Directors' Choice Exhibition 2023
Dates: May 15th - August 3rd, 2023
The Directors’ Choice specifically highlights the outstanding capstone projects, first presented as a part of DAAPworks that demonstrate exceptional knowledge, creativity, and skill that has been applied to a focused idea and then most effectively communicated by visual means.
Each year the Directors from all four schools within DAAP, along with the Director of DAAP Galleries, review the project submissions from all of the school programs. The Directors take into consideration the recommendations they are provided by the faculty that work with these students daily. After much deliberation a consensus is reached to make the selections of Directors’ Choice award winners.
To see all of the DAAPworks projects, including the Directors' Choice winners use the following link: https://daapworks.uc.edu/
Virtual Exhibit
Click on the 360 link to the left to view the 3-D tour.
Gallery A
Ashton Templeton
Bachelor of Science in Interior Design - Directors' Choice Award
Adapting Obsolete Sports Architecture: Reimagining the Astrodome?
print on paper
Rose Bacon
Bachelor of Science in Design - Communication Design Graphic Design Directors' Choice Award |
Focus Here
printed bound book
Lamia Albunnie
| Master of Architecture - Directors' Choice Award |
Migrating Sandscapes: From the Microparticle to the Architecture
prints on canvas, wood, cardboard and plastic models, sand
Madelyn Shae
| Bachelor of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award |
Grey Escape
silicone, fabric, dirt
Jennifer Ellison
Bachelor of Science in Design - Industrial Design Mobility Design Directors' Choice Award |
E-VOLVE
prints on paper, printed book
Gallery B
Gauri Patil
| Master of Landscape Architecture - Directors' Choice Award |
Urban Escape
print on paper, printed book
Anna Maria Rose
| Bachelor of Science in Design - Fashion Design - Directors' Choice Award |
Prakriti
print on paper
Stella Dionysiou and James McLaughlin
| Bachelor of Science - Horticulture - Directors' Choice Group Project Award |
Buffer and Vegetative Groundcovers
print on paper
Annah Saladonis
| Bachelor of Science - Urban Studies - Directors' Choice Award |
Why is Guaranteed Basic Income a Women's Issue?
print on paper
Anna Mueller
Master of Community Planning - Directors' Choice Award
Climate Resilient Mobility: A Playbook for a Greener, More Sustainable Future?
print on paper
Sarah Tengen
| Bachelor of Urban Planning - Directors' Choice Award |
What if the Purple People Bridge could be the catalyst for Biophilic design in Cincinnati?
print on paper
Kyle Gibbs and Gabe Weber
Bachelor of Urban Planning - Simpson Urban Futures Award
What if the Miami-Erie Canal is revived in Downtown Cincinnati?
print on paper
Lauren McCarroll
| Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Directors' Choice Award |
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Re-Defining [Failure]
prints on paper, chipboard model, wood installation
Danielle Schuster
| Bachelor of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award |
Silent Calls of Falling Trees
enhanced matte photo prints, bound books
Gallery C
Riley Ewing and Jake Kuhn
| Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Directors' Choice Group Project Award |
Memorial Orchard
print on paper, wood and foam models, printed book
Amanda Casey
Bachelor of Science in Design - Communication Design Interaction Design Directors' Choice Award |
Good Riddance!
Good Riddance!
Jacob Bernans
| Master of Architecture - Directors' Choice Award |
An Epistle on Beauty: The Composition of Belief
prints on canvas, plastic models
Shelby Schaffer
| Master of Design - Directors' Choice Award |
Full Circle Futures
print on sublimated recycled polyester canvas
Steven Almond
| Master of Architecture - Simpson Urban Futures Award |
The Irony of Fate: Tbilisi's Soviet Catalyst
prints on paper, wood models
James McKenna
| Master of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award |
Resurgence
steel, canvas
Stephanie Krekeler
Bachelor of Science in Design - Communication Design Motion Design Directors' Choice Award |
Reverse Cowboy
video, print on paper
Gallery D
Andrea Jeffers
| Bachelor of Arts - History of Art - Directors' Choice Award |
Suzanne Valadon: Defying the Definition of Gender in Life and Art
print on paper
Caroline Leyes
Bachelor of Science in Design - Industrial Design Product Design Directors' Choice Award |
Scoop: Breaststroke Training Gear
prints on paper, printed book, plastic prototypes
Vernay Monroe
| Bachelor of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award |
UNKNOWABLE
graphite on paper
Ellie Dedrick and Brie Voetberg
| Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Directors' Choice Group Project Award |
Urban Fabric
prints on paper, plastic and silicone models, fabric
Planning Your Visit
The Reed Gallery
Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10am-5pm
Phone: (513) 556-2839
Location and visiting instructions for the Reed Gallery:
- When visiting the Reed Gallery enter the DAAP building by the third-floor entrance located at the bottom of Clifton Court next to the Clifton Court Garage. Proceed to the Reed Gallery located on the 5th Floor Rm 5275, and please wait outside the gallery for attendant to let you in.
- Metered parking is available on Clifton Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive; hourly parking is available in the Clifton Court Garage.
- Directions: From Martin Luther King Dr. turn right onto Clifton Ave. towards McMillan Ave. (DAAP will be on left). Street and garage parking are available (garage accepts cash or credit upon exit). Gallery is on the fifth floor.
- It may be helpful to view a campus map here
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