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contents [FOURTH YEAR. 2010-2011] CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL [THIRD YEAR. 2009-2010] LE PIAGGE REDEVELOPMENT & URBAN DESIGN AUBURN UNIVERSITY LYCEUM TALLASSEE FALLS MILL RENOVATION [SECOND YEAR. 2008-2009] RURAL STUDIO: EXPANDABLE COURTYARD HOUSE HOUSE: PLANS OPELIKA BOOKSTORE FACADE [FIRST YEAR. 2007-2008] ELBA PUBLIC LIBRARY BIRD HOUSE BIRD + HOUSE BIRD WATCHING TOWER TECHNICAL DRAWING & DRAFTING ARCHITECTURAL SCAVENGER HUNT [APPENDIX] TRAVEL SKETCHES ART GRAPHIC DESIGN
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO [SITE]: Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois [DESIGN INTENTIONS]: The hospital experience is about transformation from an unbalanced to a balanced state. In facilitating this transformation many design elements were considered that would foster healing while providing a comforting, stimulating environment. The design evolved according to the following three concepts: 1. Connection Patients need to connect to the outside world as well as to their current internal environment. The children’s hospital facilitates many connections on both the exterior and the interior levels. Most notably, the form, particularly the angular geometry of the north facade, provides a relationship to the exterior urban context by taking advantage of some of the most desirable views--views towards Lake Michigan and towards Seneca Park. Maintaing an axial relationship to Mies Van Der Rohe Way, the main entry on the ground level is distinguished by a plaza so as to relate to the surrounding public vicinities. It also serves to activate this space in an effort to create a welcoming threshold. On the interior, transparency of materials establishes a sense of place within space. Windows looking into other hallways and atrium spaces give parents the ability to see other parents and staff and allows children to see other children. This experience of activity bestows upon each a sense that they are not walking the journey alone, thus, aiding in the healing process. 2. Control
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Patients and staff need to feel they have control over their environ-
ment. They need a feeling of ownership and sense of home. Patient rooms accommodating of family members as well as several communal spaces providing services to patients and guests help to facilitate this idea of control. Familiar details, such as colors. textures, and furnishings provide a sense of home. 3. Energy
There is an inherent need for certain types of energy and energy sourc-
es to get through the hospital journey. Lighting and colors energize spaces. The skin acts to allow as great of natural light penetration as possible. Colors on both the interior and exterior excite spaces to a greater degree, providing a cheerful and comforting environment for healing to occur.
design process
[PROGRAM] Total 500,000 S.F. Public 33,700 Dining 18,000 Cafeteria 9,000 Kitchen 8,000 Nutrition Administration 1,000 Education/Conference 10,000 Conference Center 8,000 Education Center 2,000 Volunteer Center 1,500 Gift Shop 1,000 Coffee Shop 1,000 Chapel 800 Vending 200 Reception/Information 200 Public Toilets 1,000 Family Support 5,000 Family Wellness Center 2,000 Playroom/Playground 2,000 Sibling Care 1,000 In-Patient Units 151,000 Acute Care Unit (72 beds) 60,000 Neonatal ICU (24 beds) 20,000 Pediatric ICU (24 beds) 20,000 Oncology (24 beds) 20,000 Intermediate Care (24 beds) 20,000 Out-Patient Units 16,000 Physical Therapy/ Rehab 16,000 Wound Care 1,000 Pool 1,000 In addition, provide access to the following amenities: Play or family areas, Libraries, Conference rooms, Staff lounges
Surgery Units Emergency Pharmacy Imaging/Radiology Laboratories Administration Loading Dock Ambulance Dock Morgue Mechanical Circulation
50,000 35,000 5,000 23,000 16,100 46,000 1,000 43,200 75,000
vicinity plan
ground floor plan
typical patient floor plan
north-section section
patient room wall section
north elevation
view from water tower place
left: fourth level terrace above: ground level lobby
right: typical patient room above: patient floor waiting area
LE PIAGGE REDEVELOPMENT AND URBAN DESIGN [SITE]: Indiano Bridge, Le Piagge District Florence, Italy [PROGRAM | OBJECTIVE]: This project focuses on the urban renovation of the most provocative district of the periphery of Florence: the Piagge. Facing the
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river Arno, at the edge of the historical center, the Piagge gives the opportunity to experiment with new forms for the contemporary city and today’s multiethnic society. The project will be based on the current masterplan design by Giancarlo De Carlo and will aim to provoke a critical discussion of the future development of the district. The program for the site shall include: Co-housing and youth hostel: 18,000 m3 Gymnasium or kindergarten: 1,000 m3 Public service: 2,000 m2
Site Section
giancarlo di carlo masterplan analysis
original site
connections
functions
trees
site proposal
north-south section through site
north elevation & ground floor plan
AUBURN UNIVERSITY LYCEUM [SITE]: Auburn University Auburn, Alabama [OBJECTIVES]: Represent the academic colleges of Auburn University on the new Main Quad; Provide university and college space for gatherings; Develop proficiency at designing and expressing Institutional Architecture
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[PROGRAM]: 25,000-30,000 s.f. 2,700 s.f. Public gathering space suitable for dining, dancing, meetings 900 s.f. Pre-gathering space 12,000 s.f. College unit (14) gathering spaces 2,700 s.f. Lecture hall 2,700 s.f. Atrium/courtyard space 900 s.f. Kitchen/catering 200 s.f. Reception/coats 1,200 s.f. Public restrooms
site
skin study: parametric brick facade patterns
third floor plan
ground floor plan with site context
north-south section
second floor plan
TALLASSEE FALLS MILL MUSEUM RENOVATION [SITE]: Tallassee Manufacturing Falls Co. (1844) Tallassee, Alabama
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[PROGRAM | OBJECTIVE]: The site shall become the future location of a cultural and textile museum. From the existing textile mill, select and re-design one space, taking into consideration the spatial experience, use, tools, equipment, and material landscape. Also consider the interrelationship of interior and exterior space. The investigation paradigm shall follow the model of a design within and responsive to an existing architectural enclosure, regional culture, and small-scale production. Critical inquiry and research will focus on the integration of natural time cycles, human behavior, ecological responsibility, and craft as a sustainable system and mode of living in today’s environment.
T A L L A S S E E F A L L S M I L L S I T E & A X O N T A L L A S S E E F A L L S M I L L S I T E & A X O N
wall charrettes site SCALE: 1/64”=1’0” SCALE: 1/64”=1’0”
EXPANDABLE COURTYARD HOUSE [SITE]: Footwash, Alabama Rural Studio [PROGRAM | OBJECTIVE]: Design and build an expandable courtyard house. The Expandable House grows by need and over time. It is based on the traditional local farm house strategy. The task for the designer is to understand which space should be considered a priority compared with the main necessities of the house. The client schedule and style of life are basic things to analyze. The Expandable House responds to the transient nature and demographic of the Contemporary family. The task for the designer is to propose a design and
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build strategy capable of providing a flexible building open to different variations of the same Expandable House. A broader understanding of the potential future expansions is expected. The Courtyard should connect and guide the future expansions of the Expandable House. It should bring natural light, weather and landscape in the center of the dwelling. It should provide privacy and intimacy. During the hot West Alabama months it should become the ‘outdoor living room’ of the expandable house. The Courtyard shall suggest a model for low rise development and an alternative to the contemporary Sprawl city.
HOUSE: PLAN [SITE]: Cress Lake, Auburn, Alabama [PROGRAM | OBJECTIVE]: You are to design a house on an 8-acre parcel of property outside of Auburn, Alabama. The house will be of a modest scale, designed for a couple wealthy enough to build and wealthy enough to have at least one expensive hobby. Every solution will have to confront several basic issues: the
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change in grade (20’-0�); easement restrictions limiting the placement of the house on the site; the alluvial terrain, the new growth forest; and the adjacency to water. The house should include the following spaces: A space for gathering [200 sf ]; a space for eating [150 sf ]; a space for preparing food [150 sf ]; a space for storing food [100 sf ]; a space for working/creative work [200 sf ]; a space for sleeping [150 sf ]; a space for personal care [120 sf ]; two spaces for guests [120 sf each]; two guest bathrooms [100 sf each]; a space for storage [120 sf ]; a space for storing 2 cars; a space for sitting outdoors. The total square footage shall not exceed 2400 square feet.
OPELIKA BOOKSTORE FACADE [SITE]: Opelika, Alabama (Historic downtown) [PROGRAM | OBJECTIVE]: At some point, every architect must confront the most difficult question we can ask about a building “but, what will it look like...?� It is a difficult question as we spend so much of our time during the design process looking at all the other issues of feasibility and accommodation. Issues of appearance, composition and character are often left to the very end. There are
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many reasons that decisions concerning image and iconographic are delayed. Plans can take a long time to generate, and programmatic accomodation carries with it the ideological baggage that form must follow function. Many architects are left with either a false sense of compositional inevitability, or allow contextual arguments to mandate a certain stylistic approach. You are being asked to design the facade of a small bookstore in downtown Opelika. The store will have several stories of books, a display window, a canopied entry, a reading room, seats integrated with the windows and a residence on the top floor accessible by a stair that has a separate door on the street.
preliminary facade study
proposed bookstore facade
THE URBAN LANDSCAPE | ELBA PUBLIC LIBRARY [SITE]: Elba, Alabama Courthouse Square [PROGRAM | OBJECTIVE]: Through the careful and well-considered aggregation of your various programs, you are to re-invision the Courthouse Square. All projects will utilize a rectilinear and orthogonal palette. Designs incorporating curves and or diagonals in any dimension or direction will not be permitted. You are strongly encouraged to utilize the act of excavation (while maintaining
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a view of the sky) in the development of your project as well as the development of the site. All proposals must meet ADA and Life Safety requirements. You should focus on your ability to manipulate light and space while integrating the built interior spaces with the spatial landscape. Explore the potential future for the repository paradigm: What could it become? As you establish your own formal agenda, consider the following terms: vernacular, style, nostalgia, materiality, thickness, local and macro heirarchy, spatial sequence, axis, view. Produce a rectilinear architecture devoid of pitched roofs. Fight object-fixation and geometric ostentation.
north elevation
east-west section perspective looking north
east-west section looking south
elba town square masterplan
east-west section looking north
ground floor plan
second floor plan
east elevation
third floor plan
BIRDS: AN ORNATE ORNITHOLOGY [BIRDHOUSE]: Redefine common shop terms through the fabrication of a birdhouse. Your primary construction material is to be 1� Nominal thick planks of raw, unfinished wood. The resultant artifact is to be a carefully considered, well designed, and exquisitely crafted museum quality work of art and will be evaluated accordingly against these criteria. [BIRD + HOUSE]: Design and construct a full-scale prototype bird+house for your bird. This is to be no ordinary birdhouse. The bird+house is to be both a projector of the bird’s attitude as well as a reflector of your own. What can the bird+house tell us about the bird? This project concerns the up-close, the tactile, the haptic, the sensual. Much consideration should be put into designing, developing and fabricating an Object of Desire. The final Bird+House is to be pursued through a variety of means: researching, drawing, study models, detail models and ultimately as a full scale prototype
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[BIRD WATCHING TOWER]: You are to design a tower, a bird (watching) house. The program for the tower is deceivingly straightforward: you are to provide a place for two people to actively engage in the passive activity of bird watching: a place for observation, a place of both prospect and refuge; a place to both go to as well as a place to come from. Special care and attention is to be given to the development of a particular attitude to the ground, and subsequently to the sky. How may the tower begin to mediate the two at the horizon? What are your relational attitude and your operational agenda both toward and for your adjacent neighbors?
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS. FALL 2007
TECHNICAL DRAWING AND DRAFTING
ARCHITECTURAL SCAVENGER HUNT [SITE]: Auburn, Alabama [PROGRAM]: On your travels in and around Auburn, find and record in a field journal good examples of the following architectural terms, components, styles and buildings: architecture. abutment. ampitheater. arcade. arch. balcony. balustrade. barrel vault. bay window. belfry. berm. boulevard. bracket. bridge. brise-soleil.
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bungalow. buttress. campanile. canopy. cantilever. capital. clerestory. column. contemporary. cupola. curtain wall. deep. dome. dormer. eave. engaged column. entablature. fascia. fenestration. festoon. finial. folly. gable. gazebo. greek. hypostyle. joists. keystone. lintel. loggia. long. mantelpiece. modern. modular. monolith. narrow. nook. oculus. ornament. parapet. piazza. pilotis. porch. portecochere. post modern. quoins. radial. repetitive. retaining wall. roof. round. rustication. short. silo. skylight. skyscraper. soffit. space frame. square. stair. tall. tower. triangular. truss. underground. vault. vernacular. wall. weathered. wide. xystus. yellow. zigzag
TRAVEL SKETCHES
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
university of florence department of urban planning logo design | florence, italy [study abroad]
mapping oltrarno | florence, italy [study abroad]
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Advanced Academic Diploma, 2003-2007 ACT: 32 Rank: 10/372 GPA: 4.32
Rural Studio, Newbern, AL; Spring 2009 Study Abroad, Florence, Italy; Spring 2010 Bachelor of Architecture, 2007- 2012 Bachelor of Interior Architecture, 2009-2012
Elena Barthel; AU School of Architecture [Second & Third Year Professor, Rural Studio, Abroad]; ezb0009@auburn.edu
Sheri Schumacher; AU School of Architecture [Third Year Professor, Interiors]; schumsl@auburn.edu; 334.844.5440
Rusty Smith; AU School of Architecture [First Year Professor]; smithr5@auburn.edu; 334.844.5419
Assisted on numerous construction projects throughout the community, particularly involving roofing
Community Missions Volunteer, United Methodist Church; Auburn, AL (2001-2006)
Worked on construction of a youth camp in the jungles of San Carlos, Panama
Panama Mission Trip Volunteer, United Methodist Church; Auburn, AL (2007)
Designed and built an expandable courtyard home for a client within the local community
Student (Design/build), Auburn University Rural Studio; Auburn, AL (2009)
Designing orphanages for various sites in the Dominican Republic
Volunteer, Lifeline Children’s Services; Birmingham, AL (2010-present)
Aquatics Program Specialist, City of Auburn; Auburn, AL (2007)
Public Pools Assistant Manager, City of Auburn; Auburn, AL (2008)
Lifeguard, City of Auburn; Auburn, AL - 2005-2008
Student Government Association Freshman Forum, Special Projects Committee (2007-2008)
American Institute of Architecture Students, Member (2007-Present)
Social Sorority, Scholarship Committee (2007-Present)
Student Government Association Schools Council, Member (2008-Present)
College of Architecture, Design, & Construction Student Council, Vice-President (2008-2009)
College of Architecture, Design, & Construction Student Council, President (2010-present)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2008-Present)
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society (2008-Present)
Lambda Sigma Honor Society (2008-Present)
Book Award for Most Outstanding First Year Architecture Student (2007-2008)
CADC Student Leadership Award (2010)
Dean’s List (2008-Present)
Auburn University Honors College (2007-Present)
William T. Warren & William T. Warren, Jr. Endowed Scholarship (School of Architecture)
Alabama Architectural Foundation Scholarship (2010)
Spirit of Auburn Founders Scholarship (full academic scholarship), Merit and Leadership Scholarships
GPA: 3.79
Auburn High School, Auburn, Alabama
alk0005@auburn.edu
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Student (Fourth Year), Auburn University
Allyson Klinner
314 North Cedarbrook Drive Auburn, AL 36830 T 334.728.0423 alk0005@auburn.edu