Sustainable minded design focusing on creating healthy environments for living and
Structurally Sound Design Focusing on the Economy of means by appropriately detailing
Diagramatical analysis of existing conditions present in the mico and Macro Environment of
Brian Sawyer | B.S. Architecture | Texas Tech University | College of Architecture
Collaboration Among Peers and Interdisciplinary peer by Reaching out to other Design Professionals
Portfolio Architectural Design
Seeing new and evolving solutions for solving the problems of society manifested in the
Site Evaluation That focuses on working with the conditions present in a harmonious and green way
Brian
Sawyer 9806 Sage Lee Dr. Houston, Tx 77089 E-mail: brian.sawyer@ttu.edu Telephone: 713.584.7909
Education | Degrees Degree Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 08/2007-12/2010 Bachelor of Science - Architecture | Cum Laude
Current Education Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 01/2011-Present Graduate School | Masters of Architecture Candidate. Propective Graduation Date: December 15, 2012 Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 01/2011-Present Graduate School | Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Candidate. Propective Graduation Date: December 14, 2012
Employment | Research Texas Tech University | Rawls College of Business Admininstration | Lubbock TX | 02/2012-Present Public Relations Graphic Design Assistant Duties: Create Event Advertisements; Develope Marketing Strategies for College Initiatives; Coordinate Alumni Relations Communications. Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 05/01/2012-07/26/2012 Research Study Abroad - Paris, France: Urban Context Exploration Objectives Achieved: Study form and function of Paresian Urban context; Study, Document, Diagram Classical Barroque Architecture and planning principals; Propose new interjection into city framework. Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 08/2010-Present Teaching Assistant - Environmental Site Design Duties: Lead Study Sessions, Field Student Inquiries, Manage Grade Book Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 01/2011-Present Student Assistant - John White | Historical Preservation Duties: Convert hard copy records into digital format, Prepare Exhibit of Historic American Building Survey (HABS) Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 01/2010-06/2010 Research Assistant - Urban Tech Duties: Prepare comprehensive plan for the development of a Mixed-Use community in North Lubbock PhiloWilke Partnership | Healthcare Architecture Firm | Houston TX | 05/2009-8/2009 Position - Intern Duties: Computer Drafting, Revit Modeling, Sketch Up modeling, project puch-lists Texas Tech University | College of Architecture | Lubbock TX | 08/2008-12/2009 Teaching Assistant - Design, Environment, and Society Duties: Grade, Tutor Students, Field Student Inquiries
Skills Digital Autodesk-Revit+AutoCAD; ArchiCAD+MEP Modeler; FormZ; 3DS max; D-Profiler; EcoTech; SketchUP; Adobe-Illustrator+InDesign+Photoshop; Mirosoft Office
Analog Hand Modeling; Wood Work; Foam Modeling; Drafting
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Portfolio
Table of Contents
Grad
Collaboration Studio Page
Grad
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Comprehensive Studio Page
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Grad
Topical Studio
Green
Sustainable Studio
BIM
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11th Floor
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10th Floor
12th Floor
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Roof
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Colum
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Steel C
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Building Information Modeling
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9th Floor
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Exterio 8th Floor
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Colum 6th Floor
Slab w Deckin
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Concept Diagrams
Corner Perspective
Preliminary Sketches Image By: Brian Sawyer
Credentials
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cOLLABORATION Collaboration
Comprehensive
Urban Revitalizing Mixed-Use Complex Project Summary A collaborative design studio focused on combining the three design disciplines: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. The premise of the studio was to take a project from Concept to Construction Documents incorporating the needs of each discipline, and uniting the ideals of the group members. The Project site is located in Dallas, just off of Turtle Creek Park, and the concept idea was to create a tranquil and organic atmosphere to promote a healthy living environment by reflecting the existing geometries of the surrounding region as well as the more free flowing patterns occurring in nature.
Preliminary Design
Group Members: Brian Sawyer
Architect
James Coffee Landscape Architect Tanner Hensel Landscape Architect Jaclyn Perez Allison Yank
Interior Designer Interior Designer
**All images shown were influenced by my design decisions. Images are labeled according to the creator.
Project Data
dRAWINGS AND diagrams ON THIS PAGE PRODUCED BY Brian sawyer
Topical
Green Design
Software: Revit Autodesk AutoCAD Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign
BIM
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Site Design Corner of Carlisle & Cedar Springs Site Summary The Site consists of a sharp grade change moving from Southwest to Northeast, as well as a drop in grade from the site to Cedar Springs. To accommodate this change in grade, the Landscape Architects and myself collaborated to design a split in the building which creates a through axis connecting the street corner and Katy Trail, as well as allowing for a drop in elevation to front retail closer to the street level.
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Loft Units
Condominium Lobby
Image By: Tanner Hensel
The images below were Designed corroboratively by Brian Sawyer and Tanner Hensel Images PRODUCED BY Tanner Hensel
Image By: Brian Sawyer
Crosswalk
Image By: Brian Sawyer
Roof Garden 1
Roof Garden 2 Image By: Brian Sawyer
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cOLLABORATION Collaboration
Image By: Brian Sawyer
Comprehensive
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Ground Floor Plan
Interior Renderings
Image By: Jaclyn Perez
Image By: Jaclyn Perez
Topical
Green Design
Image By: Jaclyn Perez
Image By: Allison Yank
Exterior Renderings
BIM
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Atheneum Visitors Center Project Summary The Dallas Atheneum, as inspired by the Richard Meiers Atheneum, is a mixed use public building project in the urban environment of The Dallas Arts District. The facility consists of a Visitors Center, Library, Cafe, Facilities offices, offices for the Dallas AIA Headquarters, Seminar Rooms, an Auditorium, and multiple Gallery display spaces. The project serves as a unique opportunity to create a new foci of public interest in the Dallas Arts District that is located at the planned entrance for “The Park� public parks project.
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Project Data Software: Revit Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Material: Ink Wood Plexiglas Credentials
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Collaboration
Comprehensive cOMPREHENSIVE
Preliminary Sketches
Gallery
Interior Renderings
Office Space
Aerial of Gallery & Library
Design Exploration X-Ray Rendering
Topical
Green Design
BIM
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Auditorium
Computer Lab
Library Storage Librarian Office
Library Fire Stair Storage/Janitorial
Fire Stair Storage/Janitorial Fire Stair
Storage/Janitorial
AV Room Elevator Lobby
Mechanical
Open to Level Below Mechanical
Elevator Lobby
Elevator Lobby
Mechanical
Open to Level Below
Men’s R.R.
Men’s R.R. Gallery 2
Men’s R.R.
Women’s R.R.
Women’s R.R.
Women’s R.R.
Fire Stair
Fire Stair
Open to Level Below
Fire Stair Open to Level Below
Facilities office
Open to Level Below AIA Reference Center AIA Office
Conference Room
Courtyard Entrance Lobby
Kitchenette Men’s R.R. Print lab
Storage
Women’s R.R. Open to Level Below
Fire Stair Seminar Room 1 Seminar Lobby Gallery 1
Seminar Room 2 Seminar Storage
Building Floor Plan
Assemblage
Physical Model
Building Sections
Credentials
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Collaboration
Comprehensive cOMPREHENSIVE
Parti
Neighboring Geometries
Grid Manipulations
Derivation
The Process is a form giver as a way to establish a basis for design. For this project a derivation of angles was arrived at through tangent angles and arc relations between the neighboring site conditions. Topical
Green Design
BIM
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Analysis
1. Metal Coping at para pet cap 2. Exterior Sheathing 3. Rigid fire retardant roof insulation 4. 3� Concrete on 14g metal deck 5. Batt Insulation 6. Double paned insulated glass 7. Gypsum wall board 8. Air barrier 9. Finished floor 10. W13x34 steel beam 11. Polystyrene insulation 12. Suspended acoustic tile ceiling 13. Reinforced concrete slab 14. Steel reinforcing 15. Steel reinforced pilaster 16. Steel anchor rods 17. Concrete Masonry Unit with thermal moisture barrier 18. Reinforcing Mesh 19. Concrete facing 20. Aluminum fixed window head. 21. Sealant and backer rod 22. Stucco facing
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Winter
Collaboration
Comprehensive cOMPREHENSIVE
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Cafe Patio: 43’ 0”
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Sun Studies
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Cafe: 33’ 0”
Level 2: 17’ 5”
Level 1: 3’ 0” Ground Level: 0’ 0” 4
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patio: 43’0”
cafe: 33’0”
2nd floor: 17’5”
1st floor: 3’0” ground: 0’0”
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courtyard: -14’0”
patio: 43’0”
cafe: 33’0”
2nd floor: 17’5”
1st floor: 3’0” ground: 0’0”
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courtyard: -14’0”
Cafe Patio: 43’ 0” 4
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patio: 43’0”
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Elevations
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Exterior Renderings
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Cafe Patio: 43’ 0”
Cafe: 33’ 0”
Level 2: 17’ 5”
Level 1: 3’ 0” Ground Level: 0’ 0”
Courtyard: - 14’ 0” 5
Topical
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Green Design
BIM
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Interior Rendering
Preliminary Sketches
5’
50’
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50’
East
Building Elevations
Credentials
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Collaboration
South Comprehensive
dESIGN FOR pLACE
Mixed use: Community/Theatre/ Restaraunt Project Summary
Design Exploration
5’
50’
With a focus on vernacular design, the Lubbock Lakeside Community Theatre is designed to respond to the environment and geography of the canyon landscape in West Texas. The entrance on the North Facade is level with the top of the ridge and can be accessed from the on grade parking. Once inside the complex, the patron is processed around the vertical circulation core of the lobby to reveal the expansive, multi-level grand lobby. The Theatre is accessed from both the entry level and the lower lobby. The facility offices are accessed from the entry level, and the restaurant is located on the second floor, allowing the restaurant patio to take advantage of a large rooftop patio of the lower lobby.
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Project Data
5’
Topical
Green Design
50’
Software: Revit Autodesk AutoCAD Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign
West BIM
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Structure Wall Section and 01 02
03 04
Storage 177 SF
Rehursal
UP
655 SF UP
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Details
Ctrl. Room
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102 SF
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UP
Office
Mech 2
163 SF
239 SF
Star Dressing 120 SF
Dressing/Showers
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192 SF
Star Dressing 134 SF
10 Dressing/Showers
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181 SF
Wood Shop 636 SF
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Misc Staging & Egress Space 2246 SF
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Stage 4334 SF
Costume/ Prop 508 SF UP
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Pully for Flyers 194 SF DN
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Restaurant
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Lobby
2 1.5 Stage Storage
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Stage | Loading
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Collaboration
Comprehensive
DN
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Mechanical
Facilities Storage
403 SF
458 SF
Ticket Booth 224 SF
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Mens RR 237 SF
UP DN
Womens RR
DN
262 SF DN
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Admin/Office
Mens RR
1767 SF
248 SF
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Confrence Room
Mech 4
UP
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239 SF
Executive Office
181 SF
182 SF
UP
Womens RR 249 SF DN DN DN
W RR 212 SF
Light
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163 SF
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Lobby 5996 SF
Control
M RR
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203 SF
102 SF
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Storage 58 SF
Sound
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Lounge 692 SF
178 SF UP
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Floor Plans Site Plan
HVAC and Structure
Systems
Section Cut Renderings Topical
Green Design
BIM
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Exterior Rendering
Sustainability
studio VI : spring 2010
Interior Rendering Credentials
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Collaboration
Comprehensive
Urban Sustainable Design
Sustainable Features Situated to take advantage of natural breezes Storm water Retention Low E glazing Natural Lighting Local Materials
Project Summary This project is located in a site in San Francisco’s Haye’s Valley neighborhood. The neighborhood was once divided by a freeway that split the area into a class divided sections. The freeway was taken down by the city and a park was put in its place. The project site is located on this park. The objective of this studio was to design an apartment complex that fronts the park and will benefit the community.
Project Data Software: Revit Architecture Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Topical
Green Design
BIM
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1” Plywood Decking 1” Plywood substrate
6 3/4” x 12” Glue-Laminated Wood Beam
6 3/4” x 1’-4” GlueLaminated Wood Beam
Curtain Wall
2” x 6” Wood Floor Joist
1/2” Gypsum Drop Ceiling
Structure Octavia Street
Hayes Street
120’
Bedroom
Apartment 2
Apartment 1
Bedroom
Apartment 3
120’
Apartment 7 Apartment 4
Bedroom
Bedroom
Apartment 5 Apartment 8 Apartment 6
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
Apartment 9
Bedroom
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Collaboration
Comprehensive
North
Structure Diagram
West
South
Floor Plan
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Elevations
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Linden
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Octavia
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Fell St.
Hickory
Topical
Green Design
St.
St. Franklin
Ivy St.
Hayes Valley San Francisco, CA
Site Location
BIM Oak St.
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Exterior Rendering
Structural Section
Credentials
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Collaboration
Comprehensive
BIM Sustainable Design
10" 5"
11'-0" 10"
11th Floor
12th Floor
11'-0" 10"
10"
Roof
Column: W12x12
10"
10th Floor
Steel C-Joist: 9th Floor
11'-0" 10"
A collaborative design class focused on sustainable, BIM solutions to design problems. This class covered building systems and site integration to create an office complex in Downtown Lubbock, TX, using ArchiCAD as the primary design program. The studio process consisted of running energy analysis on massing models to find the most sustainable option, then designing the core, as well as the structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
11'-0"
11'-0"
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Project Summary
9'-0"
Exterior Glazing 8th Floor
11'-0"
10"
Steel W-Flange Beam:
7th Floor
11'-0"
10"
Column: W14x14 6th Floor Slab with Structural Decking
11'-0"
10"
5th Floor
11'-0"
10"
Group Members: Rene Hoelker Claryssa Rodriguez Brian Sawyer
4th Floor
11'-0"
**All images shown were completed by me entirely.
3rd Floor 10" 11'-0"
Parking Garage
2nd Floor 1'-0" 10"
14'-0"
1st Floor 1'-0"
Column: W10x10
4' - 0"
bim: fall 2010
Typ
Slab - Structural Corrugated Steel Decking and Site Cast Concrete (Typ.)
W 8x15 Steel Girder
Typical
0' - 10"
System Analysis
Drop Ceiling Hangers
2x2 Acoustic Drop Ceiling Tiles
HVAC System -
Variable Air Volume
(8’ - 0� on All Other Floors)
11' - 0" (1st floor only)
See Building Section Cut
W 15x30 Steel I Beam
1st Floor
Store Front Windows -
Aluminum type w/Low E Coating: U=.24
W 12x30 steel Column
Slab
Basement
Topical
Green Design
Project Data Software: ArchiCAD ArchiCAD-MEP D-Profiler EcoTech Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop
BIM bim
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Brian Sawyer B.S. Architecture 9806 Sage Lee Dr. Houston, Tx 77089
E-mail: brian.sawyer10@gmail.com Telephone: 713.584.7909