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︎simon needham︎

︎ needhasw@mail.uc.edu
Mark

vessel_brewery_


prof. michael_mcinturf
fall_2022
cincinnati_ohio

cincinnati design award 27 winner (student) [2023]
https://cincinnatidesignawards.com/entry/vessel-brewery/

aia ohio student design competition 1st place award [2023]
https://aiaohio.org/design-awards/student-design-award-winners/

Both an aggregate and system of individual vessels, this brewery takes the formal qualities of fermentation tanks and reasserts them as abstracted versions. The vessels ground themselves deep into the earth with precast concrete columnar legs and lift the building onto an overhead concrete plinth. Above ground, the plinth’s arms reach out towards the Ohio River with rentable party spaces and connects to the Purple People Bridge on the southwest. Elevating the building allows for ground access between the park and street. The raised pedestal floor system atop the concrete plinth creates a horizontal plenum, allowing space for MEP. The glulam-structured vessel tops huddle together and overlap, intersecting and fusing to form a dynamic interior where wall seamlessly becomes ceiling, met by punctured skyward apertures.




exterior perspective︎︎︎




1/4” = 1’=0” section perspective︎︎︎




individual vessel︎︎︎




poche and lighting studies︎︎︎




diagram sequence︎︎︎




site plan + brewing process diagram︎︎︎




floor plans︎︎︎




building elevations︎︎︎




1/4” = 1’-0” physical model photos︎︎︎









design and material changes made in the following academic semester (with help from partner Jacob Mackin for our Integrated Technology class). These design changes focused on changing the “top half” of the building that sits on the plinth into a homogenous, concrete-poured building. To support this, the formwork was drawn along with a casting schedule and aggregate specifications for material finishing︎︎︎
Mark