Calee Martin | 2020 Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

CALEE MARTIN UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN

UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO

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CALEE MARTIN 720.556.4711 | caleemartin75@gmail.com

EDUCATION 2017 - 2021 B.Sc | University of Nebraska - Lincoln Bachelors of Science in Design

Minor in Enviornmental Studies GPA - 3.56

WORK 2020 - Present Design Consultant for Taco Johns Denver, Colorado Designing and developing renderings for remodeled stores

2020 - Present Graphics Consultant for 6Strings LLC Denver, Colorado Worked with client to design the company logo

Creative and design consultant for all website graphics

2019 - 2021 Caretaker Denver, Colorado Caretaker of three children under the age of six Responsibilities include, educational activities and

crafts, planning meals, preparing food, and/or

feeding the children, and arranging playdates and outings.

2017 - 2019

Noodles and Company Team Member

Lincoln, Nebraska

Responsibilities include welcoming guests to the

restaurant, taking customer food orders at the cash

register, and bringing completed orders to the

appropriate table in the dining area.

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INVOLVEMENT + HONORS Fall ‘20 - Spring ‘21 Dean’s List Awarded to the top 10 percent of students in the College of Architecture, determined by GPA

2019 - 2021 American Institue of Architects for Students Social Media Director from 2019 - 2021 Responsible for managing and designing

graphics for @unl_aias and the posters for our podcast, N’Studio Podcast

2019 - 2021 US Green Building Council of Nebraska Member 2016 Children’s Hospital Volunteer Volunteer 2014-2016 YMCA Volleyball League Assistant head coach

TECHNICAL SKILLS Digital Rhino | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Photoshop |

Adobe InDesign | Basic Grasshopper | Basic Revit

Analogue Rendering | Sketching | Model Making | Laser Cutting | 3D printing

REFERENCES Brooks Speirs

Vice President of Franchise Development at Taco Johns

Ellen Donnelly

Assistant Professor of Architecture at UNL

Cruz Garcia

Assistant Professor Virginia Tech, Co-Director of WAI Think Tank, Former Hyde Chair at UNL

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Projects Neo-Domestic Living 6

Fall 2020 Laboratories of a New World

Spring 2019

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Sheldon Student Center 24

Spring 2021 Contour House 36

Spring 2020 City of Aurora: Wellness Center 48

Fall 2019

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Neo-Domestic Living

Neo-Domestic Living Redefining domestic living in a post suburban world

Ecological, sustainable, recycled, and reused. We’ve come to hear these words over and over again perhaps reluctantly, and through laze. Neo-Domestic Living doesn’t take ownership of these words but acknowledges them through the careful consideration of site, and material. Humbly allowing itself to co-exist alongside the roaring junipers and native wildlife species. This project reimagines the idea of suburbia, creating an intentional community that is centered around sustainability and community relationships. Through the subversion of standard practices, it questions the idea of what is public and what is private in a post suburban community and redefines the home as an ever-evolving exhibition that rediscovers the mundanities of life.

fall 2020, 4th year collaborative studio, In collaberation with Morgan Davis and Nash Kelly

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Neo-Domestic Living

MACRO SITE ANALYSIS

CLUSTER ONE - SITE ANALYSIS

CONSERVATION ZONE

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Neo-Domestic Living

The Site: Keya Paha County, NE .The focus for the site is to emphasize ecological sensitivity, through conservation practices and protection of wildlife and plant species. Typically zones will proliferate themselves with native vegetation creating a buffer between both the hub and houses, providing vast amounts of protection from climatic forces and a home for wildlife species.

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Neo-Domestic Living

KELLY HOUSE - SECTION

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KELLY HOUSE - PLAN

MARTIN HOUSE - SECTION

MARTIN HOUSE - PLAN

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Neo-Domestic Living

m us eums

DAVIS HOUSE - SECTION

DAVIS HOUSE - PLAN

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Neo-Domestic Living

What is Post-Suburbia?

Typically one’s home is a private space where

Insulated Roof Panel

each

family’s

individuality is only seen once

Timber Framing

invited in. In this Post-Suburban

Wool Insulation

community, are to

apertures

strategically keep

the

placed

homeowners’

privacy, but frame moments of

Plaster Mesh Wire Strawbale Mesh Wire Plaster

Concrete Floor Gravel

DETAILED WALL SECTION

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display

in

one’s

home.

Neo-Domestic Living

Neo-Domestic

Living

pulls

characteristics from suburbia now but criticizes its ideologies at the core. With detached housing and substantial open space, these homes’ placement are more intentional. Rather than rows of houses facing the same direction, clusters where the front doors all face each other’s entries suggest an

interaction

neighbors

between

fostering

more

significant community growth.

In a post suburban world, the homeowner is no longer lost in the pursuit of a perceived elegance that comes with the items one chooses to display in their home, as each residential museum has carefully carved out, curated spaces known as novelty caves that suggest moments

of

the

display.

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Laboratories of a New Wolrd

Laboratories of a New Wolrd Exploring the relationship of pure form and architectural ambition

Laboratories of a New World is a campus of spaces for artists and cultural influencers. It seeks to reconceptualize the role of the radical workshop in contemporary society, creating a collective of spaces for reclaiming avant-garde spatial and programmatic strategies in order to explore its limits, challenges, and potential. Using hardcorist ontology and an artist of our choosing, this campus block was created. Taking inspiration from the courtyard and Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artist, and activist who produced provocative and subversive sculptural installations and photographs, this project is a curated space for Weiwei and his team to continue creating while also allowing visitors to see Weiwei’s most famous installations.

spring 2019, 2nd year studio, wai think tank

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Laboratory of the New Wolrd

NATIONAL GALLERY OF GREENLAND / BIG

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SOLO HOUSE / OFFICE KGDVS

study

SOLO HOUSE / PEZO VON ELLRICH

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PLACE ROGIER CANOPY / XDGA

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TULOU HOUSING GUANGZHOU / URBANUS ARCHITECTS

RODE HOUSE / PEZO VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN

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Laboratory of the New Wolrd

SECTION AXON

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Laboratory of the New Wolrd

INVERTED AXON

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Laboratory of the New Wolrd

PERSPECTIVE FROM TERRACE

THE NEW WORLD CAMPUS

SITE PLAN

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Laboratory of the New Wolrd

The Site: T h e N e w Wo r l d C a m p u s Pulling inspiration from Weiwei, the site sits upon a campus of Labs, seeking to explore the relationships between art and architecture.

One of the artist’s most famous exhibits, Sunflower Seeds, shows thousands of oversized seeds, offering a glimpse into the relationship between an individual and society. A hardscape similar to these seeds is used as a motif to establish the relationship between the building and the campus.

Larger areas of green space add another layer to the motif by encouraging an individual to come, sit down, and enjoy the artistry around them.

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Laboratory of the New Wolrd

EAST EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

NORTH EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

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Laboratory of the New Wolrd

PERSPECTIVE FROM THE LOWER GALLERY LOOKING AT ARTISTS’ PREVIOUS WORKS

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Sheldon Student Center

Sheldon Student Center Reconnecting students to forgotten campus resources

Located on UNL’s city campus, The Sheldon Museum of Art is a treasured piece of architecture dedicated to housing works of the 19th- and 20th-century. Although the Sheldon is physically on campus, it’s far from a part of the university. So the staff wants to find a way to bridge that gap. How can the Sheldon become more of a resource for the student body?

This extension proposes a workspace that delicately weaves education, art, and community spaces together to foster a new relationship between the mundanities of an institutional museum and the student life on campus. The movement of the exterior cladding pulls the students from campus to the Sheldon, and with the connection to the neighboring Woods Art Building, education becomes even more ingrained into the Sheldon.

spring 2021, 4th year studio, In collaberation with Nicholas Rosenthal

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Sheldon Student Center

SITE CONTEXT

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Sheldon Student Center

The Site: Lincoln, NE Sitting on the lower southwest side of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, for 50 years, the Sheldon has been a beckon on campus.

Through site analysis, it was clear the service parking lot located on the north side of the Sheldon disrupts the flow of the campus. It gives the perception of a private area, not to be used or accessed by students. A few brave students used this parking lot as a shortcut, but most found a different route. This creates an unintentional void in the campus and provides an opportunity through the Sheldon Student Center to connect back to campus .

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Sheldon Student Center

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

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Sheldon Student Center

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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Sheldon Student Center

DETAILED WALL SECTION

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MEP ROOM VENTILATION

1 / ETFE SECTION DETAIL - PLAN

2 / ETFE SECTION DETIAL - SECTIO

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Sheldon Student Center

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GROUND LEVEL RCP

SECOND LEVEL RCP

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Sheldon Student Center

EGRESS

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Sheldon Student Center

CIRCULATION

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Sheldon Student Center

VIEW THROUGH MAIN CORRIDOR

VIEW ALONG EAST SIDE HIGHLIGHTING CONNECTION TO THE SHELDON

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Sheldon Student Center

VIEW FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING

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Contour House

Contour House Redefining domestic living in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit was once the fourth largest city in the United States but has suffered disproportionately in subsequent decades leading to its bankruptcy in 2014. In an effort to generate new property tax revenue the city decided to split and sell empty residential lots to their adjacent neighbors. Following the foreclosure crisis, many of these lots were lost in the Detroit tax auction creating ”unbuildable” half lots, unable to fulfill conventional methods of suburban residences, scattered around communities of Detroit. The constraints of the site set forth a formal vocabulary such that much of the architecture has been defined before one even begins designing. This project takes the challenges of zoning laws created for a full-size lot to inform its modern-day design and define a new space for domestic living while being located in a Historic District.

spring 2020, 3rd year studio, marc maxey

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Contour House

AERIAL VIEW OF THE SITE

1489 LONGFELLOW ST.

HISTORIC DISTRICTS

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Contour House

Location of Site

The Site: Detroit, MI Located in the historic Boston Edison district, design guidelines dictate stylistic differences in domestic architecture, defining future design while preserving the neighborhood’s historic character. Some of these include roof shape, eve height, window aperture, and materials used such as brick and stucco.

The challenges that presented themselves with this project was designing a home that could fit the needs of the 21st century family, all while staying within the setbacks of a 9.5’ x 122.5’ lot.

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Contour House

Roof shape: From the front, the home mimics its surrounding ones with a prominent pitch

Prevailing eave height: The neighborhood has a prevailing eave height of 22ft. To suit this guideline there is a row of bricks protruding forward an extra 4in creating a shadow, giving off the allusion of the eaves matching that prevailing height of 22ft.

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SOUTH ELEVATION

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Contour House

Inlaid gutter system: The home features an inlaid gutter system that aesthetically, protects the lines of the home, but also allows for the opportunity to collect rainwater which can be used for things like cooking or drinking, watering the lawn, and other water needs the house may need.

inlaid gutters stucco metal lath building paper insulation wood frame interior drywall

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Contour House

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Contour House

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Contour House

EAST SECTION

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Contour House

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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Contour House

VIEW FROM MAIN FLOOR, LOOKING FROM THE BACK DINING AREA TO THE FRONT LIVING ROOM

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Contour House

VIEW OF THE ATTIC OFFICE SPACE

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Wellness Center

City of Aurora: Wellness Center Application of community centered design

This wellness center is located in Aurora, Nebraska, just west of main street. More than a recreational center, the town was looking to design a wellness center that facilitated both the arts and physical sports in one building. The inspiration for this wellness center came from the community itself, pulling its form from the neighboring houses and intentionally curating moments of cross-programming amongst the artist and the athlete. This project intends to create a modern space that mimics its neighboring homes to integrate into the community seamlessly.

fall 2019, 3rd year studio, emily anderson

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

SITE PLAN

MODEL LOOKING AT THE EAST SIDE

PARCEL SITE PLAN

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

The Site: Aurora, NE The structure of the wellness center uses industrial sheds to help the city cut down on cost. The design utilizes the tall ceilings to bring in light while not being obstructed by the programs on the first floor.

Areas like the Racquetball courts and Makerspace are all enclosed to reduce sound but with glass walls, there are still moments that give the effect of cross-programming..

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

EAST ELEVATION

SOUTH SECTION

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

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1. Turf 2. Pool 3. ids Drop-off 4. Offices 5. Basketball Court 6. Racquetball 7. Workout Area

STRUCTURE DIAGRAM

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

VIEW FROM THE LOBBY LOOKING INTO THE POOL AND TURF AREA

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City of Aurora: Wellness Center

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THANK YOU CONTACT INFORMATION: PHONE; 720.556.4711 EMAIL: caleemartin75@gmail.com DESIGN INSTAGRAM: @martin.design

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