ARCHITECTURE UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO
BLAKE BRUMMELS
BLAKE BRUMMELS
(402)-360-2715
bbrummels51@gmail.com 3089 Overland Trail, Lincoln, NE 68503
Objective Gain experience and knowledge pertaining to the architectural field in preparation for graduate school.
Education University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelors of Science and Design-Architecture Specific Anticipated Graduate Date: May 2018 GPA: 3.25
Study Abroad-UNL
August 2014-May 2018
Summer 2017
Stories in the History and Theory of Design Course in Paris, France
Osmond Community School High School Diploma
August 2010-May 2014
Salutatorian GPA: 3.93
Involvement
Spring Break Mission Trip-Memphis, TN
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Spring 2016
Repaired homes under the organization Service Over Self
Park(ing) Day See Pages 24-27
Fall 2015
Collaboration Studio Set Design with the Hixson-Lied Center See Pages 28-31
Fall 2015
Work Experience Harvard GSD Model Building Group-Anthony Morey
Spring 2017
Assisted a Harvard Graduate student with preparation of his model through the use of the software program Rhinoceros 5.
UNL Architecture Hall Library Aide Organizing returned books.
Summer 2017-Present Summers 2014-2016
Stelling Construction-Osmond Laborer
Worked on roofing, siding, and various carpentry jobs. Assisted constructing a residential building.
Summer 2012
Hanson Construction-Osmond
Laborer Worked on roofing and various construction jobs.
Summers 2012-2017
Brummels Seed-Osmond
Seasonal Laborer Responsible for working with customers on seed orders, seed deliveries, and seed treatment process.
Proficiencies Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe Lightroom Adobe Photoshop AutoCAD Laser Cutting Metals Fabrication
References Microsoft Word Model Building Rhinoceros 5 Revit 2017 SolidWorks SketchUp Woodworking
Anthony Morey Professor am@anthonymorey.com Peter Olshavsky Professor polshavsky2@unl.edu Ross Stelling Contractor stelling72@gmail.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS RESUME
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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4RTH YEAR: OPEN HOUSE
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2ND YEAR: PARKING DAY
PAGE 24-27
2ND YEAR: Puddin & The Grumble: INFLATABLES
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2ND YEAR: ARCHITECTURE HALL ADDITION
PAGE 32-39
2ND YEAR: RUG SHOP
PAGE 40-45
3RD YEAR: BEST THING SINCE SLICE BREAD
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3RY YEAR: TAKES TWO TO TANGO
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OPEN HOUSE BY: AARON CULLITON, BLAKE BRUMMELS, DANNY ORTEGA, AND RYAN MILLER Professor: Brian Kelly Open House is a Mass-Customized Dwelling case study that we designed to help improve LA’s housing situation for people that are immigrating or emigrating from Los Angeles. Our case study was done in the Boyle Heights neighbourhood. We did this by utilizing framing and infill design strategies which then could be adapted to various user lifestyles. This system was designed so that it could be applied to other major cities with infill opportunities. The first step of the system is to organize the form--made up of layers of organization pertaining to housing unit area, utility wall, circulation, facade, and community area--onto the site. The next step of the system is to have the user pick which spot their housing unit is placed on the grid. After picking the location of their housing unit, the user picks the fenestration of the walls they want to have in their unit. The final step is to allow the user to go to nearby manufacturers or workspaces to have a custom door built for their unit which gives them an identity between different users.
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Soft We identified two situations where users desired more affordable housing. People currenlty leaving Los Angeles range in age from 18 to 40 years, make less than $50,000 a year, have some college education, and typically rent a home. People currently migrating to Los Angeles range from ages 18 to 64, have graduate level education, and earn above $50,000.
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Net Migration (2007-2014) by State
Oregon +96,200 people Property Value: $252,800
Arizona +90,300 people Property Value: $194,600
Diff erent County
Nevada
+837,593 people Property Value: $448,800
+95,200 people Property Value: $204,300
Annual Mean Wage by Migrant Occupation Transportation
Texas
$36,440 income
+212,600 people
Production
Property Value: $146,100
$34,950 income
Construction $39,400 income 60K
Migrant Occupation by Employment
50K
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Mgmt.
Income by Migrant
Education by Migrant
$30,000-$50,000
Transportation: 46,700
Production: 41,100
Food Prep. Education
Construction: 39,400
During our research we found that California’s low to middle income residents are migrating to different states because of the burden of unaffordable housing costs. Specifically, the average cost of rent in Los Angeles exceeds the average income generated by renters. Currently the job market is saturated with more technically advanced occupations even though the unemployment rate is low. This increases the average wage causing housing costs to rise.
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Cleaning
20K
Socio-Economics
Offi ce/ Administration
30K
Sales
40K
Renter vs. Owner
Age by Migrant
Owner
Under 18
High School
Income by Newcomer
Ed
Under 18
18 to 29
41 to 50
Under $30,000 26 to 40
51 to 65
Some College
Renter
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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Loss Migration by Year
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Net Migration: -89, 578 people
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A n n u a l M e a n W a g e b y N e w c o m e r O c c u p a ti o n
Arts/ E ntertainment $86,380
O v e ra ll O c c u p a ti o n b y W a ge Type
Sciences
income
$76,910 income
High Wage
Middle Wage
Main Newcomer Occupation Employment Low Wage
20K
Unemployment Rate: 5.5% as of 2016
Engineering
Science: 11,700
Arts/ Entertainment: 15,200
5K
Healthcare Practiconers
10K
Computer/ Mathematics
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ducation by Newcomer
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Age by Newcomer
Bachelor’s
Graduate
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$100,000 to $149,000
$50,000 to $100,000
Annual Rent +$3,294 increase
Property Value
Rate of Change
$542,100
25%
in Rent % Change
20%
Annual Renter Income
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
% Change in Income 2012
Average Income $55,730
2013
2014
2015
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-$3,276 decrease
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Owner 24%
This strateg economical support the the space.
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To increase the availability of affordable housing and to accommodate the desires of the community, the Open House project finds opportunities through collaboration to redevelop underperforming vacant lots.
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People 2,754
Renter vs. Owner
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Transforming Inner-City Lost Lots (TILL) is an organization that aims to empower residents to transform vacant lots within their community. Multiple community forums were held, however Boyle Heights recorded the fewest number of participants. Community ideas for redevelopment include a museum honoring the mariachis, a grocery store, space for street vendors, a skate park, and affordable housing.
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Site Infill Concept
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Flexibility Users can either grow or shrink in their mass customized dwelling within the designated sites or repopulate in others if they may so choose.
Permanence By accomodating to the communities needs, these programs can help create a sustainalbe and lasting system for the user.
Infill Strategy This strategy tries to deploy the idea of infilling sites for the purpose of creating densified affordable housing that accomodates to the communities needs.
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Degree of Customization
Genotype
Phenotype
SITE-ADAPTIVE BUILDING ORGANIZATION
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Genotype
Phenotype
FLEXIBLE HOUSING
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Phenotype
FENESTRATION VARIATION
CUSTOMIZABLE FRONT DOOR
Site Infill Concept
California’s Housing Supply Gap
Comparison of Housing Units per Capita
Total Housing Backlog by 2025:3.5 M New Units at Current Construction Rates: 1 M Gap to Fill by 2025: 2.5 M Demand Addition by 2025: 1.5 M
Current Demand: 16 M
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0.4M
0.2M
Current Stock: 14 M
Utah
California: 49th State
Texas
New Jersey
New York
US Average
Share of Households Burdened % 67%
Massachusetts
Washington
Nevada
Oregon
Arizona
Florida
Density: Units Per Acre 5
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Wisconsin
Current Housing Backlog: 2 M
Maine
Los Angeles Housing Opportunity
Potential Units on Vacant Parcels’ 75,000
Top Competitive Manufa CA
US
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Furniture
Transportation Equipment
Textile Product Mills
Leather Products
Textile Mills
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Apparel
Land Use Percentage 15
Average Percent P
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Other Land Uses
Open Space and Recreation
Industrial
Agriculture
Commercial
Residential
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California has a diverse industrial landscape. The four main construction material industries (concrete, metal, wood, & plastics) are valued at a net amount of $2 billion. Looking closer into Los Angeles, the Economic Development Corporation divides the county into eight regions, each with a unique cluster of industry types of which there are nine. Three of the Eight regions (San Fernando Valley, Westside, and Central Los Angeles) include both Manufacturing & Creative Design industries within their unique clusters. There are already vacant lots zoned as “multifamily residential” located near fabrication shops and information hubs. This suggests that a potential network may exist to supply affordable housing for these areas. A study on the economics of Califrina’s housing market completed by the McKinsey Global Insitute (MGI) concluded that Califirnia’s current rate of consturciton will only provide 1 million out of the projected 3.5 million housing units required. need for faster, more efficient construction practices to keep up with the demand for large amounts of affordable housing. One solution spurring from MGI’s study was the utilization of modular construction strategies.
Specialty Trade Contractors 4.3% Increase
Manufacturing Fabricated Metal 1.7%
Antelope Valley Aerospace & Agriculture Advance Transportation Food Manufacturing Trade & Logistics
Santa Clarita Valley Aerospace & Defense Biosciences Entertainment & Digital Media Creative Design Industries
San Gabriel Valley Biosciences Creative Design Industries Hospitality & Tourism
San Fernando Valley
Aerospcace & Defense Education & Knowledge Creation Entertainment & Digital Media Creative Design Industries Trade & Logistics
Single-Family Area as % of Total Residential Area 94%
Manufacturers Comparison of Supply & Customization Supply
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acturing Industries
Westside Cities
Entertainment & Digital Media Creative Design Industries Hospitality & Tourism Advanced Transportation & Cleantech
Customization
Central Los Angeles
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Entertainment & Digital Media Creative Design Industries Education & Knowledge Creation Advanced Transportation & Cleantech
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Vacant Lots (75,000 Multifamily Units)
0 Wood
Plastic
Metal
Concrete
Recyclable Material
Education/Makerspace
Plastics and Rubber Products
Electrical Equipment/Appliances
Paper
Fabricated Metal Products
Primary Metal Products
Projected Jobs Created
Education/Makerspaces
Concrete Manufacturers
Output of Money Compared by Materials Wood Manufacturers
Construction of Buildings 2.7% Increase
Wood
Concrete
Plastic
Metal Manufacturers
Metal
Gateway Cities
Creative Design Industries Food Manufacturing Trade & Logistics
Plastic Manufacturers
South Bay Heavy/Civil Engineering Construction 5.0% Increase
Recyclable Materials Industries
Aerospace & Defense Advance Transportation Trade & Logistics
User Interface/ User Experience Empower residents to transform vacant lots within their communities.
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Organize servicing units, dwelling units, and open space inside the housing unit.
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Setup framework for dwelling units to infill over time.
Developer
Prefabricate wall frameworks, exterior and interior finishes.
Collaborate with local fabricators and design a personalized entryway.
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Reduce construction time by investing in on-site equipment.
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Community Forum
Construction of Skeleton (Phenotype of Genotype)
Negotiation of Occupied Space
Construction Documents Finalized
Consultation on Front Door
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Assembly and Construction
DOUBLE HOOK C
INTERIOR PART
COMBINATORIAL FENESTRATION
Materials Once the developer and the designer have the information from the community, they meet with a local contractor to discuss the best outcome of a phenotype that follows the rules of the genotype that accomodates the residents and provides a well-design project. The construction process of the site is expected to last 6 weeks start to finish.
FIBRE CEMENT PANELS W
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EXTERIOR PLYWOOD BA
LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FR
INTERIOR PLYW
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CHAIN HOIST
STEEL BEAMS
TITION WALLS
LAYERS
DOUBLE LAYERED PERFORATTED FACADE OPERABLE POLYCARBONATE PANELS
WITH CLIPS STEEL WINDOW NOOK FACADE SPACE FRAME
ING CHANNELS
WALL MOUNT
BUILT-UP ROOFING STEEL COLUMNS
STEEL DECKING
ASE BOARD
RAMEWORK
STEEL DECKING
WOOD FINISH CANTILEVERED HALLWAY
UTILITY WALL
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1ST FLOOR PLAN
ROOF 40' - 0"
THIRD FLOOR 30' - 0"
SECOND FLOOR 20' - 0"
FIRST FLOOR 10' - 0"
WEST ELEVATION
ROOF 40' - 0"
THIRD FLOOR 30' - 0"
SECOND FLOOR 20' - 0"
FIRST FLOOR 10' - 0"
CITROËN
EAST ELEVATION
ROOF 40' - 0"
THIRD FLOOR 30' - 0"
SECOND FLOOR 20' - 0"
FIRST FLOOR 10' - 0"
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
SKID STOP BY: BLAKE BRUMMELS, DEVIN MCLEAN, ALEC BURK, MORGAN ROTH, AND ZACK BLASE Professor: Peter Olshavsky PARK(ing) Day is an annual global event where citizens, designer, and activists collaborate to transform parking stalls into temporary public places. For our parking We designed our parking stall with two goals: a view toward the Lincoln Community Foundation Tower Square, and use of recycleable material. We also wanted to focus on using recyclable material. We used reclaimed wood pallets to create our stall space. The pallets used were collected from businesses throughout Lincoln that would otherwise end up in landfills. Our greatest challenge was creating comfortable seating using the pallets. After some iterations of the chair, we designed a bench that allows a user to sit and rest comfortably.
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70˚ Cut on Pallet Top
Exploded Axonometric Scale: 3/4”:1’ 0
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20˚ Cut on Support Board
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PUDDIN & THE GRUMBLE: INFLATABLE COLLABORATORS WITH ENTIRE STUDIOS BETWEEN TWO SEMESTERS Professor: Peter Olshavsky Locally, Becky Boesen and Petra Wahlqvist became aware of the Food Bank of Lincoln and the BackPack Program. Programs such as the BackPack Program provide nutritious and easy-to-prepare food to school children at times, when other resources are not available. Clinton Elementary School in Lincoln, Nebraska adopted this program in 2004. They began working with the school’s 5th graders (91% of whom are backpack recipients) by beginning a weekly after-school club to explore story content and lyrics that could create Puddin’ and the Grumble. It was then that Becky and Petra partnered with ASCAP in Los Angeles to compose the music for the play, and they approached Peter to get our studio involved. Our studio was asked to create an inflatable to be used in the play. The inflatable would act as a cue for the Grumble (villain) to enter the play.
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UNWIND & REFRESH BY: BLAKE BRUMMELS Professor: Ashley Byars
This project dealt with looking at Architecture Hall having an addition that would be dedicated to the students. In response to this guideline, I designed for a way for students to relax through walking in a passageway. I researched showed that nature and other greenery items are used to relax people, so I made the passageway wrap around the existing trees that were located on the west side of the building. This passageway also had little areas that blipped out to respond to how the form wrapped around the trees. This caused areas of suspension so people could converse and/or relax near the windows. We also had to design our building based on three elements. For this project, the elements were: -Primary Element- the wall of passage that wrapped around the trees -Secondary Element- the skin of the building was decided to be arbitrary and the density of windows were decided based on the proximity of nature -Tertiary Element- The areas of suspension to converse and to allow people to sit and relax.
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STACKS
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CORRAL
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2ND LEVEL PLAN
PAINT ROOM
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OBSERVATION BY: BLAKE BRUMMELS Professor: Ashley Byars
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Observation was a concept for a project in 2nd year that was to design a rug shop. We were given a character named Cyrus to create a narrative about. I imagined Cyrus as a guy who was a traditional rug maker. He made his rugs personally in his shop and wanted to show his customers that his product was genuine. The design for this building is focused on that process of being a tradtional rug maker. This project had three elements that made up the characteristics of the building. This project had three elements that made up the characteristics of the building, including: -Primary Element: Two pathways of circulation, a wood floor for the customers and a concrete floor for Cyrus -Secondary Element: The walls that separated the processes had perforations in them to give a glimpse of what was to come next in the process as a customer walked through -Tertiary Element: Skylights brought natural light into the rooms for each of the main phases of the rug making process These contributed to the design of how the customers were able to experience this process and converse with Cyrus as he worked.
FINISHING 18’X17.5’
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SLOPE 1:12
LIVING ROOM 13’x21’
<9’X12’ DISPLAY DINING 10’x9’
EXTERIOR DETAIL
KITCHEN 10’x9’
INTERIOR DETAIL
DISPLAY AREA 22.5’X22.5’
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CLOSET 9.5’X1.5’
LOOM
CARDING 14.5’X10.5’ WEAVING 17.5’X7.5’
SLOPE 1:12
ENTRY 22.5’X7.5’
SOCIAL 17.5’X12.25’
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NEBRASKA PRESS
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WASHING 17’X13’
WASHING 17’X13’
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECTION A
ECHO SPRINGS SITE BY: BLAKE BRUMMELS Professor: Anthony Morey
In this studio, we took a different approach then the traditional ways of looking at site and context. We used this idea of forming our own site based off certain shapes or grids that were given to us as limitations. These shapes that formed a site were composed of three elements--landscape, circulation, and objects. In my site, I planned to think of it of this idea where the site was flipped over so you had circulation on top, buildings in the middle, and then an infinite amount of trees flipped upside down underneath the buildings. My idea for the site was reversed with circulation on top, buildings in the middle, and an infinite amount of trees upside-down underneath the buildings. The objects were buildings representing by boxes. Circulation was portrayed by the grids, which is used to travel between buildings. The landscape was depicted by the different colored boxes coming from the bottom of the houses. Mirrors were placed underneath them to create the illusion of more trees. We then had to write three narratives, giving details to make it seem like it was a real place.
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NARRATIVE 1 Oliver woke up at the break of dawn, feeling sore from the previous day of work. He was a carpenter that worked long days and was always running off to places for his errands. He sat in his bed looking around and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find where his dog Piper was and was, trying to figure out where she went. Oliver then saw that his bedroom door was open and realized he must have left it open. He decided to go search throughout the house for Piper. Oliver went out his door through the hallway and into the living room. He started looking around the furniture and even looked behind the leather couch, which he only managed to find some change. Well, he thought, at least I found something, so he put the coins in his pocket and got up and looked out through his window on the living room floor for a few seconds. He never got tired of the view from his room because he would just get lost in this view where it seemed like the forest below his place was never ending. It made him feel more relaxed about the situation and he continued searching throughout the house until he reached his basement. In his basement, he kept his turtles that just roamed freely around. He wandered through them until he got to the back of the room where he saw Piper, right next to his only snapping turtle, Bubbles.
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NARRATIVE 2 Oliver was dreading the meal that was occurring between him and his three other brothers. He didn’t mind his one brother he roomed with, Leo, who was taller, fitter, and more level headed, but didn’t get on his nerves like the other two. His two other brother’s names were Wolf and Woody, and they were like the opposite of Leo and him. Also, every time they came over they would completely wreck their house. Leo, being level headed about the situation, invited them over anyways to catch up. Oliver decided to keep going on with his chores for the house since his brother wanted to do this. His chores list was simple, clean the windows. Easier said than done, their house composed of many windows looking out into this forest that was colorful, dense, and felt never ending. What even made it better was the clear, calm lake that felt like a lens filter that added a calm breeze affect to the image. Just the thought made him feel a bit better about cleaning the windows. He decided to start off with the skylights so he took the elevator, that was between the kitchen and the dining room. He took the elevator which only had four buttons: house entry, roof, exit below, and exit up. The exit below led to the banks and the exit above led to the bridges. Let’s a go, he thought, and he hit the roof button.
NARRATIVE 3 Oliver was going on a run today and was going to make it a long one. He took the elevator from his place and went up into the bridge paths. He looked out once he got off, and the site amazed him every time he saw it. It was this pathway that intertwined in places and seemed to float over the spontaneous, large huts people lived in. He began to run and encountered people as he ran. Usually Oliver saw at least groups of 5-10 people walking from each side, but that was maximum width that path could hold. Suddenly, he met crowds of people, and it was getting hard to run through the packs. He thought this was kind of a pain so he found an elevator and went down to the river banks.
This was a part of his plan anyways, but it just happened sooner then he wanted. He continued running and admiring the view of the calm, clear river and looked through it to see the infinite, colorful forest that just seemed to make him feel he was on an adventure surrounded by it. He then saw something he never saw before, an egg, floating in midair as if suspended. It hatched, and what emerged was this bird that was as colorful as the forest below. He called it Yogi and took it with him on his run. He then decided to take him home as a house pet.
ECHO SPRINGS TOWER BY: BLAKE BRUMMELS Professor: Anthony Morey
The Echo Springs Tower is the continuation from the site we built. Our class had to use all the shapes in our site and could add more if we wanted too. The fun thing with designing this tower was the programming we used for this building. We had to come up with polar opposite styles of program to fit into our building. An example of this would be having a daycare next to a prison or another program that would not make sense in real life. The goal was to draw the building so that it functioned with these programs neighboring each other, leading me to draw in more detail. Without detail the drawings would not be clear, because no environment of these spaces would be showing. Due to the amount of detail, these drawings may not make sense without further examination.
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SECTION DRAWING Section AA
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PROGRAMS Rock Climbing Go-Cart Track Obstacle Course Gardens Trampoline Rooms Pool Bank Store Fire Station Power Plant Oval Office Aquarium Church Dungeons Torture Chamber AXONOMETRIC SECTION
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