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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Graduate Work Routes of Urban Agricutlure
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Olneyville Neighborhood Health Station
p. 9
Lavapies Community Center
p. 13
Undergraduate Work New Bedford Wind Energy Center
p. 19
Piazza Brunelleschi Master Plan and UniFi Library
p. 23
RWU Visual Arts Center
p. 27
SketchUp Work
p. 31
Travels, Sketches, and Photography
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Above and Below | Torino, IT
About Me
Chris Brown Roger Williams University Class of 2015 cbrown0021@gmail.com | 774-313-7459
Skills:
www.linkedin.com/in/cbrownarc
SketchUp, Autodesk Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCAD InDesign,
Portfolio best viewed at:
Hand drafting, sketching and painting
http://issuu.com/chris0021/docs/CBrown _ArchPorfolio Interests: Educational Experience:
Urban design, high-rise design, stadium and arena design, mass transit
Sandwich High School
2007-2011
Roger Williams University
2011-2015
RWU Graduate School of Architecture
2015-2016
Studies Abroad:
International Studies Institute, Florence
Spring 2014
Completed a semester studying at International Studies Institute in
systems, residential design
Florence, Italy; completed Sustainable Insights course in Stuttgart, Ulm, Work Experience:
Augsburg, and Munich Germany. Traveled to London, Barcelona, Zurich,
2 summers interning with Stantec Architecture (formerly ADD Inc) in
Dublin, among others.
Boston, MA. Work experience included construction documents, finish specifications, LEED compliance calculations, model making, construction
Achievements:
administration and punch listing.
Tau Sigma Delta Architecture Honor Society
2 years at cosestudi LLC as an architectural consultant creating renderings
Dean’s List 5 semesters
and collaborating with design work, volunteer work diagraming for Cotuit
RWU Merit Scholarship
Kettleers CCBL. Collaborated with Italian collegues at the Universita degli
Published in And Magazine – Largo Annigoni Student Residences project
Studi di Firenze in Florence, Italy on a design competition for student
Published in Area Magazine – Piazza Brunelleschi Masterplan project
housing.
Graduate Work
Routes of Urban Agriculture Graduate Studio 515 | Teaching Firm in Residence: CBT Architects | Boston, MA
Located at the heart of a new urban paradigm centered on urban agriculture and the sharing economy, this new transportation hub combines train travel with urban agriculture, serving as a research and education space of the public on urban farming. Above the intersection of MBTA lines, a series of catwalks and hanging interior plazas form new public space surrounded by research rooms where crops cascade down the facades of the building, doubling as sun shading while creating a dynamic exterior that changes with the seasons. The facility is crowned with a greenhouse space that doubles as a winter garden for the public.
Routes of Urban Agriculture
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Routes of Urban Agriculture
Routes of Urban Agriculture
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OLNEYVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH STATION Graduate Studio 515 | Providence | Providence, RI
Built as a part of a system of neighborhood health “stations” designed to tailor healthcare to specific communities across Rhode Island, the Olneyville Neighborhood Health Station is the cornerstone in the revitalization of the Olneyville Square area of Providence. The building’s form rises up from a public plaza, providing its roof to the neighborhood as a public park space. Amenities in the station other than traditional healthcare include a community auditorium, fitness center, and restaurant.
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Massing
Olneyville Neighborhood Health Station
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North Elevation
Section
View toward city
Plaza Evening view
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Olneyville Neighboorhood Health Station
First Floor
Roof Park Second Floor
Third Floor
Olneyville Neighboorhood Health Station
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LAVAPIES COMMUNITY CENTER Comprehensive Studio | Madrid, Spain
The Lavapies Community Center occupies an infill site formerly reclaimed by the neighborhood for a community garden. The building, featuring a lecture hall, gym, classrooms, cafe, library and computer labs offers an open plaza to the street, defining the edges with a uniform faรงade of plexiglass louvers that take the colors of facades in Lavapies. A large roof structure spans the site, opening in portions to allow trees to grow through, creating a unified space for the community of this Madrid neighborhood to gather and celebrate their culture.
Concept Sketch
Unifying Faรงade
Functions
Exploded Axon
Lavapies Community Center
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South Elevation
North Elevation
Lecture Hall
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Lavapies Community Center
View from Calle Dr Forquet
Building Envelope Mechanical Axon
Supply and Return
Lavapies Community Center
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Undergraduate Work
NEW BEDFORD WIND ENERGY CENTER Advanced Studio 413 | New Bedford, MA
The New Bedford Wind Energy Research Facility will redefine New Bedford as a hub of innovation in renewable wind energy development, sparking job creation and economic growth. The design of this center creates a “safe harbor” in which the wind energy industry in the United States can grow. Just as the Port of New Bedford, this harbor creates both a haven and a launch point for wind power on the East Coast. “Post tot naufracia portus” – After so many shipwrecks, a haven. Wind energy is coming home.
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Massing
Wind Energy Research Center
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NB360 (130’)
Storyboard Section
Cape Wind (440’)
Sightline to Cape Wind
South Entry Plaza and Fountain
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Wind Energy Research Center
First Floor
Main Atrium Second Floor
View up Blackmer Street
Elevations
Wind Energy Research Center
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PIAZZA BRUNELLESCHI MASTERPLAN Advanced Design Studio: Urban | Florence, Italy
A library, café, and residences highlight a master plan for the new entry to the Università Degli Studi di Firenze. Located just blocks from Santa Maria del Fiore in the heart of Florence, Piazza Brunelleschi is transformed from parking lot into desirable urban space with underground parking and new pedestrian connections to major roads nearby, highlighting the Rennaisance architect’s rotunda. The building is inspired by the Florentine typologies of the courtyard, the loggia, and the tower, all of which find their way into the design.
Existing Bldgs
Courtyards
Functions
Greenspace
Piazza Brunelleschi Master Plan and UniFi Library
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Exhibition space
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Passage to Via di Servi
Piazza Brunelleschi Master Plan and UniFi Library
Parking garage entrance
Library Reading Room
Section through Piazza
Model
Night view of Entry Tower and Media Mesh
Piazza and Ground Floor plan
West Elevation
Piazza Brunelleschi Master Plan and UniFi Library
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RWU VISUAL ARTS CENTER Third Year Studio | Bristol, RI
The Roger Williams University VARTS Center creates a place where artists inspire each other through a series of interconnected studio spaces, all open to the greater campus community in an effort to engage the public as they pass through the site. Perched over a rocky hillside in the southern part of campus, the center affords new facilities for the Visual Arts School and provide great views of the Mt Hope Bridge and Bay. The under-passage creates a needed link to the academic quad of campus.
Site Plan
RWU Visual Arts Center
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Wall Section and assembly details
Section
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RWU Visual Arts Center
CafĂŠ space
North Elevation
East Elevation
RWU Visual Arts Center
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SKETCHUP WORK Personal Project | 2006-Present
Cities and stadia of my own creation made during breaks and free time. I designed each city with a distinct theme, climate, and districts as well as realistic highway and transportation networks all inspired by real world metropolises. Each stadium borrows elements from real pro stadiums around the world, and some are geared towards specific teams and/or cities
SketchUp Cities
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Travels, Sketches, and Photography North America + Europe
Pittsburgh, PA
London, UK
Venice, ITA
Florence, ITA
Montreal, QC
Bear Run, PA
San Diego, CA
Stuttgart, GER
Barcelona, ESP
New York City
Travels, Sketches, and Photography
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Fortessa Pavilion, Florence, ITA
Piranesi Carceri with Stadium, First Year Studio
Naples, ITA
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Travels, Sketches, and Photography
Duomo, Milan, ITA
OlypmiaPark, Munich, GER
Statdbibliothek, Stuttgart, GER
Travels, Sketches, and Photography
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Contact Information: Chris Brown cbrown0021@gmail.com | 774-313-7459