DESIGN PORTFOLIO
DEREK HENRY BESTOR
M_ARCH LEED AP BD + C DHBESTOR@GMAIL.COM
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EDUCATION MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE May 2011
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND DESIGN Manhattan, KS GRADUATE PROGRAM 2009-2011 (3.9/4.0 GPA) • Award-Nominated thesis project presented within interuniversity design competition • Collaborated with KSU academia to develop comprehensive plan for an eco-community on university land • Prepared master-plan for a PUD in the city of Manhattan, KS KSU STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM 2010 Orvieto, Italy UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM 2006-2009 (3.6/4.0 GPA) RELEVANT COURSEWORK • Architectural Design Studio 2006-2011 • Urban Design & Preservation Theory 2011 • LEED for Professional Accreditation 2010 • Field Study, Design in the Italian City 2010 • Sustainable Urbanism 2009 • Theories of Place & Environmental Design 2008, 2011 • Computing in Arch 2008 • Structural Systems 2007-2009 • Building Construction & Environmental Systems 2007-2010
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BOOTH HANSEN, LTD Architecture, Planning, Interiors 333 S. DES PLAINES ST. CHICAGO, IL 60661 3 YEARS May 2012 - June 2015
PROJECTS • Virgin Hotel - Chicago 2013-2015 (DD-CD-CA) • Auditorium Theatre - Chicago 2013-2015 (SD-Permit-DD-CD-CA) • 850 Lake Shore Drive - Chicago 2012-2014 (DD-CD) • BH Blog 2013-2014
SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS • Revit • AutoCAD • Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) • Sketch Up Pro • 3ds Max • Hand-Drafting • Model-Making • Creative Writing
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• Thru-Hiked the Appalachian Trail June - November 2015 • LEED AP BD+C 2015 • Eugene Kramer Design Award Nominee- KSU 2011 • KSU Sustainability Conference 2011 • National Collegiate Scholar & Dean’s Honor List 2008-2011 • KSU Millennium Scholarship 2006-2010 • Wrote Fossil Ridge High School Alma Mater 2006
DESIGN PORTFOLIO CREATED DECEMBER 2015
DHBESTOR@GMAIL.COM 970.231.9768
TODD STEVENS Principal, JJA Inc.
Colleague at Booth Hansen p: 773.772.8612 tstevens@jjainc.co
MARSHALL BUTLER Project Director, Booth Hansen
Supervisor at Booth Hansen p: 708.228.1970 mbutler@boothhansen.com
HEIDI LIGHTNER Designer, Gary Lee Partners
Colleague at Booth Hansen p: 312.640.8306 hlightner@garyleepartners.com
REFERENCES
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VIRGIN HOTEL- CHICAGO
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Photos courtesy of Curbed Chicago
PROFESSIONAL WORK
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Above: View of the historic west facade and primary entrance as seen from across Wabash Avenue. The building began its life in 1928 as the Dearborn Bank Building
YEARS ON PROJECT: 2 YEARS COMPLETED: JUNE 2015 PHASES WORKED ON: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION, AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBILITIES: DD AND CD DRAWING PACKAGES, CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTALS, REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI) , CONSTRUCTION CHANGE DIRECTIVES (CCD), PUNCHLISTS, FIELD REPORTS, CONTRACT CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS MEDIA USED: REVIT (2015), AUTOCAD (2015), PLANS & SPECS (CONTRACTOR SOFTWARE) MS OFFICE (EXCEL, ACCESS) The Virgin Hotel in Chicago is the first of several hotels being developed in the U.S. falling under the auspices of the “Virgin Brand”. Unlike the other hotels being developed by Virgin Hotels, which are new construction, this project utilized an existing 28-story office building in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. The real challenge of this project was the process of rehabbing the building due to its status as a Landmark building with special government protections. Renovating the historically sensitive interior spaces while also adapting the building from office function to hotel/hospitality was an arduous task, especially with a site in the dense center of Chicago where the footprint was small and the client’s programmatic requirements vast. In order to fulfill the client’s requirements for amenity spaces as well as providing an acceptable solution to the City of Chicago and the Landmark Committee, our team added an additional level at the top of the building, restored the historic terra cotta facade, and performed a gut rehab of the majority of interior spaces. Two interior design firms, OTTO from Milan, Italy and Rockwell Group from Madrid, Spain provided the layouts and finishes for the 200 hotel rooms and the amenity spaces (which include a Spa, Diner, Cafe, Lounge, Restaurant, Gym, Speakeasy, and Rooftop Bar) while our team at Booth Hansen served as AOR and primary reviewers of all plans and materials submitted by the contractor and client’s consultants. The hotel has been open since December 2014 and is enjoying a great deal of success in the bustling center of Chicago’s Loop where the building is highly visible on a corner facing the elevated train tracks of the Chicago “L” . The building also received LEED-Gold certification. *Note: Except where noted, all interior photos display designs Rockwell Group-Europe and Booth Hansen developed in collaboration.* PROFESSIONAL WORK_01_VIRGIN HOTEL - CHICAGO
Above: View of living room from guestroom suite entry (left), typical bedroom (top right), and typical guestroom vanity (bottom right)
Photo on PG 7 courtesy of the Chicago Tribune & photos on PG 8 courtesy of Curbed Chicago. Plan courtesy of Booth Hansen
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Photos on PG 9 courtesy of Curbed Chicago. Plan courtesy of Booth Hansen
Opposite Page: Views of 2nd Level restaurant including the signature bar (left), main dining space (top right) and showcase kitchen (bottom right) Above: Ground Level entry sequence, including the elevator vestibule (top left) leading from the lobby and ornamental staircase (bottom left). View of 2nd Level restaurant from the elevator vestibule (right) Left: The 26th Level bar and lounge, designed in collaboration with Studio OTTO from Milan. The whimsical approach to the bar’s design makes this a destination for those seeking interesting nightlife in Chicago’s Loop
Photos on PG 10 courtesy of the Chicago Tribune
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Photo courtesy of @Properties
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YEARS ON PROJECT: 1.5 YEARS COMPLETED: MAY 2014 PHASES WORKED ON: PERMIT. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION RESPONSIBILITIES: DD DRAWING PACKAGE, PERMIT PACKAGES, CONSTRUCTION BID PACKAGE, CONSTRUCTION BULLETINS, MARKETING PLANS MEDIA USED: REVIT (2015), AUTOCAD (2015), ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE (CS5) 850 Lake Shore Drive was originally the famous Lake Shore Athletic Club of Chicago- a large men’s club known for once hosting swimming events for Olympic qualifying. Booth Hansen was brought on by a developer that has worked with the firm several times in the past to create a high-end residential apartment building with floor plans versatile enough for future condominium conversion. This project also had the unique challenge of being a historically significant building with certain restrictions on what could be renovated and what was required to be preserved. Another challenge posed by this existing building was updating the MEPFP systems for luxury apartments when the existing structure included concrete purlins spaced closely together. Coring through floors for plumbing and mechanical involved many minor revisions to floor plans in order to avoid the purlins. The eccentricities of the building’s structure and floor plate made it difficult to replicate a typical apartment floor plan throughout the building, therefore no two apartment units in the building are alike. Apartments hit the market for this luxury Gold Coast property in the Spring of 2014 and by the project’s completion had 198 units for rent ranging from studio apartments to two-story live/work spaces and large 3-bedroom apartments capable of being converted to customizable condominiums. The building provides amenity spaces including a rooftop lounge and landscaped deck, dog park, historic ballroom, pool and spa, fitness center, storage rooms, and valet parking. *Note: All interior photos display designs IDA (Nashville) and Booth Hansen developed in collaboration* PROFESSIONAL WORK_02_850 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Above: Exterior shots of the rooftop lounge, with views of Lake Michigan and Navy Pier (left) and the entrance canopy with historic ornament above entrance (right) Opposite Page: Interior shots including view of entrance lobby leading to elevator lobby (left), typical apartment finishes (top right) and the historic 5th Level ballroom (bottom right)
All photos on PG 13 & 14 courtesy of @Properties. Plan courtesy of Booth Hansen
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“ The living being had no need of eyes when there was nothing remaining outside him to be seen; nor of ears when there was nothing to be heard; and there was no surrounding atmosphere to be breathed; nor would there have been any use of organs by the help of which he might receive his food or get rid of what he had already digested, since there was nothing which went from him or came into him: Of design he was created thus, his own waste providing his own food, and all that he did or suffered taking place in and by himself. For the Creator conceived that a being which was self-sufficient would be far more excellent than one which lacked anything.” -Plato on Ouroboros
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE MASTER-PLANNED ECO-COMMUNITY
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Above: Innovation Display Gardens Right: Neighborhood Centre
Riparian Corridors
Agricultural Plots
EXAMPLE OF MASTER PLANNING MANHATTAN, KS 5TH YEAR MASTER’S THESIS PROJECT MEDIA USED: HAND-RENDERING, AUTOCAD, SKETCHUP PRO Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a snake devouring its own tail. The themes of self-reflexivity and self-contained cycles within this symbol was the basis for a paradigm that must be developed in the future world. In addition, looking at our communities with a new sense of complexity and interconnectedness is essential for our future vitality. The goal with this project was to create a system of waste-energy cycles and self-dependence that parallels the idea of a self-sufficient creature. The Kimball Avenue Eco-Community is also a new approach to community design that focuses on the integration of all life activities within complete neighborhoods as part of a living community; an approach that makes the claim that the future of American progress will start with reimagining it spatially- to be more resilient and sustainable. Synergies were created between KSU research facilities, national research facilities (NBAF), local businesses, and residents to build a mixeduse pedestrian-oriented community. With the criterion of Agricultural Urbanism as a guide, food production was integrated into a compact and walkable neighborhood, where a resident could have greater food-security and self-reliance, work close to affordable homes, and link to the rest of the city through public transit systems (TOD). The project also introduced a new mixture of land use not typically found in residential areas: the research and knowledge-based industries commonly sequestered in business and research parks. The idea transformed this project into a new paradigm that could become a national model for sustainable community design. This paradigm is a shift away from the current practices of land development that leave our future cities with a trail of expensive infrastructure maintenance and auto-dependent “islands”. STUDENT WORK_03_KIMBALL AVENUE ECO-COMMUNITY
Above: Central business/shopping district Left: Mews live-work district
Composite Green Spaces
Streets
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Composite Pathways
New Urbanism 1. Traditional street grid 2. Mixed-use neighborhoods 3. Integration of public places (schools, parks) Agricultural Urbanism 1. Density gradient 2. Multi-scaled agriculture 3. Food security & resiliency
Above: The Pedestrian Boulevard. Cyclists and pedestrians receive the right-of-way and a fast-track to Kimball Avenue Corridor
Eco-Community 1. Research & development 2. Net-zero waste (energy/water systems) 3. Social networks (growers/researchers/community) 4. Solar Ecology (comprehensive solar orientation)
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Above: KSU Research Forum Right: Agronomy Camp & community gardens
Current Condition
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Grid Organization
Riparian Corridors
Parti Diagram
Strong Horizontal Lots
Figure-Ground w/buildings
Agricultural Plots
Land-use at the margins of development are of critical importance. More specifically, the interface of the urban and rural fabrics, where future food security will be generated and a new exchange of ideas and resources will grow sustainable communities that are self-reflexive, selfregenerating, and self-reliant; at once a human ecology and a society working to find solutions to future progress. The quality of life within the community is just as important as the functional aspects. What we lack in our current suburban developments is real tangible community or a deep personal stake in our environment. The bonds to space and to people, or place identity, are also important to the preservation of a community. The complexity of the design process and the manifold concepts involved in the creation of the Kimball Avenue Eco-Community is contrasted by a simple motive: to design communities that are resilient in the face of current and future tribulation. It has become increasingly important to design the communities where we work, live, and play for a future where climate destabilization, energy scarcity, diminished human health and welfare, and place deprivation are prevalent. These aspects of our world could emerge as immediate issues requiring innovative solutions in the realm of master planning. STUDENT WORK_03_KIMBALL AVENUE ECO-COMMUNITY
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Above: Typical Eco-Community blocks w/mid-block lane Right: Kimball Avenue Corridor and the density gradient
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Artistic expression is far too important to society to have it tucked behind so many bare white walls. Art perpetually changes, its pretentious connotations undeserved when one considers its powerful role in driving the kinetic creature that is American culture and psyche. -Premise behind the Kunsthalle Chicago
THE ART EXHIBIT BECOMES A COMMUNITY BILLBOARD
STUDENT WORK
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Above: HVAC diagram- brightly-colored HVAC systems follow the transparent walls between the scaffolds Right: Structural diagram- bearing members of the construction
Above and Opposite Page: Kit of Partsthe process of modeling the Kunsthalle Chicago Left: The facade is designed to be interactive. Below-grade is a cafe looking onto the street and an LCD screen projecting visual art installations as well as films and a stage for musical performances - all of which can be seen from street level
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Left: Map of Chicago w/ dot indicating site Above: Site plan showing the high-density surrounding the site
The Kunsthalle (“Art Hall”) was designed for the corner of LaSalle and Chicago Avenue just outside of the Chicago “Loop”. It was intended as a community art gallery for local artists to present temporary exhibits of their work. The design emphasis was on utilizing the very busy and accessible corner site of the building in a way that made the Kunsthalle the place for local community gathering and to be both visually and physically transparent so as to invoke its daily usage not only as a haven for local artists, but also the local coffee spot and place frequented by locals. The ground plane was raised above the street level so that pedestrians could look down into the primary exhibit space submerged on the sitea little eye candy to entice pedestrians and locals to take a glimpse of the art being created by their community as they go about their daily routines. The site selected was very interesting, as it was a strategic corner site but had been used solely as a lot for giant billboards for a handful of years. Building upon the history of the site, the concept worked with was providing a “scaffold-like” structure that could possibly use cranes on the roof to attach giant graphic art and visually-arresting billboards to the outside of the building; maintaining its status on the corner lot as a purveyor of pop-art, pop culture, and consumer products. The scaffold also provided structure for the interior art exhibits. Ramps were used for primary circulation and were placed in the interstitial space within the two layers of scaffold structure.
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Right: A street view showing how pedestrians passing can look into the exhibition areas below grade. The scaffolding serves as a billboard advertising pop culture and advertisements for new exhibitions
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EXAMPLE OF URBAN DESIGN CHICAGO, IL 4TH YEAR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PROJECT MEDIA USED: 3DS MAX, SKETCHUP PRO, AUTOCAD
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RENDERING OF THE BOATHOUSE ALONG CHARLES RIVER, BOSTON
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Left: Aerial view towards MIT campus. The Boathouse runs along the edge of the Charles River in a strong horizontal line Below Left: Bird’s Eye view of the site along the Charles River west of the Harvard Bridge and on the southern edge of the MIT campus
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Below Right: Entry “Bridge” connecting MIT campus to the Boathouse
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EXAMPLE OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN BOSTON, MA 3RD YEAR PRIVATE INSTITUTION PROJECT MEDIA USED: 3DS MAX, REVIT, AUTOCAD Located on the Charles River in Boston, MA and in proximity to the park corridor known as the Emerald Necklace, the boathouse was designed as a training facility for the university’s rowing team and as a spectator’s platform for regattas hosted by MIT. As an institutional facility, it was crucial the building possessed a lecture space, training area, and special events hall for the various banquets and sundry university gatherings that could make use of a pleasant riverside amenity. The facility had the dual function of being accessible to the public, specifically those visiting the campus curious of the university’s rich rowing tradition, and for daily-use by MIT rowers and students of the university. Along with its congregational functions, the boathouse had to function as a storage and repair facility for the team’s collection of rowing shells. The dimensions of the shells and the generous radii they require to move them around dictated a great deal of the spatial considerations and the form of the building. The concept worked with was using elongated forms that parallel the rivers flow, and then two “cross-bridges” resting upon the storage facility. These bridges did not rest flush with the storage volume, rather they flattened and cut through this volume to allow dynamic glances down into the training facility, shell storage space, and up into the congregation areas within the bridges. STUDENT WORK_05_MIT BOATHOUSE
Right: View towards Downtown Boston. Famous neighborhoods of Boston, including Beacon Hill and the Back Bay, can be seen from the Boathouse Below Left: Rooftop courtyard and ballroom spill-out space Below Middle: “Bridge” outlook down to lobby and Charles River viewing platform. Crowds could gather in this open space to watch regattas Below Right: Rowing shell storage space
Right: Patchwork-image of Boston with the MIT Boathouse’s location marked
*Images above taken from Google Earth
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A PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN THE LOUISIANA BAYOU
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Above: Interior rendering produced in 3DS Max. All pop-up glass walls are lifted up to create an open floor plan connecting all “boxes” below the sweeping roof system Above Right: Physical model showing final design and roof articulation
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Below: Revit renderings showing approach to The McGee House from fanboat (left) and rendering from under the roof looking towards living/kitchen “box” and walkway, covered by trellis
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EXAMPLE OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN LOUISIANA BAYOU COUNTRY 3RD YEAR PRIVATE RESIDENCE PROJECT MEDIA USED: REVIT, AUTOCAD, SKETCHUP PRO, 3DS MAX Designed as a private escape for a fictitious character of literary fame, The McGee House is designed to be situated in the Louisiana Bayou Country. It is a respite buried in the tidelands accessible solely by fanboat and the private escape of a reclusive character who has very few house guests. The unique program informed the architectural design of the space, as it was developed to be three separate box “entities”: a master suite, a guest suite, and a communal kitchen/living area tied together by a modular roof which trapped and funneled rainwater into a cistern and acted as a brise-soleil encompassing all three boxes. The organization of the boxes over one roof-system is an abstraction of the southern plantation porch style residence- with breezeways and outdoor perambulatory guiding one between the three distinct units. The house sits above the tidelands on pylons driven through the brine and mud down into the bedrock. STUDENT WORK_06_THE MCGEE HOUSE
Above: Exploded axonometric showing the elements comprising the design Left: Schematic drawings produced with Revit, including floor plan (bottom), section and elevation (top) Below: Aerial perspective of The McGee House roof and pop-up glass walls
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SAMPLE PHOTOGRAPHY FROM MY THRU-HIKE OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
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Above: Photo of me at the northern terminus of the trail, Katahdin, Maine (left). From this point I started the trek southbound. Daybreak in the Green Mountains of Vermont (middle). Pastures in Sunken Valley, Virginia at twilight (right)
Starting on June 30th, 2015 I embarked on a journey via the Appalachian Trail. On November 21st, 2015 I completed my thru-hike on Springer Mtn., Georgia. The 2,189.2-mile trek spanned fourteen states and took 4 1/2 months. Starting in Maine in the summer, I headed southbound to Georgia and had the privilege of seeing the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the Vermont Maples, Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia, autumn colors in Virginia, the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, and finally Blood Mountain (where I could see the skyline of Atlanta far in the distance) and Amicalola Falls in Georgia. I will treasure the experience for the rest of my life, and believe it has deepened my perspective on life, career, and personal pursuit. Throughout this unforgettable endeavor I was able to capture many of the best experiences through photography.
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Left: A man sitting on the dock of Upper Goose Pond, Massachusetts Below: The Trail’s path along East Coast
THRU-HIKE OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL JULY 2015 - NOVEMBER 2015 SAMPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Above: Rolling green in the White Mountains of New Hampshire (left). Tall maples in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia (middle). Panoramic of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee (right) Right: Above cloudline at Big Bald Mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border Below: View of ridges from Dragon’s Tooth in Central Virginia (left). Amicalola Falls in Georgia (Middle). Me at the Southern Terminus of the Appalachian Trail, Springer Mountain (right). The bronze placard signifies the beginning of the trail from northbound thru-hikers and the finish line for southbounders like me, 2,189.2 miles from Katahdin, Maine
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DESIGN PORTFOLIO CREATED DECEMBER 2015
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