Alex nelson portfolio by Alex_Nelson

architecture portfolio alex nelson

alexNELSON 2524 Ashford West Dr, College Station, TX 77840 alex.nelsontamu@hotmail.com (469) 396 - 7073

EDUCATION texas a&m university bs environmental design, minor business administration cumulative gpa 3.26

castiglion fiorentino focused on integration of italian community and culture with the contemporary means of american architecture countries traveled: italy, france, spain, england, ireland

paris junior college played for golf team gpa 3.5

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY jacobs engineering group, dallas, tx advance planning group assisted with the qc of the rctmp reports for the national guard, involved with the yolo county space allocation, plotted various floor plans in cad, worked in illustrator with cadtools, worked on i4 florida overpass project assisting with digital model startup aggieland, college station, tx student worker office duties as assigned by don lewis, assisted activities as required for the wrangler class

2011-2015

fall 2013

2010-2011

summer 2014

spring 2014

MEMBERSHIPS/HONORS aias student membership final 8 study abroad recognized as one of the top 8 projects in santa chiara study center deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list paris junior college spring 2011 captain of hs golf team all-district 2010 AQUIRED SKILLS software autocad, revit, rhinoceros, 3ds max, google sketchup, adobe creatie suite, microsoft office suite manual drafting, modeling, woodworking, sketching 3

downtown fitness

richter gallery

the chevron

jacobs engineering

artwork/photography

DOWNTOWN FITNESS ARCH 206

Bryan is an up-and-coming community with a rich historical context, as well as an integration into the modern vernacular. While new construction continues to go up, I wanted to facilitate a community gym and cafe for a rising and proud downtown area, while also providing a safe space for gatherings and relaxing. The building exemplifies the works of the great Richard Meier, combining form and depth of skin to create meaningful space.

Given the historical aspect of Downtown Bryan, we were given an architect to grow our work from while also responding to the site itself. I was given Richard Meier, and based the majority of my work on his concepts and perspective on architecture. The main points stressed were to create a building based off solid geometry, with voids and sets of planes to create depth while responding to the corner site condition.

detail studies

The main focus was to create depth of skin, and to create interest for on-looking pedestrians. One way to create this interest was by using depth created by exhisting wall structures. Some of these structures appear to extrude out, appearing to float away from the main building. shadow study

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12pm

3pm

10” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE 2” ACOUSTIC CEILING TILE 8” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

1/2” GYPSUM BOARD

11” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE 2 REBARS ON HOOKS 10” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

11” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

KAWNEER 1600 WALL SYSTEM

12” CONCRETE FLOORING 6” CONCRETE

2” ACOUSTIC CEILING TILE

11” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

KAWNEER 1600

STUCCO ON 6” CONCRETE 1/2” GYPSUM BOARD 12” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

6” CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE

2” OAK FLOORING ON 10” CONCRETE SLAB

2” GYPSUM ON 1 X 2 FURRING STRIPS 2” RUBBER FLOORING ON 4” CONCRETE

16” X 24 “ CONCRETE FOOTING 2 CONTINUOUS REBARS ON HOOKS

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north wall detail

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west wall detail

north elevation

first floor

basement

second floor

sunken floor

R I C H T E R G A L L E R Y A R C H 306

Located to the south of downtown Dallas, this gallery is designed as a testament to the main motifs of Gerhard Richter’s work. Given the site location between downtown Dallas and Trinity River Park, the gallery strikes a balance between displaying the artist’s work and responding to its context. The building is divided into three galleries, each exhibiting a main motif of his work: representational, sculptural, and abstract. Upon entrance to the building, one is taken through a promenade of Richter’s work, each displaying a main motif of his art.

Richter’s works can be divided into three categories, each of which worked on through different stages of his career. In order to respect his work and showcase his artistry, the external massing of the design expresses a hierarchy of these stages, while the interior showcases the progression of his work through his career.

“Since there is no such thing as absolute rightness and truth, we always pursue the artificial, leading, human truth. We judge and make a truth that excludes other truths. Art plays a formative part in this manufacture of truth.” - Gerhard Richter

REPRESENTATIONAL

SCULPTURAL

ABSTRACT

Richterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work and method of painting greatly influenced not only the design, but the also how a user is influenced by itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surroundings. The simplicity of his brush strokes on canvas drives the architecture past its walls.

RELATE TO CONTEXT

DALLAS

TRINITY PARK

DISTRIBUTE 3 GALLERY SPACES

CREATE HIERARCHY

RESPOND TO CONTEXT

CIRCULATION

level 1

level 2

level 3

roof

THE CHEVRON ARCH 405

The car, people, and architecture are the love triangle that never was. For the past century, the automobile has infested Houston and transformed the city fabric drastically impacting the daily lives of citizens. Architecture has had to find its place among a grid patterned downtown swarmed by piercing skyscrapers, and a knot of highway overpasses. This project proposes an honest rejection of the car, allowing for total humanized interaction between all levels of architecture.

The program is split into three main components: underground parking, ground level public realm, and the elevated architecture center. The idea of giving the power to the car is rejected, instead, and is tucked away from the public in the form of an automated lot 3 stories deep into grade. On the ground plane, the public are welcomed to a large courtyard, restaurant and gallery which preludes to a dynamic architecture center. Two towers divide the main public attractions on the west and administrative offices on the east. An open courtyard on the 3rd floor looks on to the Houston skyline. Houston as a whole can serve as an architecture free for all. Downtown includes works from masters such as Mies Van der Rohe and Phillip Johnson, making it an ideal place to reate a facility that celebrates not only Houston, but how important American architecture has influenced the world. 1000 CLay Street is an ideal site with indeniable potential. Sandwiched between colossal landmarks like the Enron tower and the Toyota Center creates a need to introduce a humanized scale between the inner loop of I 45 and I 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Chevronâ&#x20AC;? will provoke new ways to experience the downtown setting, and enhance the context.

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Gallery: Gallery: Cafe: Cafe: Patio: Patio: Museum: Museum: Exhibition: Exhibition: Auditorium: Auditorium: Kids Area: Kids Area: Lounge: Gift: Lounge

Areas:

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2125 sq ft

Symmetry established in plan Symmetry established in plan Asymmetry established in elevation

Asymmetry established in elevation

Reduce building footprint, introduce Reduce building foot print, introduce public square public square

Submerged Parking (see(see reference Parking below grade reference diagram): Node D, Parking diagram): Node D Detail, Parking

Babe Holliday 37Beltr

ground floor

(ft) 0

100

Ladder to Below

W 44 x 335

142’ - 10” 15’ - 7”

W 36 x 232

W 24 x 117

W 33 x 169

W 14 x 605

W 10

138’ - 10”

W 14

144’ - 10”

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8”

Women's RR

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6”

Parking Entrance

Patio

61’ - 4” 15’ - 6” to

109’ - 0”

Parking Entrance

- Transfer Column

Men's RR Ladder to Below

- Truss Landing

LIVE LOADS 40 psf

Museum

50 psf 75 psf

Gallery

100 psf 150 psf 300 psf No Load/Floor Below

Live Loads

Framing Plan 4

G4B1

G3 C1 J1

C1 J1

J1G2

W 44 x 335

W 36 x 232

W 24 x 117

W 33 x 169

W 14 x 605

W 10

MARK

C1J1

4 2

W 14

J1 J1

J1 J1 J1

J1 J1

B1 B1 G4

109’ - 0”

61’ - 4”

- Truss Landing

W 44 x 335

70’ - 1”

W 44 x 335

15’ - 4” 4’ - 3” to

15’ -4”

LIVE LOADS 40 psf

18’ - 6”

50 psf

142’ - 10” 15’ - 7”

75 psf

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8” to

100 psf

150 psf

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6” 61’ - 4” 15’ - 6”

300 psf

109’ - 0”

No Load/Floor Below

- Transfer Column

G3 C1

- Truss Landing

LIVE LOADS

40 psf 50 psf

75 psf

100 psf

150 psf 300 psf

No Load/Floor Below

F G3

G2 C1 J1

G3 C1

C1 J1

100

J1 J1

B1 C1

C1 J1

B1 J1

(ft) 0 5

W 36 x 232

144’ - 10”

Lecture

3’ - 8”

W 21 x 93

W 14

J1 B1

J1 Men's

61’ - 4” 15’ - 6”

SPAN/RANGE

W 8 x 10

Terrace

C1 J1

STYLE

138’ - 10”

G3J1

B1 G4 C1

STEEL MEMBER SCHEDULE MARK

W 10

144’ - 10”

Women's

W 14

W 14 x 605

138’ - 10”

W 10

W 33 x 169

100

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6”

Live Loads

C1 Administration

W 14 x 605

C1 J1

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8”

Live Loads live loads

G3 C1

W 36 x 232

framing plan Framing Plan 2

70’ - 1” 18’ - 6” 142’ - 10” 15’ - 7”

W 33 x 169

W 24 x 117

61’ - 4”

Framing Plan

J1 J1

(ft) 0

Live Loads

Terrace

live loads

Roof Garden

Live Loads

C C1

15’ -4”

W 24 x 117

C1 J1

3’ - 8” 15’ - 4” 4’ - 3”

No Load/Floor Below

W 36 x 232

100 psf

B2 B2

J1 C1

W 44 x 335

75 psf

G3 G1

C1 G3 J1

MEP

Computer Lab

Gift Shop

W 44 x 335

Lounge

G4 J1

Second Floor 34’ - 0”34’-0” 1/16” = 1’ floor Seventh Floor second 109’ - 0” 1/16” = 1’

Framing Plan

Men's Men's

G4 J1

W 36 x 232

144’ - 10”

50 psf

138’ - 10”

LIVE LOADS

A C1

IntelliPak I System

W 21 x 93

Cooling Tower

Women's Women's

109’ - 0”

SPAN/RANGE

- Transfer Column

W 8 x 10

- Truss Landing

7 5

MEP

G3 J1

STYLE

61’ - 4” 15’ - 6”

150 psf

B1 B1

G3 C1

Jan Closet

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6”

STEEL MEMBER SCHEDULE

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8”

70’ - 1” 18’ - 6” 142’ - 10” 15’ - 7”

Live Loads

15’ -4”

40 psf

G3 J1

3’ - 8” 15’ - 4” 4’ - 3”

61’ - 4”

- Transfer Column

Framing Plan

W 44 x 335

94’ - 0”

G3 C1

framing plan

W 36 x 232

300 psf

Framing Plan

J1 J1

J1J1

Sixth Floor 1/16” = 1’

W 21 x 93

SPAN/RANGE

W 8 x 10

MEP

First Floor first 19’-0” - 0” 1/16”floor = 1’ 19’

STYLE

Cooling Tower

C1 J1

J1 J1

STEEL MEMBER SCHEDULE MARK

J1 J1

J1 C1

J1 J1

J1J1

J1 J1

J1J1

J1 J1

J1J1

C1 Terrace

C1 J1 J1

J1 J1

J1 G3

IntelliPak I System

C1 J1

MEP

Men's

Gallery



C1 J1

Women's

G3 J1

Administration

Exhibition

Reception

G3 C1

Lounge

B1 G3 J1 

J1 C1

Children's Area

1J1

G2 C1

Auditorium

0’ - 0”

Ground Floor 1/16” = 1’

15’ - 7”

W 36 x 232

W 24 x 117

W 33 x 169

W 14 x 605

W 10

138’ - 10”

W 14

144’ - 10”

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8” to

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6” to

61’ - 4” 15’ - 6” to

109’ - 0”

- Transfer Column

40 psf 50 psf

75 psf

Gift Shop

LIVE LOADS

C1 J1

G3 G1

C1 J1

Lounge

- Truss Landing

100 psf 150 psf 300 psf

MEP

Live Loads

Framing Plan

T1 J1

Framing Plan

framing plan

B1 J1

J1C1

G3 C1

W 44 x 335 W 44 x 335

live loads F

W 36 x 232

150 psf

W 24 x 117

300 psf

No Load/Floor Below

G4 (ft) 0

W 33 x 169

100

G3 C1

F G3

C1 J1

J1 J1

G3 C1

B1 G4

Women's

J1 J1

Men's

J1 J1

B1 G3

C1 J1

G3 C1

J1 G3 C1

Administration

SPAN/RANGE

3’ - 8”

W 8 x 10

W 21 x 93

W 36 x 232

61’ - 4”

61’ - 4” 15’ - 6” to

109’ - 0”

W 44 x 335

70’ - 1”

W 44 x 335

- Truss Landing

15’ - 4” 4’ - 3” to

15’ -4”

LIVE LOADS 40 psf

18’ - 6”

50 psf

142’ - 10” 15’ - 7”

75 psf

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8” to

100 psf

150 psf

W 36 x 232

W 24 x 117

W 33 x 169

W 14 x 605

W 10

138’ - 10”

W 14

144’ - 10”

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6” 61’ - 4” 15’ - 6”

300 psf

109’ - 0”

No Load/Floor Below

100 psf 150 psf

No Load/Floor Below

Live Loads

STYLE

75 psf

Live Loads live loads

G3 C1

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6”

144’ - 10”

40 psf

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8”

W 14

300 psf

138’ - 10”

LIVE LOADS

70’ - 1” 18’ - 6” 142’ - 10” 15’ - 7”

W 10

- Truss Landing

61’ - 4”

50 psf

Live Loads

G3 J1

15’ -4”

W 14 x 605

- Transfer Column

B1 G4 C1

3’ - 8” 15’ - 4” 4’ - 3”

SPAN/RANGE

- Transfer Column

G3 C1

W 36 x 232

100 psf

Live Loads

Framing Plan framing plan

138’ - 10” 144’ - 10”

Framing Plan

109’ - 0”

75 psf

W 21 x 93

J1 J1

C1J1

61’ - 4” 15’ - 6”

STEEL MEMBER SCHEDULE

40 psf

MARK

MEP

W 10 W 14

W 8 x 10

LIVE LOADS

CNC

B1 W 14 x 605

STYLE

38’ - 3” 33’ - 6”

W 33 x 169

Supplies

STEEL MEMBER SCHEDULE

137’ - 2” 32’ - 8”

- Truss Landing

J1 G3

J1 C1

W 24 x 117

Live Loads

Print Shop

70’ - 1” 18’ - 6”

142’ - 10”

MARK 15’ - 7”

C1 J1

Fourth Floor

W 36 x 232

5 C1

64’ -64’-0” 0” Seventh Floor 109’ - 0” 1/16” = 1’floor fourth 1/16” = 1’

W 44 x 335

15’ -4”

50 psf

Men's

Framing Plan

W 44 x 335

C1 J1 J1

IntelliPak I System

G2 J1 J1

Cooling Tower

15’ - 4” 4’ - 3”

61’ - 4”

Women's

W 36 x 232

- Transfer Column

MEP

Open to below

3’ - 8”

W 21 x 93

B1 J1

SPAN/RANGE

W 8 x 10

C1 J1

Administration

J1 G4

STYLE

C1 J1

G3 C1

2 3 Framing Plan

G3 C1

Cooling Tower

J1 G3

C1 J1 G2

J1 J1

G3 Terrace

B1 J1

STEEL MEMBER SCHEDULE MARK

IntelliPak I System

94’ - 0”

MEP

Sixth Floor 1/16” = 1’

G3 C1

- 0” 49’-0”

B1 G4 C1 J1

Men's

MEP

Third Floor 1/16” =floor 1’ 49’ third

J1 J1

Lecture

Computer Lab

C1 J1

J1 J1

B1 J1

J1 J1

C1 C1

J1 C1

J1 J1

Women's

J1 Men's

Administration

G3 C1

G3 J1

C1 Women's

1 J1

Terrace

G2 J1

J1 C1

G3 Roof Garden

C1 J1

Administration

34’ - 0”

Second Floor 1/16” = 1’

No Load/Floor Below

(ft) 0 5

100

cross section a

Shading Fins Deflect direct sunllight

Automatic Screen with projector Childrens Play Area

Interactive 3D Projection Map

(ft) 0

glass reinforced polyester In order to create the shading fins used on the exterior of the building, a material was sought out that was light enough to be thinned out to extreme dimensions yet retain high strength. GRP is made from a combination of glass fibre mat and polyester resin. It has high tensile, compresive and shear strength yet still maintains a low density as well as resisting corrotion, mainting its bright red elegance.

process of car - entry & exit Process of Car - Entry & Exit

Ladder to Above

MEP

Cart

MEP

Lift

Ladder to Above

Payment

Parking 1/16” = 1’

-25’ - 0”

Cart Speed

Standard Specifications

984 ft/min

Category

Specification

Capacity

Dimensions

Max Availability to Park

9’ x 18’

Lift

Lift Speed

393 ft/min

Cart Payment Method

Wait Time

38 seconds

120 cars Dimensions: 9 ft by 18 ft Height: 7 ft Speed:

Weight: 4,620 lbs 393 ft/min

Motor Capacity:

30 kW

Speed:

984 ft/min

Motor Capacity:

22 kW Touch Screen

structural “bones” model

Roof 124’ - 0”

cross section b A

Seventh 109’ - 0”

Sixth 94’ - 0”

Fifth 79’ - 0”

Fourth 64’ - 0”

Third 49’ - 0”

Second 34’ - 0”

First 19’ - 0”

Ground 0’ - 0”

(ft) 0

node a 3” x 24” Glass Reinforced Polyester Hollow Shading Pannels

Parapet Coping

Extruded Rainwater OutletAluminium Mullion

details

Waterproof Membrane

Extruded Aluminium Transom

Steel Formed Angle Plate SAE - Grade 1 - 1/4"

Exterior Aluminium Frame Mullion Thermal Insulation

Floor finish

Steel W12 x 26

Concrete Slab On Deck Concrete Slab

Steel Formed Angle Plate SAE - Grade 1 - 1/4" Steel W12 x 26 ASTM - Grade B5 - 1” Hyundai Elevator Conveying Track- Type ACTF Steel W10 x 30 SAE - Grade 1 - 1/4” Steel Formed Angle Plate Steel W12 x 26 Steel Welding A513 Steel Structural Square Tube

Perforated external Platform Extruded steel bracket for suspending external pannels Metal Decking Steel W 44 x 335 Double Glazed Unit (low E value)

Steel Welding

Opaque glass-faced insulated panel

node c

Ceiling Finish

Rendered Facade Detail Insulating Tempered Glass ALBANG T04 Routel ALBANG Fin - L220 Series Nylon Washer Laminated Tempered Fin Glass ALBANG Glass Fin Splint Welding

node b Glass Reinforced Polyester Aluminum Vertical Support

Insulating Tempered Glass ALBANG T04 Routel ALBANG Fin - L220 Series Nylon Washer Laminated Tempered Fin Glass ALBANG Glass Fin Splint Welding

Concrete Flooring Slab Thick Embedded Parts

Oticplacode Connecting Bolt Fin Connecting Bolt Spider Connecting Bolt Structural Silicone Sealant Silicone Sealant - 20 anchorbars

Parapet Coping Rainwater Outlet Waterproof Membrane

Kitchen

Thick Embedded Parts

Precast Concrete Column Covers Cafe Steel Formed Angle Plate

Oticplacode Connecting Bolt Fin Connecting Bolt Spider Connecting Bolt Structural Silicone Sealant Silicone Sealant - 20 anchorbars

SAE - Grade 1 - 1” Flooring Finish Plywood Sheathing Reinforced Concrete Insulation Temporary Pressure Cardboard Cartons Ladder to Below

Crushed Granular Fill Women's RR

3” 24” Glass Reinforced #4xReinforcement Bars Polyester Hollow Shading Pannels Extruded MullionBeam Poured InAluminium Place Concrete Extruded Aluminium Transom Exterior Aluminium Frame Mullion Floor finish

Parking Entrance

node e

Concrete Slab Temporary Pressure Cardboard Cartons Perforated external Platform Patio Extruded steel bracket for suspending external pannels

Steel Formed Angle Plate SAE - Grade 1 - 1/4"

Metal Decking Concrete Pile Cap Steel W 44 x 335

Thermal Insulation

Concrete Flooring Slab

Lobby

Insulated Tempered Glass

Ladder to Below

Opaque glass-faced insulated panel

Steel W12 x 26

Concrete Pile

Concrete Slab On Deck Ceiling Finish Museum

Gallery

node d

Parking Entrance

Men's RR

Double Glazed Unit (low E value)

Glass Reinforced Polyester

Steel Welding

Aluminum Vertical Support Insulated Tempered Glass Precast Concrete Column Covers Steel Formed Angle Plate SAE - Grade 1 - 1” Flooring Finish Plywood Sheathing Reinforced Concrete Insulation Temporary Pressure Cardboard Cartons Crushed Granular Fill #4 Reinforcement Bars

Rendered Facade Detail Poured In Place Concrete Beam

Temporary Pressure Cardboard Cartons

Concrete Pile Cap

Concrete Pile

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J A C O B S E N G I N E E R I N G

During the summer of 2014 I was able to join the Jacobs Engineering Advance Planning Group as an Intern. I was subjected to hands-on client interaction meetings, traveling, and using my skillset Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned in school thus far. During the last two weeks I was given an individual task of constructing a digital model for a highway overpass for the i4 project in Florida.

Jacobs Engineering at the time of my employment was involved in a series of projects designing highway overpasses for FDOT. The landscape group in my department needed a hand putting together a digital model for a client presentation. I was given the plan view shown on the right, and asked to extrude the lines with the information I was given with a master SketchUp file containing pre-set barrier walls. The design was done exclusively in SketchUp by importing the given linework from AutoCAD. I had to design the pre-set barriers to fit the line work and given ADA requirements.

ARTWORK PHOTOGRAPHY

This collection of artwork and photography is based off of my study abroad experience during the fall of 2013. Visiting countires included Italy, Spain, France, England, and Ireland.

Right: Pantheon 54

Left: Orvieto Duomo

Right: Colosseum

Left: Dublin, Ireland

Right: Westminster Abbey

Left: Arch of Triumph

Right: Bridge of Sighs