BM Brian Marousek
Architecture Portfolio
INTRODUCTION
Brian Marousek
Involvement
Achievements
American Institute of Architecture Students
ASU Design Excellence Award
Sigma Aplha Epsilon Fraternity
AIA Parking Day Competition
SAE Rush Chair
Nebraska Masonry Brick Building Competition Winner
b.marousek@outlook.com
SAE Social Chair
Education
Software Skills
Papillion-LaVista High School 2013-2017 Cumulatuve GPA : 4.35 University of Nebraska Lincoln 2017 - 2021 Cumulatuve GPA : 3.67 Arizona State University 2021 - 2023 Cumulatuve GPA : 4.0
Rhino Revit Grasshopper Lumion Enscape Bluebeam Photoshop Illustrator InDesign
NMB Architecture Scholarship UNL Canfield Scholarship “Project Lead The Way” Graduate
Work Experience Holland Basham Architects Omaha, Nebraska Summer 2021 - Present
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Benson Market Hall The Gardens Senior Living Center NOVATOP Dwelling Unit Aurora Community Center “Arbormartville” Facility US Embassy in Dublin Adaptive Re-use
The Benson Market Hall Instructor: Tack Architects
School Year: 4th Yr. 2nd Sem.
Duration: 10 Weeks
The Benson Market Hall is a multi-use building that challenges the existing Market Experience and integrates a green environment within a urban condition. The life-cycle of food is represented in between programs. Each of the programs are all benefiting from the large greenhouse in the center of the project. The market floor is a center of buying and selling of the produce and acts as a connection between the builidng and community. This market floor is surrounded by an flexible exterior “community avenue” which allows for the users to experience different types of vending and interaction with nature. On the second floor, there is a dedicated restaurant that cooks organic food, primarily from the greenhouse. The roof structure acts as an invitation to the community and access to all three floors. Along this roof, there are gardening components for the Benson area to have a communal garden space. In all, a user gets to experience the growing, eating, buying and selling of fresh produce all in one place.
Consume Produce Hanging Gardening
Traditional Gardening
Planter Gardening
Vertical Gardening
Buy Sell Trade Produce
Legend: N
6
1
7
Vendor Stall Flexible Vendor Space Greenhouse Bathroom Office Storage Mechanical
N
6
1
1
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1
3
3
7
4 4
6
3 3
3
5 2
2
5
2
5
6
4
6
2
First Floor Plan
Buildable Area
South Elevation -Vy Cao
Second Floor Plan
Parking
Community Avenue
Building Footprint
South Section - Vy Cao
Greenhouse
Legend: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Restaurant Kitchen Bar Greenhouse Restroom Mechanical
Legend: N
1. Greenhouse 2. Mechanical
Rendered Iso 2
1
2
Third Floor Plan
Interior Perspective - Market Hall
Restaurant
Continuous Roof Structure
Growing Area
Interior Perspective - Greenhouse
East Elevation - Vy Cao
South Section - Vy Cao Exterior Perspective
The Gardens Senior Living Center Instructor: RDG Planning & Design
School Year: 4th Yr. 1st Sem.
The Gardens is a senior living facility
Duration: 11 Weeks
The Gardens fuses architecture and
located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Blue
landscape
to
engage
the
community
zones are the main focus of this project. Blue
and promote a healthier lifestyle. It is
zones are regions all over the world that have
ensured that the community will interact
a higher amount of people living longer than
with the senior population through the
usual. People that live in blue zones live a
farmers market on the weekends and
longer and better life, have more energy, feel
communal space during the weekdays.
stronger, feel rested everyday, they want to meet new people and continue relationships,
The Gardens will engage the community
and most importantly, help the community.
through food, by the activator programs of
the
restaurant
and
cafe,
and
the
We have taken 3 concepts of the blue zones
environment, through the open concept
to bring into The Gardens senior living:
and farmers market. A healthy lifestyle will
community, belonging, and plant diet. The
be promoted to the residents with the farm
goal is to bring the community a little further
to table concept, and to the community with
south than the main downtown, and create a
the farmers market. The Gardens senior
recreational and relaxing space for the users.
living will activate the seniors through the
The surrounding buildings and spaces consist
interior having vertical floor plans and
of small amounts of greenery and gardening.
desirable programs on each floor, and the exterior with farming and gardening.
Site Plan (Omaha, Nebraska) in collaboration with Cole O’Connor
Farmers Market Perspective in collaboration with Cole O’Connor
Southeast Isometric in collaboration with Scott Lafferty
Community Kitchen Perspective in collaboration with Callahan Netsch
Northwest Perspective in collaboration with Scott Lafferty
Floor 4 Plan (Interior Community Bridge)
Railing Planter
Floor 5 Plan (Exterior Community Bridge)
Bench Planter
Floor 4 Perspective (Interior Community Bridge)
Wheelchair Planter
Stacked Planter
Floor 5 Perspective (Exterior Community Bridge)
N O VAT O P D w e l l i n g U n i t Instructor: Jason Griffiths
School Year: 3rd Yr. 2nd Sem.
This task is to create a single person dwelling unit out of NOVATOP material that can fit in a parking stall and represents commercial vernacular. This building must be made from objects from a chosen big box store and is situated in the big box stores parking lot. Home Depot was the chosen big box store because of its variety of everyday items as well as power tools to be able to physically build the dwelling unit. To begin the design process, I analyzed multiple big box stores and found a lot in common. One of the main things sticking out to me were the complex shelving units that were strategically laid out to benefit a consumer. The ranges of the shelving units depended on the big box store and the products they sell. This led to my main concept of shelving as an expression of commercial vernacular. For my design, I wanted to showcase a large shelving unit full of Home Depot products as a representation, & as an advertising technique to consumers. Since the site is the big box stores parking lot, these buildings will be seen by anyone who walks in and out of Home Depot. In relation to the strategic arrangement of categories in stores, I wanted to arrange these items in the shelves in the most efficient way for the user. I decided to place kitchen appliances and storage on the bottom of the shelf as well as a foldable bed to help the ease of access. The top portion of the shelving unit, I arranged objects that create a “living space” containing a couch, closet, dresser, and a mirror.
Duration: 3 Weeks
as a foldable bed to help the ease of access. In the top portion of the shelving unit, I arranged objects that create a “living space” containing a couch, closet, dresser, and a mirror. Every item in this building is within the shelving unit and can be accessed by a sliding ladder on a track. The overall building material of Novatop is cross laminated timber that is put together strategically in order for it to maintain its strength, durability, efficiency and overall looks & benefits. The cross laminating of the wood also allows the shelving unit to support the loads of the heavy items from Home Depot. The different thicknesses and spans of walls, ceilings, and roofs allow for insulation and a lower weight. Apart from the shelving unit, the form of my building is derived from the limitation of the parking stall and the different panels that come together. In Conclusion , my design advertises different products of Home Depot while symbolizing the shelving units and store fronts. This design can also be expanded into multiple buildings in the parking lot, each showing different shelving designs based on the consumer & the objects in them. To agree with the minimal culture, multiple items are packed into a façade of a building, creating minimalistic living. My design has relation to the simplification of space, putting multiple in one, and still remains symbolic to Home Depot.
Motion Diagrams (Sections)
Plan
Site Axon
Section A
Elevation A
Section B
Elevation B
NOVATOP ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Exterior Perspective
Model Interior
Model Exterior
NOVATOP Assembly Sequence
Aurora Community Center Instructor: Emily Andersen
School Year: 3rd Yr. 1st Semester
Duration: 5 Weeks
This Community Center for Aurora Nebraska is 93,000 Sq Ft and contains a 50 yard turf field, an indoor lap pool, a gymnasium, flexible mat space, child care, classrooms & offices, an indoor track, open courtyards & a rock wall. Aurora needed a place for people to come and share their common interests and the concept of connection in this building unifies multiple interests. With the combination of glass panels, large hallways, courtyards, and archways, The Aurora Community Center allows users to move freely through rooms as well as interactive collisions of program. The material used in this project are a mixture of glass panels, and PAC-CLAD. By using cost-effective material, Aurora planners were able to stay within their budget. This project also was an exploration in to structure. Trusses, big and small, as well as arches are used in almost every room. Distribution of loads were a challenge, but confirmed by University’s Structure professor, Dr. Sharon Kuska. Overall, this project was a real world experience due to the many trips to and from Aurora, meeting with clients, discussing plans with Aurora Officials and designing a building that could be used by the people of Aurora.
5
Turf Field
2
Pool
3
Gym
4
Flexible Mat Space
5
Child Care
6
Classrooms/ Offices
7
Support Rooms
8
Track
9
Rock Wall
aurora 10
1
N
30
1
40
6
2
8 7
10 Lobby 11
20
Legend
4
Locker Rooms
11
4
7 9 Master Plan of Aurora Community Center
Scale: 1/16” = 1’ 0” 3
Aurora Master Plan
10
Basketball Court Perspective
Exterior Perspective
Turf Field Perspective
Classroom & Courtyard Perspective
Elevation A
Elevation B
“Arbormartville” Facility Instructor: Jason Griffiths
School Year: 3rd Yr. 2nd Sem.
Duration: 8 Weeks
“Arbormartville is envisioned as an adaptive reuse of the Lee Scott Logistics Complex in Bentonville, Arkansas. This new program will create a Cross-Laminated Timber production facility, exhibition, and cultural program in place of the existing big box shell. It will serve as home to showcase the potential of small scale CLT production and Arkansas Multiple Timber and wood initiatives. This project also provides example of adaptive re-use of the historical and cultural legacy of big box architecture. Containing a fabrication plant as well as research center, this project blends education with construction and provides a campus dedicated to CLT. Cross Laminated Timber is a growing force in the construction and architecture world. While CLT continues to grow, we believe the knowledge for the material is not keeping up with the demand for production. In order to combat this, we wanted to create a campus like facility that integrates students, CLT professionals, & the public. In other words, we want to create a community that has a emphasis on learning and practice without interfering with the production proccess. Inspired by the Gantry, the goal is to create a facility that has a concept of viewership from above.
First Floor Plan 1/16’ = 1’ 0”
Second Floor Plan 1/16’ = 1’ 0”
N
Fabrication Facility
1
Timber Storage
2
Design Studios
3
Labs
4
Lecture Room
5
Library
6
Lobby
7
Restrooms
8
4
N
Meeting Space
1
Conference Rooms
2
Break Out Rooms
3
Offices
4
Break Room
5
Restrooms
6
Exhibition Space
7
3 4
3
6
4
3
3
2
4
1
4
2
3
1
8
7
7
7
7
7
5
8
4
1
4
1
3 2
3
2
1 2
6 1
2
1
5 4
6
3
4
Saw-Tooth Roof Panels
Wooden Joists & Trusses
Suspended Programs
Wooden Lateral Bracing
Cables & Pinned Connections
Glulam Columns
Interior Perspective (Exhibition Space/Core)
Section Perspective
Glulam and CLT Structural Axon
US Embassy in Dublin Adaptive Re-use ASU Design Excellence Award Instructor: Phil Horton
School Year: 1st Year 1st Sem. M.ARCH
Duration: 12 Weeks
For this project, our studio was given the task to select a US Embassy around the world and create a residential component and program that supports the existing context. Our group selected the U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland and adapted the existing 3 story building by adding 15 floors and changing the program into a hotel. Programs include a shopping component on the ground floor, a double-height tranquility garden, conference/work rooms, and a top floor restaurant. Each floor of the new structure includes three outdoor green space as well as a void in between hotel rooms that shifts radially to create a linked garden space from ground to sky. These outdoor green spaces allow light to enter the interior atrium as the building grows. The cuts in the floor plate allow for rain to fall on the floors below, watering the plants and engaging the rainy climate of Dublin. This rotation and cut in the floor plate also create a visual vertical connection for the users to interact, creating a sense of community. In conclusion, the main idea of outdoor green spaces solved existing issues of lack of interior light, connecting to the climate, and creating public spaces for users to interact.
Site Isometric Original Embassy Structure Analysis
Open Air Tranquility Garde Floor Plan Concept
First Floor Plan (Shops) -Nicole Algein
Exterior Community Space (3 Each Floor)
Rotating Floor Plan Diagrams
Room Floor Plan -Nicole Algein
Open Air Garden Floor Plan -Abhipsa Dey
Conference Rooms Floor Plan -Abhipsa Dey
Restaurant Floor Plan -Abhipsa Dey
Section Perspective
Exterior Render