Portfolio | 2015

cameron marshall select works

Kansas State University Master of Architecture 2015

llahsram@k-state.edu 713.292.4413

PORTFOLIO

TIMBER IN THE CITY

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KANSAS CITY THEATER

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ABIQUIU COURTYARD

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CURTAIN WALL

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MISCELLANEOUS

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TIMBER IN THE CITY DESIGN COMPETITION Professor Aaron Schump Spring 2013

Site: Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

TIMBER IN THE CITY

SCION An Urban Graft

scion : a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant; used in the process of grafting in order to propagate

SCION represents innovation to the approach of urban architecture. Constructed primarily of engineered lumber, the building acts to graft the organic tissue embedding itself within the synthetic sinews of Brooklyn, New York.

The project is a mixed use facility housing commercial, manufacturing, and residential components.

The primary objective of the proposal is to introduce sustainable construction methods to the mixed use building type.

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Timber in the City Design Competition

Professor Aaron Schump, Spring 2013

Overlapping Street Grids

Introducing Urban Fabric

Building geometry is inherited from surrounding blocks. The site exists at the junction of two conflicting grid systems. By pulling geometry from neighboring blocks to the east the building fills the site and acts to link the two opposing grids.

While the building acts as a graft of the natural world in a man made environment, SCION also acts at an urban level to absorb the living tissue of daily street life. A park pulls pedestrian traffic up and within the architecture.

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Extruding Volume

Splitting Geometry

Program dictated volumes are extruded from the site’s planometric geometry. A residential block is lifted above a two story volume of commercial and manufacturing use. A bicycle shop fronts Ostego Street and caps the eastern most extents of the site.

An elevated park acts to bridge ground level and the residential volume.

A park, consistent with those of the area, acts as an offshoot of the street drawing in pedestrian traffic while dividing the site into distinct separate geometries. The overlaid grid system warps to meet the northernmost corner of the site.

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Timber in the City Design Competition

Professor Aaron Schump, Spring 2013

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Innovating Timber Construction

Sun, Wind, and Light

The building consists of three structural elements. A grid of engineered wood columns spanned by a large wooden space frame scatter across the lowest three levels providing large open spaces and clear sight lines in the wood manufacturing facility. A cross laminated timber tower provides cubby space for residential apartments.

Southern glazing is exposed to both summer and winter sun. The low winter sun penetrates the facade and helps to heat the building. Cool winds blowing across Upper New York Bay pass through operable windows and cool the building in the overheated season. Northern light illuminates north facing apartments and wood manufacturing facilities on the lowest two levels.

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Section Perspective

Timber in the City Design Competition

Professor Aaron Schump, Spring 2013

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KANSAS CITY CIVIC THEATER Professor Nathan Howe Fall 2013

Site: Kansas City, MO

KANSAS CITY THEATER

view southwest from the intersection of 17th and Main

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Kansas City Theater Site: 17th Street and Main Street, Kansas City, MO Constructed in the Crossroads District of Kansas City, the theater consists a 500 seat Theater, a Black Box for experimental performance, and Studio space for rehearsal.

The building presents itself as cultural monolith embedded in the artistic heart of Kansas City.

Operating as a lung of artistic expression the Black Box opens to the public. Large operable walls allow for the physical inhalation of Kansas City culture. The Box, when closed, shuts out the city for introspective and private performances; and when open, acts as a stage for public exhibition. On the fourth floor, the main stage of the theater acts to vent the theatrical experience. The main stage is backed by a large picture window capturing the Kansas City skyline to the north. The window provides playwright’s with the opportunity to include the City itself in the performance. The theater breathes dramatic performance.

Kansas City Theater

Professor Nathan Howe, Fall 2013

Kansas City Star

Crossroads District

Project Site

Kauffman Center

N Sprint Center

Power & Light District

Bartle Hall Convention Center

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Cultural Respiration

Program

Consumption of Kansas City’s art culture activates the building at the alley. The city’s art scene is allowed to occupy and impregnate the experimental Black Box in a symbiotic relationship of artistic expression.

Exhalation of the dramatic performance engrains a sense of Place in operation of the Theater; the city and skyline act as character and backdrop.

A double height lobby occupies the most public facade at the intersection of 17th and Main.

The Black Box floats within the lobby space expressing the conceptual heart of the building’s program. Rehearsal Studios rest between the main Theater and the Black box allowing for distillation of ideas refinement of their expression. The Theater sits at the top level of the building, projecting itself outward and upon the city.

Kansas City Theater

Professor Nathan Howe, Fall 2013

section pespective: E/W

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elevations:

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Kansas City Theater

Professor Nathan Howe, Fall 2013

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Control Booth

Mechanical

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Janitor's Closet

Reception

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Support Office

Support Office

Scenery Shop

Outdoor Extension

Lobby

Black Box

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Director's Office

Bar

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Director's Office

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Janitor's Closet Open to below

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Women's Changing

Open to below

Backstage Storage Men's Changing

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Gallery/ Lobby

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Kansas City Theater

Professor Nathan Howe, Fall 2013

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ABIQUIU COURTYARD PAVILION Professor Gary Coates Fall 2012

Site: Abiquiu, NM

COURTYARD PAVILION

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A unique opportunity in my educational career, the courtyard project for the

Abiquiu Inn of Abiquiu, New Mexico was

a studio design competition for a local client. The best proposals received

scholarships, and the winning scheme is to be constructed in the coming years.

The task was to create an outdoor

pavilion and courtyard garden to host a range of year round activities. The courtyard provides bioclimatically tempered spaces to house variable

program ranging from artisan workshops to destination weddings. This winning

proposal includes a master plan for

the Inn, projecting placement of future casitas, additional parking, and

completing the current road system.

My partner and I designed within the constraints of the Pueblo Revival style, vernacular to northern New

Mexico. The project is constructed

from locally sourced adobe brick and regionally harvested woods. It is

oriented for optimal solar gains and

thermally massive to mitigate heat loss in the under-heated season.

Abiquiu Pavilion Design Competition

Professor Gary Coates, Fall 2012

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Abiquiu Pavilion Design Competition

Professor Gary Coates, Fall 2012

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Abiquiu Pavilion Design Competition

Professor Gary Coates, Fall 2012

Section A

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Section B

View from North-East

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View North from within back patio

Abiquiu Pavilion Design Competition

Professor Gary Coates, Fall 2012

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REDESIGNING THE CURTAIN WALL

Professor Michael Gibson Fall 2014

CURTAIN WALL

The Curtain Wall RESEARCH THESIS : IN PROGRESS Designed in collaboration with Nathan Niewald & Kevin Perks

THE ‘PLUGGABLE’ MULLION Designed in response to heat flow between insulated glazing units, we propose a kit of parts system capable of reacting to a building’s specific climatic conditions, facade orientations, and aesthetic sensibilities.

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This ‘kit of parts’ approach unifies performative control of a number of otherwise peripheral systems in a singular assembly.

Our design intention is to enhance total building performance while simultaneously reducing spending on accessory systems of environmental and aesthetic control

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Curtain Wall Design Studio

Professor Michael Gibson, Fall 2014

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Curtain Wall Design Studio

Professor Michael Gibson, Fall 2014

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Design began with a series of sketches examining curtain wall response to variable facade orientation and climate.

A series of tests were run in Radiance to examine light performance of numerous assemblies.

Quick renderings examine the aesthetics of climatic design response.

Curtain Wall Design Studio

Professor Michael Gibson, Fall 2014

Reference: Manko 250i u-value: 0.1354

Proposed: U-Factor 0.1147

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Curtain Wall Design Studio

Professor Michael Gibson, Fall 2014

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Miscellaneous /Seminar Work /Current Work

MISCELLANEOUS

DEILINEATING TIME & SPACE Professor: Aaron Schump, Fall 2014

Mapping Mount Evans, Colorado The process of mapping reveals the character of site. Relationships are uncovered and identity realized.

The site, on the eastern shore of Summit Lake, sits in the shadow of Mt. Evans, a 14,271 behemouth in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is defined by the laceration of State Highway 103 which runs to its peak. The mountain exists as a locus of “mountaineering� accessible by car.

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DEILINEATING TIME & SPACE Professor: Aaron Schump, Fall 2014

Delineating Time & Space An Architecture of place was developed.

My proposal took the form of a advertisement for a dystopian drive-through.

“Mt-Evans-Drive-Thru-Megaplex® An escape from the noise of city life!

Dine within the comfort of your own vehicle!

Enjoy the majesty of the beautiful Rocky Mountians!

What a view!”

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in progress DES MOINES BRANCH LIBRARY

Professor: Michael Gibson, Spring 2015

Design Thesis: Connectivity

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Dog Park

Offstreet Parking

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“Children’s Forest”

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Playground,Shelter,Restroom

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Disc Golf Course

Lilac Arboretum

Mountain Bike Trails

Site: Ewing Park, Des Moines, IA

THESIS The modern Library should act as a hub of connectivity, providing its constituents with access to information and conversation at all levels. From active and engaging collaboration with peers to passive examination of the mementos of our forefathers, the Library connects its users to the thoughts and imaginations of mankind. It should actively connect beyond local community and immediate environment to stories, ideas, and discussions at a global level; from the significant (and not so significant) voices of our past to those of our future; from the physical explorations of our hands and body to the immaterial concepts that only exist in the human psyche.

The Library is the meeting point of play and study. As a public amenity its ability to facilitate use hinges on its capacity to connect with community and cultivate a relationship with its users. As such, it requires the freedom to engage with its constituents in a dialogue of values. Its physical manifestation should thereby resemble its capricious and ever-changing nature in its freedom to adapt and respond to societies wandering needs. Its evolution should reflect the dynamic and varied values of a modern connected culture. Its future requires an adept and multifaceted program with the dexterity to meet the needs of modern library patron.

I propose a migration away from the traditional stacked Library of classically bound volumes toward a digital library of virtual text accompanied by an on demand delivery service of physically bound text.

Central storage of, and online access to, the entirety Des Moines’ literary collection coupled with improvements to the efficiency and scale of the already in place daily book delivery system will free the Branch Library from the physical [square footage] demands of an up to date on hand collection. Freedom in turn will support adaptive program directed at enhancing usership through alternative means.

In the Age of the Internet with immeasurable information accessible at the click of the mouse the Branch Library can no longer afford to house a collection of bound text extensive enough to satiate all interest. Turning to the connectivity, accessibility, speed, and infinite capacity of the Internet is not only inevitable but essential to the survival of the Library as an institution.

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PHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS The built environment of the New Library as a champion of connectivity is rooted in the porosity of its material form. Its inherent yearning for connection places it – ideally – in harmony with the organic and unmolested abandon of nature. An intrinsically constructed object, the Library acts as a connection piece between the abstract and intangible intellect of man and the physical world. Its existence is the manifestation of our bodily form, connecting ethereal thought with its organic root. Echoing its innate nature as a facilitator of dialogue and exploration the Library must meet its user with a permeable and highly transparent threshold. Uninterrupted sight lines through the first level activate the building, engage site, and promote occupancy. Accessibility and openness to its surroundings immerses the user in a playful conversation with place, blurring the lines between the man-man and natural environment.

Elevated lightly above the porous public façade of the first level lives the introspective program of study and support.

The second level exists in concert with the forest canopy; diaphanous, and withdrawn.

A metaphorical connection piece between the physical and the cerebral. Its program is quiet and introverted. A physical space for thought. Distant from its immediate surroundings through elevation, the second

level is home to the few physical books on hand.

Through its connection to the digital world, the Library hosts the intake, discussion, and exploration of ideas. With facilities to support expression, the building promotes conversation and pushes both learning and recreation beyond the book. The user actively engages in both consumption and conception of ideas. Multiuse spaces give occupants opportunity to explore anything from the creation of physical craft to discussion with digital peers. Tactile technology engages occupants of any age in the interactive digital world. Capable of receiving and interpreting input, the digital screen is a canvas of creativity. Visual connection with site encourages the stagnant user to explore the physical landscape of the park.

The Library actively advocates exploration in both the physcal and immaterial world.

The facility becomes more than a home for textual knowledge; it provides opportunity for exploring the extent of human enterprise, stressing not only the value of literature and textual knowledge, but the value of creativity and play. Its freedom to respond to evolving methods of communication promotes active user engagement and facilitates exploration. It becomes a place where play and study exist in unison.

cameron marshall llahsram@k-state.edu 713.292.4413