ALLEN MICHAEL PRATT 2010-2014 WORKS ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE GRAPHIC
ALLEN MICHAEL PRATT
2010-2014 WORKS | ARCHITECTURAL | LANDSCAPE | GRAPHIC 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
ACADEMIC 01
Ecusta Park Structured Flexibility Constructed Ground Preservation as Provocation
Allen Pratt | Works
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ACADEMIC 02
Tanyard Terraces Transylvania Activity Center Masonry Pavilion [in]spire Pavilion Turrim Victus Mapping Flux
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PROFESSIONAL
GLM Competition CHaRM Environmental Graphics Big Boss Tailgate Tower Domokur Monograph
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ECUSTA PARK
ACADEMIC | ARCH AND LANDSCAPE Location: Brevard, NC Time frame: January - May 2012 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.
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse
process
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NORTH
Site Section
64’
192’
320’
Site Plan/Section 1:1200
site plan
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse
SECTION A through pool, wet lockers
SECTION B along entry axis
Section C
SECTION C longitudinal through spine
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sections drawn at 1”=8’
8’
24‘
56’
building sections
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse Composite Diagram
Egress Athletic Volumes
emergency exit
Activated Courtyard Exterior Plaza Space
Public (ground level) Private (subterranean)
Entry Threshold
Circulation
Spatial Hierarchy
Structural Bay 32’ x 32’
vertical
natural light for administration
Subterranean Program locker rooms/bathrooms administration plaza space (exterior)
Enclosure Views Out Mechanical supply return
Solid (concrete) Transparent (glass) Grain (glulam)
Mechanical/Utility/Storage
Hardscape Softscape
Composite Diagram
Egress
emergency exit
Athletic Volumes Activated Courtyard Exterior Plaza Space
planometric diagrams
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Spatial Hierarchy
Spectator vs Participant vs Pedestrian
Section C
NORTH
Section A
Section B
Section D
GROUND LEVEL PLAN
ground level plan
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse
perspectives
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Orientation Natural Lighting Solar Harvesting (site) Exterior Shading
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WATER Water Collection Geothermal Cooling Rain Garden EARTH Earth Sheltering Exterior Public Space Flood Control (berms)
SUSTAINABILITY MATRIX
RIVER ELEVATION (northeast)
FRONT ELEVATION (southwest)
SECTION D
(through gym and plaza)
elevation / section perspectives
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Ecusta Park post industrial reuse LANDSCAPE VIGNETTES
BERM WITH BIOSWALE
BIRD HIDE
SOLAR ARRAY
FITNESS STATION
RIVER FRONT
SPECTATING
REPOSE
PLAZA PIECE
landscape vignettes
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Pre-Patinated Copper Pannels
Tounge in Groove Wooden Decking Secondary Glulam Beam Structure Primary Glulam Beam Structure Independent Glulam Column Line High Performance Glazed Curtain Wall
Custom Steel Connector Plates Concrete Footing Concrete Grade Beam
Pre-Patinated Copper Panel Water Membrane 4” Rigid Insulation Tounge in Groove Wood Decking
Glulam Beam
Steel Connector Plate Glulam and Steel Composite Column High Performance Glazing Customized Spider Clamp
COLUMN TO BEAM CONNECTION 3/4” = 1’
structural taxonomy
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STRUCTURED FLEXIBILITY
ACADEMIC | ARCH AND LANDSCAPE Location: Fayetteville, Georgia Time frame: September-November 2013 Concept: The design provides a primary 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. Key concepts include: flexibility of spaces, range of materials and textures, legible hyposensitive and hypersensitive areas.
•Collaboration with Perkins+Will Atlanta •2014 ASLA Submission •Featured project in 2014 edition of Georgia Landscape Magazine
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Structured Flexibility visual arts center for autistic children
active corridors
garden areas
sheltered areas
site response and organization
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pavilion architecture
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Structured Flexibility visual arts center for autistic children
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site section perspective
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Structured Flexibility visual arts center for autistic children
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concept infographic with corresponding site section
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Structured Flexibility visual arts center for autistic children
site perspectives
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autumn illustrative plan
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CONSTRUCTED GROUND
ACADEMIC | ARCH AND LANDSCAPE Location: Charlottesville, Virginia Time frame: September-November 2011 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.
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Constructed Ground architecture as collage
process collages: wood, paper, graphite, laser etching
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models
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Constructed Ground architecture as collage
presentation drawings: wood, paper, gouache, graphite, laser etching, ink transfer
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final model / diagrams
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PRESERVATION AS PROVOCATION COMPETITION | ARCH AND LANDSCAPE Location: Charleston, South Carolina Time frame: September-November 2013 Concept: This design suggests a provocation of time and process, experienced and interpreted within the land and sea-scape. The design 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 eco tourism .
•Team: Iris Zou, Suchen Jia •Contribution: Team leader, castle area •2013 ASCA Competition Submission
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Preservation as Provocation ecological restoration as design and conservation
historic grid
excavation
datum
planometric diagrams
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infrastructure (dock and reef)
dune habitat rehabilitation visitor center
large dock area
oyster reef access
Castle Pinckney Site
CHARLESTON HARBOR
master plan
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Preservation as Provocation ecological restoration as design and conservation
pavilion perspective / pavilion placement on preserved fort
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pavilion with interactive panels
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Preservation as Provocation ecological restoration as design and conservation
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section / elevations
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Preservation as Provocation ecological restoration as design and conservation
existing condition
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section perspective / interior perspective
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urban ecological restoration
TANYARD TERRACES ACADEMIC | LANDSCAPE
Location: Athens, Georgia Time frame: November 2012 Concept: The design considers the site as the new “central point” of the University of Georgia’s campus. With planned development around the site and the definite implementation of a new dining hall adjacent to the creek, an increase in pedestrian use is imminent. 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 directlyconnected impervious areas, and 21,625 square feet of restored native plant communities.
master plan
concept sketches
section
vertical farm structural bay
terrace section
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1_admin
how structure meets ground
TRANSYLVANIA ACTIVITY CENTER ACADEMIC | ARCHITECTURE
Location:Pisgah Forest, North Carolina Time frame: November 2011 Concept: A much needed resource, Transylvania Activity Center provides a natatorium, basketball courts, tennis courts, soccer fields, and other exercise areas for the surrounding community. The project is an investigation into the materiality and structure of tensile systems, and investigates how these systems engage with the ground and landscape and how they enhance the pedestrian experience.
plan cut
2_gym
3_lockers
4_pool
5_field & promenade
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material in the landscape
MASONRY PAVILION ACADEMIC | ARCHITECTURE
Location: Concord, North Carolina Time frame: February 2010 Concept: This project is an exploration of masonry as an architectural material, and of site and human engagement. The pavilion is positioned to interact with “nature”: the sky, trees along the site’s edge, wind, and structures throughout the landscape.
site plan diagram
sensory nodes sections
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landscape construction and interior design
[IN]SPIRE PAVILION
ACADEMIC | DETAIL DESIGN Location: Athens, Georgia Timeframe: March 2013 Concept: This project is a part of two academic projects. It combines the exploration of a landscape construction project with the detail and interior design of an private arts pavilion. The existing building shell is re-used as an art gallery and studio, with a boardwalk addition leading through an outdoor sculpture garden.
•2013 Exhibit: “Demonstrating the Vastness of What is Possible in Landscape Construction”
fountain detail / boardwalk detail / wall detail
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urban vertical farm collaborative
TURRIM VICTUS
ACADEMIC | ARCHITECTURE
physical models
Location: Houston Texas Timeframe: April 2011 Concept: The project is a new interpretation of the American traditional farm, taking the horizontal farming methodology and transforming it into a high density, technologically advanced vertical farm that uses far less land area, water, and energy. This building includes more than fifty housing units, nearly four acres of aquaponic farm area, and a fresh market that sales produce and fish harvested from the farm. Selling the produce on site completely negates the footprint created from transporting goods. Biodiesel is produced from corn, algae, and soy grown on the farm, and is distributed via a pump station below the car storage. Making the change from regular gasoline to biodiesel would have a dramatically positive effect on the environment of Houston and similar cities that rely so heavily on the automobile. vertical farm structural bay
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mapping activity and change in a vulnerable neighborhood
MAPPING FLUX
ACADEMIC | MAPPING Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Time frame: February 2011 Concept: This project is a set of maps compiled over the course of half a semester. The maps were creating primarily using in-situ observation while referencing historic and current aerial photographs. The intent is to critically analyze a vulnerable neighborhood in south Charlotte (known as Belmont) and suggest a new public infrastructure designed to revitalize the community from the inside - out. Research, community engagement, and critical design analysis were key elements in the creation process. The maps and drawings demonstrate various issues and topics examined.
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competition for UGA College of Environment and Design’s student publication
GEORGIA LANDSCAPE MAGAZINE COVER DESIGN COMPETITION | GRAPHIC DESIGN Time frame: February 2013 & 2014 Concept: An annual cover design competition is held for the Georgia Landscape Magazine. Although not used individually, these cover designs were used by the staff to create the ultimate design. I entered the competition both of my years at UGA, with both submissions resulting in runner-up placement. I created all images and graphics used in the cover designs.
cover deign iterations
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environmental graphics for Athens CHaRM
CHaRM BRANDING
PROFESSIONAL | ENV. GRAPHICS Location: Athens, Georgia Client: ACC Recycling Division Time frame: February 2014 Concept: Building off a design charrette executed with the Center for Community Design and Preservation, I was asked to develop new logos and environmental graphics for the Athens Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM). The Athens Waste Management Division has acquired a new site and intend to open the CHaRM site next year. They are inheriting a post-industrial property which includes a historic trash incinerator, and seek to build a stronger relationship with the Athens community and neighborhood surrounding the site.
historic trash incinerator
final logo designs
butler building environmental graphics
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when boxed in, build up
front elevation
plan view
back elevation
tailgate tower travel mode
tailgate tower party mode
TAILGATE TOWER
PRO BONO | GRAPHICS & DESIGN Website: tailgatetower.bigbossbrewing.com Time frame: January 2014 Project Team: Owen Tingle, Nick Brenton Concept: Centered around the 2014 Super Bowl tailgating rules controversy, I was approached by McKinney Advertising’s Durham office to assist in the design and graphic representation for an idea to promote Big Boss Brewery.
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NFL Rule: “You will be allowed to have food in your car and have drink in your car. And provided you’re in the boundaries of a single parking space, you’ll be able to eat or drink right next to your car. However, you’re not going to be able to take out a lounge chair, you’re not going to be able to take out a grill, and you’re not going to be able to take up more than one parking space.”
WHEN BOXED IN, BUILD UP!
tailgate taxonomy / tower mode and travel model
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professional book design for Domokur Architects
DOMOKUR ARCHITECTS CAMP MASTER PLAN MONOGRAPH Website: www.domokur.com Time frame: May-July 2013 Project Team: Gregory Copeland, Phil Lanier Concept: Gregory Copeland is a registered landscape architect that now is a principal at Domokur Architects, based in Akron, Ohio. I was hired as an architectural and graphic design intern to archive, document, and
section spread
timeline spread
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PROFESSIONAL | GRAPHIC DESIGN design a professional monograph for Greg’s career as a Camp Design specialist. His forty year career provides a fantastic range of project type, scale, location, and clientele. I worked directly with him in the writing and layout design for the project. Expected to be completed and published in 2014, the project will be the second of a series of books documenting common
issues, strategies, and opportunities present in camp design using Greg’s career and his recent work with Domokur Architects as a case study. The book is organized chronologically, and it’s content includes original drawings from the 1970s to contemporary renderings completed this year. Phil Lanier and Mike Domokur are also important partners in the proj-
ect, and were integral in the design and development throughout the process.
project intro spread
master plan spread
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