AUSTINMILES 2011 - 2015
PORTFOLIO
School of Design + Construction Washington State University
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This undergraduate student design portfolio portrays a first generation college student that brings small town simple morals and thoughts into the advanced design world that architecture inhabits. Coming from a family of blue collars, I push a similar ethic of hard work and dedication into the professional environment where words, thoughts, and ideas are a driving force and motivation in the workplace.
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01 RESUME
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02 PROGRAMMATIC SPACES
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03 EXPLORING REPETITION AND VARIATION
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04 WHEAT INTORSION
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05 TRANS-URBAN POROSITY
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06 INTEGRATED DESIGN EXPLORATION
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07 INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
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08 LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
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Gary Wetch Loofburrow Wetch Architects Yakima, WA. (509) 457-5121 Don Kearby Kearby Wetch Construction Yakima, WA. (509) 424-4283
Miller Hull Partnership Seattle WA. Summer Internship (Construction Administration_ Bothell City Hall) Summer 2015
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mike Jobes Miller Hull Partnership Seattle, WA. (206) 718-0773
REFERENCE CONTACTS
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY SKILLS
Rhino + T-Splines + Evolute Tools Grasshopper + Sonic + Wood Pecker + Diva + Elk + Chameleon + Kangaroo + Rabbit + Shortest Walk Auto Desk + Revit + AutoCAD + 3ds Max + Vasari + Maya + 123D Make Rendering + Kerkythea + V-Ray + Flamingo + Korona + E-on Adobe + Photoshop + InDesign +Illustrator Google Sketch-Up Microsoft Office + Word + Power Point + Excel
Washington State University Masters of Architecture Student
Loofburrow Wetch Architects Yakima, WA. Summer Internship (Construction Docs. + Marketing Design) Summer 2014 Kearby Wetch Construction Yakima, WA. Demo Crew (Demolition Construction Crew + Bids + Take-Offs) Summer 2014
George Farwell Prodigy Construction Pullman, WA. Summer 2013
Prodigy Construction, George Farwell. Pullman, WA. Remodeling Construction (Framing to drywall + paint) Summer 2013
Mark Mobley F & M Construction Yakima, WA. (509) 949-1824
Garret Electric Co. Richland, WA. Commercial Electrical Contractor. (Office assistant | RFI + Submittal Experience ) Summer 2012
Morris + Kara Mack Yakima School of Karate Yakima, WA. (509) 457-5462
Washington State University Biotech Life Sciences Department (Viverium tech | assist in daily animal care) Fall 2011-Spring 2014
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The Miller Hull Partnership Scholarship Recipient
2015
Central Washington Home Builders Scholarship Recipient
2014
WSU SDC Architecture ACM- Harmon Presidential Scholarship Recipient
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WSU SDC Accelerated Graduate Program Acceptance
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Central Washington Home Builders Scholarship Recipient
2012
Central Washington Home Builders Scholarship Recipient
CONTACT
AUSTIN MILES 2657 Mapleway Rd. Yakima, WA 98908 austin.miles@yvn.com (509) 833-7765
WHY ARCHITECTURE
AWARDS
2015
I have always been a firm believer that one should not only be specialized in one thing, but one should expand their learning and knowledge into as many areas of expertise as possible. Architecture not only deals with just drawing; it combines history, art, math, and human interactions that are all constantly being manipulated and changed. It is that freedom that draws one’s attention as well as the constant excitement of an ever changing profession. Architecture is not about changing the world with design, but working with great people to create colloquies, to create great spaces, for great people.
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PROGRAMMATIC SPACES
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ABSTRACT NORTH
Second year design studio aimed at creating a neighborhood branch library for the Queen Anne district of Seattle, focusing heavily on programmatic relationships within the context of a library. The concept derived addressed a new paradigm in library planning and design. Associated with commercial retail use in an urban neighborhood context, the library’s design incorporates an outdoor reading garden at the front entrance, sunk below ground level. At the back of the library is a grand children’s reading room incorporating a large hearth. Both design features are key to drawing the public into the library from the street perspective as well as the parking levels.
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ENTRANCE LOBBY CIRCULATION REFERENCE ADULT READING CHILDREN’S TEEN STAFF MECHANICAL ROOM MEETING RESTROOMS
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ABSTRACT
With the overall aim of creating a K-5 elementary school, the classroom was viewed as a component element that could be populated with creative thought to erect an elementary school. The classroom was thought of as a home where students would feel comfortable and free while still being in a conductive learning environment. A child might not have that same luxury at home, but through design those luxuries could be provided within a school such as this. A school that was both meaningful and lasting.
EXPLORING REPETITION + VARIATION
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1. OUTDDOOR CLASSROOM 2. WORK COUNTER & SINK 3. TEACHER’S DESK & STORAGE 4. LECTURE/ LARGE-GROUP INSTRUCTION 5. READING / STORY TIME 6. OPENS TO HALLWAY
PROGRAMMATIC RELATIONSHIPS
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As the classroom became the focus in the first phase of the design, the relationships between break out areas within the classroom shaped the formality of the foundational building block of the classroom. The foundation of the classroom was then used to create the global population of classrooms within the school and was also used in forming the auditorium space as well as other common areas within the school.
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ABSTRACT
Wheat Intorsion focuses heavily on finding rigidity of a singular component. The process started with paper modeled form finding. By thinking of rigidity as a folded piece of paper, its rigidity is weaker in the horizontal direction. However, when the piece of paper is stood on edge in the vertical direction, it then becomes rigid and strong. Simple fabrication techniques of creating contour cuts in the vertical direction create a torsional effect on the vertical members. Further structural analysis showed that the fabrication technique of such a vertical strip orientation rotating in torsion could create a more structural member. For the full scale fabrication of the column, local materials such as wheat straw were used as a way to tie the project back to the community. Furthermore, “Welcome to the Palouse” was engraved in 75 different languages to tie it into the community.
SPONSORS WLT CREATIVE WSU CMEC INLAND LIGHTING MODERN MILLWORK POMEROY FAIRGROUND NVSD WOODWORKING AIA SPOKANE WELLER FELLOWSHIP
Photography Credit Wheat Board Fabrication Lighting Fixture Donation MDF Donation Wheat Straw Donation Donated Shop Time Spokane Mall Exhibit Donation of Research Funds
SPECIAL THANKS ALSO TO... + + + +
Jay Johnny Kevin Will
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Emily Jannita Irene Nandita
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Dane Gerardo David Nathan
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Ashley Piya Cody Alex
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EXPLORING RIGIDITY Looking at the rigidity of a folded piece of paper, its rigidity is weaker in the horizontal direction. However, when the piece of paper is stood on edge in the vertical direction, it then becomes rigid and strong. Moving forward the first prototype assembly of the component was finalized as it already had strong aspects of vertical rigidity that were increased by adding a 15 degree twist at its edges. With the components strength in the vertical direction, it was derived that a global population of the component would work best by orienting in the vertical direction forming a column type structure.
HORIZONTAL RIGIDITY INTO VERTICAL RIGIDITY
COMPONENT ASSEMBLY
FORCES IN THE VERTICAL DIRECTION ARE MUCH STRONGER THAN THE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION
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FABRICATION TECHNIQUES By populating the component in the vertical direction, focus moved toward determining a fabrication technique. Through cutting contours through the model, it allows light to refract out from the structure as well as giving it a less dense structure. It was realized that cutting the contours in the vertical direction instead of the traditional horizontal fashion, would also increase the component’s unique element of the vertical rigidity while still accentuating its 15 degree twist.
VERTICAL RAIL NO TORSION TWIST
APPLYING A HORIZONTAL CONTOUR CUT
VERTICAL RAIL 15 DEGREE TORSION TWIST
VERTICAL TORSION TWIST SUPPORTING LARGER ARE IN COMPRESSION
APPLYING A VERTICAL CONTOUR CUT
ABSTRACTED COLUMN GEOMETRY
APPLYING A VERTICAL CONTOUR CUT
COLUMN GEOMETRY ABSTRACTING CONTOUR CURVATURE
COLUMN COMPONENT DIVISION
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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS With the global population creating a column structure, there was an intent to then analyze the structural capabilities of the column. Although the range of testing was limited; it still managed to test both the digital model as well as full component scaled models. The end result of the analysis showed that the column structure with its 1/8” vertical members could have the capability of supporting more than a 4”x4” fir column. This demonstrated that the global population did have potential for further structural analysis and testing, but was not explored due to projected time restraints.
COLUMN GEOMETRY LESS STRONG WITH NO TORSION FORCE
LOADING COMPONENT WITH GREATER FORCE
COMPONENT GAINS STRENGTH WITH A TORSION FORCE
LOADING COMPONENT WITH GREATER FORCE
LOADING COMPONENT WITH GREATER FORCE
COLUMN GEOMETRY UNDER FREQUENCY TEST FOR EARTHQUAKE FORCES
FINDING COMPONENT POINT OF FAILURE
PLAN VIEW OF TORSION FORCE
FORCE TEST OF GLOBAL POPULATION
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MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT As to further tie back to the community, the column was fabricated out of a local material of wheat straw. For this we were able to fabricate the material ourselves making a wheat fiber board. This process went from picking up the wheat straw bales to the final pressing of each board. Each vertical rail on the installation was also laser engraved in 75 different languages with the statement of “Welcome to the Palouse” to make further communal ties.
SPREADING WHEAT FIBERS IN PANEL FORM
SEPARATING WHEAT STRAW BALES
CHIPPING WHEAT STRAW IN HAMMER MILL
PRE - PRESSED WHEAT BOARD PANEL
FINAL WHEAT STRAW FIBERS
FINAL WHEAT BOARD PANEL
APPLYING RESIN TO WHEAT FIBERS
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FINAL GLOBAL POPULATION Reaching the global assembly, there was some refinement to the fabrication of each component. To add strength to the vertical contour rails, the connection to a simple dado connection would CNC into the top and bottom chords of the component. This also eliminated the fabrication time and cost of a face connection using screws. These refinements resulted in our final global population shown in the rendering.
ENDING DISCOVERIES
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(555,212,2457)
Produced in plan view, the column exhibits a phyllotaxis condition which resembles a spiraling arrangement found in some leaves of certain plants. This characteristic obeys a number of subtle mathematical relationships that can inherently be seen in the column.
(248,34,2457)
(529,152,2152)
(378,521,2457)
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(440,64,1524) (437,496,2152)
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(94,404,2152) (136,97,1828)
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(378,521,2457) (95,153,1524)
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(437,496,2152) (73,209,1219) (248,521,1219) (249,34,609)
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(377,34,1219) (72,343,609) (313,26,914) (97,404,304)
(492,99,0)
(136,452,0)
(492,99,0) (189,59,304)
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PLAN VIEW OF PHYLLOTAXIS CONDITION
AXONOMETRIC OF PHYLLOTAXIS CONDITION
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(187,498,1524)
TRANSURBAN POROSITY Enriching the Interface Between Cultural Enclaves and Rapid Urbanization
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ABSTRACT
This project focuses on group urban planning research and recent interest toward urban development. The world is seeing mass migration from rural environments to urban dwellings. By the year 2050, Schenzhen, China is expected to expand into being one of the largest cities in the world. It is therefore our desire to address such expansion issues in the city’s future development to sustain the rich urban fabric that currently exists. Considering the massive scale, a wide range of data was collected and assessed through intensive mapping. Once an understanding for the existing conditions was obtained, a system was determined to assess antiquate areas for new development. Ending aims addressed the density and discontinuity of residential neighborhoods while maintaining the organic cultural friction of existing villages and Urban Villages. It is our aim then to be able to salvage the existing culture, while still allowing the city to grow and prosper.
PROJECT ROLES Presentation Leonardo Michelangelo Rhaphael John Doe Master Splinter Dontatello
Rendering, Organization Diagrams, Text Diagrams Diagrams, Text Diagrams Diagrams
Physical Model Leonardo Michelangelo Rhaphael John Doe Master Splinter Dontatello
Lighting + Circuitry Mesh Stringing Cut Files, Process Photos Model Base, Laser Cut, Wire prep Wire prep, Mesh Stringing Quality Control
Documentation Leonardo Michelangelo Rhaphael John Doe Master Splinter Dontatello
Diagrams Draft Editing, Diagrams Draft Compilation, Diagrams Final Editing, Diagrams Printing, Binding, Diagrams Diagrams
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INDEXING + MESHING Focusing first on the existing conditions of the Guangming District, there was first an intensive series of mapping to allow a system to determine the most antiquate areas for new development. From the dozens of mapping layers found, it was the idea that a total of five mapping layers when placed together in an index would allow prime spaces for new development. From the open spaces mapping a filtration of those open spaces with proximity to public transportation routes, pollution zones, flood zones, and slopes greater than 15 percent grade. Any open spaces that overlapped those filtration layers were then removed and left with the zones most adequate for future development.
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EXISTING TYPOLOGIES INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS
From existing migration patterns into Guangming, there are two distinctive living conditions within the urban tissue. Pinned between the roots of old traditions and the encroachment of new urban development there is the rich cultural enclaves of the Hu-Tong’s mixed use environment, as well as the urban villages of tightly clustered micro story residency towers. The two conditions are distinctively disconnected within the urban fabric, and it is the aim of the prototype to better that condition.
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To grasp this living conditions of the urban spaces, a catalog of the building types currently existing in the Guangming district was developed. Knowing the typologies of buildings within urban villages and Hu-Tongs, they were then populated into mapped blocks of urban villages and Hu-Tongs for future assessment.
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ASSESSING DENSITY EXISTING CONDITIONS: EDI
With density being a large issue within the urban tissue of Guangming, assessing the density of our cellular developable spaces was necessary. The first step was to quantitatively analyze the ratio of density by expansion (the total zone area), densification (building footprint area), and intensification (building height). With this ratio of EDI, we were able to determine the most densely populated region. This zone became our focus area as the most densely populated zone would be the zone needing the most help with future expansion and development. From populating out the block pattern zones of urban villages, developable open space, and Hu-Tongs an identity was made of a distinct edge condition between the urban villages and Hu-Tongs. Maintaining the aim of assessing the density, this became the new focus area for Implementing a prototype.
EDI | 0.803
EDI | 1.534
EDI | 1.548 EDI | 1.836
EDI | 0.882 EDI | 2.115 EDI | 2.378
EDI RATIO REFINING FOCUS AREA
EDI | 1.680
EDGE CONDITION
NEW FOCUS AREA
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PROTOTYPES
FOCUS AREA BOUNDARIES After an assessment of existing flows to the edge condition, it was established where in the urban villages issues would arise in future expansion. Step one then became to eliminate the closest urban villages to the edge condition to decrease density and make room for implementation. Next, a boundary with a 1:4 ratio of the old urban village building footprints to determine prototype adjacencies and building footprint. The footprint would be the same size as the existing urban village footprint so as to not increase expansion as density decreased. From taking the flow paths between the urban villages to Hu-Tongs in between new building footprints; a built land form was created showing opportunity to house an array of communal programs. Finally a rotation of the footprint to maximize solar gain was designed.
01 EDGE CONDITION
02 FLOW PATTERN OH - UV
06 Flow of O.H. to U.V.
07 Flow of U.V. to O.H.
03 CLOSEST U.V. 04 Prototype Boundary 05 Prototype Footprint
08 Built Land Forms From Flows
09 Rotate Building For Solar Gain
10 Final Prototype Footprint
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PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT After developing the mediation scheme at the neighborhood level, the focus then shifted to development of the buildings and its programs. Keeping constant with the initial aim, the focus was to improve and maintain the organic cultural friction existing in the Hu-Tongs and urban villages. From the existing footprint, the first step was dividing the footprint (half being residence, half green space) , back into the Hu-Tongs traditional open farming roots. Each floor would then house two dwellings, as well as having two open garden spaces.
01 EXISTING FOOTPRINT
04 ROTATE FOR SOLAR GAIN
02 GREEN SPACE FOOTPRINT
05 STEEL EXOSKELETON
03 STACKING FOOTPRINT
06 FINAL PROTOTYPE
The footprint was then populated out into several floors, and rotated for solar gain of the open spaces. For structural support, an exoskeleton steel frame was then placed with a staircase structure to produce the final prototype.
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FINAL PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED SPACES
A final rendering demonstrating the potential integration the prototype could provide.
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ABSTRACT
As an Integrated Design Experience -IDEXstudio, students from both architecture and civil engineering worked in teams to create design and engineering solutions. With increased interest and code adoption of CLT panels in the 2015 International Building Code, mass timber manufacturing and construction represents an opportunity to develop new timber product supply chains from forests to urban building sites. Washington State, with its growing economy and its plentiful natural resources, is positioned to become a leader in the development of mass timber market in the United States. With this growing interest in the field of mass timber, the studio constructed itself around the constraint of the vertical abilities of mass timber. With engineer and architecture teams, structural and aesthetic capabilities of creating a parametric 12 story mass timber structure were pursued.
B R ID GIN G A DIVIDED POPULACE
IDEX _ MASS TIMBER
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SITE ANALYSIS
DIVIDED COMMUNICATES Given a site of an empty lot adjacent to the Jensen Byrd building on the edge of WSU Spokane’s campus there was an apparent disconnect between the existing WSU campus environment and the thriving downtown Spokane environment. The concept derived was to bridge these two environments. To create the bridge the location was planned to be developed with the intention of fostering further growth within the established bond of urban life within communities creating a cultural conflux.
GIVEN SITE JENSEN BYRD DOWNTOWN SPOKANE WSU SPOKANE DIVISION IN COMMUNITY
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FLOW ANALYSIS
DERIVING BUILDING FOOTPRINTS To understand how people move through the site, a flow analysis was generated through the existing street network. However, the humans natural habit is to take shortcuts, so the site was divided into a grid to analyze how people would move through the site. This process generated a new flow analysis that derived rough building footprints that could then be translated into a phasing diagram for future development. Due to the restraints of time within the studio, phase one of the site was the only phase developed. PHASE2 II PHASE
01 GIVEN SITE
02 GIVEN FLOW
03 GRIDDED SITE
PHASE4IV PHASE
04 FLOWS THROUGH SITE
PHASE1I PHASE
PHASE3 III PHASE
BUILDING FOOTPRINTS + PHASING PLAN
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POSSIBLE ENTRY POINTS To further expand the thought of how one moves through the site, a further analysis of flow was used at the ground floor level. This analysis derived possible points of entrance into the structure. Entry points were then used to establish a range of connectivity resulting in possible vertical circulation core locations. The final process regimented these results to balance programmatic efficiency throughout the space.
01 PROJECT SITE CENTROID
04 CIRCULATION MESH
02 ENTRANCE FLOWS
05 VERTICAL CIRCULATION POINTS
03 ENTRY POINTS
06 POSSIBLE GROUND FLOOR CIRCULATION
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VERTICAL CIRCULATION WALKING UP TWELVE STORIES
When considering the interior condition, the vertical circulation or “core” acts as the leading flow. This creates a branching network between floors as well as programmatic spaces. Just as walking at the street level is an experience, the process of walking up a stair case has a similar effect. The first step in establishing this “experiential stair” was to gain an understanding of which stair typologies make sense in relationship to their adjacent programs. Walking up twelve stories can become tiresome, so an understanding that the half landing could be a zone of refuge or “experience”. The half landings could then be expanded to house program or create observation points as one travels vertically.
01 STAIR TYPOLOGIES + CIRCULATION
02 STAIR LANDINGS | POINTS OF REFUGE
03 EXPANDED LANDINGS FOR OBSERVATION
04 EXTERIOR HANDICAP RAMP
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GLOBAL CIRCULATION VERTICAL + HORIZONTAL
Balancing programmatic efficiency and the experience of vertical circulation, only one staircase was established using the stair typologies generated. This stair was placed on the northern face of the building edge allowing it to expand and grow outside of the building mass. Key points of refuge where also established to allow travelers a breath as they traveled up the twelve stories. The final step incorporated main arterial horizontal paths by floor connecting the experiential stair to other points of egress.
FLOOR 12 OBSERVATION STAIRCASE
FLOOR 6 OBSERVATION STAIRCASE
FLOOR 3 OBSERVATION STAIRCASE
BUILDING CIRCULATION
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CIRCULATION
POSSIBLE ENTRY POINTS The final steps included placing a massing volume around the circulation which gave programmatic spaces a restraint to populate to. A matrix of several programs were documented and placed throughout the building’s designated floors. Parametric analysis was used to establish the most efficient population of the programs with in the mass and around the core circulation paths.
PACKED MASSING
MACRO MASSING BUSINESS MERCANTILE ASSEMBLY
RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAM VOLUMES
FINAL PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED SPACES
A final rendering demonstrating the potential integration the prototype could provide.
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SUMMER
2014
Loofburrow Wetch Architects of Yakima is a fifth generation firm with a solid reputation in school district clientele since the early 1980’s. Loofburrow Wetch has planned and designed over 750 school projects since 1984 including new construction, replacements, modernizations, renovations, refurbishments, additions, and studies of school buildings. Located out of Yakima, WA; the practice is targeted on working with clients in central Washingtion and eastern Oregon.
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Adjunct to Loofburrow Wetch Architects is Kearby Wetch Construction (KWC). Launched in 2014, KWC provides a wide range of construction management services from design build projects with Loofburrow Wetch Architects, construction management consulting, as well as being an overall project contractor company. KWC specializes in the management and oversight of construction projects, ensuring to carry out all functions and processes for creation of a commercial structure.
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The Miller Hull Partnership’s in Seattle design reputation is based on simple, innovative and authentic designs. Since its inception in 1977 the firm has pursued a rigorous logic in its design approach in the belief that architectural programs are best solved directly and efficiently. Throughout the firm’s history Miller Hull has received over 200 design awards and has been published in numerous national and foreign design journals.
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MARKETING DESIGN + + + + + +
EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL MODERNIZATION + ADDITIONS GRANGER HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPANSIONS NEW YMCA WEST VALLEY TOPPENISH SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPANSIONS VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM EXPANSION CENTRAL WASHINGTON FAMILY MEDICINE MEDICAL CLINIC
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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
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CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION
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MISCELLANEOUS
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VALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INFILL EAST VALLEY ELEMENTARY ALTERNATE BID DISTRICT OFFICE SECURITY UPGRADES MOXEE ELEMENTARY SECURITY UPGRADES EAST VALLEY CENTRAL SECURITY UPGRADES EAST VALLEY ELEMENTARY SECURITY UPGRADES
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MARKETING DESIGN WORK ENTAILED MOSTLY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SMALL COMMERCIAL DESIGN RENDERINGS AND PROGRAMMATIC FLOOR PLANS. THIS WORK WAS CREATED TO SHOW CLIENTELE VISUAL GRAPHICS OF PLANS FOR EXPANSION, MODERNIZATION, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION THOUGHTS AND IDEAS. THIS ALSO ENTAILED IMPUTING EXISTING PLANS DIGITALLY FOR EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION WORK.
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% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT WORK EXPERIENCE. DRAWING REVISIONS AND CHECKS (I.E. RED LINES) WERE PERFORMED BY GARY WETCH, A PARTNER OF THE FIRM. THIS IS REAL WORK EXPERIENCE, THAT DID GO OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION.
% WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PROJECT LEAD ARCHITECT RECEIVING AND RESPONDING TO DAILY RFI’S AND SUBMITTALS. THIS INCLUDED MAKING ASK’S DRAWINGS WITHIN THE EXISTING REVIT MODEL, COORDINATION WITH CONTRACTORS AND MANUFACTURES, AS WELL AS WEEKLY SITE VISITS WITH THE OWNER (VULCAN DEVELOPMENT), TENANT (CITY OF BOTHELL) AND CONTRACTOR (GLY CONSTRUCTION).
% MISCELLANEOUS WORK INCLUDED ON SITE STUDY AND SURVEY MEASUREMENT WORK. COST ESTIMATING WAS PERFORMED FOR SOME OF THE PROMOTIONAL DESIGN WORK. ALSO ADJUNCT TO LOOFBURROW WETCH ARCHITECTS IS KEARBY WETCH CONSTRUCTION, WHICH HELPING ON BID DAYS WAS EXPERIENCED, AS WELL AS SMALL DEMO CONSTRUCTION WORK ON.
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MARKETING SATELLITE YMCA PROGRAMMATIC SPACES
PROPOSED SIX ACRE LOT
MECH/ STORAGE
GROUP EXERCISE GYMNASIUM
OPTION 001
MEN’S LOCKER
ADMIN
ADMIN MULTIPURPOSE
MULTIPURPOSE
ROUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE | 36,680 SF
FAMILY LOCKER
CHECK-IN
CHILD WATCH
CARDIO ABOVE
LOBBY / LOUNGE
OPTION 001
WOMENS LOCKER
WEIGHTS
OPTION 002 AQUATICS
CIRCULATION
PROGRAMMATIC SPACES ROUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE | 36,680 SF
PROPOSED SIX ACRE LOT OPTION 002
CIRCULATION
PROGRAMMATIC SPACES
PROPOSED NEW WEST VALLEY
MULTIPURPOSE
ROUGH SQUARE FOOTAGE | 36,680 SF
GROUP EXERCISE
ADMIN MULTIPURPOSE
GYMNASIUM
CHECK-IN
MEN’S LOCKER MECH/ STORAGE FAMILY LOCKER GROUP
EXERCISE
LOBBY / LOUNGE GYMNASIUM
CHILD WATCH
CARDIO ABOVE
CHECK-IN
MCA
PROPOSED SIX ACRE LOT
MECH/ STORAGE
ADMIN
However a large portion of the three day task was creating three optional facade rendering for the client to raise awareness for the possible future project.
CIRCULATION
ADMIN MULTIPURPOSE
This portrays a fast paced three day marketing design scheme of a new YMCA facility. The design encompasses a new aquatics center with a full sized Olympic pool, weight room with a mezzanine for cardio, gymnasium, and jogging track that is open to above. The design’s open plan focuses on joining as many programmatic spaces as possible as an attempt to bring togetherness throughout the facilities as well as various activities.
OPTION 002
ADMIN MULTIPURPOSE
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LOBBY / LOUNGE
WOMENS LOCKER MEN’S LOCKER FAMILY LOCKER
WEIGHTS WOMENS LOCKER
OPTION 003
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E. V. INTERMEDIATE ALTERNATE BID
Existing Water Damage
While creating construction documents there were a few instances where I received full responsibility for an aspect of the design. This often would occur with alternate drawing sets such as the following. Given full responsibility for an alternate proposal to repair East Valley’s intermediate schools existing water damage of the exterior canopy structure. However, a large aspect was also to design a solution to prevent future water damage of the canopy structure. The water damage prevention solution created construction documents, inclining that sistering in framing members to the existing truss system. This solution extend the roofs slope allowing water to run of a drip edge and not down the face of the CMU block.
Added framing solution
Existing canopy
Added framing solution
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CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION This work encompassed close interaction with the project lead architect on the Bothell City Hall Project during the construction administration phase. Daily tasks included receiving and responding to RFI’s and Submittals. This included making ASK drawings within the existing revit model, creating ASI’s, logging field reports, creating meeting minutes, coordinating with contractors and manufactures, as well as weekly site visits with the owner (Vulcan Development), the tenant GLY Produced (City of Bothell), and the contractor (GLY Construction) on a daily basis.
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ACP-TO- WALL CONDITION PER DETAIL 15/a-521 WD FRAME HARD CEILING PER RCP. TRANSOM
OPEN AREA 141
TOP OF DOOR 141
DOOR 132 BEYOND
GLY Produced LEVEL 1 69' - 0"
DOOR 141: AT HEAD The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP Architecture and Planning
DOOR 141: AT HEAD
Polson Building 71 Columbia, Sixth Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Phone 206.682.6837 Fax 206.682.5692
Acceptable. MHP 7/1/15
CLG HT @ N. VEST AND OPEN AREA Title: Project: BOTHELL CITY HALL 06/23/15 Date: Scale: As indicated Notes: RFI 216 Drawing Reference: A-521 / CEILING DETAILS
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ASK- 133
Acceptable. MHP 7/1/15
10'-6
10'-6 RFI ASK RESPONSE EXAMPLE
Produced
3/8" Ply, Ptd. Black (Sim to detail per RFI 163)
DOOR 141: AT HEAD
3/8" Ply, Ptd. Black (Sim to
4"
detail per RFI 163) Acceptable. MHP 7/1/15
4"
10'-6
HAND SKETCH RFI RESPONSE EXAMPLE
DOOR 141: JAMB, HINGE SIDE Acceptable. MHP 7/1/15
3/8" Ply, Ptd. Black (Sim to
DOOR 141: RELITE LEG EXAMPLE HAND SKETCH RFI RESPONSE Acceptable. MHP 7/1/15
HAND SKETCH RFI RESPONSE EXAMPLE DOOR 141: JAMB, HINGE SIDE Acceptable. MHP 7/1/15
DOOR 141: RELITE LEG Acceptable. MHP 7/1/15
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“ITS NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT WHO YOU KNOW”
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THOMAS
HILLE
Architect, educator and researcher based in Seattle, Washington. Hille has a special interest in environments for learning. As a practicing architect Hille has designed a number of award-winning schools, libraries and related educational projects. As an educator, Hille has taught at MIT, the University of Michigan, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and the Catholic University of Chile. HIlle has recently published Modern Schools: A Century of Design for Education with John Wiley & Sons, and is currently working on a study and survey of contemporary American library design.
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MARY
POLITES
Mary Polites, part of the Weller fellowship, taught a year of design studios and seminars related to digital fabrication, logic of materials and the geometries of complex systems. Polites completed her postgraduate Master of Architecture at the Architectural Association in London in emergent technologies and design program. Polites’ focus and interests are on emergent cities and urbanism in developing populations. For five years she has worked in New York and Philadelphia on a range of projects and at a variety of firms which include Foster + Partners NY and Venturi Scott Brown and Associates.
September 9, 2014
To Whom It May Concern, I'm writing on behalf of Austin Miles who was a student in my architecture studio and seminar last year, 2014, at Washington State University. My position at WSU was for a research fellowship in the architecture program for a one year appointment. During this time I held a yearlong seminar focused on a research of material systems of which Austin took part in from the beginning. At the end of the year, his project, among two others, was selected to be constructed and tested for the seminars research. He led his team efficiently and at a professional level. If it were not for his contacts in the architecture field, and his initiative to get the design built, the project would have proved to be too much to execute on an undergraduate. I would recommend him to any institution that he is interested in as he will prove an incredible designer and colleague to any team. Austin also took part in my spring studio which focused on urban conditions of rapid urbanization. This course pushed the agenda of the architecture program and was run more as a micro-graduate studio once the students proved to keep up the pace of the tools. Austin led the class and his team by example in showing what effective and well-designed systems could be, as well as providing help for the definitions we were using in Rhino (a 3D modeling software). The studio was complex enough on its own but during this time he was also constructing the final design of his column project for the seminar, so he had to manage two courses. He excelled at this, remained organized, and could re-adjust to fit complications along the way. To conclude, beyond Austin’s abilities as a designer, his personality and self-invitation clearly make him a leader and wonderful person to work with as a student and team member. He is incredibly talented and will make an indispensable member of any project.
Sincerely,
Mary Polites Mpolites@marthaschwartz.com
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GARY
WETCH
Gary Wetch is a licensed architect in Washington and Oregon. He is Responsible for and involved in educational specifications, architectural design, construction / material specifications, project administration, and overall quality control. Wetch has designed and managed over 300 educational projects in the past 24 years.
To Whom It May Concern: On behalf of Loofburrow Wetch Architects we would like to provide a letter of recommendation. Austin Miles worked at Loofburrow Wetch Architects for only one summer as an Intern Architect. We were so impressed with his abilities, efforts, dedication, and exceptional work. We expanded his talents to include promotional items, as well as production drawings for a few of our summer projects. As Austin’s mentor, calling Austin an Intern Architect does not provide an accurate description of the responsibilities entrusted to him over the summer. Intern Architect is the description required by Architectural licensing language but misrepresents the tasks that Austin was able to assist with based on his knowledge of programs, teamwork, and creative abilities. Austin displayed Project-Architect /Project-Manager abilities; working in conjunction with the Principal-In-Charge. Austin Personally assisted in projects for Pre-Bond Assistance, Study & Surveys, Marketing, and Construction Documents. These tasks require attention to detail, critical to an employer and the clients in which we serve. We were able to rely on Austin’s timely and efficient responses to deadlines as well as his accurate work product. Loofburrow Wetch Architects has been very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with a professional who understands the priorities of our owners and the community I which we serve. We cannot express enough how much we appreciated Austin’s commitment and dedication to projects in which he assisted. Making it even more impressive was that several of these projects were accomplished while staying within a very tight budget and constricted timeline. Our staff enjoyed working with Austin not only because we could rely on his work product, but because of his good humor and willingness to communicate regarding any issue that would affect our professional services. Austin learned several of the aspects of running projects and the importance of budgeting and managing expectations over the summer months. Austin is well-positioned to become a productive architect and potential future shareholder wherever he elects to pursue has architectural interests upon graduation. We miss Austin even though we only knew him for a short duration. We would hire Austin upon graduation should we receive the opportunity. We can provide additional documentation on projects Austin worked on and shall always be a source of personal reference and/or recommendation.
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Thank You
AUSTIN D. MILES 2657 Mapleway Rd Yakima WA, 98908 austin.miles@yvn.com (509) 833-7765