CAROLINE AMSTUTZ A r c h i t e c t u r e + D e s i g n | Wo r k S a m p l e
CAROLINE AMST U T Z
carolineamstutz@gmail.com 260 West 88th St. Apt 4 New York, NY 10024 917-733-0767
[ Education ]
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Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO — B.S. Architecture
Digital: rhinoceros photoshop illustrator inDesign maxwell & v-ray REVIT (working knowledge) autoCAD microsoft office
May 2019
Magna Cum Laude, Minor in Art at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Coursework in digital and analog design, structures, and building systems. Deans list all semesters enrolled. cumulative GPA: 3.89/4.00 | architecture studio GPA: 4.00/4.00 August 2018 - December 2018 — Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Lived and studied abroad in Florence, full studio coursework in addition to architectural history. Work selected for exhibition in Museo Novecento, Florence, to be installed in other venues in Italy.
[ Experience ] patterhn ives llc, St. Louis, MO — Emerging Professional May 2018-June 2018
Involved in ideation and documentation of schematic design phase for residential clients. Prepared thoughtful and thorough client presentations. Digitally modeled details for spatial problem-solving. Constructed and documented highly crafted models.
[dhd] derek hoeferlin design, St. Louis, MO — Research Assistant July 2018-Present
Conducted research and produced drawings for ongoing design-research project “Watershed Architecture” supported by Washington University in St. Louis. Investigated the relationship of political conditions to watershed health in the Mississippi, Rhine and Mekong rivers.
Checkmate Design, St. Louis, MO — Architecture Intern May 2017-July 2017
Revised drawing and presentations for redeveloping historical buildings (Sullivan & Adler’s Union Trust Building, Daniel Burnham’s Putnam Building) Detailed, created families, and rendered in REVIT. Attended week-long site visit to Davenport, IA for punchlisting and facilitating contractors in the final stage of construction.
Intro To Design Processes II — Teaching Assistant Spring 2018 & Spring 2019
Selected as TA for required second semester freshman studio. Facilitated teaching digital design including Rhino, digital drawing, and model building skills, in addition to preparing tutorials.
Paul Shainberg Architects llc, Rye, NY — Intern May 2015-June 2015
Learned the inner workings of a small architecture firm; applied basic AutoCAD skills and created a design proposal for a single family home. Participated in daily site visits.
[ involvement ] Architecture School Council — VP of Social Engagement January 2016 - May 2019
Served as a liaison between students, the council, faculty and staff to help architecture students receive the best education and experience from the Sam Fox School.
Alpha Rho Chi — Professional Fraternity for Architecture and the Allied Arts November 2016 - May 2019
Active participant in professional and community events, mentor to younger brothers. January-December 2017 — Community Co-Chair: Responsible for planning community engagement events and fostering a sense of community amongst brothers
Analog: hand drafting & drawing model making & woodshop monotype & screenprint letterpress & book binding watercolor
[ Awards ] Frederick Widmann Prize for the best architectural students in the university 2019 recipient, awarded to one undergraduate student annually
The Elizabeth S. Schmerling Endowed Scholarship 2018 merit scholarship recipient awarded by a faculty committee
Laskey Charrette Award 2017 Design Competition Winner
[ References ] Anna Ives aia, leed ap bd+c, cdt patterhn ives llc, Partner Washington University in St. Louis, Lecturer aives@patterhn-ives.com
Kelley Van Dyck Murphy Washington University in St. Louis, Assistant Professor kelleyv@wustl.edu
Derek Hoeferlin, aia Washington University in St. Louis, Associate Professor, hoeferlin@wustl.edu
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01 o River Research Station Arch 312 / Spring 2018 / Critic: Derek Hoeferlin
Imagined in an America Post-Trump Administration, “Testing Ground” is a deployable scaffolding kit to investigate pollution in the Mississippi River Basin. Hinging on the need for trans-boundary communication between politicians, corporations, and consumers, Testing Ground uses guerrilla architecture tactics to foster discussion. The scaffolding is deployed quickly, attaching to various “Americana” typologies to monitor a range of environmental conditions from soil health to air quality. Testing Ground engages the public via geo-caching; people interested in learning about the River Basin can track deployment location of structures, learn about the issue, and contribute to the research.
24” x 36” graphite and thread on mylar rendering
conceptual model
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The concrete cast represents a view of the Mississippi River from source to mouth and the underlying stories of the livelihoods affected by river control structures.
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Book as Democracy The book is the vehicle to explain the complex narrative of the Testing Ground. The book both illustrates how the structure is deployed, in addition to suggesting a series of prototypical sites for deployment.
01 o River Research Station Arch 312 / Spring 2018 / Critic: Derek Hoeferlin
The model illustrates the scaffolding deployed on a grain silo; the plans and sections speculate how the structure would attach to a coal plant cooling tower. 00°00’00.0”N 00°00’00.0”W o scaffolding detail
plans, sections, elevation, connections
36” x 60” graphite on mylar, rendering underlay
concrete, aluminum, wood, thread, spandex
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02 Angler Hostel Arch 311 / Fall 2017 / Critic: Kelley Murphy
The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge serves as the site for Angler Hostel - a transient dwelling space for fishers that spans the Mississippi River. The Hostel consists of: a lobby and overlook; two dwelling levels, each with two mirrored units and peeling balconies; and fishing dock that wraps the pylon, providing a public space to enjoy the ambient sound of the rushing river and the fish below.
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02 Angler Hostel Arch 311 / Fall 2017 / Critic: Kelley Murphy
Siting for Angler Hostel was determined by bathymetry and a fish species analysis. Understanding the bathymetry explains the speed of the river flow: a determinant in the type of species that inhabit the area. Sited on pylon 5, the Angler Hostel was located based on diversity of species in the area. Pylon 5 has direct access to many water depths and speeds, providing a range of species to the visiting fishers. 38°76’05.8”N 90°17’63.7”W to A unit I interiors and circulation
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Embedded concrete tie-back, lodged into pylon
Full Height Butt Glazing
Push Pivot Doors Unit Fishing Balcony
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Flying Machine Arch 112 / Spring 2015 / Critic: Kelley Murphy
The flying machine, developed from precedent studies of fish schooling, implements a radiating triangulation system, consisting of frame, membrane, and apertures. The smaller inner triangles grant greater mobility to the center of the kite, while the large outer modules provide more rigidity in the form. The apertures are reactive to different wind levels, opening to varying degrees based on the wind strength.
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Arch 212 / Spring 2017 / Critic: Anna Ives
The Eco-Unit, designed to sustain the life of Spanish Moss, is comprised of a wooden pegboard, water reservoir, and concrete nutrient-pegs. Seeing as the moss can grow up to 30 feet in nature, the Eco-Unit accommodates this desire for length. The pegs can be moved to various positions throughout the board: lined up in the center for a young moss, and pulled further apart to allow longer strands of moss to grow, compressing the moss onto the dimensions of the board as the pegs spread further.
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Moss Strand
wire reinforced rope
metal cuff chia seed coating
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Plant Study and Greenhouse Arch 212 / Spring 2017 / Critic: Anna Ives
The Embedded Greenhouse serves as a self-sustaining collection unit – collecting runoff, highway debris, seeds, and people from the site: Soulard, St. Louis. Each type of collection is compartmentalized into an area of the program that best serves its needs, creating an insular reserve from the urban chaos, a space for people and Spanish Moss alike. o
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Runoff Collection Generated from the hexagonal detritus flow analysis, the runoff collection program form is informed by the highest concentration of detritus; situated on the area of the site with the steepest slope.
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A runoff grid study inspired the rib structure system The embedded concrete ribbing, integrates the greenhouse into the site’s existing infrastructure, through an orthogonal relationship.
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functional systems observation platform
Urban Debris Collection Angled toward the strong gusts from on-coming traffic, this collection area is positioned to capture stray urban detritus (trash). The form is designed with beveled corners to prevent debris escape.
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Water Study and Mapping Arch 311 / Fall 2017 / Critic: Kelley Murphy
The hydro print-making device creates radial prints utilizing ink, water, and hydrostatic pressure between a doubly wrapped mylar cone. The circular prints generated serve as an object for analysis. To explore representation, nautical language and references were used to re-imagine the prints as randomly generated landmasses. This language served to quantify experiential qualities of the prints, such as hue, saturation, and projected speed and direction of the ink into a legible set of data, creating an entirely new and fabricated understanding of the results of the water device.
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Modular Montessori School Arch 411 / fall 2018 / Critic: Robert McCarter
The Modular Montessori School was designed in two phases; a “classroom cube,” adhering to the Montessori principles of learning by exploring the environment, followed by an aggregation of the classrooms into a small school linked with a undulating “piazza” hallway. Sited adjacent to the Amerigo Vespucci Bridge over the River Arno, the Modular School has the goal of connecting two disparate neighborhoods in Florence through Montessori education. The angular shifts in plan and section correlate to angles in the urban datums that define the fabric of the city of Florence.
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07 t Light Study and Chapel Arch 211 / Fall 2016 / Critic: Lindsey Stouffer
The Refraction Loom is a light device that allows the user to control caustics by manipulating modular elements. The Loom is comprised of five modules strung through a frame, held in place at control points which make the modules capable of morphing into two forms: open and closed. When open, the modules disperse the refractions and when closed, the refractions are condensed. o
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Closed Position Condensed Refraction
Dynamic Position Scattered Refraction
Open Position Dispersed Refraction
07 t Light Study and Chapel Arch 211 / Fall 2016 / Critic: Lindsey Stouffer
To understand experiential qualities on the site, I observed and mapped tree canopies, acoustics and their effects on a visitor to the park. Cricket chirps, a sound that represents silence, served as a tool to inform the site of the chapel. Crickets, preferring dark and warm habitats, tend to chirp loudest in areas that receive both the most intense light and shadow. The void, mapped in a fading blue gradient, represents a cluster of pseudo-trees, serving to protect the chapel from the intensity of sound and light. 38°63’95.4”N 90°31’42.3”W
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Tree Canopy and Topography 1’ = 1/32”
Crickets & Sound Wave section 1’ = 1/32”
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...reflection through light and dark, sound and silence...
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Instructor: Sage Dawson, Printmaking II, 2018
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This wall section and model cut through the entire height of the Mid-County Branch library, Clayton, MO and include a deep pier foundation, double-slab ceiling to floor condition, a sawtooth wall, and clerestory window.
Caroline Amstutz is a recent graduate of Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, graduating magna cum laude with a B.S. in Architecture and a minor in fine arts. A native to city life, Caroline was born in Manhattan and spent nine years in London, England, where she gained an appreciation for travel and exploring the metropolis. Caroline has a passion for her community and socially engaged practice, and has served on the executive board of the Architecture School Council and as the philanthropy chair of Alpha Rho Chi, a professional fraternity for architecture and the allied arts
About
When not in studio, Caroline can be found exploring the city on her bike, making prints and binding books, or in search of the best brunch around.
CAROLINE AMSTUTZ B.S. in Architecture Candidate, May 2019 Washington University in St. Louis Tel. 917-733-0767 Email: carolineamstutz@wustl.edu