ASHLEY KETTENRING ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
ASHLEY KETTENRING
985-210-3589 ashleykettenring@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/ashleykettenring
E D U C A T I O N Delgado Community College attended 2011-2012
E M P L O Y M E N T Parish Press Coffee Shop
August 2014- present Bradley Walker (318) 245-4524
Louisiana Tech University School of Architecture attended 2012- present Expected graduation 2016 Puccinos Coffee Shop February 2012-July 2016
Raw February 2013-August 2014 Tham Nguyen (337)-251-6006
SKILLS
Manual Hand drafting and model making Machinery Laser printer Makerbot 3D printer
R E F E R E N C E S William Hartman
Louisiana Tech University hartman@latech.edu Joshua Steed Fitzpatrick Architects joshuasteed@gmail.com (318)532-7502
Technical Autocad Revit Rhino 3D Grasshopper Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign Microsoft Office Julie Alvarez, Ph.D. Tulane University jalvar@tulane.edu (504)473-3624 Personal Reference
CENTER FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGY
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SHREVEPORT CULTURAL CENTER WOMEN OF MARVEL MUSEUM CHIASMUS ARCHERY AND PAINTBALL RANGE
CENTER FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGY WINTER 2013/14 SECOND YEAR Louisiana Tech University is home to excellent speech pathology and biomedical departments, and the Louisiana School for the Blind is located in Ruston, Louisiana. In an eort to create cross-disciplinary opportunities for research, the Louisiana State Board of Regents is dedicating funding for the creation of a new Center for Visual Impairment and Speech Pathology, a dedicated center for research between the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Engineering, and the Louisiana School for the Blind. Design Charge = Design a 2-4 story center for the study of visual impairment and speech pathology. The center will comprise research completed by LA Tech faculty and students, coursework for LA Tech students, and laboratory research and outreach to members of the public with visual impairments and speech impediments, and their families. The building will combine research and educational needs with public-access spaces, as one coherent building which gives identity to the new center and enhances the campus s pedestrian routes, nodes, and exterior spaces.
RESEARCH
Macular degeneration is caused by the deterioration of the central portion of the retina, the inside back layer of the eye that records the images we see and sends them via the optic nerve from the eye to the brain. The retina’s central portion, known as the macula, is responsible for focusing central vision in the eye, and it controls our ability to read, drive a car, recognize faces or colors, and see objects in fine detail.
According to polls, Americans dread blindness more than any other disability. Recent studies indicate that by the year 2025, the population of people over the age of 65 in the United States will be six times higher than in 1990. “As ‘baby boomers’ age and a higher percentage of Americans reach age 60, AMD will become an even more serious medical issue,” said Dr Carl Kupfer, [former] director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.
CONCEPT
My design concept is based on sight. The basis of Macular Degeneration is the loss of central vision. I performed my own study by taking pictures of main entrance locations and main hallways in our studio.I edited the photos in photoshop and placed a black dot in the middle cutting out what would represent central vision. From these photos I discovered what can be seen outside of the middle and how spaces appear without central vision.
From this I found that hallways( represented in the first and second photos) appear to enclose and stop when the vision is cut off. With main entrance points, such as the front door in the third photo, the door is almost entirely cut out from the viewpoint at the bottom of the strairs and navigations is impossible. The last photo of the stairwell, again the top of the stair is cut out and navigation is once again impossible.
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SHREVEPORT CULTURAL CENTER FALL 2014 THIRD YEAR
The City of Shreveport has received a grant from the EPA to develop a Cross Bayou Area-Wide BrownďŹ elds Plan. The primary contract for this project has been awarded to Providence Engineering and Environmental Group LLC, based in Baton Rouge. Waggoner & Ball Architects of New Orleans is serving as design consultant to PEEG on the project. Waggoner & Ball s primary area of focus is water management and urban design issues. The Louisiana Tech ARCH 315 Class was asked to collaborate with Waggoner & Ball to help enrich the planning and speculative proposals for the site and project. This collaboration will add realworld research, professional presentation materials & a variety of speculative architectural proposals that address and enhance the civic,environmental and economic life of the city. Our main points of contact are project managers Aron Chang & Rami Diaz, who are based at W+B s home oďŹƒce in New Orleans. Shreveport Cultural Center was designed with the community of Shreveport in mind. The conecpt behind the design is to bring the community of Shreveport to Cross Bayou and to celebrate the past, present and future culture.
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
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CONNECTION
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1. Information Center 2. Gallery 3. Gift Shop 4. Children’s Space 5. Teen Center 6. Workshop
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WOMEN OF MARVEL MUSEUM WINTER 2014/15 THIRD YEAR
This studio will undertake the design for a new, larger home for the museum of cartoon and comic art [MoCCA]. The museum was established in 2001 and currently is based in the Soho area of Manhattan in New York City. This was a group project made of of two people to split design eorts and tasks to create one museum for their chosen comic. The Women Of Marvel Museum is designed to bring back the popularity of the Chelsea neighborhoods. The museum proposes a grand ramp as a connection and continuation of the High Line Park within the area. Unlike the High Line, the ramp park stays open to the public contstantly creating a natural place to populate at night.
WOMEN’S HISTORY
DYNAMIC RAMP SYSTEM
WOMEN OF MARVEL
RAMP EFFECT ON BUILDING
PUSHING AND PULLING
accepted for volunteer emergency service are established. Congress authorizes woment to serve in the U .S. Nav y.
Eleanor Roosevelt chairs Preseident JohnF. Kennedy Jr. on the status of women.
Congress passes the
Muriel Sibert becomes
Shirley Chisholm of NYC
law that prohibits sexual descrimination.
own a seat in the NY Stock Exchange.
American woman elected into congress.
Atlas and Timely Comics (Marvel) publish Millie The Model. A non powered comic strip.
The Scarlet Jean Grey Witch
The Wasp
Non-powered Characters -M.J. Watson -Gwen Stacy -Karen Page -Sharon Carter
Caucus is founded in D.C.
She Hulk
Black Widow
The era, which states that men and women should be treated equally by wla , is passed by congress.
Spider Woman
Dazzler
Congress passed Title IX of Education Amendments Act, which prohibited discrimina tion of the bases of sex.
PRECENDENT STUDY Amsterdam Pavilion Steven Holl
Roe vs. Wade
Almost 100,000 demonstrators marched in D.C. in support of the ERA.
New guidlines from equal employment OPP comission, prohibit sexual harrassment.
Psylocke
Rogue
Geraldine Feraro becomes Justice of Supreme Court.
Jubilee
Kity Pryde
by a major political party to woman in space. run for VP of the U .S.
SCREEN SYSTEM
STEEL STRUCTURE
CONCRETE STRUCTURE
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1. LOBBY...........................................................1,000 SF 2. RETAIL/CAFE..................................................700 SF 3. LIBRARY........................................................3,500 SF 4. ADMINISTRATION.................................... 2,400 SF 5. LECTURE HALL.......................................... 1,100 SF 6. IMAX..............................................................3,500 SF 7. IMAX LOBBY...............................................1,700 SF 8. GALLERY...................................................... 7,000 SF 9. MECHANICAL................................................ 679 SF 10. SECURITY......................................................100 SF 11. JANITORIAL.................................................300 SF 12. ARCHIVE....................................................2,500 SF 13. MEDIA LABS.............................................1,100 SF 14. CLASSROOMS......................................... 2,730 SF 15. CONFERENCE ROOMS......................... 1,000 SF
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CHIASMUS PAVILION SPRING 2015 DESIGN BUILD THIRD YEAR
The Med Camps of Louisiana archery range consists of a plastic folding table set up in a ďŹ eld and a few simple targets that are proped up against trees. It s true, the experience is clearly lacking. Meaning a clear opportunity exists in how a well designed archery range and it s strategic placement can continue to transform the way the camp operates. Med Camps was in the process of seeking professional design and planning services to develop a 25 year master plan for Camp Alabama. In Conversations with Mr. Seney surrounding the archery range, the general planning opportunity of reactivating the East side of the Lake has been identiďŹ ed; something the location of the new archery range must work to accomplish.
Knowing that paintball and archery have two different characteristics, we decided to separate them.
We also wanted the architecture to resemble the time at camp for these kids. So there are kenetic parts that can be trasform to their “own space,� like how the camp transforms them.
Poetry is what stitches these two events together along with the concept of this transformation. A Chiasm is a Hebrew letter that is used in English poetry to rhyme ideas. These ideas can have not much to do with each other, like archery and paintball, and build towards the midle.
THE SITE
In 2014 year MedCamps of Louisiana signed a 20 year lease of the property and facilities on which they currently operate, known as Camp Alabama located in Choudrant, Louisiana. The renewed lease prompted Caleb Seney, Med Camps executive director, to invest in much needed infrastructure and building improvements including starting a formal relationship with the School of Design’s 335 Design Build program. Thus far this relationship has been as highly beneficial eneavor for both organizations. Each has given new life and abundant resources to the other through their collaboration. It’s is our obligation this quarter to continue to further this relationship and add to the benefits experienced by all through the execution of our project.
THE PROCESS
Teams were developed and were given building tasks to complete the project and we would work together on bigger parts of the project such as formwork and pouring concrete. Myself and another girl were in charge of completing the storage shed. We spent half of our time at the metal shop learning to weld and use the plasma cutter table and the other half building on site. The shed was designed with both metal and wood and is the main support for the structure of the two pavilions.
THE ARCHERY RANGE Med Camps mission is to create a no boundaries camp for handicapped kids, giving them the same opportunities as any child would get at camp. Our challenge was to create an archery range that could be accessable and used by kids in wheelchairs. Our design allowed seven shooting stations with enough space for a wheelchair can fit comfortably. We also included a walkout deck for anyone to be able to go fetch their arrows. We also created a different experience by adding the adjacent paintbal range, also handicap accessible with tables that wheelchairs can roll up to to shoot from.