Amanda Clay Academic Portfolio
Selected Works Cross Country Research Facility 1 Arch 3B Fall 2012 Professor Maximiliano Spina Partner: Pooja Patel
Boat Launch
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Transit City Housing
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Arch 3B Spring 2013 Professor Maximiliano Spina
Arch 3A Fall 2012 Professor Berenika Boberska
Design Build Goat Enclosure
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Wrap around desk
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Furniture Design
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Arch 4A Spring 2014
Woodbury SHOP Spring 2015
Personal Projects
Sitting and circulation zones Interior flooring held with secondary structure system that follows grid
Cross Country Research Facility Project: Interior flooring
Transition roofing material
The goal of this project was to create a research facility on the border of San Diego and Tijuana that would serve to research and improve conditions of both sides of the border. The building is to act as a blurring of the border, using geometry and landmarks from both sides, and acting as a collaboration zone for the two countries. Each country has it’s own dedicated building, but they are intertwined, and land on the other country’s bank. This serves to blur where each country Unfolded Structural Grids ends and reinforce the idea that both countries, as both buildings should work together to solve the problems near the on Building Units border. Main flooring frame
Major structure system follows the grid
Lobby And Information Desks
Tijuana Entrance
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Mexian Freeway alignment Perpendicular to River
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Tempered Double Glass Window w/ Cavity 30 mm
Stainless Steel Skin Grid Covering Major Walls
Large Window Openings Follow Skin Grid
Sitting and circulation zones Interior flooring held with secondary structure system that follows grid Interior flooring
Transition roofing material
Main flooring frame
Major structure system follows the grid Lobby And Information Desks
Unfolded Structural Grids on Building Units
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Boat Launch Project: This project is an overhead boat and ecological reserve viewing emplacement for the UCLA rowing team facility located at Ballona Creek in Marina Del Rey. This emplacement will be used to shelter the boat launch area, provide a viewpoint for observing and refereeing the boat races, as well as for birdwatching in the ecological reserve marsh across the river. The goal is to create a dynamic relationship between land and water in the way the emplacement works with both the viewers and the boat launch. As well as, to find creative ways in which to employ structural steel shells to create the form of the emplacement MANIPULATING BUILDING UNIT
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Transit City Housing Project: This project creates a housing development along the newly completed Expo line in Los Angeles.In addition to looking at the requirements of an apartment complex, this project looks at how the residents would interact with the surrounding city, and how the building could be designed with public transportation in mind. In order to open up the building to the city, and take advantage of the Metro station nearby and the potential pedestrians around the site I programed the site to be partially commercial as well as residential. The center building on the lot maintains the existing building’s EXPLODED PROGRAM AXON enclosure, while opening up the front and sides to house an open air market. The buildings on either side are replaced with apartments, with all of the ground level lots opening up as artist’s studios, where the renters can create or sell their work. The residents have parking availible in the back of the existing shell, but both residents and customers are encouraged to utilize the metro and street parking. FOURTH FLOOR 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT
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Exploded Axon Showing Program AMANDA CLAY 3A STUDIO FALL 2012
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Design Build Goat Enclosure For this studio we worked with the Taking the Reins program, which works with underprivileged girls, teaching them horseback riding, gardening, cooking and animal care skills. In order to expand the program, we were requested to build an enclosure to house two goats, providing shelter, views from the exterior, and room for people to interact with the animals within the enclosure. As a design requirement for the studio, we were challenged to design a project working mostly with lath material. Since we were also dealing with enclosing goats, which will chew up wood, we also worked with a metal fencing, seperating the animals from the wood, and keeping them enclosed. We worked with the duality of the metal and lath materials by creating two triangular halves of the enclosure, each sloping into eachother, creating a continuous structure.
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Tilted front wall facade
Installing foundations
Front wall joint roof connection
Installing main structure and stairs
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Wood building Mortise clad apeture in 4x4 Insert 2x4 into aperture
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Metal clad building Horizontal pieces - L brackets
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Interior looking back to entrance
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Furniture Design I have worked with designing furniture for my job at the woodshop at Woodbury University, as well as on my own. This has given me experience in working with a set goal, specific materials and budget to create useable furniture for different needs. The largest project was a built in wrap around desk and shelving for an office in the architecture office at Woodbury University that was needed to serve four teachers who needed to occupy the same office. In creating the office space, consideration was taken to make workspace for each of the four teachers, as well as storage, and space for teacher office hours. The wrap around desk has structure that cantilievers off of the wall, leaving room under the desk for storage, without front legs to take up room. The simple steel and plywood lines in the desk are repeated in the shelves, making a unified and cohesive design.
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Installed desk and shelves
Structural support
Installation of desk
Assembling shelves
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Furniture Design Different chairs I have made in my study of woodworking and furniture design. I looked at different techniques of woodworking, including kerfing, folding, inlay, lamination and mobility. Each of these pieces was designed to accomplish different design goal.
Plywood garden bench top
Top and leg connection
Plywood garden bench legs
Pair of kerfed stools
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Detail of kerfed top of stool
Chair in pieces
Small take apart lawn chair
Small take apart lawn chair
Top view of folding chair
Folding chair based on medieval design
Chair in process of folding
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