Portfolio

Annie Ledbury M.Arch Candidate, Option 2. University of Oregon, Portland Program. aledbury@gmail.com. 190 Kent Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11222. 734.330.7627.

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private outdoor study carrel

storage wall

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Chidya Secondary School: Sustainable Classroom & Dormitory Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom Competition.

With Eddie Fletcher [Peace Corps educator], Rachel Bullock, and Soohyun Park [architecture team] Chidya, Mtwara, Tanzania. 2009 A project that engages students in a rural, Tanzanian, all-boys boarding school as clients and collaborators through a curriculum of architectural investigation.

Features locally inspired forms and materials, rammed earth construction, dew collection, rainwater storage, and PV panels to address power and water shortage problems.

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photovoltaic panels galvanized steel roof panel system 2” rigid insulation drywall gutter to collect rainwater runoff

structural steel truss steel bearing plate suspended electrical and lighting grid

wood frame multi-purpose wall system window frame

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“...every time you ask a student (or any Tanzanian) what their favorite food is the response is always ugali or rice. They don’t even say what they eat with it because they don’t have a choice.

The same it went with ‘your favorite buildings?’ The response: this one. Why? Because it’s the only building they know besides their own house.

rammed earth wall rebar structural frame

vertical water pipe concrete rainwater collection tank removeable furniture cube

polished concrete surface welded wire fabric reinforcement concrete foundation

I was amazed with the kids’ ability to start to question their environment, why it is like it is, and to think critically. Thank you for this!”

--Eddie Fletcher, Teacher, Chidya Secondary School

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sectional perspective, looking west documentation from students plan roof plan storage wall construction detail classroom interior view exterior perspective learning style diagram

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Drawing Underground: Emergency Exit Shaft Stair Survey With Maria Clironomos, Dattner Architects. Role: Surveyor, drafting, and project team member.

Confidential transit client, New York, NY and NJ. 2011 Architectural survey of 6 previously undocumented transit tunnel exits. Measured and sketched 100+ drawings by hand in 12 days, produced CAD backgrounds according to strict institutional drafting standards, and then created construction documents for lighting, signage, and life safety upgrades.

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selected plan, section, and detail sketches drawn on site photo of tunnel construction document, section

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Re-Envisioning the Station: Professional Model Making With schematic design team Richard Dattner, Jeff Dugan, and Eugene Kwok, Dattner Architects. Role: Model design and fabrication.

Confidential transit client. New York, NY. 2011 This project is a re-imagining study for a major transit station and city landmark which includes reorganized retail, new sculptural glass entrances, and simplified circulation.

The model is built in layers of black acrylic, foam, and basswood, revealing the interaction between rotunda and platform, retail arcade, circulation elements, and track level.

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model elements - platform to street levels model element - assembled model interior rendering of retail by Richard Dattner

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Atlantic Avenue Residences: Affordable Housing Construction AmeriCorps Construction Site Leader, Habitat for Humanity New York City Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. 2007-2008 Comprised of 3 four-story buildings, these residences house 41 low income New York families, and were built with 10,000+ volunteers. A LEED for Homes mid-rise pilot project, the buildings achieved Silver certification through use of low VOC products, rigorous air sealing, end-user training, and recycling over 80% of construction waste.

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teaching drywall, insulation, and metal framing foundation for concrete block and slab construction view of completed complex with courtyard design and rendering by Dattner Architects air sealing by hand at demising walls

Outdoor Living Room: Courtyard Furniture Design/Build Architecture for Humanity New York. Role: Project Coordinator, Client: Habitat NYC, Atlantic Avenue Residences. With Brian Davis, Erin Putalik, Matt Robitille, AFHny Studio, and 20+ day volunteers.

Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York. 2009 Features low-cost, reused, and found materials including glass aggregate, reclaimed cedar, and formwork wood. 6 durable benches designed and built for >$300 in 3 months.

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completed bench detail sketch custom concrete formwork volunteer build day concrete mix and release agent tests

ARTfarm: Art Installation & Garden Design/Build Architecture for Humanity New York. Role: Volunteer and Construction Coordinator Client: NYC Department of Transportation. With Valeria Bianco, Shagun Singh, and 40+ day volunteers. South Bronx, NY. 2010-2011 Drawing inspiration from a nearby farmers market and nearby partner organization The Bronx Museum of the Arts, ARTfarm recycles wooden cabinet doors into 59 planters and transforms a concrete and stone stairway into a lush tiered community garden. Built on land owned by the NYCDOT, with grant funds from the Urban Arts Program.

This installation was featured in the Architect’s Newspaper, InHabitat, and Dowser, and inspired a follow up mural competition for the site, painted in July 2011.

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completed project, year one painting planters with neighborhood kids at The Bronx Museum of the Arts dedication ceremony with local students, designers, volunteers, and NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan city owned site in disrepair prior to ARTfarm section - initial grant proposal mural by Oscar Lopez and volunteers, year two

Parametric Iteration & Fabrication: CATIA Digital Project Drawing Machines Course Final Project, Instructor: Neil Thelen University of Michigan, Summer 2007 A study in parametric modeling and three dimensional programming, many iterations of this simple shelf system can be quickly fabricated in response to parameter inputs.

Support pieces are laser cut from clear acrylic at height (x), then heat-bent to angle (o) to fit into laser cut wood bases.

model input parameters (o) = angle of bend (x) = height of piece

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input diagram for parametric variables output 1 - wire frame model rendering output 2 - cut sheet for acrylic pieces output 3 - cut sheets for shelf options

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The Forest and the Field: Mixed-Use Urban Residential

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Live the Box Competition, New Jersey Institute of Technology With Alexis Coir, Soohyun Park, and James Sobczek Newark, New Jersey. 2008 A mixed-use, multi-family housing complex which utilizes the abundant resource of reused shipping containers as its basic unit of structure. Perforation on various scales act as a method of humanizing these simple shapes into spaces for living and working. Organically stacked amidst a rigid three-dimensional grid of utility and structural members, units form perforated pods that serve as a private canopy that shelters dynamic public spaces below.

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longitudinal section highlighting dynamic ground & unit placement concept sketch shipping container diagrams: perforation for inhabitation roof plan landscape & site plan day view of market underbrush night view of central valley thoroughfare duplex unit layout

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A Study of Value: Mixed-Use Urban Residential Undergraduate Studio 3, Instructor: Sophia Psarra, University of Michigan Toledo, Ohio. 2008 What objects do we value? What is worth keeping or throwing away? What do we covet and why? Through program juxtaposition, a fluttering residential facade, and reuse of forgotten items embedded in resin as a building material, this housing complex introduces a new way of thinking about what Americans value. This project encourages growth in Toledo through a deepening awareness of the place’s own history, from the scale of the forgotten toothbrush to that of an entire community.

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the things left behind objects forgotten betray the lifestyles of former owners the mundane leaves traces on its architecture

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remnant research photographs sectional perspective toledo site plan roof plan ground floor plan cast resin building material sample (made from castoff objects) north view through commercial slope to farmer’s market second floor plan

moment connection detail

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Light precast concrete and glazing curtain wall system

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Directional wood clad cantilevered rooms

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1 steel plate shop welded to beam with bolted connection to column 2 shop welded connection between column + steel plate 3 girder field welded to column 4 seismic break to allow buckling during an earthquake 5 welded steel plate 6 beam field bolted to steel plate 7 steel angle shop welded to column to support girder during field weld

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flashing + sealant joint expansion anchor cant strip roofing membrane rigid insulation expansion bolt in slotted hole bolted steel angle to support cladding spray-on fireproofing for steel section 8”x8” steel I-beam 6” precast slab for thermal mass with embedded angle rolled sunscreen aluminum housing for sunscreen wire hangers to support ceiling panel interior wood cladding ceiling panel glazing gas-filled window cavity for insulation vapor barrier 5 safing

duplex floor 1

family unit, 935 sf max. occupancy: 5 egress path: 34’

couple’s unit, 986 sf max. occupancy: 5 egress path: 34’

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studio unit, 495 sf max. occupancy: 3 egress path: 32’

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north elevation cladding material detail moment connection detail section looking east towards retail parapet detail unit plans and occupancy data egress and finish plan for typical residential floor utility plan for typical residential floor

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