PRECEDENT ANALYSISS C H O O L o f A R C H I T E C T U R EU N I V E R S I T Y o f I L L I N O I S

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This precedent analysis involved an extensive deconstruction of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's Villa Savoye which serves as an exemplar of the Modernist Movement.

The Screen Home was devised as a small residential concept that utilizes a diverse set of exterior screens while employing a familiar vernacular and a simple material palette.

This creek path concept was conceived as a potential inter-vention within the Boneyard Creek of the Champaign-Urbana community of Illinois.

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This collaborative space concept was designed as an architec-tural intersection within the Arboretum at the University of Illinois.

This cabin village concept was envisioned as a means to con-nect campers of the Kickapoo State Park of Illinois with the Midwestern woods.

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During his Pre-World War II Purist Movement, Le Corbusier wanted to manifest something of a precursor to the industrialization and standardization of residential architecture. He achieved this through a house that highlighted the simple elements of form of the modern movement in archi-tecture while employing a detachment from its environment, much like a machine, to contextual-ize itself within the industrial complex.

FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR

1: Garage2: Entrance Hall3: Servant's Rooms4: Linen Room5: Chauffeur's Room

1: Bedroom2: Main Bathroom3: Main Bedroom4: Boudoir5: Kitchen

6: Sitting Room7: Terrace

1: Solarium2: Terrace (Below)

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EAST ELEVATION NORTH ELEVATION

SECTION

Public Private Vertical Circulation Columns Interior Exterior 02

Photographs of a section model of the Villa Savoye. The model was completed with laser-cut acrylic and is scaled at

1/16th of an inch equals a foot.

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Screen Home is a 1200 sq. ft. conceptual residence situated in Urbana, Illinois. The home consists of a minimal program and is separated vertically into public spaces below and private spaces above. The public spaces change in elevation with the site via the hearth which integrates a stair into its massing. The private spaces above are visually connected to the communal spaces below via a walkway. The exterior materials wrap the structure and integrate themselves into the home, blurring the delineation between inner and outer. A majority of the public spaces are exposed to sunlight via glazing with a louver system that facilitates light control. At street level, the volume of the home is subtracted away revealing a porch space separated from the street by a wall of plantings. Screen Home attempts to take advantage of natural lighting while allowing for extensive control of light infiltration by its occupants. Furthermore, the home provides a balance of func-tional living spaces with open communal spaces while relating to its sloping site.

SOUTH ELEVATION WEST ELEVATION

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FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

SECTION FACING EAST SECTION FACING SOUTH

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VIEW OF THE LIVING SPACE

Aluminum Roofing Cedar Planking Site-Cast Concrete Brick

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Stone is used in the retention walls along the lower path.

Corten Steel is used as cladding for the first nodal bridge.

Concrete is utilized for the path and resists deterioration from the rising creek.

Douglas Fir timber provides structural integrity for the raised paths and bridges.

The Boneyard Creek serves as a natural thoroughfare that snakes through the Champaign-Urbana community. Several developments have already been initiated along this natural path that instigate interaction with the creek. However, at the northern end of the Boneyard, little development has been made to create spaces for communal interaction and environmental exploration. This creek path concept creates an opportunity for community members to engage with each other within this extension of the natural landscape. The path follows exactly the natural meander of the creek while dynamically rising and falling to create visual connection with the surrounding landscape and physical connection with the water below. Two nodal bridges are placed at the north and south ends of the path, both providing space for raised garden beds and shelter for visitors. This path inter-acts intimately with that of the Boneyard Creek while providing a connection with the surrounding landscape for the community of Champaign-Urbana.

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North First Street

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SITE PLAN

East Church Street

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EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

SECTION (NORTHERN BRIDGE)

SECTION (SOUTHERN BRIDGE)

Stair Fabrication Detail

Timber Joint Fabrication Detail

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PLAN (NORTH BRIDGE) PLAN (SOUTH BRIDGE)

VIEW FROM EAST CHURCH STREET

VIEW FROM SOUTH BRIDGEVIEW FROM EAST CHURCH STREET

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This architectural addition to the Arboretum of the University of Illinois is placed at a crossroads connecting the well worn paths of the Arboretum ponds with the secluded corridors of the southern forest. The architecture provides a multi-level space for large gatherings and lectures. The space can also be used as a collaborative work environment for start up businesses of the Champaign-Ur-bana community. The building is placed within a glade that allows exposure to the sun and an immersion within the forest. The glade, while lightly used, is a popular destination for foragers, picnickers and anyone else who happens to stumble upon it. This architectural intersection attempts to highlight this spot within the Arboretum and define it as a space of interaction and discovery of things within and beyond the Arboretum.

NORTH ELEVATION

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Japan House

SITE PLAN OF THE ARBORETUM

Southern Parking

Agricultural Research

Orchard Downs Apartments

Collaborative Space

Hartley Gardens

Arboretum Ponds

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This path is defined by a corridor of trees that frame a Westerly

approach to the instersection.

An opening in the trees forms a path connecting the ponds with the intersection.

This well worn path runs east-west and intersects with the

site.

A maintenance road branches off from the path of the ponds and runs past the site.

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PLAN (SECOND FLOOR)

SECTIONAL ELEVATION

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VIEW FROM THE STAGE

VIEW FROM THE SOUTH END

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The Kickapoo Cabin Village seeks to immerse visitors in a camping experi-ence, reconnecting people with the Midwestern woods. The village is com-prised of six cabins, a communal shelter for cooking and gathering and a dock providing kayakers access to the village. The architectural forms of the village wrap themselves around the campers offering shelter and a framing of the natural setting. The cabins cascade down a ravine and establish a connection between the ridge above and the pond below. The Kickapoo Village rewrites the definition of a cabin village while highlighting the beauty and dynamism of the Illinois landscape.

CABIN COMMUNAL SHELTER DOCK

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SITE PLAN

Communal Shelter

Cabins

Dock

High Pond

Parking

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PLAN OF A CABIN

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SECTION OF A CABIN

CONSTRUCTION DETAIL

SOUTHERN ELEVATION OF A CABIN

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VIEW FROM WITHIN A CABIN

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MODEL