DAVID J SWEERE
PORTFOLIO
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david.j.sweere@gmail.com 501.551.7067 915 W Lawson Street, Fayetteville, AR 72703 david-sweere.squarespace.com
EDUCATION spring ‘20
fall ‘18 spring ‘18 summer ‘19
spring ‘14
Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Bachelor of Architecture Summa Cum Laude 3.9 GPA Honors Capstone, Walkability of Suburban Retrofits of the Washington DC Area Minors: Sustainability, History of Architecture University of Arkansas Rome Center Study Abroad
EXPERIENCE summer ‘18 - present
Thaden Independent School | Instructor Consultant
summer ‘17
Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects | Architectural Intern
Community College of the Air Force
Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama Associate in Applied Science Mechanical and Electrical Technology 4.0 GPA
fall ‘19 - spring ‘20 summer ‘16 - spring ‘18
VOLUNTEER spring ‘15 - spring ‘17
Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry | General Volunteer Fayetteville, Arkansas Distributed food and personal products weekly to members of the University of Arkansas community to supplement the nutritional needs of food insecure individuals.
SKILLS proficient: skilled in:
Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Physical Modeling, Hand-Drawing Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, Writing, Research
Fayetteville, Arkansas Produced architectural drawings, diagrams, and physical models of various projects for client presentations, publications, exhibitions and award submissions. Worked with teams of architects to assist in the design and documentation of projects in multiple phases.
fall ‘19 - spring ‘20
Aydelott Travel Fellowship
Vals, Switzerland | Vardo, Norway | Mallorca, Spain | Dhaka, Bangladesh FJSoA+D Aydelott Fellow $20,000 Travel Grant
Marlon Blackwell Architects | Architectural Associate | Intern
summer ‘11 - spring ‘20
Bentonville, Arkansas Supplemented high school math curriculum with hand-on instruction of classes based on the role of geometry in the conception and construction of architecture. Fayetteville, Arkansas Developed construction documents and built digital models for various architectural projects using BIM software. Collaborated with a team of architects in the firm in phases from schematic design to construction administration on various projects.
Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design | Research Assistant
Fayetteville, Arkansas Assisted Dean Peter MacKeith (2019-2020) and Architecture Department Head Elysse Newman (2016-18) in research and the production of exhibition and presentation material. Coordinated exhibitions of student work within FJSoA+D for display in the community. Managed drone technology equipment and offered basic instruction for students.
Arkansas Air National Guard | Electrical Journeyman
Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas Electrical construction and maintenance subject matter expert. Served two 6-month deployments in expeditionary units overseas. Current rank: Staff Sargent
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RECOGNITION Aydelott Travel Prize | 2020 AIA Henry Adams Medal | 2020 Aydelott Travel Fellowship Award | 2019 Comprehensive Design Studio Competition First Prize | 2018 HBG International Design Competition Merit Award | 2018 UARK Honors College Libby Finch Award
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Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship | 2018 Lyceum Fellowship Competition Merit Award | 2017 Air Force Achievement Medal | 2017 FJSoA+D Annual Fund Award | 2017 Volunteer Action Center Award | 2017 University of Arkansas Chancellor’s List | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2013 University of Arkansas Dean’s List | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013 Academics Plus Charter School Top Graduate | 2011
RADIAL CITY PLAN COLLAGE - YEAR 2 GRAPHITE ON STRATHMORE SCANNED + COPIED, CUT AND GLUED 16”x32”
ANIMATED LIBRARY HYBRID WALL ELEVATION - PRISMACOLOR PENCIL + INK ON VELLUM, LAYERED IN PHOTOSHOP + ILLUSTRATOR 24”x18”
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Section 2 69-70
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STUDIO PROJECTS Industrial Center For The Environment | Austin, Texas Fall 2017 Dr. Tahar Messadi
Classically Parametric Transit Piazza | Rome, Italy Spring 2018 Dr. Winifred Elysse Newman, Professor Francesco Bedeschi
Animated Library | North Manhattan, NYC, New York
Fall 2016 Professor Chuck Rotolo
Row Houses And Super Porch | Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Spring 2019 Professor Hillary Sample, Professor Charles Sharpless
PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP WORK CO-OP Ramen| Bentonville, Arkansas
Design Process Physical Models Marlon Blackwell Architects
Northwest Arkansas Free Health Clinic| Fayetteville, Arkansas
Exhibition Physical Model Marlon Blackwell Architects
Lamplighter School| Dallas, Texas
Publication Drawings + Fundraising Physical Model Marlon Blackwell Architects
Shenandoah Wellness Resort| Shenandoah, Virginia
25% Schematic Design Team Marlon Blackwell Architects
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STUDIO PROJECTS
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INDUSTRIAL CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Austin, Texas Comprehensive Design Studio Competition First-Prize Fall 2017 Instructor: Tahar Messadi The Seaholm District of Downtown Austin, Texas has a rich historical context of rail, power production, and manufacturing, serving as an industrial engine for much of the city’s history. Few remnants of this industrial past remain as formally-driven towers have replaced old warehouses and old rail lines have been removed. This comprehensive studio emphasized architecture’s role as an agent of change in a greener future, prioritizing the principles and application of sustainability in building design as a way to reframe and challenge existing green building practices. Comprehensive in the desire to move toward a deeper, multivalent exploration, the studio required substantial and substantive spatial and tectonic resolution. In response to the historical context of the Seaholm District, the tactile material and immense spatial qualities of aged industrial buildings and local abandoned rail lines were researched, analyzed, and drawn. This Center of Environmental Innovation attempts to engage the collective memory of this urban landscape. The building is rooted in its historical context through the celebration of structural, mechanical, and water collection systems. This project suggests looking to and modernizing pre-industrial solutions for issues of sustainability and climate change that impact our immediate and distant futures.
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ABANDONED RAIL TRESTLE - GRAPHITE ON STRATHMORE 8”x8”
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SEAHOLM DISTRICT POWER PLANT - GRAPHITE ON STRATHMORE 8”x8”
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION CENTER INDUSTRIAL REMNANTS
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CITY OF AUSTIN POWER PLANT
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SHOAL CREEK
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ANN AND ROY BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL
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PUBLIC PLAZA
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SITE TOPOGRAPHY MODEL - 1/32”:1’ CHIP BOARD + BASSWOOD 12”x12”x2”
ROOT THE BUILDING IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT
PLACELESSNESS
ROOTEDNESS
SITE ANALYSIS DIAGRAM - INK DRAWING ON WHITE TRACE PAPER, PHOTOSHOP COLLAGE
RESPOND TO PECULIARITIES OF CLIMATE, SITE, AND PLACE LOWERING THE GROUND PLANE
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SEAHOLM POWER PLANT
MAIN PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE
TRAFFIC SAFETY BUFFER
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CREATE PUBLIC THRUWAYS
TREE CANOPY + BUILDING SHADE
RAIN WATER COLLECTION
CELEBRATE BUILDING SYSTEMS
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EAST ELEVATION + PROCESS SKETCH - INK, GRAPHITE, + PRISMACOLOR PENCIL ON WHITE TRACE
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Thermal breaks separate the interior space from the exterior steel skeletal structure.
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Brie sole balconies on the south facade offer exterior views of the Colorado River and protect the interior from the intense southern Texas sun.
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Hollow-core pre-cast concrete panels span the steel structural frame and are left exposed.
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The entrance from Cesar Chavez Avenue is set back from the busy street. Trees shade the resulting plaza between the building and the street.
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BUILDING ENCLOSURE SECTION MODEL - 1/4”:1’ BASSWOOD + CHIPBOARD 8”x10”x18”
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EXHIBITION HALL - LEVEL 4
PHOTO FROM UNDER RAIL BRIDGE
NORTH ENTRY PROMENADE
LOBBY AND GALLERY SPACE - LEVEL 1
HVAC + LIGHTING
AIR SUPPLY DUCT LINEAR AIR SUPPLY DIFFUSER AIR RETURN DUCT LINEAR AIR RETURN DIFFUSER AIR RETURN DIFFUSER LED GENERAL ILLUMINATION LIGHT FIXTURE LED SPOT LIGHT FIXTURE LED BATHROOM LIGHT FIXTURE
AIR SUPPLY DUCT LINEAR AIR SUPPLY DIFFUSER AIR RETURN DUCT LINEAR AIR RETURN DIFFUSER AIR RETURN DIFFUSER LED GENERAL ILLUMINATION LIGHT FIXTURE LED SPOT LIGHT FIXTURE LED BATHROOM LIGHT FIXTURE ACOUSTIC SLIDING PANEL / DISPLAY BOARD
LEVEL 4 - TYPICAL REFLECTED CEILING PLAN - HVAC + LIGHTING
STRUCTURE
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W14 STEEL BEAMS, INTUMESCENT PAINT
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PRE-CAST CONCRETE HOLLOW CORE PLANKS
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FOUNDATION CURTAIN WALL DETAIL
THERMAL BREAK DETAIL
PARAPET DETAIL
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LEVEL 4 - EXHIBITION HALL DETAIL SECTION
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VIEW FROM NORTHEAST
CLASSICALLY PARAMETRIC TRANSIT PIAZZA Rome, Italy INDECoM Merit Award Fall 2017 Instructors: Winifred Elysse Newman + Francesco Bedeschi Team: Rachel Filgas The city of Rome, without ever establishing a comprehensive urban plan, developed through accretion and necessity over nearly three thousand years, and yet, the streets, public squares, homes, and institutions of the city embody design principles that have been used in the construction of virtually every metropolis in the Western world. At the same time, an overwhelming proportion of the built environment in the ancient sprawling city is designed in the Classical style, based on strict proportional relationships of the orders. This studio analyzed the urban fabric of Rome, specifically along the Via Papalis, through the lens of these Classical proportional relationships and mathematic rules, ratios that can be understood as parametric in nature and, thus, digitally scripted by developing algorithms in parametric design softwares, such as Grasshopper. Classical monuments along the Via Papalis were analyzed and digitally reconstructed by developing parametric scripts based on Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian proportions. This process of parametric analysis was carried forward in the development of parametric scripts that set up the framework for the final design proposal.
TRANSIT STATION PARTI SKETCH - INK ON WHITE TRACE PAPER 3�x4�
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NORTHEAST SITE AXON
Set in the heart of historic Rome at Piazza Venezia, this site is surrounded by some of the world’s most significant architectural monuments, yet has been left spatially ill-defined and is largely underutilized by the city. A bus station and park located on the site are difficult to safely access due to heavy traffic surrounding the site on all sides. There is great opportunity for the city to reclaim the site as a designed public space through the reconfiguration of the bus station and slowing of surrounding traffic. Taking advantage of the slope of the site, this proposal establishes a transit station below a public piazza and monument garden, which both frames views of the surrounding Roman context and offers places for refuge in the busy city center.
PIAZZA VENEZIA CHIESA DEL GESU COLONNA TRAIANA
MONUMENT PIAZZA + TRANSIT STATION MONUMENTO NAZIONALE INSULA ROMANA
CAMPIGDOLIO
THEATRO DI MARCELLO
60m
HISTORIC ROME
120m
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FRAMING VIEWS - SITE ANALYSIS PHOTO MONTAGE + SITE ANALYSIS MODEL - PLUMBING RESIN + WOODEN DOWELS 4”x3”x3.5”
CORINTHIAN
IONIC
DORIC
CLASSICAL PARAMETRIC RATIOS - INK ON WHITE TRACE PAPER 6”x10”
THEATER OF MARCELLUS ANALYSIS
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PARAMETRIC RATIOS
RESULTING GEOMETRY
EXTRUDE THE GEOMETRY
APPLY THE MODULE ALONG A CURVE
THEATER OF MARCELLUS PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS AND RECONSTRUCTION
PARAMETRIC FORMULA
2 ESTABLISH PLINTHS BY ROTATING AND SCALING GRID MODULES
Based on the analysis and digital reconstruction of Theater of Marcellus, a parametric script was developed that set up a framework for the design of a monument piazza. A gridded system of modules based on contextual geometries of Via Papalis and Via del Corso were overlaid in a Grasshopper algorithmic script and plinths were established under which a transit station could function. A rationalized arch was then assigned to each module based on Doric and Ionic ratios. Finally, a compositional process of thinning modules then formed public space and follies which frame views of the surrounding monuments and offer moments of repose and refuge in the busy city center.
1 DETERMINE TWO MAIN CONTEXT GEOMETRIES: VIA PAPLIS & MONUMENT
2 ESTABLISH TWO GRIDS BASED ON CONTEXT GEOMETRIES
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3 DEVELOP PARAMETRIC ARCH MODULE BASED ON CLASSICAL ORDERS IONIC
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THIN THE MODULES, FORMING PUBLIC SPACE, BENCHES, AND PATHS; PLACES FOR SITTING, MEETING, EATING, LOUNGING, WALKING, VIEWING, LEANING...
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6 THE RESULTING PLAN
THE RESULTING SPACES
EXPERIENCE - SHADOW AND LIGHT, REFUGE AND CONNECTION
ON-SITE EXPERIENTIAL DRAWINGS
DESIGN INTENTION DRAWING
TEAM MEMBER SKETCHES - CONTE ON ARCHES PAPER
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ANIMATED LIBRARY New York City, New York Lyceum Competition Merit Award Fall 2016 Instructor: Chuck Rotolo This 3rd Year studio emphasized the fundamentals of design thinking and design process through an exploration of precedent studies and typological thinking as well-springs for creativity and parti generation. The “branch library” served as the typology in question, as the studio aligned with the 2017 Lyceum Competition program by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, which called for submissions of a small public library set on the historic Audubon Terrace In Manhattan. With a focus on the human scale and human space, students were challenged to diagram spatial and experiential ideas in three dimensions through an iterative series of bas relief tiles. In reading the spaces between, these tiles were transformed into inhabitable poché, from the scale of the reading nook to the entire building and its site, which offers a series of social and contextual challenges.
“The library is a building type in which the architect must design the furniture along with the structure and the architecture. Without the books, the bookstacks, and their digital equivalent, there is no building, and even if the disciplines of architecture and furniture design are separate endeavors, this is a building type in which they cannot be disconnected.” Ed Ford, Five Houses, Ten Details
Audubon Terrace was originally conceived as a cultural center, showcasing the location of the Hispanic Society in North Manhattan. As the terrace fully developed toward its current state, it began to close off any visual and accessible relationship to 156th street. Rather than integrating into the Washington Heights community and serving as a civic amenity, Audubon Terrace’s fortress-like relationship to the street has resulted in a disjunction between the terrace and the neighborhood.
A NOOK FOR READING SKETCH - INK ON YELLOW TRACE PAPER 3”x4”
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VIEW FROM 156TH STREET
TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!
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This proposal calls for the relocation of the Hispanic Society’s Archive Library, restoring the visual relationship between the site’s original building and 156th street. By opening Audubon Terrace to 156th street, a grand public space is offered to accompany the new branch library, acting as public entrance to both Audubon Terrace and the branch Library.
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“De-fortifying” Audubon Terrace brings eyes back to the street and the community. As the presence of a new branch library and park attracts activity, 156th Street becomes animated.
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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NORTH MANHATTAN, NYC
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RELOCATION OF HISPANIC SOCIETY ARCHIVE LIBRARY
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PROPOSED
BAS RELIEF STUDIES - LAYERED CHIP BOARD + MUSEUM BOARD TILES 8”x8”
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POCHE WALL CONCEPT SKETCH - INK ON YELLOW TRACE PAPER 4”x4”
MAIN READING ROOM
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LEVEL 0 - 156th STREET / SERVICE ENTRANCE LEVEL
LEVEL 1 - MAIN ENTRANCE LEVEL
LEVEL 2 - AUDUBON TERRACE ENTRANCE LEVEL
1 CHILDREN’S LIBRARY
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MAIN ENTRANCE HALL
1 ENTRANCE LOBBY
2 SERVICE ENTRANCE
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CIRCULATION DESK/ STAFF OFFICES
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EXTERIOR PORCH
3 YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY
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LEVEL 5 - READING ROOM MEZZANINE LEVEL 1 READING ROOM MEZZANINE 2 MAIN READING ROOM 3 RELOCATED HISPANIC SOCIETY ARCHIVE LIBRARY 7
4 EXPANDED AUDUBON TERRACE 5 156TH STREET
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7 CHURCH OF OUR LADY ESPERANZA
6 PROGRAM SECTION DIAGRAMS A 4
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ELEVATION STUDIES - INK ON YELLOW TRACE PAPER 4”x4”
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READING ROOM MEZZANINE
READING ROOM
COMPUTER ROOM COMMUNITY GATHERING
YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY TERRACE LEVEL ENTRANCE LOBBY
EXTERIOR PORCH
CHILDREN’S LIBRARY
SECTION FACING EAST
POCHE WALL SECTION MODEL - BRISTOL BOARD 16”x4”x12”
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POCHE WALL EXPERIENTIAL / USE DIAGRAM - PRISMACOLOR PENCIL, GRAPHITE, + INK ON VELLUM, LAYERED IN PHOTOSHOP 24”x18”
ROW HOUSES AND SUPER PORCH Pine Bluff, Arkansas Advanced Studio Competition Finalist Spring 2019 Instructors: Hilary Sample + Charles Sharpless Team: Selwyn Bachus + Anna Morris Once an economic and cultural center in the Mississippi River delta region, Pine Bluff is currently one of the fastest shrinking cities in the US. Poverty and crime, as well as heavy flooding, pushed much of its population out of the city over the 20th century, leaving behind a rich building stock of historic houses and brick Main Street buildings. At the same time, much of the city’s periphery continues to thrive, signaling opportunity to reinvigorate Pine Bluff’s downtown area with appropriate housing and public cultural centers. This studio, led by MOS Architects principal Hilary Sample, speculated on the representation and design of collective, shared housing for workers in this historic city. Teams of students selected a site based on opportunity and potential need for housing within its city limits and were challenged to consider new paradigms for living and working as well as shared services such as parking, biking, public and commercial spaces, and landscape. For this proposal, we pursued an underutilized parking lot adjacent to Pine Bluff High School that currently makes up an entire roughly 300’x300’ block. This multi-use housing project is intended to restore public life and activity through densification and introduction of various programs that promote walkability within the neighborhood and connection among neighbors and the high school.
SITE SECTION SKETCH - GRAPHITE ON YELLOW TRACE 8”x2”
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SITE MODEL - 1/2”:1’ FOAM CORE, BRISTOL, CARD-STOCK + COPY PAPER ON PLYWOOD BASE 6’x6’
THE PORCH IS A SPACE FOR SOCIAL GATHERING Through examining the social-historical narrative and studying of local worker housing types of the greater Delta region, the porch, an intimate place for community and social gathering, emerged as a vernacular element through which the project developed. Porch types were categorized and diagrammed based on houses found throughout the state of Arkansas. These houses were studied and redrawn, demonstrating their connection to work and activity through maintenance and various ‘things’ of daily life.
PORCH TYPES
ARKANSAS DELTA HOUSING + THE FRONT PORCH
DELTA HOUSING STUDY
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DOUBLE PORCH HOUSE - HELENA, AR
SHOT GUN + SHOT GUN PLUS HOUSE - TRUMANN, AR
LAKEPORT PLANTATION HOUSE - LAKE VILLAGE, AR
GARAGE HOUSE - FOREST CITY, AR
PUSH PORCH HOUSE - HELENA, AR
SILO HOUSE - McGEHEE, AR
PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS LAKE PINE BLUFF
CANEY BAYOU
DOWNTOWN
PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL ROW HOUSING + SUPER PORCH FLOOD PLAIN
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500’
1000’
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PINE BLUFF ESSENCE DRAWING
At the scale of the block, a ‘natural’ porch of gridded pines creates a threshold to the north with a constructed ‘Super Porch’ to the south, which contains programs of classrooms, greenhouse, restaurant, daycare, and market space. Rows of housing line the east and west edges of the site, consisting of four prototypes which vary in size to accommodate a diverse community. A contemporary adaptation of the hip roof connects the project to much of the typical housing stock of the Delta region. Skylight openings allow light to penetrate the large canopy roof of the Super Porch and Row Houses. This move supplies natural light to the houses while allowing for their required privacy in the relatively dense housing block.
PROCESS MODELS - 1/16”:1’ BRISTOL PAPER
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ROW HOUSING PROTOTYPES
1 BEDROOM UNIT
DUPLEX UNIT
2 BEDROOM UNIT
3 BEDROOM UNIT
HOUSING + SUPER PORCH GRID RELATIONSHIP
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1 BEDROOM UNIT PORCH - 1/2”:1’ FOAM CORE, BRISTOL, CARD-STOCK + COPY PAPER ON PLYWOOD BASE 6’x6’
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SUPER PORCH MODEL - 1/2”:1’ FOAM CORE, BRISTOL, CARD-STOCK + COPY PAPER ON PLYWOOD BASE 6’x6’
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DOUBLE BEAM GLULAM STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
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COLUMN-INTEGRATED WATER SPOUT - GRAPHITE ON ARCHES 6”x6”
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SUPER PORCH MODEL - 1/2”:1’ FOAM CORE, BRISTOL, CARD-STOCK + COPY PAPER ON PLYWOOD BASE 6’x6’
SUPER PORCH DETAIL SECTION ISOMETRIC - HAND-DRAFTED GRAPHITE ON ARCHES PAPER 24”x18”
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SUPER PORCH MODEL - 1/2”:1’ FOAM CORE, BRISTOL, CARD-STOCK + COPY PAPER ON PLYWOOD BASE 6’x6’
Section 2
PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP WORK
Summer ‘18-’20
MARLON BLACKWELL ARCHITECTS
CO-OP RAMEN
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FREE HEALTH CLINIC
LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL
SHENANDOAH RESORT GATHERING HALL
CO-OP RAMEN Bentonville, Arkansas Marlon Blackwell Architects Role: Design Process Physical Models In 2018, Ropeswing Group selected Marlon Blackwell Architects (MBA) to create the interior of their new 2,000 square foot fast casual ramen restaurant at the 8th Street Market in Bentonville, Arkansas. The 8th street market is a creative, local economy reimagining of a disused food processing plant. The design for CO-OP Ramen evolved from the productive dissonance of the new and the old, the highly crafted and happenstance. The space, constructed of simple and un-refined materials, prominently concrete masonry units and plywood, exudes a richness through the carefully composed textures of the space. As part of the design process of this project, my role was to build iterative physical models of the ceiling construction in order to understand its light quality. A deeply coffered plywood ceiling spatially connects the communal seating area. Light travels through the depth of the plywood, causing light and shadow to become caught up in the recesses and in-between.
MAIN COMMUNAL DINING SPACE UNDER COFFERED PLYWOOD CEILING - PHOTO BY TIM HURSLEY
LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH PLYWOOD ‘CAVE; + COMMUNAL DINING SPACE
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ITERATIVE LIGHT STUDY MODELS - BASSWOOD + SANDED ACRYLIC 14”x8”x1”
NWA FREE HEALTH CENTER Fayetteville, Arkansas Marlon Blackwell Architects Role: Exhibition Physical Model In 2018, as part of an exhibition at the Museum of Design Atlanta titled Design for Good: Architecture for Everyone, MBA was requested to submit a display to include drawings and a large scale model of a project that benefits its local community. My role was to build the physical model to be displayed in the museum. The Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center is a medical and dental clinics for those without insurance or unable to pay in its community. Previously located in a moldy and dilapidated space, the new home of the Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center (FHC) is bright and airy, and is located on the University of Arkansas Medical School campus in Fayetteville. Though in disrepair, the existing building did have a central axis day lit by transoms, and a generous expanse of glass at the south end, which became the public waiting area and conference room. Completed in 2013, what results is a transparent institution, creating an open and inviting public atmosphere designed with dignity for the underserved. Along the main axis, wood plank boxes provide a series of waiting areas, with comfortable seating and ample natural light. A transparent wall of frameless glass is all that separates the conference room at the south end of the building from the waiting areas, helping to deliver natural light and extend the space out into the landscape.
MAIN AXIS VIEW - PHOTO BY TIM HURSLEY
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VESTIBULE
LOBBY
WAITING ROOM
CONFERENCE ROOM
MAIN AXIS SECTION
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SECTION MODEL IN EXHIBITION - 1/4”:1’ BASSWOOD + ACRYLIC ON BIRCH PLYWOOD BASE 12”x42”x48” PHOTO BY ADRIAN LAVINE
MODEL PROCESS
WAITING ROOM TO CONFERENCE ROOM - 1/4”:1’ BASSWOOD + ACRYLIC ON BIRCH PLYWOOD BASE 12”x42”x48”
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EXHIBITION DISPLAY - PHOTO BY ADRIAN LAVINE
LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL Dallas, Texas Marlon Blackwell Architects Role: Publication Drawings + Fundraising Campus Model Originally designed by O’Neil Ford in the late 1960’s, The Lamplighter School boasts a campus design highlighted by open learning spaces, a close relationship with nature, and a “village” composition. In the spring of 2014, The Lamplighter School selected the team of Marlon Blackwell Architects (MBA) and Talley Associates (TA) to provide architectural services for the design of a freestanding Innovation Lab, renovations and additions to the current buildings, an enlarged or reconfigured ring road, and overall campus parking and associated landscape design. As the centerpiece of the expansion and renovation project, the Innovation Lab is programmed with hands-on learning classrooms, including woodshop, robotics lab, and teaching kitchen. Additionally, a new Red Barn served an integral role in the culture of learning at the Lamplighter School: it is simultaneously a chicken coop, learning lab, and creative space.
INNOVATION LAB + RED BARN - PHOTO BY TIM HURSLEY
The renewal of the Lamplighter School campus continues after the completion of the Innovation Lab. Phase 2 of the project improves the existing buildings by providing an updated, appropriate, and holistic approach for the reconfiguration of administrative and teaching spaces. As part of the fundraising effort for Phase 2, my role involved building a physical model of the renovated campus. The handcrafted model is meant to attract and excite potential donors for the final phase of construction. CAMPUS AXON
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LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL CAMPUS MODEL - 1”:20’ CHIPBOARD, BASSWOOD, ACRYLIC + MUSIC WIRE ON PLYWOOD BASE - 38”x44”
STUDENT SERVICE CENTER - PHASE 2 CLASSROOMS - PHASE 2
DRAMA ROOM - PHASE 2 CLASSROOMS - PHASE 2
DROP OFF CANOPY - BUILT
BARN - BUILT INNOVATION LAB - BUILT
LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL CAMPUS MODEL - 1”:20’ CHIPBOARD, BASSWOOD, ACRYLIC + MUSIC WIRE ON PLYWOOD BASE - 38”x44”
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LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOL CAMPUS MODEL - 1”:20’ CHIPBOARD, BASSWOOD, ACRYLIC + MUSIC WIRE ON PLYWOOD BASE - 38”x44”
SHENANDOAH RESORT GATHERING HALL Shenandoah, Virginia Marlon Blackwell Architects Role: 25% Schematic Design Team Member Located just one-hour west of Washington DC, Simply Shenandoah offers transformative wellness experiences in a highly immersive wilderness setting to create spiritual alignment between the individual, community, and Mother Nature. Designed by a collaboration of Olson Kundig, Marlon Blackwell Architects, and Thrive Architecture with Coen + Partners, Simply Shenandoah is a 130,000 square foot retreat comprised of multiple programmatic functions including spaces of release, nourish, gathering, and rest, surrounding a large aquatics center designed to heal both body and mind. MBA’s scope includes the site’s Arrival Building, Pedestrian Bridge, Food and Beverage Building, Gathering Hall Building, and Yoga Building. As part of the 25% Schematic Design team, my primary role involved the Gathering Hall building. Working directly with Marlon Blackwell, a triangular scheme was developed that guides guests through a series bends that terminates in an expansive porch opening up to a view of the Shenandoah Mountains. Working with the natural sloping topography, the building thrusts outward on piers, maximizing the potential view above tree line. Multiple meeting halls are designed to control and limit the view, spiritually lit from above, elevating the impact of the grand view. The landscape filters into a triangular courtyard, creating an intimate natural setting before reaching the final “bend and release.” GATHERING HALL BUILDING SKETCHES BY MARLON BLACKWELL - INK ON YELLOW TRACE 4”x3”
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NORTHEAST AXON VIEW
ITERATIVE PROGRAM DIAGRAMS
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MATERIAL PRECEDENT STUDY - LOCAL BARNS
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GATHERING HALL BUILDING PLAN
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GATHERING HALL BUILDING 1
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MAIN GATHERING HALL
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OFFICE
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PRIVATE CONSULTATION ROOMS
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LARGE MEETING HALL
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MEDIUM MEETING HALL
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RESTROOM
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OUTDOOR COVERED PORCH
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OUTDOOR UNCOVERED COURTYARD
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RESORT SITE PLAN 1
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE (MBA)
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GATHERING HALL (MBA)
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FOOD + BEVERAGE (MBA)
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AQUATICS (OLSON KUNDIG)
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FITNESS/ADMIN (OLSON KUNDIG)
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CRAFTS (OLSON KUNDIG)
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COLLEAGUE (OLSON KUNDIG)
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CABINS (OLSON KUNDIG)
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SHENANDOAH RESORT SITE PLAN
PROCESS MODEL - 1”:50’ CHIPBOARD 11”x6”x1”
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SITE PHOTO
“The way architecture makes room for experience and memory is exemplified in rooms that provide their inhabitants with a simultaneous sense of extending to the distant horizon and withdrawing into close places of repose; in rooms anchored to their sites and thereby integrated into the history and nature of their place; in rooms resonant with the memory of their making, legible in their structure, materials and joinery; in rooms brought to life by the play of light throughout the day, the season and the year; and in rooms tailored precisely to the rituals of daily life that take place within them.� Robert McCarter, The Space Within