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inspired works by amanda nicole george
HAVE A GALA, EAT A GALA
The Gala Hotel HIS APPLE ORCHARD and microbrewery offer a unique experience for locals and tourists alike, while the studio project itself was a unique experience for me. Considered a “totalization studio,� my partner Ashley Hinton and I joined forces with Linbeck Construction, MBA students, and mechanical/structural consultants to develop plans, sections, elevations, and details of both a hotel and podium as well as to generate a market analysis and pro forma budget. From the micro to the macro, I admit I learned so much. I believe the most resounding lesson is how best to interact with a purely business-oriented individual: constant communication and extraordinary renderings.
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Fall 2011
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Cannady
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Comprehensive
A weekend away from the hustle and bustle of New York City? Yes, I think so.
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PERSPECTIVES
A BIG ASS FAN
PingAn Feature Wall
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Feature walls are the gates through which thousands will tread everyday; their folds must welcome, invite, and wave home. NDERSTANDING THE importance of a feature wall, my project team and I developed three schemes to show the client. In the end, the “folding� scheme was selected for its relevance to the Chinese culture and its resemblance to a fan. Throughout this schematic design process and into design development, I was responsible for 3D modeling not only the two large feature walls in detail (for the three schemes), but also the entire lobby, typical elevator lobby, elevator cab, and sky lobby. Simultaneously to working in Rhino, I was responsible for detail drawings of the folds in AutoCAD and some of the renderings using Photoshop and VRay.
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Spring 2011
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Duffy/Pulido
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90 DAY PERMANENCE
Bayou Emergency Family Shelter A case study in community, personal, and familial development and impression.
HE OBJECTIVE IS to establish an agricultural community in which families learn valuable trades, while directly contributing to the site’s phased development. Although the families leave after 90 days, their work and future implementation of trades learned on site offset the idea of “temporary” in an emergency shelter. In particular, families will participate in the construction of specific edifices on site, planting of crops, and creation of a community identity depending on the current developmental phase. Each phase is weather-sensitive, of varying lengths, and responds to the number of families and extent of amenities at that particular time.
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Spring 2010
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Parsons
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Phase Design
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MICRO SCALE Small scale development: the multi-purpose hall begins as a tent until more permanent structure is added.
TO FIND SANCTUM
Gulf Coast Film Archive
An archive must be as exciting as the plot of a brilliant movie: it must provoke!
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+30.00 BJECTIVE: to create an environment where social communion and personal relief are made available in varying degrees within the restless commotion of urban life. To ultimately achieve this objective, the project and site were analyzed sectionally. As the atom of the project, the archive is situated at the site’s vertical and horizontal center. Visitors, in turn, have visual access to the archive from all levels. Physical access, however, is limited to the basement. Such limitation forces visitors to experience the building’s entirety, with the archive as a constant tease. But like the plot of a brilliant movie, the prolonged method of circulation builds excitement, establishes spaces for discourse, and encourages the visitor to keep on...the suspense grows...entrance in view...keep on...
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Fall 2009
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Jimenez
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Sectional Design
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ARCHIVE
ELEVATION
A NEW MOBILE HOME
Kinetic Architecture HE MIDDLE CLASS is now the target of this economic travesty and deserves both political and physical aid. In addition to the construction of legislative bills, modern technology and design can provide the means for relief. Consequently, this project looks into developing multi-generational architecture that responds to these contemporary issues with transformable and adaptable spaces. Thus, its design allows for growth and uncertainty (unlike a typical house today). To create these spaces, a dynamic skin is employed to expand/contract, rotate, and shift. The built model best illustrates the skin’s dynamism. It is built using acrylic sheets (both opaque and translucent), acrylic rods, and 3D print forms.
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To mend the rupture in the American economy, Americans can look beyond the White House to the man who designed it.
PERMANENT: Example: Empty nesters. Wall placement allows for a single, permanent bedroom, office, and kitchen. Interior circulation.
TEMPORARY: Example: Daughter moves back. Wall placement allows for an additional, temporary bedroom and party space. Interior circulation.
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Fall 2009
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Robinson/Lally
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Built Model
PERMANENT: Example: Nana moves in. Wall placement allows for an additional, permanent bedroom and bath. Exterior circulation.
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IN DETAIL
IN DETAIL
Acrylic hinges were laser cut and threaded through a rod to allow the 3D print forms to rotate in place.
Tracks were laser cut into an acrylic base to allow the skin to shift.
YOU NEED HIGHLY MOTIVATED?
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EDUCATION
I am highly motivated. YOU NEED AMBITIOUS?
I have serious ambition. YOU NEED SKILL?
I got crazy skillz.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Rice University BACHELOR OF ARTS Fall 2006 - Spring 2010 Cumulative GPA: 3.8/4.0 Graduated Cum Laude
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BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE Fall 2010 - Spring 2012 Cumulative GPA: 4.2/4.0
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LONDON, ENGLAND
Kohn Pedersen Fox PRECEPTORSHIP July 2010 - June 2011 Worked on projects phasing from schematic design to construction documents, produced 3D models, developed design presentations, coordinated with clients, consultants, and the visualization department, ordered material samples, and completed schedules and specifications for FF&E package submission. Clients included the International Bank of Qatar in Doha, Qatar and PingAn in Shenzen, China. HOUSTON, TEXAS
RICE UNIVERSITY
M.N. Davidson FELLOWSHIP Spring 2010 Bestowed to a graduating senior who demonstrates superlative skills in the discipline of architecture. RICE UNIVERSITY
Tao Sigma Delta
HONOR SOCIETY IN ARCHITECTURE Spring 2010 - Today Invited as a member into this society of architects that celebrates excellence in scholarship and mental achievement.
PMOCA.net WEBSITE DESIGN August 2011 - Today Format overall website and individual pages, research the African coast as it exists today, and coordinate with a programmer. PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Lamb Architects INTERNSHIP Summer 2006, 2008 Worked primarily on residential renovations, developed interior elevations, rendered exterior elevations, communicated with the city council, and prepared sets for permitting. PHOENIX, ARIZONA
BELLACOR
HQ Design Charette NAME EMAIL CELL
Amanda N. George
RUNNER-UP Spring 2011 Earned runner-up status in Bellacor headquarters’ international design competion, designed and speced office space for the CEO
ang1@rice.edu 480 619 9933
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Cielo Interiors INTERNSHIP Summer 2007, 2009 Renovated bathrooms, kitchens, and bedrooms of mid-century homes, constructed new structural frames, and installed modern electrical and mechanical systems. HOUSTON, TEXAS
Ethos Prep
OFFICE
GRAPHIC
FINE ARTS
AutoCAD
InDesign
Hand Drafting
Rhino
Illustrator
Model Making
TUTOR
Revit
Photoshop
Graphite
SketchUp
Bridge
Acrylic
VRay
Acrobat
Ink
Fall 2007 - Spring 2010 Tutored high school students in a variety of subject areas, including math, English, and history.
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inspired works by amanda nicole george