Selected Works
Carley Leckie M.Arch | May 2021 University of Michigan Taubman College
Me
Carley Leckie is a Master of Architecture candidate at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. During her academic career, she has focused on sustainability, resilience, equity, and the intersections of architecture and landscape architecture. She is looking for a full time position and aspires to become licensed and earn LEED credentials in the near future. She is excited to join a collaborative firm focused on socially responsible designs that enhance our spatial experience of the built environment. Thank you! email | cleckie@umich.edu website | carleyleckie.com
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Social Canopy 18-25
Influencer Co-Work 26-33
Indigenous Cultural Center 34-45
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Carley Leckie Education 2019 - 2021
University of Michigan Taubman College
2015 - 2019
University of Virginia School of Architecture
FALL 2017
Ann Arbor, Michigan Master of Architecture Candidate, 2021 GPA: 3.87
Charlottesville, Virginia Bachelor of Science, Architecture, 2019 Bachelor of Architectural History, 2019 GPA: 3.9
University of Virginia in Venice School of Architecture Venice, Italy | Semester Abroad
Professional MAY 2017 - JAN 2021
Hopke & Associates, Inc.
MAY 2016 - JAN 2017
SMS Architects
Teaching
Architecture Intern | Williamsburg, VA Contributed to all phases of design process for commercial and residential projects of varying scales. Provided support in schematic design, construction documents, 3D modeling, and interior finish selections. Architecture Intern | Richmond, VA Produced construction documents and renderings of single family residential projects. Conducted photoshoots of finished projects and used web design skills to create a new website for the firm.
JAN 2019 - MAY 2019
ARCH 3403 World Contemporary Architecture
JAN 2019 - MAY 2019
ARCH 5760 Drawing for Design
Teaching Assistant | Shiqiao Li Led a discussion section of 20 undergraduate students that explored the ways in which architecture is changed by a shifting field of forces such as digital media, global finance, developments in materials science, environmental awareness, and geo-political strategies. Teaching Assistant | Charlotte Black Assisted in teaching the fundamentals of drawing with a focus on the human figure. Instructed 15 undergraduate and graduate students, addressing line, tone, volume, space, scale, and expression with an emphasis on the process of drawing in design.
Skills AutoCAD Sketchup Revit
Photoshop lllustrator InDesign
Rhino After Effects V-Ray
Grasshopper Hand Drawing Microsoft Office
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carleyleckie.com cleckie@umich.edu (804) 357-8294
Honors and Awards MAY 2020
Selected Works, University of Michigan
AUG 2019
Marion S. Parker Memorial Scholarship
MAY 2019
Frederick Doveton Nichols Award
MAY 2019
Selected Works, University of Virginia
DEC 2017
Influencer Co-Work | Winter 2020 Proposition Studio University of Michigan, Taubman College
University of Virginia, School of Architecture Wildlife Xing: A Migration Along the Appalachian Trail | Studio Thesis
Lecturer, Lessons from Venice
Tadao Ando’s Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi | Venice, Italy
SEP 2015 - MAY 2019
Blue Ridge Scholarship
University of Virginia | First Generation Student
Publications DEC 2018
“A History of Conservation Biology and Urban Infrastructure in the United States” Architectural History Thesis | University of Virginia | Shiqiao Li
DEC 2018
“Oyate Wowicohan Unspeiciciyapi Tipi: Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Cultural Center” ARCH 4010 | University of Virginia | Co-Author | Phoebe Crisman
MAY 2018
“Marble: A Survey of Precedent”
LAR 5590 Faculty Research Seminar | University of Virginia | Zaneta Hong
Involvement 2017 - 2019
Michael Owen Jones Memorial Lectureship
2015 - 2019
American Institute of Architecture Students
2015 - 2019
Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
Lecture Coordinator | University of Virginia University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Interests Implementation of conservation biology ethics in sustainable architecture Passive and carbon neutral design Design research methods
Social Canopy Multifamily Housing, Detroit, MI
University of Michigan Instructors: Claudia Wigger, Craig Borum Fall 2020 // 14 Weeks Collaborator: Jacquelyn Hecker, Peter Recht This proposal considers the ways in which environmental design can respond to social inequality in the built environment. In many North American cities today, the legacy of redlining is laid bare in how different parts of cities lack appropriate water infrastructure and green space. This project is driven by thinking about the role of architecture in reducing urban heat island effect in the Island View neighborhood of Detroit. The site is adjacent to Belle Isle’s MacArthur Bridge, which is the link between the mainland and one of Detroit’s most popular recreation areas. Strategies like massing, implementation of courtyards, attention to solar orientation and daylighting, and passive wall design are used to mitigate undue environmental burdens on the site. Form and landscape strategies were designed around the idea of increasing tree canopy in a large courtyard space. A northern and southern building pinch at the center, forming two connected but smaller, more intimate courtyards. This public space is accessible to all, with the main entrance point on the corner of E Congress Street and East Grande Boulevard. This project’s main priorities were environmental systems and strategies to address urban heat island effect and tree cover scarcity in relation to redlining. Environmental considerations are addressed in the landscape through tree planting and the reduction of impervious surfaces. The two buildings are also designed through an environmental lens by considering solar gain and orientation, daylighting in units, CLT structure, ample insulation, and an exterior circulation system that allows plants to grow vertically.
Project Statistics Total Gross Floor Area
118,367 sf
Site Area
85,540 sf
FAR Number of Floors
1.38
Southern Building : 3 Northern Building : 5
Building Height
60’-0”
Dwelling Unit Count
88 units
Total Net Leasable Area
95,122 sf
Efficiency Rate
80%
Unit Access Typology
single loaded exterior
Number of Elevatiors
2
Construction Type
Type IV
Structural Frame Parking Concept
CLT underground
Percentage of Pervious Site Area Quality Classification from NBCM Base Per SF Cost for Average Unit Area Estimated Building Cost
55% Class 2 $110 $26,570,400
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Site Strategy and Massing To respond to the context of the surrounding buildings, the southern building is at a lower elevation height than the northern building - reaching two and three stories, while the northern building is five stories at its tallest. This allows for sunlight to reach into the courtyard and to the southern facade of the northern building. Both buildings are oriented to the south, and they pinch at the center to shape two connected courtyard spaces. The landscape strategy of
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the courtyard is to use a series of elevated and slanted planting areas for human occupation and to mimic the undulating form of the buildings’ roofscape. These faceted landscape elements shape the impervious walkways and gathering spaces, and some are fit with built-in seating. The exterior circulation system is accessible from the street or the courtyard. A series of exterior stairs are placed along the circulation corridor, as well as a circulation core with a fire-rated stair and elevator in each building
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Ground Floor Plan
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Units and Social Agenda There are three typical unit types - one bedroom units, two bedroom units, and three bedroom units. The one bedroom unit fits a singular structural bay. The two and three bedroom units are interlocking, two story units with living and kitchen at the entry floors. Corner units have alternative layouts to fit the form of the massing. The typical units’ southern sides are programmed for living and kitchen areas with larger windows. The long and narrow form of both buildings allow for the units to span the entire building depth, creating views through from the entry. All units are accessed via the exterior circulation corridor and have their own entry alcove that serves as a porch for socializing.
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3 Bedroom Corner // 1360 sq ft
2 Bedroom Corner // 1050 sq ft
1 Bedroom Corner // 615 sq ft
2 Bedroom // 1200 sq ft
1 Bedroom Corner // 615 sq ft
3 Bedroom // 1340 sq ft
1 Bedroom // 615 sq ft
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Facade Assembly
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Renewables Photovoltaics
Warm Water Electrical Resistance Heating
Energy Distribution Radiant Floor Heating
Energy Distribution Mechanical Ventilation with Energy Recovery Unit
Energy Conversion Geothermal Heat Pump
Active Energy Concept Active Systems Diagram
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Northern Facade
Southern Facade Northern Building Elevations
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Southern Facade Southern Building Elevations
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Influencer Co-Work Interior Fit Out, Chicago, IL
University of Michigan Instructors: Jacob Comerci, Mick McConnel Winter 2020 // 7 Weeks Collaborator: Grant Parker With the rapid growth of social media, influencing has become a primary career for young people. Lifestyle and wellness companies are partnering with micro-influencers to leverage a large consumer base on social media. An analysis of Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand, Goop, formed the basis of this lifestyle brand constituency. Recently, microinfluencers have begun forming content creator collectives. This proposal follows the co-working structure of creator collectives to facilitate collaboration, online growth, and comradery for influencers. This Influencer Co-Work proposes a co-working business venture for micro-influencers that promotes marketing partnerships and provides a spatial solution for shared product testing, video editing, and reviewing the latest lifestyle trends. Clusters of these lifestyle programs form a landscape for social media marketing on the nineteenth and twentieth floors at 625 West Adam Street in Chicago. Companies are able to partner with micro-influencers to receive exposure and micro-influencers can collectively gain a following as they build a career around content creation. This project took the form of a video to depict the designed fit out spaces as animated with activity. Blender and After Effects were used to bring the Influencer Co-Work to life.
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Fit Out Design Strategy The Influencer Co-Work is a landscape of lifestyle programs. These programmatic pieces fall into the categories of beauty, food, style, work, and wellness. These elements are grouped into clusters that are organized onto the floor plate to form various lifestyle programmatic zones. These zones are marked by the designed objects within them as well as changes in ground materiality and even water features.
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Food Perspective
Wellness Perspective
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Style Perspective
Beauty Perspective
Indigenous Cultural Center Dakotah Cultural Immersion, Sisseton, SD
University of Virginia Instructor: Phoebe Crisman Fall 2018 // 14 Weeks Collaborative Studio Design-Build This collection of work represents the research and design process of a collaborative architecture and landscape studio. Working with the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO) tribe on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota, the studio partnered with members of the tribal community and the Language Institute at the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal college. The overall program focused on creating a cultural immersion learning center within a production landscape with a sustainable approach to material and energy resources. The radial plan derived from the spirituality of the Dakota people, who find all life to exist about a center. This project reinterprets native traditions and vernacular dwellings into a contemporary language that maintains culutral relevance while looking forward to the future possibilities of the Dakota. The site plan is defined by connections to the existing community college, language center, and a prairie nature trail to the west. While maintaining these links to the existing built environment, this project sought to create a new world of its own. The cultural center is off the grid and utilizes sustainable, local materials such as timber and rammed earth. In addition, local labor and community engagement will provide the tribal members with construction skills to be implemented in the future - giving the Dakota people the sovereignty that they strive towards.
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Tiotipi
The tiotipi is the heart of the cultural center - both in its geometry and its program. This theater is a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional earth lodge dwelling utilized by Dakota people before they were forced onto reservations. Its centrality is essential to the performances that will take place and to the spirituality of the people. The tiotipi has a central performance space with stepped seating and an outer circulation ring which acts as exhibition space and an accessible ramp for entrance to the stage.
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STEEL STANDING SEAM MTL ROOF [3/4” ROOF SHETHING BENEATH]
14” R49 CELLULOSE INSULATION
1 1/2” THICK TONGUE AND GROOVE WOOD DECKING
4” RADIANT CONCRETE SLAB
4X4 @ 4’ O.C. WINDOW FRAMING
FABRIC STAPLED TO 2X6
2X6 @ 16” O.C. [WOOD FRAMED CLERESTORY ABOVE] [5” CELLULOSE INSULATION INBETWEEN]
REINFORCED CONCRETE CAP [SITTING ON RAMMED EARTH, 2X6 FRAMING]
3/4” WALL SHEATHING [WITH VAPOR BARRIER ON INTERIOR SIDE]
18” RAMMED EARTH WALL
HEAVY TIMBER RAFTERS @ 6’ O.C. [RESTING ON CONCRETE CAPS BELOW]
EXPLODED AXO OF TYPICAL CLASSROOM 1/4” = 1’ - 0”
Classrooms
The cultural center contains three classrooms: two immersion studios and one language classroom with an archive beneath. All classrooms allow for circular gathering through the articulation of a floor or ceiling detail to be designed by the tribe. Woven interior walls allow for another opportunity for community art engagement. Each classroom is comprised of three parts: an airlock, a kitchen, and a restroom. These parts are unified by a mullion system that reads on the interior and exterior.
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Urban (Re)Wilding Species Installations, Washington D.C.
University of Michigan Instructor: Malcolm McCullough Winter 2021 // 14 Weeks Individual Work, Graduate Thesis This thesis reconsiders the relationship between architecture, humans, and all other beings through the rewilding of Washington D.C.. It responds to the hostile architecture of the city and to the re-emergence of wildlife in cities as amplified by the pandemic. It aims to facilitate and escalate the merge between urban and wild to dismantle traditional human-nature dichotomies. It proposes small scale installations that form networks of species systems in the city to serve as a visual marker of the presence and agency of nonhuman actors. In order to shift the paradigm of the public’s perception of the role of nonhumans in urban systems, urban wildlife species must be designed for with the same care and consideration as architecture for human users. A set of user species vital to the D.C. ecosystem are considered in the design of hyper-specific installations that are connected via an interspecies mobility network that engages existing human mobility infrastructure and the grid of D.C. The intent of the installations is to highlight the contrast between human perception and nonhuman experience -- inside and out. These systems are abstract and bright markers of animal agency, but to the user these spaces are experiential and shaped by instinctual habitat needs and tendencies. The proposal culminates at a large rewilding zone that occupies a site on the National Mall to the West of the Washington Monument. Rewilding an existing manicured lawn space, this zone acts as the first true wildlife sanctuary and designated space for urban wildlife in the city. Through the installations and the larger zone, the city is populated with markers of non-human agency and vibrant activity that is often overlooked. These structures act as prototypes and first steps towards building a more permanent future of interspecies mobility and co-habitation in urban environments
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~ Carley Leckie University of Michigan Taubman College