ALLENDER STEWART selected work
allender stewart. selected work
architecture.
packaged light | campus art museum astrocube | ideal teaching theatre atomic city museum | science and history museum fragment | mixed use infill recycle this site | master planning off the grid | bike share + housing
design/build.
faceted front | furniture design cu.shop | eye tracking laboratory
art+design.
selected graphic design selected hand rendering
preservation.
501 east high street | financial feasibility study 224 martin luther king boulevard | adaptive reuse
packaged light.
campus art museum lexington, kentucky
This museum embraces a quiet architecture formally while expressing structure and materiality elegantly. The purpose of this is to direct light into the spaces of the museum and allow the artwork to create the visual beauty of the space. The cubic form of the building, so chosen to maximize sun exposure into the building, is carved to allow views and light pockets that may surprise patrons at each visit - the nature of the facade is that the shadows it will produce inside the building will consistently be in motion with the sun. Galleries explicitly for media exhibitions and a gallery laboratory that is created to be transformed completely for each exhibition increase the capacity of the museum to host bigger and better names and projects. The increased quality and quantity of space utilized in this museum will create a campus art museum that not only strengthens the programming of the existing art museum, but one that will free the staff and museum community to explore new avenues and promote culture on the University of Kentucky campus and in Lexington.
A campus art museum should promote the university’s image both regionally and in academia by bridging relationships between the art community and other disciplines, as well as by fostering a stronger relationship between the university and its surrounding community. It should do this by not only exposing cultural, canonical, and educational art pieces to the campus and larger community, but also by promoting cutting edge exhibitions and contemporary artists at the forefront of their respective fields. A campus art museum is not only a museum, but an ambassador of culture to the campus and its community. The site chosen for this project is a historical crossroads. At one point the center of the university campus, it marks the boundaries of both a past botanical garden and a demolished football stadium, as well as being situated facing new dormitories and an old basketball coliseum. It also is located between the Student Center and the Singletary Center for the Performing Arts, and adjacent to the Fine Arts Building and a important axis drawn between the Memorial Coliseum and the landmark Funkhouser Building which passes over the site. Because of these conditions, situating a museum on this site would offer the opportunity to reinforce a fledgling cultural core on north campus to mirror the athletic core on south campus while honoring the site’s past function as a intersection point between the university and the community of Lexington. A museum on the site can extend its influence into the outdoor environment of the campus by creating pocket gardens and by bridging between the existing botanical garden and sculpture gardens adjacent to the site. SITE CIRCULATION (all)
LEXINGTON GALLERIES
MUSEUM SITE (White: final project location)
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SITE SECTIONS SHOWING CONTEXT
oD | SoA OBS/SWETNAM
WINTER SOLSTICE + SHADOWS PREVAILING WINDS
KY: MPURATURE IS 35.2 DEGREES FARENHEIT WIND EMPURATURE IS 74.7 DEGREES FARENHEIT
FREQUENCY (HOURS)
CIPITATION IS 45.14 INCHES S SNOWFALL
SE FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST D IS 8 MILES PER HOUR
POTENTIAL FOR KARST FORMATION ON SITE ON SITE POTENTIAL FOR KARST FORMATION TANGLEWOOD LIMESTONE MEMBER NO. 2
VERY HIGH KARST POTENTIAL LOWER PART OF LEXINGTON LIMESTONE FORMATION
SOME KARST POTENTIAL NO KARST POTENTIAL
GE OF 89 DAYS ARE CLEAR, 101 DAYS ARE PARTLY CLOUDY, OUDY
TANGLEWOOD LIMESTONE MEMBER NO. 2
SITE SECTION A:2 COLISEUM/BOTANICAL GARDENS ADDRESSING STUDENT CENTER STUDENTS TRAVELING FROM ACROSS EUCLID SHOULD TRAVERSE THIS SITE BETWEEN CLASS, LUNCH, AND HOME.
INGTON IS AT 2 INCHES OF DEPTH
THE SITE SITS ATOP THE LOWER PART OF THE LEXINGTON LIMESTONE FORMATION, WITH A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR KARST FORMATIONS TO OCCUR. THE SOIL TYPES ACOSSIATED WITH THE LEXINGTON LIMESTONE FORMATION ARE MAURY SOILS, WHICH ARE MEDIUM TO STRONGLY ACIDIC CLAY LOAMS, AND MCAFEE SOILS, WHICH ARE WELL TO EXCESSIVLY DRAINED CLAY LAOMS. SUMMER SOLSTICE SITE SECTION B:2 STUDENT CENTER/SINGLETARY ADDRESSING EUCLID AVE. A MUSEUM SHOULD BE A CULTURAL BEACON FOR THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. ADDRESSING THE STREET IS IMPORTANT TO ITS IDENTITY.
CIRCULATION ON SITE
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SITE CIRCULATION SITE LOCATION VEHICULAR/BICYCLE PARKING MAJOR PEDESTRIAN ROUTES CITY TRANSIT ROUTES
SITE SECTION A:1 COLISEUM/BOTANICAL GARDENS ADDRESSING SINGLETARY A VISUAL OR DELIBERATE SITE CONNECTION TO SINGLETARY IS IMPERATIVE IN CREATING A VIBRANT ARTS CORRIDOR. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
CITY TRANSIT ROUTES
SUMMER SOLSTICE + SHADOWS
GALLERY LEVELS AROUND PATRON MOVES UPWARDS ESSOF THE ATRIUM SPACE GGING STAIRCASE.
A LOUVRED FACADE TWISTED VERTICAL LOUVERS CREATE THE OUTER SHELL OF THE FACADE, OPEN VIEWS, FILTER SUNLIGHT, AND CREATE AN EVER-CHANGING DISPLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW. TOTAL RADIATION
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Value Range: 0.0 - 3786000.0 Wh/m2 Ecotect v5
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ON THE OUTSIDE, THE LOUVRES REINFORCE THE VERTICALITY OF THE MUSEUM, WHILE THEIR TWISTING FORM PROVIDES MOVEMENT, SHADOW, AND A SUBTLE UNDULATION ON THE FACADE.
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ON THE INSIDE, THE LOUVRES ENHANCE LIGHT AND SHADOW IN THE INTERIOR SPACES, CHANGING THE SPACE AS THE SUN MOVES ACROSS THE BUILDING. THE TWISTS ALSO ALLOW TO SHOWCASE PINPOINTED VIEWS OF CAMPUS, THE SCULPTURE GARDEN, AND DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON.
EAST 1/8” = 1’
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above: lobby atrium from ground floor right: first/entry floor plan (store, auditorium, cafe, director’s office) below: basement level (museum shop, environmentally controlled storage, services) with service parking and delivery turnaround
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ceiling system
GALLERY CEILING SYSTEMS DETAIL
fire suppression (delayed sprinkler system) ductwork and vents lighting: temperature and intensity controlled white lighting from central computer system (LED philips ew cove ec powercore) unistrut between ceiling panels allows for flexibility in exhibit design and in spotlighting. ceiling panel: usg gridware suspension system with translucents luminous infill ceiling panels (white translucent): diffuses natural light and light from fixtures into an overall ambient light system for the gallery
typical gallery floor (levels 2-4) two large gallery spaces (floor pulls back on the western facade to provide breakout space and views to galleries below).
FIRE SUPPRESSION (DELAYED SPRINKLERS)
HEATING & COOLING VENTS - NARROW SLOTS BETWEEN CEILING PANELS ALLOW THE CEILING TO REMAIN SIMPLE
LIGHTING: LED PHILIPS eW COVE EC POWERCORE - TEMPERATURE AND INTENSITY CONTROLLED FROM CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM
small media gallery space storage, services, vertical circulation below: third floor east gallery
CEILING PANEL: USG GRIDWARE SUSPENSION SYSTEM WITH TRANSLUCENTS LUMINOUS INFILL CEILING PANELS (WHITE TRANSLUCENT PANEL) DIFFUSES NATURAL LIGHT AND LIGHT FROM LIGHT FIXTURES INTO AN OVERALL GLOWING, AMBIENT LIGHT SYSTEM FOR THE GALLERY.
UNISTRUT BETWEEN PANELS ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY IN EXHIBIT DESIGN AND IN SPOTLIGHTING
astrocube.
ideal teaching theatre clemson, south carolina
The United States Institute of Technical Theatre “Ideal Theatre” competition challenged us to design the “Ideal Theatre” for teaching technical theatre to college age students. We worked closely with a theatre student and quickly learned that theatre technicians must be completely and creatively adaptable as they move specific set pieces to different facilities across the nation. Therefore, the ideal teaching theatre must be a transformative building to provide for creative opportunities for cutting edge set design, but should also provide limitations to challenge students to find creative solutions in less-than-ideal spaces. Our building addresses the idea of the proscenium with large opening walls that transform the black box theatre into a stage with seating in the lobby, or the lobby into a stage with access to the adjacent park landscape. Classrooms have direct adjacency to the lighting grid, the set shop, and the sound booth to literally turn the theatre into a classroom itself, ensuring a constant exposure for each student to a design laboratory which is constantly adapting to new environments. This project uses the original footprint of a downtown Clemson standby, the Astro movie theater, and connects its landscape with an existing Lake Hartwell boardwalk trail, providing a cultural beacon that strengthens town/gown relationships. Winner of the USITT "Ideal Theatre" competition, spring 2011
The mechanomorphic quality of the building was directly influenced by the technical theatre student’s necessity to learn to be fluid designers. Two massive moving walls on either side of the lobby allow for a large range of performance spaces. Small popout walls in the tower move into the balcony space to make impromptu dressing rooms. A piston-operated black box floor grid creates opportunities for a variety of seating and set connections.
atomic city museum. science and history museum paducah, kentucky
Just outside of the city of Paducah, Kentucky, sits a massive uranium enrichment facility, which is slowly being commissioned due to the discovery of a massive contamination plume. This collaborative studio was charged with the creation of a museum which celebrates the not only the site’s history and those who dedicated their careers to helping their country prepare for the Cold War, but the lives of the environmental scientists who have dedicated their careers and research to the cleanup of the Paducah site and a strong economic future for the city. Our studio was split into three teams based on the needs of the museum design. As project managers, my partner and I worked with the teams daily on their progress to connect the three separate projects into a cohesive design. We worked directly with the museum development team to define the story of the Paducah project, and created a script and storyboard for the video team. We provided support in developing the several models built for the class, and combined the multitudes of exhibition strategies into a museum experience projecting the future of the site.
facing, top: after writing the story to be told by the museum, we assigned spatial types and learning types to the story elements to address visitors of all types. above, top: renderings of the museum design were animated to showcase various aspects of the museum in the final video. above: many students designed various exhibition types bottom row: the final museum model was a large scale plexiglass construction that was lit from below.
(exhibit) CONTENT
history
government & collaborators
ecology
geoscience
contamination
atomic city museum
economy
infrastructure
water
scientists
impasse
progress
technology
outlook
community research communication methodology
PROFESSOR GARY ROHRBACHER | 4TH YEAR + GRAD 1 | FALL 2013 After World War II, The United States and the Soviet Union entered into a nuclear arms race with the promise of mutually assured destruction. Mounting global tension led to the construction of nuclear facilities worldwide, one being in Paducah, KY, home of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Here they made uranium hexafluoride until the realization that a single leaky pipe led to a massive outbreak of TCE contamination. Now, the efforts of thousands of researchers and community members are focused on creating an ecologically and economically sound future for the city of Paducah.
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SETTI NG T H E SC EN E To understand the gravity of the situation at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, the visitor must understand the history of the facility.
SPATIAL (qualities)
“Handed t o ” L ear n i n g (History- can not be changed)
immersion
watch
between
around
reveal
enter
approach
return
interact
circulate
reactive
enclose
CURATION + STORYTELLING
SUGGEST ED CON T E N T TECHNIQUES : Text Visua l Explici t
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THE P LOT T HI CK ENS The Kentucky Research Center for Energy and the Environment and the Department of Energy have countless researchers and scientists who have devoted their entire professional lives to resolving the ecological and economical issues at the PGDP.
“Discover y Lear n i n g ” Be a part of the present, explore solutions SUGGEST ED CON T E N T TECHNIQ UES :
LEARNING (types) INTE RA CT IV E
Visual Experient ia l Interactiv e
+ High Risk User Interactive Object
HIGH RISK
Interactive People
LOW RISK
V I SU AL
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+ High Risk to Low risk User
A H ERO PR EV A I L S
HIGH RISK
Research, models, and information of developing technologies focused on generating discussion and hope for the future of Paducah and the PGDP.
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HIGH RISK
NEW METHODS OF EXHIBITION
LOW RISK
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E XP LI CIT Low Risk User
HIGH RISK
NO LOW RISK
IMPLICI T High risk user
HIGH RISK
EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION
LOW RISK
High Risk User
Let the visitor decide or interpret future
Implicit Experientia l Interactiv e Text
HIGH RISK
E XP ERIE NCI N G
“Create t h e Fu t u r e ” SUGGESTED C ONT EN T TECHNIQU ES :
LOW RISK
TEX T Low Risk User
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LOW RISK
fragment. mixed use infill genoa, italy
At the head of the narrow Piazza Campetto in the medieval city center of Genoa, Italy, there is a cheaply built infill building that fills the footprint of a building lost to the damages of World War Two. Our charge was to design a more fitting building to sit amongst the historic palazzos of the wealthy Genovese families in a piazza traditionally dedicated to the sale of meat and fish. We felt the complete demolition of the existing building would be unfair to tell the complete story of the piazza, so we stripped the facade from the existing building, retaining the shell. We completed the longitudinal facades of the renovation with simple, plain punctures, and retained the rear facade of the building as the main entrance to the building. Facing the long piazza, we designed a narrow trough with a fountain to divide the piazza in half, signifying the fragmentation of its community. The main facade facing the piazza sits as a flat face with a single crack, a silent and wordless monument to lives lost.
The interior of the building is a winding canyon of glass block, which acts as a mixed use development of six small shops and studio apartment units. The bright, winding interior channels light from roof reflectors to signify the rebirth of a vibrant city from something silent and unspeakable.
LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1:100
recycle this site. master planning asheville, north carolina
The Recycle This Site competition in the Asheville, North Carolina River Arts District charged students with the redevelopment of an industrial site within the floodplain of the French Broad River. As it existed, the area is full of converted industrial spaces into artist workshops. The city of Asheville itself is also home to a vibrant food and drink culture, which we felt was important to integrate more strongly into the River Arts District. This project moves the major access road through the site from the riverfront to the rear of the site, alongside a rail track, which allowed for the development of the area into three distinct zones. The first consisted of larger mixed use buildings that provided living areas as well as shopping, a large outdoor plaza, and a microbrewery. The second zone was designed towards small scale shopping, bakeries, farmer’s markets, and small farm to table restaurants situated between large planted areas with opportunities for meandering. Closest to the river, the final zone would be planted with large trees to begin to mitigate soil contamination from the road and previous industrial site. Individual artist studios rise amongst the trees, providing spaces for meditation, exploration, and repose.
MASTER PLAN KEY
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1 FREE STANDING ARTIST STUDIOS 2
2 STORES CATERING TO SITE RESIDENTS 1
3 RESIDENTIAL TOWERS 5 4
4 GROCERY CO-OP 6
5 BLACK BOX THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 6 RIVER TRAILS 10
7 OBSERVATION TOWER
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8 OUTDOOR PAVILION 9
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9 ARTIST-RUN SHOPS AND GALLERIES
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10 MIXED USE COMMERCIAL
11 MICROBREWERY 13 14
12 MIXED USE COMMERCIAL/ CONCERT VENUE
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13 MEDIUM SIZED COMMERCIAL
14 URBAN WOODLAND
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15 MIXED USE COMMERCIAL
16 MEDIUM SIZED COMMERCIAL
17 METAL WORKING STUDIO 17
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18 GALLERY FOR VISUAL ARTS CENTER 1
19 COMMUNITY VISUAL ARTS CENTER 20 ARTS SUPPLY STORE
20 N 100 FEET
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CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS
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TRANSECT RANSECT AN NSECT N SECT SE S EC ECT E CT C T
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NATURALIST ATURALIST TU UR RALIST RA ALI AL A LI L I IS S ST T
off the grid.
bike share + housing clemson, south carolina
Due to a tight housing market, many students at Clemson University commute from affordable apartment housing 2-10 miles from campus which results in mass use of bicycles and public transportation. This project provides a home for a university wide bike share program in downtown Clemson that also provides housing units in the sought-after walking distance area of campus. The first floor and mezzanine level are home to a bike repair shop and vertical bike storage for 5,000 bicycles. Half of this storage is dedicated to long term storage for commuter students so their bikes would not need to be stored at apartments or taken onto the bus, while the other half are dedicated to a bike share program. The top three floors of the building are one to two bedroom apartment units, rotated on a grid that mimics the bend that occurs at the midpoint of the main street through downtown. Each apartment features dedicated outdoor space (shared or private), as well as vertical garden walls that irrigate using collected rainwater, and a large community garden space.
PRECONSTRUCTED FLAT PACK PANELS TO BE ASSEMBLED INTO UNITS ON SITE
MODULAR KITCHEN AND BATHROOM UNIT TO BE USED IN ALL APARTMENTS
COMMON AND PRIVATE TERRACE AREAS
STANDARDIZED WINDOW WIDTH AND SPACING
SIPS PANELING FOR INTERIOR WALLS
“LIVING WALLS” ON EVERY TERRACE
(B) LATERAL SECTION PERSPECTIVE @ 1/4”=1’-0”
FLOOR 4
FLOOR 3
FLOOR 2 (TERRACE)
faceted front.
furniture design + build lexington, kentucky
This bedside table design, which is a submission to the AFS Fresh Wood Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, stemmed from my experience sharing a 400 square foot space with another person for two years. In a small home, a bedside table could serve as a vanity, document storage, jewelry box, and medicine cabinet. In a guest room, it could provide storage for amenities, and in a child’s room, a quick access storage for important toys and bedtime stories. This table is composed of three drawers, three shelves, and three voids that are derived from the clustering of six boxes within a rectilinear datum. Along the front side, boxes are chamfered by planes. Some of these cuts provide easier access for the boxes likely utilized by someone laying in bed, which angle towards the user. The voids along the long sides provide shelves for glasses and cell phones that free the table top for a clean display of items. The vertical storage provides ample space for magazines, while drawers provide privacy for the tax return documents, curling iron, e-reader, cheap sunglasses, and all those birthday cards you can’t seem to throw away.
this piece was constructed out of cabinet grade maple veneer plywood which was CNC machined and assembled based on a digital model, then wrapped in a maple veneer which was donated by the flexwood company of central indiana. the wood was treated with a golden tinted danish oil. the drawers are composed of maple veneer plywood false fronts on a maple veneer box which was dyed orange. the drawer pulls were made from a maple veneer plug wrapped in aluminum veneer. the leg system is a steel cube frame which was welded by an outside fabricator. a rubber spacer was later installed at the foot to provide a reveal of the leg, and also between the steel and the wood boxes at the connection.
cu.shop.
eye tracking consumer experience laboratory clemson, south carolina
The Sonoco Institute for Packaging Design at Clemson University is a cutting edge facility used for the design of product packaging. In the Fall of 2010, the facility was able to purchase equipment to conduct eye-tracking studies, which evaluates the effects of packaging visuals on the brain by tracking pupil dilation and the length of time each user focuses on a product. The packaging science program partnered with a group of architecture students to design a space as a grocery store to provide a realistic setting for experiments to take place. The project team was able to design and build the space in five short months, as well as to develop branding strategies and equipment to market the laboratory to outside investors. We worked closely with our investor and within the packaging science department to select products within a budget, to build a faux refrigerated and produce section, and to install graphics and signage within the space, which is still in use today.
the team of students worked with university based fabricators to construct the cabinetry. the ceiling panels, signage, and vinyl decals were designed and fabricated by the team using dibond and facility die cut machinery. the ceiling panels were designed to provide visual interest and to obscure the cameras and computers involved in the eye tracking technology. the brick wall was existing in the room provided for the laboratory and was therefore incorporated into the design of the space.
selected graphic design.
digital art and vector based design 2011-2014
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION PRESENTS
INNOVATE TO LEARN INSTITUTE OCTOBER 28-29, 2013
inquire. innovate. inspire.
Monday, October 28
Tuesday, October 29
Kentucky 1:1 - BYOD Institute
Innovate to Learn Institute KDE LOGO
selected artwork.
sketch color hand rendering
top: composite view of home 24”x36” arches hot press, december 2009 left: section perspective view of mixed-use development. 8.5”x11” bond. march 2011 facing, top left: 8.5”x11” bond, chartpak markers, prismacolor pencils. digitally manipulated in photoshop. november 2010. facing, center left: 8.5”x11” trace paper with chartpak markers and prismacolor pencils. october 2010. facing, top right: 8.5”x11” bond. chartpak markers, prismacolor pencils. october 2010. facing, bottom: preliminary design section of a lobby overlooking a swamp. 11”x17” bristol. ink, chartpak markers.