B.C.P. DESIGN PORTFOLIO // QUT Bachelor of Design // // Architecture (Honors) // // UnderGraduate Folio of selected works //
BRITTANY CORRINA POHLMAN
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2015
contents // QUT Bachelor of Design // Architecture (Honors) // Selected Works //
urban intervention - p.4 hall of harmony - p.6 STUDENT COMMUNE / RESEARCH FACILITY - P.8 POMONA - P.10 IN PROGRESS - - GOWANUS CANAL SUPERFUND SITE - P.28 IN PROGRESS - - HALL OF DEMOCRACY - P.44
BRITTANY POHLMAN
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ADDRESS // ADDRESS //
1501 / 67 LINTON ST 1501 / 67 LINTON ST KANGAROO POINT KANGAROO POINT BRISBANE, QLD, 4350 BRISBANE, QLD, 4350
ABOUT
CONTACT // brittany.pohlman@connect.qut.edu.au CONTACT // brittany.pohlman@connect.qut.edu.au 0438748226 0438748226
BRITTANY CORRINA POHLMAN BRITTANY CORRINA POHLMAN
QUT Bachelor ofof Design // or full-timel Role whilst completing //////Currently in search a part-time QUT Bachelor of Design // // Architecture (Honors) my at QUT // Upon////Graduation in 2016 I will be enthusiastically // studies Architecture (Honors) // UnderGraduate Folio -ofand selected works // seeking a student position look forward // UnderGraduate Folio of selected works //to becoming involved in a full time role. Whilst completing my Bachelor degreee in Architecture, I also have had the opportunity to engage in a 2nd Major - in Interior design, with the aim of increasing my personal versatility as well as gaining an insight into the industry itself. I believe the design industry
DESIGN DESIGN
SKILLS SKILLS
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is ever evolving, and it is often the process of design and development where the individual, designer, community or city benefits most, no matter the end design resolution. Selected projects included in my folio range from 1st to 4th years, in order to display the inherent challenges of progression and personal development. Overcoming design challenges and methods of design thinking, is as much a part of my portfolio as the design resolutions themselves.
education education
// I am continuously aiming to improve my design knowledge and
skills through technical studies and self initiated tasks. All computer knowledge and skills are self taught, therefore I am always looking at ways to improve and develop for my own personal understanding and to exceed even my own expectations //
2012--CURRENT CURRENT 2012
// QUT Bachelor of Design // Architecture (Honors) // // QUT Bachelor of Design // Architecture (Honors) //
2011 2011
// QUT Bachelor of Design // Interior Design // // QUT Bachelor of Design // Interior Design //
2010 2010
// QIBT Diploma // Graphic Design // // QIBT Diploma // Graphic Design //
2009 2009
// Accepted in Prudence Bowen Aterlier // Professional Dance // // Accepted in Prudence Bowen Aterlier // Professional Dance //
2008 2008
// St Ursula’s College Toowoomba // High School Certificate // St Ursula’s College Toowoomba // High School Certificate
knowledge knowledge HANDDRAWING DRAWING //// HAND
RESEARCH //// RESEARCH
experience experience MODELMAKING MAKING //// MODEL
AUSSTANDARDS STANDARDS //// AUS
DIAGRAMMING //// DIAGRAMMING
computer computer
knowledge knowledge
ADOBEINDESIGN INDESIGN //// ADOBE
REVIT //// REVIT
2015--CURRENT CURRENT 2015
// Pohlman’s Nursery // Retail // // Pohlman’s Nursery // Retail //
2009--MARCH MARCH2015 2015 2009
// Poppy Cakes // Cake Decorator // // Poppy Cakes // Cake Decorator //
2007--2008 2008 2007
// Weis Restaurant - Cafe - Bar // Wait Staff // // Weis Restaurant - Cafe - Bar // Wait Staff //
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES ADOBEPHOTOSHOP PHOTOSHOP //// ADOBE
3DSMAX MAX ////3DS
ADOBEILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATOR //// ADOBE
AUTOCAD ////AUTOCAD
SKETCHUP //// SKETCHUP
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- Determined - Enthusiastic - Appreciative - Team Oriented - Goal Oriented - Driven - Inspired
ORIGIN
// Model making is often my first point of experimentation when it comes to design. I find the hands on approach determines a better understanding of spacial heirarchy, arrangement and the quality of internal and external spaces themselves //
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1ST YEAR // QUT Bachelor of Design // Architecture (Honors) // Selected Works // // The model in this particular project was the outcome of an inner city intervention. One which provided protection from the elements, yet provided unique and subjective viewing portals. The aim was to extend an abstract connection to the surrounding cityscape and frame forgotton elements of the built environment //
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ORIGIN
// Hall of Harmony - Sound Museum //
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1ST YEAR // QUT Bachelor of Design // Architecture (Honors) // Selected Works //
// The Hall of Harmony aimed to create a unique sound and community experience. Specialised spaces were constructed in order to reflect each particular genre, with spaces contrasting between eery and abstract to light and uplifting. Thresholds were explored in detail to enhance the spatial quality and experience through transition. The aim of the design was to seek ways in which sound, or our perception of sound can be manipulated through personal experience of space //
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2nd YEAR CONCEPT SKETCH
// Research Centre + Student Commune // Class Topic [Population} //
The interest within the commune lies within the topic of population. This project looks at population in terms of the expansion of the built environment at the expense of the natural environment. The prospect of diminished landscapes fuels the need to discover and research ways in which we can integrate architecture and our environment for future generations. Students living in the commune are expected to undertake research in order to establish their own vertical green walls and roof top farm, in order to understand the future importance of self sufficiency and the integration between architecture and agriculture.
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pomona // The task was introduced as a town which needed to refocus itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical connections to appeal to a broader audience. With the town becoming a hotspot for weekend tourists, a revival of the community centre and community interventions (nodes) were imperative in determining future interaction with the towns centre and native attractions //
// QUT Bachelor of Design // Architecture (Honors) // Tutor - Nick Skepper //
// POMONA // Using architecture as a means of Social, Cultural & Historical Change with respect to past land ownership and community heritage is of utmost importance when initiating a design response for this project // New developments in Pomona aim to challenge current preconceptions in order to facilitate future growth whilst reiterating historical connections //
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The intention was to disperse the exhibition spaces in order to enhance site and community engagement. The architectural form stretches across the site enveloping and creating newfound structural contours. The spread of the facility also dictates a particular journey through the site and exhibition spaces.
ACCESS 24 hour access to a number of spaces. This allows for community engagement to continue outside of museum and exhibition hours.
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museum // POMONA // Museum of Pomona // The new Museum of Pomona aims to create a unique central hub, in order to facilitate the needs of the public and community members alike. Architectually, the museum merges with the natural landscape. The purpose of creating a structure, reliant on the enveloping form of the natural environment, is to create a connection between the two through the use of transparent materials and form. The intent in creating a uniquely contoured site was also to create minimal impact on the Pomona streetscape, whilst
also encouraging itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engagement. Glass is a predominant feature lining the exhibition spaces, aiming to further enhance the buildings connection with the site by providing views which follow the decending contours directly towards itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central hub. Other predomiant features include greenwalls and roof, which also envelope the form to relate the site to that of contoured parklands. Because of the many layers and nodes featured within the site, the community ethos and sense of belonging is enhanced //
ACCESS Community, Private, public and exhibition spaces are located in specific areas which allows them to be sectioned off when closed or not in use, this enables the establishment to remain secure.
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KEY WATER PUMP WATER PIPE STORM WATER PIPE FILTER SYSTEM DIRECTION OF EXCESS WATER
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GOWANUS
COLLECTION OF DATA AND MASTERPLANNING // GOWANUS // A cluster of sites representative of ‘Urban decay,’ make up the Superfund site known as the Gowanus Canal. The task calls for the initiation of a new masterplan and method for the sites decontamination //
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3rd YEAR
IN PROGRESS
// GOWANUS // Urban Field Station //
// Climate change projections present complex urban challenges. The initiation of new technologies to support and protect the changing nature of our environment is essential. The concept explores the integration of nature and technology, where hybrid urban typologies meet historical data, to form a new and sustainable urban model. Flood mitigation - is an urban issue. Especially amongst a community built directly above natural rivers and marshlands, with future problems inherently overlooked at such early stages of Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development. To form new urban strategies, drawing upon the natural origins of the site is essential. The aim of the project is to create a healthier, more liveable city which not only focuses on the landscape itself, but also on the people, culture and way of life. The new urban development and Field Station aims to nurture past, present and future social challenges, which inherently investigate the aesthetic, pragmatic and productive importance of treating contaminated water flowing into the Canal, and EPA Superfund site //
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// HISTORICAL ECOLOGICAL DATA - EVOLUTION OF agriculture - evolution of coastline - BROOKLYN BOROUGH
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DATA // AGE OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
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gowanus // PRIMARY ISSUE - SEWER OVERFLOW TO GOWANUS CANAL / WATERWAYS
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// The Pedestrian oriented nature of the proposed urban architecture reinforces the integral connection between the community and the environment. The reclamation of the site encourages people to rejuvenate, escape and enjoy the natural environment. Through the integration of walkways and bicycle paths alternate modes of getting from A to B are encouraged, decreasing toxic pollutants and emissions released back into the environment, which in turn reinforces a more liveable, healthy and sustainable city //
// RESIDENTIAL ZONES / RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSPORTATION
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THE MASTERPLAN AIMS TO RE-IMAGINE THE ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE THROUGH REFLECTING ON HISTORICAL SYSTEMS AND ECOLOGIES.
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merging historical ecologies with hybrid urban infrastructure
BIOSWALE // GOWANUS // HYBRID SYSTEM - LANDSCAPE // // BIOSWALE - Located on urban streets and the outskirts of the masterplan. The bioswale filters excess storm water, before guiding it towards the newly formed marshlands // This system is put in place both as an urban design feature and method of storm water filtration and control, to ensure excess storm water is less toxic once it enters the Canal.
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technology // GOWANUS // HYBRID SYSTEM - LANDSCAPE // // CONSTRUCTED PERFORMATIVE LANDSCAPE // Hidden performance characteristics // Sculpted contours are raised above the original flood prone site to serve as flood protection barriers as well as maintain landscape and community integrity should extreme weather events occur // Storm water retention basins have been installed and provide a newly contoured landscape. This is necessary to initiate a solution to the current issue of storm water overflow combining with sewer overflow before entering the Canal.
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gowanus urban field station [schematic] phase 1
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CURRENT IN PROGRESS // GOWANUS // URBAN FIELD STATION //
// The following image is an early stage render of a schematic design for the urban field station. // // The Urban Field Station / Urban vertical community model aims to support and draw from the original ecology of the site whilst supporting progression, development and technological advancements within the community. The Urban Community model aims to integrate work, living, recreation and play into each individual building (field station as test model), where the aim is for each field station to become a self sufficient and sustainable community in itself. This construction is necessary due to increasing population, minimal areas of vacant land and rising sea levels. // With future flooding and rising sea levels, communities surrounding the canal may be forced to build up as opposed to out. The aim of the field station will therefore be to provide a concept model for future urban living, with particular focus on building above or near wetlands and rebuilding the natural ecology of sites based on technological interventions. The field station will be a self sufficient eco system in itself, a carbon neutral community. This for example may see commercial zones on the bottom level, work on the next, living and recreation on the next level and urban agriculture and ecological support systems on both the roof top and terraces.
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current SCHEMATIC - HALL OF DEMOCRACY // BRISBANE // HALL OF DEMOCRACY // SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE // POLITICAL ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTIONS // The Hall of Democracy envisions a system of oversight, where everyday citizens are given the opportunity to challenge and engage in Queenslandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political system. The Hall itself will facilitate the creation of a system parallel to the ideologies implemented, and representative of a citizens parliament.
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The Hall is a direct response to the current system which upholds an inaccurate representation of queenslands citizens, as a result of the 89 seats of the Legislative Assembly, seeking to validate the voice of 4.6 million people. This sparks discontent from the everyday citizen, driving the need to challenge the current proceedure in order to more accurately and sensitively represent the citizens of Queensland.
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ADDRESS //
1501 / 67 LINTON ST KANGAROO POINT BRISBANE, QLD, 4350
CONTACT // brittany.pohlman@connect.qut.edu.au 0438748226
ABOUT BRITTANY CORRINA POHLMAN
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// QUT Bachelor of Design // // Architecture (Honors) // // UnderGraduate Folio of selected works //
DESIGN
SKILLS
education 2012 - CURRENT
// QUT Bachelor of Design // Architecture (Honors) //
2011
// QUT Bachelor of Design // Interior Design //
2010
// QIBT Diploma // Graphic Design //
2009
// Accepted in Prudence Bowen Aterlier // Professional Dance //
2008
// St Ursulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College Toowoomba // High School Certificate