David P Scherling Architecture Portfolio Washington University in St. Louis Master of Architecture Master of Construction Management University of Florida Bachelor of Design 850.293.2678
Graduate Design 3
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Annex to the Ministry of Education
Graduate Design 4
Earth City, MO: Sustainable Business Park Development
Undergraduate Design 7
New York City, NY: Urban Development and Public Space
Undergraduate Design 6
Charleston, SC: Exhibition Hall and Temporary Housing
Graduate Design 1
Anguilla, Carribean: Ecological Resort and Spa
Graduate Design 2
San Francisco, CA: Mixed-Use Housing Development
Annex to the Ministry of Education Buenos Aires, Argentina The urban development throughout Buenos Aires has created a dense network of buildings within the standard city block. Dispersed within this dense city environment are open public spaces that provide the opportunity for interaction between the natural and built environment. The Annex to the Ministry of Education is located on a site that allows a relationship to be formed between the urban fabric and the adjacent open public park. The form of the building is designed to expand out and away from the urban fabric as it opens up into the adjacent public plazas. The building serves as a physical and spatial transition between the dense built environment and the open public space. The entrance to the building spills out into the public plaza, inviting and activating the building within the plaza. The long linear form of the building is taken after the traditional Buenos Aires Casa de Chorizo, in which the building is designed in a thin linear shape to open up one side of the site for open air and public gathering spaces. In addition the linear formation of the building helps to hold the building with the movement of the streetscape. The program is composed of a ground floor cafe, bookstore, and auditorium that raise in elevaation as one moves to the back of the site. The second floor is a public library that overlooks the plaza and park. These first two floors compose the public components of the program that interact with the streetscape. The upper floors are a series of classrooms and teacher’s offices that weave together to form a private relationship, detached from the public streetscape. This seperation of form is similar to the Banco de Londres and Bibliotecha de Nacional by Clorindo Testa. Both of these buildings incorporate unique and seperate forms to distinguish program placement and relationships within a building.
Site Relationship to Public Park
First Floor Cafe/Bookstore, Auditorium
Section A-A
Ground Floor
Section B-B
Section C-C
Fifth Floor Classrooms, Roof Deck
Fourth Floor Classrooms, Administration
Third Floor Classrooms, Elevated Courtyard
Second Floor Library, Auditorium
South Elevation
Section A-A
Section C-C
TECHNICAL SECTION B-B
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1. Thermoplastic Waterproofing Membrane 2. Protection Course 3. Root Barrier 4. Drainage Layer 5. Moisture Retention 6. Filter Fabric 7. Engineered Soil 8. Aeration Layer 9. Thermal Insulation 10. Sheet Metal Protection 11. Concrete Wall 12. Sheet Metal Parapet Cap Sloped to Drain Roof 13. Light Fixture 14. Acoustical Ceiling Tiles 15. Framing Mullion 16. Operable Window 17. Concrete Panel for Exterior Deck Drainage 18. Backer Rod and Sealant 19. Concrete Floor Topping with Finished Floor 20. Roof Drain 21. Drain Piping to Site Pond Below 22. Concrete Structural Transfer Beam 23. Exterior Deck Planter 24. Light Shelf 25. Acoustical Ceiling Tiles for Library
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Sustainable Business Park Development Earth City, Missouri The project is a 1900ft linear business and athletic development within Earth City Business Park in St. Louis, MO. The function of the project is to provide an environment that allows an intersection between business and pleasure. The program includes offices, retail space, restaurants, and multiple athletics facilities. The environment of the existing business park of Earth City is stagnant and does not promote a dynamic enviroment for interaction among people. The existing business park is composed of typical big box corporate office buildings and warehouses dispersed over the large flat landscape. The projects design acts as a fluid, non orthagonal structure to contrast the buildings currently in the business park. The building serves as a facility for all employees of the Earth City business park as well as the city of St. Charles located across the Missouri River from the project site. The project site is located on an existing storm water system within the business park. The site is the single point in which the storm water from all of Earth City is released into the Missouri River through a levee. The project site serves as a system for natural water filtration from the storm water system, as well as filtration within the structure for grey water. The water is purified through wetland and bamboo filtration systems before the water is released back into the Missouri River. A portion of the filtered water is stored in for a clean water source for human interaction through water sports. The structure of the project is composed of a linear system of steel members that span the water systems to allow for an inflatable thermal structure to be implemented during winter to allow for year round athletics. The inflatable structures serve as an efficient and environmentaly effective way to mitigate the interior climate. During summer the inflatable structure can be removed, leaving only a tensile canopy that remains over the main building structure to provide shade. In summer months the water bodies serve as methods for evaporative cooling.
Earth City Infrastructure and Building Development
Project Site, Levee, and Storm Water System to River
Site Storm Water Drainage and Natural Filtration
Storm Water Drainage to Missouri River
Natural Wetland Filtration
Filtered Water
Water Ski Course
Summer Tensile Shading and Evaporative Cooling
Section A-A
Second Floor
Winter Inflatable Thermal Structure and Heat Gain
Technical Section A-A
Section A-A
Technical Section A-A
Ground Floor Athletics Plan
Detailed Plan A
Section A-A
Section B-B
Second Floor Elevated Walkway Plan
Detailed Second Floor Office Plan
Section C-C
Section C-C
Structure Within Earth City Context
Structural Concept Model
Removable Inflatable Thermal Enclosure
Permanent Translucent Tensile Shading
Removable Inflatable Thermal Enclosure
Urban Development and Public Space New York City, New York Meat Packing District The project is designed on three blocks located in the Meat Packing District of New York City. The site is located along the waterfront and is in direct interaction with the Highline, West Side Park, and the Chelsea Market. The project analyzes the interaction between interior and exterior public space in the city. The city as an entity is a very dense and dynamic area. The design of the project implements public space as a transition and gathering space to promote the same dense and dynamic environment across a less dense site. The project design also promotes safe access across the West Side Highway to the West Side Park. The program consists of a commercial office building, multicultural center, and residential tower, each positioned as specific anchors to the corners of the site. Each building’s specific function on the site serves as a catalyst to activiate the site, promoting circulation and drawing people to the site. Each building’s design consists of public spaces on the lower levels, and private spaces on the upper levels. Public spaces on the lower building levels create gathering spaces. These lower level public spaces are then joined through an elevated walkway to form a symbiotic relationship across the site among all of the buildings. These lower public levels also serve as the vehicles for vertical transition from the ground streetscape up to the elevated public walkways and entrances.
West Side Highway
Highline
Site Plan
The models exhibit the unfolding of the interior public spaces into the exterior public spaces. The commercial office building has direct interacrtion with the Highline and the end of the Chelsea Market. The building provides direct access to the rest of the site. Retail spaces are located on the first three levels and private offices are located on the upper levels. The position of the multicultural building and the residential tower activate the waterfront across the West Side Highway. Both buildings use the lower levels for public movement and circulation, and the upper levels for private functions. Highly transparent and porous facades are used to expose the interior public spaces, creating a stronger relationship between interior and exterior. The exterior public spaces use trees and landscaping to define the spaces and direct public movement throughout the site. Commercial
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Exhibition Hall with Temporary Housing Charleston, South Carolina The program for the project is centered around the Spoletto Festival, an arts and cultural exhibition festival held annually in Charleston. The design incorporates a performance hall, exhibition space, and private living and studio spaces for artists, architects, and designers. The intent of the project is to provide a building that will house these designers for the interim year between festivals. The building functions as a place for the artists to exhibit their work throughout the year. The site is located at the intersection of King Street and Broad Street. The design of the intervention derives from the context and maintains the continuous streetscape facade of King Street. The structural design consists of two buildings connected by the ground and mezzanine levels. The front King Street structure contains the working studio spaces on the upper floors that form a visual relationship with the dense and dynamic streetscape. Below the studio spaces are the entrance and performance spaces located on the ground level and in direct interaction with the public streetscape. The second structure is positioned at the back of the site to offer a more private and secluded environment for the temporary living units. Small scale exhibition spaces are located on the ground floor below the living spaces to provide display space for work throughout the year. The building design is also based around sustainability. The open facades are located on the north side of each structure to allow for maximum natural light for the studio and interior spaces. Light wells are used to illuminate lower levels from the south side, and prevent direct sun exposure from the south reducing energy for lighting, heating, and cooling. The diagrams display the basic design and program layout. These are followed by heating and cooling distribution layouts.
Performance Space Exhibition Space
Studio Space Living Space
Ground Floor
Mezzanine Floor
Third Floor
Light Wells and Interior Illumination
Context Diagram
King Street Facade and Entrance
Ground Floor Plan
Mezzanine Floor
The building continues the facades of the adjacent buildings across the site, preventing any interruption in the urban fabric.
Structural design is influenced by the massing of the surrounding buildings. The seperated structures on the site conform to the fractured massing of Broad Street.
Third Floor The two seperated structures are joined by an overhead condition to provide seasonal outdoor use. The proportions between buildings create a visual relationship.
Ecological Destination Resort and Spa Anguilla, British West Indies Intersection of Health and Wellness Group Project with Jennifer Cayton The premise of the project is to design an ecological destination resort and spa located on the Carribean island of Anguilla. The program consists of a gym, spa, restaurant, and villas. A tropical boardwalk connects the gym and spa at the south end of the site to the waterfront restaurant at the north end of the site. Ten private villas are located in betweeen the gym, spa, and restaurant and connect to the boardwalk. The spa is designed after the Roman bath model, with the program divided into three baths. One progresses from the cool lap pool to a warm bath, and then concludes in the hot bath. The majority of the spa is outdoors to be exposed to the fresh Carribean air. Small spaces for changing, administration, and the hot bath are indoors to minimize the amount of energy needed for interior heating and cooling. The upper level is a roof deck with natural edible vegetation and green spaces for aerobics and meditation. The gym is the fluid structure that is designed inbetween the baths. It is a system of flexible tendons filled with water that form an exercise matrix. The vertical structures are water collectors and water towers that create water pressure to power the gym tendons. The gym is located on the exterior for natural ventilation. As one moves through the suspended matrix they experience safe and low impact total body exercise.
Site on Captain’s Bay
Resort Site Plan Gym/Spa Restaurant Villas
Gym/Spa Plan Exterior Gym Hot Bath Warm Bath Lap Pool Changing
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Waffle Slab
Fiberglass Framing
Ground Slab
Water Tower Water Collector
Spray Cooler
Restaurant The restaurant is located on the waterfront at the north end of the site. The restaurant is composed of multiple pods in which organic health foods are grown. The exterior bar has natural vegetation and fruits growing in the roof tops were they receive natural light and water. The fruits hang down for people at the bar to have access to foods that promote health and wellness.
Mixed-Use Housing Development San Francisco, California
The premise of the project is to design a mixed-use residential housing development in San Francisco at the intersection of Octavia and Hayes Street. The program includes 45 residential units consisting of single, double, triple, and live-work uniits. The program also contains a small ground floor market space, second floor public gathering space, gym, and elevated cafe that looks out over the adjacent park. The design places the live-work units and public spaces on the lower levels, and the private residences on the upper levels. The project also focuses on the use of steel. Steel columns are used as the main vertical structure. The function of the steel is used in various ways depending on program location and the direction of the facade. The structural steel members are exposed in the lower large scale public spaces, and are hidden in the upper private spaces. The private small scale spaces use steel screening for shading on the exterior facades. On the north facade the steel becomes thin, delicate, framing members to show variation in scale and to allow more natural light to enter the building Exterior voids are designed throughout the upper private levels to allow for open air ventilation and to provide small scale gathering spaces for the residents. The top floor serves as a private roof top terrace that looks back out over the park.
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Fourth Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
Fifth Floor Plan
Sixth Floor Plan
Seventh Floor Plan
Eighth Floor Plan
Live/Work Type 1
Live/Work Type 2
2 Bedroom Type 1
2 Bedroom Type 2
3 Bedroom Type 1
1 Bedroom Type 1
3 Bedroom Type 2
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Technical Model
Technical Section Model B-B
Private Housing Units
Public Cafe, Exhibition, and Market Space
EDUCATION Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Master of Architecture Master of Construction Management University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Bachelor of Design in Architecture
August 2007-December 2009 May 2009 December 2009 August 2002-April 2006 April 2006
EXPERIENCE Associate Project Manager Hewes and Company, Pensacola, Florida Working as an Associate Project Manager assisting with the bidding and estimating of educational and government projects.
February 2010-Present
Associate Project Manager Opus Construction Corporation, Pensacola, Florida Worked as Associate Project Manager on the construction of a 75,000 ft2 sports center for a local college. Assisted with project management, estimating, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, material delivery, submittal review and RFIs.
May 2006-July2007
Intern Architect Quina Grundhoefer Architects, Pensacola, Florida Assisted in the design and planning of residential and institutional buildings. Worked in the field measuring and documenting buildings. Assisted with construction documents using AutoCAD and constructed scaled models for projects.
May 2005-August 2005
Admissions Review Committee Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Served on the admissions committee for the review of graduate admission applications. Reviewed portfolios, letters of intent, curriculum, and letters of recommendation of graduate applicants.
February 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Assisted with the teaching of the design and construction of building systems for the graduate class “Climate and Light.�
January 2008-May 2008 January 2006-April 2006
STUDY ABROAD Buenos Aires, Argentina, Washington University Vicenza, Italy, University of Florida
SKILLS Computer AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, Form Z, Tririga, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Rhinoceros, and Microsoft Project.
August 2008-December 2008
THESES Masters Degree Project, Washington University in St. Louis January 2009-April 2009 Sustainable Business Park Development, Earth City, MO The project consists of a 520,000 ft2 business and athletic development within the existing business park, Earth City, MO. The premise is to provide an intersection of business with health and well-being. Located along an existing 1900 ft linear storm water pond, the project serves as a method for natural storm water and waste water filtration from the business park, before entering the Missouri River. Enclosure is an inflatable thermal structure that envelopes the project’s superstructure in the winter to provide an environment for year round water sports and athletics for employees of Earth City. Masters of Construction Management Thesis, Washington University in St. Louis December 2010 Cost and Schedule Analysis of the Sustainable Business Park Development, Earth City, MO The construction management thesis consists of a detailed cost and scheduling analysis of the sustainable business park development design for the Master of Architecture Degree Project. The thesis gives an accurate look at all aspects of a building, from conceptual design to substantial completion. An overall building cost and schedule are created and then broken down into detail components for further analysis as to the feasibility of materials and methods as they relate to the architectural design. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, University of Florida April 2006 Urban Development and Public Space, New York, NY The project analyzes the various functions of public space within a dense city and the adaptation of public space to provide movement across a less dense site. The design consists of an urban development along West Side Highway that provides direct interaction with the Highline and Chelsea Market while allowing safe access to West Side Park. Large scale public space is implemented as a vehicle for movement across the site between commercial, multi-cultural, and residential buildings. Public spaces additionally function as transitions between interior and exterior space within the buildings, creating a symbiotic relationship between all buildings on the site.
CERTIFICATIONS OSHA 10 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Training Certified in the OSHA 10 hour safety training for construction.
June 2009
ACTIVITIES/AWARDS Graduated Cum Laude, Washington University Graduated Magna Cum Laude, University of Florida Deans List, University of Florida Member, National Honor Society of Collegiate Scholars Member, Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society Eagle Scout
May 2009 May 2006 August 2002, May 2006 Fall 2003-2006 Spring 2003-2006 Fall 1999
PUBLICATIONS Approach 07- 08: Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, Washington University in St. Louis. “Ecological Spa in Anguilla.”
April 2010