Brooke Calhoun | 2019 Design Portfolio

BROOKE CALHOUN Syracuse University School of Architecture Design Portfolio | Selected Works

Passionate about the broader world of design. I am currently studying architecture at Syracuse University and will graduate with a Bachelor of Architecture in May, 2019.

My work has been shown at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and the 2018 World Innovation & Entrepreneurship Expo in Shanghai, China.

Apart from architecture, my interests include painting, literature, and hiking.

brookecalhoun.com blcalhou@gmail.com (206)-618-4178

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S E L E CT E D W O R K S 01 Shifting | Fei Wang

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02 Museo Marino Marini | Luca Ponsi

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03 Urban Storage | Greg Corso

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04 Catacombs of New York | Joseph Godlewski

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05 NYC NikeLab Workshop | Jonathan Jackson

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06 Plaster Workshop | Lorenzo Guzzini

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07 Additional Works

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01 Shifting | Exploring the combination of structural timber and concrete Professor: Fei Wang Partner: Ross Hanson Year: Spring 2018 This science center focuses on engaging the public and drawing them in. The program consists of an exhibition space, cafÊ, store, labs, offices, and classrooms that exist within the structural system of an abandoned factory building in Xiong’an, China. These programs are divided into public and private realms that have varying views between each other.

The private spaces are inserted into the existing public space that utilizes the old structure of the factory. The private labs, offices, and classrooms are encased in a timber structure that follows formal logic found in typical Chinese courtyard houses. Floor heights are shifted to create separation while allowing the inhabitants of the public area to view into the private lab and office spaces. This arrangement increases the importance of circulation in the building.

The exterior of the building utilizes a wooden cladding system that prevents unwanted glare and solar heat gain in the private spaces. This system responds to orientations as well as the required light necessary for program type. As for the public space, a window treatment is applied based on the major zones where spaces are overlit. The building also incorporates a system for ventilation, prioritizing the labs requiring more air flow. Heating and cooling are provided by a geothermal system with the aid of a passive system using the open ground floor and operable ceiling in the exhibition space. The roof includes staggered roof terraces benefiting the offices adjacent to them. Solar panels sit on these roof spaces, obtaining light that will be used to power the other systems in the building.

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Programs used: Rhinoceros 5, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-ray.

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Original vs New Construction

Passive Cooling

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Combined HVAC

Combined Structure

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Timber Structure

Concrete Structure

Bamboo Facade

Shear Walls

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02 Museo Marino Marini |

Void development through the manipulation of light

Professor: Luca Ponsi Partner: Ross Hanson Year: Fall 2017 The objective of this project was to retrofit a museum specifically designed for Marino Marini statues within a preexisting structure in Florence.

The project, located within the Forte di Belvedere, centers on the concept of atmospheric processions made through the manipulation of light.

Long hallways, each with a unique and dramatic natural lighting scheme, link large voids which house the Marini statues. These atmospheric hallways subtlety fluctuate in height and form an endless loop through a three-dimensional figure-eight pattern which the museum patron can theoretically traverse endlessly. Furthermore, the materiality of the museum is restricted to the sole use of concrete in order to place emphasis on the design of light manipulation within the voids.

Programs used: Rhinoceros 5, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-ray.

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03 Urban Storage | Re-imagining the storage warehouse Professor: Greg Corso Year: Fall 2016 The objective of this project was to design an art storage building within Chelsea, NY. The design takes precedent from the storage strategies of a common suburban home, focusing on how the storage mass of a home undulates from a volume (the garage) to a plane (a hallway closet). Thus, throughout the building the square footage of storage constantly fluctuates from thick to thin. The 'thickest' storage areas within the building define the most private program while the 'thinnest' define the most public program. In all, the design highlights the fact that storage mass is not necessarily massive but rather is an ever-changing entity that oscillates between thick and thin.

Programs used: Rhinoceros 5, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-ray.

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B PRIVATE OFFICE

OPEN OFFICE PRIVATE OFFICE

PRIVATE OFFICE

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VIEWING SPACE CONSERVATION

THICK STORAGE

VIEWING SPACE

OPEN OFFICE

THIN STORAGE VIEWING WALL

CONFERENCE ROOM

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FOURTH FLOOR PLAN 1’ = 1/8”

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South and West Elevations 1’ = 1/16”

North and West Elevations 1’ = 1/16”

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North and East Elevations

South and East Elevations

1’ = 1/16”

1’ = 1/16”

Thick Storage

+ 101.5 ft Restaurant

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Event Space

+ 71.5 ft L e vel 6

+ 57.0 ft L e vel 5 Thin Storage The Highline

+ 43.0 ft L e vel 4

+ 29.5 ft L e vel 3

+ 17.0 ft L e vel 2

Outdoor Courtyard

+ 0 ft L e vel 1

SECTION A-A 1’ = 1/8”

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04 Catacombs of New York |

The metropolitan library of the past, present, and future Professor: Joseph Godlewski Year: Spring 2016 The main objective of this project was to design a new library for New York City while integrating WeWork office spaces.

Found in Jeffery T. Schnapp and Matthew Battles book, The Library Beyond the Book, Schnapp and Battles state that the library acts as a mausoleum in the way that one can access the past or the voices of the past through books. Thus, the library is the physical and metaphorical cemetery in which the past lives on through published and archived works. Using this concept, this project is organized around the inhabitation of the sub-layers of the city, specifically the subterranean and catacomb-like layers of the metropolitan cemetery. WeWork office zones bore through bookstack ‘mass’ to create tunnels and pockets of space that emulate subterranean life above ground. The programmatic locations of the bookstacks are kept relatively dark and closed in to emulate the atmospheric feeling of being below ground.

Programs used: Rhinoceros 5, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-ray.

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40th Street

1 Elevator and Stair Cores 2 Bathrooms 3 WeWork Lobby / Reception Desk 4 400 Seat Auditorium 5 Library Help Desk 6 Current Periodicals 1

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5th Ave

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First Floor Plan 2’ 0’

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32’ 16’

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Sectional Perspective 2’ 0’

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05 NYC NikeLab Workshop | The 1 Reimagined Instructor: Jonathan Jackson Year: Fall 2018 Last year, Nike floated an idea to 14 of the company’s female designers: create a women’s footwear collection that includes 10 re-designs of the Air Jordan I and Air Force 1. These designers, who work across all categories, from Sportswear to Basketball, grew up and studied around the world before coming to Nike. They convened at Blue Ribbon Studios in Beaverton to meet one another and brainstorm the collection, now called 1 Reimagined.

The objective of this 12-hour workshop was to design a new retail buildout for the NYC NikeLab store to showcase the 1 Reimagined collection. The space was required to have an impressive retail experience showcasing five footwear displays the first month, and five the next month.

Programs used: Rhinoceros 5, Photoshop, Illustrator, V-ray.

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06 Plaster Workshop | The symbiotic relationship of light and space Professor: Lorenzo Guzzini Partner: Ross Hanson Year: Fall 2017 Lorenzo Guzzini is an Italian sculptor and architect based in Como, Italy.

During a two-day workshop, Guzzini demonstrated his working methods and process in which he designs voids within plaster models to further understand and articulate the relationship between interior space and natural light. During the two-day period, students designed void spaces of their own, exploring and testing out different ways in which natural light and interior space can be designed symbiotically. This process required students to first create their void space out of mass which became the interior mold that the plaster was poured around.

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07 Other Works |

Art for art’s sake

To conclude this portfolio, a few non-academic pieces are showcased. Within the next few pages you will see acrylic and oil paintings, hand sketches, graphite drawings, and computer generated graphic compositions.

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