Alyssa R. Smith Selected Works
photo by Alyssa R. Smith
Selected Content “Architecture provides the expression, while the interiors create the impression. To achieve balance, these aspects of design must complement each other and meet in perfect harmony.�
Projects
-Alyssa R. Smith
Enclosed please find my professional portfolio - as part of my application for employment with Gensler. The portfolio is a collection of my personal and academic work expressed through a variety of different media including freehand sketching, hand drafting, computer rendering, modeling and photography.
Timber in the City
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Respiro Performing Arts Center
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AAA School
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Culinary Marketplace
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Urban Community Health Alliance
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Experience
My education and training over the past seven years has been exciting and very rewarding. I have been able to complement my design interests with a variety of academic courses in studio design, architectural history, structures, building technology and business management. My focus in design, coupled with my Bachelor Of Interior Design degree from the University of Oklahoma and Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon provides me with a comprehensive set of professional design skills. I am very excited about the opportunity of joining Gensler after graduation and starting my professional career in architecture and interior design. I hope you enjoy my portfolio.
Professional Work
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Furniture
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Models
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Sketches & Media
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Alyssa R. Smith
Timber in the City
2 Designed to encourage an interaction between manufacturing and experimenting with engineered wood, LIVE WOOD, proposes a prototype for collaborative living, working, and creating. All of the buildings have intricate connections between the concrete podium and the timber structure above. The tall housing slab demonstrates the best example of cross-laminated timber construction (CLT). The buildings provide unique spaces to live, teach, and learn in an adaptive connected world. An interplay of minds and hands in the FabLab puts wood at the forefront of an emerging collaborative culture, fed by the products of the manufacturing plant. Eastern softwoods are brought from the waterfront and turned into innovative timber products in our manufacturing plant. Newly finished CLT is loaded into the ground-level warehouse for shipment (or lifted via crane) to be customized on the routers, lasercutters, and built in the fabrication lab. The structure itself expresses the novel tectonics of CLT folded plates and glulams. Electricity comes from solar cells and small-turbine boilers that are powered by scrap waste. It is an end-to-end process, a prototyping center for clean, scalable methods. The craft culture opens possibilities for people to be engaged in the building of thoughtful wood designs. New ideas create jobs for engineers and plant workers alike. Density in human habitation, in coordination with activities and services, creates thriving self-sufficient communities that are guardians of a robust future. Hosted by: Binational Softwood Lumber Council (BSLC), Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design (SCE).
Respiro Performing Arts Center
This project aims to culturally define Oklahoma City through the realization of two main buildings; a multifunctional building for performing arts and a joint cultural center. The form draws inspiration from the city itself. The city is not separate but rather it is joined together by a common link to the community and adjacent buildings. The Performing Arts Center consists of three theaters which are connected by a grand foyer that offers a hybrid experience for patrons. The foyer contains a multi-level arrangement that includes bars, cafe restaurants, specialty shops, and other forms of entertainment. The culture center consists of activities such as art galleries spaces, bookstores, and the theatre library. The Grand Plaza will provide a large outdoor space for pedestrians that visit this urban downtown area.
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AAA School
6 The School of Architecture and the Arts proposes new ideas for enhancing the learning process through collaboration; bringing together the studies of architecture, landscape architecture, fine art, product design, and graphic design. The Super Studio houses multiple studio spaces for each discipline. Studio spaces are adjacent to computer labs, fabrication rooms, and output rooms; providing collective learning opportunities that openly express the process of input, experimentation, and output. The Super Studio serves the purpose of fusing together various disciplines into two large openplan studio spaces. The Super Studio serves many functions and facilitates multi-disciplinary learning. Modeled after the current trend of open collaborative office spaces, the Super Studio promotes forward thinking and introduces the idea of joining the professional world.
Culinary Marketplace The Culinary Marketplace is a place for exchange...An exchange of food, knowledge, and taste palettes through social encounters. This culinary center in Portland, OR aims to promote community exploration into the culinary process through an engaging series of activities that focus on maintaining an interactive atmosphere and a hands-on approach to culinary explorations. The conversational nature of the building forms allows for a sense of connection between each building as well as a connection with the in-between space that is allotted to circulation and the market. Inspired by the meandering streets of old cities, the market space allows for movement and high levels of interaction.
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Urban Community Health Alliance
10 The Urban Community Health Alliance, in honor of Wayman Tisdale, will provide specialty testing and treatment for urgent care, dialysis, and chemotherapy health concerns to a part of North Tulsa that is currently underserved by the philanthropy foundation, local hospitals, and the State of Oklahoma. Our group facilitated a first look at the relationship between community health and healthcare design. Our goal was to bring families, children, adults and elders together using integrated health care solutions. Our design solution promoted collaboration between each of the specialty uses within the healthcare center. The design team consisted of two architectural students and two interior design students (Maria Colmenares, Sam Day, Hayden Reid and Alyssa Smith).
Professional Work
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Furniture
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Models
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Sketches & Media
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Resume
20 OBJECTIVES • Apply my education and training toward professional development in architecture & interior design • Broaden my understanding of Gensler’s business operations and organization • Participate in the design and development of new client projects PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Rockwell Group - New York, NY Design Intern - 5/2012 to 9/2012 Projects included: • TAO Restaurant and Nightclub, NY, NY- design development, specifications • Ellary’s Greens, West Village, NY-Health Food Cafe design development, renderings, storefront design and material selections, State of New York Landmark Association Board • Hearst Publishing, House Beautiful, Tribeca, NY-Install team • Nobu Hotel, Las Vegas, NV- hotel rooms and restaurant design development, material selection and renderings • Edition Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates- specifications, client renderings Gensler - Los Angeles, CA Intern, Entertainment & Hospitality Division - 5/2009 to 8/2009 Projects included: • Residence on Little Saint James Island - design development, presentation renderings and material selection & specifications • Disneyland Theme Park - AutoCAD drawings of the facade, storefronts, building enclosure and restaurants • Westin Kierland, AZ - design development and computer renderings of ballroom and pre-function area • Ocean Avenue Travelodge, Santa Monica - AutoCAD drawings of guestrooms, interior wall elevations and parking garage Colours, a Design Company - Las Vegas, NV Design Assistant - 5/2007 to 8/2007 and 5/2008 to 8/2008 Projects included: • Four large custom residences in Nevada - assist in preparation of concept design presentation boards and FF&E specifications • Golden Restaurant Corporate Offices, Nevada - meet with FF&E manufacturers, prepare specifications and procure FF&E items • Gold Bar and Restaurant - prepare specifications, procure FF&E items and assist in preparation of punch list
EDUCATION University of Oregon - Eugene, OR Master of Architecture (School of Architecture & Allied Arts) Graduation: June 2014 University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK Bachelor of Interior Design (College of Architecture) Graduation: May 2011 LEADERSHIP • Chair, ASID Newsletter Committee - 2009 • Chair, ISDA Publicity Committee - 2009 • House Manager, Gamma Phi Beta Sorority House (72 student residents) - 2008 • Chair, Gamma Phi Beta Homecoming Executive Board - 2008 • President, Las Vegas Assistance League - Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Nevada Chapter (49-person chapter) of the national nonprofit Assistance League Organization - 2007 • Senior House Leader, chosen as a leader and mentor (by teachers of Bishop Gorman HS) to manage the “Gonzaga House” (104 students) that fosters volunteerism, academics and college preparation - 2007 SKILLS & TRAINING • Autodesk – AutoCAD, 3ds Max & Revit Architecture • Adobe – Photoshop & Illustrator • Goggle - SketchUp • Free Hand Sketching & Rendering • Technical Hand Drafting • Advanced Computer Design & Rendering • Public Speaking
Alyssa R. Smith alyssasmith.design@gmail.com 702.376.1261