The document provides details on Justin Cloyd's architectural portfolio and design philosophy. It summarizes three projects: an Old Town | Chinatown library that highlights the importance of books; a museum that cuts into its facade to allow light and views of the site; and a water filtration research plant that restores wetlands. Cloyd's work focuses on enhancing user experiences of familiar places and sparking thoughts through unexpected transformations.

1. Justin Cloyd portfolio

2. Design Philosophy Portfolio Contents
The importance of architecture throughout the ages has always been the user’s experiential Old Town | Chinatown Library
connection to place. Architecture should always capitalize on this experiential event by
Museum of the City
appealing to all of the senses whenever possible. The thing that separates architecture from
the book is the sense of deep physical connection to a specific place and time. Water Filtration Research Plant +
Community Center
reGROWTH: Inward Expansion and the
Rediscovery of the Transit Neighborhood
The projects in my portfolio display a personal interest in the re-evaluation of everyday “In its printed form, thought is more
experiences. Whether it’s coming home, going to the library, or walking around your imperishable than ever; it is volatile,
neighborhood, my projects analyze the typical pattern of specific typologies and morph these irresistible, indestructible. It is mingled with
places into something unexpected that makes a person interpret their surroundings differently. the air. In the days of architecture it made
My projects explore the typical social and physical environments to spark thoughts and a mountain of itself, and took powerful
emotions within people as they experience the place. possession of a century and a place. Now it
converts itself into a flock of birds, scatters
Hundreds of years ago in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo proclaimed the death itself to the four winds, and occupies all points
of architecture at the invention of the printing press. I agree with Hugo’s claim about the of air and space at once. Let the reader make
representation of thought transforming from architecture to the book (and now possibly to no mistake; architecture is dead; irretrievably
the internet in the digital age) but I believe the importance of architecture throughout the slain by the printed book,--slain because it
ages has always been the user’s experiential connection to place. The internet doesn’t possess endures for a shorter time,--slain because it
the same dynamic physical relationship as the book, and the book doesn’t give you the same costs more. But architecture will no longer
sense of awe that a physical setting can have on your mind and body. Architecture should be the social art, the collective art, the
always capitalize on this experiential event by appealing to all of the senses whenever possible. dominating art. The grand poem, the grand
The thing that separates architecture from the book is the sense of deep physical connection. edifice, the grand work of humanity will no
Architects should take advantage of the body’s presence in the world in addition to the typical longer be built: it will be printed.”
visual stimuli. Make people do more than look at forms. Help people to smell the wooden -Victor Hugo
joists, concentrate on their connection with the floor as they walk along, hear the children
laughing in the playground, feel the brick running along their fingers as they drag their hand
across the wall, and always help them to become more knowledgeable and familiar with their
surroundings in addition to broadening their perspectives.
The projects in my portfolio expand on each user’s understanding of place, site, community,
and society. The projects vary in scale and scope, migrating between architecture, landscape
architecture, urban design, and planning, but each investigation promotes experiences and
moments to further inform the project as a place while making people reevaluate themselves
and their relationship with their everyday surroundings.

3. Old Town | Chinatown Library
“In its printed form, thought is more
imperishable than ever; it is volatile,
irresistible, indestructible. It is mingled with
the air. In the days of architecture it made
a mountain of itself, and took powerful
possession of a century and a place. Now it
converts itself into a flock of birds, scatters
itself to the four winds, and occupies all points
of air and space at once.”
Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Now, as book circulation dwindles and the
computer takes over to further ‘scatter
thought to the four winds’, contemporary
libraries have become a place to lounge
around and surf the internet. In this Portland,
Oregon project, the two support each other
to define a place for the community and
re-establish the book’s importance as the
essence of the library.
Understanding books as the kernel of the
library, the project heightens the user’s
interaction with books and awareness of
the differentiation of ‘new’ and ‘old’ zones
in the library. The objective is to take the
book (the kernel) from the old library into the
new library, which has gotten away from its
essence as a place to disseminate knowledge
and become a place to have fun and hang
out. By creating tightly compressed book
containers within the typically open spaces,
users are forced to find the book, and bring it
out to the ‘new’. The ‘old’ is injected into the
‘new’ as suspended glass book containers to
further heighten the user’s awareness of their
relationship with the book.

4. Conceptually, the site is broken into three
unique zones: old (blue), community
(green), and new (beige). The ‘community’
starts as an undefined zone on the site
and gets spread through the lower floor to
create an interaction space between the
local and the visitor. This space pulls the
street into the building while pushing the
‘new’ up off the ground level. The ‘new’
is a mass that expands to represent a fully
developed area. The facades on the site
become a filter from inside to outside. The
difference between these zones is carried
through to their spatial organization. The
‘old’ becomes the traditional library and
is manifest as containers for books, the
core of the library. The ‘new’ becomes the
contemporary library that is more focused
on media and experiences. It is organized as
an open floor plan with few walls. The space
becomes a transition zone that links the
‘old’ and ‘new’ spaces visually and physically
where the two meet.

11. Museum of the City
At first glance, you don’t see all the holes
in Old Town’s fabric. It’s in that second look
when you notice that many of the blocks are
covered with asphalt. This project strengthens
Portland’s first public square by defining that
urban place, bringing people and density back
to the city’s heart.
The design starts by strengthening the edge of
Ankeny Square to create a more concentrated
pedestrian avenue along Ankeny Street
from the Big Pink through the Square and
Saturday Market to the waterfront. From
there, the focus turns to carving away the
building to create tunnels of light that pour
into the program’s public spaces. The facade
is cut at three of these moments to show the
hierarchy: the entry lobby, the cafe, and the
library. Rather than standard vertical light
wells, the design allows sunlight from these
facade cuts to puncture floor slabs at angles
that project light far into the building to
emphasize the dynamic nature of these public
zones where interaction occurs.
A few variations of the facade cut studies.

12. This interstitial public space diagram shows the relationship between The building’s simplified massing minus the
facade cuts, daylighting, and the public spaces within building. public spaces of the library and entry reveal
a U-shaped parti rotated midway up the
building that corresponds to a change from
museum to college.

13. East - West Section looking South

14. Entry Perspective

15. Water Filtration Research
Plant and Community Center
A river, both literal at the site scale and
metaphorical on the scale of the building,
runs through this Columbus, Ohio project.
Filtering predominates the affects with
the building as an agent that creates and
manipulates these filtrations to produce
flexibility and reconnect the site with its
historical background and link to the river.
By bringing water back into the site, a public
water recreation area is created.
The site changes from defunct grocery
warehouses to wetlands, restoring a small
portion of the 93% of Ohio’s wetlands lost in
the last century and a half. The site becomes
a natural water filtration device with the
re-introduction of wetlands while the
building researches artificial water filtration
techniques. The wetlands restore wildlife
habitat and act as a living educational
device for the public while the building
highlights all of the filtration processes it
researches, creating a learning environment
for all who visit.

16. Most of the site lies within the 100-year
floodplain, making it potentially hazardous
for development. Rather than work against
this context, the site design allows water to
reclaim the area, restoring wildlife habitat.
The new wetlands pump filtered water back
to the river. The project also lets users kayak
or canoe to downtown Columbus two miles to
the south, allowing city residents to become
more familiar with the river ecosystem.
The site reconnects two neighborhoods that
were once more closely linked before the
highway was built. Two pedestrian paths link
residents to the site and beyond by passing
over the highway and river. One runs through
the wetlands for birdwatching and a relaxing
natural environment while the second cuts
over the recreation area and forms the
main circulation of the building, further
creating a link between the public and the
water filtration processes that make the site
possible.

17. movement
This analysis of water flow, originally
created on a sloped wooden surface,
striated, responsive to
resulted in the project’s diagrammatic rules.
material
These attributes were used to derive similar
characteristics of the concrete surfaces,
water in the building, and the circulation.
swell
typically around
obstructions
obstruction
placed to potentially
redirect flow
void
obstructions result in
probable void
resistance
flow responsive to
material creates possible
resistance for merging.
space still seperates flow
from itself at times

19. mock up
production
mechanical
interaction
circulation
research

23. reGROWTH:
Inward Expansion and the
Rediscovery of the Transit
Neighborhood
Current Columbus, Ohio development
patterns create sprawling communities that
convert viable farmland into low density fringe
housing. This project envisions a new standard
of central Ohio development along a proposed
light rail line north through the metropolitan
area. In an attempt to save fringe farmland
and small towns, this 124 acre project shows
central Ohio residents an inward alternative
that creates pedestrian neighborhoods
within the city with access to quality public
transportation. The project aims to get
people out of their cars and into pedestrian
environments along transit corridors to create
a more sustainable metropolitan growth.
A comprehensive planning strategy that
attempts to reduce sprawl is infinitely
more effective at curbing climate change
than any single sustainable building alone.
As a result, the project operates at four
scales: a call for change in metropolitan
travel and development policy; moderate
density site planning in an underutilized lot
just three miles from downtown; urban
design principles that cater to pedestrian
travel; and passive building techniques
that take advantage of renewable natural
resources. Each scale focuses on an
environmentally sustainable and responsible
pattern of development that culminates
with the creation of a local sustainability
and community center adjacent to the
neighborhood’s proposed light rail stop.
The often discussed light rail line’s most recent, 13 mile alignment.

24. Rail Right of Way
Big Box Retail
Crew Stadium (MLS)
Ohio
Historical
Center
Ravine
Ohio State Fairgrounds
The Ohio State University
A satellite image of the 124 acre site as existing.

25. 1/2 MILE =
HOUSING
1/4 MILE =
OFFICES
Axes + Landmarks Density Edges + Districts
Green axes connect the site’s existing landmarks The 124 acre development follows a strong The area is bound by big box retail to
to the new sustainability headquarters. The grid pattern while the block sizes vary to the north, a highway to the east, and
North-South axis serves as park space and accommodate multiple uses and typologies. rail lines to the west and the fairgrounds
the East-West axis serves as a more natural The development’s density is organized around to the south. The main paths within the
greenspace. It is designed to handle site water nodes and travel times to the train station. development are lined with retail and
filtration, serving as a combination wetland/ Offices are located close to the light rail station, link major landmarks adjacent to the
bioswale that flows into an amphitheater space. predominantly within the five minute walking 124 acre site. Housing and office districts
distance. Housing is located within a half mile are created following transit walking
Since the area is currently underdeveloped, radius (10 minute walk), which is the distance research.
a new street grid was overlaid on the site, people are typically willing to walk home from
following MORPC’s Mixed Use Transit Oriented the train.
Development guidelines. Blocks vary in size from
200 x 200 feet to 400 x 400 feet, the maximum Vehicle trips are reduced by 40% every time
allowed under the guidelines. density doubles. Light rail transit (with 10
minute headways) becomes effective at 35-50
dwelling units per acre. In housing language,
that can be achieved with townhomes over flats.

26. keys to responsible community development:
-infill first
-moderate density
-respect the existing fabric
-mixed-use, livable environment
-active streetscape
-flexible public spaces and parks
-promote mass transit ridership
-follow the half-mile rule
-support all forms of traffic
-design around people, not cars
-careful stewardship of natural resources
N 1:600’ | Site Plan

27. N 1:250’ | Urban Design Plan

29. Building Cut Schemes The East-West green boulevard cuts through the building to connect with the train station.

30. LOADING RETAIL
WC DATA
WC
ENTRY LOBBY
OUTDOOR TERRACE CAFE
AMPHITHEATER
/ URBAN BEACH
/ ICE RINK /
DETENTION POND
N Level 1 Plan

31. The building integrates green roofs, green The Sustainability and Community Center steps in and out, curving along the south facade. The
walls, photovoltaics, operable windows, building has been carved away like the ravine landscape, allowing daylight to penetrate the building
sunshading, light shelves, rooftop rainwater and terraces to overlook the amphitheater space.
harvesting, recycled materials, and a
stormwater management system that doubles
as an amphitheater.

32. Since the local climate is too extreme for using solely passive strategies for occupant thermal
comfort, the building uses a closed-loop water source heat pump from the amphitheater for
heating and cooling needs during the winter and summer seasons. Other water efficiency
solutions include harvesting rainfall for toilet use, which means the building only needs a 5,000
gallon storage tank to handle the February water deficit.

33. B
MECH / STORAGE
ROTATING WC DATA
SUSTAINABILITY
DISPLAY WC
A
PERMANENT
SUSTAINABILITY
DISPLAY
AMPHITHEATER
/ URBAN BEACH
FLOATING / ICE RINK /
STAGE DETENTION POND
1:40’ | Level 0 Plan

34. Floor 0 Entry

36. 1:40’ | Section A

37. OFFICE SPACE
ROOF WC DATA CONTEMPLATIVE
GARDEN ROOF GARDEN
JAN WC
COMMUNITY LOUNGE
1:50’ | Level 5 Plan
OFFICE SPACE
CONFERENCE WC DATA
ROOM
JAN WC
OFFICE SPACE
Level 3 Plan
OPEN OFFICE
OPEN OFFICE WC DATA CONFERENCE
ROOM
JAN WC
CONF SPILLOVER
OVERLOOK
Level 2 Plan

38. Second Floor Amphitheater Overlook

39. 1:40’ | South Elevation
Materials
Vertical Gardens / Green Walls + Roofs Corten Steel Glass + Building Integrated Recycled Brick amphitheater
Photovoltaics (BIPV) pavers (Brown Hall)