Landscape + Architecture Portfolio by Aaron Woolverton

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Aaron Woolverton

Landscape + Architecture Skills & Expertise

Education

Analog

Graphics + Data

Computer Modeling

Perspective/Isometric Drawing Model Building Watercolor Ink Copic

Adobe Suite (Ps,Ai,Id,Acrobat) Word ArcGIS + LiDAR Tools Excel + Tableau RStudio/Webscraping

Autodesk CAD + Revit Rhino Sketchup Grasshopper Lumion

Cypress Bay High School / GPA: 3.75 August 2008 - May, 2012 / 18600 Vista Park Blvd., Weston, FL 33332

Drexel University / Bachelors of Architecture / GPA: 3.86 August 2012 - May, 2018 / 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

University of Oregon / Masters of Landscape Architecture / GPA: 4.21 September, 2018 - Present / 5249 U. of Oregon, Eugene , OR 97403

Interests

World Travel & Photography Having travelled to many places, I find a deep interest in learning new things via experience and cultural immersion.

The Great Outdoors I have always loved the outdoors - my favorite activities include hiking, kiteboarding, and snowboarding.

Adapting Urban Spaces for Climate Resilience The theoretical principles of ecological urban design and adaptive urban strategies have always interested me.

Computational Landscapes and Data Sciences Recently, my research has involved utilizing data and computational sciences strategies to help visualize ecological processes.

Community & Activities

Design for Climate Action / University of Oregon LA Department 03/01/2019 - Ongoing / Communications Coordinator An on-campus organization that a group and I established through our department. Our goal is to reconnect the student body to climate action objectives within the greater Eugene community and assist in supporting the Climate Action Plan for future development.

ASLA Rhino Workshops / University of Oregon College of Design 11/22/2019 - Spring of 2020 / Assisting fellow peers with Rhino modeling methods.

Awards & Recognitions

Dean’s Scholarship / Drexel University 01/15/2012 - This is an award given to an incoming student based on merit from previous academic institutions and qualifications.

Fuller Graduate Award / University of Oregon LA Department 05/09/2018 - This is a tuition award given to students based on merit and admission qualifications.

Pearson Prize, First Place / Drexel University 05/17/2018 - This is an award given to the winning thesis project of the class and reveals a well-researched topic with exceptional spirit.

Field School at Overlook / University of Oregon LA Department 02/15/2019 - This was a travel based award and program at the Overlook Farm in Pennsylvania during the Summer of 2019.

APRU Travel Award / University of Oregon LA Department 04/30/2019 - This was a travel grant awarded to students who express creative problem-solving skills for global challenges related to sustainable city-landscape relationships.

Work Experience

The Sheward Partnership / Architectural + Graphic Designer July, 2014 - October, 2016 / 2300 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 t: 215-751-9301 Firm’s focus on transportation, education, & healthcare design as well as a focus on sustainability consulting. Work experience included spatial marketing materials, proposal write-ups, construction documentation and administration.

Atkin Olshin Schade / Architectural Designer October, 2016 - April, 2018 / 125 S. Ninth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 t: 215-925-7812 Firm’s focus on institutional and commercial residential design. Work experience included the construction documentation and administration of several projects as well as design presentations.

University of Oregon / Media Teaching Assistant & Graduate Employee January, 2019 - June, 2019 & Oct., 2019 - December, 2019 / 5249 U. of Oregon, Eugene , OR 97403 t: 541-346-3631 Work experience included teaching studio sections on several forms of analog drawing techniques, 3D topography modeling techniques, as well as providing technical drawing support throughout the College of Design as a media coach.

Table of Contents

date: location: course: critic: language: pages:

iii

curricular

Floating Filters

The New School

Symbiosis

Forage Farms

Coos Bay Studies

04.06.2015 - 05.28.2015 Brooklyn, NYC Studio 4 - 3 Anthony Bracali Touching Lightly 2 to 7

01.20.2017 - 06.08.2017 Philadelphia, PA Studio 6 - 3 Chris Boskey Schism 8 to 15

09.24.2017 - 05.17.2018 Sabah, Malaysia Thesis Tim Kearny Weaving 16 to 31

01.20.2017 - 06.08.2017 Eugene, OR LA 539 Jacques Abelman Stitching 32 to 37

10.01.2019 - Present Coos Bay, OR LA 589 Mark Eishceid Tension 38 to 47

professional

extracurricular

Acoustic Alidade

Instant Cities

Loomis Center

Luna On Pine

Lehigh Residences

06.28.2019 - 08.01.2019 Waverly, PA Overlook Field School Isaac and Gwen Cohen Concentricity 50 to 53

04.01.2019 - 06.15.2019 Veneta, OR LA 529 Michael Geffel Tree Rings 54 to 59

01.12.2014 - 03.28.2014 Windsor, CT Atkin Olshin Schade Lisa Dustin & Sam Olshin Institutional 60 to 63

04.06.2015 - 05.28.2015 Philadelphia, PA Atkin Olshin Schade Gustaf Kamp Commercial/Residential 64 to 67

06.04.2017 - 04.01.2019 Bethlehem, PA Atkin Olshin Schade Paul Avazier Commercial/Residential 68 to 71

Foreword

Exploration “In a world where we aspire for progression and knowledge, there is so much we can learn through our environment. Both the natural and cultural landscapes that surround us offer insight into greater opportunities. These mediums, or frontiers, become platforms for our exploration. Sometimes invisible, other times completely conspicuous, it takes an adventurous and open-mind to reveal and use these energies for social change and evolution. This portfolio and compilation of work in the pages to follow represent me as a designer. The work was selected to reveal my interests, focuses, and abilities throughout my time at Drexel University’s 2+4 Architecture program and the University of Oregon’s Masters in Landscape Architecture. I aspire to keep on exploring and hope to share this opportunity within the field of Landscape Architecture.” - Aaron Woolverton

03 02

05 04

PART 1 | CURRICULAR

Floating Filters

Cleaning Up The Gowanus Canal date location course critic language sq ft team

04.06.2015 - 05.28.2015 Brooklyn, NYC Studio 4 - 3 Anthony Bracali Touching Lightly 174,500 Sq Ft Jason Maamari

The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York is known as one of the most industrialized and poisoned waterways in history. The community holds a national competition for innovative and pragmatic designs that establish connections within the community. Working in conjunction with a current proposal to dredge the chemically contaminated soil in the Gowanus Canal, this proposal offers a transformation to the public Gowanus Salt Conservatory Site into a reparative marshland, as most of the canal was hundreds of years ago. In addition, the reparative park will expand the current composting effort on the site to become a well-equipped custom manufacturing workshop center utilizing extraneous compost to produce a series of floating gardens to be placed in the canal; allowing industry to become a catalyst for repair rather than the cause of contamination. These floating gardens will establish both a sense of community and identity while performing ecosystem services for the waters of The Gowanus. This intervention would work within the plans of dredging the contaminated soils out of the canal (which is scheduled to occur in the near future) and create a permanently healthy and vibrant wetland. This wetland is inspired by native salt-marshland habitat recorded in the area during the 1700s; featuring habitat for native fish, avifauna, and macro invertebrates. This will also serve as a new public space through the integration of a boardwalk network and open pavilion spaces. The hope is that community members will be able to experience these native habitat, connecting to the natural histories of Brooklyn.

-Quiet Morning; Rhino + Maxwell + Photoshop 3

Context + Compost Mapping Brooklyn has a thick historical narrative. Defined as one of the boroughs to New York City, it hosts a complex web of communities, park systems, and bioecological histories. This map explores the existing composting system in place within the borough and abstracts the density of vegetative elements through the overlapping of green circles. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to note that the site location is near to an existing composting facility and has been operating as a localized compost facility for the neighborhood of Gowanus. Ideally, this proposal will engage with the existing composting system to form a borough-wide network and utilize locals parks, such as Prospect Park, as a resource for carbon input.

MARSH INFILL

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Rhino; Grasshopper; Illustrator FT. Greene

Carroll Gardens

Site Location

Grand Army Plaza

Windsor Terrace - PS 154

WATER FLOW DUE TO FLUSHING TUNNEL

Filtration

FARM

CANAL BAY

Using the Gowanus Dredging plan as an opportunity for restoration, this design scheme will allow more water to percolate into native salt-marsh vegetation for natural filtration.

BUILD -4

cut -4

PROVIDE +4

fill (sloped berm)

+0 -

Cut & Fill The land mass taken to create the waterway is being relocated to create a berm on the southside of the compost/workshop center. The raised berm can be used as a small urban farm or community garden.

PRODUCE

FUEL

RESTRUCTURE

Temporal Mapping The map above explores the relationship between industrial eras and those industries on the canal’s shape: ultimately providing a sense of how industry shaped the Gowanus creek into one of the world’s most polluted waterways. Today, the canal has become less about a place of industry and more of a place for artistic, communal expression. We ask how an urban design may challenge the previous industrial landscape while meeting the publics’ needs while restoring lost ecologies. - Illustrator

User Circulation By integrating a boardwalk system that extends to both sides of the Gowanus Canal, the newly connected community can contribute to the Conservancy’s efforts. 5

01 03

1 2

01 | Composting Materials

3 Construction

02 | Material Breakdown

4 03 | Floating Filter Construction

Gowanus Canal Conservancy Volunteers and Compost will begin its baking process inside Volunteers, local students and residents may Floating Garden Construction Phase local residents have the opportunity to place the basin, where churning mechanisms mix the help with the efforts of cleaning the Gowanus their wasted foods and clippings in the comcompost throughout the process. Afterwards, Canal by planting floating gardens. These These floating gardens will thrive in the Volunteers, students, and residents can help with the Compost can begin its baking process inside the basin, where munity drop-off basin. This effortchurning may be ex- can mix the compost can be the dug out of the efforts basin,ofsifted, will be effective in the healing process abundant levels of nitrogen. Eventually, cleaning the Gowanusgardens Canal by planting mechanisms compost throughout process gardens willsimultanehelp support the wildlife th tended to surrounding companiesevery such small and bycomposting community members/volunteers. for canalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s while Floating Gardens. These gardens willthe be effectve in damaged water day.as This automatic system cancured hasten the the canal by feeding the healing process for the canalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damaged water. socio-ecological services forit healthy levels of process. Afterwards, cafes, restaurants, and even grocery stores like compost can be dug out of the basin, sifted, ously providing and nutrients. and cured. the neighboring Whole Foods. the community. 6

*The basin wall has the capabilty to become a thermal wall. Composting exothermic reactions can help heat the spaces in colder seasons.

04 | Floating Filter Construction

05 | Future Vision

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Floating Filter Axon Floating gardens the community will construct shall be derived from the site itself. Wetland rushes, sedges, and perennials may be planted into a constructed soil made from the compost created on the site. The floating structure will be made out of dead wood collected from bald cypresses and willows.

The New School

Stimulating The Urban Condition

Form Finding Pushing and pulling the facade allowed for more visual interest while responding to environmental conditions such as solar angles.

PRIVATE

PUBLIC

Formalizing Program The building form and skin expresses the interior. Glass & transparency represents more informal, public moments, whereas the monolithic pleats represent more formal, private moments.

Ecological Integration

date location course critic language sq ft team

01.20.2017 - 06.08.2017 Philadelphia, PA Studio 6 - 3 Chris Boskey Schism 64,000 Sq Ft Eva Zhou, Christina Ho

Drexel University has a â&#x20AC;&#x153;schismaticâ&#x20AC;? nature. Public spaces and plazas open up onto busy vehicular arteries, dead space and green space connect between thin lines, even the cooperative learning experience reinforces this very nature; with half of the students commuting to their internships while the other half rushing into their respective colleges. The intent behind this building design is to comment on the unconventional ways of the universities providing a place for entrepreneurial exploration, social spaces, and freedom. With this in mind, a huge concept driving the design was to utilize sustainable methods and practices throughout the design process. This meant modeling forms in Rhino 3D and testing their performance in Grasshopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ladybug suite. Theoretically, this method of architectural design, also known as Responsive Architecture, enabled the building to respond to environmental conditions which are derived from a weather dataset from the local area. Alongside larger environmental forces, this design questions the role architecture may have within the realm of ecological practice. Being a building programmed for entrepreneurial discourse and studies, I wanted to create a platform for both environmentally sensitivity and ecologically productive architecture. Although many of the planting schemes remain undecided, the series of terraces were idealized to host native pollinator and avifauna habitats. Hopefully, this stewardship may percolate through the minds of the users as they generate ground-breaking ideas for future business opportunities.

Providing public spaces that meander with the building allow for the integration of diverse user groups and even animal/plant life.

-Schism; Revit / Rhino + Photoshop 9

nia

WEST PHILADELPHIA

LANCASTER AVE. 1B

2B 3B

WOODLAND WALK

Site Analysis and Context The New School is located at the convergence of two major historical routes through Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania. 2/1/2017

2/1/2017

3906 Lancaster Ave Google Maps

3906 Lancaster Ave

3500 Lancaster Ave Google Maps

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Google Maps

2/1/2017

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4210 Woodland Ave Google Maps

2/1/2017

4210 Woodland Ave

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US13 Google Maps

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2/1/2017

Street View - May 2014

Google Maps

18 N 33rd St Google Maps

18 N 33rd St

3500 Lancaster Ave

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2/1/2017

3280 Chestnut St Google Maps Image capture: Oct 2016

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Street View - Oct 2016

US-13

3280 Chestnut St

Street View - Oct 2016

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Street View - Jun 2009

Street View - Nov 2016

FORM TYPE

TRADITIONAL

MODERN ORGANIC AVANT GARDE

SHIFT

ROTATION

SCHISM/DISCONNECTS OFFSET

LINEAR

Architectural Inventory Mapping Architecture, as a language, has many forms and dialects. This map locates historically relevant buildings across the study area and begins to abstract the experiential qualities of the campus. There is no true definition of Drexel’s architectural nature, and this understanding helped the team form the concept of schism. The Building design, inspired by the chaotic nature of Drexel’s architectural domain soon became a reinterpretation of the school’s lack of identity. Therefore, the building design aspired to converge several building typologies and material languages. Rhino; Photoshop; Illustrator 11

m rial Medium Industrial Industrial

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property lines.

100%100% 100%

Site Area = 31,500 Sq Ft Sq Ft 500 e Area Sq = Ft Site 31,500 Area Sq = Ft 31,500

50% 50%

No Minimum Height Limitations Max Floor Ratio = 500% Max Floor Area Max Ratio Floor =Area Area Max 500% Floor Ratio Area = 500% Ratio = 500% No Maximum No Height Maximum Limitations No Maximum Height Limitations Height Limi Max Square Footage = 157,500 Sq Ft Maximum Square Maximum Footage Square Maximum = 157,500 Footage Square Sq= Ft Footage 157,500=Sq157,500 Ft Sq Ft

Form Development and Zoning

ENVELOPE OPTIONS

DESIGNING VISUAL/AESTHETIC/THERMAL BARRIERS

titutional NS ecial - Special Institutional Institutional Sun path, surrounding green space, primary circulation routes, the conceptual “MOTION”

THESE PANELS MAY WORK BEST WITH THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY. THE PROPORTIONS AND VERTICAL NATURE OF THE PANELS SEEMS TO WORK WELL COMPOSITIONALLY. THESE PANELS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO ROTATE WITH SUN ANGLES. IT WILL PROBABLY BE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. IT’S NOT AS EVOCATIVE AS THE PLEATING CONCEPT.

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VERTICALITY

ENVELOPE OPTIONS “SHIFT”

MECH (FACADE)

DESIGNING VISUAL/AESTHETIC/THERMAL BARRIERS

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10 - LEVEL 10 T.O. ROOF

131' - 0"

LOOKING AT THE SMALLEST AND MOST MODULAR OPTION, THE PERFORATED BRICK SCREEN STILL LOOKS VERY MONOLITHIC, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A RAINSCREEN FOR VENTILATION. THIS TECHNIQUE IS LIKE A REVERSED TROMBE WALL, WHERE THE THERMAL MASS OF THE BRICK MODULES CAN HEAT UP DURING WINTER MONTHS AND ACT AS A DISCONNECTED THERMAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE ATMOSPHERE. ALTHOUGH THIS PASSIVE TECHNIQUE WOULD NOT HEAT ANYTHING, IT WILL HELP TO REDUCE HEATING LOADS.

50% 50%

SHIFT

08 - LEVEL 8 111' - 0"

PANELED LIMESTONE WALL THAT CAN OPEN UP LOW R VALUE, HIGHER THERMAL MASS

10 - LEVEL 10 T.O. ROOF 131' - 0"

ENVELOPE OPTIONS

THE HUB FOR VISUAL/AESTHETIC/THERMAL INSPIRATION | DREXEL UNIVERSITY BARRIERS DESIGNING

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CHRISTINA HO | AARON WOOLVERTON | EVA ZHOU

“PLEAT” A

THIS FACADE SPEAKS TO THE CONCEPT. IT IS ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE OF PLEATING. IT IS AN IRONIC USE OF THE TECTONIC CONSIDERING IT SEEMS TO BE CONNECTING NOTHING EXACTLY. BEYOND THE CONCEPTUAL MEANING, THIS FACADE OPTION HAS HIGH THERMAL PERFORMANCE. UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN’T ALLOW MUCH LIGHT INTO THE INTERIOR. DIRECTLY. HOWEVER, THE LARGE SPANS OF GLAZING ON THE SOUTHEAST AND WEST OF THE BUILDING PROVIDE LARGE AMOUNTS OF DIRECT/INDIRECT LIGHTING THAT MAY OFFSET SOME DAYLIGHTING ISSUES. pavilio n (disc onne cted)

08 - LEVEL 8 111' - 0"

PLEAT

Max Floor Area Max Ratio Floor = Area Max 400%Floor Ratio Area = 400% Ratio = 400% No MaximumNo Height Maximum Limitations No Maximum Height Limitations Height Limi Maximum Square Maximum Footage Square Maximum = 126,000 Footage Square Sq=Model Ft Footage 126,000 Sq126,000 Ft Sq Ft First Sketches Mid-Review 3D Studies= Pre-Final Renderings

00 Area Sq = FtSite 31,500 AreaSq = Ft 31,500 Sq Ft Process Drawings

M DATU SEAM

PERFORATED BRICK WALL LOW R VALUE AND LOWER THERMAL MASS - MORE VENTILATION

THE HUB FOR INSPIRATION | DREXEL UNIVERSITY

10 - LEVEL 10 T.O. ROOF

131' - 0"

CHRISTINA HO | AARON WOOLVERTON | EVA ZHOU

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ROOF WITH PV PANELS 5,775 SQ. FT. 9,875 Gallons

EXTERIOR STAIR 5,525 SQ. 9,448

Water Collection The final design alone can collect approximately 37,000 Sq Ft of water, and that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include the rest of the permeable and impermeable site coverage (additional 46,000 Sq Ft) . The berm will allow for two large cisterns for the collection of water. This water may be used as gray water throughout the building.

EVENT TERRACE 12,000 SQ. 20,520

THE BERM 13,500 SQ. 23,085

Solar Studies Solar studies throughout the design process informed new ways spaces could be utilized as well as reduce electric loads due to the support of passive heating and lighting levels within the interior. The daylight factor study reveals a very satisfactory number and would regard the project with credits for LEED.

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terrace 3 TASK COMFORT

terrace 3 terrace 2 interior green wall social spaces terrace 1

HIGH EXPOSURE

GREEN-WAYS - PERELMAN PLAZA

RAIN WATER CISTERNS

terrace 2 4.25 AVG

interior green wall terrace 1

Daylight Autonomy Studies

Sunlight Exposure Studies

The diagram above shows the range of natural day lighting received from solar vectors.

Similar to autonomy, this diagram above shows zones of high exposure from the sun.

Daylight Factor Studies The final daylight factor considers sun and sky radiance. A factor of 4.25 was achieved which reduces the amount of electrical lighting required.

Section A This section (below) Illustrates the Southern facade as well as the primary staircase as a formal gesture towards the idea of schism. As seen, this circulatory element will provide opportunities for ecosystem integration. -Revit; Photoshop; Illustrator

SIMPLE STUDIES

Structural Axonometric Diagram

DISTILLING THE MOST CRUCIAL INFORMATION INTO A STUDY MODEL

Structural members and systems are illustrated in the axonometric diagram above. The structural design consists of steel beams and hangers with concrete piers and foundations. Piles are required for additional lateral support. - Revit; Illustrator

THE PRECEDENT ANALYSIS LEAD ME TO CONCLUDE THAT THE TETRAHEDRON, AN ORGANIC MODULE UNDER COMPRESSION AND TENSION CAN BE THE IDEAL SYSTEM FOR THIS BUILDING CONCEPTUALLY AND PROGRAMMATICALLY. IT WILL CLEAR UP A LOT OF FLOOR SPACE BY EFFIECIENTLY PERFORMING ON THE ENVELOPE. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR A MORE ORGANIC ENVELOPE DESIGN. THERE IS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY HERE.

ORGANIC TESSELATION

Study Model Photos

REGULAR (SPINAL)

SLIT (SCHISMIC)

Theses study models photos offer quick insights into the form and relationship of diagonal beams, column point loads, and tensile members. The structural concept explored methods of tensegrity - a balanced system between the forces of compression and tension. - Bass Wood; Wire; Illustrator THE HUB FOR INSPIRATION | DREXEL UNIVERSITY

CHRISTINA HO | AARON WOOLVERTON | EVA ZHOU

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Section B

This section (below) Illustrates the Southern facade as well as the primary staircase as a formal gesture towards the idea of schism. As seen, this circulatory element will provide opportunities for ecosystem integration. -Revit; Photoshop; Illustrator

N Key Plan

LEGEND 1 | Berm & Green Space

`commercial

2 | Cistern 3 | Restaurant/Retail

4 | Lecture Hall

academic

5 | Terrace 1 6 | Stair/Elevated Platform

7 | | Exposition

commercial

8 | Resource Library 9 | Conference

10 | Hanging Classroom

academic

11 | Study Rooms 12 | Open Classes

academic

13 | Break Rooms/Kitchens

14 | Main Stair 9

15 | Terrace 2 (Students)

academic

16 | Terrace 3 (Penthouse)

3 7 6 4 2

Creating Symbiosis

Within A Well-Travelled Marine Park date location course critic language sq ft

09.24.2017 - 05.17.2018 Tun Sakaran Marine Park, Sabah, Malaysia Thesis Tim Kearny Weaving 250,000 Sq Ft

The Tun Sakaran Marine Park (TSMP) is a very diversified place representing a rich natural and cultural history. It is home to a sea-faring, nomadic indigenous group known as the Bajau Laut who use the park for natural resources - it is their greatest livelihood. During the past 30 years, the TSMP has gained worldwide recognition for its incredibly diverse reef systems which feature more species of corals then almost any other place on the planet. With a growing number of daily tourists, which equates to roughly 600 people, this island is rapidly changing. Bajau Laut homesteads have been turned into photo-safaris while an increase in ocean acidification and water temperatures have wreaked havoc on the local corals; bleaching approximately 50 percent of the reefs. These pressures have been pushing the Bajau inland as refugees: they have been losing touch to their ancestral ways while torn away from the coral shoals they call home. Architecture has the potential to align conservation efforts with local users and their values. This proposal is at the intersection of marine life conservation, eco-tourism, and regional heritage revival; attempting to reduce a regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing scarcity in resources and subsequent increase in acculturation through an integrative Marine Park Sanctuary and Research Center aimed at natural and cultural restoration. Ultimately, the projects challenges whether or not architecture and space can revolutionize the tourist industry such that it provides for marginalized communities and strengthen ecological services.

-Aquaculture; Revit / Rhino + Photoshop 17

E X P L O RTypical A T I Bleaching ON Zones

GLOBAL SEA SURFACE TEMP RISE

GLOBAL BLEACH

CRITICAL

GLOBAL BLEACH

AVG HIGH

GLOBAL BLEACH

MEDIUM

GLOBAL BLEACH

MINOR

Coral Diseases + Algal Plague Bleaching Events Global Bleach

2015

Global Bleach Global Bleach

-4

-2

+4 DEGREES F

Global Bleach

1980

ORAL DISEASES + ALGAL PLAGUE

YPICAL BLEACHING EVENT ZONES

Tropic of Capricorn

1944

RITICAL

AVG

IGH

EDIUM AVG

INOR

1900 -4

-2

YMBIOSIS

+4 DEGREES F

A N E C O - C U LT U R A L S A N C T U A RY

AARON WOOLVERTON

Mapping Corals These maps reveal the anthropogenic pressures placed on coral reefs. This data, accessed through the UN’s portal, reveals an increase in coral bleaching throughout the equatorial waters in between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. With an increase of green house gas emission, ocean acidification, and fish consumption, coral ecosystems are placed high on the priority lists for ecological conservation. Southeast Asia, home to a majority of Coral Species across the world (76%), also places a lot of pressure on their coral systems for food resources. Zooming into critically endangered systems within Southeast Asia made the most sense throughout the process; and the island of Borneo is high on the World Wildlife Fund’s priority zones list.

Tropic of Cancer

CartoDB; Illustrator

ANNUAL FISHING CONSUMPTION PERSON / KILOGRAM 51.6 KG/P

PACIFIC

3N C T U A R Y

ATLANTIC + CARIBBEAN

AFRICA

EAST AFRICA + INDIA

ASIA

5.82 KG/P AVG 4.06 KG/P

OCEANIA

1.88 KG/P

0.75 KG/P

AARON WOOLVERTON

Locating the Site BORNEO semporna

1933

TSMP was gazetted as a national forest reserve and bird sanctuary.

1963 - 1993

The Kaya Pearl Farm was established in the park, bringing a new form of industry into the immediate area.

1970

TSMP was recognized as a global treasure for marine biodiversity.

2004

TSMP established as a marine park. The first with settled inhabitants.

Tun Sakaran Marine Park (TSMP) “The preliminary results of the Semporna Marine Ecological Expedition (December 2010) indicate that Semporna may have the world’s highest marine biodiversity.” - The Netherlands Centre For Biodiversity

As previously mentioned, according to the World Wildlife Fund, the Island of Borneo is a critically endangered wildlife zone. The Malay state of Sabah, a rapidly developing part of Malaysia, is home to several of these ecosystems in peril. This project specifically looked at the dive town of Semporna, which is where an internationally known marine park has seen growing ecological scarcity due to the pressures placed upon the habitat. Between the global climate crisis and ships of travelling ecotourists, this historical park became the focus for an intervention and potential site - which is the Island of Bohey Dulong.

2010

International surveys and studies concluded that the TSMP is home to over 600 species of fish, 300 vertebrates, and approximately 323 species of coral (50% of all known speciation).

2016

National And International Ecotourist Spot, Reaching An Average Influx Of 610 Visitors A Day Throughout The Year.

SPECIES HARVESTING

CULTURAL WORKSHOPS

AKEHOLDERS

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Tourist Surveys This data was collected from tourists visiting the island of Bohey Dulong within the TSMP. The questions were mostly aimed at understanding where people were from and why the ended up travelling to Semporna and its Marine Park. The survey also measured peoples interests in the activities shown above. As of now, the park does not provide these experiencesAfor travellers. ARO N WOOLA V Emajority R T O N 14 of these travellers visited the park to scuba dive and enjoy vacation; however, many indicated that more cultural and ecological emergence would be of interest. Almost all visitors left the park with some concern for the environment.

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Conceptual Exploration of Symbiosis Concerned with both ecological and social systems, the diagrams above reveal a spectrum of programmatic intents related to both natural and sociocultural uses of the site. They begin to imagine some kind of conceptual form.

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Vernacular Architectures The design process took cues from local tradition and architecture while simultaneously adapting the design to site specific constraints including climatic forces, boundaries, and existing context.

Bajau Laut Boggo Boat - Means Of Movement

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Informed by the idea that Bajau utilize their boats for travel, these floating planters will act as a space for circulation, tide pools, mangrove planting, and simulate spawning waters for fish. This intervention will allow for the replanting of mangrove forest along Bohey Dulongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shorelines.

As habitat for both humans and local keystone species, this concept will reduce Bohey Dulongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rapid erosion by acting as a breakwater for the shore. This will also help with the restoring of mangroves along the physical shoreline.

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Final Design Intervention The axonometric below shows the full intervention along the coast of Pulau Bohey Dulong. Floating walkways and mangrove planters slow and cool waters that would otherwise erode the beach. This erosion, known as sedentarization, is not ideal for tidal forests and coral reefs. In order to facilitate ecosystemic health, this natural process should be closely managed.

Forage Farms

Providing Access To Ecological Farming date location course critic language size

01.09.2019 - 03.20.2019 Eugene, Oregon LA 539 Jacques Abelman Stitching 4 Acres

Forage farms introduces dense agricultural pathways along existing ecological boundaries to establish agro-ecological security within a community that lacks access to sufficient food sources. This project aims to reinforce local identity as the stewards of the landscape, promote positive growth, and cultural exchange through several programmatic platforms and experiences that intersect ecologies mindfulness and farming practices. With a growing housing crisis and lack of access to food resources, The City of Eugene and their Parks Department is looking for creative solutions to develop a strong sense of community while providing access to food resources for the growing number of houseless people in the area. This studio provided an opportunity to work with the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks Department, local business owners, community organizations, and residents to develop a design scheme that is informed by several stakeholders. Structured around meetings with these groups, the design was inspired to become a platform between locals and these businesses; which include Mountain Rose Herbs, Ninkasi Brewery, and Wildcraft Ciders. Ultimately, the herbs, hops, and fruits grown with the maintenance of these businesses will lead to communityled workshops. Another layer of this project included working with a community organization known as Huerta de la Familia, which aims at providing food equity to marginalized communities within the Whitaker Neighborhood. This kind of relationship may lead to a brighter, more sustainable future in which communities and businesses establish a sense of identity and stewardship for the environment.

-Community Garden; Rhino + Photoshop 33

Conceptual Collage & Design Parti This collage represents an analogy between historical ecologies and agricultural foraging performed by the Kalapooyan Native Tribe. Within the Willamette Valley, riparian lowlands were traditionally foraged while upper prairie lands were maintained by fire practices. This idea of agro-ecological histories is represented by these two typologies and informed the design parti and program on the right side of the following page. The site boundaries encase a strong ecotone between what was once wetlands and upland savanna prairie. Photography; Photoshop 34

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Coos Bay Studies

The Enlightenment is Dead, Long Live Entanglement date location course critic language size

10.01.2019 - Present Coos Bay, OR LA 589 Mark Eishceid Tension 10 Acres

The Oregon Sequence explores a thematic and geographic focus for an academic year across a breadth of scales, allowing me to explore each scale in depth over the course of three quarters. The Fall quarter studio focused on mapping and contextual information; the Winter quarter studio focuses on site design, and the Spring studio focuses on design detailing. Rooted in ecological thinking and principles, this comprehensive studio asked us to analyze the Coos Bay Watershed, which is known as the Pacific Northwestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deepest coastal bay. Coos Bay is home to a complex network of keystone ecologies, historical industry, Native American displacement, and subject to the crises of sea-level rise and coastal development. Throughout the research phase, We were asked to identify and map these complexities through the theoretical lens of entanglement and ecosystem thinking; this includes nodal to flow relationships. Ultimately, the studio resulted in a series of maps and site analyses in relation to the ideas of extraction, urbanization, and productive industries. These concepts may be seen as tensile forces, working against and with each other to form a stabilized economic industry. This project seeks to find these places of tension as a site for further investigation. Currently, this project is in a schematic design phase and schemes for a site plan are being developed for North Bend, a town that sits at the entry of Coos Bay.

-Forgotten Piers; Photo 39

Nodal Mapping

Flow Mapping

The nodal map above explores major points of interest within the Coos Bay Watershed in relation to the networks analyzed. Each of these nodes reveal major points of interest throughout time; which includes the overlapping of events, industry, settlement, and bioecologies. By doing this, we see a more abstract representation of this place and may make loosely informed assumptions of this area’s activity.

The flow map above explores the movement of materials and energy through the Coos Bay Watershed. This network includes sociocultural histories, industrial development, urbanization, bioecologies, fishing practices, logging practices, cultural resources, and much more. All together, this map reveals a sort of “messiness” within the landscape and establishes a direction, or flow, of resources between places.

ArcMap; Illustrator

Map of Maps This Map of Maps overlays dense layers of nodes, flows, and zones to express and explore the complexities discovered within the Coos Bay Watershed. This kind of mapping, although a static snapshot of current and historical trends, alludes to the principles and theories discussed in the studios readings.

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Nodes from the previous spread were consolidated into revised networks that relate to the topic of tension. As seen above, three new color-coded nodal networks exist and led to a discovery process towards specific sites within the watershed. The Yellow nodes represent Urbanization, Cyan represents Cultivation Industries, and Magenta represents Extractive Industries.

In this map, flow networks from the previous spread were consolidated into specific networks that relate to the idea of tension. This new map conveys the relationship between resources and energy within the Urban, Productive and Extractive Industrial realms. This filtering led towards a more pointed approach towards defining entanglement.

ArcMap; Rhino; Grasshopper; Illustrator

Map of Entanglement The Map of Entanglement applies filters to the Map of Maps on the previous spread. In this map, specific networks are color-coded and represent both extractive and productive processes within the humanled ecologies of the watershed. This process utilized Grasshopper to analyze intersections of these networks to inform maximum sites for entanglement.

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Potential Sites | Charleston, Oregon Charleston is a well-established fishing town on the Northern Head of Coos Bay’s South Slough. There is an extensive fishing industry here which includes both the processes of commercial fishing and aquaculture practices. Although Charleston features a highly industrious landscape, there may be an opportunity to include more recreational activities - this may be especially worthwhile when we consider Charleston as the gateway onto Oregon’s Adventure Coast - which is highly trafficked.

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Potential Sites | Kentuck Slough, Oregon The mudflats located within Coos Bay are ecologically productive and incredibly important to the ancestral Coos Tribe as bountiful food/cultural resources. As of now, these mudflats are still present, however, the Kentuck slough has been diked up and channelized for the purposes of agriculture. With this, the Jordan Cove Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline is proposed to cut through the Slough, which will eventually generate social-ecological unrest.

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Site Models and Exploration In the current studio of studying Coos Bay, we have switched from purely analyzing the watershedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ecology and moved into more site specific research. The model above is a CNCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ed context model that utilizes finishing nails to express the weight of the infrastructure that lands on the site.

Rhino; Lightweight MDF Panels, Finish Nails; CNC

Site Models and Exploration The model above utilizes the technique of ribbing to express the sectional nature of the site on an X/Y grid. These ribs may be taken out and replaced with modified sections to test visual form. Layers of Plexi glass symbolize sea-level rise between current levels, 2030, 2050, and 2100 levels. These planes may be adjusted to visualize future conditions. Rhino; Grasshopper; Birch Plywood, Plexi-Glass; Laser-Cutter

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PART 2 | EXTRACURRICULAR + PROFESSIONAL

Acoustic Alidade

Listening To A Changing Landscape date location course critic language size

06.28.2019 - 08.01.2019 Waverly, PA - Overlook Farm Overlook Field School Isaac and Gwen Cohen Concentricity 1000 Sq Ft

The Overlook Farm features a 320 acre family-estate directly outside of Waverly, Pennsylvania. The land has been considered a cultural heritage site: reflecting a long history of early pioneers and landscape architectural design. The original property was designed by the Olmsted Brothers nearly 100 years ago as a countryside estate for the Fuller family. Over the years, much of the property evolved from its original plans. As certain maintenance regimes and processes changed, so did the ecological structures upon the land. The current state of the property can be interpreted as a web of highly manicured islands amongst an ocean of ecological habitat; and this ocean has been plagued with many increasingly problematic conditions. One considerable condition, which was a major component to the project site, included the notorious Emerald Ash Borer - an exotic beetle that feeds on both Ash tree foliage and inner bark - destroying its canopy and ruining its potential for growth. The specific site location for this installation within the Overlook Farm included a ring of ash woodland devastated by this borer. In the center of the project site was a historic meadow designed by the Olmsted Brothers. The process for this project was highly exploratory and featured iterations of mapping, drawing, and sketch installations at several scales to develop an intimate relationship to the land. These scales included drawings focused at the microscopic, human, and site levels; obscuring subject matter at times in order to keep new ideas coming. The site was accessed several times a day within 12 days during the Summer of 2019.

-Centrifuge, Stump Graveyard; Monoline; Wood Posts; Orange Flags; Tree Stump; Ash 51

Research Drawings

Sketch Installation | Centrifuge

The information gathered during the site visits and processed during iterations of sketching led to new ideas of understanding ecological processes. During several visits mapping forest densities and with an eye on the fleeting forest, I discovered collections of acorns, pathways of feathers, and voids hammered into the weakened bark of the Ash trees. The forest came alive with sounds; feint pecking against brittle bark opened up a world of invisible flows of resources and energy.

This piece, Centrifuge, utilizes strings, wires, flags, and wooden posts to establish literal connections between the decaying ash stand forest, resulting tree stumps, and colonizing mustard species that take over in these decaying stumps. It also revealed the ecological function of these decaying ash trees and their stumps the dying ash tree is where the woodpecker would store acorns while the stumps were where they would eat them.

Sumi Ink; Charcoal; Iron Powder; Copic; Wintergreen Transfer; Pencil

Monoline; Wood Posts; Orange Flags; Tree Stump; Ash Trees; Wire

The Instrument | Acoustic Alidade

The Final Exhibit

The story of the vigilant Acorn Woodpecker boring holes to store its food and the variation of sounds and densities within the Ash woodland led me to the idea of analysis through sound mapping. Perhaps there is an experimental tool we could use as designers with respect to this kind of landscape. The Acoustical Alidade, inspired by more traditional surveying instruments, aims at providing a new way of perceiving and receiving information. This instrument can be used in tangent to sound emitting devices to map forest densities, assess ecological species within an area, and render a new way of interfacing the land.

The Final Exhibit included members from the community and professionals from the Landscape Architecture field. This exhibit allowed visitors to use the instrument and listen to different elements upon the Overlook Farm.

Plywood; Wood Dowel; Inverse Megaphone; PVC Pipes; Acorn Woodpecker Feathers

Instant Cities

Establishing a Sense of Place date location course critic language size

04.01.2019 - 06.15.2019 Veneta, OR LA 529 Michael Geffel Tree Rings 0.25 Acres

The small town of Veneta, Oregon is a logging town on the Eastern slopes of the Coastal Range of Oregon. During the 1950-60s, this town was booming, as the logging industry saw a rise in production during the post-war era, it quickly fell due to the environmental logging wars of the mid 1960s. Due to this economic change, the town suffered economic hardships and is now seeing upward trends in population due to Eugene’s low vacancy in housing. We worked with the city of Veneta to develop popup retail spaces - and this design was selected as the winning concept. This studio focused on theoretical concepts explored by Archigram in the 1960s known as “Instant Cities”. The Archigram publication revealed the context of its time: the fusion of the 1960s space race, the growing technology industry, and the idea of temporal spaces providing global connections. Ultimately, Archigram envisioned a system of public spaces that reinvented post-war life; a reactionary vision to the idea of nationalism and xenophobia. In doing this, these public spaces must have the agency to move, grow, and connect. Archigram’s work is at the roots of the modern-day inspired “lighter - faster - better” model of tactical urbanism. Creating diverse public spaces and charming atmospheres within Veneta’s community has been the driving concept behind this proposal. Utilizing historical motifs of the towns past, the idea of spatial living rooms, and pocket sized outdoor spaces introduced a dynamic relationship between Veneta’s residential community and the Veneta’s Saturday Market.

-Venetian Night; Rhino + Lumion; Photoshop 55

Renderings The aerial view and renderings on this page provide a sense of how this pop-up market would feel. As seen in the Aerial, the primary permanent installation is the Balloon Logging Statue; this installation represents a technique known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Balloon Loggingâ&#x20AC;? which was founded near the hills of Veneta. This technique utilized a hot-air balloon to maneuver fallen logs off the mountainside. Rhino + Lumion; Photoshop

1 | Veneta’s Ring This is a graphic street painting designed for the Instant Cities proposal. Taking inspiration from the town’s logging history, this graphic was generated through parametrics in order to replicate the growth of tree rings. This graphic is true to the town’s history with 107 rings representing the total time of its establishment up until 2019 (the project’s date). Grasshopper + Illustrator

2 | Pallet Climbing Wall The pallet climbing wall was a quick concept developed for the children of the neighborhood. This play area would be open throughout the week and will provide a place for parents and children to play and stay put during shopping at the markets.

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The plan for the Veneta Pop-Up Market provides a series of pocket-sized rooms, integrated rail-tie planters, street art, and a play area for children. It was important for this scheme to fit within the parking lot adjacent to the Saturday Market. The Northern strip of parking shall be left open for ADA needs and may be converted to a night-time venue for music or host wine/beer tastings throughout the week nights. 3

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Installation Ground Cover - Wood Chips Turf Lounge at Intersection Entry Typical Rail Tie Planter with Native Grasses Raised Bar-Height Counter Near Pod 1 (Cafe) Bike Parking Integrated into Rail Tie Planter Cafe Seating #1 at Pod 1 Typical 8’ Long Heavy Weight Bench Food Vendor Location Central Active Zone & Seating Cafe Seating #2 at Pod 3 Veneta Timeline Kid’s Play Area - with Turf and Climbing Pallets Blow-Up Pool for Hot Summer Days 57

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Balloon-Logging Installation Prototype Scale: 1-1/2” = 1’-0” Laser Etched Veneer; Douglas Fir Bark; PVC Pipes; Wire Mesh; Metal Eyes; Metal Cleat; String; Balloon; Concrete; T-Pins;

Loomis Student Center

Restoring A Historic Center of The Campus date location firm lead/pm type size/cost

01.12.2014 - 03.28.2014 Windsor, CT Atkin Olshin Schade Sam Olshin / Lisa Dustin Institutional 54,947 Sq. Ft. / $22,000,000.00

Chartered in 1874, the Loomis Chaffee School is a coed boarding school located on a rural 300 acre campus in Windsor, Connecticut. The original school buildings include several Georgian Revival brick structures symmetrically arranged around a traditional campus green. Today’s campus includes 12 residence halls, as well as administrative and classroom buildings, theater and athletic facilities and residences for 36 faculty families. We are working with the School community on several projects to accommodate increased enrollment, establish a master plan framework for improving an existing campus quadrangle, and enhance the strong traditional campus aesthetic. We have designed a new Campus Center that will create a lively student hub by bringing together student dining, activities and social spaces in one facility. The project will include a state-ofthe-art made-to-order servery, and two new dining rooms with generous windows to provide views to the adjacent quad. The new building will provide a variety of flexible and inviting spaces for planned and unplanned student and faculty interaction. I started working on this project during the construction documentation phase. My main task was to work alongside and coordinate the documents with structural, mechanical, and landscape disciplines. Along with that, I worked with Sam Olshin on several presentation renderings for the client.

-Student’s Loft; Revit; Photoshop 61

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The main level was incredibly under utilized and consisted of an outdated servery and dining hall. An important component of this design included the skylights that allow natural lighting to reach the dimly lit servery. We worked with Kitchen designers to develop an efficient layout so that chefs may see the students they are cooking for and vice versa. This open layout with the addition of the skylight makes the space feel larger as seen above. Revit; Photoshop

Luna On Pine

Modular Building in a Historic Neighborhood date location firm lead/pm type size/cost

04.06.2015 - 05.28.2015 Philadelphia, PA Atkin Olshin Schade Michael Schade / Gustaf Kamp Commercial/Residential 78,500 Sq. Ft. / $19,000,000.00

Luna on Pine is a developer driven modular building sited in West Philadelphia at 40th street and Pine Street. The neighborhood is full of historical architecture including some of the oldest remaining row houses in the city. We were required to work with a strict zoning board and the University of Pennsylvaniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design committee to establish a traditional exterior aesthetic and building form. These constraints led to the exterior design as seen to the left. The facade was largely pebble-dash stucco, Hardie panel siding, and a customized terrace space with a pergola. The project was Atkin Olshin Schadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first modular building design, and the largest challenge was creating a traditional form within the constraints of modular construction. Modular construction typically includes unit dimension limitations, vertical stacking of mechanical systems, and specific thermal values for envelope design. As seen in the primary exterior rendering, the building form includes wings, bays, and terraces. Ultimately, the project includes 19 individual modular units that structurally and mechanically communicate with one another. The final product is an incredibly energy efficient construct that takes less than 6 months to build. I was positioned as the primary designer and draftsmen for the project. I personally focused more on documentation, interior design, coordination, and finishes with my Principal Michael Schade while working with Gustaf Kamp as the project manager.

-Luna on Pine & 40th; Revit; Photoshop 65

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Design Axonometric The final design includes a large courtyard and two 1,000 square foot terraces with space for gardening with intensive green systems on the North side of the building. The green roof is an extensive roof and allows for the growth of native grasses and supportive sedums. The ground floor is envisioned to be planted with native perennials and evergreens for seasonal interest. Revit; Photoshop

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Plan Drawings; NTS These plans show the variation of modular units within the building. Overall, there are 119 units with 19 individual sizes and spatial characteristics. This amount of customizing led to a long coordination process with the modular manufacturers.

Terrace Detailing Terrace detailing required communication between structural engineers and the modular manufacturing company. This part of the building is somewhat complex due to an intensive green roof as well as the integration of on-site construction elements. Coordinating this customized cedar trellis into the envelop of the modularly constructed building was a great exercise in communicating through details.

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Lehigh Residences Building Around Green Space date location lead / pm firm type size/cost

06.04.2017 - 04.01.2019 Bethlehem, PA Sam Olshin / Paul Avazier Atkin Olshin Schade Residential 166,115 Sq. Ft. / $34,000,000.00

This new 150 unit dorm at Lehigh University all began as a gateway project into the campus. Awarded via deign competition, the design addressed several key axes and relationships between the site and Lehigh Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus. The initial design challenge involved reconnecting this satellite site back to main campus as to establish line of site into the main entry way. The idea of gateway quickly evolved into a building that conformed to the extremes of the site as well as the demands for public greenspace along the Brodhead corridor. The long site and steep slope required us to split the building into pieces, alleviating both technical conflicts as well as developing a pleasing proportional form along the street edge. The renderings shown on the right illustrate some of the effects of these voids along Brodhead Avenue. Formally, the idea of gateway became a tectonic rule throughout the design process both inside and outside of the building. The facade introduces several materials that convey the idea of calling attention. One example is the offset ad turning of brick layouts to create both texture and interest along the street. The composition of metal and brick aims at blending two contrasting neighborhoods and the University simultaneously. The bottom right rendering is an example of the unit corridors; the concept of gateway can be seen in the literal portals created over unit entry ways as well as the beacon of light emitted from accompanying wall sconces.

-Courtyard Realized; Revit; Photoshop 69

Conceptual Diagrams

SITE (GRAY)

The diagrams to the left illustrate the conceptual idea of opening the dorm up towards the campus and creating an axial relationship. The overall form of the building responds to the open spaces upon the campus and establishes a visual relationship to the campus center.

Site Development

CAMPUS

CENTER OF CAMPUS N

The Landscape Design for the building was sensitive to light availability. Several solar studies were executed to understand the livelihood of plants and seasonality of spaces. Colored Pencil

Birkel Avenue

T.O. PARAPET (S) 351' - 0"

LEVEL 5 337' - 0"

LEVEL 4 326' - 0"

LEVEL 3 315' - 0"

LEVEL 2 304' - 0"

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER O'DONNELL & NACCARATO 1 WEST BROAD STREET SUITE 1006 BETHLEHEM, PA 18018 610.807.9833 MEP ENGINEER BALA CONSULTING ENGINEERS 443 SOUTH GULPH ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 610.649.8000

LEVEL 1 293' - 0"

SOUTH ELEVATION - ZONING Z101

ATKIN OLSHIN SCHADE ARCHITECTS 125 SOUTH 9TH STREET SUITE 900 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107 215.925.7812

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

LOWER LEVEL 282' - 0"

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ANDROPOGON 10 SHURS LANE PHILADELPHIA, PA 19127 215.487.0700

NORTH ELEVATION - ZONING Z101

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

CIVIL ENGINEER PENNONI 2041 AVENUE C SUITE 100 BETHLEHEM, PA 18017 610.231.0600

Brodhead Avenue

East Elevation (Brodhead Ave) T.O. PARAPET (S) 351' - 0"

LEVEL 5 337' - 0"

LEVEL 4 326' - 0"

LEVEL 3 315' - 0"

LEVEL 2 304' - 0"

Facade Design

LEVEL 1 293' - 0"

SOUTH ELEVATION - ZONING Z101

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

SOUTH ELEVATION - ZONING Z101

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

LOWER LEVEL 282' - 0"

The juxtaposition of brick and metal panel develops a layer of interest on the facade as well as 3 2 knits the surrounding context together. Lehigh is known as the steel supplier of the region, so the use of industrial materials provided a historical story to the building. EAST ELEVATION - ZONING Z101

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

North Elevation LEVEL 5 337' - 0"

LEVEL 5 337' - 0"

LEVEL 4 STRUCTURAL ENGINEER 326' - 0" O'DONNELL & NACCARATO 1 WEST BROAD STREET LEVEL 3 SUITE 1006 315' - 0" BETHLEHEM, PA 18018 610.807.9833

LEVEL 4 326' - 0"

LEVEL 3 315' - 0"

LEVEL 2 304' - 0" MEP ENGINEER BALA CONSULTING ENGINEERS 443 SOUTH GULPH ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 610.649.8000

LEVEL 2 304' - 0"

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ANDROPOGON 10 SHURS LANE PHILADELPHIA, PA 19127 215.487.0700

NORTH ELEVATION - ZONING Z101

T.O. PARAPET (S) 351' - 0"

T.O. PARAPET (S) 351' - 0" ATKIN OLSHIN SCHADE ARCHITECTS 125 SOUTH 9TH STREET SUITE 900 LEVEL 5 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107 337' - 0" 215.925.7812

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

CIVIL ENGINEER PENNONI 2041 AVENUE C SUITE 100 BETHLEHEM, PA 18017 610.231.0600

70 T.O. PARAPET (S) 351' - 0"

LEVEL 1 293' - 0"

LOWER LEVEL 282' - 0"

NORTH ELEVATION - ZONING Z101

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

niversity - SouthSide Commons

South Elevation

Ave. & Brodhead Ave , PA 18015

LEVEL 5 337' - 0"

351' - 0" 6 A400

B.O. TRUSS (S) 346' - 4 1/2"

LEVEL 5 337' - 0"

can this be adjusted

LEVEL 4 326' - 0"

4 A640

3 A640

9 A400

1 A640

2 A640

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Accentuating Textures The axons above were studies executed for the exterior facade. The idea of protrusion and 3 dimensionality permeates between small scales within larger ďŹ elds of brick to larger spatial moments, as seen in the wall section to the right and the rendering to the left.

WALL SECTION C1-1 A351

SCALE: 3/8" = 1'-0"

WALL SECTION C2-1 A351

SCALE: 3/8" = 1'-0"

WALL SECTION C3-1 A351

SCALE: 3/8" = 1'-0"