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A PORTFOLIO DESIGNED BY BRIAN LAM. CONTENTS INCLUDE VARIOUS SELECTED DIGITAL AND ANALOG WORKS FROM 2012-2017.
L a m
brlam.dsgn@gmail.com www.brlam.co
B r i a n
[email] [web]
Introduction
I am an interactive and versatile designer that strives in collaborations. My interest is in innovative and experimental design that deals with all fields of design such as architecture, graphics, furniture, fashion, and product design. When I’m not working, you may find me searching for more inspiration or preoccupied with another project.
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PROJECTS
08 resetting industry // architectural / landscape planning + research 20 obfuscated territories // post-truth manifesto + subsea landing station 46 a civic living room // architectural addition 56 story of the land // education center 68 micro house // prefab housing
MIXED MEDIA 92 analog drawings 2012 // graphite 94 analog drawings 2013 // graphite + ink 98 analog drawings 2015// graphite
100 rising stones // sculpture
78 mainstreaming sustainability// community center
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Study abroad
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points // typography the BIG maze // magazine spread brlam.co // website
104 poland // digital + analog
110 scotland // digital
114 italy // digital + analog
118 england // digital
120 germany // digital
126 austria // digital
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
projects
Architecture projects
08 resetting industry // architectural /landscape planning + research
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obfuscated territories // subsea landing station a civic living room // architectural addition
56 story of the land // education center 68 micro house // prefab housing
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78 mainstreaming sustainability// community center
Industriall River Edge x Public Space
Tennessee River Governors Chair Studio
Fall 2016 Collaboration: Ryan Smith
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RESETTING INDUSTRY
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Redefining the Industrial River Edge
capture and hold water indefinitely or for a designed amount a 1500 mile research road e cleansing itAfter with vegetation.
trip many challenges with industries along therunoff riverwhile were discovered such mainly capture and slow also cleansing it with
as brown-fielding and obstructions between city and river. To negate these have been designed that absorbs issues, and holdsstrategies carbon from the surrounding areas. to augment these territories into multifunctional landscapes through revitay created for pedestrian access and to help with community lization, public connection, adaptive n the landscape. reuse, and integrated energy harvestation. es along the river to help facilitate marine ecosystems while
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which UTK faculty elp include theincommunity; mainly createdand with students an ideal flight nd. collaborate with SOM and Oak Ridge National Lab. This project was a well-organized collaboration in which my partner and I continuously bounced ideas off each other on a project we were both excited about. My work focused towards conceptual design, concept development, stylization of content, renderings, and research.
Resetting Industry
Industrial River Edge x Public Space
Governor Chair Studio Collaboration: Ryan Smith
RESETTING INDUSTRY
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Cycle Industries go through a cycle of being used then the territory becomes inactive for a long period of time. By implementing stategies by phases the period of inactivity can be reduced or negated.
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Through various processes industries create air contaminants which create hazardous conditions.
WATER QUALITY
Industries create poor water quality through non-point source and point source discharges which destroy habitats and generate hazard conditions.
BROWN FEILDING As industries use the landscapes toxins, seep into the ground. This prevents re-purposing without rehabilitation.
PUBLIC PERCEPTION Current industries lack transparency and connection to the community excluding economics. Most are seen as eyesores that need to be moved or demolished.
INDUSTRY EXCLUSION
Each industrial landscape is designed to be used with a specific industry and does not allow for other industries to take over once the former has left.
INDUSTRY DECLINE
As we progress, certain industries will die out due to lack of demand, a transition to new resources, and other factors leaving communities without prominent income.
UNUSED SPACE When industries leave their site, these landscapes currently fall into disuse and disrepair creating a bland, fruitless landscape.
RIVER OBSTRUCTION These river industries are situated between the river and their community hubs blocking access.
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Water Impoundments Bioswale Carbon Sinks Pedestrian Pathways Green Buffers Drone/Kite Field Industrial Adaptable Site "How It's Made" Tours Controlled Public Access Integrated Industries Industry Compression Proper Waste Disposal
Farming New Industry Residential Local Business Maker Spaces University Campus Theme Park Wonder Rooms Event Space Recreation Piazzas Botanical Gardens
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Post-Truth Manifesto Sub-Sea Landing Station
Spratly Islands Distinguished Design Gallery
Spring 2017 Post-Truth Diploma Studio
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OBFUSCATED TERRITORIES
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Post-Truth Investigation + Subsea Landing Station This project consists of two parts: 01. Post-Truth Manifesto [research/concept] An investigation of the 2016 sociocultural paradigm called Post-Truth and its role in the development of the larger cultural epoch called Late Postmodernism. 02. Subsea Landing Station [project] A reef-stimulating vessel that grows territories, modulates undersea fiber-optic traffic, and creates new geopolitical zones. Throughout this two-part project, various methods of analog and digital fabrication were explored.
Obfuscated Territories
Post-Truth Manifesto Subsea Landing Station
Post-Truth Diploma Studio Distinguished Design Gallery
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OBFUSCATED TERRITORIES
01. POST-TRUTH An unsolicited manifesto [research/concept] The 21st-Century culture thrives on the high frequency of imagery and information rather than factual definitiveness. In 2016, the culture was defined by the socio-cultural paradigm called ‘Post-Truth’- in which the content of any image is insignificant compared to the frequency and reliability of its reproduction. This development is part of a shift in the larger cultural epoch and it enables a political-social geography that transforms economies and urban form. The conceptual phase was a direct process-based method fueled by the study various conditions of Post-Truth culture. The following writings and spatial constructs/images derived from resonating factors and concepts discovered among three initial research tools: 1. Radiolab Podcast 2. Donald Trump’s Twitter Archive 3. A Post-Truth Event
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Strategic Disturbance Strategically targeting and disturbing a spot in a system creates a focal point for alteration. Target the system. Shock the system. Attract the system. Become the focus of the system.This is the modus operandi of the Donald Trump apparatus. His election campaign successfully tweaked and altered the concentrated energies of a fraught electorate. Strategically disturbing particular nodes in the system shocks and micro-traumatizes that area and produces new trajectories and possibilities for that area. Trump is enormously talented at this. Distractions, diversions, red herrings. This disturbance stimulates the system and becomes the attractor point and the spark of the engine of influence.
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Strategic Disturbance // Tension Crystals As tension is applied, certain areas become attractor points and alter the formation of the crystals growth.
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High Frequency The density and frequency of data transmission and communication underwrites its legitimacy. Post-Truth era, data’s relevancy is based on the density and frequency of information being released into the hands of digital culture. The source and content of the information does not legitimize the information as much as the frequency and density by which it is delivered. Accessibility to the information becomes easier, and it starts to integrate itself into society, spreading like a virus.
High Frequency // Layers Individual panels are nothing by themselves. The addition of layers accumulates the particles of the panels creating forms that become apparent in space.
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Obfuscate Interface
Data is sensitive to misinterpretation and modification, where multiple “truths� are produced in translation between the original source and the relay. The vast world of drifting data allows for the curation of information and is sensitive to individual interpretation. Influenced by personal opinions and emotions, individuals read and believe what they want, whether it is fact or fiction. When ideas cycle back and forth through the digital interfaces of contemporary communication, multiple readings return from single inputs. Over analyzation becomes self-deception, and the differentiation between fact and non-fact evaporates.
Obfuscate Interface // Mapping The System Upon punching the numbers and pulling the lever the functionality of the mechanical apparatus is a mystery. The “truth� is lost. The motion of information is mapped in the drawing on the right.
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02. SUBSEA LANDING STATION An economic + ecological stimulating vessel [project] The Spratly Islands are a testing ground for the design of a federal government outpost, the Federal Maritime Commission. Elements of the design are influenced by the study of the current socio-cultural paradigm called “PostTruth�. The landing station is a reef-stimulating vessel that grows territories, modulates undersea fiber-optic traffic, and creates new geopolitical zones in the South China Sea. Tension lines and proximity reef incubators allow the vessel to assimilate, detach, or extend from the reef while controlling the reef expansion. This begins to question the impermanence of architecture and explores the idea of growing physical territory and expanding economies.
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south china sea [ 東海 ] // chinese artificial islands [ 中國皇家島 ] marine density [ 海路線 ] fiber optic sea cabels [ 海底電纜 ] territorial sea [ 領海 ] continguous zone [ 連續區 ]
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South East Asia Japan p Cable [SJC] 8,900 km Japan, China, Hong Kong, Phillipines, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore
Testing Grounds Allison reef is centered in the Spratly Islands within the extended economical zones (EEZ) of all four countries surrounding the Spratlys with major submarine cables passing through the area. Landing stations would be positioned in multiple strategic spots of the Spratlys to increase the efficiency of submarine cables and reef growth. Later on in the phase, these stations become the start of a new economy on the newly grown reef.
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Receiver Transmitter Hydrophone Transducer Transponder Siesmometer
Battery Repeater
These submarine cable data accelerators monitor surrounding seabed activity and recharge data transfer speeds while communicating with the landing stations and expanding there coverage.
Water Regulators: Proximty Filter PH levels Temperature Regulator
Track Runner Seed Dispurse
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These proximity water regulators accelerate reef growth by regulating water conditions within a proximity leading to a controlled reef expansion that follows the tension lines.
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Library Addition 24,000 sf
Knoxville, TN
Spring 2015
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A CIVIC LIVING ROOM
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Lawson McGhee Library Addition The new addition merges with the existing library and creates a place of social interaction, learning, and sharing. In contrast to the existing concrete building, the light addition seems to float in space, creating openness and connection to the city. At ground level, the exterior visually flows into the interior through the glass faรงade while allowing natural ambient light into the main reading spaces. Floating above are upper levels that become increasingly more intimate each level higher, for moments of creation, exploration, and study.
A Civic Living Room
Lawson McGhee Library Addition
ACSA Steel Competition Entry
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A CIVIC LIVING ROOM
Steel Expression The addition responds to the urban context and existing library through spatial and visual experiences while expressing the positive attributes of steel. The steel frames, columns, and beams allow the programs and spaces to float, cantilever, and span through the atrium.
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laminated hardwood floor gyspom concrete sound control mat plywood subfloor steel joist wood ceiling panel
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laminate hardwood floor sound control mat plywood subfloor
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Enviromental Education Center 17,350 sf Crossville, TN
Fall 2015
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STORY OF THE LAND
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Environmental Education Center This overgrown forest filled with artifacts was once a WWII concentration camp but is now a summer camp for all ages. Clients from Clyde York 4H Camp requested for an extension to their campgrounds with an environmental center. The design sits within the forest with boardwalks that connect each destination. As one enters the site, they weave and meander through the boardwalk elevated above the forest grounds and historical artifacts experiencing the story of the land. Like hollow trees with charred wood exterior and warm wood interior the classrooms, workshops, lookout tower, and the library follow and blend in with the landscape as each tells a different story with a different view.
Story of The Land
Enviromental Education Center
Client: 4H Clyde York Camp
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STORY OF THE LAND
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Gate The Gate is set in the site to draw one’s attention while seemingly blending into its environment through materiality. The Gate acts as the divider and transition of two stories, the story of how humans have affected the land and the story of the natural overgrown forest taking over the land.
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Classrooms + Tower Crossing the bridge, boardwalk rising two feet above the forest ground leads to each classroom. Like hollow logs laying within the forest, the outer skin of the building exposes the dark wood whereas the warm heartwood leads into the classrooms. The Observation Tower rises above forest treetops providing an unobstructed view of the landscape.
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Amphitheater Along the elevated boardwalk which ramps down to a ground level boardwalk leading to the Amphitheater. Shaped by the pond, the amphitheater sits within a steep area of forest with trees rising within the seating spaces.
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Residential 1,000 sf
Poland Study Abroad
Fall 2016
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MICRO HOUSE
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Prefab Affordable Housing These cozy, contemporary, minimalistic micro houses are designed for singles, couples, or small families. Offsite prefabricated CNC wall panels allow for a quick installation, less construction time, and cost. Within one day the exterior shell of the home can be fully assembled. The design emphasizes efficiency with various sustainable strategies and integrated storage, spaces, and appliances. While abroad, European houses influenced the early phases of design. The design merges the idea of a tiny home, sustainability, and prefabrication with American and European housing design.
Micro Housing
Prefab Affordable Housing
Study Abroad: Krakow, Poland
MICRO HOUSING
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Function The house is divided into 3 zones. The public zone consists of living areas for daily activities. The private zone is at the upper level for quieter spaces such as bedrooms and offices. The central core supplies the house with basic living essentials. S i n g l e uni t
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Prefab Neighborhood Alleyways. Park. Community. Resembling a city, the neighborhood has intimate areas such as the alleyways in the inner ring that lead out to a park. The loop provides efficient traffic flow while separating the outer ring allowing for private home location options.
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Community Center 51,791 sf
Knoxville, TN Sustainable Design Award
Fall 2015 Collaboration: Spencer McCarty
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MAINSTREAMING SUSTAINABILITY
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Sustainable Education Center To become a sustainable model for Knoxville, this design expresses methods of energy conservation with strategies such as expressive solar panel, louvers, and sustainable features in a heroic way that sparks interest. This was an Integrations Studio where building systems were carefully designed. The building is rated a LEED Gold and received 2nd place in the AIA Sustainable Design Award. In this collaborative project, my work focussed mostly on the conceptual phase, the design of the building, sustainable systems, landscape, and graphics. My partner and I had great synergy. He preferred working in CAD and on the technical aspects of the design which allowed me to bounce ideas back and forth with him while focusing more on designing the building and the systems.
Mainstreaming Sustainability
Sustainable Education Center
AIA Sustainable Design Award Collaboration: Spencer McCarty
MAINSTREAMING SUSTAINABILITY
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operable window allows heat to rise and escape the atrium alowing natural air flow inside the building
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Modeled after a zen garden, the atrium is a social gathering place that slows movement as visitors step into the gravel. Shadows cast by the trellis dance within the atrium throughout the day.
LOCATE Initial 35,000 sq. ft. stacked and located on site Actual: 51,791 sq. ft
SPLIT Diagonal split connects Church Ave. corner to Market St. garden
OPEN Semi enclosed open space becomes urban social hub and allows interaction with surrounding by program spaces
INVITE Entry points pushed back to create a humanized and inviting entrance
CONCEPT MASSING
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Aluminum frame W24x104 Structural steel beam
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Aluminum trellis equipped with MiaSole Flexible Solar Cells
Solar Trellis
Aluminum trellis with MiaSola Flexible Solar Cells acts as a solar collection device while providing shade. Solar Trellis offsets approximately 40% of the electrical energy required to operate the building.
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100% 82% 100% 235 Collection kw Rainwater 100% 82% of rainfall on roof captured in 40,00 gal.100% cistern. The cistern serves as
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S o lar C ell Louvers w ith 1 7% effi provide 23 5kw h per year.
a reflecting pool while supplying water for all toilets and on-site irrigation, negating the use of potable water.
S o lar C ell Louvers w ith 1 7% effi c ienc y provide 23 5kw h per year.
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82% of rainfall on roof capt ured in Cist ern provides wat er for all toilet on site irrigation, negat ing the use water.
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82% of rainfall on roof capt ured in cist ern. Cist ern provides wat er for all toilet s and and on site irrigation, negat ing the use of pot able water.
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level 0 1. Lobby 2. Bookstore 3. Loading Dock 4. Parking 5. Bathroom / Locker Room 6. Cafe 7. Cafe Garden Seating
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Auditorium Gallery Atrium Entry Plaza Bike Docking Mechanical Room
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level +1 1. Circulation Desk 2. Flex Space 3. Meeting Space 4. Storage 5. Janitor’s Closet 6. Mechanical Room
longitudinal section
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7. Bathroom 8. Book Stacks 9. Library 10. Office 11. Reading Space 12. Roof Terrace
Smoke evacuation system for atrium Smo ke ev a cu a t i o n sy s t em fo r a t ri u m
10” Circular hollow steel column 1 0 ” Ci rcu l a r h o l l o w st eel co l u mn
Aluminum trellis equipped with MiaSole Flexible Solar Cells Al u mi n u m t rel l i s equ i pped w i t h M i a So l e F l ex ible S ola r C e lls
Steel Trellis frameW12x104 primary , W12x72 secondary St eel Trel l i s st ru ct u re co mpri s ed o f W1 2 x 1 0 4 p r im a r y s t r uc t ur a l m e m be r s a nd W1 2 x 7 2 seco n d a ry s t ru ct u re
Metal rain cap M et a l ra i n ca p
Roofing membrane Ro o fi n g memb ra n e
3” Rigid insulation 3 ” R i g i d i n su l a t i o n
1/2” OSB / vapor barrier 1 /2 ” O SB / v a po r b a rri er
4” Concrete roof w/ metal decking shear bolted 15’ O.C. 4” Co n cret e ro o f w / met a l d eck i n g sh ea r b o l t e d t o W 1 2 x 72 s t e e l be a m 1 5’ O. C .
Approx. 10-12” Batt. insulation Approx . 1 0 -1 2 ” B a t t . i n s u l a t i o n
Cu s t o m s t eel mo n o t ru ss, Pa i n t ed b l a ck a n d f ir e r a t e d; c om p r is e d 2’ x 4 ” s t e e l t ube ch o rd s b o l t ed t o g et h er b et w een s t ru ct u ra l s t e e l a ng le s
In t eg ra t ed g u t t er s y st em b et w een g l a s s ro o f p a ne s
W12x72 beam supported by W12x72 steel column W1 2 x 7 2 b ea m su ppo rt ed b y W1 2 x 7 2 s t eel co l um n
Metal Plates welded together to form C-channel profile M et a l P l a t es w el d ed t o g et h er t o fo rm C-ch a n ne l p r of ile
B l a ck perfo ra t ed met a l screen
24” diameter supply and return HVAC ducts, painted black 2 4” d i a met er su ppl y a n d ret u rn H VAC d u ct s , p a int e d bla c k
White oak wood panel suspended ceiling Wh i t e o a k w o o d pa n el su s pen d ed cei l i n g
6” concrete floor w/ steel decking and shear bolted to 6” co n cret e fl o o r w / s t eel d eck i n g a n d s h ea r bolt e d t o W 1 2x 72 s t e e l be a m s 1 5 ’ O. C.
W12x72 steel beams 15’O.C. Wh i t e o a k a ccen t w a l l
Metal stud ceiling frame. 5’ O.C. M et a l s t u d cei l i n g fra me. 5 ’ O. C.
Eclipse pendant uplight
E cl i ps e pen d a n t u pl i g h t , pro v i d ed b y M a rk Ar c hit e c t ur a l L ig ht ing
1/4” Steel wire guardrail
1 /4” St eel w i re g u a rd ra i l , h o ri z o n t a l st eel w i re s p la c e d ve r t ic a lly e ve r y 4 ” O. C . , Wh i t e o a k w o o d h a n d ra i l
every 4” O.C., White oak wood handrail
HVAC to atrium penetrates face of welded C-channel and is covered with a black painted grille H VAC t o a t ri u m pen et ra t es fa ce o f w el d ed C- c ha nne l a nd is c ove r e d w it h a bla c k pa i n t ed g ri l l e
Sprinkler fire suppression system Spri n k l er fi re s u ppressi o n sy s t em
Concrete slab w/ 1” lightly sandblasted topper slab Co n cret e s l a b w / 1 ” l i g h t l y s a n d b l a s t ed t o ppe r s la b
E l k a y E z - H 2 O d ri n k i n g fo u n t a i n w i t h b u i l t - i n f ilt e r e d w a t e r bot t le f illing s t a t ion
2” diameter drainage pipe 2 ” d i a met er d ra i n a g e pi pe
12” deep planter zone
1 2 ” d eep pl a n t er z o n e Approx . 8 - 1 0 ” o f s o i l Approx . 2 - 4” o f g ra v el b en ea t h t o p l a y e r of s oil
Aluminum divider Al u mi n u m d i v i d er
2” of fine gravel, densely packed 2 ” o f fi n e g ra v el , d en sel y pa cked
4” gravel
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Waterproof membrane w a t erpro o f memb ra n e
Structural concrete retailing wall St ru ct u ra l co n cret e ret a i l i n g w a l l
Basement: transformer, water pump , and geothermal system B a semen t h o u s i n g t ra n s fo rmer, w a t er pu mp for s p r inkle r s ys t e m , a nd m a nif old f or g eo t h erma l h ea t i n g / co o l i n g s y st em
Concrete slab and footing Co n cret e s l a b a n d fo o t i n g
St ru ct u ra l fra me o v erh ea d , W1 2 x 7 2 u n l ess i n dic a t e d ot he r w is e
W1 2 x 7 2 st ru ct u ra l st eel co l u mn
2 4” Di a met er s u ppl y a n d ret u rn H VAC d u ct s, p a int e d bla c k a nd e x p os e d ove r he a d
Wh i t e o a k w i t h b l a ck st eel fra me b en ch es a nd t a ble s
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level 0 level -1
transverse section
mixed media
Analog pieces of work 92 analog drawings 2012 // graphite 94 analog drawings 2013 // graphite + ink 98 analog drawings 2015// graphite
100 rising stones // sculpture
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Analog drawings
Graphite + Ink
2012
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falling waters // graphite
Analog drawings
torchbearer // graphite
Graphite + Ink
2013
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form and shadow // ink
movements // graphite
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technical // graphite
Analog drawings
play of shadows // graphite
Graphite + Ink
2015
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crossover // graphite
Alabaster Stone + Aluminum 2012 Sculpture Rising Stones
Rising Stones Starting with a block of alabaster stone, the sculpture was carefully carved and finished. The sculpture sits on a milled aluminum base.
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study abroad
Photography + sketches abroad
104 poland // digital + analog
110 scottland // digital
114 italy // digital + analog
118 england // digital
120 germany // digital
126 austria // digital
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Poland
Analog + Digital
2016
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katowice, poland
bottom left: wawel castle // krakow poland top right: tynec // krakow, poland bottom right: wroclow, poland
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poznan, poland
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Scotland
Digital
2016
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edinborough, scottland
edinborough, scottland
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Italy
Analog + Digital
2016
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florence, italy
vatican // rome, italy
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pantheon // rome, italy
England
Digital
2016
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china town // london, england
Germany
Digital
2016
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berlin, germany
dresden, germany
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bauhaus // berlin, germany
Austria
Digital
2016
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vienna, austria
graphic design
Digital pieces of work
130 points // typography
132 the BIG maze // magazine spread
134 brlam.co // website
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2016 Fall 2016
Typography Points
Typography “A line is an infinite series of points.� The text describes the image and becomes a continuation of the image.
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2017 Magazine Spread The BIG Maze
Layout These spreads showcase the BIG Maze by BIG Architects. The design of the spreads embodies the idea of a maze and leads readers through the labyrinth of text.
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2017 Web Design www.brlam.co
Website Aiming for a bold yet clean aesthetic, the design leads visitors through an interactive experience while showcasing projects inside this custom digital portfolio.
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homepage
section 002 / 004
scrolling reveals each section
menu
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project preview
project page
thank you
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