Steven Winter is an architect who graduated from Ohio State University with a Master's in Architecture in 2009. He has worked on three house projects: the 2009 OSU Solar Decathlon House, the 2010 Solar Decathlon Design Competition house, and a 2007 studio project house. The 2009 house emphasized centralized living and an interior/exterior interface that could adapt the space. It placed 8th in architecture at the competition. The 2010 house was designed for a post-industrial city and featured a ventilated facade and photovoltaics. The 2007 studio project house used physical, phenomenological, and photographic projections in its design.

1. Steven D. Winter
selected work. 3 houses
m. arch. 2009. osu
p : 614.306.4952
e : winter.52@osu.edu

2. 2009 OSU Solar Decathlon House Project
Design Collaborators : Dave Nedrow, Deanna Hinkle
The Interface House re-envisions the domestic
living experience in Ohio by promoting a theme of
consolidation, encouraging the average person to
re-consider the use of space within their home.
The house utilizes a centralized living space that
needs. It consists of two distinct interfaces, one
exterior and one interior.
The exterior interface is performative, from an
architectural and an energy use standpoint.
ventilation, shading, daylighting, and the
modulation of light and shadow. The facade,
composed of re-claimed Ohio barn siding, acts as
a rain-screen and draws subtle reference to Ohio’s
agriculture heritage.

4. Interface House is designed in response to
the oversized contemporary (American) living
condition. To promote consolidation, the design
demonstrates a minimal footprint, both physically
and ecologically; suggesting a lifestyle in which
and responding to the natural environment.
center space surrounded by the interior interface,
the interactive wall surface that contains the
house’s program. Program components are
concealed or revealed by the interior interface,
allowing the space to adapt to the individuals’
becomes bedroom, space becomes theater for
entertaining).
Additionally, furniture is designed to be stored
inside the interface when not in use. This allows
the space to comfortably accommodate typical
allow for spontaneous entertaining.

5. The exterior interface responds to different
environmental conditions. The south façade is
articulated by a trombe wall designed to softly
acrylic tubes which act as a thermal mass.
designed to prevent unwanted solar heat gain
in the summer and utilize it for passive heating
during cooler months.
The house is sited to optimize passive sustainable
strategies. It is canted 10 degrees for optimal
solar gain and to channel southwestern breezes
is comprised of operable vertical louvers that
shade the glazing and modulate light and privacy.

6. Every aspect of the Interface House was
student lead. The house was designed and
built by six architecture students on The OSU
campus, transported to Washington D.C. for the
International competition and afterwards, to its
current home, The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Out of 20 teams, Ohio State placed 8th in archi-
tecture and 10th overall.
The house’s construction drawings and project
manual can be found on the Solar Decathlon Web Members of the architecture team (myself
site : included) assembling and installing the custom,
www.solardecathlon.org operable louvers for the east and west facades.
The 2009 OSU Solar Decathlon House archive :
www.solardecathlon.osu.edu/2009/

7. house
2010. Solar Decathlon Design Competition
Design Collaborator : Dave Nedrow
The INTROhouse is designed for the typical
post-industrial American city where the loss of
manufacturing has left a ring of vacant industrial
sites surrounding the downtown. Adjacent to the
central business district, these sites are ideal for
re-colonization by people moving back to the city.
INTROhouse is designed as a catalyst for this
process.
The existing post-industrial language of the site
forms the basis for the house’s architectural
identity. The structure is clad in rugged materials
emblematic of an aging industrial infrastructure. A
garden provide the house’s occupants with views
INTRO. ject INTRO. duce INTRO. vert INTRO.spect
a new way of thinking additional context unconventional form focused inward
landscape.

8. PLAN
north
0 20' 50'
SECTION PERSPECTIVE
HEAT EXHAUST
PASSIVE VENTILATION BIFACIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
SUPERINSULATED WALLS
GREY WATER TREATMENT
WINTER AIR INTAKE
SUMMER AIR INTAKE
CISTERNS
RAIN WATER CATCHMENT
REMEDIATIVE LANDSCAPE

9. The south elevation of the house is comprised of
a double-skin system used to harness heat in the
winter and ventilate it in the summer. It consists
of an outer layer of factory style glazing, a 12-inch
deep airspace with operable, perforated metal
screens acting as heat sinks, and an inner layer of
double-glazing.
The house’s photovoltaic array uses
polycrystalline, bi-facial panels to produce
electricity. Mounted horizontally above the
house’s roof, the panels harvest ambient light for
increased electrical production, while shading the
roof from direct solar gain.
A portion of the photovoltaic array uses combined
photovoltaic-solar thermal panels, which preheat
the house’s domestic hot water supply.
VENTILATED FACADE PREHEAT SYSTEM PHOTOVOLTAIC/ PV SOLAR THERMAL PANELS
ELECTRICAL:
EXHAUST AIR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY
FRESH AIR INTAKE
ENERGY RECOVERY
(SUMMER) VENTILATOR
VENTILATED FACADE SOLAR AIR-AIR/AIR-H20
PREHEAT SYSTEM HEAT PUMP
DC DISCONNECT
INVERTER
AC DISCONNECT
SERVICE PANEL
UTILITY METER
TO UNDERFLOOR TO GRID
DISTRIBUTION
SOLAR THERMAL PANELS
DRAINBACK TANK
BUFFER TANK
FRESH AIR INTAKE
(WINTER)
TO LAVS
FROM SUPPLY AND SHOWER
TANK
PERFORATED METAL
WATER:
SOLAR COLLECTOR

10. The INTROhouse’s conceptual design was part
of a competitive proposal process required to
gain acceptance in to the 2011 Solar Decathlon
Competition.
The house’s winning design boards and physical
model were featured at the National Building
Museum in Washington, D.C. as part of:
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011
Finalists: A Special Presentation
May 1, 2010 - July 25, 2010
National Building Museum

11. 2007. Fall Studio. Prof. Stephen Turk
enthusiast residing in a small Clintonville
neighborhood. The house embodies three forms
of projection: physical, phenomenological, and
photographical.
a pronounced cantilever that ‘projects’ over a
recessed exterior garden. This physical projection
creates a theater wherein the house’s inhabitants
can have a privileged view of their surroundings.

12. Section Through Recessed Garden
Studio
Studio
Cantilev
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Observa d
tion
Gallery
Second Floor First Floor
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13. The south side (street side) of the house becomes
activated by the actions of the occupants inside.
The resulting visual effects are displayed on
the translucent glazing facing Oakland Avenue.
Silhouette, light and shadow, and subtle
differentiations in color and luminosity are all
displayed to the street and the neighborhood
beyond.
Section Diagram

14. The transformative nature of the street facade
creates many cinematic effects representative
of the tempo of its inhabitants’ activities. This is
the most public form of projection as the street
facade becomes a virtual screen for viewing.
The ‘aspect ratio’ of the glazing is 2.20:1, an
to equal frames, helping to balance and organize
the composition.
Sectional variation is a strong theme throughout
the house’s interior and exterior. The front facade
is little activity inside. Although, once dusk
approaches, interior depth and complexity begin
to register to the exterior.
The street facade represents projection in its
phenomenological form. Literal, photographical
projection occurs when images are projected on to
light.

15. The projected images create a glow that
emanates from the recessed garden at night.
creating a playful dance of light and shadow.
facade towards the cantilevered space projecting
over the garden. This is a transitional space where
the user sheds the role of the performer as he
walks away from the street. Once in the projected
space, he gains a private, privileged view of the
garden space below.
The garden walls form a new horizon line, and
contain a quiet, contemplative space that frames
the main house. Here, inhabitants witness the
physical projection of the house as it seemingly
extends towards them.

16. Steven D. Winter
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