Andrew Metzler 2016 B.Arch Portfolio [University of Oregon]

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ARCHITECTURE? To me, the primary objective of architecture is to cultivate and facilitate the act of living.

Whether the context is a dense urban city or a vast, open wilderness, I perceive architecture as the mediator between man and environment. Implicit in this type of relationship is the establishment of contrasts - inside and outside, public and private, natural and manmade. These modes of spatial differentiation are needed for organisms to not only navigate but also to create self-identity and belonging in a collective social group or culture.

Architecture is also a means of discovery; it uncovers the social systems, forms, energy loops, etc. that have long been established in nature. In the natural environment, we see all kinds of systems at play; each biotic web functions autonomously yet is interdependent to a greater, prosaic whole. My intention is to continue learning about these existing systems and to find meaningful ways of combining them.

Every project has the potential to make an functional, meaningful, and cultural work of art that heightens the awareness of our species’s role on this planet. Through sensibility, utility, and beauty, architecture can serve as a profound human symbol, demarcating a shift towards a new paradigm.

This portfolio is a comprehensive compiliation of not only my academic and professional career, thus far, but also a direct manifestation of the way I perceive the principles of architecture in a greater context.

PROJECTS

OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT fall 2015

summer internship - yost grube hall summer 2015

GRESHAM URBAN DESIGN - CITY HALL spring 2015

projekt competition spring 2015

shift - pearl district tower fall 2014

RAINWATER 24 INCH/YR

thesis studio - regenerating the edge ongoing

SPRAY SEAWEED

FISH TANKS

BIVALVES WETLANDS

VEGGIE BEDS

OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT

PORTLAND, OREGON

MASTER PLANNING + BUILDING DESIGN

AXES

commercial topography

PROGRAM library art gallery office space cafe bookstore

TOPOGRAPHY

GREENERY

The building beckons patrons from the newly-constructed retail space on the easternmost corner of the site -- it acts as transition threshold, or GATEWAY, to the art school campus with additional retail space on the ground floor and student services above The building responds to TWO STRONG AXES: 1) existing academic institution axis 2) topographical axis (perpendicular to)

Conceptually, the project focused on the context’s topography. It posed the question: how can a physical building interact and showcase the surrounding topographythe natural features of a site? Carrying the lines of topography through the building envelope, of course!

The different levels of the topography can be seen in the gallery space interior terracing, where student art installations are displayed . Patrons of the building are physically interacting with the topography whteher they are inside or outside of the building

SECTION A-A

art gallery

roof terrace

atrium

library

The main programmatic goal of the project was to create a new student hub, providing a student lawn, cafe, library and gallery that facilitated the students’ and public’s needs. The bottom floor contains a north art gallery and a south art gallery as well as a student cafe and bookstore.

The program not only anchors the student body of the campus but also beckons the public to come and experience the school’s activities. The upper floors offer flex office space for small businesses and a library for both students and the public.The green corridor acts as the main vein for this circulation .

SECTION B-B

bookstore

‘gateway’ green terrace

skybridge

art gallery

PLANS

OFFICE 3500 SF

LIBRARY 1750 SF

LIBRARY 2100 SF

GALLERY 3950 SF

ART STORE 2950 SF

OFFICE 2950 SF

LIBRARY 2500 SF

CAFE 1950 SF

GALLERY 3250 SF

LIBRARY 2600 SF

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SITE PLAN

CAMPUS

RETAIL

YOST GRUBE HALL ARCHITECTURE 2015 SUMMER INTERNSHIP

© Yost Grube Hall Architecture 2013

**ALL RENDERINGS AND MEDIA ARE PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TALENTED TEAM OF YGH ARCHITECTURE

Working in Portland gave me great insight into the current developments taking place in architecture, interior architecture and urban planning. I couldn’t have asked for a better immersion into the professional world of architecture...

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9/10/2015 2:46:10 PM

PROVIDE

I worked on an interior architecture project for the Canada branch of Dow company The project focused on a single-floor renovation of a newly-built building in downtown Calgary.

The objective of the main lobby was to ililustrate the DOW logo as part of the wall in a subtle way...after multiple iterations this is where the design arrived

ALL ELEVATOR ACCESSORIES (LANTERN, CALL BUTTON ETC) TO BE MOUNTED FLUSH W/ F.O. WD, TYP

1/8" REVEAL BETWEEN WD-2 & WD-3 ALL SLATS TO BE MITER

WD-2 SLATS WALL WITH TIGHT JOINTS

PAINTED GYP BD. SURROUND P-1

350

EQ

DIM PT SEE DTL

4940 VIF

EQ

(5) EQ PANELS

BO WOOD CLNG SEE RCP

WD-2

WD-2 LAYOUT

NOTE PROVIDE PLYWOOD BACKING @ ALL WALL-MOUNTED LCD LOCATIONS

BO GWB CLNG SEE RCP

SLATS OVER PAINTED GYP BEYOND

GL-2

Dow

WD-3

PAINTED GWB SUROUND

OPEN

OPEN RECEPTION DESK IN FOREGROUND

REFER TO BRAND IDENTITY FOR "DIAMOND" GEOMTRY

PROVIDE MOCK-UP

Elevator Lobby 2400 and Reception 24101 - North

CARD READER TO BE MOUNTED FLUSH W/ F.O. WD, TYP

WD-2

DF-1 OVER GL-6

DF-1 OVER GL-6

CUSTOM RECEPTION DESK

16

1 : 50

Reception 24101 - East 1 : 50

Consultant

1

DF-2 RED GRAPHIC VINYL AT RECEPTION DESK, REFER TO BRAND IDENTITY FOR COLOR/PROPORTION/FONT ETC...

CUSTOM CALL LANTERNS GL-1

641

(3) EQ PANELS

LP-1 TYPICAL

GL-5 WITH STAINLESS STEEL FRAME

EQ

EQ

EQ

EQ

EQ

EQ

GL-6 W/ DECORATIVE FILM DF-1

GL-1 TYPICAL

Dow

Dow

GL-6

2400

OPEN

4440

Dow

200

GL-1

707 SW Washington Street Suite 1200, Portland, OR 97205 503 221 0150 f 503 295 0840

1680

1829 619 11 Ave SE #205 Calgary, AB T2G 0Y8 Canada t 403 457 1016

LCD w/ DOW "CONTENT PROGRAMMING" REFER TO ELECTRICAL

WB-1 TYPICAL DF-2 GRAPHIC VINYL DESK, REFER TO BRAND IDENTITY FOR PROPORTION/FONT ETC...TYP OF (3)

RECESSED MOTORIZED PROJECTION SCREEN COORD WITH RCP FOR LOCATION

Elevator Lobby Glass Entrance - West

19

1 : 50

Elevator Lobby Glass Entrance - East 1 : 50

Owner

The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited

Project

SOLID SURFACING SDS-4

Additionally, I collaborated on a project for Ecova Atlanta, producing several collage visualizations for an interior communal space....(not shown here) 5

SOLID SURFACING COUNTER SDS-4

TYP

A9.03

OPEN TO WALL BEYOND

PL-2 CABINET FACES AND FINISHED END PANEL

Training Room 24328 - North

5

A9.03

5

Training Room 24328 - South 1 : 50

1

EQ

EQ

EQ

FULL HEIGHT GLASS PIVOT DOOR

DF-1 OVER GL-6

914

GL-1 TOP

CUSTOM CREDENZA WITH GL-1 FACES AND TOP

WB-1

Board Room 24105 - North

7

1 : 50

50mm STAINLESS STEEL BEVEL FRAME

Board Room 24105 - West

8

1 : 50

EQ

PAINTED GWB P-1

2210

FWP-1

PAINT BACK SIDE OF MDF ALCOVE TO MATCH MDF COLOR

55" LCD FLAT SCREEN

GL-6

WD-4

INTEGRATED TRASH RECEPTACLE

646

90" LCD FLAT SCREEN BARCO CLICKSHARE CSM-1 FLUSH MOUNTEDW/ MDF OVER PLYWOOD BACKING

750

TYP

GARBAGE/ RECYCLING

PL-2 CABINET FACES AND RETURN PANEL

1 : 50

LP-1 LACQUERED MDF PANELING -PROVIDE PLYWOOD SUPPORT BACKING FOR LCD MOUNT

6

12

A9.03

16 A9.03

TYP 457

BOARD ROOM - CREDENZA

9

1 : 50

EQ

1320

1320

Video Conference 24102 - South 1 : 50

1320

EQ

FWP-1

70" LCD FLAT SCREEN OVER PLYWOOD BACKING

RECESSED 55" LCD FLAT SCREEN FLUSH W/ FWP-1 PROVIDE PLYWOOD BACKING

FWP-1

MARK

FWP-1

1

DATE

DESCRIPTION

08/26/15 ADDENDUM 2

1500

PAINT BACK OF ALCOVE P-1

24th Floor, 215-2nd St SW, T2P 0C5, Calgary City Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

EQ

OPEN PL-1 CUBBIES

Training Room 24328 - West

4

1 : 50

Sim

1520

3

7

A9.03

PLASTIC LAMINATE FACES PL-2

24th Floor, 215-2nd St SW T2P 0C5 Calgary City Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

18

1 : 50

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

2

Elevator Lobby 2400 and Reception 24101 - South

WB-2 PAINTED WOOD BASE

WB-2 PAINTED WOOD BASE

10

Video Conference 24102 - North

11

1 : 50

EQ

Video Conference 24102 - West

12

1 : 50

Med. Conference 24284 - South

13

1 : 50

Med. Conference 24284 - West 1 : 50

FULL HEIGHT GL-5 WITH CUSTOM GRAPHICS

EQ

1

GL-1 MARKERBOARD GL-5 AWP-1

GL-1

0" LCD FLAT SCREEN E PLYWOOD BACKING

OPEN

Sheet Title Interior Elevations

P-2

RUN JOINTS HORIZONTALLY

PL-2 AT FACE AND SIDES

102

914

813

1160

51

SDS-4 AT TOP

8" WB-2

16

WB-2

14

Huddle 24295 - South 1 : 50

15

Huddle 24295 - West 1 : 50

TYP

PL-2

A9.03

17

Tunnel into Break Room - South 1 : 50

20

MEDIUM CONFERENCE ROOM - CREDENZA 1 : 50

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

Drawing No.

A6.01 Scale Date Project No.

1 : 50 08.07.2015 105200

GRESHAM CITY HALL GRESHAM, OREGON URBAN PLANNING + CITY HALL

With the recent boom of nearby Portland, the nearby city of Gresham is undergoing change. Gentrification, rising housing prices, and lack of accessibility are only a few problems that the city faces.

In collaboration with the City Planning Dept. of Gresham, the first half of this studio focused on urban design and the revitilization of the urban city core via connection to the transit center just to the south.

THE BOX

TRANSIT CENTER

The devised “box scheme” relied on the exisiting “bones” of downtown Gresham, connecting crucial nodes via greenways corridors and urban landscaping

FIRST PLOT (2015-2020) 33% developed

I chose to focus on the transit node, attempting to provide a public anchor near the nearby tram stop, bike corridor, and bus station

ADJOINING COMMUNITY (2020-2025) 66% developed

CITY CENTER SITE

The lot north of the metro stops was barren and only housed a couple of empty parking lots, decrepit buildings, etc.

As show in this rendering from bustling Division Street, the building edges out toward the urban context, beckoning patrons to explore it’s interior features.

SUPERBLOCK (2025-2030) 100% developed

URBAN DESIGN FEATURES

FIRST PLOT (2015-2020) 33% developed

landscaping: Pavers, benches, walkways, tree holders were all designed wit h the intent of user-freindliness and ease of maintanence.

ADJOINING COMMUNITY (2020-2025) 66% developed

SUPERBLOCK (2025-2030) 100% developed

OBJECTIVE

PLANS

upper floors 1/8” = 1’-00”

Addressing the underutilization of Gresham’s downtown area, this project strived to create a new icon which would attract new visitors.

open office

Connection to the nearby transit center just to the south was vital.

The change in urban landscaping as well as the building’s height (in comparison to the context) attracts visitors from this location.

25’

21’

The building’s program consisting of a city hall and bike shop served as public anchors. The walkable ramp allows visitors to enjoy the civic building from an elevated viewpoint , even offering some vital viewpoints into the council chamber as well as Gresham’s downtown.

15’ 9’

ground floor 1/8” = 1’-00”

cafe atrium

hall

6’ 0’

bike shop

ISOMETRIC

garden terraces

building program

pedestrian walkway

gresham site plan: Abstract look into what forms the public realm and how to facilitate traffic towards the city hall from nearby transit center. The need for a new complex to revitalize downtown Gresham was evident.

council chamber bike shop offices entry

beacon

NATURAL MIXED

MAN-MADE

MARKER

0

25

50

man-made / natural

PROJEKT 120 HOURS COMPETITION In the most fragile reaches of the Earth, the intensity and seriousness of climate change is most evident. Extreme environments bear the brunt of society’s choices; they experience accelerated transformation. Considering the wild, remote nature of Svalbard, we pose the question—how can we preserve and celebrate the pre-existing culture and vernacular architecture while minimizing the inevitable negative human impact?

PROJEKT is an awareness program that preserves Pyramiden’s history by broadcasting the town to all corners of the planet. During the daylight seasons this feed acts as a virtual museum where people can view the architectural features and natural decay in real time -- a visual experience similar to Norway’s concept of “slow-TV,” accessible from televisions, computers, tablets, etc.

Through virtual exhibitions we bring the essence of a faraway place to humanity’s doorstep. Viewers are placed on the land of Pyramiden, without setting foot within the ecologically fragile system.

During the seasons of darkness in Pyramiden, projectors placed along the mountain ridge cast a system of digital 3-D architectural units onto the town below. Each architectural unit represents an active viewer. As viewership of the broadcast increases, so do the number of units. Projections of these architectural units form a larger mass -- a city -- across the landscape simulating our environmental impact. We are projecting our impact [cause] onto the site, and the site is projecting our impact upon us [effect].

In all, we are establishing a network of camera/projectors mounted along the ridge-line above Pyramiden. Extraction of geothermal energy produces power to run this system, utilizing abandoned mines as infrastructure.

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+100

+1000

Addressing the current image of senior housing, the primary goal of SHIFT is to reinvigorate the role of seniors in society.

1) through a contemporary image, it attempts to showcase the ableness of today’s elderly population 2) through a form-based wind catchment system, the building is a machine for producing energy 3) through a public health and fitness center, a daycare center, and restaurant space, it promotes intergenerational interraction

windrose diagram of Pearl District

Energy generation hotspts (NW wind)

Energy generation hotspots (SW wind)

wind visualiziation via VASARI program

35 mph

sHIFT

0 mph

- senior housing INITIATIVE FOR TOMoRROW

PORTLAND, OREGON

DEMO

RAISE

CAPTURE

nw e

sw

Climate analysis focused on WIND FORCES of the site in Northwest Portland’s Pearl District. Exploration into energy generation via wind-velocity increase was the primary interest of the form of the building, designating the placement off the wind harvesting nodes In the macro scale, the building positions itself to contact the most (and fastest) wind possible on the site (from the northwest, southwest, and east) -- three primary nodes function as wind harvesting centers.

entrance corridor

PLANS

main lobby and ďŹ tness centre

WIND CAPTURE fig. 1

section view of node:

LATERAL WIND

Using the climate-analysis program VASARI, the shape of the building on the micro scale was designed to accelerate wind velocity between the floor plates.

Each wind- catchment node center is articulated on the facade. These nodes additionally provide the residents with places for social gathering and sightseeing.

Energy generation hotspts (NW wind)

fig. 2

Energy generation hotspots (SW wind)

CAPTURE ENERGY Energy generation hotspts (NW wind)

Energy generation hotspots (SW wind)

fig. 3 35 mph

35 mph 0 mph

0 mph

VENTILATE

rEGENERATING THE EDGE SAN LORENZO, CALIFORNIA B. ARCH THESIS ONGOING PROJECT - PROJECTED JUNE 2016

The last part of my portfolio is the product of the culmination of my academic studies in architecture... it involves: 1) the estuarine edge of East San Francisco Bay 2) a new system of wetland rehabilitation, resource utilization and flood prevention 3) integrated aquaponics, visitor center, and localized restuarant

FIGURE 1.

LOSS OF WETLAND HABITAT SINCE 1890

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M

water cycle +

VIGNETTES OF EXPERIENCING WATER AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN BUILDING

+localized resource ter

VITALITY SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA PROVIDES:

+

2/3

4,000,000

OF CALIFORNIA’S DRINKING WATER

ACRES OF FARMLAND

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT = HEALTHY ECONOMY

SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM TOO MUCH WATER TAKEN FROM DELTA -> AFFECTS FISH AND WILDLIFE

PROTOTYPE OF BAY AREA

SAN LORENZO CREEK

MAIN PATHWAYS OF SITE BAY AREA TRAIL

GRANT AVENUE

SITE

THE SITE

water cycle LANDSCAPE CONCEPTS +

SEAWEEDS

the bay

VITALITY

PATHWAYS

wetland reclamation + aquaculture center

HORIZON TAL LEVEE

SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA PROVIDES:

+

+localized resource territories+

VIGNETTES OF EXPERIENCING WATER AT DIFFERENT PLACES IN BUILDING

2/3

4,000,000

OF CALIFORNIA’S DRINKING WATER

ACRES OF FARMLAND

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT = HEALTHY ECONOMY VORONOI

SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM WETLANDS tidal mud flat TOO MUCH WATER TAKEN FROM DELTA -> AFFECTS FISH AND WILDLIFE

brackish marsh

tidal marsh

plants: alkali bulrush and tule

plants: 3-5 ft. cord grass and 1 ft. pickleweed

WINTER STORMS FROM PACIFIC OCEAN

covered by seawater, not vegetated

RAIN IN SIERRA NEVADAS

sacramento river

san lorenzo creek

san francisco bay

THE (localized) RESOURCE CYCLE IMTA (INTEGRATED MULTI-TROPHIC AQUACULTURE) -USING TROPHIC LEVELS TO FILTER WASTE

+localized resource territories 1+ food production 2+ energy generation 3+ water treatment

CATFISH PROS: -ABLE TO FEED ON PLANT MATTER -1 POUND FISH / EVERY 5 GALLONS WATER -HARDY -TASTY

INORGANIC WASTE -PHOSPHORUS + AMMONIA

CATFISH

!

IMTA OUTPUT EFFICI 60 PERCENT NUTRIENT REACHES COMMERCIAL PROD

SEAWEED (INORGANIC FILTER) INORGANIC WASTE -PHOSPHORUS + AMMONIA ORGANIC WASTE

SHELL FISH + DEPOSIT FEEDERS ORGANIC WASTE

VEGETABLE GARDENS ***BACTERIA IN GROW BEDS TURN AMMONIA INTO NITRATES/ NITRITES ***PLANTS ABSORB NITRATES AS NUTRIENTS FOR GROWTH ***OXYGEN ABSORBED BY WATER IN GROW BEDS

BAY + MUD FLATS

BAY TRAIL

-COVERED BY SEAWATER, NOT VEGETATED

SPRAY SEAWEED

WETLANDS

+synergistic cycles+

s+

IENCY: T INPUT

DUCTS

TIDAL MARSH

BRACKISH MARSH

COMMERCIAL

-SOME WILDLIFE, CORD GRASS + PICKLEWEED

-ALKALI BULRUSH AND TULE,, 8 FT. DENSE PLANTS - SLOWS DOWN STORM SURGES

-RESTAURANT, VISITOR CENTER, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

RAINWATER 24 INCH/YR

FISH TANKS

BIVALVES VEGGIE BEDS

EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

YOST GRUBE HALL ARCH. SUMMER INTERN

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE JUNE 2016 GRADUATION MINOR IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY

PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF PROJECTS IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION PHASES

DESIGNBRIDGE PROJECT MANAGER

PANTHEON INSTITUTE

PLANNER, COORDINATOR, AND ORGANIZER OF COMMUNITY PROJECT FOR NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD OREGON

SUMMER STUDY ABROAD ROME, ITALY

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM TECH ASSISTANT

SOGANG UNIVERSITY

PEER MENTOR, HELPED WITH VARIOUS COMPUTER SOFTWARE ISSUES

SUMMER STUDY ABROAD SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT MENTOR GIVING STUDIO PREP. / DESIGN ADVICE TO 1ST YEAR STUDENTS

SKILLS

ORGANIZATIONS

INDESIGN PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR RHINOCEROS REVIT VRAY

advanced advanced advanced advanced advanced advanced

AUTOCAD ARC GIS SKETCHUP

good good good

GRASSHOPPER VASARI

beginner beginner

AIAS ASHRAE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON DESIGNBRIDGE PEER MENTOR INTERESTS

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN NEW TECHNOLOGIES MUSIC SPATIAL EXPLORATION

NAME | Andrew Eric Metzler BIRTH |

01|06|1992

CONTACT | ametzler@uoregon.edu +

1.541.760.7054

24 NE 58th Ave. Portland, Oregon 97213 United States of America