Curriculum Vitae C E W L
248.752.3436 dantravi@gmail.com dannytravis.com Chicago, IL
Work Experience
Intern Architect - MGA Architects June 2011 - July 2013 Collaborate in the design and construction process of a variety of residential and commercial projects. Contribute from onset of a projects field measurement to designing and creating construction documents to completion. Prepare and submit drawings for zoning, planning, and client review. Owner - Garden Brothers, LLC May 2001 - November 2011 Ran day to day operations building the business from three lawns on the block to 34 weekly lawns and various landscape projects from weeding and mulching to designing and coordinating full installations. Expanded weekly lawn service into four surrounding cities and landscaping thoughout the metro Detroit area with at times four employees. Marketed and communicated with customers and potential clients. Created quotes, invoiced, ran payroll, recorded income and expenses. Consultant - SHW Group November 2010 - March 2011 Worked with Detroit Public Schools in assessing current building capacities and potential occupancy of each school in the district. Reworked existing CAD files to match current layouts of the schools. Catalogued and organized existing furniture for moving into new facilities.
Education
Masters of Architecture Candidate August 2013-Present University of Illinois at Chicago GPA 3.77 Honors: Year End Show Selection: 2014 Bachelors of Science in Architecture May 2010 University of Michigan - Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Extracurriculars Freedom by Design co-chair Class Gift Counsel Awards University Honors: 04/2007, 12/2007, 04/2008, 04/2009, 12/2009, 04/2010
Extracurriciculars
Community Design Work Detroit Bench - Helped design and create a bench for an apartment’s public lot “Kyle Bartell, Wayne State University Student, Creates Parks To Make Detroit More Walkable” -Huffington Post Article Detroit By Design 2012: Detroit Riverfront Competition Help organize the international competition with the AIA Detroit Urban Pirorities Committee
Additional Skillset
Proficient with Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel Adobe creative suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign Design Programs: Rhino, AutoCAD, Sketch-Up, Maya, Cinema 4D, Maxwell References Available On Request
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Site..............................................................04 Logan Square High..............................06 LA Grand Prix............................................18
Form..........................................................30 Fundamentals........................................32 House Project 1........................................46
Material.................................................56 Creteur....................................................58 Other Projects......................................................74
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Map created for Detroit X Design Competition
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SITE Architecture is a contextually driven practice. Whether it is the demographics of users, landscape and topography, infrastructure, height restrictions, or numerous other conditions that can affect the configuration and overall form of a building. While there are always ideal conditions to a project, the final structure must take into account a number of outside factors beyond the architects control. These factors can be either ignored, embraced and/or manipulated in the design process. In the end, the site is where we decide to place a design to be built, displayed, and shared with those who interact with it.
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Logan Square High, located in Chicago, IL looks to mitigate between its site, paths of circulation, massing, and the issues of BIGNESS in an area of a city surrounded by multi-story townhouses. Beginning with precedent studies using aggregation as tools for spatial creating, The form takes shape around the site, making use of site lines to break up the BIGNESS of the site allowing a large scale building to fit in with the low rise residential and commercial buildings. Folling massing studies, the idea of “stuffing the turkery� was used in situating program within the form. The addition of program continued to shape the form of Logan Square High to allow for the needed functions of an inner city high school.
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FORM Form making can rely on an exhaustive process of sketching, modeling, analyzing and then cycle back again. Sometimes these iterations change due to program or spatial needs, other times just out of intuitive design sense. There is no hard and fast approach to the form making process, making it one of the more difficult ways of approaching a project. However, through the many tests, a final construct is created.
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MATERIAL In the end, a final construction is dealt with through the use of different materials. While traditional construction methods primarily use wood, steel, and concrete, the investigation of new uses of these and other materials is important in advancing the profession. Creating new forms, using existing or new materials and processes and discovering new structures through iterations. We express our ideas through the materials we use, and experimenting can allow for new forms of expression to emerge.
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