DESIGN PORTFOLIO

undergraduate architecture // Spring 2016

C H A R L ES D . S CA R B R OU GH II

K E N T S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y
College of Architecture & Environmental Design //
Spring 2016

M A S T ER S OF AR C H ITE C TU R E

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Youngstown Food Network
Adaptive Reuse Initiative
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

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Fall 2015 Professor Peter Marks

Youngstown Food Network

Phelps Street Corridor
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

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Fall 2015 Professor Peter Marks

PROJECTS

111 Varick Street

Urban Planning/Cityscaping
NEW YORK CITY

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Spring 2014 Professor Charles Graves

Shaker Heights Re-envisioned

Urban Planning/Cityscaping
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO

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Spring 2014 Professor Charles Graves

Towners Woods
Development Opportunity
PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO
Spring 2013 Professor Charles Frederick

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YOUNGSTOWN FOOD NETWORK

Adaptive Reuse Initiative

MISSION STATEMENT: The Youngstown Food Network (YFN)
will be a project encompassing the goals of better nutrition and
improved access by providing a destination wherein patrons can
purchase, cook, and dine on locally grown, nutrition food, all under
one roof. The YFN will act as a center of distribution for a larger
network of smaller similarly themed operations throughout the city.
It is hoped by extending a network of 5-10 addition franchise locations, to be serviced by the YFN central location, explored here, the
entire city will be made nutritionally integrated.
The placement of the YFN at the current sites of the Harshman
Building and Soap Gallery creates unique opportunities for the
mission of the project. Several residential high rises are within two
blocks of the Adaptive Reuse YFN; these undeserved residents
of downtown will now have access to a convenient and nutrition
focused food destination. Many of these residents are older or have
special needs, which opens the possibility of developing a food
delivery component to the YFNs mission. The sites proximity to the
Covelli Center poses the potential for attracting a new clientele. The
YFNs mission can be augmented to serve the needs of of patrons
heading to the Covelli Center for an event.

VEHICULAR CIRCULATION: The YFN is situated one block to the southeast of Youngstowns
central traffic intersection (Wick Ave/Market St
and Federal St). Traffic volume in the southeast
sector (where the YFN site is located) is typically
minimal, accept on days when the Covelli Center
hosts events. Public parking lots pervade the
cityscape, ring the YFN site, and dominate the
southern edge of downtown. Street parking is
minimal and erratically used.
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION: Foot traffic
throughout the downtown fluctuates depending on
the time of day. Maximum traffic areas are along
W. Federal St. terminating in Federal Plaza, as
well as streets linking Federal St. to Youngstown
States campus to the northwest. Walking traffic
east of Market St., approaching the site, is typically
light. However, the site is perfectly situated along
the route between YSU, Federal St. and the Covelli Center to the southeast.

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Rational user circulation throughout the program

requires the building be experienced in a particular
order. On-site patrons who are using the YFN for all
three of its on-site functions (grocery/store, kitchen/
food preparation, and dining) must be able to circulate
throughout the building logically, and in one direction.
Movement through typical stations of use results in the
patrons movement vertically through the building.

PROGRAMMING
FOR EXPERIENCES

PROGRAMMING THE SPACE: The YFNs mission

necessitates the presence of four main programmatic
elements: 1) Grocery/store 2) Kitchen/food preparation 3) Dining space 4) Franchise services.

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VIEW FROM CORNER OF S.

CHAMPION & E. BOARDMAN
STREETS

KEY PATRON EXPERIENCES: The social and

environmental cues a building sends to the surrounding world can significantly determine how it
is view by its users and those in the surrounding
context. Everything from massing shape, materials
selection, and means of egress to the connection
between those on-site and off-site can speak in a
language easily perceptible by all invested parties.
For instance, by enlarging and programming the
space between the Harshman and Soap buildings
outsiders can surmise important facts about the
greater project. The creation of an informal exterior space signals to both patrons and passers-by a
welcoming and inviting message. The distinction
between street, sidewalk, plaza, and ultimately
interior space is morphed and blended. This is a
place which can easily be approached; which does
not telegraph formality.

The concept of the patron experience

extends to both those inside and
outside the building, to those using the
building as well as those tangent to it.
Every person within the visual realm
of the building must be thought of as
experiencing the building. Key experiences involve human interaction across
the divid of the buidling skin and within
the structure. Relationships between
building and person are important as
a final design end; but more often the
building ultimately functions best when
it facilitates and shapes human-to-human interaction.

VIEW OF PLAZA FROM S. CHAMPION

STREET

LINKING THE ELEMENTS (NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CUT):

By removing and augmenting existing features of
the site a new patron experience is created. Portions of the extant Harshman Building, namely
additions added decades after the original 1920
construction, are removed to enlarge a paved lot
between it and the Soap Building. More light and
air can then be brought to the ground plane, making for a more comfortable and malleable outdoor environment. In turn, the newly
redefined outdoor plaza is then linked to both the Harshman and Soap Buildings via
substantially glazed exterior facades. The definition between interior space and plaza
is thereby degraded; human relation and circulation is enhanced between patrons
inside and outside. Harshman and Soap blend into the plaza directly and ultimately
into each other.
Along with a experiential bond, the design also calls for a physical link between
Harshman and Soap, which is facilitated by an elevated dining area and walkway.
The dining element is raised above the roof line of the Harshman Building, on which it
sits. Along with the glass construction of its walls and roof, this heightens a sensation
of lightness and intentional detachment. Disparities between the skin materials on
Harshman and Soap make physical connection between the two problematic. The
physical bridge embraces neither architectural language; a third typology of glass
and concrete is used to make the connection. The otherness of the bridging element
allows the pre-existing buildings to exist on their own terms while still gaining the programmatic functionality of an integrated whole.
HARSHMAN BUILDING:
Circulation in and through Harshman is facilitated
by an extension of the glass and concrete element used to bridge the structures. An
elevator and stair are brought outside the original perimeter of Harshman to free floor
space for programmatic development as well as to better communicate to the street
corner the forms and intent of the design.
SOAP BUILDING:
Movement throughout Soap is accomplished by two vertical
cores. To the rear of the build an enclosed stairway and freight elevator service the
loading bay and franchise operations portion of the program. Typical patron circulation
relies upon an elevator located in the north facade, part of a larger glazed infiltration
which defines the skin.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: In an attempt to gather more

sunlight into the interiors of the Harshman and Soap Buildings several of their facades were replaced or augmented
with glass. However, in certain applications this presents a
problem, the south facade of the Harshman Building being
one such area. By glazing the entire south wall, the re-design opens the possibility for a periodic overload of heat.
Rather than taxing the HVAC systems, a passive solution is
used: a double skin facade.
VIEW OF HARSHMAN BUILDING INTERIOR

VIEW OF SOAP BUILDING INTERIOR

The facade is made of two identical glass walls, constructed

of panels, and separated by a 3 ft. gap. Ultraviolet energy,
in the form of sunlight, penetrates the outer skin, travels
through the interstitial gap and strikes the inner skin. To
facilitate the radiant energys transformation into infrared
energy the outer wall of the inner skin is covered in a reflective coating. Essentially, energy enters the gap as a
beam of light, and is transfered into heat (the same principle
which causes a cars interior to be abnormally hot on a cool,
sunny day). Not only is potential energy intercepted before
it can reach the habited envelop, lessening the potential for
convection and patron discomfort, but the gap also performs
another function.
During times when the HVAC system is tasked with heating
the envelop, the interstitial gap acts as an insulating layer. Heated air trapped in the gap prevents close contact
between conditioned and outside air. The more the differential between outside temperature and desired interior
temperature, the more the strain on the HVAC system. The
interstitial gap acts as an intermediate state between the two
extreme air volumes.

VIEW OF INDIVIDUAL KITCHEN UNITS IN SOAP BUILDING

SECTION CUT: SOUTH FACACE OF THE HARSHMAN BUILDING

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YOUNGSTOWN FOOD NETWORK

Phelps Street Corridor

MISSION STATEMENT: With the dissemination of nutritious
food a matter of national concern, this project is dedicated to making Youngstown a more healthy and food conscious place to live.
The Youngstown Food Network (YFN) will be a project encompassing the goals of better nutrition and improved access by
providing a destination wherein patrons can purchase, cook, and
dine on locally grown, nutrition food, all under one roof. The YFN
will act as a center of distribution for a larger network of smaller
similarly themed operations throughout the city. It is hoped that
by extending a network of 5-10 addition franchise locations, to be
serviced by the YFN central location, explored here, the entire city
will be made nutritionally integrated.
The long term goal of a web of food destinations begins with a
sound plan for introducing the idea to Youngstowns residents,
the creation of a building which can simultaneously service the
logistical needs of an incipient movement, while at the same time
manifesting the general principles of better food knowledge and
awareness. In order to consistently provide nutritious food, a
person must not only have information and knowledge, but must
also have access to the raw ingredients of cooking, a clean and
well appointed place to prepare meals, and a safe place to eat the
products of their efforts in the company of others.
The project begins with the designation of a site. The site in question is located
in the heart of downtown, on the corner of S. Phelps Street and W. Boardman
Street. The site is situated one block southwest of Federal Plaza, along a proposed development corridor along Phelps Street, which would link Youngstown
State University to the north, with downtown, and ultimately the Mahoning River
to the south.
The site is currently being used as a parking lot. But, although undeveloped, it
still maintains a feeling of being within the urban fabric of the downtown neighborhood.

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VIEW OF FRANCHISE OFFICE INTERIOR

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VIEW ALONG W. BOARDMAN STREET LOOKING WEST

Certain key elements must

be present in the building to
satisfy the many diverse imperatives placed on it. The
primary division is between
spaces which serve the franchise portion of the project,
ministering to participants in
the wider system, and those
spaces which serve the
needs of patrons on site.
Within the scope of those
spaces which serve downtowns patrons, the building
must also provide spaces for
buying, preparing, and consuming food. Division must
be articulated throughout
the structure to depict the
separate functions occurring
inside.
VIEW OF PLAZA AND NORTH FACADE OF YFN

SECTION EAST-WEST LOOKING SOUTH

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SECTION EAST-WEST LOOKING NORTH

WEST FACADE

SOUTH FACADE

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CONTACT INFORMATION
211 Pheasant Run Road
Warren, Ohio 44484
330.261.0002
cscarbr1@kent.edu
cscarbro207bw@hotmail.com

Charles D. Scarbrough II
211 Pheasant Run Rd., Warren, Ohio 44484

330.261.0002 cscarbr1@kent.edu

Professional Summary
I have a unique blend of work experience and formal university training, including ten years of work experience,
a B.A. in Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace University, and eminent completion of a B. Arch from
Kent State University. My background provides me with an invaluable grounding in business and personnel with
up to date training in a variety of modeling and rendering technologies.

Highlights

Knowledge of Autodesk Suite (including AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, 3dsMAX)

Experience in both a university setting and business environment
Experience in architectural design and production at CAED
A background in sales and personnel management

Education

Bachelor of Architecture 2011-In progress

Kent State University - Kent, Ohio

GPA through Fall 2015 - 3.774/4.0

8 consecutive semesters on Deans List

Knowledge of all phases of design process

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration 2001-2005

Baldwin Wallace University - Berea, Ohio

4 year member of mens varsity golf team

Work Experience
Sales Associate & Shift Manager 2011-present

Advance Auto Parts - Warren, Ohio

Point of sale interactions with retail and commercial customers

Sell car parts and accessories

Inventory and product display management
Manager of Tire Sales 2009-2011

Firestone Complete Auto Care - Columbus, Ohio

In charge of car and truck tire sales for Southeast Columbus area

Supervised company mechanics and repair process

Sold tires and mechanical repair services to retail customers and

commercial accounts
Store Manager 2006-2009

Hertz Car Rental - Warren, Ohio

Rented vehicles to retail customers and insurance companies

Managed personnel and analyzed internal company reports

Sales calls with local businesses and repair shops

Charles D. Scarbrough II
211 Pheasant Run Rd., Warren, Ohio 44484

330.261.0002 cscarbr1@kent.edu

The following parties can be contacted for letters of recommendation.

Academic References
Robert Bunnell
Professor at Kent State University CAED
rbunn1009@aol.com
rbunnell@kent.edu
Jeffrey Grusenmeyer
Professor at Kent State University CAED
President of Jeffrey A. Grusenmeyer & Associates, Inc.
jagarch@wowway.com
Peter Marks
Professor at Kent State University CAED
pmarks@kent.edu

Professional References
Jamie Todd
Commercial Account Manager Advance Auto Parts Corp.
330.240.0176 Jamie.todd2@advance-auto.com
3741 Elm Rd., Warren, Ohio 44483
Desiree Verheyen
Store Manager Advance Auto Parts Corp.
330.372.6036 desiree.verheyen@advance-auto.com
3741 Elm Rd., Warren, Ohio 44483