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andrĂŠ r. rodrigue
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andré r. rodrigue
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18 Park St. #3 - Charlestown MA - 02129 phone : 207.754.8699 - email : andrerodrigue@me.com
EDUCATION_
AWARDS + HONORS_
Professional Bachelors Degree [B. Arch] in Architecture [NAAB Accredited] University of Arizona _ Tucson, Arizona _ May 2012
J Douglass MacNiel Memorial Scholarship [Fall 2008_Spring 2009] Fremming Gordon and Myrtle Scholarship [Spring 2010] Hostetter Scholarship [Fall 2009_Spring 2010]
Associates in Architectural + Civil Engineering Technology [ABET Accredited] Central Maine Community College _ Auburn, Maine _ May 2007 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE_
Graphics Coordinator/Designer | AIAS FORUM 2011 Tucson/Phoenix, Arizona | June-December 2011 Designed the brand identity for the 2011 national conference of the American Institute of Architecture Students. Contributions included logos, branding and advertising materials, booklets, and promotional video (filmed and produced). Designer/Builder | University of Arizona : House Energy Doctor Tucson, Arizona | June-August 2009 + December-January 2010-11 Collaborated with professors and other students on a design/build project in order to complete the construction of a wind tunnel in house at the University of Arizona College of Architecture. Designer/Planner | Tejido Group : University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona + Birzeit, Palestine | June 2010 Traveled to Palestine and worked on a collaborative program with students and local municipalities and the non-government organization, RIWAQ to conceive a master plan for the historic district of Birzeit. Designer | SMRT Architects, Engineers + Planners Portland, Maine | June 2006_Aug 2007 Worked with architects, engineers and interior designers on a broad variety of commercial design projects including educational, medical, government and correctional institutions. Participated in planning situations with design professionals in order to find appropriate solutions to design problems. Drafted construction documents in accordance to the architect’s + engineer’s specifications. EXHIBITION + WORKS CITED_
D3 Future Cities Exhibition _ Brooklyn, NY _ May-June 2012 A public exhibition of selected work The End of the Talk . . An interview with Brad Lancaster _ CRIT Magazine _Spring 2012 Published interview with Author and Environmental Advocate, Brad Lancaster SHiFT: A Performed Reinterpretation of Visionary Theater _ Prof. Beth Weinstein ACSA: Journal of Architectural Education 2011 _ [Peer reviewed article}
AFFILIATIONS_
AIAS FORUM Graphics Co-Chair [2011] AIAS Chapter President [2010_2011] AIAS Chapter Vice President [2009_2010] COMPUTER COMPREHENSION_
High Proficiency_ Adobe CS4 +CS5 [Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign] Autodesk: AutoCAD 2011, Revit 2011 Rhinoceros 4.0 Google SketchUp Some Experience_ Autodesk Maya 2011, Grasshopper, Maxwell, V-Ray INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL_
Toronto, Ontario Canada Winter 2010 Palestine [Ramallah, Birzeit, Jerusalem] Tel Aviv, Israel Summer 2010 INTERESTS + HOBBIES_
Music, Photography + Cycling
curriculum vitae 02 personal statement | development of a designer 04 project matrix 06 construct | play 08 design studio VII : chris trumble [professor]
resources | reconvergence 14 design studio VI : susannah dickinson [professor]
system | theater complex 18 design studio 5 : pavel getov [professor]
SHiFT | performance space 22 special projects in architecture : beth weinstien [professor]
tactility | structures 24 building technology : chris trumble [professor]
urban design | palestine 26 tejido group : dr. mark frederickson
design fabrication | cala wind tunnel 28 cala : nader chalfoun + chris trumble
hebron academy | field house 30 internship : smrt architects
development of a designer . . . * this collection of projects has been titled, “travail,” the French word for “work.” of course, knowing the English definition meaning a painful or laborious effort. I feel that the idiosyncrasy of the word is appropriate in this case, knowing that the work that is represented is also representative of the rigourous effort it takes to make it through an education in architecture. the day i decided I wanted to be an architect, i finally understood why I could never be satisfied with any one subject or activity when i was growing up. i had to try everything and anything, though i was mostly content with creating, whether it was a piece of music, a roughly constructed birdhouse, or an extract from a wild imagination which took shape in one of many sketchbooks i carried around on a day-to-day basis. once enrolled in an architecture program, the fascination in a multitude of subjects revealed itself over time. this was my opportunity to combine tangible and intangible elements of the creative process towards a relevant and lucrative application. i have learned and continue to develop a process towards architecture. knowing that good ideas cannot always come from within, but rather extracted and distilled down from that which is around us. i hope to someday take what i have done thus far and use it to build for a greater good, to heighten an experience between people and architecture, and to strengthen the sociocultural bonds that architecture and design can influence.
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hebron academy fieldhouse [internship]
science institute 2nd yr.
master plan urban response 3rd yr.
outdoor pavilion #1 3rd yr.
land ethic dwelling 3rd yr.
outdoor pavilion #2 3rd yr.
observation tower 3rd yr. lofted block 2nd yr.
co-housing 2nd yr.
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armature 1st yr.
wind tunnel
cultural center 3rd yr. stereotomics 1st yr.
office bldg. 2nd yr. children’s library 3rd yr. two-way span 2nd yr.
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cantilever 3rd yr.
cool tower 3rd yr.
berzeit, palestine
research instrument [capstone] 5th yr.
urban object 4th yr.
FORUM Graphics Chair
“ideal� theater 4th yr.
prototypical playground 5th yr.
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2011
SHiFT 3rd yr. reconvergence 4th yr. re-branding 4th yr.
concrete pavilion 4th yr.
artist CoLAB
*color image references featured projects
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construct :: play following philosophies from developmental psychologists such as jean piaget, this prototypical playground was designed with a thorough manifestation of the five principals of developmental play: multi-use, multi-sensory, movement, social play and fantasy play. every component of the composite play structure was designed, coordinated and built by a team of 19 students over the course of seven months as part of a design-build studio. the collaboration was made possible through support of a cppw grant, the drachman institute, and the city of south tucson.
team:: 5th year design-build, “studio-PLAY�
fall 2011 - spring 2012
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tarantula footings bridge installation
fündermax panels routed
barriers
pump truck concrete
south wall formwork south wall formwork south wall pour: part a new climbing wall formwork climbing wall “plan c” pour
tarantula
lumber
pump truck concrete
steel
north wall formwork north wall poured
pump truck concrete steel composite decking styrospray 1000
formwork material
cnc foam routing
welding embed plates climbing wall forms
community event
steel fabrication begins climbing wall ‘plan c’
concrete walls eps foam
leveling + dry well
footing layout + formwork footings poured
november
steel pump truck concrete
gravel
sod removal irrigation removed_layout begins excavation begins
footing supplies
hydrolic fluid eps form liners styrospray 1000
trencher
sod cutter
design review
cdx forms wailers eps foam form liner footings
october
fencing
footing preperation + rebar excavation dry well
footings
september
excavation
major purchaces events senior thesis deadlines
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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resources :: reconvergence this emergent city was designed with the intention of exploring a new urban condition in which infrastructure and growth are governed naturally based on the availability and consumption of natural resources, most importantly, water. through natural processes, the system maintains homeostasis by regulating the resources available. the structure “grows� through homogenous nucleation of groundwater solids and filters and harnesses rainwater for plant growth and algae farms. through secondary processes, hydrogen is produced in the nucleation phase providing fuel for transit, eventually creating a new type of urban community emancipated from the need of imported goods and energy. team:: t. jorgenson, k. moore, a. rodrigue [arizona challenge competition entry, D3 competition entry, AECOM competition entry, AZAwards competition entry]
spring 2011
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grey + black water processing
food + energy processing area
large family living area
hydroponic farming
food + energy distribution area
grey + black water processing
air handling area
open passage + algae farming area
open passage + algae farming area
living area
vertical shaft
living area
hydroponics
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waste treat
algae farming
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CH3COOH
[acetic acid]
ion exchange membrane
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compo
H2 power
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unit clusters mass transit
bio-fu
FOHLS living unit
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waste solids
[methane]
anerobic digestion
H2O
power
treatment pumps
FOHLS
filter organism homeostatic landscape systems
landscape ecosystems grasslands
eco-tourism
biomass reclaimed water
hydroponics
fertilizer
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system :: theater complex the greater tucson center for scenography + the arts responds to the noble conception of “ideal theater” on a multitude of systematic levels. The complex is able to respond to needs in both the didactic function of theater and performing arts while emerging as a cynosure at the edge of a capricious downtown development. the focus of this project moved away from the development of the “ideal” theater and became more about the development of the lightweight superstructure that makes up the canopy and eventually the school housed at the northern end of the site. [USITT competition entry]
fall 2010
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SHiFT :: performance space a semester-long workshop, SHiFT was a full investigation and analysis of visionary theater and scenography throughout history. the resulting reconstruction and reinterpretation of seven performances/performance spaces was focused in to a new performance piece written, designed and choreographed by a team of students. the challenge became how to interpret the work of a playwright, scenographer or architect and project intangible ideas to a collection of white boxes which would become the “actors� in the piece. the diversity and engagement provided by each individual came together in the end in a seamless performance presented to a live audience. team:: c. crawford, t, jorgenson, c. kingston, k. moore, l. lafontain, h. luk, a. rodrigue music by:: a. rodrigue [published in the acsa journal for architectural education] spring 2010
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ORYBOARD: 1’=1/32”
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8” x 10” wide flange column rib sections::4” steel tube stock
.04 .05 roof trusses 3” x 15” c channel typ.
third floor plan 3 guard rail paneling
tactility :: structures
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while many schools of architecture teach structures and building technology, many teach them from a very technical and calculative approach. the following examples of work show the empirical and experimental approaches to structures that are held in high regard at the university of arizona. the projects exemplify the types of investigations that inform the student about not only the physics involved with structure, but also the characteristics of the materials at hand.
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sequence a: two-way span, carbon fiber + casting foam sequence b: outdoor pavilion [scale model] sequence c: cantilever, stressed plywood skin over wood frame traction tread steel decking
4” x 6” wide flange beams
longitudinal section_ 1” = 1’-0” moment + shear diagrams_ 1” = 1’-0”
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skin:: tertiary structural element resolves tension and creates a mircro climate
structural plan_ 1” = 1’-0”
joists:: secondary structural element resolves lateral instability ribs:: primary structural element resolves bending moment with depth
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foundation slab
architectural program
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structural elevation_ 1” = 1’-0”
forces + reactions_ 1” = 1’-0”
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1/2” plywood rib structure
steel rib connection
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structural axon_
exploded material digram_
primary slab footing
structure :: ordering earth, ground and sky
The depth of the ribs are in response to the pitch of the cantilever which spans to the north.
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The joisting interval accounts for the shallow 4” depth that each joist is set into the ribs.
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urban design :: palestine set in the west bank city of birzet, this master plan is part of an effort to revitalize the city’s historic center. the team focused on specific areas surrounding the old residential area and proposed an over all design strategy that would strengthen the local economy, introduce new and controlled residential and commercial development, utilize urban agriculture and limit unwanted sprawl. the overall project was completed within a month of living and working in the region. team: tejido group + RIWAQ
summer 2010
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design-fab :: wind tunnel as part of the college of architecture’s goal to become a college of sustainable design, a fully operational wind tunnel was commissioned to be designed and built by a team of students. the construction phase was broken up in to two summers and is now in its final phase. once fully calibrated, the wind tunnel will prove to be an asset not only academically but also financially to the college of architecture. the wind tunnel is currently one of only three wind tunnels within a school or architecture, following MIT + Berkeley. team:: a. rodrigue, d. koenst, t. jorgenson, m. farley
2009-2011
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hebron acad. :: fieldhouse set in the small town of hebron, maine is hebron academy, a small but distinguished boarding high school. this project is one of the last projects completed within an 18 month internship with this particular firm. most of the involvement focused on designed interior features including guard rails, ceiling plans, casework, and bathroom layouts. firm:: smrt, portland, me | architects: lynn holler + paul lewandowski
2006-2007 [completed december 2008]
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