Designing Livingston Avenue

Description

This was a project by Susana Murillo for the CRP Internship award competition, Spring 2006. Student projects on affordable housing, neighborhood (re)development, environmental preservation, transportation, and other topics were displayed in the Banvard Gallery at the Knowlton School of Architecture on May 29 through June 9, 2006. The task involved creating a 3D-model of a project located on Livingston Avenue. The project had two parts. The first one consisted of creating a 3D-model of the boyhood home of Capitan Eddle Rickerbauer and developing a space to pay homage to Grandville T. Woods. Both personalities were born in Columbus and the City wants to recognize their work. The second objective of the project is to provide a catalyst for the revitalization of the neighborhood surrounding the Rickkenbauer House. It is a predominantly African-American neighborhood, which is not in severe decline, but needs some improvement. The model is based on prototypical projects done by the Neighborhood Design Center for similar neighborhoods. The proposal creates a streetscape of mixed-use development - mainly first floor commercial and second floor residential. The idea is to illustrate the re-development potential of the area. - Susana Murillo 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. Keywords: United States, Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, student work, KSA, internship, Banvard Gallery, poster, streetscape, drawings and plans, renderings, computer simulations.