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Dedicated to Kevin Ballantine, who reminds me every day to be the change I see in the world.
Creative Work
LE PROJET ‘GREEN BOX’
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CHAMPAIGN CENTER FOR NEW MEDIA
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LEVEL 4
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PIXELATED LANDSCAPE
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SPOTS N’ DOTS
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ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL SKETCHES
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GREECE SKETCHING INTENSIVE
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THE STRUCTURE OF INTENTION
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BUILDING HOPE
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ARCHITECTURE TO GO
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MCHENRY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
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SYCAMORE TRAIN DEPOT
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DEKALB FLIGHT TRAINING CENTER
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ST MARY STAIRS
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MARKITECTURE
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CONVENTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
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‘ROID RAVE
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CHI-TOWN SHAMROCKS
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LOVELL FAMILY PATIO
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QUIRKY
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DESIGNED FOR YARDAGE
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PROFESSIONA L WORK
Architectural Design and Related
HOTEL PICTURESQUE
III PERSONAL WORK
Summary Portfolio of
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ABOUT THIS PORTFOLIO
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irst off, I’d like to thank you for your consideration and I hope you enjoy the work I’ve presented. The following is an attempt to fit myself and my work into as small a nutshell as
possible, which is obviously challenging. Though an extensive collection of work, it is far from exhaustive, and I believe it’s length is necessary to give you to the most accurate insight into my personality as a designer. I believe this gives you as much of an impression as possible as to the depth of my architectural design understanding, breadth of interests and influences, and most importantly my creative potential. The projects presented here were selected to illustrate my primary goal as a designer: finding meaning within design. Creating meaningful spaces is the essence of architecture; it is why we design and go through the training required to create buildings. Grand plans, great designs, and detailed renderings are wonderful, but what are the spaces worth if they contain no real meaning for those who experience the design? How do you go about consistently creating meaning in architecture and design? These are questions I will certainly not answer in these pages, but represent an ongoing quest and one of the many factors that drive me as a designer. I do what I can to create projects with something a bit different, divergent, and explorative, in the hopes that they can convey meaning in space and presentation, as well as have a little bit of fun. I have strong ideas, but an open mind and an eagerness to learn and enact meaningful change in the built environment. I hope you enjoy my work. Sincerely,
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Academic Work
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA -CHAMPAIGN
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ACADEMIC WORK
Hotel Picturesque
A BOHEMIAN APART-HOTEL IN PARIS
PARIS, FRANCE UIUC SAPV SPRING 2009
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distinctly remember a lecture early in the Versailles Study Abroad
use to photograph buildings, but he said something that stuck with
Program in which the program director and, later, my studio leader,
me and bothered me as I went along in the program. “There are
ARCHITECTURE 373 ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY
Alejandro Lapunzina, extolled the many advantages sketching held
very few architects,” he said “who really have an ability to view the
ALEJANDRO LAPUNZINA, STUDIO CRITIC
over photography as a means for capturing and understanding the built
built environment through their lenses.” With my background and
GROUP SITE WORK
environment. He bemoaned the dearth of substandard architectural
passion for photography and the image, I was immediately struck by
INDIVIDUAL DESIGN WORK
images created by the ease of digital photography and its subsequent
both a wish to be that architect, and by the sense that I found this
interpretation of the place of photography in architecture lacking. How could it be, I wondered, that the photograph was so helpless in the design of a building, if the photograph is by its nature the medium through which most architecture is disseminated? Cannot it then be a powerful force in the qualitative design of a building as well? Cannot it serve to fortify and assist the
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sketch in the design process and even serve as part of a sketch or as a sketch itself?
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his project aims to explore the functions of the sketch and the photograph as they relate to both the design process and its presentation. Though partially designed digitally (as is
common, and with much benefit), Hotel Picturesque is presented as a series of detailed sketches combined with black-and-white Ilford HP5 400 film photographs taken at the site and developed by hand in the darkroom at the ENSA-V. The sketching reflects the hand-drawing emphasis of the program. The camera is a 1970’s Olympus OM 2-N passed down to me from my father.
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HOTEL PICTURESQUE
site layers
the physical site
upper residential
PARIS XI
ground residential
DIRECT LIGHT COORIDOR LIMITED LIGHT LIGHT
PIGNON WALL LITTLE TO NO LIGHT
institutional
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658M²
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religious
PIGNON WALL/NATURAL LIGHT DIAGRAM
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hese photographs capture the site in a unique light, and present the
presents a unique opportunity to design an apart-hotel cognisant of the area’s
green space
picturesque site qualities the building attempts to reflect and enhance.
aura. The site footprint is a 60-meter long sliver of land only about 10 meters
This combination of mediums both present the project and site as well as
wide, bordered to the north by the park itself (specifically by a small platform
directly reflect the context within which it was created, creating a second,
in which several trees are planted), to the east and west by gates opening to
small business
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metaphysical site for the building.
the street, and to the south by what would be one of the main drivers of the
design: the complex blind (‘pignon’) wall common in Hausmann’s Paris. Much
As you can see, the site is quite picturesque, and previously chosen
by the program professors for a sketching exercise for just this reason. Its
of the immediate area is small business or residential on the ground floor and
quaint position on the edge of a sleepy park square in Paris’s 11th Arrodisment
residential from the second floor up, with a small church, a small school, and
mass/void
the qualitative site TREES AND PLATFORM
PARK FLORA
CHILDREN AT PLAY
PIGNON WALL
EXISTING CHURCH
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programming
Loading Maintenance Laundry Employee Facilities Offices
‘1 Bedrooms’
‘2 Bedrooms’
Cooking Bathing
Living
Sleeping Living Breathing
sectional diagram
‘3 Bedrooms’
Sleeping Sleeping
Cooking Bathing
‘Studios’
Sleeping Living Cooking Bathing
Shared
Pool
PROGRAM ROTATED VERTICALLY TO FIT SITE
Services
Storage
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Breathing
Living
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Breathing
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Employee Facilities Offices
Cooking Breathing
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Circulation
Bathing
Sauna Media Multipurpose
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Bar Cafe/Lounge
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Lobby
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Work Out
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PROGRAM ROTATED VERTICALLY TO FIT SITE Total Program ~3500 m²
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Site 658 m²
copious vegetation for an urban area. Common are children playing on a slide in the church
some really ugly apartment buildings. There is, all in all, quite a bit of architectural noise. Thus,
square, flocks of pigeons, or a man serenely taking in a pipe in the garden. Songbirds play in the
there is an opportunity for the building’s form to try and cut through the noise and unify the site
park trees. There is little traffic, perhaps the occasional car or bike.
into a more distinct, enjoyable whole. There is a place for restrained sculpture here. There is
an opportunity for a serene, naturally-inspired, yet progressive focal point opposite the existing
Other than the typical Baron Hausmann prototype, there are several other genres of
architectural style present in surrounding buildings. The collection ranges from the romanesque
church. Not to directly oppose, but to contrast and augment and to further activate the void
church to more modern and contemporary influences present in the residential structures to
the garden provides. While many sites would certainly demand a more rectilinear building, this
conceptualization
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CONCEPT MODELS CONCEPT SKETCHES
square asks for a visually dynamic, yet grounded building echoing the organic
still connects to the blind walls of Hausmann’s Paris to obey the common ‘good
forms of the park as if it were simply another grove of trees.
neighbor’ building practices of covering these ‘unsightly’ walls. It takes the
patterns present on the existing wall and plays with them, bending them into
The form is created from a deep understanding of the program
molded to fit constraints of the site, made be conceptually reflective of an
the natural, yet structured forms reflective of the trees in the park. Utilized also
organism made up of many unique cells all growing upward to bask in the light.
are pages from the modernist building vernacular (also a favorite of the program
While the visual language of the building contrasts with those surrounding, it
director). White floor slabs, floor-to-ceiling glass, and open plan combine to
INSPIRATION IMAGES
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floorplans
-2 +1
STORAGE & MECH.
OUTDOOR SEATING CAFE 2 nd LEVEL
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SOCIAL TERRACE
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ADMIN. OFFICES TOILET & CHANGING
LIBRARY/READING ROOM
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HOT TUB MINI LAP POOL
SCENIC OVERLOOK
LAUNDRY
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RECEPTION ENTRANCE RAMP
HOT TUB MINI LAP POOL
KITCHEN RECIEVING
EXERCISE AREA
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form a unique style, echoing a sculpted tree of extruded Farnsworth Houses, repurposed for
kingdom, trees provide a common interactive space for all sorts of species, and this building
21st century Paris. The exoskeleton structure of the building reflects the geometry of these
emulates the social function of a tree in that context to encourage resident and community
trees sculpturally, as well as visually and socially. With the exoskeleton forming the branches,
interaction and the cross-pollination of ideas and experiences. Distributed amenities and
the individual units become leaves, with light filtering through the combination of more opaque
informal social spaces throughout the building encourage passing interaction and augment a
occupied and more transparent vacant apartments as it would through a tree. In the animal
dynamic public level featuring a cafe, bar, and ample seating space on several levels. Below, the
section
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SCENIC GLASS LIFT
‘SMALL’ UNIT (SHOWN) CONFERENCE & MEETING
PLANTED COMMUNITY TERRACE
typical upper floorplan
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user can access a spa and mini lap pool which provide wonderful places to relax and the unique potential to bring the surrounding community into the building encouraging further interaction. The ground floor is raised two meters above grade to allow natural light into the pool and staff spaces, as well as to connect directly onto the existing park platform, creating an outdoor cafe seating space. This helps integrate the public level with the park as if it were simply an extension of the natural space, and provides an excellent seating area for dining. An entrance ramp provides a more accessible public level and a point of spatial compression for
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BATHROOM + UTILITIES CORE EXOSKELETON STRUCTURAL MEMBERS GALLEY KITCHEN LIVING AREA (W/ POSSIBLE FURNITURE) SALVAGE BRICK ‘FALSE PIGNON’ WALL FLATSCREEN TV BLIND BRICK ADJOINING WALL PRIVACY CURTAINS MAIN ENTRANCE
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typical (small) unit
HARDWOOD SLEEPING AREA CABINET, SINK & MIRROR SLIDING GLASS ENVELOPE
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people entering the building for the first time - facilitiating their appreciation of the whole park
for privacy or openness while creating a light space that interfaces directly with the serene
through the lens of the building entrance.
surroundings. Most parts of the room can become a scenic balcony overlooking the park. Much
of the plan of each room is kept as open as possible, with the only permanent feature of the
Individually, the hotel units are minimalistically modern and relatively spartan,
encouraging visitors to spend time in the park or enjoying the surrounding city. They are
room being the toilet/shower/kitchenette/HVAC chase ‘core’ that runs vertically through each
reflective of the cellular structure in their form in plan, and in their function within the greater
room, emulating once again the functions of a tree by distributing the building’s ‘nutrients’ to
organism of the hotel. They encourage those making an extended stay to make the space their
each of the cellular rooms.
own by adapting furniture distribution, as if manipulating the internal components of the cell.
As in a living cell, the unit wall is mostly permeable and transparent yet rigid and protective
park to house human visitors, providing an exceptional and memorable stay in this small serene
when needed, facilitating the osmosis of people, views, and ideas. The unit walls achieve this
park within one of the most wonderful cities in the world.
By utilizing naturally-inspired design, the building becomes a natural extension of the
complex relationship of permeability and protection through sliding glass doors lined with heavy floor-to-ceiling curtains, which allow the envelope to constantly adapt to the user’s desires
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LE PROJET ‘GREEN BOX’ SUSTAINABLE MICRODWELLING
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VERSAILLES, FRANCE UIUC SAPV SPRING 2009 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN INTENSIVE
LOFT PLAN
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roject Green Box’ is a small micro-residence designed in the tradition of the Hotel Everland (a temporary micro-hotel atop the Palais Tokyo), designed to go on top of the gymnasium roof of the Versailles Prefecture Fire Station and intended to serve as both a temporary residence for
visiting ENSA-V faculty and an icon of sustainability for the school and community. Situated so that it is visible from the Versailles-Rive Gauche train
RANDALL THOMAS, STUDIO CRITIC
station platforms, the design is intended to be modern, yet restrained, and beckon those who see it to discover more about sustainable living. The building
CLASS SITE WORK, GROUP DESIGN WORK
can house a couple in the lofted bed, and serve them with a bathroom and kitchenette. The form, clad in recovered planking, divides the southern exposure
TEAM: STRAVERS, CURIEL, CAMILLE
into two faces: the southeast to store morning thermal gain in the trombe panel while the users are away, and the southwest to allow for an unobstructed view of the sunset when they return in the evening.
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FLOOR PLAN
Passive Stack
Winter
Summer
Active Cross Ventilation
Brise-soleil
Photovoltaics
Denim Insulation
Trombe Panel
France is a heating dominated ecosystem, meaning that passive ventilation must be designed to deal with inside air once it is heated. The roof and fenstration is designed to take advantage of the stack effect to move warm air up and outside.
In order to make the transparent fenestration design of the building possible, extensive sun-shading is required to control solar gain and interior brightness.
In winter, incoming air is funneled past the trombe panel to partially warm it, then heated by a small in-floor heating unit for maximum efficiency. Ventilation occurs through small openings at the highest points of the building.
In addition to stack ventilation, the roof is pitched in order to place photovoltaic panels at ideal angles to produce maximum power output during both summer & winter.
In summer, the Trombe panel is hidden from receiving solar gain and is used to cool the air as it enters the space.
Post-production denim insulation offers excellent performance with little environmental impact, and also grounds the design in French culture where denim originates (“denim” = “de Nimes”).
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sustainable design strategies
In the seasons of mild weather (or in case of the unfortunate cooking accident) glass doors open for full cross-ventilation of the space.
A salvaged concrete mini Trombe Panel helps add thermal mass and condition air temperature inside the building over the course of the day, absorbing solar radiation during the day and releasing it at night.
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ANIMATIONARCHITECTURE
CHAMPAIGN CENTER FOR NEW MEDIA
BUILDING FOR THE DYNAMIC NARRATIVE
dynamic recombination
BIRDS-EYE VIEW B[aː]stIn
= I dont want to be a product of my envrionment. I want my environment to be a product of me.
SPRING 2010 ARCH 475 ANIMATIONARCHITECTURE CLASS SITE DOCUMENTATION INDIVIDUAL DESIGN WORK THERESE TIERNEY, STUDIO CRITIC
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glass box
foyer Figure gallery Ground Evan Stravers
/ˈrɒtɨk/
CHAMPAIGN, IL
black box new media library
CONCEPT ELEVATIONS
café
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public outdoor
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service/ storage
Downtown Champaign
THE DEPARTED DIAGRAM NARRATIVE GEOMETRY + PROGRAM
public outdoor
DOWNTOWN CHAMPAIGN
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he Champaign New Media Center presents a new prototype for a media library, providing a dynamic space for the education and exploration of the ever-expanding world of new media. An important part of this studio course was examining the relationship between diagrams and the
architecture they create, and as an investigation we were asked to diagram a movie of our choice which would inform our designs. In order to create a diagram that led to dynamic interplay of program and space, I chose to diagram Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, a dramatic multifaceted narrative with many twists and turns. The geometry gleaned from this exercise was then used to deploy the required program in a dynamic way, crossing adjacencies to create an exciting building. The building features both a black box theater that rejects the immediate setting for an immersive experience as well as a ‘glass box’ theater, which conversely invites the building’s setting into the performance to create different narrative opportunities.
black box new med libra
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ANIMATIONARCHITECTURE
FOYER AS EVENT SPACE
PROJECTION SCREEN
EXTERIOR THEATER SEATING
GLASS BOX THEATER
CAFE
COVERED TERRACE
EXTERIOR THEATER SEATING
STORAGE
Transverse Section
FOYER
CAFE
(BLACK BOX THEATER)
GALLERY/ CAFE
FOYER
GLASS BOX THEATER
NEW MEDIA LIBRARY STORAGE
Longitudinal Section
BLACK BOX THEATER
FOYER
PERMEABLE PAVING GLASS BOX THEATER
NEW MEDIA LIBRARY
LIBRARY LOWER LEVEL PARKING
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STOP-MOTION FILM SPRING 2010 ARCH 475 ANIMATIONARCHITECTURE INDIVIDUAL WORK THERESE TIERNEY, STUDIO CRITIC How does the motion of the frame in space render itself on screen? What emotions can be conveyed with only the motion of the frame and a generic, empty space? This project explores those questions, choosing to emphasize an emotion that is truly one associated with film and rarely if ever approached by architects: fear. What is the architecture of fear, specifically of this locale and in these times? Isolated. Panicked. Cold. Disoriented. Someone running. Accelerated blinking. Heavy breathing. Glancing over the shoulder.
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These qualities are created with the movement and pacing of the frame in the ubiquitous concrete parking garage. The panicked breathing helps immerse the viewer in the frame, as well as the simulated blinking and
unsteady focus. Meanwhile, the score works both in tandem and contrast conveying a sense of finality and of acceptance in the face of imminent doom. The First Person perspective
is exclusively expored here for its relation to my experience with media and most especially, video gaming. As a twentysomethings male, I am stereotypically well versed in that realm,
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and the ability of the first person perspective to be engaging on a visceral level. How can this apply to the built environment? It is amazing the type of emotions game designers can create
in their universes with frame effects, and I wanted to explore these techniques in a manner more accessible to the architectural discussion. Specifically, a particular animation sequence
in the Call Of Duty 2 campaign narrative was especially inspirational. In it, the first person frame is used to show the perspective of a character dying inside a crashing helicopter
while watching a nuclear blast. While grisly, this sequence was helpful in identifying frame manipulation techniques for communicating fear within the structure of a short film.
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PIXELATED LANDSCAPE uiuc main quad anti-pavilion SPRING 2008 1 mi
ARCH 273 INDIVIDUAL WORK ALLISON WARREN, STUDIO CRITIC
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Agricultural research fields of the University of Illinois
“Continuous Monument” Superstudio, 1969
1 mi
ere in Illinois, we grid so hard even our grids have grids.
a 1 mile x 1 mile arterial grid, and the main Quad and surrounding
surroundings to squares of data, and in a number of ways we
Mies designed along a grid, and his arguably most iconic
buildings are planned along subdivisions of this grid. The grid
already do, though we are rarely aware of it. We reduce our
buildings and campus reside in Chicago. The landscape of
is something that architects have long utilized, and its merits
surroundings to small bits of data in such edeavors as digital
the state is a sea of gridded agricultural plots, arterial roads,
and weaknesses are numerous and well-known. What happens
imaging, structural analysis, point cloud site documentation,
townships and counties. Daniel Burnham and his famous
when you keep subdividing and subdividing, all the way down
environmental modelling, and the creation of 3D worlds in video
‘Burnham Plan’ are worshipped, and his planning projects include
to the human scale? You are left with a conceptualization of
gaming to name just a few. This project aims to expose us to
both the city of Chicago and the campus of the University of
the built environment that is remeniscent of a low-resolution
the pixelated lansdcape that constantly surrounds us, while
Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. The entire campus is based upon
image. It is pixelated. There are many reasons for distilling our
extending those pixels into a useful design for a new interactive
What do students utilize the quad for?
multimedia sculpture and building signage system for the Quad
the Main Quadrangle of the University of Illinois at Urbana-
wonderful unobstructed views of the entire landscape and lots
and university buildings across campus.
Champaign gives a designer much to work with in terms of
of open space for recreation. Gregorian Revivalist architecture
We were originally tasked with designing a small
context, and in my reading helps to provide a system of site
dominates the square, which is then sectioned into triangles by
‘student pavilion’ for the quad. I found this design prompt a
contraints both physical and psychological that help dictate the
sidewalks. This existing geometry poses the issue of formal
bit redactive and directly contrary to the entire point of having
design of the structure. The Quad itself is a rectilinear pattern in
approach as a question to the designer: should one continue
an open university quadrangle, so after some discussion with
the landscape with both regular and irregular triangles cut into it
this rectalinear precedent or reject it entirely with organic or
studio teachers and research, this more site-appropriate design
by sidewalks. There is copious planting of trees and shrubs of all
computational design for effect? I believe that adhering and
response was formulated. The location of the pavilion site on
kinds on each side of the Quad, but not in the middle, providing for
expanding this gridded heritage is the correct approach to a
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the student as program
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design in this context in order to both make a statement about
lighting through continuous display on the LEDs helps extend
allowing for the design to focus on interacting with students
the grid and to provide a dynamic construction. There is great
safe hours on the Quad. Climate is an important factor for this
rather than providing a place of respite.
continuity in rectalinear design across the campus, and to have
pavilion, particularly when it comes to realistic site occupation.
one minor piece completely reject it for a more sculptural,
Illinois weather is notoriously erratic and can contain extremes
are primarily students, faculty, and others who have reason
‘faddy’ form dates something quickly in such a context.
of heat and cold throughout the year. Since there is plenty of
to frequent campus. The Quad is the original multi-purpose
The construction is a multi-purpose collection of 1’-6”
shelter in the immediate vicinity in the form of large university
space for a campus, and this project aims to propose a multi-
cubes assembled of stainless steel, Plexiglass, and low-energy
halls (open most hours), the actual usefunless of any structure
touchscreen LED displays powered by photovoltaic panels. Each
as an actual shelter is extremely limited. Also limiting its
cube has a male and female locking component to provide data,
usefulness in this regard is the fact that the Quad gets little use
power, and a secure structural connection between each when
in inclement weather, with most use coming on hot, sunny days.
locked, while allowing ease of mobility when unattached. Night
This makes the functionality of a roof an expendable feature,
At the heart of a busy, bustling college campus, users
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CONCEPT SITE PLAN
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TOP ELECTRONICS CONNECTOR (FEMALE) TOP PROTECTIVE COVER TOP LED DISPLAY SCREEN SIDE LED DISPLAY SCREEN
SIDE PROTECTIVE COVER EDGE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS BOTTOM COVER (AUDIO VENT) BOTTOM ELECTRONICS CONNECTOR purpose monument to augment this. One of the true design
of the human in order for it to be able to be used for sitting,
characteristics and availability to legitimate users. The cubes
questions here is discerning the multiple possible actions of
standing, leaning, or addressing a crowd. The third function is
will essentially be over-engineered and able to withstand most
multiple possible users. As one makes careful site observation,
harder to address, and is best accommodated though voluntary
any circumstance.
site uses fall into three distinct categories: the student
restraint in overall scale and vertical height of the project. This
group gatherings common on a campus (gather), individual
allows activities to easily take place on, around, and over it,
provides an excellent space for all sorts of meaningful student
contemplation or work (think), and limited athletic activities
eliminating as much risk as possible to mindless students in the
interactions: classes, gatherings, protests, sculpture, video,
such as catch or frisbee (play). In order to accommodate these
oft-crowded Quad. It is also important to keep the structure
or other art displays, performances, games, sitting, reading,
first two activites, the design must take into account the scale
as tamper-proof as possible, while maintaining its moveable
thinking or simply shooting the breeze with a friend.
By designing a reconfigurable ‘pavilion’, this project
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Spots n’ Dots
GRAPHICS FOR ARCHITECTS FALL 2007 ARCH 272 LARRY HAMLIN, STUDIO CRITIC INDIVIDUAL WORK
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MASS
CONCEPT INTERIOR
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VOID AN ARCHITECTURAL FOUND MATERIALS SCULPTURE SPRING 2008 ARCH 273 ALLISON WARREN, STUDIO CRITIC INDIVIDUAL WORK
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ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL SKETCHES // UIUC/ENSAV STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM VERSAILLES [SAPV]
LONDON - HISTORIC & CONTEMPORARY
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LA TOURETTE MONASTERY- LE CORBUSIER
RONCHAMP CATHEDRAL - LE CORBUSIER
GOTHIC CATHEDRAL - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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GREECE SKETCHING INTENSIVE // JAMES P. WARFIELD
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THE STRUCTURE OF INTENTION // TRAVELLING HISTORY SEMINAR // WILLIAM J.R. CURTIS
“You are confronted with yourself in these materials.” - William J.R. Curtis
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n our UIUC Study Abroad Program-Versailles coursework, we were lucky to be led through
effect on my design understanding and on my conceptualization of architecture as a whole. These
France to a number of iconic buildings by one of the foremost modern architectural historians
buildings also made exemplary models for photography, with the tone and grain of film and Corbu’s
in the world, William J.R. Curtis. He gave us detailed insight into the design and construction of
spartan, pensive spaces meshing wonderfully to form highly expressive prints. I am incredibly
monuments such as Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoy, Maison du Brésil, La Tourette Monastery (shown),
proud of the rolls upon rolls of black-and-white film (in addition to digital photographs) that I took at
Ronchamp Cathedral, and Alvar Aalto’s Maison Louis Carré. His insights have had a profound
these magnificent buildings. I wish there was space here to print them all.
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Professional Work
SHARP ARCHITECTS, INC.
S
ince September of 2010 I have been working for a small office in my hometown of DeKalb, IL headed by Lisa F. Sharp, ALA, LEED AP BD+C. I’ve been incredibly grateful for her abilities as an architect and
teacher, and have learned so much under her mentorship. While many architectural offices are shuttering their doors, we have been have consistently growing over the course of my tenure. It has been incredibly rewarding to help make some really impactful things happen in the community in which I was born and grew up, especially since it is a complex place. DeKalb is a college town in industrial and agricultural flux, with a crisis of vision and real urban and sub-urban problems I know well. It also bears scars of recent tragedy, with a mass shooting taking place in a crowded Northern Illinois University classroom mere blocks from my childhood home dramatically impacting the mindset of the area in an instant. Working here has helped me become more aware than ever of the dense narratives and relationships within the built envinroment, and the things required to constistently complete a variety of projects to the utmost quality for clients with varying needs. As part of a small office, I have a considerable amount of design influence and have had the opportunity to participate in most, if not all facets of the profession. All of the images that follow were produced by myself for the firm, although the designs are team-driven. Projects on which I was the primary designer are noted.
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STREAMWOOD?
SYCAMORE TRAIN DEPOT - NIGHT PHOTOGRAPH
EVAN STRAVERS FOR SHARP ARCHITECTS, DECEMBER 12, 2012
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SHARP ARCHITECTS // COMMERCIAL DESIGN
Building Hope
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HOPE HAVEN HOMELESS SHELTER EXPANSION
ADDITION SIZE: 4,300 sqft. CONSTRUCTION COST: $821,000 BUILDING COMPLETED SUMMER 2011 LISA SHARP, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT EVAN STRAVERS, INTERN ARCHITECT PARTICIPATED IN PRELIMINARY DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DRAWING AND ADMINISTRATION, AND PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHY.
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ope Haven of DeKalb County is an amazing organization
multiple service organizations at the shelter, only a mile from where I
tirelessly dedicated to fighting homelessness in DeKalb County
grew up on the campus of Northern Illinois University. The opportunity
since its founding in 1990. They provide emergency food and shelter
to help them expand their program is one I still relish.
for individuals and families in the short term, transitional and semi-
permanent housing in the long-term, and education and career services
floors, then started with a small rental shelter, and expanded along
to assist people in the creation of a better life. Their unique focus
with the ever-growing need for space, eventually moving into their
is to keep homeless families together, rather than splitting them up
current building in 1991. In 2006 they were able to build a second
according to gender as is common in shelters, and their approach has
facility a mile north which currently serves as their long-term shelter,
resulted in a high rate of success in placing people who have previously
enabling the original building to be more fully utilized for families and
been homeless into jobs and permanent housing. The organization is
emergency residents. And once again, faced with an ever-increasing
also one I know well personally, having volunteered at the shelter for
local population needing shelter, Hope Haven approached Sharp
As a young organization, they provided shelter on church
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Architects Inc. in 2010 to lead them through the process
as the safest university, and the area north to the north of it
Haven was negatively impacting the neighborhood simply with
of designing and receiving special use permit approval of
in which Hope Haven is situated is a complex mix of students
its presence. Thankfully, the presentation of more reputable
an addition to their existing shelter. The process included
and low-income housing. While in reality Hope Haven actively
data supported the exact opposite conclusion, and a following
presentations to both the local planning commission and city
improves this area and the city as a whole, some planning and
increase in community support insured the building was given
council to receive approval, which itself would turn into a
police officials opposed the project, leading to a contentious
a green light in spite of the smear campaign.
trying and divisive exercise.
permitting process. The since-departed Police Comissioner
went so far as to fabricate statistics to insinuate that Hope
additional 30 male emergency residents and vacates space in
In recent years NIU has not cultivated the reputation
The addition allows the shelter to house an
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BUILDING HOPE FULL BUILDING PLAN
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TRUSS FRAMING CONCEPT DIAGRAMS
PRELIMINARY DESIGN SCHEMES TRANSVERSE SECTIONS
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the existing building for a family dormitory which allows mothers and their children to sleep in
were in poor shape were upgraded with matching finishes and the old apartment suite was
the same room. The men’s emergency shelter is necessarily separated from the family shelter
made into a new children’s playroom. A new Luxury Vinyl Tile flooring product was chosen for
and includes dormitory, shower, and quality living and dining spaces for the new residents. The
its low maintenance, high durability, and long-term cost-effectiveness (they have also recently
new wing also includes an apartment for live-in staff, kitchen expansion, and a multi-purpose
been adopted by Wal-Mart). Structurally, the scissor trusses allowed easy and inexpensive
room for classes, self-improvement and counseling. Spaces within the existing shelter that
HVAC installation, as well as a bit of additional headroom and the wonderful interior quality the
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MENS DORMITORY
MENS SHOWER ROOM
APT. APARTMENT TOILET STAFF TOILET
JANITOR CASE MGR. OFFICE
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SERVING ROOM
EXPANSI ON PLAN HOPE HAVEN
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION painted exposed ductwork provides. The color palette was chosen to be bright and uplifting
and gardens to raise healthy produce for residents and allow them to learn employable skills
without being obnoxious or out of place. The exterior spaces surrounding the building were
and self-sufficiency. A storage shed featuring a wonderful community mural was relocated, and
designed to allow for additional parking, water detention, and outdoor living spaces for men,
the existing basketball hoops were re-used on a new, larger court for resident use. Overall, we
families, and children. The existing playground space was relocated and improved to create a
succeeded in creating a transcendent building that serves the client with a unique and upbeat
cohesive space for children to play that includes large mature trees, a patio, benches, play fort,
style, helping people to move out of homelessness both in function and in feeling.
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BUILDING HOPE CAMPAIGN PROMOTION
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LOGO DESIGN EXPLORATION
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Serving the homeless and the community for 20 years
ur firm was given the unique opportunity to provide professional-level graphic design services assisting Hope Haven with their fundraising campaign. I was tasked with vectorizing, cleaning, and making minor improvements to the Hope Haven
logo, and then using that logo as a basis for a button and two-color T-shirt for sale to the public with proceeds going to the Building Hope campaign. I worked closely with Hope Haven staff and Sports of All Sorts in DeKalb, IL to produce the shirt, which was a huge hit. Its design highlights the importance of each member of the community by presenting those who wear it as sets of drawings: individually holding the strength, support, care and information required for a successful building campaign, while providing a great background for the bright red Hope Haven logo button. The screen-printed image ages as an old set of drawings would, gracefully gaining character as the days go by, gradually becoming the owner’s favorite shirt. It certainly has become mine.
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SHARP ARCHITECTS // NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTHCARE DESIGN
The Best (Clinic) for the Most for the Least
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McHENRY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
SIZE: 8,574 sqft. CONSTRUCTION COST: $1,770,000 BUILDING COMPLETED SUMMER 2011 LISA SHARP, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT EVAN STRAVERS, INTERN ARCHITECT PARTICIPATED IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, AND PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHY.
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n the world of not-for-profit healthcare design, budget efficiency is at a premium. Clients have a long list of needs for a building’s functional aspects, without extensive budgets to make them a rality. In order to design the most sustainable, fuctional, meaningful, and valuable building for the dollar, creative solutions must be used in order to design something that , as Charles and Ray Eames put it , provides “the best for the most for the least”. The McHenry Community Health Center is a new medical clinic building operated by a not-for-profit organization, Greater Elgin Family Care Center. The new facility features a large reception and waiting room, fourteen exam rooms, along with laboratory and staff support spaces. The owner was fortunate to have received a grant for the construction of the building, with future maintenance and operating costs remaining their responsibility. Our design approach focused on creating a workplace that was comfortable and efficient for both staff and patients as well as reducing energy use and maintenance costs. The building features: Solar tube daylighting in each interior exam room and nurse space without a window. A white 60 mil EPDM roof to reduce heat gain. R-49 insulation at the attic and R-21 insulation at the walls to reduce heat gain in summer and heat loss in winter. Advanced electronically controlled window treatments to reduce solar gain Window placement allowing natural light into almost every space of the building, maximize light transmittance while minimizing heat gain. Lighting control systems to help maximize the use of natural light when available, reducing dependence on light fixtures. Occupancy sensors on light fixtures for exam and office spaces to reduce electricity consumption while rooms are unoccupied. Exterior masonry veneer requiring minimal maintenance.
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SHARP ARCHITECTS // CONSTRUCTION DETAILING
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Details, Details.
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hey say that the devil is in the details, and in architecture and construction nothing could be more true. Details can make or break a project and can make the difference between a wonderful, impactful building and one that gets torn down or substantially modified because of a discontented client (See: Trahan Architects Holy Rosary Church in Louisiana). Detailing is also largely where innovative building technologies and sustainable design decisions are actually implemented within the design process, making it more important than ever in today’s architectural climate. Details also can be individually beautiful, and can show a deep understanding of a building’s design. For this reason I’ve included a few of the details I’ve done for Sharp Architects.
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SHARP ARCHITECTS // HISTORIC PRESERVATION
For Good, For Ever.
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DEKALB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SYCAMORE TRAIN DEPOT OFFICES
SIZE: 5,103 sqft. COST: $818,000 BUILDING COMPLETED WINTER 2012 LISA SHARP, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
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hat is the true nature of sustainability? LEED is a decent
in our typical understanding, but represent incredibly important
start, but its serious drawbacks as a system that actually
considerations in urban design. Is there anything truly more
KATIE SPERL, PROJECT ARCHITECT
leads to really sustainable design decisions in architectural projects
sustainable than helping a young philanthropic foundation dedicated
EVAN STRAVERS, INTERN ARCHITECT
are becoming clear. The USGBC is, at it’s heart, a for-profit company,
to scholarships and service in the community rehabilitate a building
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and its system does little to address the many ways a building can
left empty for 60 years into their base of operations for the future,
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be sustainable. What of economic or cultural sustainability? These
creating a new community icon? Before December, most residents of
PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHY.
are harder to quantify and do not have direct environmental impact
Sycamore were unaware that their community had ever even had a
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RECEPTION AREA DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNTATION OFFICES
DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNTATION OFFICES
SYCAMORE TRAIN DEPOT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS
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Train Depot. We were incredibly happy to change that, and introduce the DeKalb/Sycamore area to this hidden gem within their midst.
Originally built in 1880 by the Sycamore Cortland & Chicago Railroad, this Italianate gem had fallen into disrepair over many
decades, seeing its last train leave in the 1960s. The City of Sycamore, led by City Manager Mr. Bill Nicklas, spearheaded an effort to purchase the building from the owner in 2010. Through a generous private donation and TIF funds from the City of Sycamore the exterior of the building was transformed and the structure was stabilized. Structural work focused on re-supporting the entire wood first floor structure. Exterior renovations included new roofing, masonry restoration, and new aluminum clad window and doors at all
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Rotting plywood soffits and fascias were replaced with fiber cement and gutters and downspouts were added to direct water away from the
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of the openings. The brick faรงade was cleaned with gentle power washing and brushing and then both the brick and the stone were tuck pointed.
building. Original metal dentils and frieze at the north faรงade were prepped and painted. Historical photographs were consulted to determine the mullion pattern for the building. Loading bay doors were replaced with French doors to allow more light into the Freight Room.
The City of Sycamore announced in the fall of 2011 that they would be gifting the building to the DeKalb County Community Foundation,
an organization devoted to local philanthropic efforts. The building now houses the offices of their organization and a large community room which they make available for business and nonprofit meetings, weddings, and other public gatherings. The design for the interior spaces meshes modern, functional and historical aspects to create a bright, vibrant and useful new building. The exposed brick provides a wonderful texture which takes on a whole new life when paired with the colors, chosen to be a bright representation of natural agricultural elements. It is best featured in the Community room, helping to provide a romantic and historic atmosphere for events taking place there. Also saved and re-used was the original ticketing window from the old depot, which now resides in the main waiting area.
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SHARP ARCHITECTS // CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
Taxi&Takeoff
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DEKALB FLIGHT TRAINING CENTER
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ONGOING PROJECT - PRELIMINARY DESIGN
EVAN STRAVERS, INTERN ARCHITECT
LISA SHARP, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
DESIGN SHOWN BY EVAN STRAVERS
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he City of DeKalb approached the firm in 2012 to design a DeKalb Flight Training center building with two main goals: to integrate multiple existing flight school programs under one roof, and to provide a new face for the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Aiport [DTMA] in the community. An existing, unused hangar on site was selected to be a starting point for the design. This concept combines programmatic features in a way that is conducive to flight education and site opportunities while utilizing the visual language of aviation and it’s associated industrial construction vernacular. Fenestration patterns in classroom and flight simulator spaces not only provide daylighting, but assist in the education of young pilots by framing views of planes on approach to DTMA runways 2/20 and 9/27. The building also features hangar space for 3-4 small aircraft, an educational shop, flight preparation room, teacher offices, and a work/copy room.
CONCEPT SKETCHES: ‘TAXI & TAKEOFF’
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SHARP ARCHITECTS // CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
Reinvigorating Congregation
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t. Mary of the Assumption Church first approached us in 2011 about the idea of adding a new set of stairs to their late 1890’s cathedral, originally asking us and a competing out-of-town firm to produce concept designs for them. They had seen a decline over the years in membership, and a push was being made to modernize certain aspects of their worship experience, including the improvement of the historical entrance to their main worship space. I was tasked with measuring and drafting the site, designing a concept, and ultimately produced a detailed model in Sketchup, although the decision was made to present hand renderings to the client in
order to present the design in a more friendly, accessible way. In 2012 they announced that we had been awarded the job of designing the project, and we were to move ahead designing a number of schemes, though forgoing the covered entrance for budgetary reasons. I completed zoning and code research, and designed four schemes which were eventually narrowed to two that were then further developed. Drainage and lighting were then addressed in development of the design, as well and the incorporation of a boiler-driven integrated snow-melt system. The project is currently active and design development is ongoing.
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hen I first joined Sharp Architects, Inc. we were a young firm and had little in the way of marketing materials, with some unattractive cheap business cards, a few flyers, and worse, no real website. They say in marketing that ‘if you don’t have a website, you don’t
exist’, and one of the first big projects of my job was designing our online identity. Wordpress was utilized to provide the most modern, scalable, and easily modified setup possible. Visual appearance was designed to reflect consistent branding, and content was gathered and organized to maximize ease of accessibility. I also developed our online and social media marketing strategies, and maintain our website, facebook page and blog. I have also designed our holiday cards for the last three years, flyers, proposals, construction signs, advertising, new business cards, and a few other various design projects.
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Personal Work
PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC DESIGN, DESIGN (AND FOOTBALL).
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hile employed full-time at an architecture firm and loving it, I’ve also attempted to challenge myself and expand my palette as a designer with a number of different
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personal projects in various visual fields. I present them here to give you a bit of flavor for my
Guthrie Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
design personality outside of the architectural realm. In high school I discovered photography,
Architect: Jean Nouvel
which has come to be my main artistic side endeavor and something I love very much. I took
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over 8,000 photographs in nine months spent abroad, and never really stopped. I was able to work as an equine photographer for two summers while in college, and have since worked to
This unedited photo of Nouvel’s Guthrie Theatre window is a
expand my passion into a full side project (and something that aids in architectural design and
cathartic image in the development of my understanding of
presentation). I love all forms of photography, from black-and-white film to digital to polaroid
architecture. It’s simply the product of a wandering eye and a
and other strange and depreciated pop camera styles. I plan to build a darkroom of my own
wonderfully framed view, yet contained within it are numerous
someday. Graphic design has long been an interest of mine, and I can remember drawing logos
questions about the nature of one’s relationship to the built
and letter forms for fun as early as grade school. I participated in a architecture/graphic design
environment. This is obviously an experience planned and designed
collaborative seminar in college which greatly expanded this interest. Football, Hockey, and
by a designer, so how did it come to be carried out, fully connecting
athletics in general have also represented important facets of my life, and I have long utilized
the user and the vision of the architect? What bidges the gap from
them as creative outlets as athlete and as coach, leader, and strategist. I have also done some
the initial idea of a building to it’s long term consequences?
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creative work as a part of sports organizations, and continue to explore these avenues of my life
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in my spare time, perhaps eventually to help put myself through graduate school.
What collection of events, processes, and accidents gets one from a concept sketch through development and construction to this user photograph, taken on a spontaneous trip some years after the completion of the building?
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‘Roid Rave
Malfunctioning film purchased on the cheap. An ambitious company re-inventing Polaroid film. Camera purchased for $2 at the local Salvation Army. Three apartments with stacked balconies, wonderfully intermixing residents of this particular crappy college apartment building over decades. Can such a camera setup capture the ‘je-ne-sais-quois’ of the space through documenting revelry? A wonderful evening with friends new and old. The polaroid film is instant, poppy, involved in the very surrounding it captures. Nobody doesn’t want to talk excitedly while waiting to see it develop. The image layers degrade over time, betraying clarity, and ultimately,
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the image entirely.
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How is this like our memories? Our relationships? I continue to watch this evening slowly grey into nothing. I continue to watch this party clear out. Figure from “From transaction to transformation costs: The case of Polaroid’s
Best friends, lovers, aquaintances make their way home.
SX-70 camera” Garud and Munir, Elsevier, 2008
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FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN + PHOTOGRAPHY
Chi-Town Shamrocks Roller Hockey [MIHA]
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rowing up prohibitively far from the nearest ice rink, roller hockey grew over the years to become an important part of my
life and my primary personal athletic endeavor. I’ve played inline hockey since I was seven, playing for clubs throughout Junior High, High School, and College. I currently play on a semi-professional travelling team, and as part of this team and league I also have been able to do some graphic design and photographic work, as well as travel to play in such exotic locales as Detroit, Grand Rapids, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. I am incredibly happy to be able to mix both the creative and athletic sides of my life, as well as travel to places with interesting and complex urban environments.
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Lovell Family Patio
concrete slab for rain barrel (optional)
brussels dimensional stone pier, TYP.
coping cut to fit around house siding
4’x8’ cast in place concrete slab, Typical.
brussels block or sim. patio pavers, unilock ‘W’layout
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brussels dimensional block, on edge in radial pattern
reinforced per owner requirement
contrast paving rows, block to be determined by owner
existing stairs, owner moved and reinstalled.
John Lovell originally approached me in spring 2011 about taking his vision for a patio and turning it into a buildable, functional and stylish reality. His wife and two young sons moved into this spec house in a subdivision on the outskirts of Sycamore, IL shortly after the burst of the housing bubble, allowing them to purchase a wonderful house for their growing family with a lot of room, a wonderful yard, a pond, and an excellent view. They sought to add outdoor space to complement their active lifestyle and two young sons, as well as space for a grill, dining and entertaining.
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Water resistant electrical outlet, TYP. connected to lamp post/conduit as needed
Slab cut to fit around house foundation Paver Underlayment Concrete Underlayment
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Concrete footing for brussels block pier, TYP.
concrete footing /thickened slab for stairas needed (optional)
Evan Stravers 595 Normal Rd. DeKalb, IL 60115
Buried PVC Electrical Conduit
paver underlayment concrete underlayment Water resistant electrical outlet, TYP. connected to lamp post/conduit as needed Water resistant electrical outlet, TYP. connected to lamp post/conduit as needed
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Approximate Material Requirements PAVERS- Unilock Brussels Block Patio Pavers - Color: Owner selected on site 2 Bundles Half Stone 2 Bundles Standard 3 Bundles XL
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COPING - Approx. 60’ (linear ) Unilock 12”x1.75” Fullnose Coping - Color:Buff PIER CAPS- (7) Unilock Ledgestone caps, drilled for lamp post pass-thru CONCRETE- 775 sqft. / 258 cubic ft. concrete - Finish: Owner specified UNDERLAYMENT- Approx. 500 cubic ft. Aggregate for both concrete and paver underlayment Approx. 60 cubic ft. bedding sand Approx. 60 linear ft. Paver edge restraint w/ steel galvanaized spikes as needed (7) Steel Lampposts (7) 2’-8”x 2’-8”x 6” square precast or poured concrete slabs, drilled for electrical Approx. 60 linear ft. PVC tubing for electrical supply Wiring as needed (6) Waterproof exterior outlets (7) Owner furnished and installed exterior light fixtures
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS 05- Lovell Patio
04.23.11
Accent Row
Fullnose Coping, rounded side in
Accent Row
PERSONAL WORK
BLOCK - Unilock Brussels Dimensional Stone - Color: Owner selected on site 10 Bundles Standard
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LOGO DESIGN
Quirky.com
CROWDSOURCED PRODUCT DESIGN & STORE
makes bathing a breeze while saving your knees
makes bathing a breeze while saving your knees
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makes bathing a breeze while saving your knees
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SureScoop
PRODUCT DESIGN
‘sleep-n-store’
a soft outdoor stool with the increased functionality of an integrated inflatable sleeping pad and two side cushions for use by campers, backpackers and anyone who enjoys the outdoors. zippered compartment covers detatch for use as cusions
storage compartment
zippered sleeping pad door inflatable sleeping pad rolls up into the inside of the cylinder
main cylinder functions as a pillow while sleeping pad is rolled out
takes up about the same amount of room as a sleeping pad.
ëin-pillowí storage compartment provides secure storage while sleeping
Evan Stravers 9.5.10
durable, yet bendable sleeping pad roller core
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hand operated sleeping pad rolling device
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DESIGN
Designed for yardage
A FOOTBALL PLAYBOOK {EXERPT} Sprint Out Passing - 900/800 Series
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ootball, our true national pasttime, is a complex game both on and off the field. To understand its history, narratives and nuances is to understand our culture. While not the most physically gifted offensive guard, my advanced understanding of the playbook allowed me to start, and my frustration with a struggling team led me to become a student of the game. Both eventually led to me become a volunteer assistant coach for my high school each summer throughout college, and I was deeply honored when the young men I helped coach as freshmen my final summer went on to become the most successful group to play football at DeKalb over the last several decades. I deeply enjoy the strategy of the game, watching an offense probe a defense as a boxer circles and jabs another.
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Pro Right 920 Assignment Overview
Overview This is a basic sprint-out passing system designed to move the pocket away from the rush and to give a mobile quarterback the option of passing or running the ball. It is also designed to both set up and be set up by the accompanying sprint draw. Nomenclature Sprint out passing uses the same 3 number naming system used for all basic passes. The side to which the play is run is dictated by the first number in the name.
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900's - Sprint Left 800's - Spring Right
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The second and third numbers dictate the playside receiver routes, with the second number assigning the inside receiver's route (it is the inside number), and the third number assigning the outside receiver's route. ex: 932 - Sprint Left, with the inside receiver running a 3 route, and the outside receiver running a 2 route. Only the playside receiver's routes are dictated, and any backside receiver runs a crossing/post route.
QB(1) - Open to the playside, run just off the midline aiming for mesh with TB. Give an empty fake and show the ball after a one or two count. Receiver progression is ad-lib, but never force the ball to a deep receiver when a shallow one is open or there is a running lane. TB(2) - Take a crossover or sprint step just as you would with an outside zone. Mesh with the QB and sell the play fake for a one count then work to hook the end. If the end is already blocked or not a threat, look upfield to make a block if the QB decides to run. FB(3) - You are alone blocking the end. Cut him or otherwise block him, but try to pin him inside, or allow the TB to hook him. If you are being beat badly, drive him outside at least. TE(Y) - If you are playside, get a chip on the end to allow an easier block for the FB and TB, then get into your assigned route. If you are blackside, look for a clean release into a 3-5 yd. drag. If the quarterback decides to run, you act as his lead blocker and block the first threat. WR(X) & WR(4) - Execute your assigned route with whatever release is necessary. If your corner bites hard on the run fake, look for the ball immediately. If the quarterback decides to run, look to make a block on the first available defender. Line - Rule: The 3 playside linemen (PST, PSG,C) take zone steps playside and seal off the DTs and any LB that shows. Effectively, this is a run play for you. The 2 backside linemen (BSG, BST) step playside and hinge, not allowing any backside penetration. Block blitzes ad-lib.
Often an offensive coordinator or head coach is referred to as the ‘architect’ of the offense or team, and there are certainly many deep parallels to be drawn between the two. They are both about organizing information, creating complex plans and implementing them in a team setting to create space in three dimensions over time. Granted, they create space in significantly divergent time scales and with different ‘materials’. Both are also deeply rooted in the American sociopolitical systems and psyche, and each faces complex challenges as we move forward into the future. Football taught me a lot about myself in formative years, and I would like to return to coaching in retirement if possible to give something back to the next generation of young men (gaining a few yards along the way).
Pro Right 841
PERSONAL WORK
Slot Right Tight 94(Squiggle)
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