Wrigley Building Restaurant
Chicago, Illinois | Unbuilt
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Design Team
The proposal for the redesign of this existing restaurant entailed a number of changes to bring the space up-to-date. Envisioned as a high-end contemporary French restaurant with an extensive wine bar, the restaurant was significantly opened up volumetrically and a dramatic curved stair was situated in the center of the space. Low horizontal banding across the windows were removed and the ceiling was carved out to increase the volumetric feel of the interior space. Linking the higher ceiling to the accented main ceiling mass were copper mesh fabric swatches, springing from the newly enlarged spaces above the windows. Running the length of the main dining area are a series of decorative modern glass art chandeliers and wall mounted decorative light fixtures made from alternating white and red wine bottles. Additionally, a new access point to an outdoor eating area in the middle of the Wrigley Building's outdoor courtyard was added.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Daniel Contreras, Janel Fung
Images: Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Design Team
The proposal for the redesign of this existing restaurant entailed a number of changes to bring the space up-to-date. Envisioned as a high-end contemporary French restaurant with an extensive wine bar, the restaurant was significantly opened up volumetrically and a dramatic curved stair was situated in the center of the space. Low horizontal banding across the windows were removed and the ceiling was carved out to increase the volumetric feel of the interior space. Linking the higher ceiling to the accented main ceiling mass were copper mesh fabric swatches, springing from the newly enlarged spaces above the windows. Running the length of the main dining area are a series of decorative modern glass art chandeliers and wall mounted decorative light fixtures made from alternating white and red wine bottles. Additionally, a new access point to an outdoor eating area in the middle of the Wrigley Building's outdoor courtyard was added.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Daniel Contreras, Janel Fung
Images: Kipnis Architecture + Planning
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2012
Architecture, Interior Design
Dining Room - Looking Towards Restaurant Rear
Dining Room - Looking Towards Front of Restaurant
Curved Mezzanine & Stair - Center of Restaurant
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Glencoe, Illinois | 2011
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: LEED Administrator/Design Team
• LEED for Homes - Platinum Certified
• Glencoe Historic Preservation Commission - Preservation Award
• Chicago Tribune, Village green: Going ultra-eco in traditional home, May 20, 2012
This LEED Platinum home is unique in its commitment to staying within the aesthetic ofthe surrounding community while implementing a wide range of green goals. It'sone of the few LEED homes to take a non-modernist approach to its exterior, aswell as reflect traditional low-impact building philosophies. The home isclassic in its style, form and proportions, yet modern in its use of materials,colors and systems.
The building hastwo south-facing roof areas that are set at specific angles to optimize solarbenefits. A steeper roof section, angled to optimize the low winter sun, isdesigned for solar thermal panels, which heat the domestic hot water andradiant floor systems. The second south-facing roof is shallower, optimized forthe high angle of the summer sun, which maximizes the output from photovoltaicpanels to offset peak summer electricity. These two roof sections also are usedto funnel 40% of the rainwater that falls on the roof into a lower vegetativegreen roof and patio. Any excess will be diverted to rainwater storagecontainers for a vegetable garden.
Green featuresinclude passive, natural ventilation; passive solar heating and cooling; water-efficientindoor plumbing fixtures including a waterless urinal; low and no-VOC finishesand fixtures; standing seam metal roofing; cement fiberboard siding; andprefabricated framing.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Daniel Contreras, Rachel Wray Thompson, Janel Fung
Builder: Scott Simpson Builders
Landscape Architect: Christy Webber Landscapes
LEED for Homes Provider: Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (AES)
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture, Interior Design, Landscape Design2011 -
Glencoe, Illinois | 2009
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager/Design Team
• Featured on Apartment Therapy
This project is a significant renovation of a classic, modern 1956 residence with the addition of a new wing. The original home’s design had a clear interior/exterior relationship through the use of expansive glazing and brick masses that punctured the building shell from the exterior into the interior. This theme was broadened in the redesign at several key details.
A new “teenager suite” was located above the newly rebuilt garage. The connection of this new space to the main house was achieved via an architectural masonry stair tower that features ground face concrete block punctuated by glass block openings, which provide filtered daylight inside the tower and dramatic nighttime lighting shining outward. Terminating the top of the stair is a circular domed skylight. The stair tower is a carefully integrated continuation of the existing serpentine brick wall.
The exterior was re-clad with vertically oriented cement fiberboard framed between contrasting white reveals, whose horizontal joints of this system subtly tag key exterior elements of the house. A new overhang and copper rain chains at the entrance provide additional detailing to help define the entry.
Other green elements introduced during the renovation were solar thermal panels (for hot water and furnace assist), Retroplate concrete flooring in the basement, bamboo flooring and stair treads in the addition, no and low-VOC finishes, recycled tire flooring, and locally sourced ground face for the stair tower.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson
Builder: Sturm Builders, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Stuart K. Jacobson Associates, Ltd.
Photography: Cable Photo/Wayne Cable; Rachel Wray ThompsonArchitecture, Interior Design, Sustainable Design2012 -
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | 2007
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Draftsman/Design Team
• HERS/Energy Star 5+
• Featured in 'Dream Homes Chicago' by Panache Partners, 2007
• Natural Home + Garden Magazine 'Home of the Decade' - Reader's Choice, 2009
• Featured on Apartment Therapy
This vacation home was designed for the needs of a Chicago area couple. The site is heavily wooded but opens on the east to Lake Michigan, just 300 feet away. Rooted in Midwestern rural vernacular architecture, the house is designed as an ‘exploded’ version of a classic barn form, optimized for natural ventilation in the summer. The dramatically curving roofs form a ‘Venturi’ shape to enhance cross ventilation, which flushes warm interior air out at the high solar chimney. A standing seam metal roof above the ventilation tower is optimally angled for future photovoltaic panels.
The east side of the house has an unobstructed stunning view of the lake, while a passive solar courtyard faces south to the woods. In the upper guest rooms, pivoting translucent reclaimed acrylic panels facilitate natural airflow and offer a direct visual connection to the great room below.
Green elements include bamboo flooring and cabinets, zoned radiant slate floors, a high-efficiency wood burning stove and mechanical system, cellulose and foam insulation, concrete countertops, and a local river rock kitchen backsplash. The landscape is extension of the native dune grass found at the adjacent beach. The home’s superior energy efficiency earned it a five-star Energy Star rating.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Daniel Contreras, Rachel Wray Thompson
Builder: Tielens Construction
Photography: Cable Photo/Wayne Cable; David Lobucar/Klobo PhotoArchitecture, Interior Design, Sustainable Design2007 -
Chicago, Illinois | 2009
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager/Design Team
• HERS/Energy Star 5+
• 3 Star Chicago Green Home Certification
• Featured on Apartment Therapy
This house achieved Chicago’s Green Permit Program’s highest rating, 3 Stars. The home is situated in a neighborhood full of prairie style housing, and this style was continued in the design of the home, but the design details make the home more sustainable than its neighbors.
The main green design component of the home is a "solar chimney." The first floor main hall has openings in the ceiling that extend to the 2nd floor, which is open to a vaulted ceiling that contains two sets of remote control operated clerestory awning windows. When the windows are opened air is drawn through the floor openings up to the 2nd floor and out of the awning windows. By thoughtfully designing the form of the building, the house is inherently green by integrating this smart, yet low-tech green feature.
While the existing home was demolished, the owner kept many components of the house to reuse. The garage was given a face-lift with fiber cement siding, new windows and doors, and the roof was upgraded with modular green roof tiles and solar thermal panels. Existing stained glass windows were salvaged and reused in the living room and re-purposed into a built-in cabinet in the family room. All the hardwood flooring was salvaged and reused throughout the house. In all, about 80% of the materials from the deconstructed house were salvaged, and materials not reused in the new home were donated to non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity and local salvage shop, The Rebuilding Exchange.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Janel Fung
Developer: Green Door Development
Builder: Shardon Builders
Photography: Green Door DevelopmentArchitecture, Interior Design2009 -
Northfield, IL | 2011
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager
A devastating flood in 2008 essentially destroyed a mid-century modern home, which was located on a site that was designated a floodplain after the home was built. To rebuild the home, the house had to be raised above the floodplain level, with no basement. A 'flow through' foundation was used, one that allows water to travel under the insulated raised first floor structure.
Rathan the keep the original home's 1950's ranch design, the new design was to be a Cape Cod. The only items that survived the flood were the swimming pool and a two-story 'game room' addition that was built prior to the flood.
Key design elements include the use of Harmon pivot hinged doors which, when closed give the first floor a completely open feel, but when closed acoustically separate the various rooms and the second floor library, which features an arched ceiling that aligns with the prominent circle top window that is located over the front entry. A generous screened porch provides the perfect transition from the pool and yard into the house.
Sustainble design elements include a natural ventilation tower and whole house fan; a solar thermal system that provides space heat in the winter and pool heating in the summer; a high-efficiency radiant floor system on first floor; and natural daylighting and ventilation throughout.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Daniel Contreras, Janel Fung
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + Planning; Cable Photo/Wayne Cable http://selfmadephoto.comArchitecture2012 -
Chicago, Illinois | Under Construction
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager
This single family residence was designed for an environmentally conscious family who wanted to have a home that was eco-friendly, small, affordable and modern. It was permitted through the Chicago Green Permit program and will receive Chicago Green Home Program certification. It has a compact footprint yet is designed with spacious and open feeling interior. Green space and landscaping was a priority - as such a green roof deck was incorporated at the penthouse level, and a full green roof is planned at the east roof in the future. The garage will house over 20 photovoltaic panels (PV), and because of the tight and energy efficient the design, the house will have net-zero energy use. CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson
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Kalamazoo, Michigan | 2008
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Job Captain/Design Team
Located on 63 forested acres, this project is an example of green self-sufficient living. The homeowner's wish was to use the home as a local green demonstration home: live in a highly walkable community, dwell in high-efficiency housing, enjoy site grown and locally produced food, and use efficient transportation. They have the potential to subdivide the site into a series of buildable lots to create their own eco-development.
This ranch home's orientation is optimized for passive solar control. A center two-story space is the pivot point for the home’s flow, a naturally day-lit atrium and the home’s natural ventilation source. A series of five 14-inch diameter water tubes are used for thermal mass in addition to providing a dramatic, space defining 'night light' sculpture.
Green features include natural stack effect ventilation, a large solar photovoltaic array (±100% of demand), ‘Finnish’ counterflow high mass fireplace with an integral stove, HRV air-to-air heat exchangers, zoned radiant floors, soy-based foam perimeter insulation, cement fiberboard siding and extensive low-VOC adhesives and finishes. The home is also pre-plumbed for future installation of solar thermal panels.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Daniel Contreras, Janel Fung
Builder: Doug Maxwell
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture, Interior Design, Sustainable Design2008 -
Highland Park, Illinois | 2008
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Design Team
• HERS/Energy Star 5+
• Good Neighbor Award from Chicago Association of Realtors
Two new green spec homes were designed for lots adjacent to a ravine in the Ravinia area of Highland Park. The homes are very traditional on the exterior and the interior, but have a smaller environmental footprint than typical spec homes on the Northshore. The goal was to prove that luxury and eco-friendliness can go hand in hand when designed from the start that way.
These homes use responsibly forested framing lumber; 90% post industrial recycled material roof shingles; cellulose insulation; Energy Star appliances and light fixtures; Bamboo floors; highly efficient geothermal heating systems with radiant floors; formaldehyde free interior millwork and doors; low VOC paints, adhesives and sealants; site harvested lumber for custom front doors and fireplace mantels; totally hygienic Sanijet whirlpool tubs, fiber cement siding; a whole house exhaust fan; and (non-wood) composite exterior decking material.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Daniel Contreras, Rachel Wray Thompson
Contractor/Developer: Greg S. Weissman, 801/807 St. Johns LLC
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture2012 -
Evanston, Illinois | 2008
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Design Team
• HERS/Energy Star 5+
These two modern townhouses were designed to incorporate numerous green features. Key amongst them is how the units relate to the movement of the sun. The south facing front set of windows captures the low winter sun while calculated overhangs shade the summer sun.
The units make the most of a tight site: one unit has an exterior rear yard, while the other has a roof deck. A series of dramatic aligned decks on the front facade help to integrate the various materials. The location of the site is itself a free ideal; within a block of the CNW train station and the Central Street shopping district.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Daniel Contreras
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture2008 -
Saugatuck, Michigan | Unbuilt
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager/Design Team
This home, located on a very challenging site in Saugatuck, sought to merge classic Midwestern vernacular camp architecture, sustainable design and vacation comfort. The plan is a simple cruciform whose architectural elements provides clear functional definition. The central section of the home, running perpendicular to the street, is taller and capped with a ventilation/light monitor, reminiscent of regional barn detailing.
The site dropped significantly away from the street, so the house needed to be located close to the street while simultaneously avoiding protected wetlands and minimally impacting the site's landscape. The resolution of these factors produced a large lower level walkout and a dramatic 'freestanding' covered and screened porch, reached by a bridge spanning over the virgin landscape below. The porch area, rotated 45-degrees to the house, provides a panoramic view of the property and the feel of a tree fort.
Green features were implemented throughout, which include natural light and ventilation, reclaimed wood timbers, flooring and tile from a vintage granary building in Minnesota, rockwool insulation, zoned high efficiency HVAC system, ‘cool’ roof shingles, and a rain screen siding system.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Daniel Contreras, Janel Fung
Images: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture, Interior Design, Sustainable Design2012 -
Cassopolis, Michigan | Unbuilt
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager/Design Team
This unbuilt vacation home was designed for a couple that wanted a small, simple place to get away from city living. The open floor plan was developed for flexibility, dual uses and future accommodation of visitors and an expanding family.
The building, located in a heavily wooded site, is oriented along the east-west axis to allow for the best solar control, yet slightly set off of true east-west to optimize the view of the nearby lake. Screened decks line the 1st and 2nd floor southern elevations to provide an ‘outdoor’ room and panoramic views of the property.
The building is composed of two distinctive masses: a one-story section for the living spaces, and a two-story section with the master bedroom on the first floor and the office/guest suite on the second floor. The two-story stair tower links the spaces together.
A first floor bathroom is designed as a powder room from the ‘living’ side of the house, and a full master bath for the master bathroom. The second floor/mezzanine is open to the first floor below and has a pivoting window to help facilitate airflow.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson
Images: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture, Interior Design, Sustainable Design2012 -
Frankfort, Michigan | In Progress
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager
This vacation home was designed for a growing family who wanted a modern escape. The soaring curved wings provide a residence that is dynamic, yet functional and flexible. The interior features an open floor plan with levels that step down with the site's terrain. The living room is open to a built-in bookshelf and library at the second floor above. Office niches are adjacent to the living room and can be hidden away via large sliding barn style doors. Built-in planters, built-in beds, decks and a screened porch are also featured.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson
Images: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture2013 -
Evanston, Illinois | 2008
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager
• City of Evanston Preservation + Design Award for Sensitive Addition/Alteration
This home, located in a historic district in Evanston, had been physically moved in 1922 from another location in Evanston. It was evident that a front porch was part of the original design but apparently did not survive the move. The house, now located on a generous 68’ wide lot, needed a covered porch to help balance the front facade. Additionally, the revised front facade would need to be more in keeping with the homes in neighborhood. The porch now wraps around to the north to allow the mass of the house to fit better on wider lot and the southern half of the porch has a motorized screen that allows the porch to enclose the porch in the summer.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson
Builder: McKnight & Partners, Inc
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture2012 -
Evanston, Illinois | 2008
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager/Design Team
• Featured on Apartment Therapy
This 1960s ranch was near its end of life when rescued by the owner. Its interior was extensively gutted and renovated, thereby saving the existing structure's embodied energy.
Several space-planning issues were addressed with the renovation. The completely enclosed office was opened up by the incorporation of sliding reclaimed resin panels that stow away within thickened wall projections. The kitchen was entirely redesigned and opened up to the adjacent dining and living rooms, and the first floor bedrooms were reconfigured for a more efficient layout. Finally, the basement was finished to include a bedroom suite, den and laundry. These upgrades essentially doubled the size of the house without adding to the footprint.
To incorporate passive solar gain and abundant natural light and ventilation, skylights were added and the existing deteriorating windows and doors were replaced with energy efficient units throughout. The solarium was rebuilt to provide a sun-filled four-seasons living space. Deciduous trees to the south provide shade in summer while letting the sun in during the winter.
Other green elements include new rockwool insulation, a new high efficiency zoned HVAC system, a whole house fan with ceiling fans, operable transoms, and numerous green building materials and finishes.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson
Builder: Shardon Builders
Photography: Rachel Wray Thompson; Kipnis Architecture + PlanningArchitecture, Interior Design2012 -
Wilmette, Illinois | 2010
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Project Manager/Design Team
• House Beautiful Kitchens: Creating a Beautiful Kitchen of Your Own, by Lisa Cregan (Hearst Publications), 2012
• House Beautiful, 'Kitchen of the Month', February 2011
• Featured on Apartment Therapy
Designed for a local executive chef and his family of four, thiskitchen was designed to be a true chef’s kitchen – but rather than be flashy,the kitchen was to be green and serene. The existing kitchen was too small anddid not provide an ‘eat-in’ area. Therefore, the kitchen was expanded towardsthe backyard, continuing the existing central hallway, terminating with abuilt-in. Space for high-end appliances was provided, including a commercialgrade wood burning pizza oven.
An octagonal breakfast room was added to the back of the house, which providesboth an open view to the kitchen as well as a clear view of the backyard wherethe family plays ice hockey during the winter. Additionally, the existing rearand side decks were rebuilt using Ipe wood, and the exterior was entirelyre-sheathed with new cement fiberboard siding and trim, ‘cool roof’ shingles,and chimney stone veneer.
Significant green elements included the replacement of all existingdown lights with LED bulbs, concrete counter tops in both the office nook andkitchen, eco-friendly cabinets, high-efficiency windows, non-toxic paints andfinishes, reclaimed woodwork, antique and salvaged furniture, and foam androckwool insulation.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson, Daniel Contreras
Builder: Omega Structures
Photography: Rachel Wray ThompsonArchitecture, Interior Design2010 -
Various Locations | 2010 - Present
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Design Team
• Article published on Apartment Therapy
Over a number of years we have contemplated and studied the idea of converting old shipping containers into the core structure for buildings. Shipping containers are designed to withstand some of the most extreme conditions and carry large loads and as such are some of the most durable structures. They are manufactured to international standards and modular sizes; can be moved across water, rail and highways; and can even be stacked inside one another. However good this may be, because the cost of shipping empty containers is so high, they are collecting and sitting unused all over the world, particularly in the US and China. All of these things make containers ideal for a second life as housing, offices, dorm rooms, and disaster shelters – pretty much any type of structure you can think of. And for cheap.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Rachel Wray Thompson
Images: Kipnis Architecture + Planning; Rachel Wray ThompsonArchitecture2013 -
Winnetka, Illinois | 2010
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Design Team
Located in a renovated industrial building, Avli Estiatorio is a new Greek themed restaurant. Avli, which means ‘courtyard’ in Greek, featuresboth a large indoor seating area and a great outdoor dining space. The goal ofthe renovation was to maximize the use of the existing features of therestaurant while transforming the space into a memorable destination. Theexisting brick walls were up-lit from the top of the banquet seats to wash thewalls with light, which effectively hid both the actual color of the walls andany visible stain marks while turning the brick wall into a design highlight.
The courtyard was cleaned up and future colorfulcanvas awnings were designed. The existing bar space was brought up to date,and a small storeroom was turned into a private dining room. The kitchenrequired a complete overhaul to comply with code and to achieve the level ofkitchen quality that the restaurant demanded.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Daniel Contreras, Rachel Wray Thompson, Janel Fung
Client: Avli Estiatorio
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + Planning; Avli EstiatorioArchitecture, Interior Design2010 -
Various Locations | 2009-Present
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Design Team
Produced floor plans and renderings for a variety of Airport Concessions RFPs, with locations such as O'Hare International, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Midway International and Dallas/Fort Worth International. We have worked with over forty vendors, whose venue sizes ranged from small walkup locations to multi-floor sit down restaurants featuring lounge and bar space.
The plans included color coded kitchen and BOH layouts, serving areas, and bar and seating areas (where required). Space flow diagrams were provided to show how travelers, especially those with strollers and handicapped patrons, would travel through the space. A detailed description of each thematic concept was included, and was developed to enhance the branding identity of each location.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, Daniel Contreras, Rachel Wray Thompson, Janel Fung
Client: Chicago Aviation Partners; Georgia Aiport Concessions, LLC; Lalos Mexican Restaurant; Häagen-Dazs
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Chicago, Illinois | 2008
Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Role: Job Captain
This creative studio group is relocated in an 80-year-old warehouse structure that required extensive renovation work. The new space was designed around a number of individual structures that made up the entire facility: a photography studio and workshop was located within a 30'-high bowstring truss building; at the opposite end of the building, the creative group's workstations were arranged within a skylit timber framed warehouse; and the second floor mezzanine level has one office, a work out area and an open conference space. Between the bowstring truss building and the warehouse is located a series of conference rooms and the cafeteria.
Additional green features include natural daylighting in creative area, a high-efficiency gas fired boiler, and zoned radiant floor heating.
Design Team: Nathan Kipnis, John Yi, Troy Peters, Rachel Wray Thompson, Janel Fung
Client: Core 3 Creative
Photography: Kipnis Architecture + Planning; Core 3 CreativeArchitecture, Interior Design2013 -
Abrafo-Odumasi, Ghana | 2002-2003
Miami University
Role: Researcher, Designer, Builder
• Awarded Miami University Undergraduate Research Scholarship Grant, 2003
In 2002 I was awarded a grant for International Independent Research, which focused on the design and construction of an open-air market and composting toilets for a small community in Ghana.
The process began in the fall of 2002 by participating in a semester-long studio focused on the design of the proposed African marketplace and composting toilets. Then, in the summer of 2003, along with a small group of college students, led by our studio professor and a licensed architect, I traveled to Ghana. There I toured the country, researched indigenous architecture and interviewed several local families who ran the twice daily market centrally located in the small coastal town of Abrafo-Odumasi. Along with my fellow students and architect, we revised the previous marketplace designs, and then spent six weeks building the marketplace with local carpenters and builders using local and indigenous materials.
I concluded the process by spending the fall of 2003 documenting and presenting our work and research to Miami University and local community organizations. I digitally modeled the marketplace design and surroundings so that it could be used for future planned construction projects. I also created a completely handmade book that documented all the research, interviews, design concepts, photography, drawings and construction process.
Architect: Jim Adamson, Jersey Devil Design/Build
Professor: Gail Della-PianaArchitecture, Writing2003-2004