David Edwards
Architectural Portfolio: Selected Works
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Illinois Institute of Technology South Loop Performance Campus-03 Englewood Montessori Charter School-09 Wolf Point Advertising Agency and Museum-15 The Catholic University of America Eastern Market DDOT Information Hub-21 McMillan Reservoir Adaptive Reuse-27
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Name: David Edwards
About Me
Phone: 269.930.9949 E-mail: dave_edwards@outlook.com Online: http://bit.ly/DE_online_portfolio Education: Bachelors of Science Architecture, The Catholic University of America 2010 Masters of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology 2012
My architectural education began with a move from a small town in Michigan to Washington, DC. This move had an immense impact on the way I look at the built environment. Studying in an urban environment has influenced my designs as much as the schools that I have attended in their limits. The past few years of my education and employment has increased my interest in the transition from theoretical design to reality. The use of traditional and digital fabrication techniques is something that I have been pursuing in an attempt to close the gap between design and production with an unending focus on concept. I look to contimue my development as an Architect and a designer by surrounding myself with like minded professionals.
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Illinois Institute of Technology
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South Loop Performance Campus Chicago, IL Spring 2012 Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something. -Frank Zappa
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RESTAURANT SECTION
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1. LOWER LOBBY /ATRIUM 2. RECEPTION 3. SECURITY 4.GIFT SHOP 5. LOWER BAR 6. “BLACK BOX” THEATER 7. STORAGE 8. WARM UP/ PRACTICE SPACE 9. MENS LOCKER 10. WOMANS LOCKER 11. ADMINISTRATION 12. GREEN ROOM 13. SIDE STAGE 14. STAGE 15. LOWER SEATING ACCESS 16. FIRE STAIR 17. RESTROOMS
1. UPPER BAR / VIEWING 2. RESTROOMS 3. UPPPER LOUNGE / VIEWING 4. THEATER BALCONY 5. FIRE STAIR 6. TICKET BOOTH
1. MAIN ENTRANCE 2. VIEWING CAFE 3. OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE SPACE 4. UPPER LOBBY / ATRIUM 5. FIRE STAIR 6. TICKET BOOTH
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1. RESTAURANT SEATING 2. TOP BAR AND LOUNGE 3. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 4. FIRE STAIR 5. THEATER BALCONY 6. LOUNGE AND VIEWING 7. RESTROOMS
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DOUBLE SIDED STAGE THEATER SEATING PARK SPACE OUTDOOR SEATING PIT/ LOWERR STAGE
PARKING
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This is the current project that I am working on for my final masters project. This project is a theater and performance complex located in Chicago’s south loop on the edge of grant park. This project is focusing on the experience of attending the theater and how this can differ for the types of performance. Looking at interior vs. exterior space and the levels of formality implied within, along with the relationship between the formal performance as intended by the theater and the impromptu show created by the theaters attendees. I am working to create spaces that allow for these interactions to occur. The south loop would now have a venue that would rival its northern counterpart , allowing for the area to grow in popularity due to use.
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STRUCTURAL SECTION
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RESTAURANT / OBSERVATION FLY SPACE STAGE MANAGER OFFICE SIDE STAGE SUPPORT STAGE THEATER SEATING GIFT SHOP AREA TICKETS RECEPTION GREEN ROOM ADMINISTRATION CAST LOCKERS WC BLACK BOX LOBBY LOWER STAGE / PIT LOADING / SHOP PARKING
PROGRAM
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Illinois Institute of Technology
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E ng lewood Montessor i Char ter School Chicago, IL Fall 2011 “I am entirely certain that 20 years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder how we could have tolerated anything so primitive .� -John W. Gardener
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TYPES OF REFLECTION
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This project was set in one of Chicago’s worst neighborhoods, Englewood. The Montessori method of learning is an alternative style of learning that promotes self exploration and peer based learning. The project began with an exploration into our driving word catalyst. This exploration led to “Reflection as a catalyst” and was the driving factor of my design. My approach was based on attempting to amplify this interaction within the students and the surrounding community. I approached this amplification of interaction by folding the building to enlarge these interaction spaces
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CATALYLIST
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Illinois Institute of Technology
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Wolf Point Advertising Agency and Museum Chicago, IL Spring 2011 “Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.� -William Bernbach
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Savannah Roof System Anchor Plate Parapit Stuffed with Insulation Compression Bars Aluminum Flashing Steel Stud Rigid Insulation Cast in Place Steel Angle Channel Glass Frame Frame HVAC Duct Concrete Roof Conduit Tube Lighting With Baffel Channel Glass Aerogel Insulation Cast in Place Tube for Conduit Recessed Can Light Hangar Wire Cast Into Slab HVAC Vent Drywall Ceiling Attached to Steel Grid Concrete Column
Channel Glass Aerogel Insulation Channel Glass Frame Steel Angle Glass Frame Frame Steel Support Bolted to Cast in Place Plate
Channel Glass Frame Frame Finish Pour Aluminum Channel Rigid Insulation Cast in Place Steel Angle Channel Glass Frame Frame HVAC Duct Concrete Roof Conduit Channel Glass Aerogel Insulation Tube Lighting With Baffel
Cast in Place Tube for Conduit Recessed Can Light Hangar Wire Cast Into Slab HVAC Vent Drywall Ceiling Attached to Steel Grid Concrete Column
Concrete Column Channel Glass Aerogel Insulation Finished Pour PEX Tubing Reinforced Slab on Grade Base Frame Connected to Slab via Angle Edge of Plaza Drain Expansion Joint Plaza
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SOUND WAVE
This project was set on one of Chicago’s most prominent and sought after sites in the city, Wolf Point. This site juts into the river and allows for expansive views of the surrounding area. The program of the project was pretty vast in the sense that it included not only an advertising agency but also a museum. The moves made in the forms of the buildings were primarily influenced by the views from the agency and the museum. I also took into account the surrounding buildings and their views making sure not to take away what was once one of their most prized assets. The facade of the building posed an interesting problem as I am generally opposed to arbitrary patterns and needed to find a reasoning for something that would work with my forms. I looked back to one of my earlier ideas of bringing a music venue onto the riverside site and applied music guided form to the facade. The result was a highly irregular looking but strictly ordered light controlling effect.
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The Catholic University of America
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Eastern Mar ket DDOT I nformation H ub Washington, DC Spring 2010 “The first necessity in understanding how cities and their parks influence each other is to jettison confusion between real uses and mythical uses.� -Jane Jacobs
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PROCESS
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This project was designed for our comprehensive building design studio or CBDS. We were broken up into groups of five students and were charged with the task of first coming up with a firm name. We were then given a real project in the city to complete, this required a full set of CD’s for the builder and everything that it takes to get the client to be happy with them. We had seemingly constant meetings with consultants throughout the semester and kept in close correspondence with the community and the cities representatives. Since our project was in an area with high foot traffic we focused our design on the creation and direction of paths through SITE STRIPS the site. We manipulated a series of strips pulled off the main site datum to accomplish this and to bring order to our landscaping. We placed second overall in the studio and almost had the project built . The extensive landscaping was our downfall in the end.
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The Catholic University of America
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Mc M i l l a n Res e r vo i r Ad a pt i ve Re u s e Washington, DC Spring 2009 Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future. -Ayn Rand
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SITE PLAN
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PORTION OF SITE
INTERIOR OF PAVILLION
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This project was part of a studio wide competition that I placed third in. The site for this project was an abandoned sand filtration field that was used to filter DC’s drinking water before the introduction of the chemical alternative. SECTION OF LOUVER The site was essentially a series of subterranean vaults. I thought that the site could be used as a sort of park and shopping center for the area of NE DC. I used the available grade change to shelter the park space from the bust streets of the city and also used it to change the feelings of the spaces contained within the separate levels. The upper levels were more retail based due to their exposure to traffic and views inward, while the lower spaces were more private spaces such EXTERIOR as bars and restaurants. I was also charged to design one of these where I reused the current vault systems.
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