ALLEN MICHAEL PRATT 2010-2014 WORKS ARCHITECTURAL | LANDSCAPE
ALLEN MICHAEL PRATT
2010-2014 WORKS | ARCHITECTURAL | LANDSCAPE Master of Landscape Architecture The University of Georgia College of Environment + Design Bachelor of Architecture The University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Architecture College of Arts + Architecture Bachelor of Arts in Architecture The University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Architecture College of Arts + Architecture
TABLE OF CONTENTS
04 Structured Flexibility | Visual Arts Center
22 Constructed Ground | Textile Artist Studio
24 Preservation as Provocation | Master Plan
12 Tanyard Terraces | Ecological Restoration
14 Ecusta Park | Park and Recreation Center
Allen Pratt Works 30 Indexing the In-Between | Graduate Thesis
32 Allen Michael Pratt | Resume and Skills
STRUCTURED FLEXIBILITY
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ACADEMIC | ARCH. AND LANDSCAPE
Location: Fayetteville, Georgia Time frame: September-November 2013 Critic: Brad Davis
Concept: The design provides a primary organizational structure that offers secondary and tertiary areas of flexibility, movement, distraction, complexity and mystery from within. The movement across each “zone” provides areas for a range of activities meant to accommodate a range of user types especially considering those with autism spectrum disorders.
Program: Autism Design Research; Visual Arts Complex; Adaptable Architecture and Interactive Landscape
•Collaboration with Perkins + Will Atlanta •2014 Student ASLA Awards Submission •Featured Project in Georgia Landscape sMagazine, 2014 Edition
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Structured Flexibility visual arts center for autistic children
Site Response Diagram
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Program Organization Diagram
Garden Typology Hypo-sensitive Hyper-sensitive
Master Plan
Site Section Perspective
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Structured Flexibility visual arts center for autistic children
Concept Infographic and Site Section
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Structured Flexibility visual arts center for autistic children
View Looking Across Site
Public Area Perspective
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Section Through Arts Pavilion (adaptable interior walls and ceilings)
Plan of Arts Pavilion (showing movable walls)
Green Roof
Reflective Facade
Wood Structure
Arts Pavilion Section Perspective
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TANYARD TERRACES
ACADEMIC | ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
Location: Athens, Georgia Time frame: November 2012 Critic: Alfie Vick
Program: Campus Park; Ecological Restoration; Stream Bank Restoration; Public Plaza; Urban Design
Concept: The design considers the site as the new “central point” of the University of Georgia’s campus. Although stream restoration is a goal for the project, the design focuses on habitat restoration and user interaction. A series of terraces serve to broaden the flood plain while providing recreational and leisure space for students. The terraces also work as a bioretention system, engaging and educating users. Notable metrics include a 21% decrease in impervious surface area, a 100% reduction of directly-connected impervious areas, and the implementation of native plant communities.
Concept Sketches
Section Through Terraces, Tanyard Creek, and Pedestrian Bridge
Pedestrian Circulation
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Planted Terrace
Bioretention
Pedestrian Engagement
View Sheds
New Stream Bed
Pedestrian Axes
Terrace Areas
Diagrams
Master Plan
Planted Terrace
Iconic Pedestrian Bridge
Public Art
Original Grade
Vehicular Parking
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ECUSTA PARK
ACADEMIC | ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Location: Brevard, NC Time frame: January - May 2012 Critic: Mona Azarbayjani
Program: Parks & Recreation; Natatorium; Gymnasium; Soccer Fields; Baseball Fields; Fitness Trail; River Walk; Bike Trail
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Concept: Ecusta Activity Center is a proposed project located on the site of a former paper mill. The Ecusta Mills property holds a significant place in the town’s history, employing as many as 1 in 6 people at its peak. The closing of the mill left a significant scar on the community and the land, and this project seeks to re-engage the community through the implementation of a needed public resource and to heal the land in an ecologically responsible and educational manner. This adaptive reuse project was a self-constructed Bachelor of Architecture Capstone project.
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse
Site Plan River Walk
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Main Sports Fields Existing Community Bike Path
Phytoremediation Plantings
Solar Array
Fitness Trail
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Landscape Vignettes
Trail With Bioswale
Bird Hide Area
Solar Array Trail
Fitness Trail
Spectator Viewing River Walk
Repose Area
Plaza Follies
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse
Pre-Patinated Copper Panels
Composite Glulam Beams
Concrete Footings
Remaining Wall
Tensioned Grade Beams
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Public Plaza Area
Landscape Folly
Transverse Section Through Gymnasium
Gymnasium
Activity Promenade
River Walk
Section Through Promenade Davidson River Existing Woods
Site Section
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse
Concept Perspective: Approach
Concept Perspective: Promenade
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Recreation Building Plan
Conceptual Planometric Studies
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CONSTRUCTED GROUND Location: Charlottesville, Virginia Time frame: September-November 2011 Critic: Jennifer Shields
Program: Adaptive Reuse Residential; Artist Studio; Art Gallery; Apartment; Fabrication Space
ACADEMIC | ARCH. AND LANDSCAPE Concept: The artist’s gallery is pushed into the landscape, buried in the hill. The artist’s living quarters is located above the existing shell, allowing for views to the river and tracks. The new layers are inserted on a shifted grid in reaction to the existing grid of the existing structures. This allows for a distinction to be made between new and existing. The studio was a conceptual generator, both formally and programmatically, and a creative laboratory of architectural ideas and process. The studio was almost entirely analog and was given great time into experimenting throughout the design process.
Section Through Gallery and Hill Side (watercolor, graphite, ink on wood)
Process Sketches
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Design Evolution (physical models)
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PRESERVATION AS PROVOCATION COMPETITION | LANDSCAPE Location: Charleston, South Carolina Time frame: September-November 2012 Critic: Independent Group Project
Program: Eco Tourism; Architectural Conservation; Visitor Pavilion; Oyster Culture and Dune Habitat Restoration
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Concept: Castle Pinckney’s design proposal introduces a set of environmentally sensitive infrastructural elements, which, over time, promote and give way to ecological processes. Oyster culture, dune habitat restoration, and beach erosion control are all used to protect and restore the island in the middle of Charleston Harbor. The island’s habitat, welcome pavilion and promenade engage a range of user types and ages, exposing the castle to historical and ecotourism. •2013 ASCA Competition Entry/ Team Leader •Team Members: Iris Zou, Suchen Jia
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Preservation as Provocation ecological restoration as design and conservation
Castle Site Master Plan Dune Habitat Restoration Visitor Center Welcome Pavilion Castle Pinckney Ruins
Large Dock Area
Oyster Reef Access Docks CHARLESTON HARBOR
Historic Grid
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Excavation
Datum
Infrastructure (dock and reef)
Welcome Pavilion Placement
Welcome Pavilion Detail: Interactive Panels
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Preservation as Provocation ecological restoration as design and conservation
Section Perspective Through Visitor Center
Welcome Pavilion Elevation Showing Relationship to Ruins
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Section Through Castle Ruins and Visitor’s Center
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INDEXING THE IN-BETWEEN Location: Founder’s Memorial Garden, Athens, Georgia Time frame: February 2014 Critic: Independent Graduate Thesis
Program: Environmental Art; Performance; Landscape Architecture; Historic Garden
Existing Condition (People Moving off of Path, Creating Desire Line and Erosion Problems)
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THESIS | ENVIRONMENTAL ART
Concept: There is great precedent of designers using art forms to explore new concepts of organizing space, and of artists using landscape in a similar fashion. This thesis seeks to examine how environmental art explorations contribute to the study of landscape architecture. Specifically, it addresses people’s interactions with environmental art in the designed landscape of the Founder’s Memorial Garden on the University of Georgia’s campus. It concludes that environmental art has the ability to quickly and clearly transform a space, and alter our understanding and awareness of a place.
Concept Section Through Cobble Stone Path
Concept Elevation Along Cobble Stone Path
Stage 1 (Place Canvas on Ground to be Marked and Insert Initial Structural Pieces to Keep People on Path)
Stage 2 - And Repeat (Display Marked Piece Along Path, Engaging Pedestrians as They Move Through the South Lawn)
Phasing Images (1, 3, 5)
Ground Perspectives
Index Details
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Statement
Allen is interested in the synthesis of art, architecture, and landscape. He will graduate with a Master of Landscape Architecture in May 2014 after receiving a Bachelor of Architecture in 2012, and is searching for employment opportunities in landscape architecture.
Education
2014 (expected) Master of Landscape Architecture University of Georgia | College of Environment + Design 2012 (graduate Cum Laude) Bachelor of Architecture University of North Carolina at Charlotte | School of Architecture 2011 (graduate Cum Laude) Bachelor of Arts in Architecture University of North Carolina at Charlotte | School of Architecture 2011 (summer study abroad) Precision and Experimentation Study Abroad Program Switzerland and France | UNCC College of Arts + Architecture
Relevant Work Experience
August 2012-present Senior Graduate Research and Design Assistant University of Georgia Center for Community Design & Preservation •Facilitate community design projects •Charrette design critic, administrator and technical support •Develop miscellaneous graphic design projects •Report making, layout design, research, and analysis •Communicate with project stakeholders and professionals May 2013-July 2013 Architectural and Graphic Design Intern Domokur Architects (Brevard, NC office) •Serve as initial full-time presence in new Brevard office •Design, develop, and assist in writing monograph for publishing •Miscellaneous graphic design and layout projects •Schematic design for projects including equestrian centers, camp master planning, and camp lodging •3D modeling, business development, and client communication January 2012-May 2012 Graphic Designer UNC Charlotte School of Architecture •Design publicity promoting events at School of Architecture •Create posters, post cards, brochures, other digital representation •Highly independent position, direct consultation with SoA Director August 2009-May 2012 Laser and Fabrication Lab Supervisor & Consultant UNC Charlotte School of Architecture •Maintain safety and operation of fabrication equipment •Advise students, faculty, and professionals on fabrication methods •Operate multiple Universal Laser Systems, CNC Router, Sand Blaster
Skills and Expertise
superior skilled
Attitude
Professionalism
Plant ID
Microsoft Office
Ecotect
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Arc GIS
3DS Max
Sketch Up
Revit
Rhinocerous
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Vectorworks
AutoCAD
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Honors & Affiliations
•Full Scholarship and Graduate Research Position (University of Georgia 2012-2014) •2014 ASLA Graduate Honor and Merit Awards (finalist) •Sigma Lamda Alpha (national honor society for Landscape Architecture) •Tau Sigma Delta (national honor society in Architecture and applied Arts) •UNCC College of Arts + Architecture Graduate Cum Laude 2011 and 2012 •2011 Charlotte AIA Traveling Fellowship (Finalist)
Exhibitions/Featured Work
Spring 2014 | Founder’s Memorial Garden | Athens, Georgia Indexing the In-Between: Environmental Art Installatio n Environmental Art Installation in historic Founder’s Memorial Garden Edition 2014 | Georgia Landscape Magazine | Athens, Georgia Structured Flexibility: Visual Arts Center Design for Autistic Children Featured article in College of Environment + Design’s annual magazine February 2013 | Jackson Street Building | Athens, Georgia Athens Landscape Construction Project (unbuilt) LAND 6330 Selected Works Exhibit: Curated by Professor Bruce Ferguson “Illustrating the Vastness of What is Possible in Landscape Construction” August-September 2011 | Storrs Gallery | Charlotte, North Carolina Precision and Experimentation: A Study of Swiss Circulation Systems Switzerland Study Abroad Exhibition September 2010 | Lee Art Gallery | Clemson, South Carolina Touch, Text, and Topographies Exhibition featuring ceramics work of Janet Williams, Professional Artist Fabrication Consultant for exhibition’s display and process molds
Academic Initiative
Spring 2014 Teaching Assistant: Graduate Design Studio “Community and Place” University of Georgia College of Environment + Design (Professor Georgia Harrison) •Introduce graphic design and digital representation methods •Critique and contribute to graduate student design work •Assist in studio instruction through desk crits, seminars, and lectures August 2011 - May 2012 Comprehensive Architectural Project: Ecusta Activity Center UNC Charlotte School of Architecture •Independently and uniquely created year-long design studio •Guidance from Professors Chris Beorkrem and Mona Azarbayjani
References
Ryan Buyssens 704-687-0110 | rbuyssens@uncc.edu Administrator, UNC Charlotte Fabrication Lab Pratt Cassity 706-369-5883 | pcassity@uga.edu Director, UGA Center for Community Design & Preservation Gregory Copeland 828-884-8478 | gcopeland@domokur.com Planning and Landscape Architecture Principal, Domokur Architects
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