Molly E Smith Design Portfolio

MOLLY E SMITHarch itectu ral d esi gn er

MOLLY E SMITHARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER

[email protected][513] 305.8777

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTUREEDUCATION

SANAL ARCHITECTURE | URBANISMWORK EXPERIENCEARCHITECTURAL INTERN [ISTANBUL, TURKEY]■MARCH 2012 - AUGUST 2012■RENDERING, MODELING, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, MATERIAL CONFIGURATIONS, PREPARING AND ASSISTING WITH ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRESENTATIONS, TRANSLATING AND CORRECTING FROM TURKISH TO ENGLISH■REFERENCE— ALEXIS SANAL, PARTNER [email protected]

CLR DESIGNARCHITECTURAL INTERN [PHILADELPHIA, PA]■JUNE 2011 - DECEMBER 2011■CONSTRUCTION & DETAIL DRAWINGS■REFERENCE— WAYNE CHANG, ASSOCIATE [email protected]

SOFTWARESKILLS & activities

pursuits

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI [CINCINNATI, OHIO]■SEPTEMBER 09 - APRIL 13

■ADOBE PHOTOSHOP■ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR■ADOBE INDESIGN■AUTODESK REVIT■AUTODESK AUTOCAD■GOOGLE SKETCHUP■RHINOCEROS

■UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI HONORS PROGRAM■NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLAR■ONGOING INTEREST IN MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY & CULTURE■NORTH AVONDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION— BUSINESS DISTRICT RENEWAL DESIGN CHARETTE PARTICIPANT 2013■INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FAIR [ICFF]— EXHIBITION PARTICIPANT, MAY 18-21, 2013

freelance workA&L PROPERTIES, CINCINNATI, OHIO■SEPTEMBER 12- CURRENT■CONSTRUCTION & DETAIL DRAWINGS■REFERENCE— CHRIS LACEY, [email protected]

w o r kEXPERIENCE

ESMA SULTAN OKULU (primary school)Sanal architecture | urbanism, ISTANBUL TURKEY

2012 spring-summer co-opcontext

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A new primary school in Besiktas, one of the largest and most central neighborhoods in Istanbul, would serve as a “heart” to the community public life.

The diverse Besiktas community called for a blurring of boundaries of school, recreation, theater and library. The architectural design connects the upper and lower street life with a central cascading public street that flows through the center of the site.

Project intern architect. Responsible for SketchUp and Rhino modeling, drafting in AutoCAD, and sketching and design input.

A blurring of boundaries of school, recreation, theater and library. Architectural massing invites the public into the center of the spine and gives the theater, elementary school and kindergarten unique identities.

Design phase completed. Project pending additional funding for development.

images courtesy of sanal architecture | urbanism

sketchup model

early schematic sketch

programmatic plan: autocad + illustrator

rendered model: sketchup + vray

early schematic site section

existing photographs: from southeast from north from northwest


Robert college locker room renovationSanal architecture | Urbanism, ISTANBUL TURKEY

2012 Spring-Summer co-op

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Robert College, a co-ed private boarding school located on the European side of Istanbul, is the oldest American school still in existence in its original location outside the United States. SANAL was commissioned to renovate all bathrooms and locker rooms throughout the campus.

Project intern architect. Responsible for the design of boys’ and girls’ locker rooms. Modeling in SketchUp, drafting in AutoCAD, design in Adobe Illustrator.

The large wall area of the locker rooms allowed for a bold wall pattern, derived from a scientific diagram of kinetic energy. The dynamic tile pattern will excite the students as they change and prepare for recreational classes.

Completed.original wall tile design

autocad plan: girls' changing room

material diagram: sketchup + photoshop

wall tiling diagram


material diagram: sketchup + photoshop

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The Pendleton area of Cincinnati is in the midst of an urban housing rehabilitation boom.

Transform vacated early 20th-century buildings into habitable multi-family housing. The eastern side of the block would become clusters of single-family condominiums, while one development on the western side would become a multi-family with a rooftop artist’s space.

Project architectural designer. Responsible for drafting and basic design work with the developer.

Design phase completed, pending construction permits.

1322 PENDLETON ST, CINCINNATI OH 45202DATE: 03/22/2013REVISION:

PROPOSED REMODEL FOR: A & L PROPERTIES, LLCOWNER: CHRISTOPHER LACEY508 DANRIDGE STCINCINNATI, OH 45202

CONTRACTOR: A & L PROPERTIESP.O. BOX 43584CINCINNATI, OH 45243513.607.4776

DRAWN BY: MOLLY E SMITH
















1322 Pendleton streeta & l Properties, Cincinnati2012-2013 freelance work

plans levels 1-4 side elevation front + rear elevations

1322 PENDLETON ST, CINCINNATI OH 45202DATE: 03/22/2013REVISION: #1 - 05/12/2013




NOT TO SCALE

proposed roof detail- not to scale

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The Philadelphia Zoo is landlocked, but needed to expand their primate exhibit to allow for more activity and visitor viewing.

CLR worked with the zoo to design a series of steel cage “raceways” enabling the primates to safely travel from their exhibit house throughout the zoo. Visitors are surprised and delighted to discover a primate walking and playing directly above them along a pedestrian pathway.

Project intern architect. Responsible for drafting and detailing in AutoCAD.

The raceways connect to the primate house through existing dormer and clerestory windows, with different strength steel for each species of primate. Mesh netting placed beneath the cages keep visitors below safe and clean.

Completed.






clr design, philadelphia2011 summer-fall co-op

image courtesy of new york times

elevation

roof plan window jamb detail

window head + sill details

window proposed elevation / section window proposed detail

window proposed plan

clr design, philadelphia2011 summer-fall co-op

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Utah’s Hogle Zoo commissioned CLR to design a holding building for its newly-constructed Tiger Viewing Building.

The design had to meet the very technical specifications for animal holding buildings without stealing the visitor’s attention from the Tiger Viewing Exhibit Building.

Project intern architect. Responsible for drafting and detailing in AutoCAD.

Completed.

plan site plan sketch

FALL 2012- SPRING 2013SEMINAR GROUP PROJECT

OUT OF FAILUREn ew yo rk, n ew yo rk

The techniques of digital description and information technology in architecture have begun to shift the basis by which architecture is analyzed and evaluated. Concerns of form following function have been

displaced by the idea that form is a product of technique.OUT OF FAILURE attempts to appropriate the techniques of this now commonplace methodology by using digital design and rapid prototyping to a greater aim: to provide shelter. It examines how these processes and their resultant artifacts can be refined to exist in the extreme

environment of the modern condition, post-calamity.

Each unit is an assembly of CNC-cut pieces that have been precisely engineered for minimal cutting waste on a 4’x 8’ sheet of plywood. In

addition, each piece of the unit comes with pre-drilled bolt and tension cable holes, and integrated material overlap to maximize

rigidity and overall strength. The overall structure is covered in a dual-layer breathable shrink wrap plastic that provides protection

from the weather, yet allows for internal evaporation loss.

1- REDEFINE LIVING SPACE

2- READILY-AVAILABLE RESOURCES

3- EASILY DEPLOYABLE

The OUT OF FAILURE Relief System is designed to fit inside a typical parking space. Carparks, parking garages, and surface lots become neighborhoods, and provide the level foundation for the unit. The

larger sutrcture of the parking garage or highway underpass provides further protection from the weather, and increases the longevity and

performance of the unit.

In the event of an urban disaster, these units can easily be deployed througout the city and are intended to provide temporary emerency

shelter. Files can be electronically distributed to rapid-prototyping centers, cut out of sheets of plywood, then sent to the refugee sites

with simple assembly instructions.

International contemporary furniture fair [icff] 2013 particpating school exhibitor

New york city: may 19-21 , 2013

I-71

I-75

NORWOOD LATERAL

READING RD

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KENTUCKY

OHIO

the belvedereREADING ROAD

PADDOCK ROAD

empty lot

funeral home lot

The lenox garage

SPRING 2013INDIVIDUAL STUDIO PROJECT

I-71

I-75

NORWOOD LATERALREADIN

G RD

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KENTUCKY

OHIO

the belvedereREADING ROAD

PADDOCK ROAD

empty lot

funeral home lot

The lenox garage

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GROUND LEVEL LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 ROOF LEVEL

norwooda r t i s tt h e r a pyc e n t e r

WINTER 2012INDIVIDUAL STUDIO PROJECT

Project Site

Recent Commercial or Business Development

Main Road & Highway

Railway & Former Subway Station

Major Manufacturing Area

MAJOR CHANGES IN ROAD LAYOUT ARCHITECTURAL FORM DERIVATION

PROPOSED SITE PLAN

Norwood, Ohio is an urban, landlocked area just north of Cincinnati’s city limits. Its development over the past two centuries has been shaped by technological advancements in transportation. Manufacturing developed around these transportation hubs, and the invention of the car and its evolution over the years helped foster the growth of the small city. Norwood’s access to various means of transportation has always acted as its safety net. In 1987, however, the GM plant closed, resulting in a struggling redevelopment of Norwood from 1990 to the present day.

The resultant struggle and rehabilitation of Norwood serves as a parallel to the goals of my Art Therapy Center. The building will inspire and facilitate the growth and healing of patients in whicever form their artistic spirit chooses to take. The program allows the patients’ metaporphoses to follow this chronology, from the beginning confusion through the internal and artisitic struggle within the center, until a final showcase in either the auditorium or gallery. The patiend will ultimately open oneself within the safety and comfort of the Norwood Artist Therapy Center.

an equal emphasis on individual internal growth and

social interaction & encouragement

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