Aaron Culliton Graduate Portfolio VO.1

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Aaron Culliton



Aaron Culliton Phone: (715) 214-7214 Email: aaronculliton81@gmail.com

Education

Skills

BS in Architectural Design University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Light room, Acrobat

Relevant Course Work Site and Context Issues Environmental Technology Design Research Technology Integration Architectural Theory Community Facilitation Metal Fabrication Curatorial Seminar Professional Practice

Spring 2017 Fall 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Spring 2018 Spring 2018 Spring 2018 Fall 2018 Fall 2018

Student Involvement

AutoCad Revit Rhino 3D Grasshopper Wood Working Plastic Fabrication Metal Fabrication Makerbot Software

Relevant Work Experience TA University of Nebraska-Lincoln Spring 2019 Teaching Assistant for Second Year Studio.

Media Center Shop Attendant 2018 SGH/Dri-Design Scholarship Competition - Finalist Merit award winner Project: Design Integrate Link: https://issuu.com/kvondrak2/docs/2018_sgh_ spread2

Spring 2017 - Spring 2018 Duties: Printing on plotters and office printers, printer and plotter maintenance, laser cutter maintenance, 3D print file set-up and maintenance

2018 National Conference of Undergraduate Research - Project: Open House Link: https://issuu.com/aaronculliton/docs/colab_issuu_ publication_final_3

Open House:

FOLD Publication - Work from artists and architects including: Traumnovelle, WAI Think Tank, Andrew Kovacs, Rem D. Koolhaas, WOLF Architects, San Rocco, Davide Trabucco, and more.

https://issuu.com/aaronculliton/docs/culliton_wang_finalslides_411_2018

AIAS Director of Social Media Fall 2017 - Present

Graduate Portfolio Online Link:

Published Work: https://issuu.com/aaronculliton/docs/colab_issuu_publication_final_3

SGH/Dri-Design Competition:

FOLD 2.0 Curatorial Publication: https://www.facebook.com/FOLD-1966236586975378/

https://issuu.com/aaronculliton/docs/aaron_culliton_graduate_portfolio


Fall 2018

Alternative Media Studio: Copy Right

This project explores the dysfunction and decay of the 20th century suburban condition through the lens of narrative. This fictional case study follows a farmer who through good intentions begins to prep for a possible future that he hopes wont happen by collecting and organizing various types of agricultural seed. Over time he grows more and more paranoid falling into a state of disrepair and his original actions of preparatory care turn into an obsessive hoarding. For the entire project as well as the studio as a whole students were tasked with using only preexisting content found online. Over the course of the semester the students developed a working archive that each student could pull imagery from to use in there images.


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Fall 2018

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Studio Copy Right consisted of preliminary probes to begin the semester that focused on developing a visual consistency as well as gaining the skills necessary to conduct an entire semester in Photoshop. All content that was used was taken from internet searches and archived into a studio wide bank of images that could be pulled from. Each image that was sampled into the composition was then labeled with a tag giving reference to where the image was taken from.


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Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https://www. bcd-urbex.com/coalbrookdale-foundryshropshire/

Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https://www. bcd-urbex.com/coalbrookdale-foundryshropshire/

https://www.ebay.com.au/p/Vital-Vp505-0-5ton-X-1-5m-High-Quality-ChainHoist/10009432289

Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https:// www.bcd-urbex.com/grand-theatrewonderlounge-banbury/

https://financialtribune.com/articles/ economy-auto/81006/mazda-pitchesskyactiv-3-engine-tech-to-rival-evs Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https:// www.bcd-urbex.com/grand-theatrewonderlounge-banbury/

Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https://www. bcd-urbex.com/terre-rouge-silos-andcentral-thermique-luxembourg/

Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https://www. bcd-urbex.com/diesel-centrale-austria/

Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https://www. bcd-urbex.com/diesel-centrale-austria/ https://www.webfx.com/blog/webdesign/grunge-walls-in-istanbul-texture https://www.wildtextures.com/freetextures/grunge-old-wall-texture/

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Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https://www. bcd-urbex.com/terre-rouge-silos-andcentral-thermique Kay, Andy. Urban Explorer. https://www. bcd-urbex.com/diesel-centrale-austria/

https://www.dreamstime.com/oldstaircase-collapsing-railings https://www.dreamstime.com/royaltyfree-stock-photography-grunge-door

https://www.shutterstock.com/imagephoto/shackles-slave-chains

http://www.buckeyeappliance.com/ photos/stoves/moreStoves/

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http://servis.co.uk/retro-fridges/classiccream-r60170c

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HELLMUTH, OBATA, & KASSABAUM, INC., (HOK) OTIS ELEVATOR RESEARCH TOWER, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, 1987

SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI, WOLF HOUSE, RIDGEWAY, COLORADO, 1987-1989

SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI, WOLF HOUSE, RIDGEWAY, COLORADO, 1987-1989 FREI OTTO, PROJECT FOR GRAIN OR CEMENT SILOS, 1959

I.M. PEI & PARTNERS, HENRY N. COBB, DESIGN PARTNER, ALLIED BANK TOWER, DALLAS, TEXAS, 1986

KEVIN ROCHE, PROJECT FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 1969

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RENATO SEVERINO, SEVERINO RESIDENCE, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT

GRAHAM GUND ASSOCIATES, DAVIS SUMMER RESIDENCE, MISHAUM POINT, SOUTH DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, 1981-1983

SOTTSASS ASSOCIATI, WOLF HOUSE, RIDGEWAY, COLORADO, 1987-1989

HELMUT JAHN, WILSHIRE-MIDVALE TOWER, AIRBRUSH RENDERING, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 1983

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Undergraduate Capstone 14

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The building is built around the cultures that both the Museum of walking and B-Corp companies share and foster. Community, and outreach are the main focuses of the design. At the center of the building sits an atrium clad with bent cedar that cascades upward towards the sky. There is an intended visual connection between floors from the podium level through the offices finally connecting to the apartment levels. This connection enhances the narrative of community and can be experienced as you ascend on the elevator. The Museum of Walking encompasses the building from the outside, wrapping around each program as it moves vertically. It is more than just a space for artifacts to be curated. It is a culture, an ideal meant to be explored and discovered. It celebrates the movement and community shared by the people who bring the building to life. Where the atrium pulls the project together form the inside, so does the Museum of Walking from the outside. The Museum of Walking takes the visual connections of the atrium and makes physical bridges between them while promoting healthy lifestyles and staying true to the encompassing importance of the community.


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CLT Panel Floor

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Curtain Glass Wall Double Facade

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Fall 2017

Co-Lab Research Studio

Our investigation into Los Angeles’ rise of low and middle income residential emigration exposes the need for affordable housing, sustainable living practices, accommodating mass transit systems, and efficient construction methods. Our design research explores opportunities to create a mass-customizable and sustainable housing market, define an open source construction process, and maximize the user ’s resourcefulness to develop a greater degree of authorship. Our research led us to focus on low and middle income residents that live in central Los Angeles, more specifically the Boyle Heights neighborhood. It was located in proximity to available manufacturers, contained our focus user, and had access to multiple forms of public transportation. As the need for inhabitant conforming housing grows and the trend of multi family structures rise, a case study which provides basic amenities, molds to current standards of living, and explores typical user situation will continue to develop our discipline’s understanding of residential architecture by joining and influencing the greater conversation.

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1 Person Unit

2 Person Unit

Nook Circulation

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Areas with at least 50% of adults with less than a high school education

Areas with average income equal to or less than $53,000

High traffic roads, Bus and Metro lines

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Average income of Typical user

<$53,000/yr

Food

Transportation costs 12.8%

Leisure

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Health and other insurance costs

9.5% 14.5%

53.5%

All housing costs

50% high school or less

Rent Owned

Lowest 20% of Earners

Second 20% of Earners

Third 20% of Earners

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Tracts with the average household paying at least 50% of monthly income on rent

Fourth 20% of Earners

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12K

Highest 20% of Earners

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16K

Work at home

Bicycle Carpooled

Public transportation Motorcycle

<10 min. 10 - 14 min. 15 - 19 min.

90+ min. 35 - 39 min. 30 - 34 min.

Drove Alone

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25 - 29 min.

Number of vehicles owned

Los Angeles, CA

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Photography

Photography provides for the creator a way in which they can show the world a perspective of their surroundings that may not have been realized before. It brings to existence a vision that only resided in the imaginative perspective of the person holding the camera. Photography can be used in many ways to highlight and showcase architecture so that it can be seen in the same light that was imagined by the architect.

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Thank you.

Aaron Culliton | aaronculliton81@gmail.com | (715) 214-7214

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