to their own front door.

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Ellen HartEducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science in Architectural StudiesCandidate May 2012GPA: 3.62/4.00

Experience

Building Research Council - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign August 2011 - February 2012Public Housing Administrative Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Fall 2011 & Fall 2012FAA 101 Teaching Assistant

Community & Academic InvolvementSchool of Architecture Program Ambassador for Incoming Students College of Fine & Applied Arts Student AmbassadorI-Help VolunteerCommunity Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program

502 E. Springfield Avenue #309 Champaign, IL (708) 363 0258 hart4@illinois.edu

Provide administrative assistance to Housing Research Specialist with various affordable housing projects/grants associated with Smart Energy Design Assistance Center. Organize funds to provide efficient energy resource options for IL public housing.

Conduct weekly classes with freshman in the college of Fine and Applied Arts as an introduction to the University and college. Lead discussion on topics including ethics of design, diversity, academic integrity and studio culture.

Awards & Recognition

Elwood E. & Adalaide Schwenk Scholarship - Recipient 2011

Edward C. Earl Prize - Honorable Mention - Spring 2012; Nominee - Spring 2011

One of five students awarded this scholarship honoring academic merit and good character.

Professor nominated award recognizing design excellence through consistency of student work and quality of final product.

Rotch Traveling Studio 2012 - Spring 2012One of four outstanding senior undergraduate students showing exemplary work selected to participate in a graduate studio traveling to Tokyo, Japan.

Skills• Adobe Design Suite• Revit Architecture• AutoCad Architecture

• Rhinoceros 3D• Autodesk 3ds Max• Google Sketchup

University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMaster of ArchitectureCandidate May 2014GPA: 3.93/4.00

Malcolm Jaseph Fellowship 2012 - 2013Award recognizing an outstanding academic record and high quality portfolio given to one highly qualified student entering the Master of Architecture program at the University of Illinois.

Harding Partners Chicago May 2012 - August 2012Architectural Intern - Summer

Developed and edited construction drawings including plans, elevations, details, and specification research. Participated in and coordinated client meetings. Assembled design material boards, researched and contacted manufacturers. Reviewed and corrected shop drawing transmittals.

Graduate Award for Design Excellence - Nominee - Fall 2012Award recognizing outstanding student work completed in a graduate design studio.

Exhibitions & PublicationsManufacturing Landscapes Exhibition & Symposium Chicago, IL - Participant Spring 2012

Displayed project ‘Rooting Tsukiji’ in an exhibition examining approaches to coastal planning through architectural framework.

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