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Crystal A. Stites

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Slide & Pivot HingesProviding greater flexibility within the space, glass panels have both slide and pivot hinges; giving them dual function as represented in these two inspirational images.

Electrochromic GlassGlass can become translucent or transparent by the flip of a switch that applies an electrical charge to the pane. Create translucent glass panes to become privacy barriers or white boards, using glass dry-erase markers. When there is no need for privacy panes are returned to their transparent state.

HoloPro HoloPro films are embedded between two panes of glass, allowing sharp image projections on glass even in daylight. HoloPro can be adapted to software for information services and in combination with touch or gesture controls. This technology allows the glass panels to become more than a divider, but also a projection and work surface for its users.

transformative shared offices

After acceptance

businesses payrefundable

down payment

Businesses apply with

company and user

information

Annual fee based on

actual usage reviewed

bi-annually

Keyswipes are provided to

users for access and to track usage

Businesses pay an annual fee to cover office facility

expenses

Users rent spaces by

utilizing Room Wizard

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Spaces are divided by zones for

reservations

Users specify privacy settings

needed with reservations

System reserves # of

panels necessary for

privacy settings selected

Public zones are always

available for drop-inusers

Acceptance based on

expected users and occupancy

availability

With resignation businesses

are refunded their down

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Spaces are transformative to accomodate multiple needs

More small businesses will exist

Technology allows us to work from

anywhere at any time

Office use is limited

as we work from

home more often

Pooling resources will meet the needs

of many without over extending

anyone

Collective Shift

Collective Shift is the workplace of the future. As we become more mobile and global the office becomes our home, the local coffee shop, and the library. However, sometimes we need an office to meet a client, for training sessions, conference calls, or for a meeting. The collaborative and transformative office provided by Collective Shift fullfills this need.

Key Objectives are to provide professional office spaces to small businesses who require space occasionally. To provide small businesses with space and equipment that is only obtainable through collaboration. To provide a space that transforms to the needs of multiple and different users and user groups throughout the day. To reuse existing property within a community that is vacant. To serve the needs of multiple businesses of varying business markets. To serve the local business community; and to build and create cooperation within a community.

Technology presented to the right makes this space meet all these needs for a number of users profiled on the next page. The other floors of the building provide additional services to the members of the collective and the Over-The-Rhine community.

Corporate

Alex, 42 Personal Finance Advisor

As a personal finance advisor I teach classes to groups on different financial issues regularly. I focus on the community I live and work in because I feel like if I am able to help more people here at home become financially successful I am contributing to the growth and well-being of my community. My business is too small to purchase an office space of its own; and with three young children at home it’s not as professional of an environment to bring seminar participants. The flexibility of space at the collaborative office always allows me the space I need for any sized group.

Jacob, 31Sales Manager

I recently moved to Cincinnati from San Diego. I work in sales and travel often for business. I’m also an avid runner and workout every day. My health and wellbeing is very important. Being new to town, I was seeking out organizations that matched my interests. The collaborative office provides access to their health club, has healthy food options in their restaurants, and I’m meeting other business professionals in similar positions and interests as myself. It has facilitated my integration into this community and made the transition easy.

Emma, 56Realtor

I have lived in Cincinnati my whole life, and I hold this city very dear to my heart. I have two teenage children and I want Cincinnati to be a safe and prosperous city for them and their families in the future. I am active with multiple organizations that focus on the revitalization of the city, and I work as a Realtor. I am a member of the collaborative office because it not only provides me with services but it also contributes to the greater good of Cincinnati.

Amy, 27 Computer Programer

I develop software for companies and have clients within Cincinnati, all over the US, and abroad. I have five employees that all work primarily from home. The Cincinnati collaborative business works great for us! We have a place to collaborate as a team, meet with clients in person, and use networking services for video conferencing meetings with clients outside of Cincinnati. The collaboration with other local businesses has also benefited us when we need assistance in an area outside our expertise; we work in the same exact office.

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Panel Divisions Placement of glass panels to create Semi-Private,Private, and Public spaces for users/ groups.

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Throughout the day the space transforms to meet the needs of different users. These diagrams and renderings show the transformations that can take place throughout the day.

Fabrication

Big Kids Blocks involved creating multiples of a single unit to build different spaces that individuals could occupy. This project involved 20 students. I served as Construction Manager on the project. These 5’ x 4’ x 3’ units were constructed using six varying rectangular boxes. Each box was built from a frame of pine with a combination joint that incorporated lap, mortise and tenon, and butt joints. Interior frames supported the recessed burlap interior faces which gave the unit transparency. The final unit was assembled by bonding the six separate boxes together. In total 10 units were fabricated. Left is the single unit.

Far Left: Corrugated wall, plaster cast, chip board model, and MDF podium. Group project.

Top Left: 12” x 12” x 12” 50% volume block made with Red Oak and Sapele.

Bottom Left: 100 clothespins connected in a self-latching joint.

Below: Balsa wood emblematic object of Dieterle Vocal Arts Center at the University of Cincinnati.

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Fabrication

Right: Museum board, balsa wood, and acetate interior model of Taqueria Mercado in Cincinnati, OH. To allow the viewer a better view of the ceiling detail in this space the ceiling lifts off the model. The beams, exterior walls, and central column were slotted together to create this feature.

Below: Ludlow Literary Center chipboard model. The top picture shows the model assembled. The middle picture shows how it opens to view the interior space. The bottom image demonstrates how each floor can be removed for additional views.

Modeling

Maya was used to create a parametric design for a skyscraper. The first image shows the rendered digital Maya model. The second image shows an imported view of the Maya model in Revit, a step to create the file needed to 3D print. The last image shows the 3D printed model.Group Project.

The Guild Haus on Vine Street in Cincinnati, OH currently has artist lofts on the second through fourth floors. The first floor and two sub floors are vacant. They asked for proposals to utilize the unused space. The program for Graphic Contempo opens up the center of the entire building to create an indoor atrium and creates a mixed-use community within the building. My client’s residential unit is on the third floor with walk-out access onto the roof patio. My single, thirty-something female client is interested in art and the urban lifestyle. She asked for a large artist studio space, open living area, with storage for everything--no gadgets in sight. The design incorporates a graffiti wall that runs the length of the space and acts as two-sided accessible storage and a divider between the private and public spaces of the home.

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Graphic ContempoGuild House Lofts

Perspective from kitchen looking toward studio

Midterm Elevation and Floor Plan

Building Programing Diagrams

Residential

Perspective of studio

Above and Right: Kitchen Elevations

Programming Model

Unit Model showing graffiti wall in white

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To the far left is a nursery I designed based off the bedding and furniture selected by the client. I selected colors, picked out accents, refinished the dresser, painted, and provided finish details to the room.

To the right is a family room project that began as an open, unfinished basement. The basement was partitioned into three rooms and two were finished. Cork floors and eight wall colors were combined to create a vibrate and warm family room. Below is an iteration of this room in a later apartment.

Residential

Participating on the Macy’s Go Green ERG I created posters for the corporate offices located in Cincinnati. Posters were for employee events sponsored by Go Green.

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Below: SketchUp model of Millennial Ballet Bar and Hang and Fold Fixtures. I contributed to design, material selection, renderings, and construction drawings for the roll-out of this fixture package for Macy’s. Package includes two ballet bars, denim bar, nesting tables, runway, mannequin, and hang and fold fixtures.

Below Right: SketchUp model rendered in Kerkythea.

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Renderings & Drawings

Interior

Ludlow Literary CenterThe Ludlow Literary Center was a quarter-long project. It began with a small group case study of a local library. From this a site analysis for the literary center was performed. The site selected was the parking lot situated between Dewey’s Pizza and Skyline Chili on Ludlow Avenue near the University of Cincinnati. Each group then created a program based off some predetermined criteria. After a charrette we began the individual design work seen here.

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Finding ways to pull natural light into interior spaces pushed the design of the Ludlow Literary Center. Using planes in section and lines in plan defined the parameters for how light entered and how different spatial areas were defined. These lines developed into the apertures and decorative detail in the push and pull of brick. The pattern is pictured to the right.

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Throughout the process; floor plans were created by hand or in Revit; bouncing back and forth as needed to further the design development. Final drawings were a combination of Revit, hand drafting, hand rendering, and computer rendering in Photoshop; utilizing Illustrator and InDesign for layout.

Institutional

The building is constructed of structural brick exterior walls. Structural walls are left as exposed brick on the interior. Warm colors cover the walls, neutral in most locations; but in areas of high activity accent walls of bold, deep colors are present. Furniture has a color combination of nude and turquoise, features contemporary design, and is covered in soft cozy materials to encourage community gathering.

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