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Urban Workshop............................ Farm to Table Culinary................. Dynamic Riverscape.....................

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Springfield Trailway...................... 11 Plastic Cardboard.......................... 14 Cobb Oven...................................... 16 Habitat for Humanity.................. 18

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GRANT R ROCCO
grrocco@gmail.com

U r b a n Wo r k s h o p
The purpose of this project was to create a venue for men and women to build productive skills that they may never have the opportunity to otherwise. The Urban Workshop would be set up as a club where people recieve training on all of the machines and equipment to certify safety, but then they could embark on any projects they wished. Design V - Carey Clouse

Springfield, MA

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The building is made up of modular workshops that can be outfitted with any appropriate tools and equipment. The workshops are built intersecting the brick walls of a retail store that currently occupies the site. The existing walls define outdoor space and highlight the transition of function from retail space to learning and production space.

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The roof is designed to collect rain water and direct it into above ground cisterns where it is then used for the aquaponics system enclosed by the greenhouse. The aquaponics will produce fish (talapia) and fresh greens to be sold at farmers market. The roof also facilitates passive ventilation of the spaces. Hot air rises and moves through vents in the modules gables, then out into the atmosphere.

Farm to Table Culinary Institute

Amherst, MA

Design IV - Kathleen Lugosch

edible plants and grasses soil media - 1 filter fabric drainage layer protection layer waterproof membrane fleeceback TPO membrane separation board waterproof membrane

The design of this building is optimized for solar gain and retention. The rise of the outdoor stair/ benches is glazed to let in maximum light from the low winter sun while shading from the intense summer glare. One of the best natural insulators, the earth itself is utilized as much as possible. The organic insulation is then used to grow food for use in the kitchens during the summer.

I created outdoor gathering space for use by the surrounding community with spaces to sit and eat lunch in a lush green environment. My goal was to bring the public into specific, open areas, while keeping the teaching kitchens and offices more private and unhindered. The public areas of the pastry shop, cafe, restaurant and library are easily accessible from the outside sitting area.

Hadley, MA

Dynamic Riverscape

Design III - Caryn Brause

Rivers change course over geological time. The

image left shows how drastic the change is over thousands of years. My goal for this project was to bring attention to that fact by allowing people to alter the course of the very path they are walking on. The site lies adjacent to a dyke on the Connecticut river in Hadley. The path uses sliding panels reminicent of the barn doors found on tobacco barns all over this region. the panels join to create a walkable path raised off of the ground. I wanted to make visitors aware of the impact that they have on the environment using this interactive analogy. The site would be planted with wildflowers and other plants to attract local fauna.

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We realized that The X as it is has all of the main components of a thriving community. schools, businesses, community centers, farmers market and recreation areas. The main problem is accessibility. Our task was then to connect and highlight these extant assets. We determined 3 different themed paths (Food, Environment, and Arts) with designated stops on each path marked by a kit of parts that we developed. This approach creates a framework for future development by the community itself. Places where all 3 paths converge become nodes of activity where a larger built intervention is established to serve as community gathering areas for events. We connected and utilized existing dross zones to create more productive spaces that fill a public need.

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Project Mission Statement A community project at the X should: be made of local materials limit water pollution be low maintenance have regenerative green spaces A community project at the X should: be safe be interactive be integrated into the existing social fabric have places of discovery inspire community development

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A community project at the X should: be flexible use local tradesmen have stages of growth and development stimulate local business

Kit of Parts
Light - Acts as a vertical beacon. Casts a comforting light at night and a conspicuous trail marker during the day.

Bench - Space for pedestrains to wait for a bus or eat lunch, becomes a small respite in a hectic and potentially overwhelming city-scape.

Pathway - A change of material denotes the trails as they meander though the streets. It creates a permeable surface to allow rainwater absorption.

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Our task was to create a tectonic wedge with cardboard. We wanted a piece that was responsive to the user, not a static masssomething that when sat in actually fits to the contours of the body. To achieve this we needed flexible connections.

Plastic Cardboard
with Evan Ralph
Design III - Caryn Brause

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The rope is woven through and around sonotubes. The sonotubes are then able to roll over eachother while staying connected, similar to a jacobs ladder. We had to ensure that there was enough tension in the rope to keep the masses together but allow them to move freely when interacted

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Co b b O ve n D e s i g n / B u i l d
Waste = Energy in closed loop systems like eco-systems. One organisms waste becomes the fuel that sustains another organism. In my neighborhood, peoples yard waste becomes fuel

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Smithfield, RI

for me to cook my food. This oven reaches temperatures of over 800 with only nutrient rich ash as a biproduct that I then spread on my garden.

1. pour a cement foundation 2. find recycled brick and CMUs to build the base 3. place a concrete slab on base with a winch 4. lay dense fire-brick for the oven floor 5. create a mold for the cavity with wet sand 6. layer the shell 5 inches thick with hawthorne bond clay, sawdust, and straw

H a w t h o r n e Fa r m - H a b i t a t fo r H u m a n i t y
Amherst, MA

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Independent Study - Kathleen Lugosch

The site currently hosts a one hundred year old dilapidated farm house and 2 barns. It is dangerously close to some protected wetlands. Some timbers and clapboard were salvageable for use in the new buildings. For this design I focused on Universal Design principles while incorporated passive solar and passive ventilation to make a comfortable and energy efficient housing situation. The houses are both 4 bedroom 2 bath in 1100 sq. ft. I fit two identical units with shared and private outdoor space on the property keeping both out of the wetlands

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