Creative Works Portfolio

andrew d farris

creative works portfolio 2011 - 2016

everywhere, design touches somebody with a barely audible whisper. ...you matter...

all photographs and creative works in this portfolio have been composed by and are the intellectual property of the author. duplication or use without express written consent are expressly forbidden

table of contents

cobank center

architectural rendering

analog design

logo design

photography

cobank center, sunrise

cobank center location: greenwood village, co area: 296,000 sf with 950-space garage cost: $75,000,000 owner: shea properties tenant: cobank, acb core/shell architect: davis partnership tenant improvement archtect: rnl design contractor: adolfson & peterson construction duration: eighteen months role: field engineer

the transition between architecture school and construction management began abruptly in 2015 when i became part of a unique team at vcs iii. coordinated efforts between the design team, ap, and the owner allowed us to work together with subcontractors to bring the project in before the december 1 delivery date. the success of the cobank center led to a contract for the eleventh floor build out and eventually to ap winning the contract for the neighboring vcs ii tower, a 12-story office in the adjacent lot.

as a field engineer, i oversaw storm water management, punch list coordination, training on building systems (put on by subcontractors), owner stock submission, and worked to foster a positive relationship between ap and all contractors, owners representatives, and architects.

Immediately following, i acted as the field engineer, project engineer, assistant project manager, and assistant superintendent for the eleventh floor tenant improvement project, which was completed in september of 2016.

render: church lobby, rhino + vray

architectural rendering location: elgin

from a studio project aimed at demolishing and rebuilding the historic elgin tower in elgin, il, this render shows a hypothetical view of a proposed open office. these offices comprise the fourth through eighth floors, offering plenty of daylight to the occupants.

from the same project, this render shows a living room for one of the apartment spaces. one, two, and three bedroom units make up the ninth through twenty-first floors and would offer views out to the surrounding city, as well as to the fox river below.

render: church sanctuary, rhino + vray

watercolor: jubilee church, rome

analog design location: chicago, europe time frame: 2012-2014

as part of an advanced drafting course, i was tasked with imagining a scene from a novel and bringing it to life in autocad. this file was rasterized to make a laser cutting (pictured left).

the laser cutting shown above headed to the print making studio, where the design moved from three dimensions back to two, completing the circle. the inspiration behind it all came from the artemis fowl series, written by eoin colfer. the final wood cut and print represent my take on the elevator running from the core to the surface of the earth.

the same drafting class involved taking time out of each day to sketch. i found an image of tadao ando’s church on the water and composed this sketch, trying a new variant with black paper to highlight contrast within the photographed space. sketch time: twelve minutes original photo obtained here: http://skibinskipedia.org/post/2403543293

a few days later, i revisited the image and my sketch of ando’s church on the water. this time, i focused more on bringing the shading to life to make the sketch feel more realistic. sketch time: thirty minutes

once again from the advanced drafting class, this project involved producing a replica from the student’s choice of past k-rob architectural deliniation contest. the image had to be selected from a previous winner, and the winner was required to have won in the hand-drawn category.

the original, a professional submission by steve quevedo, won best-in-show in 2005.

this sketch was created as part of a study on how to render water in color (other classmates selected different media). particularly, i chose to experiment with the way stippling could represent the fluctuation in still water around an object.

from the same series of exploratory sketches, this sketch plays more with the blending of colors, using both colored pencil and marker to create the blending.

the last stop for the 2012 architectural study tour in europe was amsterdam, netherlands. here i explored how the canals related to the streets around them using water color and ink on plain paper.

this plan and section hybrid results directly from the section above, and lends understanding to the street side relationship of the canals that cut paths of their own through the city.

watercolor: amsterdam canal scene

client: independent photographer

logo design location: elgin, denver time frame: 2014-2016 clientele: freelance

my wife enjoys making homemade crafts and household products. when she came to me with a vision of launching an online store, i jumped at the opportunity to help her bring the fledgling brand to life.

as a small business owner in 2014, i needed a way to get the name of the business out to repeat clientele (both repeat and new customers). as a result, i designed a clean, easy to understand logo to attach to business cards.

client: mr productions, independent videographer

photograph: mccormick tribune campus center, iit

photography location: chicago, europe

windmill elizabeth, colorado photographed august 2015 editing software: afterlight

windmill framed in iron elizabeth, colorado photographed august 2015 editing software: afterlight

elgin tower elgin, il photographed october 2014 editing software: afterlight

harm weber academic center elgin, il photographed october 2014 editing software: afterlight

bauhaus dormitory dessau, germany photographed june 2012 editing software: none

windmill framed in iron elizabeth, colorado photographed september 2011 editing software: none

photograph: sta maria della salute, venice, italy