DAAPworks

Congratulations to our Class of ‘24 DAAP Graduate Students! 🎓

DAAPworks is only two weeks away! Join us for The opening reception on April 23rd and get ready to be amazed!

Where: 342 Clifton Court, Cincinnati OH, 45221
When: Tuesday, 6 - 8pm | Wednesday - Friday, 9am - 9pm |Saturday, 10am - 2pm

Meet Brendán Murphy ‘93, DAAPworks ‘24 logo designer!

Brendán is a Senior Partner and Global Creative Director at Lippincott. With a rich background hailing from Dublin, Ireland, Brendán brings over 30 years of unparalleled expertise in visual and verbal design, a significant portion of which was honed during his tenure at Lippincott.

While his brand work is a staple of everyday consumer life, perhaps most iconic is his design of the universal access symbol for the sight, hearing and physically impaired, now used by cities and organizations around the world.

This year’s captivating logo design originated from the DAAP Alumni Napkin Sketch Competition. The logo was further developed as an amalgamation of graceful overlapping concentric circles.

Get ready to embark on a visual journey that reflects innovation, creativity, and the incredible talent of our Class of 2024 seniors.

🗓️ Save the date for DAAPworks '24 and get ready to be amazed!

Annah Saladonis’s Why Basic Income is a Women’s Issue: The Piloting of a Guaranteed Income Program in Cincinnati — Urban Studies awardee, raises the issue in Cincinnati where women, especially Black women, are amongst the poorest group with the least agency. “The largest demographic living in poverty in Hamilton County are females 18-24, followed by females 25-34. A Basic Income Program would allow women better opportunities and choices. For example, women could further their education, stay home and raise a family, or leave a toxic/unsafe job or relationship. By providing an individual income, with no strings attached, allows the community to explore its potential to reduce gender inequities and allow economic autonomy.”

Learn more about Saladonis’s project at sopdaapworks.com/whybasicincomeisawomensissue!

Our final School of Planning awardee, Sarah Tengen of Urban Planning — “What if the Purple People Bridge Could Be the Catalyst for Biophilic Design in Cincinnati?”. autonomy.” Tengen explores studies that have shown how contact with nature provides a wide range of positive physical and mental health benefits. “The Purple People Bridge is the catalyst of this green corridor, linking Cincinnati to Newport, Kentucky; this link is an opportunity for a regional network of green infrastructure and pedestrian mobility.“

Learn more about Tengen’s project at sopdaapworks.com/catalysttobiophilicdesign!

Stella Dionysiou and James McLaughlin’s Buffer and Vegetative Groundcovers — Horticulture awardees, demonstrates the importance of plant selection and buffer initiation in the plan for the Fairview dog park!

Learn more about the group’s project at sopdaapworks.com/bufferandvegetativegroundcovers.🌿

Gave Weber and Kyle Gibbs’s Revive the Rhine — Orville Simpsons Future awardees, raises the questions around the revival of the Miami-Erie Canal in downtown Cincinnati. “Cincinnati once had the Miami-Erie canal running along its Downtown edge. A community landmark that gave the adjacent neighborhood its name, Over-the-Rhine, when German residents compared crossing the canal to crossing the Rhine River in Germany. Train and car expansions made the canal obsolete. So a century ago, the canal was filled in for roadways. What if Cincinnati had a canal running through its Downtown, similar to San Antonio Riverwalk, Amsterdam, or OKC's Bricktown; could we create the same economic driver and vibrant identity here in the Queen City coupled with green infrastructure to improve our urban ecology and stormwater management?”

Anna Mueller’s Climate Resiliant Playbook in Greater Cincinnati — Master of Community Planning awardee, “provides a guide that offers different approaches to solving climate change and in-migration issues the greater Cincinnati region faces. It is addressed to municipalities, community developers, organizations, and the general public to learn more about what is at stake and take action against the challenges the future holds. It involves taking social, economic, environmental, and infrastructure factors into account, and delivers a toolkit of objectives, strategies, designs, and recommendations that these entities can apply to their own plans and projects. It also includes a theoretical framework, scenario, example designs, and precedents to aid in understanding and implementation.”

Learn more about Mueller’s project at the link in our SOP highlight!🔗

Gauri Patil’s Urban Escape — Master of Landscape Architecture awardee, focuses on the need for increased green spaces in urban environments. “This would be beneficial not only the physical health, but also serve a space that would help nurture the mental health of communities living in a fast-paced life of a city.” This project gives opportunity for increased community health and activity by promoting bike paths, as well as education, as it teaches of the Wasson Way railroad.

Learn more about Patil’s project at the link in our SOP highlight!🔗

James McKenna’s Earthbound — Master of Fine Arts awardee, installation at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.

View more of work at jamesmckennametal.onfabrik.com!

Vernay Monroe’s Unknowable — Fine Arts awardee, explores the relationship that humans have with the unknowable through the compositional exploration of the human figure juxtaposed with abstract architecture. “…The compositional anatomy of these images compile an observation of known, familiar, information together and rearranges it to arrive at an uncanny image that alludes to the feeling of impotence when confronted by an inescapable concept.”

View more of Vernay’s work at vernaymonroeart.com.🔗

Andrea Jeffers’ study on Defying the Definition of Gender in Life and Art — Art History awardee, studies Suzanne Valadon’s piece in “hopes to give better insight on why Valadon’s works were championed during her life, but the recognition faded after her death. Through her work, Valadon’s not only challenged the rules of the day, but she reclaimed the female bide in her work, the woman was no longer an object to be viewed but a subject in her own right.”

Learn more about Andrea Jeffers’ study on the DAAPworks website!

Danielle Schuster’s Silent Calls of Falling Trees, Directors’ Choice — Fine Arts awardee, “studies the patriarchal history of landscape photography, and the way both personal and shared experiences effect how I make images in natural spaces.”

Learn more about .schuster2 Capstone on the DAAPworks website.🔗

Ashton Templeton’s Reimagining the Astrodome, Director’s Choice — Interior Design awardee, takes a look at the Houston Astrodome, the first dome stadium of its kind that soon began the era of new American stadiums popping up in every major city across the US to host both MOB and NFL teams in one building. “The all-purpose stadium ultimately failed to host both sports well, and all except the Astrodome have been demolished and replaced, but Historical Landmark status has kept it standing.” “This project proposes to shift the use of the Astrodome to a hotel and crafted hospitality experience that speaks to its history rooted in sports and the direct for innovation in the city of Houston.”

Learn more about Templeton’s piece at https://issuu.com/bs-interiors/docs/marinic_templeton_ashton_reimagining_the_astrodome.

Steven Almond’s The Irony of Fate, Directors’ Choice — Simpson Urban Futures awardee, works to “raise consciousness about the wide array of endangered Soviet sites that still exist throughout Eurasia to ensure that the challenges of utilizing such locations in contemporary urban context, are brought into the general knowledge of architectural education and practice.”

Learn more about Steven Almond’s Capstone at the link in our SAID highlight.🔗

Jacob Bernan’s An Epistle on Beauty Chapls of the Sacred Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, Directors’ Choice — Master of Architecture awardee, is an epistle and architectural proposal to “convey the goodness, truth and beauty wrought by the crucifixion story of Christ holistically and radiantly. It is an example of how to visualize and experience the stations of the cross through the layers of landscape and space.”

Learn more about .a.c.bernans final Capstone at the link in our SAID highlight!

Lamia Albunni’s Migrating Sandscapes From the Microparticle to the Architecture, Directors’ Choice — Master of Architecture awardee, speaks of the widespread phenomenon of the migration of dunes. “The significance of the desert is evident in its rich resources and poetic cultures; thus, it is crucial to consider the usage of abundant resources, rethink the current architectural position and educate the next generations.”

Leant more about Migrating Sandscapes at https://issuu.com/archundergrad/docs/mcinturf_albumni_lamia_migrating_sandscapes.

Riley Ewing and Jacob Kuhn’s Memorial Orchard, Directors’ Choice — Architecture group awardees, is “a new sustainable and affordable burial method. The body is turned into fertilizer giving the nutrients essential for any of our fruit trees. This allows the deceased to give back to their family after they have passed away. While the life of the tree will eventually end, the memory of the person will always be contained through our memory wall.”

Learn more about Memorial Orchard at https://issuu.com/archundergrad/docs/tetrault_jacob-kuhn_riley-ewing.

Ellie Dedrick and Brie Voetberg’s urban FABRIC, Directors’ Choice — Architecture group awardees, created infrastructure that is a “larger than life space fragmented into the human scale with programmatic modules. We combine this with an open ground floor to emphasize transparency with the city scape that surrounds.”

View more of their beautiful process work at https://issuu.com/archundergrad/docs/serrat_dedrickvoetberg_urbanfabrics!

Lauren McCaroll’s re-defining [failure], Directors’ Choice — Architecture awardee, proves the idea that we are not tied to our traditional methods. That “failure” in a new context can lead to success, and it can also “fail” again. McCaroll sheds light on this concept in relation to modular housing, and the struggles it’s faced in the past. “With the precision of CNC machine technology, we now have the tools to design intricate joints off site, which lowers the cost of labor and increases the speed of production on site.”

Learn more about re-designing [failure] at https://issuu.com/archundergrad/docs/lauren-mccarroll_digital-daapworks/s/23070578.

Shelby Schaffer‘s Full Circle Futures, Directors’ Choice — MDes awardee, promotes the importance of Circular Design (CD) and it’s abilities to help us reduce our negative impact on the environment. Through extensive research, Shaffer created a toolkit consisting of six CD teaching principles, student worksheets, curriculum roadmap, and slide decks to make these short-form CD lessons seamless for educators. The future is circular. The future is now.

Learn more about Shelby’s Thesis on her Behance www.behance.net/shelbyschaffer23!

Amanda Casey’s Good Riddance!, Directors’ Choice — Communication Design awardee, is an app that brings clothing trade to the local level. “Students now have access to new-to-them garments on their own time, connecting a community who cares about the environmental impact of their purchasing habits.”

Learn more about the app on her Behance, www.behance.net/amandacasey.

Please join us Tuesday, April 25th from 6-8 PM for the Opening Reception of DAAPworks 2023. Each year, the DAAPworks event highlights the creative output of the graduating class from the top-ranked College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati. We hope to see you there!

Here's a little sneak peek of the designs you will see on the 2022 DAAP Fashion Show video released in the coming days! Kuddos to Laurie Wilson and the countless helpers for making it a reality! (Designers in order: Katie Debbane, Paige Leneigh Robinson, Joanna Gonzalez, My'keesia McCoy, Natalie Batch, Catherine Bryan)