Bass Studio Architects seeks an architectural intern for our design focused office.
We are seeking an individual who displays strong design, creative problem solving and presentation skills. Successful applicants will also be self starters, flexible thinkers and have strong interpersonal skills.
Education
Bachelor’s from an NAAB accredited University (required)
M.Arch (preferred)
Experience/Skills
2-4 yrs experience in an architecture office desired
Design skills in all phases of project conceptualization, documentation and a desire to grow with the firm
Familiarity with Vectorworks a plus
Knowledge of Adobe software (Photoshop, Acrobat Pro)
Knowledge of Microsoft software (Word, Excel)
Please provide work samples and references with Resume
Like many of our clients, Bass Studio Architects has been working from home for the past several months. This time away from our typical office environment has caused us to take a deeper look back on our previous studies of the office. Our interest has focused back on one particularly relevant project, Workstate. Completed in 2015, Workstate is the Columbus office of a national Software Development company.
The discussions with the client centered around the concept of the open vs private office. Workstate held a strong belief that a private workspace is crucial for individuals comfort and productivity. The project became a study on how to develop a private workspace, without isolating employees from their coworkers. In light of Covid-19, this concept of separation without isolation seems increasingly relevant. The question on our minds is, if new considerations of social distancing should be a permanent factor in future office design?
At the time of the design the primary concern was that of acoustic isolation, while maintaining visual and spatial connection in each office pod. However, it is worth revisiting these now in their relation to distancing, and community health.
Two primary strategies are used to create a sense of connection for the 16 private offices. Running in banks south to north, each of the offices have aligning internal windows. Additionally, translucent polycarbonate walls at the north and south bring diffuse light into each bank of offices.
In addition to the acoustic isolation, these private offices have the now pertinent benefit of allowing each person their own socially distanced workspace (when they return to the office). In these uncertain times we cannot predict what the long-term future of the conventional office may be. However, we hope to start a dialogue with the community into how we designers may develop more fulfilling and healthy workplaces.
Please support your local restaurants if you are able. Restauranteurs are business people who have made large investments to bring us the venues in our communities. They have been extremely hard hit by the recent restrictions on their operations. It is possible to support local restaurants and their staff by ordering carryout, delivery or buying gift cards; most of this can be done online. The following is a shout out to our local and regional Clients, with information about services, times and websites. Be safe!
HARRISON WEST: 1105 Pennsylvania Ave. CLINTONVILLE : 3481 N High St. Both locations open for Carry Out - 8:00AM to 3:00PM + GIFT CARDS www.katalinas.com
GAHANNA: 1325 Stoneridge Drive, Gahanna, Ohio, 43230 Open for Dinner Carry Out - 4:00PM to 8:30PM + Door Dash, Grub Hub, Post Mates + GIFT CARDS. www.asiangourmetandsushibar.com
BALTIMORE, OHIO : in design, but the original family owned restaurant is open: 601 W Market St, Baltimore, OH 43105 Open for Carry Out - Mon thru Saturday 10:30AM - 9:00PM - Sunday 11:30AM -9:00PM + GIFT CARDS - nice drive! facebook / Schaffner’s
EASTON/COLUMBUS: 4210 Stelzer Road Consult website for available services +GIFT CARDS. www.sakuracolumbus.com
WORTHINGTON: 6880 High St, DUBLIN: 50 W Bridge St, 43017 Both locations open for Dinner Carry Out - 4:30PM to 8:30PM Tuesday through Sunday + Uber Eats + GIFT CARDS www.jliurestaurant.com
Closed until further notice. Gift cards www.bibibop.com
Clintonville: 4784 N High St, Open for Carry Out - 10:00AM to 1:00PM Saturday - order on website by Thurs 5:00 + GIFT CARDS www.mozartscafe.com
CINCINNATI, OHIO: 3501 Erie Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45208 Consult website for available services + GIFT CARDS www.3501seoul.com
DAYTON, OHIO: The Greene Town Center, 15 Greene Blvd, Beavercreek, OH 45440 Consult website for available services. + GIFT CARDS www.degs.com
UPPER ARLINGTON/GRANDVIEW: 1633 W Lane Ave Closed until further notice + GIFT CARDS www.ophcentralohio.com
OLDE TOWNE EAST; COLUMBUS: 734 Oak Street. Curbside Growler pickup+ GIFT www.gemutbiergarten.com
UPPER ARLINGTON/GRANDVIEW: 1629 Northwest Blvd Open for Carry Out - 11:00AM - 9:00PM every day + Uber Eats + Look for their food trucks + GIFT CARDS www.loopsgoodfood.com
WORTHINGTON : 161 E Campus View Blvd, Open for Carry Out - 11:30AM to 8:00PM every day
HILLIARD: 1844 Hilliard Rome Rd Open for Carry Out - 11:30AM to 8:00PM every day except Monday. + Grub Hub + GIFT CARDS www.woodyswinghouse.com
The addition and renovation of an existing building on Rome- Hilliard Road is the second unit of the Woody’s Wing House Chain. The design of the exterior references classic roadside restaurants. The interior is wood covered warmth with a sea of TV’s for sports lovers.
Elie enjoyed the amazing wings at the soft opening. Great job Elie!
Glad to see this little hidden gem going vertical. We managed to achieve three dwelling unit and a 1,000 square foot bar/restaurant in a 1,00 square foot residual space (look for earlier post for more detals).
Second and part of the Third Floor framing
View from the Second Floor Micro unit - Harrison West
We are excited to announce construction has begun on our project in the Harrison West District. Working within an incredibly tight on the corner of Michigan and Third Ave, this project has worked its way through several regulatory hurdles. Working within the infill site this unique urban jewel provides three new apartments as well as a bar on the ground floor. The height and slopped roof of the building provide space for bedroom mezzanines within the apartments, maximizing square footage in the narrow site.
Though uniquely dense for Columbus, the project seeks to be a contextual continuation of its neighboring structures. Pulling from the vernacular construction in the area, a historic parapet line is referenced at the street line while the apartments above recede. This reduces the presence the mass of the building has on the street, while providing privacy inside and a patio outside. The materiality is designed to blend with the historic market building to its north. The façade and massing is also a reference to the shingle style motif of a continuous surface wrapping the form, which is then carved to create a porch.
We are happy to announce that Elie Younes is joining our team at Bass Studio Architects! Elie graduated from the Notre Dame University in 2017 and joins us after starting his career in Beirut, Lebanon. We are looking forward to working with Elie as he leaves his mark on all of our projects in the coming years!
For a special Throwback Thursday, we offer a picture of our principal, Tim Bass, posing in his Columbus Visitor's Center project in 1987. Completed while he was a young architect with NBBJ prior to forming Bass Studio Architects, the 1,100 SF space in the lobby of the One Columbus building was designed with Mel Dodge, then the director of Columbus Parks and Recreation.
He says that the custom aquarium pictured was inspired by the Italian architect, Aldo Rossi. It also turns out that his mustache was inspired by the '80s!
Bass Studio Architects is working with the Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center, Family Services; a 40-year-old community based social services organization that serves Columbus's Clintonville neighborhood and beyond. The CRC Family Services has served over 440,000 meals to those in need, reaching thousands of families with their array of services. We're humbled to play a small part in fostering their mission by helping with the redesign of their Choice Food Pantry and related food support mission.
Some projects are more challenging than others! Faced with an incredibly tight site and the prospect of simply replacing a one story, existing structure, Bass Studio Architects helped our Client shape a creative solution. Thinking outside of the box allowed us to create a unique urban jewel box. The solution provides our Client with commercial space on the first floor, with two new loft units, and a bonus micro unit above. The building scale is responsive to the neighborhood, urban context and may become one of those unique urban episodes one finds when wandering around vibrant urban areas.
The design process included resolving a myriad of regulatory hurdles in weaving the new structure into the tight site and building mix. Look for it soon!
... is eating the food! It's been our pleasure to assist a repeat client in developing his new chicken wing restaurant concept called Woody's Wing House in North Columbus, and we were recently lucky enough to taste-test the product. The wings were incredible!
While we're sipping hot apple cider and waiting for trick-or-treaters tonight, we'll be thinking about how Victorian architecture adds to the fun of the season thanks to this great NPR piece! We hope you'll enjoy it too!
Bass Studio Architects is thrilled to have a hand in renovating the historic F.E. Avery and Son Auto Garage in the Old Towne East neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Initially built in 1899, the building facilitated the sale and maintenance of Packard (and eventually Pontiac) automobiles through portions of the 1980's. Noted as "One of the most modern and complete public garages of the Buckeye Capital", the building still retains much of its original charm. We've fallen in love with its timber trusses and large windows, while the building's subsequent additions (dated 1900-1909) introduced unique structural systems that create a diverse array of spaces throughout.
Although parts of the building have seen better days, BSA is working with owner Dean Adamantitis to convert it to a residential/commercial mixed-use. We are excited to collaborate with our client, the City of Columbus, and the neighborhood give new life to this special character on the East Side.
Columbus is projected to add two million people in the next 32 years - or 62,500 per year. Lets start discussing how to move all these new friends around efficiently and productively.
It’s the time of year! My mind drifts to The Pumpkin Show, in Circleville, Ohio: Central Ohioans have been enjoying this festival focused on the harvest, fall and all things PUMPKIN since 1903. Circleville rolls out the welcome matt for the festival, shutting down the streets in the center of town to vehicular traffic for several days each year.
Ever wonder about the "circle" in Circleville? Circleville was in fact laid out as a circular pattern of streets with a courthouse at the center around 1810 . The circle was modified over decades by business leaders assuming a greater efficiency in a grid pattern. By the mid 1850's no trace of the circle remained.
I had always assumed the circle was derived from notions of ideal cities, city planning ideas prevalent at the time of its original platting, or influence from the utopian movements in America in the 1800’s. In fact, the town was laid out inside of a circular Hopewell Indian earthwork that had existed on the site for a millennium (an adjacent square earthwork was connected - perhaps a ceremonial pairing).
Claude Nicholas Ledoux -idealized plan for a city -partially realized
Hopewell Indian mound - Circleville was laid out inside the circular mound
Circleville - early image
The transformation of Circleville over time
Idealized city planning
Overlay of Circleville plan on the original Hopewell mounds
Shortly after this picture was taken with his high school band in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA, Chris attended The Ohio State University where he completed his B.S. in Architecture. He enjoys history, Pirates baseball, and occasionally jammin' out on his guitar. Since joining BSA in 2015, Chris has been involved from start to finish in a wide range of our favorite projects, including Biscuit & Branch and Deg's Chicken. Chris also currently serves both as the Chair of the Education Committee and on the Board of Trustees for the Columbus Landmarks Foundation.
Chris says, "I feel incredibly lucky to have joined the team at BSA. We have a fun workplace such a healthy emphasis on design."
Like to join us in wishing Chris many more productive years at BSA!
Ruben Guzman and his wife Patty have a passion for excellence. They enjoyed the food of the Original Pancake House they routinely visited in Dallas so much that they pursued a franchise opportunity.
They embraced the traditional recipes and demand for first quality ingredients. Ruben and Patty envisioned a modern interpretation of the traditional pancake house theme. They pursued quality in the environment, staff and cooks. Their passion for excellence led to early extensive training for their chefs and cooks in Portland, Oregon, Chicago and St. Louis - no expense spared.
