Conley E l l i s E a s t e r
Architecture Portfolio Selected Works 2019-2023
CV Philip Conley Ellis Easter Prague 3 conleyeaster1@gmail.com +420776019275
Education
2021-2023 Architectural Institute in Prague
Ing. arch. Masters in Architecture and Urbanism.
2017-2021 Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, Philadelphia B. arch. Bachelors of Architecture
2020
Temple University, Rome
Study Abroad Studio
2014-2017 Community College of Philadelphia Foundation courses
Professional Experience 2022
OCA Architects, Barcelona
Erasmus Internship
2016-2019 Verboys Interiors, Philadelphia
Junior Interior Designer and Drafting Lead
2015-2016 Verboys Interiors, Philadelphia Design and Drafting Internship
2013-2021 Specialty Tours and Events, Philadelphia
Tour Guide, Tour Operator, Event Staff
Skills Rhino Lumion D5 Render Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop AutoCAD ArchiCAD
Languages Native English Speaker (USA) Currently enrolled in intensive beginner Czech courses at Charles University (UJOP)
C onten t s
4 Gallery Home Professional project proposal
10 Campus Park Masters thesis project
18 Calder Art Sanctuary Bachelors thesis project
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atrribution: the cover is a detail of an art piece by artist Mary Jane Easter, it is featured in the Gallery Home project
G a l l e ry H ome 2023 Professional Project Proposal Forest Park, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Gallery Home is a proposal for a new build house on a small, cleared lot in a diverse historic neighbourhood. It is designed for a retired man who is an avid art collector, traveler, and entertainer. I have proposed a 130 square meter, low maintenance, and age-in-place home. It showcases the best pieces of the clients extensive art collection and features minimal contemporary interiors chosen and arranged to prioritise the art pieces. The clean lines, flowing spaces, and strategic lighting help to create a gallery-like interior space. The organisation of the home allows for easy flow for entertaining while contributing to the ease of accessibility to allow the client to comfortably live here well into his later years. Every main room in the home will feature floor-to-ceiling operable windows to allow for uninterrupted views to the garden. The landscape surrounding the house will feature lush and colorful seasonal plantings interspersed with more robust evergreens to allow for year round life in the garden. A gas fire pit and large patio are easily accessible from the kitchen. A grass lawn separates the larger patio from the smaller one directly off of the primary suite. This patio will feature a small plunge pool and lounge area. 4
Gallery Home is a marriage of art, architecture and landscape that will serve as a peaceful backdrop to the clients treasured art collection for years to come.
View of Gallery Home from the street
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1 main entrance porch 2 living room 3 den 4 kitchen and dining room 5 covered parking 6 storage shed 7 primary bathroom 8 laundry/pantry 9 guest bathroom 10 mechanical room 11 primary bedroom 12 guest bedroom 13 back patio 14 plunge pool patio 15 firepit
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The living room features some of the largest pieces in the collection and the windows are positioned to allow them to be seen from outside
This is the view that one first sees when entering Gallery House. The fireplace wall is finished in board formed concrete to complement the grey and teal tones of the selected art
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The wall slabs in the den offer the most versatility for art arrangement. This allows the client the freedom to rotate selected pieces in and out as desired
The kitchen functions are limited to one wall and allow plenty of space for easy flow around the dining area and into the den and living room
Campus Park 2023 Masters Thesis Project Architectural Institute in Prague, Prague, CZ The Campus Park project will revitalise a long underused mountainside park in a vibrant neighbourhood in Birmingham, Alabama. The Arlington School, a long standing and well respected small school, will be spearheading the project to move from their current site on the same street. Besides its close proximity, the site was also chosen for its currently inaccessible history. In the mid twentieth century, fossils were exposed during excavations for an expressway through the mountain. At one point there was a popular archeological museum that provided interpretation and access to trails to see the fossils in situ. Campus Park will reopen these trails. While the private school may be the owner of Campus Park, it will only have one permanent, private classroom. The rest of the building and park will be shared by both the school students and community members. The three story structure is partially embedded in the mountainside allowing for multiple levels of accessible park space to encompass the building. The staggered and terraced form mimics the sites slope. Campus Park will operate on three main levels within the community. It will be a home for education, community engagement, and history. It is in highly visible and welcoming location offering great views of the city. It will reintroduce Birmingham to a new way to access its history, forge new connections, and share resources. 10
The tallest interior space contains the main staircase that accesses all levels and is located at the southern end of the library atrium. The western facing windows are shaded with a living screen to help with the afternoon solar heat gain.
Campus Park building Campus Park site The Arlington School Saint Rose Academy Red Mountain cut Residential area Commercial area
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
The project encompasses an 8300 square meter site
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The structure is partially submerged into the hillside, allowing for the greenery to seamlessly envelope most flat surfaces. The terraced building form mimics the staggered slope of the hillside and helps it achieve its natural integration into the landscape.
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1 entrance 2 exhibition/multipurpose 3 open to library atrium below 4 security 5 office 6 storage lockers/safe room 7 The Arlington School
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The exhibition hall features movable display walls so that the room can be rearranged as needed
The library is in a quiet space under the atrium stairs
C a lde r A r t Sanct uary 2021 Bachelors Thesis Project Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
The Calder Art Sanctuary on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia is an experiment in presenting an entire families artistic contributions in its optimal light and shadow. The layout of the gallery spaces are inspired by the circulation of naves, chapels and ambulatories used in cathedral design. While the main focus of the museum is the work of Alexander Calder, the family gallery showcases rotating works from the Calder family, situating Alexander Calder within his creative legacy and celebrating the Calder families contributions to the art world. Surrounding the double height family gallery are smaller chapel-inspired spaces, including a round gallery on the main floor and an ambulatory-inspired smallworks gallery. Accessible through an integrated staircase, the first floor loft provides uninterrupted views of the entire gallery. 18 The Calder Art Sanctuary is situated within a large garden that is guarded from the busy surrounding traffic by lush walls of greenery. The garden spaces feature outdoor art installations that are aligned with the buildings windows to optimise and purposfully frame interior and exterior vantage points. In addition to the art focused spaces, there is also an inviting garden cafe and small museum gift shop on the ground floor. Functionally, there are secured loading and storage rooms directly accessible by a service elevator on all floors. These carefully designed spaces and functional layout aim to create an immersive and engaging experience for visitors while providing an appropriately reverent backdrop for the artwork. This helps to showcase the Calder Art Sanctuary as a testament to the Calder families legacy and great contributions to the city of Philadelphia and the larger art world.
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The Calder Art Sanctuary galleries are arranged similarly to cathedral sanctuaries. The largest gallery, the double height family gallery, functions as the central, core space, similar to a nave. The other galleries radiate from and respond to the family gallery. The ground floor galleries encircling the family gallery act as ambulatories. The first floor galleries with the three skylights function as chapels. The loft gallery with its open oculus to the entrance hall acts similarly to a choir loft, allowing the sounds from the upper levels to enter the space below. 19
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Conley Ellis Easter
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