Portfolio 2015 by David Potter

DAVID POTTER Architectural Research and Design 2015.5

Architectural Research and Design 2015.5 This portfolio serves as a platform to share my work at Northeastern University over the past years with you, and engage you in the issues most interesting to me in my architectural design exercises. Over the course of my architectural studies, I have focused on pragmatic Boston-centric design problems. While these issues appear site specific at first glance, they are paradigmatic of larger urban issues which plague the contemporary city including the post-industrial waterfront, aging babyboomer housing, fighting the American obesity crisis in inner city environments, and rethinking architectural resilience beyond the constraints of rising tides and storm-surges to implement truly resilient buildings in the contemporary city. Interested in the design opportunities and discourse between the urban realm and architecture, between pragmatism and utopian vision - these projects leverage their inherent real-world constraints to begin to suggest avenues of exploration and exploit their weakness as opportunity. I welcome you to select any project heading of interest and start with its brief in order to familiarize yourself with the specifics of the project premise. Enjoy!

Education

Masters of Architecture - 2015 Northeastern University Boston MA, 2014 - 2015

B.S in Architecture, Minor in History - 2014 Northeastern University Boston MA, 2009 - Present

Experience Architectural Designer

Fennick McCredie Architecture

GPA: 3.95 AIA Henry Adams School Medal and Certificate of Merit Honoree Beacon Yards: De Novo Urbanism Studio Teaching Assistant: Architecture and Global Cultures: Prehistory to 1400 + 1400 to Present College of Arts, Media, and Design Dean Search Committee Student Representative GPA: 3.7: Magna Cum Laude Dean’s List Northeastern Excellence Scholarship Fall 2011 - Architectural Study Abroad in Berlin Spring 2012 - 34th Annual NE/SAH Symposium:“An Architecture of Democracy: Gottfried Semper and the Evolution of Style” Spring 2014 - Research Innovation Scholarship Exposition: “Innovating Resilient Structures” Relevant Seminars: Architectural History, Cities Landscape + Modern Culture, Structures, Environmental Systems, Design Tactics + Operations, Integrated Building Systems Relevant Studios: Site Type Composition, Pattern + Urban Design, Berlin Hotel, Architecture + Urbanism, Advanced Architectural Communication, Housing+Aggregation, Comprehensive Design

Ideating and working collaboratively to push forward design concepts through the creation of diagrams, physical models, digital models, collaged perspectives, and testing these against pragmatically-based building metrics.

Boston MA, June 2015 - Present Architectural Design Intern Fennick McCredie Architecture Boston MA, May - August 2014 Architectural Design Intern Fennick McCredie Architecture Boston MA, January - August 2013

Management and Planning Intern Babson College Wellesley MA, January - August 2012

Project Services Intern WSP Flack + Kurtz Boston MA, June - August 2011

Assisted project teams to meet deadlines, detail systems, and propose schematic design approaches. Created diagrams, presentation graphics, and revit families for numerous office projects and proposals, while assisting a variety of projects ranging in phase from schematic design to construction documents, and through construction administration. Worked primarily on two projects through multiple phases of design including proposal development, scoping, schematic design, Revit design-development documents, and sub-consultant coordination. Assisted in community presentation strategy, graphics, and rendering. Additional assignments included a Back Bay row-house renovation construction administration support, and marketing proposal analysis graphics. Created drawings for campus renovations and site documentation. Assisted Capital Projects Manager in scope and budget creation, project management, and documentation. Implemented digitized system for project management in order to more closely monitor expenditures and phases of renovations. Attended meetings with contractors, vendors, engineers, and architects to plan and facilitate the short-term office, classroom, and parking lot renovations, and the long-term campus master-plan. Generated an MEP library of REVIT families for BIM modeling use. Created new and modified pre-existing families according to the WSP national standards to streamline the REVIT design process at all stages of project development. Created and converted symbols, tags, legends, and details into native REVIT formats.

Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Lightroom Adobe Dreamweaver REVIT AutoCAD Sketch-Up Rhino V-Ray Kerkythea Ecotect Photography

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Table of Contents P r oje ct s: L if e S cien ce U r b a n i s m

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R es ilien t S t r u c t u r e s

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S y mbio t ic L iv i n g

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A s s embly S p or t s Sq u a r e / / 03 O ut s ide I n n B e r l i n H ot e l / / 04 Per f o r min g A r t s Sc h ool

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Cr o s s in g B a r r i e r s

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Cambr idge Li b r a r y

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Dew ey S qua r e

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Ex t r a F u n : Ph y s ical Mo d e l s Ph o t o gr aph y

Final Cut Pro Model Making / Laser Cutting

// 00 Spring 2015 Instructor: Tim Love Beacon Yards Research and Design Studio

Research and Development Headquaters

Life science urbanism In the Fall of 2014, the Beacon Yards Research Studio sparked conversation on one of the largest open parcels in Boston through a BSA urban design charette. Following the energy emergent from this charette, our studio, aptly dubbed the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beacon Yards Redvelopment Authorityâ&#x20AC;? went about designing a masterplan for the entire Beacon Yards site. The plan balances the desires of a multitude of stakeholder interests, building metrics, and desired character districts responding to their adjacent neighborhoods. Following the masterplan developed in the Fall of 2014, this project - Life Science Urbanism - suggests that the building parcels adjacent to the MassPike, which do not lend themselves to residential or institutional uses are ideal for branding a corporate life-science campus identity. In this location, the campus takes advantage of high visibility from the MassPike and creates a gateway highlighting this first-phase build-out of Beacon Yards. The research lab floor plans take full advantage of their site specificity, including solar orientation, views, and acoustics.