Garth Burke | MArch. 2020 2015 - 2020 | Selected Works
Garth R. Burke Address |1167 Gresham Road | Plainfield, NJ 07062 Phone | (732) 770 - 8181 Email | garth.reg.burke@gmail.com
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND May 2020
Master of Architecture University at Buffalo
Inclusive Design Research Group | Seeks to improve the usability of environments, products, and systems for the widest range of people Ecological Practices Research Group | Engages and examines the role that architecture and urbanism plays in harnessing and stewarding environmental systems
May 2017
May 2013
Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies Architectural Studies Major Hobart College Anthropology Minor High School Diploma Delbarton School
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2020 2 yrs May 2020 2 yrs May 2020 3 mos Aug 2016 3 mos
Teaching Assistant While being an architecture history TA, responsibilities University at Buffalo included attending each class, grading assignments, quizzes, test, and leading recitation discussions for more than twenty students within the course. Print Lab Assistant University at Buffalo
Print Lab shifts entailed, aiding with document printing, adding print money, design programs assistance, and scanning services.
COVID-19 Student Response Team University at Buffalo
Assisting the AIA in NYC and NY State, we were tasked with “architectural” efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Summer Internship Professor Gabriella D’Angelo
Projects included landscape design, rebuilding a stair bridge, little free libraries, working with high school students, and designing/building a natural playscape in Geneva, New York.
SKILLS Adobe Photoshop
Laser-Cutting
Adobe Illustrator
Graphic Design
Adobe InDesign
Precision Drawing
AutoCAD
Process & Critical Thinking
Microsoft Office
Public Speaking & Critique
Revit
Woodshop Certification
Rhinoceros
ACADEMIC HONORS Spring 15 -16
Dean’s List Hobart College
Spring 2016
Houghton House Art Gallery Exhibition Participant Hobart College
F. 14 - Sp.15
Hobart Heritage Scholar Hobart College
Fall 15 - 16
Lewis H. Elliot Memorial Scholarship Hobart College
SketchUp
STUDY ABROAD Summer2019
Grand Tour Redux - Europe University at Buffalo
Grand Tour Redux - Europe offered an intensive exploration of historical and contemporary architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design in Europe. Sketching, note-taking, and diagramming allowed for thoughtful analysis and interpretation of sites throughout the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
Rome, Italy Hobart College
The program was designed to allow students full immersion in the Roman experience. Excursions to Verona, Venice, and Florence further provided perspective on the history, culture, and daily life of Italy. Courses included Intermediate Italian Language, Drawing and Design Courses ISIA Design Week: Pordenone.
1 mo
Spring 2016 3 mos
Table of Contents
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MOCA
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Habitat X
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Reid & Kitsap
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Public Block Culture
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Inhabiting the Beat
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Candid Gild
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Spiral Lantern
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8 Global Education Sketches
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MOCA University at Buffalo Spring 2019 ARC 504 - Comprehensive Design: City Arts Collaborator: James Hedger Instructor: Annette LeCuyer
“In the 21st century, the art museum is no longer a neutral depository of objects, but has taken on the role of cultural forum.” Spatially, experientially, programmatically, and through its urban presence, the art museum serves as an art composition in its own right. The museum’s overall form derives from what was determined best suited for displaying large contemporary art pieces, natural light entering the art galleries, and its flexibility to adapt to multiple levels of public access and use. As a new museum for the city of Buffalo, this project envisages a new treasury for a growing collection of post-World War II and contemporary art. Located in what previously served as a parking lot on Swan St., between Washington St. and Main St., the Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA was designed to not only connect with the city but enhance the lives of both visitors and citizens. [7]
MOCA
Base
Extrude
Fracture
Plinth
Cantilever
Roof Design MOCA Form Development
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Transverse Section Perspective
Spring 2019
Ground / Site Floor Plan 0’ 5’
20’
50’
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MOCA
Longitudinal Section
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0’ 5’
20’
50’
Spring 2019
Mezzanine Floor Plan 0’
5’
20’
50’
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MOCA
Interior View of Section Model
Plinth View of Section Model
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Partial Elevation
Spring 2019
Gallery Floor Plan 0’
5’
20’
50’
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Habitat X University at Buffalo Fall 2019 ARC 606: EP GRG Design Studio - Almost Nature Collaborator: Natalie Harack Instructor: Laura Garofalo Khan
After conducting a site investigation in Silo City, three zones were discovered— no human control, human control for human use and human control for habitat. Habitat X takes the three zones discovered and combines them into a field condition, creating moments in which humans, plants and animals are treated as equals. Moments and follies are created to represent each of these zones and brings the three zones to two distinct locations on the site. The human follies bring seating to the areas, providing places for people to sit and observe the nature that currently exist or the nature which is created by other follies or covers the pump box. The habitat follies create either planting opportunities or safe places for animals to either nest or burrow, and seating for people to observe these habitats. The last type of folly is the non-human follies which create both planting and habitat but do not allow people to enter the folly, but people can observe these follies from a distance. The non-human follies would be located in the berms or in locations that are difficult for people to reach.
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Habitat X
Elevator B
Habitat X - Berm Location
Habitat X - Pond Location
Tin Town
0’ 5’
20’
50’
Silo City Site Map
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Fall 2019
Plant and Human Habitation Variation Model
Hanging Plant and Human Habitation Variation Model
Animal and Human Habitation Variation Model
Pond Pump Cover and Human Habitation Model (Removed Wood Cladding)
Alternative Plant and Human Habitation Variation Model
Alternative Animal and Human Habitation Variation Model
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Habitat X
Human Habitation and Planting Folly
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0’
Animal Habitation Folly
5’
Human and Animal Habitation Folly
20’
Fall 2019
Human and Animal Habitation Folly Second Variation
Human Habitation and Planting Folly Third Variation
Human and Animal Habitation Folly Second Variation
Berm Location Site Section 50’
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Habitat X
Berm Location Site Model
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Pond Location Site Model
Pond Location Site Model
Fall 2019
Plant Hanger Configuration
Folly Structural Configuration Wood Cladding Seat Configuration Upper Portion
Rigidized Metals - Vipertex Construction Wood Cladding Seat Configuration Lower Portion
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Reid & Kitsap University at Buffalo Spring 2019 ARC 542: Construction Technologies Instructor: Annette LeCuyer
Through careful studies of Clark and Menefee’s Reid House and Miller Hull’s Kitsap Country Administration Building, these projects provide an understanding of construction documents and the development of threedimensional technical drawings from said documents. Both projects also illustrate recognition of technical documentation, building envelope systems and assemblies, and building materials and assemblies.
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Reid House
1 Foundation for Perimeter Wall
12’-10 1/4” 12' 10 1/4"
24 inches wide x 12 inches deep site cast concrete footing with 3-#5 reinforcement bar long
2 External Wall below Grade and at
1’-8”
1'-8"
Ground Level
8 x 16 x 12 single wythe CMU with #5 vertical reinforcement grouted solid at corners, large openings and steel beam bearing. All other cells are insulated.
2'-4"
2’-4”
3'
3’-0”
3 External Wall at Upper Floors 8 x 16 x 12 single wythe CMU with 1-#5 reinforcement bar grouted solid at corners, and on either side of large openings. 2-#5 at steel beam bearing, and horizontal joint reinforcement at 8 inches O.C. All other cells are insulated.
14'
14’-0”
4 Ground Floor 4"
4 inch compacted sand Vapor barrier 4 inch site cast concrete slab on grade with mesh reinforcement Slab thickened with 2-#5 horizontal rebar under bearing wall
1'-4"
1’-4”
2'-8"
2’-8”
2'-8"
2’-8”
5"
5 Living Room Floor Above Bedrooms: 2 x 10 joists at 16 inches O.C. 2 x 6 tongue and groove wood floor 4"
4'-0"
4’-0”
1'-4"
1’-4”
Ceiling: 2 x 4 wood joists at 16 inches O.C. Paneled Plywood
11 5/8" 3"
1'-0"
1’-0”
2’-3” 2'-3"
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10'
Reid House Partial Section
6 Master Bedroom Floor 2 x 6 wood joists at 16 inches O.C. 2 x 6 tongue and groove wood floor Steel W10 x 12 beam anchored to wall thru 4 x 7 1/2 x 1/4 steel plate and bolts 8 inches long grouted solid into block
7A Roof 2 x 8 hip rafters at 16 inches O.C. 5/8 inch plywood sheathing Building Paper Shingles
7B Ceiling 2 x 6 wood joists with batt insulation between and vapor barrier on inner face of insulation 5/8 inch medium density overlay painted plywood
8 Window at Ground Level Site cast concrete sill 1 course CMU bond beam lintel with 2-#5 reinforcement grouted solid Wood framed double glazed window
9 Large Windows to Living Room Site cast concrete cill 2 course CMU bond beam lintel with 2-#5 reinforcement grouted solid Steel framed double glazed window
10 Clerestory 1/8 inch frameless glass set in sealant
Spring 2019
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B
A
C
Roof and Ceiling Detail
B
C
D Reid House Partial Section Axonometric
Living Room Floor Detail
D
Master Bedroom Floor Detail
Foundation for Perimeter Wall Detail
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Kitsap County Administration Building
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Foundation for Perimeter Wall
3
60” wide x 16” deep cast concrete strip footing with 6-#5 reinforcement long rebar Continuous benonite waterstop at colf joint 6 in. diameter perforated drain tile surrounded by 6” gravel and filter fabric
2
Foundation for Interior Columns
18” thick site cast reinforced concrete Water roof membrance Protection board Drainage mat Filter fabric O.C. min. 18” free draining sand & gravel
4
Roof at First and Second Levels
6B
8” thick precast cellular concrete plank 2” concrete topping with wire mesh Fluid applied waterproof membrane Protection Board Root Barrier 4” rigid insulation Roof drainage and water retention mat 6” soil Vegetation / Planting
8
External Window at Ground and Upper Levels Aluminum framed double glazed system
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Interior Window Wall to Conference Room Aluminum framed storefront system
Kitsap County Administration Building Partial Section
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External Wall at Ground and Upper Level
Ceiling at First and Second Levels Top clip with much. fastener to strut 100lb. capacity wire hanger clips Compression strut connect to structure 12 gauge lateral bracing wires Cross tee grid 12 gauge vertical hanger wire connect to main tee acoustic tile Main tee
8
Second Level Floor 18” x 48” site cast reinforced concrete beam 8” thick precast cellular concrete plank 2” concrete topping with wire mesh Raised Floor System - 14” deep horizontal services distribution zone
18” x 48” site cast reinforced concrete beam 18” x 10’ site cast reinforced concrete columns
9’ x 13’ x 8” deep site cast concrete pad footing with #7 at 10” O.C. longitudinal and #5 at 12” O.C. transverse at top and bottom; sub-slab drainage
6A
External Wall below Grade
Skylight Aluminum framed double glazed skylight system
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Ground Level Floor Geotextile fabric 4” crushed rock 4” sand and gravel 24” perimeter insulation Vapor barrier 4” thick site cast concrete slab Raised Floor System
Spring 2019
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A
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B Roof at First and Second Levels Detail
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Ceiling and Second Level Floor Detail
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External Wall and Window at Ground and Upper Level Detail
Kitsap County Administration Building Partial Section Axonometric
Interior Window Wall and Ground Level Floor Details
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Public Block Culture University at Buffalo Spring 2020 ARC 606: ID GRG Design Studio - Playing Against Type Instructor: Charles Davis II, Ph.D.
Through initial studies that have yet to be documented and considered surrounding African American practices, spatial customs and expressive cultures, such as block culture, architectural forms were developed in order to address adaptive reuse concerning Buffalo’s Hamlin Park Neighborhood, specifically Northland Avenue. The Masten District Neighborhood Plan, a redevelopment strategy focusing on land-use issues, community economic, housing and neighborhood development for the district to transform it into a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family, became the foundation for renovating an existing Bungalow housing typology in the neighborhood, 390 Northland Avenue, along with its porch, adjacent street and vacant lot. These elements became a tapestry of texture through the use of various Afrocentric textiles, texture patterns, and materials. Through these developments a clear narrative is created that is unique to the African American culture and/or spaces being created, protecting the group identity. [ 29 ]
Public Block Culture REGINA PL
DAISY PL
PANSY PL
FLORIDA ST
FLORIDA ST
HAGER ST
NORTHLAND AVE
NORTHLAND AVE
WOHLERS AVE
Land Use Residential
DONALDSON RD
Commercial Community Service Industrial Public Services Recreation and Ent. Wild / Forest / Park Vacant
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0’
Spring 2020
Northland Avenue Corridor
HUMBOLDT PKWY
250’
KENSINGTON EXPY
HUMBOLDT PKWY
100’
500’
322 Northland Grocery
P.S. 74 Hamlin Park School
AARP Fitlot Fitness Park
Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo: Masten Club House
Stop the Violence Foundation
Hamlin Parkway
Public Block Culture
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Proposed Speed Ramp and Street Pavers (Between 390 and 394 Northland Avenue)
Hamlin Park Neighborhood Street Typologies
Spring 2020
3’ - 11 1/2”
6” Humboldt Parkway / Kensington Expressway Trapezoidal Walkway Speed Hump Northland Avenue Proposal Site
9 1/4”
Beverly Road Large red Turfstone pavers embedded in streets asphalt 2’ - 5 3/8”
Dupont Street
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Hamlin Park Neighborhood Vacant Lot Typologies
Public Block Culture
Lot between 324 and 328 Northland Ave
Lot between 390 and 394 Northland Ave Proposal Site
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Lot between 334 and 340 Northland Ave
Lot between 396 and 402 Northland Ave
Spring 2020
3’ 2 1/2”
Scarification reference handrail detailing Railing resemblance to porch proposal
5’
5’ x 5’ Precast Concrete (continues across walkway) Trees align the edge of the lot
2’ - 8 1/8” Various colored ceramic shards added into the concrete sidewalk Proposed Lot Entrance (Between 390 and 394 Northland Avenue) 5’ - 4 1/8”
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Public Block Culture
7’ - 10 1 /2”
6” 1’ - 8 1/2”
10’ - 1” 3’
1’ - 5”
3’ 1’ - 5”
1’ - 4 1/2”
3’
3’ - 6 5/8” Porch Proposal Right Side Elevation (390 Northland Avenue)
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4’ - 6”
Spring 2020
24’
6’ - 10”
4’ - 6”
4’ - 6”
4’ - 6”
4’ - 6” Porch Proposal Facade (390 Northland Avenue)
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Public Block Culture
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2 4 3
5
6
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Porch Proposal Axonometric (390 Northland Avenue)
6”
4
1
Spring 2020 6”
6” 1’ - 8 7/16”
2”
Double Glulam Columns and Beam Hung Retractable Screen System
Glulam Truss System Steel Truss Connector Plate
The screen’s pattern mirrors the Ghanaian symbol eban (fence). The symbol was appropriate for the element that provides privacy for the porch dweller
Again using the Ghanaian housing typology reference, a lightweight truss system was constructed, serving as the porch’s attachment to the facade of the home
5
2
2’ - 1 1/4” 5 5/16” 2 1/2”
Double Glulam Columns Elevated Steel Post
Rigidized Steel Handrail Afrocentric Textile Styles Railing Infills
Studies of various West African structures led to the reference to lightweight elements of Ghanaian housing typologies, such as the double column design
African textile patterns and colors are referenced for the railing’s infills. These textiles are used in traditional clothing, consisting of colorful woven patterns, which exist in numerous varieties
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3
1 - 5” 2 1/2” 3” 1 - 5”
Cast In-Place Concrete Racker Concrete Base Another housing typology reference, the base of the porch mimics the Asante housing typologies’ large and decorative foundations
2”
Rigidized Steel Handrail The handrail displays textures resembling scarification patterns, a practice common to West Africa. The practice can symbolize identity in a number of ways
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Public Block Culture
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Spring 2020
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Inhabiting the Beat Hobart College Spring 2015 ARCS 200: Intro Arch Design I - Spatial C Instructor: Gabriella D’Angelo
The goal of this project was to create structure from music. Through the dissection of J. Cole’s song, “January 28th,” a series of steps led to the construction of my final representation. To begin the project, the song was analyzed and dissected through lyrics and instrumentals. After a few listens, a series of diagrams were created either representing themes in the song or attributes such as vocals and instruments. Following the diagrams, linear compositions were designed to represent instrumental and vocal sounds of the song. Once a general idea of the key themes were understood to be incorporated in my final model, study models were constructed to aid the thought process. The final model consisted of 60 sheets of styrofoam, individually cut, to represent struggles and obstacles discussed in Cole’s songs. The model has a progression of “hope” from start to finish, symbolized through slits of light and a gradual opening of the pathway.
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Inhabiting the Beat
Elevation Diagram
Vocals Diagram
“Peel this back� Diagram
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Evolution Diagram
Spring 2015
Song Instrumental Linear Composition Diagram
[ 45 ] Song Vocal Linear Composition Diagram
Inhabiting the Beat
1st of 60 sheets
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21st of 60 sheets
41st of 60 sheets
Spring 2015
Section Cut
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Inhabiting the Beat
Model Cut Away
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Model Partial Section
Spring 2015
Model Exterior View
Model Plan
Model Section
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Candid Gild University at Buffalo Summer 2019 ARC 605: Grand Tour Redux - Europe Collaborators: Emily Battaglia & Tom Cleary Instructor: Gregory Delaney
The Antechamber F-1, Candid Gild, takes on an important feature of the Neo-Baroque style of Ludwig II’s palace, Herrenchiemsee—faux marble. Marbleizing or faux marbling is the preparation and finishing of a surface to imitate the appearance of polished marble. During the Late Baroque period, the techniques were perfected and have been used in all styles of construction well into the 20th century. The elegance and refinement of the techniques often deluded visitors from distinguishing between false and real marble in many churches, palaces and public buildings in Europe. Thus for the antechamber, an exaggerated sense of marbleizing is displayed within the room to emphasize the obsession of the period, embodying key characteristics of the Neo-Baroque period.
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Candid Gild
Initial Resin Marbleizing Study
Additional Resin Marbleizing Study Larger Scale Resin Marbleizing Study
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Summer 2019
Ceiling Marble Detail
Antechamber Axonometric Drawing
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Candid Gild
Final Model Exterior (34 1/16” x 30” x 32”) 1” = 1’ Scale
Final Model Resin Marble Interior
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Summer 2019
Final Model Worms-Eye View (34 1/16” x 30” x 32”) 1” = 1’ Scale
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Spiral Lantern University at Buffalo Spring 2018 ARC 512: Architectural Media Instructor: Stephanie Cramer
After choosing and studying an initial reference lantern, creating an analytical geometry to accompany, three personal variations for the final lantern proposal were designed as predecessors. Pulling from an experimental exercise from one of the three variations, the concept of the spiral was born. In the design of the final lantern, a spiral effect encompasses the overall scheme of the project. Thus, the lantern draws the eye of the observer to take in the entire lantern by following its suggested curved path.
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Spiral Lantern
1 of 12 Lantern Pieces
Unrolled Lantern for Laser Cut Bed (1 of 2 sets)
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Spring 2018
Configured Lantern Plan and Elevation
Final Stonehedge Lantern Model
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Global Education Sketches Summer 2016 - 2019
Through a series of quick 2-5 minute sketchbook studies, precision drawing, spatial thinking, manual skills, and still life analyzation skills were further developed. The practice was repeated multiple times throughout my excursions while studying abroad both in 2016 and 2019. From St. Peter’s Basilica to the features at Villa Borghese, an array of objects and structures were studied and sketched.
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Global Education Sketches
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Villa Rotonda - Concept and Floor Plan Andrea Palladio
Hvitträsk Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen
Saint Peter’s Basilica - Main Facade Donato Bramante
Summer 2016 - 2019
Grundtvig’s Church - Floor Pattern Study Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint
Bust of Commodus as Hercules (Capitoline Museum, Italy)
Colossus of Constantine - Foot Sculpture Fragment (Capitoline Museum, Italy)
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Helsinki Cathedral Carl Ludwig Engel
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Pilgrimage Chrich of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelená Jan Blažej Santini Aichel
Sculpture Study Sketch
Skogskyrkogården Office Building Gunnar Asplund
Österreichische Postsparkasse Otto Wagner
Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jože Plecnik
Bruder-Klaus Field Chapel Peter Zumthor
Group Study Sketch
Villa Mairea - Interior Features Alvar Aalto
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Gar t h Bu rke | MArch. 2020 Address |1167 Gresham Road Plainfield, NJ 07062 Phone | (732) 770 - 8181 Email | garth.reg.burke@gmail.com