skateplay : lions park
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branscomb community center
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porta portese riverwalk
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cross street housing
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museum of cartography
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mt. cheaha cabin opelika public library row house sketches
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RURAL STUDIO SKATEPLAY : LIONSPARK PHASE IV In 2005, Rural Studio began work on Lions Park in Greensboro, Alabama. A forty acre park jointly owned by Hale County, the City of Greensboro, and the Greensboro Lions Club. The initial design team, composed of five Auburn University architecture thesis students, received a $500,000 grant from Baseball Tomorrow to improve the baseball fields’ layout and infrastructure.
Three of the current students are challenged with designing and building a skatepark and a playground. To save resources and integrate these typically urban elements into a rural landscape, the students propose using landforms to soften the park and reduce construction cost.
THESIS andrew freear daniel splaingard
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1 bowl rendering 2 ledge rendering 3 metropolis publication july/august 2009
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skate trail rendering existing lions park projects master plan development axis mound rendering
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axon callout drawing ledge construction axon callout drawing 2 strip diagram
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BRANSCOMB COMMUNITY CENTER
The project consisted of revitalizing the existing wing of the Branscomb community center and adding an addition that allows for a new central courtyard entrance. The new wing, which encloses the courtyard, helps to provide more space for after school activates. Branscomb is a community complex of the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority.
COHEN CARNAGGIO REYNOLDS tammy cohen richard carnaggio
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view of addition w/ courtyard view from renovated side courtyard section renovation/addition floorplan
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ROMA PORTA PORTESE RIVER FRONT Situated on the edge of the Tiber River near Porta Portese, the site encompasses the river walk, retaining embankment, and plinth of the Arsenal. Due to its steep slope and alien scale the river walk is completely disconnected from Porta Portese.
The proposal is to allow for the navigation of the dividing embankment and provide viewing spaces that extend from the plinth of the Arsenal while allowing opportunities to rest, view, and interact with the local roman surroundings.
ROME STUDIO scott finn davide vitali
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BOSTON CROSS STREET HOUSING | BIG DIG Rejuvenate the North End’s urban edge with an architecture that activates the Big Dig’s “boundary”. Generate this with one gesture that encompasses the complexity of site, program, context, form, and function. Recapture the opportunity that a street corner provides.
Shake hands with your neighbors in terms of scale, materiality, composition. allow for the mingling of public and private. provide flexibility in both retail and housing units.
STUDIO IV stefan + russell
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site plan existing site one & two bedroom floor plan case study mvrdv
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ROMA MUSUEM OF CARTOGRAPHY
Cartography and Architecture both use lines and symbols to aid in visualizing space. Carthography rest on the premise that the world is measurable and that humans can make representations of that reality. Architecture relies upon the will of mankind to translate into space their ethos.
STUDIO IV scott finn
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MT. CHEAHA
CABIN 03
Located in the valley below Mt. Cheaha, Cabin 03 was an experiment based upon the separation of conditioned and unconditioned spaces. The top level is a screened living room and porch while the lower conditioned space is used for a bedroom and dining space.
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OPELIKA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Skin development for the Opelika Public Library was very early on the driving vehicle of design. The skin itself was derived from nature. A poinsettia leaf was the vehicle chosen from nature that became the aesthetic and structural inspiration for the library.
STUDIO III bezahad nakhjavan
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OSAKA, JAPAN ROW HOUSE Replacing an existing lot in Osaka, this project attempts to retain the skin of the Osaka fish district while providing housing for a family of four. Early development of the project began with a
study model consisting of a 1991 Ford F150 grill and sheet metal. The lower floor is a book store owned by the Murakami family.
STUDIO III doug burleson
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SKETCHES RURAL STUDIO / ROME
A variety of diagrams, designs, and observations during my thesis year at the Rural Studio and study abroad semester in Rome.
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antioch baptist church / greensboro,al payne lake kiosk design newbern lecture sketches house study, steel box construction axon
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{Education} Auburn University School of Architecture Five Year Bachelor of Architecture August 2004 - May 2009 Cumulative GPA: 3.34 Faith Christian High School Cum Laude Honors Cumulative GPA: 3.52 {Firm Experience} Cohen, Carnaggio, Reynolds Architects project: Branscomb Community Center Schematics - Construction Documents Summer Internship 2008 {Design/Build Experience} Rural Studio Thesis Skatepark for Lions Park August 2008 - April 2010 funding: Tony Hawk Foundation published: Metropolis magazine July/August 2009 issue
Rural Studio 2nd Yr. Michelle Connor’s House / Spring 2006 featured in American Public Media’s Speaking of Faith: An Architecture of Decency.
{Skills} Architectural Design / Hand Drafting / Landscape Design / Model Making / Rendering / Sketching / Urban Design. Autocad / Rhino / Vectorworks / SketchUp / FormZ. Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Dreamweaver / Flash. Carpentry / Concrete / Surveying. {Awards} Rome Study Abroad Scholarship 2nd Place Portfolio Competition Frank J. Sindelar Endowed Scholarship Finalist 2007 Alagasco Competition Finalist 2007 Concrete Competition {Published} Blueprint Magazine January 2009 issue Metropolis July/August 2009 issue {Exhibited} Rural Studio : Education of the Citizen Architect - Auburn, Chicago, Barcelona : 2006.
{NCARB IDP Credits} A. Design and Construction.......... 44 / 350 B. Construction Administration......... 0 / 70 C. Management.............................. 35 / 35 D. Related Activities........................ 10 / 10 total: 161 / 465
{References} Andrew Freear Director of Rural Studio phone: 334.218.0266 email: freeann@auburn.edu Dan Wheeler, FAIA Principle Wheeler Kearns Architects phone: 312.939.7787 email: dan@wkarch.com Rusty Smith Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Rural Studio Auburn University SOA email: rusty.smith@auburn.edu Xavier Vendrell Principle Xavier Vendrell Studio phone: 773.342.0085 email: vendrell@uic.edu
evan forrest dick 350 DeArmanville Dr. N Anniston, AL 36207 256.283.3796 email: forrest.evan@gmail.com blog: http:www.cadc.auburn.edu/soa/ rural-studio/2008blogs/skateplusplay work: http://issuu.com/casper03/docs/portfolio
forrest.evan@gmail.com 256.283.3796 www.ruralstudio.org