First Year Architecture Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

CONNOR JOHNSON STUDIO II

FIRST YEAR ARCHITECTURE 2024

CONTENTS

01 02

MODULE 1

EXPLORING COMPOSITIONS

PAGES 5-11

MODULE 2

PERCEDENT TRANSFORMATION

PAGES 13-19

03

MODULE 3

A SPACE TO ESCAPE

PAGES 21-27

DESIGNER: CONNOR JOHNSON

Through my experiences in architecture school and professionally, I have learned that architecture is a multifaceted profession that encompasses more than any material, structure, or form. Architecture, at its core, is all about how people; their physical and emotional connection to the built environment.

WORK EXPERIENCE

HILL FOLEY ROSSI & ASSOCIATES, DULUTH, GEORGIA

May 2023 to Present

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN

Duties: coordinate projects with a team, advanced 3D modeling, rendering, schematic design, drafting construction documents, documenting projects

OTHER standing member of architecture and design advisory board at Maxwell High School of Technology standing member of AIAS volunteer for Habitat For Humanity

MODULE 1: COMPOSITIONS

The studies of making through techtonic and steriotomic explorations gave way to an intricate higharchy of moves within a complex framework. This method of composition was then translated to occupiable space.

Following inspiration from Gee’s Bend’s quilts, a drawing was composed based on architectural rules found in the quilts.

Hybrid models combine both types of construction, increasing complexity. These were then scaled up to address a loss of detail on a larger scale.

Shown in this drawing is the layering of tectonic elements into a steriotomic base.

The final composition consists of large movements in the form of slices through the steriotomic elements of solid wood. Smaller moves bridge these slices , providing a framework for techtonic elements, planes, and larger sticks to sit within. A unique layering of planes creates a languange of all of the moves within the composition.

MODULE 2: TRANSFORMATION

Taking inspiration from Peter Zumthor’s Witch Memorial , a diagramatic analysis was conducted to inform rules for its construction. These rules were then used to create a sculpture from Zumthor’s work.

Diagrams of the Witch Memorial give insight into the rules for composing a building

Using previous rules from the construction of the section model , a transformation of those rules was explored through sketching and finally into a digital model.

This transformation in the form of a sculpture makes use of the architectural opperatives , array, compress, and stretch.

Array: orthagonal rectangles forming a structure

Stretch: planes within the structure

Compress: the curve formed by varying heights in rectangles

MODULE 3: A SPACE TO ESCAPE

By making use of the stratigies for composing a structure through the semester this prject is a culmination of how a composition and opperative words can inform occupiable space.

Between quick modeling and repetitive sketching , the organization and forms were arranged with strong inspiration from Zumthor’s Witch memeorial and my own sculptural transformation.

Site Plan

1/16” = 1’0”

North Elevation 1/8” = 1’0”

Group Space Floorplan

1/8” = 1’0”

Group Space Section

1/8” = 1’0”