Blake Phillips 2022 Portfolio by Blake Phillips

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PORT FOLIO Blake Phillips - Architecture

https://issuu.com/blakephillips/docs/portfolio_2022

Resume Education

High School Creighton Preparatory School - Omaha, NE August 2014 - May 2018

Blake Phillips University of Nebraska-Lincoln Email: bphillips2499@gmail.com Phone: 402-699-8516

Bachelor of Science in Design University of Nebraska-Lincoln August 2018 - Present Master of Science in Architecture University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beginning August 2022

Work Experience

Work Study Creighton Preparatory School - Omaha, NE August 2014 - May 2016 Cashier HyVee - Omaha, NE September 2016 - August 2018 Summer Grounds Crew Boys Town - Omaha, NE May 2020 - August 2020 May 2021 - August 2021

Involvement

Boy Scouts 2012-2016 Awards: Order of the Arrow Ordeal Operation Animals Creighton Prep - 2017 Responsible Design Learning Community University of Nebraska Lincoln - 2019

Applicable Skills

Digital 3D Modeling Rendering Graphic Design Laser Cutting Woodworking and Fabrication

Software

Adobe Illustrator (4 years) Adobe Photoshop (4 years) Adobe InDesign (3 years) Rhinoceros 3D (3 years) Grasshopper (2 years) Revit (3 years) Lumion (2 years) Bluebeam

Spring 2019

Spatial Transformations This project began with an analysis of the architecture within the Nebraska State Capital. Five of these architectural moments were then modeled and abstracted through sharp angular cuts and other transformations. The objects created through the spatial transformations project were used to create perspective interior views. These were physical models photgraphed from inside.

Architectural Model Museum

This site is located at the corner of 17th St and K St in downtown Lincoln, NE. It is located directly East of the Nebraska State Capital.

Taking inspiration from the spatial transformations and interior spatial models in the previous projects I created a museum of architectural models. The shape of the museum is based primarily on Object 1 from the spatial transformation project, but it also takes some inspiration from the other objects in the design of the windows and auditorium space. The project features a wide-open, warehouse-like interior featuring exhibition space and an auditorium for guest lectures and presentations. The open design was meant to allow for maximum light penetration and for visitors to freely roam and admire the architectural models while still being able to listen to a guest lecture.

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Fall 2020

Minecraft Pavillion The goal of this project was to create a small outdoor pavilion that could be installed at an elementary school for use as a classroom or learning space. I wanted to create a pavilion which a kid could look at and understand how it was constructed. Most kids today have experience or are familiar with some form of building blocks, Legos, or a creative building game such as Minecraft. Because of this, I decided to build the pavilion out of cubes in a similar fashion to Minecraft. The six pillars of the pavilion are made out of wooden and concrete cubes. Several of the

There was no designated site for this project. Instead, it was meant to be flexible enough to be inserted into virtually any site.

pillars have small openings for kids to crawl through and explore. The roof is made out of a perforated wooden surface which creates a grid of squares when the sun shines directly onto it. The gridded shadow created by the roof at certain parts of the day is meant to serve as a guide for kids to build within or purposefully stray away from. In the middle of the pavilion are some smaller blue foam cubes which the kids would be encouraged to play and build with. Due to the weight and cost of a solid concrete or wooden block, the blocks are designed to be either hollow or filled with a lightweight foam.

“A kid in Minecraft can build a world and inhabit it through play. We have the possibility to build the world that we want to inhabit.” ~Bjarke Ingels

Fall 2020

Lincoln Montessori School In designing my Montessori school, I wanted to be authentic in materiality while also making authentic and purposeful design decisions so that the building itself would reflect its purpose. I took inspiration for the use of concrete from Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute. I also derived the shape and design of many of my windows from Louis Kahn’s Parliament of Bangladesh building. At this age, children are oftentimes learning to count and distinguish between primary shapes of different sizes. Because of this, I wanted the shape of the windows to be able to serve as learning devices, while also getting natural light into the main floor of the school.

This site is located along O Street in Lincoln, NE between N 20th St and N 21st St directly west of Union Plaza.

A large portion of Montessori education revolves around exposure to the natural environment. Because of the site, I found it difficult to safely provide this exposure to the natural environment on the ground level, so I created a sort of terraced roof garden. From the playground, children are able to go up to the roof garden and explore. The terraces are structured in such a way to be configured for use in Montessori education, but flexible enough to serve as multi-purpose spaces. To allow more light to enter the garden I created a parametric pattern of primary shapes which was then punched through the wall. The primary shapes tie the larger apertures of the main floor into the roof garden while also, once again, acting as a learning device. Another Architect I referenced is Le Corbusier, specifically his high court building in Chandraghr, India. This is another monumental concrete building, but unlike Louis Kahn’s simple concrete exteriors, it is accented with bright primary-colored paint. I wanted to bring these colored accents into my school because children of this age are also often learning the colors as well as the shapes. The walls of the roof garden are extruded down into the main floor allowing for the necessary structural reinforcement to support it. This results in recessed roof coffers which are painted in the primary and secondary colors. The painted design of the ceiling can be used as a teaching device to expose children to the color wheel, and begin to understand the mixing of colors. Grasshopper script used to create the perforation pattern in the roof garden walls

Nebraska Children’s Theater

Spring 2020

The Nebraska Children’s Theater was a semester-long group project. To begin the project we conducted a thorough site analysis as a class. We then used this site analysis to make informed decisions about the design of our theater. One of our major focuses in this project was for our theater to be a landmark in the Haymarket District and to be visible throughout most of it. We wanted the building to advertise itself and create a sense of wonder for children and adults in the Haymarket. We achieved this through our theater’s tower which pokes above the Haymarket skyline and is brightly lit up at night. The angular design is meant to achieve a similar effect as the different parts of the building can be seen peeking out around the corners of surrounding buildings. We also wanted to maximize views within the building through our atrium space and lobby located underneath the tower. The stage level of the theater as well as most of the back of house spaces within the theater are mostly sunk into the basement, while classrooms and other public spaces are located in the upper levels which connect to the atrium.

Rendered by Preston

Project by Blake Phillips and Preston Doerrfeld Preston focused mostly on the exterior massing and rendering while I focused mostly on the interior spatial relationships and plan drawings.

The site is located in Lincoln’s Haymarket along Canopy Street on the north side of the O Street overpass.

Rendered by Preston

Spring 2020

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1. Lobby 2. Cafe 3. Catering/Kitchen 4. Dressing Room 5. Bathrooms 6. Loading Dock/Disposal 7. Stage

1. Prop Storage 2. Scene Storage 3. Scene Shop 4. Paint Shop 5. Green Room/Staging Area 6. Stage Door/Staging Area 7. Storage/Utilities

1. Lobby 2. Cafe 3. Catering/Kitchen 4. Dressing Room 5. Bathrooms 6. Loading Dock/Disposal 7. Stage

1. Prop Storage 2. Scene Storage 3. Scene Shop 4. Paint Shop 5. Green Room/Staging Area 6. Stage Door/Staging Area 7. Storage/Utilities

Basement Floor Plan

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Basement Floor Plan

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Ground Floor Plan

Site Plan

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Site Plan

Ground Floor Plan 1. Event/Multipurpose Space 2. Bathrooms 3. Dressing Room 4. Mezzanine Level

1. Event/Multipurpose Space 2. Bathrooms 3. Dressing Room 4. Mezzanine Level

1. Meeting Rooms 2. Offices 3. Light Well/Courtyard

1. Dance Studio 2. Prop Workshop 3. Classrooms 4. Lunch/Multipurpose 5. Lighting Grid 6. Control Room 7. Lighting Storage 8. Storage

1. Meeting Rooms 2. Offices 3. Light Well/Courtyard

1. Dance Studio 2. Prop Workshop 3. Classrooms 4. Lunch/Multipurpose 5. Lighting Grid 6. Control Room 7. Lighting Storage 8. Storage

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Second Floor Plan

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Third Floor Plan

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Fourth Floor Plan

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Reimagining the Ames Estate

Fall 2021

The goal of this project was to create a pavilion which will teach the rich history of the Ames family and the importance of preserving and caring for nature to future generations while also existing in harmony with the nature around it. To honor the history of the Ames Family, a “ghost structure” which represents the original Ames Estate Mansion will replace the current house on site. The original mansion was razed in 1951 by the Ames family and the current structure was built shortly after. Much of the important history surrounding the Ames family took place in and around the original mansion, therefore, the “ghost structure” will be built as a reminder of what used to be.

The site is located at the Oliver Ames Estate in Easton, MA and this project was done in response to the 2021 Lyceum Fellowship Design Competition.

The idea for the “Ghost Structure” of the Ames Estate Mansion is heavily influenced by the Ben Franklin House Ghost Structure by Robert Venturi and Scott Brown.

While the original mansion was razed, a small piece of architecture from that time, the carriage house, is still located on site. The carriage house will be home to the welcome center where visitors will go for directions or information about upcoming events. A piece of the current house, the cube, will also remain on site. The cube is located inside of the footprint of the original Ames Estate Mansion so it is surrounded on all sides by the ghost structure. The cube will be repurposed into a kitchen and bathrooms because of its preexisting utilities. On the south side of the ghost structure is the new event pavilion and learning center. The new pavilion makes use of large glass walls in order to maximize views throughout the site. The learning center on the second floor is angled in order to provide views of the ghost structure and carriage house on one side, and views of Shovelshop Pond and the surrounding forests on the other side. Educational displays about the history of the site and the surrounding nature are integrated into the room according to these views.

The Crossing

Fall 2021

The crossing fuses nature and industry to foster engagement between makers and the community. To bring the built environment and nature together in harmony the building will utilize sun shades and green roofs to lower its carbon footprint. In order for the crossing to engage with the community, it will utilize a series of ramps in order to connect with the underdevelopment rail park to its east. During operating hours, the building will feature a public rail park access to use as an entry point onto the rail park. The setbacks from West to East are meant to represent the form of a steam locomotive, and the building is split into three different zones based on these setbacks.

Rendered by Preston

Physical Model Created by Blake

Project by Blake Phillips and Preston Doerrfeld

The site is located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA at the corner of N 10th St. and Buttonwood St. directly next to Rail Park which is a former train line being transformed into a raised park.

Drawing by Blake

From West to East the zones are 1) the tender, 2) the cab and 3) the engine. The tender is the special car of a steam locomotive used to carry fuel and water to power the train. In much the same way, the tender of our building includes the lobby, display spaces, and main circulation which are meant to bring people into the space to “fuel” the rest of the building. The cab is where the conductor would operate the train from. In much the same way, this is where the offices and conference rooms of our building are located because they are the central administrative hub for the building which cannot run without some direction from the offices. The engine is what makes a steam locomotive able to move. In much the same way, the engine of our building contains the two main spaces, the metal fabrication lab and the event space, both of which are the ultimate reason for which this building exists. The crossing also features metal sunshades that can fold in several places depending on the time of day and the intensity of the sun. As the sun moves across the sky, they will shift in order to allow for views of Callowhill and the rail park while also limiting solar heat gain through windows during the warmer summer months.

Fall 2021

The crisscrossing patterns on the sun shades are an abstraction of railroad crossings and the painted edges reflect the color scheme of the Pennsylvania railroad. These sun shades are meant to help tie the crossing into greater Philadelphia and more specifically the neighborhood of Callowhill’s rich history surrounding the railroad and the industries which heavily relied upon it. On the second floor overlooking the rail park is the event space which will be able to be accessed both directly from of the rail park as well as through the rest of the building. This event space can be used both by the makers who will call this building home to exhibit and display their work and also by the general public. It could be used for lectures, conferences, weddings, musical performances, etc. Green spaces on the roof help to lessen the carbon footprint of the building while also creating a small park area within the dense urban fabric of Philadelphia. Green roofs help with both the thermal performance of the building (serving as a natural insulator) and additionally as a way to help with rainwater collection. The site which we are building on is currently a parking lot for the 990 Spring Garden property. In order to help offset the impact of developing on this plot of land, the crossing will have underground parking which can be accessed from the north.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Color Scheme

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UNMC Childcare Center

Spring 2021

The UNMC Childcare Center was a semester-long group project for the ARCH 410 Collaborate studio. We worked directly with the architecture and planning team at UNMC which gave a great insight into the UNMC campus as well as what parameters UNMC is looking for in their proposed childcare center. After talking with the team at UNMC, they indicated that they valued having ample but separate play spaces for the age groups that the childcare center is designed to serve. We broke up the age range into three groups, infant, toddler, and older, however, these age groups are more defined by developmental level than age. In order to provide the maximum amount of flat, usable play space, we proposed a large, terraced retaining wall along the North and West of the site. There was an extreme grade change of over 40 feet on the site from corner to corner, and the retaining wall was our solution to deal with the challenging grade. We also terraced them in order to allow for planters and to make the retaining wall itself seem less intimidating for the children. We also decided to design a sculpture for the S 46th and Farnam St. corner that leads directly into a public zone meant for use by students, staff, and the general public. The childcare center itself is a split-level building with both floors rotated along the central axis in order to create a series of overhangs and roof gardens. Because of the split level, both floors are able to exit onto grade, and the site is also split into two levels which are connected by a series of ramps. Due to these ramps, the entire site is also made ADA accessible.

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Drawing by Samantha

Project by Blake Phillips, Samantha Inman, Mollie Simmons, Chenxin Chu The site is located at corner of S 46th St. and Farnam St. within the future UNMC Saddlecreek Extension. The roundabout depicted in drawings and renders does not yet exist but is included in the UNMC Saddlecreek Extension Master Plan.

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Drawing and Site Designed by Blake Roof Gardens and Ramped Gardens designed by Chenxin

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Public Zone Controlled Access Gate

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There is a wide variety of materiality throughout the UNMC campus, however, we noticed a lot of brick, as well as sandstone and glass. These materials were used so that the childcare center could fit into the material vernacular already within use at UNMC. We used glazed terra cotta strips on the second floor in order to incorporate the UNMC color scheme into the building and to create a more vibrant and fun environment for the children of UNMC. We used glazed terra cotta strips on the second floor in order to incorporate the UNMC color scheme into the building and to create a more vibrant and fun environment for the children of UNMC. In order to let more light into the building’s interior, we designed a sloping light well on the second floor which terminates at the lobby as a large open atrium space that gestures towards the rest of the UNMC Campus.

Spring 2021

Render by Blake

Glazed Terra Cotta Strips

Brown Brick

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Sandstone Brick Render by Blake

Drawing by Blake

Render by Blake

Render by Mollie

To allow light into the first floor we punched a hole through the middle of the building and installed a skylight. Protruding from the skylight is a series of colorful glass strips meant to tie together the interior and exterior of the building as well as allow for colorful light to be projected throughout the building at different parts of the day. On the west side of the building, we created a two-story indoor play space that is intended to be utilized by all three age groups during times of the year when outdoor conditions will not allow the children to play outside. It features colorful “play stairs” as well as a slide and netted climbing structure. The classrooms are divided into pods of two or three by age group. Pods are separated by half-walls in order for teachers/caregivers to easily communicate with one another and be able to easily assist in other classrooms while still being able to keep an eye on their own classroom. This is especially useful in a scenario where the daycare may be understaffed or where some caregivers may be taking a break.

Render by Mollie

Drawing by Blake

Render by Mollie

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