EBONY BLOSSOMS

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HYBRIDPeople

Plants

History

Fruit

Food

TablesFlexibleVegetables

Efficient

Small Pot

Visitors

Rain

Easy Access

Chairs

Open Shelves

Flowers

Kitchen

Temperature Control

File Cabinets

Herbs

Open Space

Atmosphere

Protect

Carousel

Restaurant

Garden

Archive

Documents

Storage

Trellis

Professors

Public

Humidty Control

Style

Preservation

SoilPrivate

Dining Space

Students

Private

Public

Large Pot

High Ceilings

Manual

Visitors

Electronic

Public

Galleries

Archives

StorageProtectionFrom

PreservationExpansion

Visitors

File Cabinets

Fire

Water

Sunlight

Temperature Control

Humidity Control

Appropriate Storage Method

Vertically

Horizontally

Carousel

Open Space

Open Steel Shelves

Carousel

Electronic

Flexible

Efficient

Saves Space

Higher Ceilings

Ladders Necessary

Temporary Galleries

Easier Access

Limited to Documents

Flexibility in Artifact sizes

Less Protection

Least Amount of Space

Efficient

Saves Space

Window Design

If Archive is Public

Sprinklers

Smoke

Heat

Size

Temperature

Humidity

Proper Equipment

Proper Equipment

Monitor Indoor Air Quality

Differs in Certain Spaces

Garden

Storage

PlantsWatering System

Space

Public

Private

Students

Professors

Visitors

Restaurant

Specific Students

Specific Professors

Trellis

Small Pot

Large Pot

Row of Soil

Manual

Automatic

Rain

Fruit

Vegetables

Herbs

Flowers

Seasonal

Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Seasonal

Seasonal

Apples

Strawberries

Basil Rosemary

Seasonal

Carrots

Potatoes

Seasonal

MelonsLarge Plants

Strawberries

Tomatoes

Small Plants

Tomatoes

Peas

CucumbersSquash

Watering Can

Hose

Unpre-dictable

Not Always Reliable

Inconsistent

Consistent

Free

Expensive

Restaurant

Food People

Space

Students

Professors

Visitors

Families

Couples

Discount?

Kitchen

Dining Space

Garden

Food Prepared

Appliances

Eating Area

Tables

Chairs

Atmosphere

Collect Produce

Outside

Style

Garden

Italian

American

Fresh and Healthy

Private

Collect Produce

Used in Winter?

Ebony Blossoms is the hybrid renovated design of the Ebony Jet Building located at 820 S. Michigan Avenue. The program consists of archives, which contain ar-chives for Columbia College and the Johnson Publishing Company, vertical gardens, and a restaurant. Each of these programs were studied individually, portrayed in the smaller diagrams to the right. Then they were analyzed togeth-er, portrayed in the big diagram to the right, which led me to discover a key characteristic they all share: growth. This idea was the driving force for my project. The concept models below describe the relationship each program has with growth. The maroon wire represents the restaurant, the gold represents the gar-den, and the silver wire represents the archives.

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Archives Restaurant Vertical Gardens

STUDY DIAGRAMSAfter the programs were dissected, a question remained: Where should the programs lie in the building? Be-cause the archives needed the most amount of space, I decided where they would be first, which led me to placing them on the first seven floors. Then, I decided that I wanted the vertical gardens to run through the entire building. Finally, I decided to put the restaurant at the top so visitors could enjoy the spectacu-lar view. To the left are some of the concept drawings I had for how the vertical gardens would run through the building.

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The first three levels contain vertical gardens and archives. The second level contains interactive electronic archives that visitors can enjoy and the third level contains Columbia College public archives and Johnson Publishing Company archives.tatur,

Lobby

ColumbiaPublic Archives

Vertical Gardens

GROUND LEVEL

Mic

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an

Ave

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ColumbiaPublic Archives

Johnson Publishing CompanyPublic Archives

Public Archive Displays

THIRD LEVEL

Interactive Electronic Archives

PublicArchives

SECOND LEVEL

Elevators

MechanicalElectricalElectrical

Transformer

Parking

RampStorage Storage

LOWER LEVEL

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These levels contain ver-itcal gardens, office and archive space for both Co-lumbia College and the Johnson Publishing Com-pany. The sixth level also contains an area where the restaurant caters food for the employees working in the offices.fficiis eatem

Columbia Private Archive Space

SEVENTH LEVEL

Columbia Office Space

SIXTH LEVEL

Johnson Publishing Company Private Archive

FIFTH LEVEL

Johnson Publishing Company Archive Office Space

Vertical Garden Grooming Center

FOURTH LEVEL

ColumbiaPublic Archives

Johnson Publishing CompanyPublic Archives

Public Archive Displays

THIRD LEVEL

Interactive Electronic Archives

PublicArchives

SECOND LEVEL

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The eighth level is another office and archive space for Columbia College, but the rest of the levels con-tain restaurant space.The ninth level holds the John-son Publishing Museum and the bar area of the resrtaurant. The tenth and eleventh levels contain the rest of the restaurant. Finally, there are vertical agrdens running through all these levelsobit acea

Restaurant

Kitchen

TENTH LEVEL

Restaurant

Private Rooms

ELEVENTH LEVEL

Columbia Office Space

Columbia Private Archives

EIGHTH LEVEL

John H Johnson Publishing Musesum

Gallery Space

Gallery Space

Bar Area

NINTH LEVEL

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SOUTH ELEVATION

LONGITUNDINAL SECTION

Therefore, my building is made up of two parts: the building’s original concrete structure, enclosed by curtain wall on the east and south sides of the building, and the concrete shell that surronds the building. The concrete shell is covered in oval - shaped openings and is designed in an organic shape. These ovals symbolize leaves and the shape symbolize wind, both connecting back to the organic theme.

John H. johnson, the original owner of the Ebony Jey Building, did not want a steel and glass building when the building was first built. Therefore, its facade was made up of concreate and granite. While designing the facade of the new building, I wanted to keep that historical context in mind. I was also influenced by the organic theme of my project, which was inspired by not only the vertical gardens in my building, but the garden across Michigan Avenue.

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EAST ELEVATION

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Ebony Jet Magazine Gallery Vertical Garden Wooden Stage Dining AreaRigid Insulation Fiber BoardGypsum Board

Rigid Panel Glass

Bottom Channel

EmbeddedAnchor

Concrete Shell

Wooden BarBar AreaReception Podium Ribbed Concrete SlabJohn H. Johnson Gallery SpaceCurved Wooden Wall Reception Area Outdoor Patio

WALL SECTION ZOOMEAST ELEVATION

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