CHRISTIAN EDWARD KOCHUBABachelor of Science, Architecture

University of Virginia [2016]

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THE MISSING LINKUniversity of Virginia, Fall 2013

Lynchburg, Virginia is a city rich in education and history. A dense, urban fabric once thrived around its James River port, leaving a few distant farms in the southern countryside.

Over the course of Lynchburg’s history, the desire for suburbia, the establishment of large educational institutions, and the implementation of a rail line severing connection to the James River have led the community to flee the city and sprawl into the hills. As a “shrinking city,” Lynchburg desperately needs an intervention to link the broken, scattered pieces of its community. The installation of a Minimetro line seeks to provide a sustainable, efficient, and scenic way of travel for Lynchburg residents, while uniting communities and bridging gaps between the suburbs, the city, and the wilderness. Metro stops are placed at critical intersections of orientation, traffic flow, and lines of history, while also considering the accessibility and bike-ability of Lynchburg.

station studies

current flows

projected flows

3Downtown Metro Site // Water flow strategies + spatial block analysis

Lynchburg waterflow map

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Downtown Minimetro Station // place as an intersection + proun Critical Intersection // sightline from river to courthouse intersects historic warehouse walk

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LANDFILL TO LANDFORMUniversity of Virginia, Spring 2014

Xaveer de Geyter Award of Design

Methane

trash

Recycling Center

Compost Center

landfill to landform

WAL-MART

Big Box landfill to landformNew High Density Res.

Methane

producer

Corporationproduct waste

municipal employees

landfill

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consumer

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waste ascatalyst

municipal employees

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VORTEX Competition

Trash as Waste

Trash as Resource

We are about to drown in our plastic bottles and baby diapers. The year is 2059. The existing Charlottesville landfills are closing and we no longer can hide trash off-site via this infrastructure – it must be dealt with locally. Trash is now the generator of a new urban system driven by a different type of waste infrastructure. Charlottesville’s strip malls and suburban landscapes are now cultural artifacts that are adapted into a new type of urban form generated by waste processing and landfill strategies.

On route 29, the waste output of the commercial strip is stored in place in a linear landfilling strategy that creates inhabitable public spaces along the highway. The buildup of these landfills create spectacle along the drive, and reflect outputs of the commercial system, all while creating a new source of energy for current developments through methane production.

In the city fabric around 29, new pockets of density are centered around collection, distribution, storage and processing of waste. Neighborhood collection facilities, sorting and processing facilities, and storage and manufacturing facilities become hubs of mixed use commercial activity and public space.

As route 29 becomes an exciting corridor of mixed use and new urban forms, it also exists as a catalyst for more polycentric commercial activity, generating new industries and providing jobs that support this localized trash infrastructure.

Landfill to Landform was a collaborative effort. Responsibilities:-concept analysis + extrapolation-extensive researching + diagramming-explorative modes of project representation-final symposium presentation + explanation.

Collection Center

New + ReadaptedMixed-Use Buildings

Recreational TrailNetwork

Collection Center

Processing Plant

Landfill to Landform Network

Local Train Stops

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PHASE I // collection centers + repurposed rail line

PHASE II // tram line expansion densifies + landform defines space

PHASE III // collection + recycling thrives, completed landform

YWAM | TRIBAL WAVESPolson, Montana, Summer 2014

Elegant, efficient, small-scale storage structures act as a catalyst for larger development plans on a community outreach campus [located on Flathead Native American Reservation]. Designed + built by students in conjunction with 100 Fold Studio, these movable units respond to their wide-ranging climatic context while pointing to an inspiring + inclusive learning environment.

Responsibilities: -Client interviews, site analysis, collective conceptual scheme of reorganized campus masterplan -Full collaboration in schematic design, design development, + construction of storage structures.

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BeamsSiding Joist-Floor/roofRim JoistDecking4x4 PostsFramingPurlinsSecondary StudsPrimary StudsMetal RoofingDoor

custom barn doors offer versitality of utility + reference local Native American motifs

corrugated metal roofs extend outward + wrap to the ground,offering snow protection + optimal wood storage

scored + painted detailing diologues with grassy, mountainous surroundings8

GUTTER WALLUniversity of Virginia, Fall 2014

Gutter Wall utilizes the techniques of local metal manufacturers, taking advantage of the smooth, lightweight, corrosive-resistant qualities of aluminum. As an alternative to the typical gutter system, where water is rapidly collected from rooftops and scoured across impermeable ground surfaces, Gutter Wall seeks to slow water down, chan-neling it across the facade, and allowing it to filter into the aquifer below. This goal is achieved by a repeatable bent strip system composed of pieces that direct water to the left or right. Pre-cut or punched notches grant access to endless aggregation pat-terns, giving the user control over composition and waterflow direction with only two types of strips. Set forth for the purpose of mass reproducibility and customization, Gut-ter Wall is an experiential system that exploits the fabrication processes of aluminum.

Responsibilities: -Material fabrication experimentation leading to product design, implementation, + performance testing-Collaboration with Cellular Materials International in complex metal-working + design-Full-scale prototyping of system- welding, plasma cutting, bending, + shaping metal

PROJECT VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_13brEKhPT4

Featured in: SNACK [SARC publication]UVa SARC Year in Review publication [front + back cover], exhibited in OpenGrounds [Charlottesville]

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one strip with angled bends is mirrored, estab-lishing water movement in two directions [right + left]

1-directional:aggregating strips with

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water solely to that direction

2-directional:aggregating strips in op-posite directions creates columns of water down

the facade

2-directional, shifted:staggering columns of water across facade

allows for greater design variation and

movement

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mirroring folded aluminum strip + inducing a cut pattern that accommodates all combinations of those strips allows for mass reproduction + customization

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structural wall

rainwater collected + dispersed along strips

slowed waterflow enters into aquiferfor optimal environmental results

rainwater is channeled and slowed based on desired strip aggregation patterns

breather membrane

insulation

weatherproof barrier

air gap

metal strip cladding

Gutter Wall is experiential part of everyday life

full-scale testing proves Gutter Wall’s success as rainwater direction system11

ADDITIONAL WORKSDrawing, painting, collage, sculpture, photography

CHRISTIAN EDWARD KOCHUBABachelor of Science, ArchitectureUniversity of Virginia [2016]