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Department of Architecture and Interior Design — Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Drop-Inn Center Women's Shelter Design
						To consider improved facilities for homeless women in Cincinnati, the Drop-Inn Center worked with Miami University architecture students to develop a prototypical women's shelter and program center in Over-the-Rhine. Students met with Pat Clifford, director of the Drop-Inn Center, to investigate women-focused shelters throughout the United States and see how the concept could be implemented effectively in Cincinnati. A site was chosen and documented and a schematic design was generated during a three-week charrette, resulting in plans, elevations, and renderings that outline the potential shelter and its amenities.