Learning the Profession
Amanda J. Raymond Student Portfolio Ball State University College of Architecture & Planning 2005-2011
Table of Contents: Graduate Work:
-Workforce Training Center
4th Year Work:
-ecoREHAB -Ball State Center for the Environment
3rd Year Work:
-National Design Factory -Africa Challenge (Open Architecture Network) -Monterey Bay Surf Museum -African American Self-Inflicted Genocide Museum
2nd Year Work:
-Columbus Visitor Center for Architecture -Unit-Making -Muncie Development
1st Year Work -Abstract Art -Dwelling -Sketches
Zero-Net Energy Workforce Training Center Leading Edge Competition 2010
Project Statement: To design a Workforce Training Center in Long Beach, California using zero-net energy strategies. This building will contain classroom and shop facilities, along with an employment counseling area, lecture hall, and gathering spaces. It will serve as a demonstration tool for the community of how energy efficiency, sustainable technology, and renewable energy can be implemented. Raymond/Rhoads 2010
Workforce Training Center Concepts: The Long Beach Zero-Net Energy Training Center responds to the site and its context through building form and aesthetics, while implementing green, sustainable, and regenerative practices. Daylighting, passive ventilation, thermal performance, energy production and consumption, water collection and usage, material selection, and social function were all key issues in the design and development of this project.
View Towards Lecture Hall
Front Entrance
2nd Floor Lounge
North/South Section Elevation
Workforce Training Center Programming:
3rd Floor Library
1st Floor Plan
East/West Section
The 1st floor contains much of the public functions of the training center, including a lounge, lecture hall, library, and adminstration spaces. On the 2nd and 3rd floors are classroom and shop facilities, along with an employment counseling area. Outdoor shaded courtyards and roof terraces are also provided for gatherings and leisure.
2nd Floor Plan
Raymond/Rhoads 2010
ecoREHAB Muncie Housing Rehabilitation Spring 2009
Project Statement: To document current conditions of vacant Muncie houses. Identify the existing or potential green design features inherent in the buildings. And develop rehabilitation plans for the homes, including options for a moderate-green rehab and substantial-green rehab.
Raymond 2009
ecoREHAB Concepts: Civic engagement through the creation of stainable communities is encouraged in the proposed “green� renovations of this residence. By restoring this home to its former grandeur and using eco-friendly construction methods and materials, it will serve as a model for future sustainable restoration projects in the area.
Site Plan
Southwest View
Street View
Original Floor Plan
ecoREHAB Programming:
“Deluxe” Model Rear View
“Deluxe” 2nd Floor Plan
Proposed Floor Plan
The existing floor plan layout did not work well, so the proposed renovation rearranges the kitchen and bathroom areas to a central “wet” wall, keeping all the house plumbing to a fixed location. A formal dining room, ground floor bedroom, and laundry area are other great features included in the “green” renovations. A “deluxe” option includes a 2nd story addition of a bathroom suite.
Front Elevation
Raymond 2009
Ball State University Center for the Environment Cripe Architects + Engineers Competition Fall 2008
Project Statement: To design a Ball State University Center for the Environment which demonstrates superior environmental design, while also educating the public on the uses and abilities of the building itself. This building also serves as the final link of the interior street which runs along the west side of McKinley Avenue. Raymond 2008
Center for the Environment Concepts: The main concept behind this design is capturing daylight and providing it throughout the building. This was accomplished using light scoops, windows, and atrium spaces. The form of the building suggests attention to the sun through the extension of spaces both in elevation and plan.
Office
McKinley Ave. View
Multi-Purpose Room
Roof Diagram
Parking Lot View
Center for the Environment Programming: Within the building, spaces are arranged vertically from public to private, allowing main access to the library, computer lab, galley, auditorium, and living machine on ground level. Classrooms and the General Office Suite are located on the second level, while the Laboratories and Visiting Scholar Suite are placed on the third level. Connection to the Arts and Journalism Building and Teachers College is provided on the ground level and second level.
East/West Section
1st Floor
2nd Floor
North/South Section
3rd Floor
Raymond 2008
National Design Factory Indianapolis, IN Gresham Smith Competition Spring 2008 Project Statement: To work within an existing metropolitan context, reusing part of an old automobile manufacturing warehouse, providing mixed-use housing, performance area, and outdoor recreation spaces. This development is to be a part of the National Design Factory and Charter School, which are located in the warehouses adjacent to the site. The site also borders the Monan Trail Greenway, connecting to various parts of the Indianapolis area. Raymond (Reeder) 2008
National Design Factory Concepts: Making a low-impact on the site and surrounding context, while also addressing the human scale factor, were important elements in the design development process. The magnitude of the existing factory buildings influenced the design into taking a key secondary role as a part of the development for the National Design Factory and Charter School.
Human Scale Diagram
Auditorium Diagram
22nd Street View
Auditorium Diagram
Auditorium
National Design Factory Programming: Unit A
Unit B
Unit C
Unit D
Unit E
Unit F
Residences: Placing the artist living units within part of the existing structure fit the design intent and provided more space on the site for other uses. By cutting away parts of the current building, while still using the structural grid, ample day lighting and private exterior spaces were created.
Gym
Balcony
3rd Floor Gym
Unit A
Unit B
Unit C
Unit D
Unit E
Unit F
Auditorium: Receding the auditorium space into the landscape brought down the scale of the building to visitors and also followed the concept of low-impact. The auditorium’s green roof structure serves two functions, providing a thermal and acoustic barrier for the interior space, while also serving as a recreation or seating area for activities occurring on the ground level of the site.
Patio Outdoor Corridor
2nd Floor Cafe
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Gallery Space
Resident Lounge Outdoor Corridor
1st Floor Playground Area
Auditorium Balcony
North/South Section Men’s RR Lobby
Women’s RR
Seating
Stage
Below Ground
Structural Grid Raymond (Reeder) 2008
Africa Challenge Project Intent: The goal of this building is not only to serve as a physical framework, but as a social foundation. The people of the community will begin to own the building as they manipulate and expand infrastructure established. Through this process of ownership, the building can embody the needs and visions of these people who create its character as they progress forward.
2nd Floor
1st Floor 1st Floor
Ku-Wa Kesho [to become tomorrow]
The goal of this building is not only to serve as a physical framework, but as a social foundation. The people of the community will begin to own the building as they manipulate and expand infrastructure established. Through this process of ownership, the building can embody the needs and visions of these people who create its character as they progress forward. It is thus that the project is named in Swahili, Ku-wa Kesho, to become tomorrow.
Competition Board - Open Architecture Network
Raymond (Perchlik) 2008
Monterey Bay Surf Museum Project Intent: The goal of this project was to develop our skills and knowledge of architectural drawings. We went through the process of producing a standard set of construction documents, including floor plans, building sections, elevations, wall sections, and detail drawings. This enabled us to better understand how a set of drawings is put together and the information that is needed in order to
1st Floor
construct a building.
Details
East/West Elevations
Wall Sections
North/South Elevations
Raymond (Lengacher) 2008
African American Self-
Inflicted Genocide Museum Project Intent: The design of the African-American Self-Inflicted Genocide Museum was influenced by many issues, including prison architecture and the surrounding New York City context. A large atrium cuts through the building, providing a direct pathway into Central Park from the street and encouraging circulation through the museum. The gallery space within the complex relfects traditional prison design, such as the linear organization of spaces and catwalks surrounding a central circulation space. office space
Central Park View
North Elevation
terrace
exhibit lobby
auditorium
terrace
3rd Floor OFFICE SPACE
EXHIBIT OPEN TO BELOW
STORAGE CLASSROOMS
LOBBY
MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM
2nd Floor
Model
Gallery 1st Floor
Raymond 2007
Columbus Visitor Center for Architecture Indiana Concrete Masonry Association Competition
Project Statement: To design spaces spaces to INFORM and EDUCATE the public about Columbus, Indiana architecture. The visitor center is to accomodate the needs of a highway rest stop, while also modeling sustainable practices in design. Raymond 2007
Columbus Visitor Center Concepts: The arrangement/orientation of spaces according to passive needs was the driving concept in this design. Each public space has a specific passive feature which is significant in the use of the area. By using these systems, visitors area able to see and touch sustainability in action, and through this process become educated about sustainable design.
Site
Section
Columbus Visitor Center
Parking Lot View
Model
Lobby
Roof Terrace View
Raymond 2007
Unit-Making Project Statement: To design a unit which can be stacked or layered to form a vertical wall about 3 feet high. The main purpose behind this project was to learn about how masonry units work together individually and as a whole to create structure. If possible, students were encourage to use masonry as the material for the final product.
Masonry Wall
Product Manufacturing Process Concepts/Structure: To create a masonry unit that would transmit light, while having an alternating surface pattern. Using two different units, a smooth curve was evident on one side of the wall and an alternating pattern of an inset and outset row was visible on the other side. Using plexiglass layers inbetween the other concrete and portland cement mix was the material technique used to create this effect. Raymond (Reeder) 2007
Muncie Development Mixed-Use Community
Project Statement: To design a mixed-use building to respond to the needs of downtown Muncie, Indiana. The building needed to include residential, commercial, and public units, while also taking into account the climate and cultural context. Raymond 2006
Muncie Development Concepts: This mixed-use development contains both residential and commercial units, and incorporates a central courtyard, which is accessible to residents and visitors to the site. Daylighting was a key factor in the design, using the southern exposure of the building to increase the amount of natural light in the residential units.
3rd Floor
2nd Floor Heliodon Light Studies
Site Photograph
1st Floor
Muncie Development
Street View
Courtyard View Programming: There are 8 residential units within the building, 4 two-bedroom apartments, and 4 one-bedroom apartments, each containing about 1500 square feet of living space and are handicap accessible. The commercial spaces on the ground level of the building include a quaint restaurant setting on the interior corner, a small cafe, and a local grocery store.
Courtyard Plan Raymond 2006
Abstract Art Project Intent: Frank Stella’s Sinjerli Variations With Colored Grounds is an abstract painting that was analyzed and interpreted into a 3-D model. The project helped introduce students to color theory, requiring the rendering of a chosen piece of artwork using the color groups, such as analogous, warm/cool, dark/light, and contrast of extension.
Color Pencil Rendering
Original Painting
Presentation Board
Model
Raymond 2006
Dwelling Project Intent: The dwelling project was an exploration of light and enclosure, using a painting for inspiration, to design within a rectangular space with limited openings. This design experimented with pergolas and louvers to capture and reflect light int
Model
othe building. The dwelling uses symmetry and various geometries, reflecting those found in Frank Stella’s Sinjerli Variations With Colored Grounds.
Presentation Board 1
Presentation Board 2
Raymond 2006
Sketches
Raymond 2006