International Architecture Portfolio

CHRISTIAN NICHOLAS

PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURE

CHRISTIAN NICHOLAS HUNN

EDUCATION

M.Arch, Master of Architecture

Objective

Professional position

Skills

Teamwork

Leadership

Management

Research Training

Programs

SketchUp (main)

Illustrator (main)

Revit

Rhino

InDesign

Photoshop

Layout

Lumion

Microsoft Office Suite

Languges

English (native)

German (Intermediate)

French (Beginner)

B.A. in Architectural Studies

Minor in Global & International Studies German & French Language

Graduation: May 2023

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Fall 2018 - Spring 2023

ENSA Paris Val de Seine, Paris, France

Fall 2022 - Spring 2023

Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Winter 2021 - Summer 2022

Internationales Kulturinstitut, Vienna, Austria Summer 2021

Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England Spring 2021

Holt High School, Wentzville, Missouri, USA

Graduation date: June 2018

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tolila+Gilliland Atelier d’Architecture Feb 2023 - May 2023

Nicholas Gilliland ng@tolilagilliland.com

- Worked on six competition projects as the teams graphics developer for final submission, mainly working in illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, SketchUp, and Revit.

- Created graphics to be displayed on the company website and Instagram page.

University of Stuttgart Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design

April 2022 - April 2023 | Maria Matheou maria.matheou@ilek.uni-stuttgart.de

- Conducted research on kinetic facade systems and their energy saving capabilities.

- Work presented at the AEI 2023 Conference in Denver and SFB 1244 Symposium in Stuttgart.

Dirt Works Studio Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

Chad Kraus ckraus@ku.edu

- Served as the co-project manager for a team of 17.

- Assisted in the design and in creating the construction documentation.

- Managed the communication between the team and the client (City of Lawrence).

University of Kansas - TA, Structures I, II Aug 2020 - May 2021

Jason Hascall jasonhascall@ku.edu

Bruno’s Draft Kits - Production, Lamination, Printing May 2020 - Aug 2020

Brian Bruno (314) 562-4072

Dairy Queen - Manager, Cake Decorator April 2016 - July 2019

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

AEI 10th Biennial Professional Conference 2023 presenter in Denver, Colorado

University of Kansas (KU) Deans List

KU Honors Program & KU Global Awareness Program

KU Global Scholars Program 2023 international research symposium presenter

Third-year & Fourth-year M.Arch portfolio finalist

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Fritz Rekhopf Scholarship in Architecture

Drs. Dean T. and Elisabeth Collins German Scholarship

AIA St. Louis Scholarship recipient 2022 & 2023

Master of Architecture seeking professional position. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Christian has attended four universities on exchanges throughout Europe in collaboration with the University of Kansas. He greatly values his international experiences and what he can learn from them to utilize in his career and life endeavors. His most recent experience was with Tolila+Gilliland, a rising architecture firm in Paris. Christian would make a great fit on any team for he is a hard working, passionate, creative, and determined individual. He possesses a great range of skills and can easily adapt and learn quickly.

t+g internship poster

pg.01-02

polaris pavilion

lawrence, kansas, united states

architecture design-build studio

pg.03-14

smart shading system

stuttgart, germany

architecture studio

02

pg.15-22

new quay community complex

northshields, tyne and wear, united kingdom

architecture studio

pg.23-34

pariser platz revival

stuttgart, germany

urban design studio

pg.35-40

la tour dansante

paris, france

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architecture workshop

pg.41-44

DIRT WORKS STUDIO TEAM

DAKODA ASH

ALEXA BALKEMA

CAMDEN BRODDLE

ANNA HAMPTON

KALYN HENDERSON

CHRISTIAN HUNN

HANNA JUELFS

LYDIA JUENGLING

JENNIFER JURADO

TYLER KOORY

NOLAN LODHOLZ

ANNEMARIE LOYD

MADISYN MELLEMA

KATRINA MILLS

KATIE NEYER

RAPHEAL PREVOT

JAKE RAJEWSKI

With a team of seventeen, the Dirt Works Studio was tasked with designing, then constructing a pavilion for Douglas County Public Works in Wells Overlook Park. This was the first time any of us had worked with a team this large and a lot was learned about how to negotiate, compromise, and delegate tasks.

My role on the team was as project manager, along with my colleague Lydia Juengling. In addition to coming up with ideas and concepts for the pavilion, my tasks included keeping track of project progression and studio work delegation, keeping close contact with the client and structural engineer, and aiding in the development of the construction documents— which had been my first time working with. I found this role to suit me quite nicely. I believe I excel at management and organization and love being able to communicate first hand with clients.

Programs: SketchUp, Layout, Illustrator, Photoshop

Website: https://designbuild.ku.edu/polaris-pavilion

In addition to this, the studio and I were able to gain practical construction and fabrication skills at the East Hills warehouse where we advanced the fabrication of the Passerine Pavilion.

POLARIS PAVILION

Instructor - Professor Chad Kraus, Dirt Works Studio Director

University of Kansas

POLARIS - “NORTH STAR”

EMBEDDED IN CONCRETE

URSA MAJOR

HSS ROUND STEEL TUBE

URSA MINOR CAMELOPARDALIS SCORPIUS CEPHEUS SCUTUM

AD ASTRA, CONNECTING IT TO THE STARS

N/S CONCRETE DATUM LINE

Ursa Minor, part of the “The Little Dipper,” is home to the star Polaris, otherwise know as the North Star. For centuries, this star has been an integral navigation tool because of its close proximity to exact north, a naturally occurring compass in the sky.

The Polaris Pavilion is inspired by these concepts of navigation and journey, adjusting to the north/south Cartesian grid and serving as a beacon point for the park. As you near the pavilion, the structure shifts 15 degrees to align precisely with the North Star.

The shape and journey of the Polaris Pavilion was also draws inspired from the constellation. The handle of the Little Dipper represents the journey to the structure. The shelter of the picnic pavilion represents the ladle of the Little Dipper, and the shelter and intimacy which it represents.

CEPHEUS

CASSIOPEIA

BOOTES SERPENS CAPUT LACERTA

TIMBER SCREENS

PHASE I: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

PHASE II: PROJECT DOCUMENTATION & APPROVAL

FALL 2020

SPRING 2021

PHASE III: CONSTRUCTION

CUSTOM FURNITURE CONCRETE SLAB IMPRESSED CONCRETE

BREAKING GROUND

Following phase one of the project design, the project was transitioned into phase two: approval and documentation. In addition to conceptual and rendered designs, the pavilion was simultaneously developed on construction documents that were detailed and sent over to Douglas County Public Works for approval. Several other colleagues and I were in charge of the completion of these schematic and construction documentations. This was my first experience with this type of work.

As one of the project managers of the studio team, it was also my job to send over official notices to Douglas County and relay messages both to the studio and to the County on development of the pavilion.

Starting in Spring 2021, the pavilion will break ground and see its completed construction in phase three. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the entirety of the project was spaced out over an entire academic year rather than one semester.

SMART SHADING SYSTEM

CHRISTIAN HUNN ALYSON SERRETTA

Project accepted to be presented at the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) 2023 Conference Climate

Conscientiousness and Resilience: The Need for Integrated Building Solutions in Denver, Colorado.

Adaptive and kinetic shading systems enable morphological variability and are expected to significantly contribute to the sustainability of our built environment. A new generation of responsive building envelopes envisages to adapt to changing functional or environmental conditions. Interdisciplinary design-driven research is considered

significant in complementing the integrated design process through coordination and exploration of discipline-specific information from early stages of the design, and achieving efficiency and technological innovation. Given the novelty and complexity inherent in the planning of transformable envelopes, close interdisciplinary cooperation within an integrated context of the development comprises a prerequisite of related technological implications within the design, as well as the provision of corresponding technology-driven identification characteristics in the architectural outcome with regard to the capacity to transform, respond and adapt to external stimuli.

Programs: Rhino, ClimateStudio, Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel

S ummer 2022

Instructor - Professor Maria Matheou University of Stuttgart

SMART SHADE

Can manage: light, air, energy, noise, information, time, levels and type of occupancy, and so on to improve performance and efficiency.

There are an array of different kinetic systems used in architecture with various material utilizations.

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex Boston, MA, USA

Original design on Harvard SEC Adaptive design for demonstrator

Demonstrator High-rise Building

Stuttgart, Germany

Comprises 12 floors and has a total height of approx. 36.5 meters.

The building achieves a slenderness ratio of 1:7, which is typical for taller high-rise buildings, making it easier to transfer the results to large-scale buildings.

- Solarban 72 (3)on

*Material changed to bent timber

Wall LM83

Starphire

Starphire (Krypton)

Aluminium Window Mullion

Floor LM83

5 m 5m 3 m

Static design

Kinetic design

External Static Piece

Internal Kinetic Piece

Glass

Steel Support Steel Support

Slideable Plate

Slideable Plate

Motor located at top of plate

Gear Gear

Linear moving element to rotate internal panel

Winter solstice - 18 °

Summer solstice62°

*values adjusted due to outliers

MIXED USE PUBLIC BUILDING

MINIMUM TWO STORIES

MINIMUM 750 SQUARE METERS

SPACE FOR INHABITATION BY BEES

PUBLIC SPACE FOR GATHERING

SPACE FOR PRODUCTION

SPACE FOR LEARNING

SUSTAINABLE CONSCIOUS DESIGN Programs: SketchUp, Layout, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lumion

Instructors - Professors Anna Czigler and John Kinsley

Newcastle University

PROJECT BRIEF:

This semesters project will explore the necessity for the architectural discipline to work more sensitively with natural environments, landscapes and ecologies in order to help cultivate a more ecologically and climatically sustainable approach to building architecture in a direct response to the ever more urgent, global climate emergency.

The project is located along the Tyne River in North Shields. The project will also be considering the habitation of both human use and non-human use. My chosen site location is the ‘land site’ situated along the ‘Sailor Church’ on Borough Rd. This site features a large stretch of hillside grassland and shrubs. The chosen animal for my site is the bumblebee. The ecology of the site will be utilized to host and promote the importance of bumblebees in urban environments.

The purpose of this co-habitation is to re-think this relationship between humans and non-humans in architecture. This also feeds off of the other key theme of addressing the climate crisis. Bees play an integral role in combating the climate crisis and have seen their population diminish due to changes in the climate and over industrialization. The built environment also contributes the largest portion to the climate crisis and can play to biggest role in off setting any major implications.

CO-EXISTING HABITAT

NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL BEE STRATEGY:

Raise awareness amongst the community and to show the benefits of bees.

INSPIRATION TO BRING INTO DESIGN

North COLOR

Adapt the local environment to provide the right conditions for all kinds of bees to increase.

The pollination of crops by honeybees is worth an estimated £200 million each year to the British economy.

It is estimated that 1/3 of the food that we eat relies on bees for pollination.

There are 19 different Bumblebee species in the UK. They are most attracted to tubular and single pod flowers that provide them nectar. Bumblebees do produce honey, however, they do not store it like honey bees do, but rather store it for consumption during the winter months. There hives, where they store this honey, are usually found within rock crevasses, hollow tress, or under flower pots. Bumblebees also do particularly well in urban environments and do not attack humans unless provoked.

MODULARITY

MOVEMENT SCALE

8 minute walk to city centre and metro

Ferry terminal to South Shields

North Shields

TRANSFORMING THE HILLSIDE

The project spanned the width of the site from it’s main access point on Clive St and up the hill to the retaining wall of Yeoman St. The massing of the building is situated on the corner of Borough Rd and Clive St in order to maintain as much land to be delegated to the wildflower garden along the remain portion of the hillside. Furthermore, the building was oriented in a way to allow both an appropriate access to sunlight and daylighting whilst also enhancing the views toward the Tyne River.

To the northeast of the building, a secondary entry was featured to allow direct access to the top floor of the Bee information center: this is the wildflower path. Midway up the path, there is a pavilion structure with seating that is encompassed by the wildflowers and overlooks the length of the hillside.

SECOND FLOORRESTAURANT

THIRD FLOORMAKER SPACE

Rammed earth

Scorched timber structure

The back wall of the grocers market is constructed of semi-stabilized rammed earth with impression set in it to allow seating and spaces for sculptures or other pieces of art. This rammed earth wall, sourced from earth on the site, will also act as a canvas catching the colored light cast upon it from the colored roof system.

GREEN ROOF UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY

Clay tiles

200mm CLT platform 400mm x 800mm CLT girder

Translucent channel glass

The views from the ramps and bridges cascading up the length of the building have a direct view overlooking the Tyne River and the community garden. The community garden will be used to grow produce for the community and educated individuals and children about gardening and sustainable produce. In a North Tyneside City council statement, this land should not prohibit the views to the Tyne nor detract visually from the area. The council is also aiming to improve the biodiversity and green space of the area.

COMMUNITY GARDEN

The gallery hall features hung art work along the far wall opposite of the translucent channel glass wall. During the design phase, I sought inspiration from a variety of case studies that helped bring the four core design concept to fruition. Steven Holl’s addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri inspired both the translucent channel glass for the gallery as well as its sloped hallway design.

NATURE-BASED MARKETPLACES TEAM

ADNA HALILOVIC ANA PATARROYO CHRISTIAN HUNN

The Pariser Platz is placed centrally in the city of Stuttgart within the Europaviertel. This district is found directly behind the city’s main train station, allowing for easy accessibility by train, subway, or bus. Because of this, one would suspect a high level of pedestrian traffic in and around the square. What we have concluded is that the site has a great under use for its prime city location. We believe NbS can be used to revitalize this square and bring new life to the district and the city.

The square is the largest of its kind in the district and supports activities such as occasional city events, as a meeting place, and as an open place for children to play. Surrounding the square is the LB BW complex and an apartment building. This gives the Platz the opportunity for mixed uses from families, workers, and those that pass by.

Nature-based Solutions Implemented: Rain gardens, Bioswale, Residential park, Vertical green living rooms, Line of trees, Single trees, Arboretum, Permeable pavement.

Programs: SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop, Mapbox

Project website: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/710d4cdcc8a24c2dac564d34dcc225b3

Grey

Empty Greenery Division of space

Green

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/710d4cdcc8a24c2dac564d34dcc225b3

PARISER PLATZ REVIVAL W

inter 2021/22

Instructor - Dr. Leonie Fischer

University of Stuttgart

1 Residential park

Future buildings and axis

Wind and sun

Building functions

Circulation and gatherings

Current greening

Site development

THE WATER POTENTIAL

A great benefit will come from additional green spaces on the site to reactivate the area in reaction to the current climate crisis. Through the use of NbS, Pariser Platz will see an overhaul of green infrastructures to help address the Urban Heat Island, water drainage, and other climatic issues. These will be implemented using both permanent solutions and temporary structures. It is proven that those that live closer to nature live a healthier and more fruitful life. These natural features must be implemented throughout of cities. This is why NbS is so important and is the focal of the design.

Planter with seating

Vertical green living room

Market stall

Urban forest

The Pariser Platz and surrounding area has an almost completely grey surface area. This can cause issues with flooding, but also contributes to the heat island effect during the Summer months, and makes the place colder and windier during the winter. NbS was implemented strategically to address this all throughout the plaza and surroundings.

Streetwaterrunoff

Partialdrainage platz

Instructor - Pierre Engel

LA TOUR DANSANTE “The Dancing Tower” twists into the sky above the Hotel Industrial Berlier, rotating around itself to stretch over the passing traffic below. The tiered building serves as private student apartments, library and study space, floating green space, and a rooftop restaurant and bar. Highlighted throughout the levels is the steel structure, running along the curving layers, supporting the rotated platforms in a cross-bracing pattern. Steel cores offer rigidity and support, continuing from the base of the addition to the cantilevered green space, a focal point stabilized by the dual structures working in tandem.

ENSA Paris Val de Seine

Programs: Rhino, SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop

FLEXIBLE SPACIAL DESIGN

Lobby reception, entertainment, gym

Student Apts

20 private units, community kitchen, laundry

Student Apts

16 private units, community kitchen, laundry

Student Apts

14 private units, community kitchen, laundry

Student Apts

12 private units, community kitchen, laundry