Architectural Design Portfolio Darren Cattle 2015
Table of Contents • Background • Systematic Skate Park Design (Individual) • Alien Pod, Featured Exhibition (Group) • Dinosaur Museum, The Ribcage (Individual) • Alpine Hutte, The Egg (Partner) • Solar Decathlon Renderings, Nexushaus (Group) • Boutique Hotel, The Incubator Hotel (Partner)
Background University of Texas at Austin • Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, May 2015 • Bachelor of Architecture, May 2015 • Overall Grade Point Average: 3.2 Thermal Lab Coordinator, Center for Sustainable Development • Co-author of multiple PhD publications • Construction management of a research laboratory • Software development for facade based applications Skills in Computer Programs • Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 5, Adobe Creative Suite • MatLab, Energy Plus, eQuest, Vasari, Microsoft Office • HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Java, C#, C++, Visual Basic, Linux
Systematic Skate Park Design Design 5 : Fall 2012 Clay Shortall and Will Meredith
Mathematics represent all facets of architectural design through infinite possibilities. By limiting factors mathematically, a finite set of realities can be achieved with differing effects. Skate parks are expected to retain fluidity and variation like a skater. While limiting mathematical factors, caution must be taken in preserving these two ideas. Therefore, driving variables must ensure all endings result in a smooth transition without similar. Individual blocks are defined to 32’x32’x8’ cubes. There are 5 varied pipe types that define each block at the edge for fluid connections (default is a blank side). By ignoring order and rotation, the vital configurations can be found, lowering redundancy of options. Sides: 4 (Square) Types: 5 (A,B,C,D,Blank Side) Possible Configurations: 340 total, rotation matters, order matters. Final Configurations: 65 total, rotation and order do not matter.
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This is the original model on piping that inspired a matrix system involving combinatorics In particular, the form is rendered using a water texture to embrace fluidity and variation While this may not seem as skatable as the other piping methods derived from mathematics the abstraction challenges the idea of: What defines a surface as skatable?
Index Index Parts Parts 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
Parts Parts 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
Parts Parts 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
Parts Parts 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 Total Total
Variance Variance
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4 4 4 4
12 12 12 12
48 48 48
192 192
Variance Variance
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
4PV 4PV
4 4 6 6 4 4 1 1 4 4
12 12 12 1 1 6 6
24 24
24 24
Variance Variance
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 6
2 2 2 2 2 6 6
1 1 1 1 2 2
1 1 1
4CP 4CP 4 4 6 6 4 4 1 1 15 15
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
Total Total
1 1 1
4 4 20 20 20 21 21 65 65
Variance Variance
4 4 8 8 4 4 4 20 20
12 12 12 12 36 36
4 4
6 6
4 4 12 12 16 16
Permutation Permutation 4^P 4^P 4 4 16 16 64 64 256 256 340 340 4CP 4CP 4 4 6 6 4 4 1 1
Order Order Matters Matters With With Repetition Repetition Formula Formula Centric Centric Rotation Rotation Matters Matters �� = nPr ��� �� � = nPr ��� � Base Line Base Line Calc Calc
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No No Rotation Rotation �� = nCr ��� �� � = nCr
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Final Final No No Repetition Repetition
Alien Pod (Collaborative Project) Design 5 : Fall 2012 Clay Shortall and Will Meredith
Designing a project is a completely separate challenge from building a reality. In this studio a short amount of time was given for a group of students to do something more critical than the traditional studio project. With the original direction of designing a skate park, the implication was that a final piece was going to be created using a 5-axis router. At a large scale, limestone is carved using a variety of drill bits at angles using the additional 2 axes on this CNC router. Alien Pod was designed to represent this new technology while still capturing the essence of parametric skating. Technology has enabled us to produce at an accelerated rate, but do we retain the same level of clarity? Another added benefit is the ability to create parametric pieces that create a coherent system that can be ensured to work with itself. Does this take away from the project as a whole or make it more powerful? My personal role in the project was to help design the final sculptural piece and create the ability to recursively nest. After the design of the piece was completed, we organized a team to simulate routing paths and estimate 5-axis machine time using EasyStone and RhinoCAM.
The Ribcage
Design 6 : Spring 2013 Judith Birdsong Sound Building is a critically feared studio setting for Architecture students. It is the make or break studio for becoming a professional practicing architect. Focus on detail and construction is emphasized. The main program of the project was set to be a museum, with the radical aspect to be preservation of prehistoric dinosaurs. Implications of this program resulted in large open spaces and curvaceous exteriors to protect and display large sets of prehistoric bones.
1 1. 2” Wood Decking Cover 2 2. 6” Insulation Barrier
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3. Vapor Barrier / Duct Space 4. Glass Securing Mullion 5. 1’ Shading Shingles 6. Railing 7. 2” Double Paned Glass w/ Air 4
8. 2” Wood Flooring 5
9. 1’x1’x1/2” HSS Lateral Bracing 10. OWSJ 18K6
Through taking structural analysis in engineering and looking at architectural precedents, I created a structural glulam system that would support heavy point loads of dinosaurs. By making the project two levels with a wide floor area, the distribution of loads are sufficient to result in such open spaces.
11. Aluminum Ceiling Rafters 12. Finish Ceiling 13. Column I-Beam 18”
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14. 1’x1’ Concrete Column 15. Wood Encasement 8 16. Column Flange Plate 7
17. 6” Concrete Floor Slab
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18. 2” Metal Decking
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19. Access Flooring
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20. Pile Footing 21. Foam Rafters 22. Major Structural Glulam Element
Wood is emphasized as a material by encorporating the glulam beams as part of the flooring system and encasing all steel columns in wood. This creates a warm interior that can be seen through the rendering which faces the south sun overlooking Town Lake in Austin. Overall, the project was a successful endeavor in heavy detailing and construction drawings, creating a building that represented the program well, built like a dinosaur skeleton.
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Cured Glue-Laminate Ply 2’ x 1’ Beams
2” Floor Paneling
Open-Web Steel Joist Floor Bearing Mechanism 18K6 x 34’ Glass Floor (For Light) IGU 10mm 2-pane
Concrete Column 1’2” x 1’2” Wood Paneling
Hollow Steel Structure Lateral Bracing 1’w x 1’h x 1/2” t
Retaining Shear Wall
Alpine Hutte (The Egg) Advanced Design: Fall 2013 Petra Liedl
Alpine Hutte was the most intersesting project program I had ever encountered. The goal was to create a net zero energy home to be situated in the Austrian Alps. There is an existing home that houses visitors that hike up this mountain range during daylight called Hochwildehaus. Not only does the scenario provide great scenery (picturesque mountains), the idea of a zero energy home in such a harsh climate is quite exciting. The Egg is the manifest of Danny Valles and Darren Cattle’s imagination for this project. Combining a hexagonal 2x4 system with heavy insulation, solar panels, central core heating, and solar water collector heating brought a new spin to the traditional hut. Complex geometry is associated with the hexagonal paneling system. To fully figure it out, we manufactured a system of 4 panels at full size to test if our angled cutting and steel brackets would work effectively. 3D printing also helped to investigate the final form and ultimately develop comfortable interior spaces. Overall, I believe the Alpine Hutte project was one of the best uses of my engineering skills and architectural design in my academic career. I think it’s quite beautiful and also could be built with a little more detailing.
Floor 1 Radius: 16.73ft Area: 880ft2 Height: 10.8ft Programs: Dining Kitchen Storage Terrace
Solar Air Collectors: Efficiency: 60% global solar radiation recovered Total Area: ~25.3 m2 with 45 hexagonal panels Daily Energy Produced (May1-Sept30): 68 kWh/day Solar Photovoltaic Panels: Efficiency: 15% Radiation Converted to Electricity Total Area: ~48.2 m2 with 100 hexagonal panels Daily Energy Produced (May1-Sept30): 32 kWh/day Windows That Receive Sunlight (South of E-W line): Total Area: ~40.7 m2 with 75 hexagonal panels Potential Daily Solar Gain (May1-Sept30): 37 kWh/day
Peak Month of Energy Use: May Daily Space Heating Demand: ~50 kWh/day Daily Electricity Demand (includes water/heat pump): ~25 kWh/day Average Monthly Demand: 2,200 kWh Total Seasonal Demand (May 1st- Sept 30th): 12,000 kWh
Energy Statistics
Solar Decathlon Renderings: Nexushaus Thermal Lab Coordinator: Winter 2013 Adam Pyrek
St. Elmo Street Boutique Hotel - “The Incubator Hotel” Technical Communication : Fall 2014 Jeff Krolicki
In the past few years, Austin has seen a significant increase in population due to the tech boom opportunity. Many major companiesSteel Plate & Bolt System (into Perimeter Columns) Composite Aluminum Facade Fin System have their eyes on Austin, TX due to the casual lifestyle and affordable real estate. Companies from all over the nation and the world have their eyes set on this city and to transform it to become a hub for technology, software, and other related media professions. People are flocking to the city because it is seen as the “land of opportunity” for the various tech industries to begin reaching their dreams. Our design, “The Incubator Hotel”, is about providing a place where people can come push and test their start-up ideas and have the chance to get investors interested in seeing the latest design/idea. This building allows for people to rent out facilities, work space, and equipment for small teams to come work together and even stay for extended periods of time based on the project. Investors and other business can easily come visit and see what all is going on inside these “incubators” where projects and their ideas come to develop into something real. Developed in Technical Communication, buildings are expected to have detailed construction level documents as well as critical design considerations. Structural and HVAC systems were integral and emphasized in the final design schematic.
Flashing Gypsum Sheathing Weatherproofing Strip Bolt Fastener Furring Strip Composite Aluminum Exterior Panel
Insulation Wall Light Gauge Metal Framing W18x76 Perimeter Beam Steel Angle
Gypsum Wall Light Gauge Metal Framing
Supply Air Vent Suspended HVAC Vent Return Air Vent
Single Curtain Wall, Double Glazing
Aluminum Mullion (Horizontal)
Aluminum Mullion (Vertical)
Steel Plate & Bolts (For Fin System) Composite Aluminum Facade Fin System
Perimeter Column
Finished Wood Flooring Secondary Floor Board
Composite Decking K-Series Bar Web Joist W18x76 Perimeter Beam
Composite Aluminum Exterior Panel