Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP University of Notre Dame School of Architecture
Hyde Park Apartments Chicago, Illinois
Process Drawing
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his apartment shares a small public square with the Hyde Park Art Center. An entrance to the apartment along with a small two screen cinema opens on to the square. The apartment is a prominent building seen from a distance west of the railroad tracks and gracefully reacts to the angle of the tracks. There is a variety of apartment units, from studios to three bedroom units including some one bedroom handicap accessible units.
Street Perspective - Watercolor
Perspective from Train - Watercolor Mallory Mecham • James Michael • Andrew Schumacher
Ground Floor Plan
Fall 2009
Apartment Lobby - Watercolor
Elevation - Photoshop
Typical Apartment - Watercolor
Typical Floor Plan
Section through Theater - Photoshop
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Woodlawn Community Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Front Elevation - Watercolor
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he site of this theatre is in the north of Woodlawn with a park to the north, a public square to the south, and Dorchester Avenue to the west. This creates the challenge of a building with three fronts. The theatre seats 250 and is entered on the second floor. Acoustics and site lines are considered in the design of the theatre. A banquet hall provides a gathering space during intermissions.
First Floor Plan - Watercolor
Site Plan - Watercolor
Process Drawing
Fall 2008
Section and Diagrams - Watercolor and CAD
Exterior Perspective - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Stone Detail - Watercolor
Hotel Riviera
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Perspective from River- Watercolor
Perspective from Street - Watercolor
Ballroom Perspective - Watercolor
Spring 2010
Lobby Perspective - Watercolor
Ground Floor Plan - Photoshop
Transverse Section - Watercolor
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his 220-room hotel is located in the Historic Third Ward neighborhood just south of downtown Milwaukee. My thesis explored how the design of a hotel should be in the character of its location rather than a chain hotel which lacks place. Because the neighborhood was heavy in manufacturing, the character of this hotel looks to the architecture of early twentieth century warehouses but elevates it to the grander use of a hotel. The restaurant on the ground floor is accessible to the riverwalk which is a pedestrian friendly connection from the hotel to the downtown. The ballroom on the second floor has a balcony overlooking the Milwaukee River and the downtown.
East Elevation - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
North Elevation - Watercolor
Michigan City Master Plan Michigan City, Indiana
Fall 2008
Street Elevation - Watercolor
figure ground diagram - existing michigan city, indiana
figure ground diagram
Street Section - Watercolor
michigan city, indiana
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ichigan City, Indiana is along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, about 60 miles east of Chicago, with a population of 30,000. Because of its proximity to Lake Michigan and the Indiana Dunes, Michigan City receives much tourism during the summer. However, the downtown is slowly deteriorating as the population moves out to the suburbs. The goal of this project was to create a master plan that would bring mixed use into the city center and connect the city to the Lake Michigan shore.
key primary secondary alleys, access roads
key civic commercial mixed-use residential religious
building use diagram michigan city, indiana
street hierarchy diagram michigan city, indiana
five minute walk diagram michigan city, indiana
Analysis Diagrams - Photoshop
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
South Shore Train Station Michigan City, Indiana
Exterior Perspective, Elevation, and Exterior Details - Watercolor
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he South Shore currently runs down the middle of 11th Street while the existing station is no longer being used. I propose to close 11th Street at the block of the station to build out the platform to the tracks. Preserving the former station’s façade, the addition reflects the character of the existing station. A diagonal entrance on a public square connects the station to Franklin Street, the main street of Michigan City. Along with the station, there is the addition of shops, a café, and a parking structure. Site Plan - Watercolor
Fall 2008
Elevations, Axon Section, and Interior Detail - Watercolor
Floor Plan - CAD
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Branch Library South Bend, Indiana
Elevation - Watercolor
Site Plan - Watercolor
First Floor Plan - Watercolor
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he site of this library faces a park and is irregularly shaped. My design is along the side of the park and picks up the cross axis of the park with a symmetrical faรงade. The main reading/stack room is situated in the back along the angle of the site. The angled axis of the reading room is picked up in the lozenge-shaped lobby and the axis is reflected for the entrance to the rare book room.
Exterior Perspective - Watercolor
Spring 2007
Interior Perspective, Section, and Stone Details - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Chapel Complex Notre Dame, Indiana
Complex Exterior Perspective - Watercolor
Site Plan - Watercolor
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Floor Plan - Watercolor
his memorial center is located on St. Mary’s lake at the University of Notre Dame. The center is dedicated to Father Sorin, the founder of the university. The center is composed of a courtyard surrounded by a meeting hall, gallery, and chapel connected by a cover walkway. The materials were chosen to reflect the historic buildings on campus. The chapel is the most prominent building of the complex and uses the Corinthian order. This project focused on site layout and the design of an outdoor space.
Fall 2006
Chapel Elevation - Watercolor
Chapel Interior Perspective - Watercolor
Chapel Section - Watercolor
Complex Elevation - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Schinkel & Mies van der Rohe Institutes Chicago, Illinois
Site Axon - Hand Drafted
Mies van der Rohe Institute Perspective - Computer Rendering
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ead by visiting professor Allan Greenberg, this project consisted of the design for two institutes for the study of architects Karl Fredrick Schinkel and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. IIT’s original master plan and several buildings including Crown Hall were designed my Mies. My partner for this project and I designed two institutes that had the same footprint, the same bay spacing, and similar plan layouts to directly compare two buildings with one being inspired by Mies and the other Schinkel. The Schinkel institute is constructed of brick with large openings of cast iron windows. Even though its outward appearance is more inspired by Schinkel, the plan more closely resembles Mies. The Mies institute uses steel and glass to create ambiguity between interior and exterior with transparency and reflection. It has an open plan creating universal space.
Mies van der Rohe Institute Floor Plan - CAD
Mies van der Rohe Institute Elevation - CAD
Spring 2009
Schinkel Institute Perspective - Computer Rendering
Schinkel Institute Floor Plan - CAD
Schinkel Institute Elevation - CAD
Schinkel Institute Wall Section - CAD
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Terraced Market Nocera Umbra, Italy
Redevelopment Master Plan - Watercolor
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ocera Umbra is a town located in the province of Perugia, Italy. It was struck by an earthquake in 1997, leaving the old town currently deserted while it continues to undergo structural repair. The town’s officials asked my studio to develop three defined nodes while turning the old town into an albergo diffuso, a series of bed and breakfasts. The group created a master plan with individuals working on specific buildings or urban spaces. I designed a covered market with a public terrace above which helps transitions a steep change of grade.
Spring 2008
Perspective - Watercolor
Site Section - Watercolor
Lower Market Plan - Watercolor
Upper Terrace Plan - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Metro Linea C Rome, Italy
Urban Development - Watercolor
Exterior Perspectives - Watercolor Marisa Higham • Theresa Steinhardt • Andrew Schumacher
Spring 2008
Plan - Watercolor
Linea C Map - Watercolor
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ome’s subway line Linea C is currently being constructed and is expected to be completed in 2015. My studio looked at designing entry pavilions that would blend in with the character of Rome, especially since these pavilions would be near some of Rome’s greatest monuments. Along with these pavilions, urban redevelopment was required in certain areas. I worked on creating a new piazza in an area that is currently taken up by a large and confusing intersection.
Section - Watercolor
Interior Perspectives - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Wood Carving of the
Classical Elements
Fall 2009
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his class teaches the basics of wood working through the crafting of classical elements. During the fall semester of 2009, the course focused on entablatures, covering much on custom moldings. I constructed this entablature of the Doric order based on the writings of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola.
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Shingle Style Study Precedent Analysis
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Spring 2009
nder the direction of Professor Christine Franck, I studied the Shingle Style. Along with these two watercolor plates, I wrote a short essay on the Shingle Style. There is a summary of my studies below.
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he Shingle Style started in America in the late 1800’s. Henry Hobson Richardson was one of the pioneers of the Shingle Style with his design of a house in Newport for William Watts Sherman in 1876. The use of balloon framing allows the form of the house to break free from a rigid alignment and become organic with projecting bays. The house is characterized by the use of wood shingles for wall material and large projecting gables with long, continual roof lines. The work of McKim, Mead, and White also influenced the Shingle Style. They designed a house in Newport for Isaac Bell in 1883. The house has a central hall plan with the major rooms surrounding it in an organic matter. The rooms flow into each other with large openings to create connectedness of spaces. These openings do not align axially but align diagonally and frame views. Its large porch is an extension of the interior spaces to the exterior. The Shingle Style is generally characterized by the continuity of roof planes, the consistency of surface with wood shingles on both roof and walls, and the interconnectedness of flowing interior spaces. The Shingle Style also emphasizes linearity by long horizontal window bays and long lines of prominent gable roofs. Although the Shingle Style began with extravagant summer homes, its simplistic material and organic nature lends itself to today’s smaller American homes.
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Shingle Style House Stonington, Connecticut
Exterior Perspective - Watercolor
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fter an in-depth look at the Shingle Style, I applied my studies to the design of a house in Stonington, Connecticut on a narrow site with ocean frontage. The recessed porch in the front allows one to enter the house towards the middle to keep the feeling of a central hall, a typical element of the Shingle Style. The interior perspective shows the framed views from the stair hall through the great room and dining room to the ocean beyond. Materials include a fieldstone veneer base with white cedar shingle walls and red cedar for the roof. Interior Perspective - Sketch
Spring 2009
Floor Plans - Watercolor
Section - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Rear Elevation - Watercolor
Chicago Townhouse Chicago, Illinois
Townhouse - Model
Front Entry - Model
Plans - Watercolor
Elevation - Watercolor
Fall 2006
Living Room - Model
Garage and Backyard - Model
Dining Room - Model
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his townhouse is designed to complement the styles of a row of townhouses on North State Street in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. In this project, I focused on the dialogue between the urban fabric and the private residence. A model is the main presentation medium of the design.
Kitchen - Model
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Mosaic Group Home Elkhart, Indiana
Site Plan - Watercolor
M Plan and Elevation - Watercolor
Interior Perspective - Watercolor
osaic is a faith-based organization that provides services to people with developmental disabilities. This group home houses eight men with mental disabilities, giving them 24 hour care but still some independence. The character of this group home looks and feels like a residence rather than an institution. The house also blends in with its historic neighborhood in Elkhart, Indiana. To bring down the scale of the eight bedroom house, the massing is broken up, mainly using the roof. This house is designed with modular wood construction to be time and cost efficient.
Fall 2009
Exterior Perspective - Watercolor
Exterior Perspective from Garden - Watercolor
Wall Section - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Mission Inn Resort Anaheim, California
Nighttime Aerial Perspective - Watercolor & Photoshop
Daytime Aerial Perspective - Watercolor
Spring 2010
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Courtyard Lounge Perspective - Watercolor
his team project was entered into the 2010 Walt Disney Imagineering’s ImagiNations design competition, making the semi-final round. The Mission Inn is a 500-room resort hotel, anchoring a new 30-acre master plan for the southwest corner of The Disneyland Resort. This new luxury resort hotel immerses guests in the history of California’s Spanish missions, while providing them with two restaurants, a spa, two pools, and other modern amenities in beautiful surroundings. In addition to the Mission Inn, the master plan includes another hotel, new retail, and a transit center.
Typical Guestroom Perspective - Watercolor
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Bohemian Flats Boathouse Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fall 2009
BOHEMIAN FLATS DESIGN NOTES This boathouse represents a traditional approach to design that is anything but traditional. The design incorporates the history of the area with innovative vinyl technology to create a versatile and sustainable civic structure usable for the greater Minneapolis community. The rich heritage of the Bohemian Flats area suggested the creation of a new building which represented the traditional forms of historical architecture. But this is no mere replication of history – rather, we strove to create a new building that approaches historical forms with the materials of modernity. Unsurprisingly, traditional architecture is up to the task of accepting new technologies and is a good fit for the surrounding community.
EAST ELEVATION
The variable weather conditions in Minneapolis limit the availability of water activities, so we chose to design a versatile park with uses not solely bound to the boathouse. The placement of the building on the site and a minimalist approa approach to landscape design purposefully create a large open green space to accommodate the current use of the park for a variety of public recreational activities. The splayed dock pavilions likewise afford a great view of the river and can be used for fishing. A small classroom acts as a venue for community events and educational programs focusing on the river and sustainability. The beauty of traditional detailing can be created with a wide array of vinyl products. In addition to the standard siding, decking, and windows, custom pieces can be created for the columns, balusters, molding, and brackets. The interiors incorporate intricate vinyl tile floor patterns and wall coverings for a finish sturdy enough to withstand the rough usage of a public boathouse. Vinyl is also an integral part of the sustainable design scheme. Its durability makes it an obvious choice for the harsh site conditions, and products with high recycled content can contribute to LEED certification. Further LEED points can be earned through the use of highly reflective vinyl roofing and paving surfaces to reduce heat island effects, a vegetated roof with vinyl substrates and drainage, properly designed vinyl light fixtures that reduce light pollution, and energy-efficient vinyl windows and building envelope materials. We also propose an innovative use of vinyl permeable pavers, which provide durable and walkable ground cover while drastically reducing runoff and allowing for the natural absorption of rainwater into the soil. The colonnades provide solar shading to prevent heat gain in the summer, as well as protection from rain and snow in the winter. Another innovation is an integral drainage system within the vinyl roof decking, in which runoff water is filtered through an aggregate layer and drained to storage tanks beneath the building for use in a greywater plumbing system. We strove to design a building that exists as one small piece in the long tradition of human architecture, rather than the fleeting personal expression of the architects. We venture to propose that traditional architecture is a solution to modern design challenges and can create a usable, durable, and sustainable structure that encompasses both history and innovation.
WEST ELEVATION
LOWER LEVEL
UPPER LEVEL
VINYL PRODUCTS INCLUDED: •EXTERIOR SIDING •WINDOW FRAMES •DOCK DECKING •RAILINGS •CUSTOM DETAILING •PERMEABLE PAVERS •INTERIOR LIGHTING •TILE FLOORING •WALLCOVERING •PVC PLUMBING •ROOF MEMBRANE
STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM
12IN X 12IN CLOSED PVC PAVER 9.3% PERMEABLE TO RUNOFF WATER HIGH ALBEDO FINISH WITH SOLAR REFLECTANCE INDEX GREATER THAN 29 TO MINIMIZE HEAT ISLAND IMPACT
VINYL LAMP DESIGN THIS LAMP WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED AS A PROTOTYPE FOR AN INTERIOR HANGING FIXTURE IN THE RESTAURANT. VINYL CAN BE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZED FOR A NUMBER OF LIGHTING EFFECTS.
SECTION THROUGH GALLERY
12IN X 12IN OPEN PVC PAVER 27.9% PERMEABLE TO RUNOFF WATER CONTAINS VEGETATION IN THE OPEN CELL TO REDUCE RUNOFF AND MINIMIZE HEAT ISLAND IMPACT
TECHNICAL WALL SECTION
PERMEABLE VINYL PAVERS
ROOF DETAIL SECTION VEGETATED ROOF GARDEN
Four Presentation Boards - Computer Rendering, Watercolor, and Photo
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his group project was designed for an AIAS competition. It was sponsored by the Vinyl Institute and was a way to explore construction with vinyl and possible new uses. This boathouse represents a traditional approach to design that incorporates the history of the area with innovative vinyl technology to create a versatile and sustainable civic structure usable for the greater Minneapolis community.
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Cinema Mural Competition Fairview, Texas
Fall 2009
Murals - Photoshop
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hese three murals are designed for the side wall of an existing cinema in Fairview, Texas. Each mural depicts a different genre of film, tied together with a movie reel. When viewed together, the scenes create the image of the Texas state flag. These murals were chosen as the winning design and will be installed at the cinema in the near future.
Side Elevation of Cinema - Photoshop
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Isabel Roberts Residence Frank Llyod Wright
Digital Analytique - Photoshop
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he exploration of computer graphics was conducted through the modeling of a building. I chose Frank Lloyd Wright’s Isabel Roberts Residence located in River Forest, Illinois. It is a Prairie-style house built in 1908 for Wright’s bookkeeper Isabel Roberts.
Fall 2008
Computer Renderings
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Sketches & Watercolors Italy
Sant’Andrea della Valle - Rome
Venice
Sant’Agnese - Rome
Sant’Ivo - Rome
2007 - 2008
Basilica di Palladio - Vicenza
Campidoglio - Rome Santa Maria della Pace - Rome
Colosseum - Rome
Still Life
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Theatrical Set Design
Eurydice Concept - Sketch
Eurydice - Model
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by Sarah Ruhl Eurydice is a modern play based on the Greek myth about Orpheus and Eurydice. The set is inspired by a minimalist loft apartment. The simplicity allows quick scene changes between the overworld and the underworld. An earthy Art Nouveau inspired elevator door serves as an entrance to the underworld. urydice
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Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh This play takes place in present day Ireland in an aged Irish cottage. The old range in the former fireplace imitates the house’s longevity through the different uses it has undergone. The range also plays an important role in the plot so it is centrally located on the set. The revised model in color extends the roof rafters out over the audience and rakes the stage for better views and a forced perspective. The proportions of the set were also changed. eauty
Fall 2009
Beauty Queen of Leenane - White Model
Beauty Queen of Leenane Plan - Sketch
Beauty Queen of Leenane - Color Model
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP
Industrial Design
Tape Measure Designs - Pen & Marker
Spring 2010
Thermos Designs - Pen & Marker
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his introductory course explores rapid hand sketching and marker rendering to convey design ideas quickly and efficiently. The second half introduces computer rendering using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create photorealistic images.
Shampoo Bottle Design - Photoshop
Andrew P. Schumacher, LEED AP