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Ben Lyons Architecture Portfolio Semester 8 Iowa State University
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Ben Lyons Work Experience Phone 515-975-6964 Email bjlyons@iastate.edu
Hammel, Green, & Abrahamson
Milwaukee, WI
Architectural Intern
2023 Assist in design and documentation of various Architectural projects Fletemeyer & Lee Associates
Boulder, CO
Architectural Intern
2022 Assist in design and facilitation of various Architecture and Master Planning projects Riverside Bible Camp
Software
Story City, IA
Camp Counselor
2021 Lead groups of 3rd-12th grade campers Education
AutoCAD
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Pursuing Bachelors in Architecture
Revit
3.50 Minors in Spanish, & Religious Studies Ankeny Centennial High School
Ankeny, IA
Honors Diploma - Class Rank: 7/386
Photoshop
3.93 Des Moines Area Community College Concurrent Program: 42 Credits Skills
Enscape
Rhino
3D Modeling
Leadership
Public Speaking
Model Making
Team Building
Sustainable Design
Hand Drafting
Collaboration
Historic Consideration
Awards & Activities InDesign
Hansen Prize Competition Winner
National Merit Scholar Semi Finalist
Kairos Student Ministry
Illustrator
ASC Design Build Competition Winner
National Honor Society
Iowa State Run Club
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Projects Polyphony 6
Retrouvialles 16
Roman Campagna 24
875 E. Wisconsin 32
Coffee Makes You Black 36
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Polyphony Portland, Oregon 45.51763° N
122.67397° W
Downtown Portland’s strides to be a socially equitable region has yet to resolve it’s homogeneous demographic that continually pushes marginalized groups to the edge. Partnering with IRCO, we seek to embed BIPOC presence into the urban fabric to claim space for marginalized communities. Polyphony is an entrepreneurship and cultural celebration proposal to build a more diverse business class in Portland. The intersectionality and intermingling of diverse perspectives aims to uplift and provide equitable opportunities for Refugee and immigrant communities to bring their ideas into fruition.
Team: Nick Cheung
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Retrouvialles Collegeville, Minnesota 45.57463° N
94.39697° W
Retrouvailles is a French word that roughly translates to ‘reunion,’ but has a deeper meaning about a moment that is not bound by the limitations of the linear progression of time. The emotion is described as a moment that feels like an eternity and a brief moment at the same time. In designing a crematorium, we aimed to capture the weight and gravity of the final reunion of life and death that will last only a moment, but live on for eternity. This is captured through the intersection of the two linear paths created in our building; one meant for the mourning family members, and one meant for the final journey of the deceased body.
Team: Tim Zhang, Saad Ouazzani
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Genius Loci: Roman Campagna San Lorenzo, Roma 41.98448° N
12.51583° E
Situated just outside the ancient Aurelian wall, the neighborhood of San Lorenzo has been engulfed by the urban sprawl of ‘modern’ Rome. This rapid expansion starved the community of both natural and manufactured open spaces that epitomize the historic character of the area. Roman Campagna uses the sloping terrain to create a series of terraced open spaces that work in harmony with communal, retail, and residential interior spaces to maximize the return of the natural landscape, or campagna, to the community.
Team: Megan Sawyer, Sophia Allen
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875 E. Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin 43.03880° N
87.90040° W
Working alongside a local commercial real estate developer, the existing office building at 875 E. Wisconsin was re-imagined to cater to a post COVID workforce. With an emphasis on attracting young talent and remote employees into the office, this conceptual redesign focused on showing the curation of modern artisan amenity spaces and adaptive open workspace.
Team: Andrew Lasca, Alicen Damico, Samantha Mendiola, Marifer Gutierrez
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Coffee Makes You Black Milwaukee, Wisconsin 43.06963° N
87.93017° W
Focused on serving its community Coffee Makes You Black offers a community gathering space as well as entrepreneurship resources. Currently based out of an historic bank, this redesign highlights the historical significance of BIPOC culture in Milwaukee while Cultivating space for CMYB to influence the bright future of the community.
Team: Lyssa Olker
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