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May 2018 - April 2019

Bee home

Medium: Design Research Document
Team Size: 1
Duration: 8 months

 

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Bee Home was developed during my final two semesters at the University of Cincinnati for my Interior Design degree. I choose to focus my project on the preservation of honey bees, and proposed a communal beekeeping facility at the local YMCA. The facility contained an outdoor rooftop garden with four hives and an indoor community center in which classes and maintenance would take place. The first semester of the project I spent gathering research on honey bees; this included the positive effects they have biologically and the negative causes of their alarming decline. The following semester I spent designing meaningful ways to tackle the problem through interior design.

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I created a research book for the project in which I created all the graphics for (excluding 9 images used for precedents). I did this to create a cohesive style, and parallel the overall design of the facility I designed.

SPATIAL COLLAGES

SECTION PERSPECTIVE

The facility was located on the 4th floor of a nine story YMCA building in the heart of downtown Cincinnati.  The location was chose based on ample public transport, garden access, and distance to local parks to create an enticing space for local honey bees to thrive. 

MAIN SPACES

  • Entry/Local Honey Showcase
  • Community Space

  • Classrooms

  • Honey Extraction

  • Garden/Hives

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COMMUNITY SPACE

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community 

craft display shelving

view to garden/hives

GARDEN

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lOCAL BEE FRIENDLY PLANTS

HONEY

EXTRACTION

BEE POLLINATION SITES

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WASHINGTON PARK

BEEKEEPING FACILITY

LYTLE PARK

DEVOU PARK

ADEQUATE SITE

Adequate pollination sites have a variety of pollen sources, but have some limitations including large gatherings of people or geographic obstacles such as the ohio river.

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HAUCK BOTANIC GARDENS

EDEN PARK

BEEKEEPING FACILITY

SMALE RIVERFRONT PARK

IDEAL SITE

Ideal pollination sites have a great variety of pollen sources for all types of pollinators including bees, birds, and butterflies.

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FAIRVIEW  PARK

INWOOD PARK

BELLEVUE PARK

JACKSON HILL PARK

DEER CREEK COMMON

BEEKEEPING FACILITY

LAUREL PARK

POTENTIAL SITE

Potential pollination sites are mainly large lawn spaces, however they have the potential to become great pollination sites with the addition of bee friendly

garden beds.

PAGE SAMPLES FROM BOOK

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