AARON LEE TRUEBLOOD LEHR Rhode Island School of Design 255 23rd Street, Apt. 3F, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Email: altlehr@gmail.com Cell: 302-494-2310 Web: www.AaronLehr.com
2007-2014 PORTFOLIO
Aaron L. T. Lehr
Table of Context PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO 2010-2013
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Sugar Pavilion for Codman Community Farm, Lincoln, Ma Teaching & Design Build
Food Truck Architecture, The City of Boston Teaching & Design Build
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Modular Furniture Wall System Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Dining Table Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Treasure Box Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Loyola University Maryland Living Learning Program Study Architecture & Master Planning
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Hosteling International (The New Boston Hostel) Architecture & Interiors
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STUDENT ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2007-2010
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Collection Project (Wrapping the Building a Clear Division Between New and Old) Retail Design
Alvar Aalto’s Unbuilt Tallinn Art Museum (Published in 2006-2007 Form-Z Joint Study Journal) Digital Reconstruction Renderings
Compact Living Space Residential Design
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Expansion and Growth (Downtown Providence Townhouse & Studio) Residential Design
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Ocean Alliance Research and Education Center Commercial and Exhibition Design
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Providence Public Library Alterations LIbrary Design
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Aaron L. T. Lehr
STUDENT DESIGN & FURNITURE PORTFOLIO 2008-2010 Wall Pedestal Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Cantilevered Coffee Table Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Curved Chair Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Leaning Desk Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Puzzle Side Table Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Nested Tables Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Witness Tree Project (Collaboration with Hampton National Historic Site) Furniture Design & Woodworking
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Beetle Car Transportation Design
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RISD Interior Architecture “Intar� Screen Design Exhibition Design
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Polygonal Deformation, Unfolding and Fabrication Computer Aided Design
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Digital Idation Computer Aided Design
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Parametric Modeling Computer Aided Design
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Aauas: To-Go Lids Industral Design
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Slide - Snap Aluminum Extrusion XYZ Joint Industral Design
The Nested, Backpacking: Bowl, Cup and Scraper Industral Design
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Aaron L. T. Lehr
Aaron L. T. Lehr
AARON LEE TRUEBLOOD LEHR Rhode Island School of Design 255 23rd Street, Apt. 3F, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Email: altlehr@gmail.com Cell: 302-494-2310 Web: www.AaronLehr.com
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO 2010-2014
Aaron L. T. Lehr | 1
Sugar Pavilion for Codman Community Farm, Lincoln, Ma 100% recycled ondura roffing
rafters and blocking
stabilizing box beams
adaptable framing armature
hay bales (wall infill)
sap tanks
Firewood (wall infill) decking
floor joists and sill
slading door
skid for mobility
I volunteered for First Hand Projects, a non-profit started by Daniel Hewett, a RISD professor. The organization gives high school students an opportunity to design and build small structures that benefit the community. For this project, I supervised group of students, age 14 to 18, build a multi-purpose Sugar House and Education Center at Codman Community Farms in Lincoln, MA.
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Summer 2010
Teaching & Design Build
I was involved during the last few weeks of construction. Due to the short six week design and construction time period, I led a threestudent team to design and construct the details in the approach and doors. This experience allowed me to apply the teaching skills I practiced as a teaching assistant at RISD. As a result, I discovered that teaching is truly a priority.
Summer 2010
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Food Truck Architecture, The City of Boston
Daniel Hewett and I designed, promoted and taught the First Hand Projects Summer 2011 program a six-week project for boston area high school students, endorsed by Boston’s Mayors Main Street Program and Office of Food Initiatives explored how recent cultural enthusiasm for independent Food Trucks could be used as a catalyst for new and lasting social cohesion in economically disadvantages neighborhoods of Boston.
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Summer 2011
Teaching & Design Build
Over the course of six weeks, students studied outdoor gathering spaces, food trucks and local communities. Out of this came a series of exciting designs and full scale prototype mockups to link the activity and cool vibe of food trucks to local neighborhoods. After branding and digital fabrication, teams assembled their projects on-site and interviewed users to identify ways to make them even better. The project culminated with a presentation at Boston in City Hall.
Summer 2011
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Modular Furniture Wall System (Digital Rendering)
Door Wall Modular
Closet Modular
Bed/Couch Modular
Desk/Couch/Shef Modular
This is the first part of a Modular Furniture Wall System designed for a residental developer to replace a triditional wall. The idea is to deveope a series of modulars incorporating desk, beds, storage, tables, gym equimpent ext. That can be personilsed for each condo/client. 6 | Trueblood-Lehr Designs
Spring 2011
Furniture Design & Woodworking
Modular Plan (All Units Closed)
Modular Plan (Bed Down)
Modular Plan (Desk & Couch Out)
Spring 2011
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Modular Furniture Wall System (Full Scale Mock Up)
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Spring 2011
Furniture Design & Woodworking
Spring 2011
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Furniture Design & Woodworking
Dining Table
I designed and built this table for my brother and sister-in-law as a casual dining room table for their new open-concept house. The table was designed to be a simple cleaned-line, contemporary table to take advantaged of the beautiful wood grain. I hand beveled the top edge to give the table a hand-built feel. I suggested the chairs to complement the table. Materials: Black Walnut (5ft x 34in x 30in) 3.57 60.00
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3.57
Spring 2012
Treasure Box
Furniture Design & Woodworking
The wood is from an oak tree in the client’s back yard. His son always wanted a treehouse built in the tree, but the tree feel down. The client gave me a few chunks of the tree trunk and asked me to make something for his son to remember the tree by. I milled and dried the wood, then hand-shaped this curved treasure box and carved an image of his son on the inside of the lid. Materials: White Oak (12in x 7in x 5in)
Spring 2011
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Loyola University Maryland Living Learning Program Study
Site A. Campion
5000 YORK ROAD
ROSSITER AVENUE
RADNOR ROAD
4806 YORK ROAD
Existing Campus Site Plan: Existing first-year student halls shown in orange
Site B. Southwell
In 2011, following two Housing Master Plans produced in 1995 and 2005, Stegman + Associates where approached to develop a program and schematic design for new student housing. The planning was initiated by the University’s plan to introduce a Living Learning program for all first-year students entering in the fall of 2013. The scope of work included developing a space program to accommodate Living Learning functions and identifying how each existing first-year residence hall could accommodate those activities. Program matching exercises identified three alternate approaches to addressing program deficiencies including renovation of an existing tower and two possible sites for new construction. The working committee selected a phased construction approach for a new 392-bed hall to be located in the heart of the West Campus. Special program components include administrative offices, classrooms, comfortable living rooms and a community cooking facility.
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Site C. Northwest of Gardens
Winter 2012
Architecture & Master Planning
Southwell Site: 1st floor Phase 1
Southwell Site Phase 1 (View From Lange Court Courtyard)
Southwell Site: 1st floor Full Build Out
Southwell Site Full Build-Out (View From Lange Court Courtyard) RF: EL. = 341’6” FL 4: EL. = 331’ FL 3: EL. = 321’6” FL 2: EL. = 312’ FL 1: EL. = 300’ FL -1: EL. = 290’6”
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FL -2: EL. = 281’ SOUTHWELL SITE FULL BUILD OUT
Southwell Site: Typical floor Full Build Out
Winter 2012
South Section - Elevation
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Hosteling International (The New Boston Hostel)
Stegman+Associates were the Associated Architect for the new 468bed Boston Youth Hostel, which opened in June 2012. The project has been featured in the Boston Globe and on WCVB’s Chronicle. 14 | Stegman + Associates Architects PC
Spring 2012
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Social space is of great importance as the organization’s mission is to bring together travelers from all over the world. Every aspect of the design is intended to facilitate interaction among guests and introduce them to the unique culture of the city as well as to each other. The lobby and coffee bar are open to the public and provide more opportunities for interactions with fellow travelers and locals.
Spring 2012
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Hostelling International (The New Boston Hostel)
The building includes a range of sleeping rooms, from 6 & 4-bed “dorms” to private rooms with en-suite bathrooms. The design focused on innovative approaches to bathroom design and allocation. Space allocation within sleeping rooms creates a sense of individual space within very limited square footage.The design incorporates a custom locker & shelf unit used in conjunction with “off-the’shelf” bunk beds and to provide storage, convenience outlets,lighting.
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Spring 2012
Architecture & Interiors
The furniture is primarily West Elm & Ikea, but also includes our custom tables crafted from old growth, southern yellow pine beams removed from the building during construction. We created built-in banquette seating throughout the building. On the left is our 5th floor elevator lobby, showing our modern take on Boston history, intended to draw travelers in. The decor includes floor murals, door number plates, and custom light fixtures.
Spring 2012
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AARON LEE TRUEBLOOD LEHR Rhode Island School of Design 255 23rd Street, Apt. 3F, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Email: altlehr@gmail.com Cell: 302-494-2310 Web: www.AaronLehr.com
STUDENT ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2007-2010
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Collection Project (Wrapping the Building a Clear Division Between New and Old)
The design is all about the new and the old. The new element slides over the old, creating an envelope acting as its own structure around the original building.
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Fall 2007
Retail Design
The process of the project started with a exercise using the shape of the building shown on the upper left of the page. We mimicked the pattern on the building.
Fall 2007
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Alvar Aalto’s Unbuilt Tallinn Art Museum (Published in 2006-2007 Form-Z Joint Study Journal)
An unbuilt project is always difficult to imagine and discuss in a realistic situation. To mitigate this situation, I created a virtual building that allows one to see how light affects the internal and external spaces. A physical model is less capable of displaying effects of realistic lighting. The addition of light allows a person to see how walls, windows and doors create a realistic space by representing light traveling through the interior space.
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Spring 2008
Digital Reconstruction Renderings
In effect, my renderings are produced to display a variety of dynamic light conditions to show the Tallinn Art Museum concept as a physical space The unbuilt Tallinn Art Museum provided an opportunity to study the effects of sunlight and artificial light on a building. Aalto’s use of light in similar buildings allowed me to imagine how the lights would play in the unbuilt structure; whereas, the 3D rendering software allowed me to provide an image for others to view how I imagined the effect of light within the virtual building.
Spring 2008
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Compact Living Space CAR’S AND TRUCKS ON PROSPECT ST. MULTI USABLE SPACE
STORAGE
MULTI USABLE SPACE
VOICES OF NEIGHBOR
NON USABLE SPACE
USABLE FLOOR SPACE
NEIGHBOR’S LOUD MUSIC STORAGE
NON USABLE SPACE
MOVEMENT AND VOICES FROM HALL
MULTI USABLE SPACE
STORAGE
Originally the space was a double dorm room, but the room was divided into two by adding an angled wall. By far, their action produced the smallest space in which I have ever lived; likewise many problems resulted. A
MULTI USABLE SPACE
MULTI USABLE SPACE
STORAGE
Analysis of Usable Space
B
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Section B
Section D
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Left Room Plan
Lower Floor Plan
Fall 2008
Residential Design
Horizontal Section
There were many problems with this space as shown above. I set out to create a better division of the space by using a step-wall that served as built-in bed, desk, closets and storage. Vertical Section
A
B
Right Room PlanA
B
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Upper Floor Plan
Fall 2008
Section C
Section a
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Expansion and Growth (Downtown Providence Townhouse & Studio) The Client The design was to house a couple and young child. Keith is an industrial designer with a small office of three employees located in the live/work space. Keith’s practice includes exhibit design, packaging and product design with occasional forays into print media and furniture. Leah is a writer for science journals. She generally prefers to write in a quiet space, though when she is researching articles, she can be found at the office computers enjoying the more boisterous environment. She travels several times per year to present her work at conferences. Keith and Leah have one child, a six year old daughter named Sally. Sally attends the local school and has after-school activities twice a week. Other afternoons, Sally and her friend can be found in the office.
EXPANSION
EXPANSION
EXPANSION
Public Space
Public Space
EXPANSION
Circulation
COMPRESSION
COMPRESSION
EXPANSION
Public Space
EXPANSION
Circulation
COMPRESSION
Private Space EXPANSION
Private Space
EXPANSION
EXPANSION
EXPANSION
Work Space
Work Space
EXPANSION
Concept Interior Diagrams EXPANSION
EXPANSION
Concept Sketch
Slat Walls Spanish Cedar
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Early Sketches
Fall 2008
Residential Design Concept and Idea My research began with the analysis of downtown Providence to discover how the city expanded, grew and modernized in its culture and history. This led to the main focal point, a growing form beginning on the first floor moving up creating wall-divisions, desks, beds, shelves and other major design elements. The organic form was originally inspired from both growth in nature and in the growth of Providence which led to choosing a natural wood and simple contrasting colors, such as red and black to accent the wood. The vertical slated wall is visible from a large, three-story open lobby area that turns the building into a vertical open-living style loft. No doors or walls are present except for the bathrooms.
Slat Walls Spanish Cedar
Fall 2008
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Expansion and Growth (Downtown Providence Townhouse & Studio)
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B
Exposed Brick
Wall and Ceiling
Throughout Apartment
Ebony Bamboo Stair Treds and Railings
Desk
Mec.
Slat Desk Top
Studio Area
Half Bath
Round Table
First Floor
Stair Structure and Kitchen Cabinets
Shelving Integrated with Slat Wall
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Conference Area
File Down
His Office
kitchenet
Desk
Reception Area Up
1st Floor Plan Scale 1/6” = 1’
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B Slat Walls Spanish Cedar
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Residential Design
steel stair runner steel stair brackets
slats
Curtains
Master Bedroom
B
slats structure
threaded rod
Chair
A
stair treds
detail
PIllows queen bed threaded rod
bed slats
Curtains
Child’s Bedroom
PIllows
Bath
wood rafters
wood rafters
Quilt
Twin Bed
slats structure
floor decking
slats
Child’s Bedroom Up
Clo.
Clo.
W/D
C
C
Queen Bed
Master Bedroom
Down
Open to Below 2nd Floor Plan Scale 1/16” = 1’ Slat Walls Spanish Cedar
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B
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Expansion and Growth (Downtown Providence Townhouse & Studio)
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B
Coffee Table
Pillows Pillows Couch
Half Bath
Kitchen Dining Chairs
Fr/Rf
Dining Table
Kitchen Counter
Dining Area Down
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Up
Sitting Area
Up
Open to Below 3rd Floor Plan Scale 1/6” = 1’
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B
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Slat Walls Spanish Cedar
Residential Design
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B
Pillows Pillows Couch
Roof
Roof Terrace
Coffee Table
Living Area
Glass Enclosure and Desk top
Library /Study
Up Down
C
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Roof Terrace
4th Floor Plan Scale 1/6” = 1’
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B
Slat Walls Spanish Cedar
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Ocean Alliance Research and Education Center
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Look out Deck UP
UP
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Lower Deck Extention of exiblitons
A
Look out Deck
Bacement Floor Plan
B
I collaborated with a nonprofit corporation, Ocean Alliance to propose designs for their new headquarters in Gloucester,
Massachusetts. The site is located in the old Tarr and Wonson Paint Manufacturing Plant, a complicated set of five buildings connected by an infill building. My concept was to fuse the
buildings together with a clean intervention that is separated from
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the existing buildings by two feet. This allows natural light to
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enter the exhibit space. In addition, the exhibit space has vertical
Bench Seating
glass boxes that cut through all the floors leading down to a
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lower level floating on the water. These openings allow the visitor to view the untouched history of the building.
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Site Plan
Fall 2009
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Commercial and Exhibition Design
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Public Exterior Decks Extension of exiblitons
Public Exterior Decks Extension of exiblitons
Library 600 Sq Ft
UP
DOWN
DOWN
Meeting Area Auditorium 1050 Sq Ft
Exhibit/ Circulation
Education Center and Store
UP
Exhibit/Circulation
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A Public Restrooms
Public Restrooms
Apartments
Restaurant and Kitchen Up to 30 people
Entrance Lobby
Public Exterior Decks Extension of exiblitons
1st Floor Plan
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Odyssey Odyssey Storage
Parking Compact Parking
wall wood ret.
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Fall 2009
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Ocean Alliance Research and Education Center B Visitor Off ice Avg. Stay 1-4 weeks 150 Sq Ft
4 Intern's WS
2 Deveelp Director's Off ice
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4 WS Clerks
formal multi use space
UP
DOWN
DOWN
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2 WS Admins
Project man Off ice 70 Sq Ft
Staff RestRooms
Roof deck
casual multi use space
Temp Controlled Storage Books/Tapes/Comps 300 Sq Ft
A
Roof decl
Science Incubator Lab 750 Sq Ft
Intern Quarters 2-8 People 600 Sq Ft
2nd Floor Plan
B
Similar perforated corten steel panels can be found on the
outside and in the office spaces. They slide to configure the
office space in different ways
while dividing the office from the central staircase that is made from the discarded structural beams from the buildings on the site.
Section A
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Commercial and Exhibition Design B
B President/ Board Off ice 200 Sq Ft
2 Accounting Off ices
Legacy Room Large Confrence room 525 Sq Ft
UP
DOWN
DOWN
UP
Asst. to CEO Off ice DOWN
CEO's Off ice 200 Sq Ft
Project man Off ice 70 Sq Ft
DOWN
Asst. to CEO Off ice
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3rd Floor Plan
A
4th Floor Plan
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Sliding perforated corten steel covers the infill structure, blending and fusing the buildings together. Rusted steel caps from the manufacturing of the paint cans line the foundations and can be viewed on the lower floating level.
Section B
Fall 2009
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Providence Public Library Alterations
4th Floor Axon Research/Reference Floor
3rd Floor Axon Fiction & Children’s Floor
The Providence Public library had a large problem with organization. There were two buildings: 1) 1890’s historic building and 2) 1950’s addition. The addition was built to be a separate entity from the historic. After intervention the public was not allowed in the historic building until the 1980’s when they attempted to connect the two buildings. In my intervention, I worked to solve the organizational issues.
Organic Stair Diagram
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Organic Stair/Addition Diagram
2nd Floor Axon Non-Fiction Floor
1st Floor Axon Public and Staff Floor
Spring 2010
LIbrary Design B
A
Class Rooms TR
Entrence For the Car Park
Loading Dock Lobby & Gallery Space
Repository Staff and Office Space
Book Store
P
Caffe P
Lobby P
1st Floor Plan Public and Staff Floor
I removed most of the 1950’s building except for part of the structure which I recladed with double layer glass. By encapsulating the old structure in glass, those in the city would be able to see what is going on inside the building. The staircase inside the glass box acts as a pathway and signage for the organization of the library.
Auditorium
Autimated Parking Structure
Mechanical Room
Basemant Level Plan Auditorium & Car Park Floor
Spring 2010
Public Restooms
Process Diagrams B
A
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Providence Public Library Alterations B
A
DVD’s
Digital Books Non-Fiction Circulation Desk Computer Lab
Historic Reading Room
Social Reading Room
Historic Entrance
2nd Floor Plan Computer and Non-Fiction Floor
The 50’s glass bar houses the most popular books; the rest of the books are housed in a underground repository retrieved when requested. For daily use they can be accessed digitally via IPad’s and Kendal’s.
Staff and Office Area
Section A Shows the new cladding system and the organic stair
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1st A Floor Plan Staff Floor
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A
Spring 2010
LIbrary Design B
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The Rhode Island Collection Reference Desk Digital Reference
Special Collections
4th Floor Plan Research & Reference Floor
One of the most interesting collection of the library is the Rhode Island collection located at the top of this monumental staircase. In addition, there is a extensive reference collection, turning the library into a research library.
Childrens
Digital Books
Fiction Circulation Desks
Young Adults
Staff
3rd Floor Plan Fiction & Children’s Floor
Spring 2010
B
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Section B Shows the new connection back to the historic building
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AARON LEE TRUEBLOOD LEHR Rhode Island School of Design 255 23rd Street, Apt. 3F, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Email: altlehr@gmail.com Cell: 302-494-2310 Web: www.AaronLehr.com
STUDENT DESIGN & FURNITURE PORTFOLIO 2008-2014
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Wall Pedestal
Furniture Design & Woodworking
Inspired by the New Museum in New York reflecting the idea of interlocking boxes. I started experimenting with small-scale models of interlocking pedestals to relate to the puzzles displayed on the final shelf. Materials: Birch Plywood and plexy glass (14in x 10in x 12in)
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Winter 2008
Furniture Design & Woodworking
Cantilevered Coffee Table
The Floating Table arose from the development of the Wall Pedestal. The Table has a hard wood base and top which are connected via a vertical support for structure. The boxes in the center were designed to allow space for books, remotes, etc. Materials: Bamboo Plywood (Plyboo), African Mahogany and Plexy glass (36in x 18in x 20in)
5" 7" 3"
2'-3 1/2"
Winter 2008
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1'-8 1/4"
6 1/2"
1 1/2"
Furniture Design & Woodworking
3'-1 1/8"
Curved Chair
2'-0 3/8"
The Chair process started with building a full-scale model out of MDF using a grinder and volunteers. The profile fits a wide range of shapes as it conforms to the human body. The profile also fits a wide range of body shapes. Materials: Baltic Burch multiply and glue (18in x 21in x 30in)
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Spring 2009
Furniture Design & Woodworking
Leaning Desk
6"
The Leaning Desk was designed to appear to fall, despite being balanced on the steel. The steel was laser-cut with a perforated pattern so it could be hand bent and welded together mimicking of the walnut slab. Materials: Mild Steel, Walnut, and steel screws (4ft 9 5/8 in x 3ft x 2ft)
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2'-10 3/8"
4'-9 5/8"
Spring 2009
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Puzzle Side Table
Furniture Design & Woodworking
The base of this table was designed to disassemble like a wooden bur puzzle. All three pieces interlock with a small key block. This allows the table to be held together with no glue or fasteners; instead, the assembly simply uses friction. Materials: Cherry, and Glass (26in x 16in x 26in)
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Spring 2009
Nested Tables
Furniture Design & Woodworking
These tables were completely recycled from a scrap of Spanish cedar left from the milling process. The legs were recycled from a set of tables I found. The idea behind this table is to use what others leave behind. Materials: Recycled Steel, and Recycled Spanish Cedar (12in x 20in x 19in)
Fall 2009
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Witness Tree Project (Collaboration with Hampton National Historic Site)
Site of the Fallen Tree
The Witness Tree Project was a RISD course designed as a collaborative study between RISD’s Furniture department, the History/ Social Science department, and the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Maryland, the most significant, northern plantation of the 1800’s. We first studied the culture and history of the Hampton Estate, and then designed and built furniture from the wood of an 200 year-old fallen Pecan tree from the site. After visiting the Hampton National Historic site, I began to think about the family. It was mentioned how they had snow ball fights through the great hall, but I wanted to know more about their entertainment. I started to research games of the period, in particular, the games’ relationship to the children and the culture of the time period. The design of the box holding the game pieces is a very simple, finger-jointed box with a sliding lid and separate compartments for each game. I chose a piece of wood of less refined sap and hard wood with knots, chips and great black marks that show in the integrity of the wood. This wood was chosen because it represented the scraps of wood that would have been left over from the more refined pieces of furniture for the adults. 48 | Rhode Island School of Design
Fall 2009
Furniture Design & Woodworking
The Ridgely’s were portrayed to be a family that loved to entertain, party, drink, gamble, socialize and maybe just play games. This lead to to design a corkscrew and corresponding box that might be used during these times of socializing to fuel their drinking habits. The corkscrew itself is made out of Pecan wood from the property and plain steel. It is a simple, traditional handle with a screw of the time, nesseled in a bed of black velvet housed in the Pecan box. With the box design, I wanted to connect the visual part of the mansion with shapes made from the brick corbelling on the chimney (the stepping out of bricks). At Hampton the brick corbeling was stuccoed over to, creating an interesting eye catching element. This element, I used in my design of the Pecan Box. I shaped the sides and top of the box with a simple curve implying a reference to the chimney of the mansion. Material: Pecan Wood, Steel screw, and black felt (7 3/4in x 5 3/8in x 3in)
Fall 2009
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Witness Tree Project (Collaboration with Hampton National Historic Site)
Continuing on my theme of games I wanted to create a table that incorporated the three main categories of games found in my research of board games, Billiard games and card games. I also wanted a modern version of a game table that might sit in the drawing room or parlor of Hampton National HIstoric SIte.
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Fall 2009
Furniture Design & Woodworking
A Chess/Checkers board is built into the top of the table, a surface which could also double as a card table. The table incorporarates multiple elements: 1) sliding left and right reveals a cavity for the chess and checkers pieces, 2) flipping over the top reveals the Bagatelle table appropriately lined with a black felt. In the game table is Bagatelle, a billiard style game with a set of billiard-like balls and a cue stick to hit each ball into a set of half cylinder holes at one end of an oblong table usually ranging from 2’x6’ or 3’x12’. Materials: Pican wood From Hampton, Cherry, black pool felt, and 1.5” billard balls (38in(closed) 72in(open) x 28in x 20in)
Fall 2009
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Beetle Car
Transportation Design
The Beetle Car was an exercise on transportation design and experimenting with Nurbs computer modeling. I wanted to design a car that has clean lines that reacts to the shape and size of the tires. In addition I wanted the car to have a compact parking set up.
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Winter 2010
RISD Interior Architecture “Intar” Screen Design
Exhibition Design
Concept : Diamond scheme The “Intar” screen was designed to create an impressive facade to devide the elevator lobby from the studio space with a modular and pattern system. Design Consideration Aesthetic Using Maya script to generate the “leaner line” pattern, the pattern image also created a visual movement for visitors Function The panels could be pivoted different angles which allows admittance of skylight plus provides flat spaces to desplay students work. 4'-1"
3" 10' 7- 4
11'-1/2"
1" 54
Spring 2010
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Polygonal Deformation, Unfolding and Fabrication
This polygenetic solid was an exercise on using computers to design and fabrication by unfolding a solid form to a 2D form. Using Maya I used a script to unfold and export to a vector based file where I was able to laser-butt the templates.
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Spring 2010
Computer Aided Design
The spiky lampshade was an assignment to create a lampshade out of folded paper using the computer to design and fabricate. I wanted to create a form that was modular and is repeated around the center lamp support, while creating an interesting form.
Spring 2010
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Digital Idation
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Fall 2013
Computer Aided Design
Digital Ideation was designed to create a clear understanding of object modeling in the computer paired with efficacy. During this exploration, hundreds of objects, furniture and products were digitally modeled, then turned into physical objects. Here are a selection of objects that were created using a combination of 3d modeling programs: Maya, Rhino, Top-mod, Pepakura, Alias and Solidworks.
Spring 2012
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Parametric Modeling
Parametric Spiky Chairs, Designed to stimulate fear and comfort 58 | Pratt Institute
Fall 2013
Computer Aided Design
By using Grasshopper and Rhino, I created a series of Parametric Modeling sequences to build a large variety of chairs and tables. With parametric modeling I created a set of definitions or constraints that use or builds 3D models in Rhino. Here I have used several definitions to build a series of chairs & tables that I have named the Spiky Chairs and the Sliced Chairs.
Fall 2013
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Pararmetric Modeling
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Fall 2013
Computer Aided Design
Parametric Dresses were also created using Grasshopper and Rhino by projecting a modular (seen below) onto a modeled dress form. By using a set of parametric sequences, I was able to control the amount of modulars projected as well as stretch the modular. After creating these dresses I used Maya and applied animation skeletons to the dress and figure to give them life movement.
Fall 2013
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AQUAS PRIMARY
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FRUSTRATION CONTEMPT ANXIETY STRESS GUILT ANTICIPATION RITUAL SELF EXPRESSION SATISFACTION JOY SENSORY ESCAPE
BROWNS TO THE LID IS A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BARRIER TO ENJOYMENT. MIMIC THE COLOR WITHIN AND PROVIDE EMOTIONAL WARMTH AND COMFORT. BLUES TO QUE LIQUIDITY AND ESTABLISH A SENSE OF FRESH FLUID ELEGANCE.
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Aauas: To-Go Lids
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A family of to-go lids that aim to simplify and enhance the experience of not beverage consumption. Each lid is designed to eliminate an exsiting barrier to maximize enjoyment. Inspired by water, the overall design subtly nods to the fluid elegance of the liquid state. The browns to mimic the color within and provide emotional warmth and comfort. Blue to que liquidity and establish and sense of fresh fluid elegance. Team: Aaron Lehr, Dawn Gaughran, Woojin Chung, Lexie Burstein
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Fall 2013
Industral Design
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AQUAS Smell Scent is an essential sense in enjoyable drinking experience. Lids typically both block and detract.
Fall 2013
Bite Stash/Stack One-handed opening is an essential element Stashing is an essential aspect for cooling. and for the multi-tasker. Lids typically make you stacking for carring multiples. Lids typicaly are choose between spillage or closure. cumbersome at best.
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Slide - Snap Aluminum Extrusion XYZ Joint
SLIDE SNAP
Slide - Snap is an aluminum extrusion joining system. A three-way joint ( X, Y, Z ) for an exhibition system. The joint locks together without the use of additional hardware such as bolts, widgets, etc. The Slide - Snap uses three identical pieces of aluminum that has a five step locking sequence which snap any length of steel dowel in to each end expanding the system.
64 | Pratt Institute
Fall 2013
The Nested, Backpacking: Bowl, Cup and Scraper
Industral Design
The Nested
The Nested is a backpacking cup, bowl and scraper build into a light compact elegant design that fits well into a backpack full of round equipment. Most supplies for backpacking are packed in stuff sacs for ease in grabbing. Because of this when you look into a back pack you normally see a bunch of curricular forms. The Nested mimic’s a rounded river stone like form.
Fall 2013
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