APRIL GRIMES
core design architecture portfolio
POINTS IN SPACE MATRIX STUDY d1 professor russell fall 2012
“A CITY THAT GROWS IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, LIKE TREE-TRUNKS WHICH EACH YEAR ADD ONE MORE RING.”
Italo Calvino : Invisible Cities
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LIGHT EXPLORATION MOVEMENT d1 professor russell fall 2012
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PROCESS ABSTRACT GENERATIVE STUDIES collage of sections, plans, and elevations
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MOTHER AND CHILD RETREAT d1 professor russell fall 2012
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EAST ELEVATION
1ST FLOOR PLAN
2ND FLOOR PLAN
SECTION
PROCESS 12
FINAL MODEL 14
THE TECTONIC CORNER d2 professor cooke spring 2013
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VISUAL RESTRICTIONS
VEIW FROM INTERIOR
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SOUTH
WEST
NORTH
EAST
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SCHOLARS RETREAT REFLECTION d2 professor cooke spring 2012
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The sections are what drove this project because the site was only about nine feet wide. This intervention acts as a light filter bringing light through the narrow site and down to the lowest point. Making the lowest space the reflection space takes advantage of the darkest area.
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COLLAGE OF PLANS, SECTIONS, AND PERSPECTIVES
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SCHOLARS RETREAT
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SOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER d2 professor cooke spring 2013
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FINAL RENDERING
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RIGHT: PERSPECTIVE ABOVE: FLOOR PLANS
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MATERIALS AND METHODS professor molnar spring 2012
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MATERIALS AND METHODS CANTILEVER
This project was done in a cantilever competition in which it won first prize. The requirements were that it had to hold 2, 30 lb. concrete cubes, one of which had to be 30� from the anchor. The concept was to use suspension to make the cubes look as light as possible. Plexiglass was used to imphasize the weightless qualities.
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OFF GRID HOUSING sol design studio, llc
COMPETITION summer 2013
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ad . ap . t[a . tion] n. 1. a device or mechanism, that is changed or changes as to become suitable to a new or special application or situation.
"look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein *this competition was done in collaboration with Sol Design Studio, LLC.
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BOATHOUSE CREATING SKIN d3 professor weston fall 2013 48
ABOVE: SECTION RIGHT: FLOOR PLANS
boathouse lobby administrative cafe classrooms gym locker room
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boathouse lobby administrative cafe gym lockerroom
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SECTION
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NYC ANNEX OF THE MORGAN LIBRARY d3 professor weston spring fall 2013
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NT HS TR EE
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SITE MAP 62
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1st floor
2nd floor
3rd floor
4th floor
5th floor
6th floor
FINAL FLOOR PLANS 68
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