Brett Wedding // Selected Works Spring 2019

BRETT WEDDING ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

CV

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Energy Research Facility

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Arcadia Academy

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Dance & Performing Arts Center

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Home & Studio

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Spade House

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Other Work

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BRETT WEDDING EDUCATION

e: wedding.10@osu.edu t: 937.681.5239

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

MAY 2020

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE, HONORS, DEAN’S LIST Study Abroad: Santiago, Chile (Spring 17), Central Europe (Summer 2019) Western Golf Association Chick Evans Scholar & Ohio State Maximus Scholar

MAY 2016

OAKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Columbus, OH

Dayton, OH

HONORS

SPRING 2019 SUMMER 2018

EXPERIENCE SUMMER 2018

Sydney, Australia

MAY 2018

Venice, Italy

KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARD

$2,000 grant for drone documentation in conjunction with central European study abroad

OHIO STATE SECOND YEAR TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE GRANT $1,000 grant to purchase a drone to document international travel and architecture

SJB ARCHITECTS | INTERN Worked with Communications team to redesign competition diagrams and schematics Traveled throughout Sydney with the Urban Planning team to develop site analyses Developed a method of product specification through work with the Interior Design team Incorporated drone photography to document constructed works and future sites

VENICE BIENNALE | PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT Assisted the SMEG Design Competition coordinator with bookings and travel arrangement Organized equiptment and documentation for an official event photographer Attended lectures and seminars from notable architects, such as Bjarke Ingles

05.16 - 08.18

BANANA REPUBLIC | BRAND AMBASSADOR

06.13 - 08.17

DAYTON COUNTRY CLUB | HONOR CADDIE

Columbus, OH

Dayton, OH

SKILLS

INVOLVMENT

2016 - 2018 2017 - 2018 2017 2017

Worked in a team based environment to provide strong customer service and sales Maintained visual displays and store cleanliness Received and processed inventory in an efficient and organized manner Developed professional relationships with club members and staff Ensured that all golf carts and clubs were well maintained over the course of the day Coordinated a program with local high schools to recruit new caddies

Adobe Creative Suite (Ps, Ai, Id, Pr), Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Revit Hand-drafting, physical modeling, thermoforming, laser cutting, 3D Printing UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Deputy Director of the Sustainability Committee & member the Council for the Physical Environment

KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Member of the Student & Faculty Advisory Council, General body member of AIAS

AMERICAN LEGION BUCKEYE BOYS STATE

Counselor

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS (SAME)

Student Member

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1. VOLUMES

VOLUMES + PLATES + COLUMNS Energy Research Facility 2. PLATES

Columbus, Ohio Junior Studio, Spring 2019

Located on Ohio State University’s West Campus, this new research tower proposes a new approach to high rise construction. Rather than traditional construction that erects columns, then inserts floor plates, and walls to create volumes, the new Energy Research Facility stacks programatic volumes and utlizes floor plates to create interstitial study spaces.

ES + PLATES + COLUMNS

Sliding the lab volumes about a central circulation core allowed framed views of campus, roof top gardens, and vast atriums. In addition to the required program, a microbrewery and cafe were added on level one and level nine, respectively.

3. COLUMNS

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two storey event space

cafĂŠ level

auditorium level

roof garden

microbrewery Energy Research Facility 5

Arcadia Academy Columbus, Ohio Junior Studio, Autumn 2018

This Elementary School is located between High Street, one of the most heavily trafficked roads in Columbus, and a deep wooded ravine, creating a design problem that called for privacy as well as protection. The Arcadia Academy uses its unrolled circular form to create a hard barrier against High Street, while wrapping around to form an interior courtyard that proctects the students of the school.

Relying on precendents from various firms, this project explores a variety of structural innovations, as well as classroom organization. In an effort to provide different opportunities for the students, nearly every aspect of this school had to be considered.

Featuring classrooms for grades 1-6, dedicated rooms for the arts and sciences, an elevated library, and a cafeteria space that sinks into the topography, this school provides views of the ravine, while encouraging activity and exploration for students of all ages.

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Upper Level

Ground Level

Lower Level

Arcadia Academy 7

Precedent Analysis Diagrams

Burr Street Elementary, SOM // Fairfield, CT 2004 Before beginning work on our elementary schools, third year students were asked to diagram an existing school and analyze its organizational qualities. I studied the Burr Street Elementary School, which was catagorized as an essentialist approach to a school, meaning that the classrooms were ordered in a rational and rather traditional way. The interspersed courtyards, connection to natural lighting, and elementary form of the school served as driving elements of what would later become the Arcadia Academy.

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Diagrid

Masonry Light Screen

One requirement for the project specified that innovative structural elements be utilized in order to maximize floor space. Using One Shelley Street in Sydney, Australia as a precedent, I introduced a diagrid to my project, pulling the structure externally. This allowed for an open floor plan in addition to a perforated, yet strong system, to surround the building. Although the Diagrid is most often seen from the interior, there is a prominent view of it from the ravine, where the masonry skin is pulled away to create views and expose this structural element.

In addition to an innovative structural system, this project introduced a focus on materiality and masonry systems. Because my structural system was realtively independent and crafted from steel, the masonry element was liberated to the status of a light screen, in which it could be explored as a physical skin. Using a pattern that accentuates the diagrid’s structure beneath, the masonry skin wraps the building and perforats the facade, filling the interior spaces with light. This system allows for a certain level of transparency, while also reinforcing a hard edge along High Street.

Arcadia Academy

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Dance & Performing Arts Center

Sophomore Studio, Spring 2018 This theater project was designed to explore large scale programmatic space and circulation between performance areas.

Highlights of the project include a large atrium, experienced best from the lower lobby, and two dramatic sets of circulation that bring audience members and theater staff through the split atrium to the various performance spaces.

This Performing Arts Center features a main theater which shares a stage between two seating areas, a roof top garden, and a full service bar on the upper level.

DPAC

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Entry Level & Lobby

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Main Thea

ater Level

Upper Level & Rooftop Theater

DPAC 13

Southern Elevation

Eastern Elevation

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Western Elevation

Longitudinal Section

RICH STREET ELEVATION

Upper Level Plan

Home and Studio Franklinton, Ohio

Junior Studio, Autumn 2018 REAR ELEVATION This Live/Work project is designed on a prominent street corner in Columbus, Ohio’s Franklinton neighborhood. Located in an up and coming area, this two unit home was designed to accomodate two young professionals and their families, while providing a common work space in between.

A heavy timber framing system drives the structural integrity of the home, while the exterior is clad with a lattice light screen to increse privacy on the lower level, while also creating a play on light.

Features of the home include: shared and private balconies, an architectural drafting room, and framed views of downtown Columbus.

Home and Studio

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Upper Level

Entry Level

Lower Level

Spade House

Oak Ridge, Tennessee Sophomore Studio, Autumn 2017 Crafted as a retreat house in the Tennessee countryside for Kate and Andrew Spade, this house includes three terraces which look out into the nearby smokey mountains.

Designed about a structural grid that organizes the interior and exterior spaces, the Spade house creates an open plan to entertain guests and clients alike. By engaging the topography, this house is able to provide uniquely framed views of the landscape to each room.

Spade House

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Poche Pavilion

Objects in Space

This project explores the separation of spaces through a series of vaulted rooms, all enclosed within a regulated bounding box, inspired by the Pavilions of the Venice Biennale. This pavilion, which subtly dips into the river, creates a waterfront loggia, accessible by canoe on the lower level.

Serving as an introduction to interior and exterior boundaries, this shell used paper to safely package three toys that would be launched into outer space. The smaller shells housed a lightsaber, rubick’s cube, and X-Wing Star Fighter, while the larger, outer shell held them in place as the objects moved through zero gravity

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Stack City

Knowlton Fashion Schau

Designed to catch the breeze due to its location at a prominitent corner on the site, this project spun around about ball bearing plates to exhibit dynamic sectional qualities.

Measuring 10 feet wide and 12 feet tall, this project captured the attention of every passerby and served as a remarkable entrance into the student designed Hypostyle Hall.

For my dress, I used thermoformed polystyrene to mold a 4’ x 4’ sheet of polystyrene into a geometric form. The dress met the Schau’s theme of “Sculpture,” as the plastic maintained a soft, yet rigid shape, while referencing sculptural properties of classic marble statues.

The design reached the competion’s top ten.

Other Work

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