This was a student project by Doug Stechschulte for Rob Livesey's ARCH 442 course, Winter 2007. After a precedent investigation of mat-buildings and organizational strategies, the design for this casino and hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio was focused on the connection and continuation of the site's infrastructural networks. One of the primary opportunities was the continuation of Town Street, which was split by an existing building which covered the site. By allowing Town Street to connect, a linear east-west organizational strategy was defined for the ground level. Due to the great amount of program needed, systems were created to split the programmatic elements into smaller bars based on the size needed for each piece as well as its' percentage of the whole. By then creating a north-south orientation for the second level, the roofs of the ground level elements were able to be used as islands for circulating between the elements of the second level as well as exterior amenities. The hotel rooms, which were the third and forth levels, used a similar strategy of alternating orientations. These two levels however were elevated above the first two and act as a screen to create a patterned lighting across the lower roofs. This patterned lighting was created by the systematic spacing and repeating of hotel rooms which, when repeated and rotated on the next level, created a variety of configurations and usable patios...... - Doug Stechschulte This work is a part of the online collections of the Knowlton School of Architecture Student Archives, The Ohio State University. It is part of an effort to make accessible student work ranging from the first student that graduated from the program in 1903 to the present. The effort to preserve and digitize drawings in the Student Archives was sponsored in part by the Graham Foundation.
