Architecture Portfolio | Grant Poteat

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DA R KNES S AND L IG HT A COLLECTION OF CREATIVE WORKS

grant poteat 2014-2018


My name is Grant Poteat and this is the total embodiment of my work. Architecture + Design is the true nature of what my past, present, and future is riveted within. With the absorption of knowledge through life experiences, insightful discussions, switching critique, and powerful pedagogical curriculum my understanding and passion for architecture + design has progressed to what it is today. Architecture is a platform that can mold and shape our future and I yearn to be a part of this.


This collection of creative works consists of intense studies done at the School of Architecture at Clemson University + the Barcelona Architecture Center in Barcelona, Spain. with the obsession of the concept of darkness and light + intense pedagogical studies, these selected works were developed with a passion for understanding, commitment, and captivation.


grant poteat 864 | 680 | 7901 mpoteat@g.clemson.edu Copyright 2018 Grant Poteat


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urbanization: an urban integration

detroit RE[zone]

1-6

7 - 10

05

the untarnished ellipse 19 - 20

02

03 rediscovery

06

clemson museum of art

21 - 22

23 - 26

04

15 - 18

11 - 14

beautiful objects that inspire

on the edge

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08

the light vessel 27 - 28


Urbanization at its core is bringing the urban context to what I am creating. Cities as an idea began when people of many different professions came together to live in the same area. This fully functional co-working space was created in the historic neighborhood of Sant Antoni in beautiful Barcelona, Spain. Studying at the Barcelona Architecture Center we learned what it meant to live and work in a modern, urban environment. This experience allowed me to create a better functioning space in the midst of one of the biggest cites in the world.

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urbanization : an urban integration


Co-working Integration Green Space

URBANIZATION OF THE SPACE

Privacy

Views

Open

Intimacy

Sustainable

Flexibility

Public Inviting

libraries

schools

c0 -working spaces metro

bu s

bi c y c l e

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3

urbanization : an urban integration


fall 2017

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urbanization : an urban integration


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Given the task of analyzing the urban decay of the city, we were challenged to focus solely on infill sites throughout the city. We were to design a pop-up restaurant that entrepreneurs could use to test out their food before they invested in a full scale restaurant. Re[zone] stands for Restaurant Entrepreneurial zone and was developed as an idea to bring back the thriving community that the city of Detroit was once known for.

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detroit RE[zone]


This is an example of a traditional infill where the empty space between the buildings is completely filled in. This is an example of a sliced infill that takes the site, slices it, and then the space left over is what is filled in. This is my project in where I sliced, and cut, and moved things around for them to fit exactly how I wanted, and yet still be an infill site.

fall 2016

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detroit RE[zone]


fall 2016

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Too often, architecture is thought of only as buildings. Architecture can be defined as the complex or carefully designed structure of something. In Asheville, North Carolina the site did not necessarily call for buildings but rather a space that people from all of over the city could gather and use. In response a public park was designed with very strict tectonics to create a beautiful staircase cascading down resolving a difficult topography issue. Site analysis was stressed throughout the design which helped push the design and helped it to conform to the city in the best way possible.

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SOURCE OF INCOME:

yearly

HOUSEHOLD INCOME:

Other

$10k or less

Retirement

$10k-$25k

Public Asst.

$25k-$40k

Social Sec.

$60k-$100k

Investments

$100k-$150k

Self Emp.

$150k-$200k

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

indianapolis | in

60%

70%

POPULATION OVER TIME: 1000000

0%

80%

%5

10%

15%

100000

Asheville

20%

Raleigh

800000

51.7% female

48.3% male

washington d.c.

Asheville

80000

Charlotte

= 20,000 people

richmond | va

louisville | ky

600000

60000

400000

40000

RACE:

82%13%

raleigh | nc nashville | tn

50%

GENDER:

philadelphia | pn columbus | oh

Asheville: 88,517

$200k plus

Salary

new york | ny

detroit | mi chicago | il

= 20,000 people

Raleigh: 451,097

$40k-$60k

Supplmental Sec.

POPULATION:

Charlotte: 827,097

asheville | nc atlantic ocean atlanta | ga charleston | sc

200000

0

5%

20000

1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015

Teens

Infants Ages: 0-9 tampa | fl

1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015

Majority are white, single men Over 25

Elderly

Adults

Ages: 10-19

0

HOMELESS:

Caucasian African American Other

AGE: Ages: 20-64

88%

Veterans

Ages: 65+

37% 31%

2000 - 5000 ft

Mentally ill

1000 - 2000 ft

Substance obuse

27%

Victims of Domestic Voilence

19%

gulf of mexico

15%

500 - 1000 ft

10%

19%

58%

0 - 500 ft

miami | fl

appalachia boundary

GEOGRAHPIC LINKS - REGIONAL SCALE

EVENTS - ASHEVILLE CITY LIMITS

>5000

NORTH FORK RESERVOIR WATER SOURCE 6 BILLION GALLON LAKE

ASHEVILLE

5000...2500 2500...10000

°80

1000...500 <500

°60

°40

°20

DEC.

NOV.

SEP.

OCT.

JUL.

JUN.

AUG.

APR.

MAY.

N

FEB.

[in.]

MAR.

[°F]

Precipitation

JAN.

Temperature

2mi

4mi

8mi

1

2

ANNUAL WATER CONSUMTION - 7.6 BILLION GALLONS

3 WATER TREATMENT PLANTS

= 1,000 OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS

3 40 PUMPING STATIONS

4 35 STORAGE TANKS

CLIMATE OF ASHEVILLE

WATER CONSUMPTION

N

NC POPULATION DENSITY MAP WASTE PRODUCTION

GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY SECTOR

ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR (NORTH CAROLINA)

OTHER (3%)

STREETLIGHTS

INDUSTRIAL

TRANSPORTATION = 723.5 TRILLION BTUS

RESIDENTIAL = 721.8 TRILLION BTUS

VEHICAL FLEET

12% 17%

75 21

nashville | tn

2200

INDUSTRIAL = 541.1 TRILLION BTUS

raleigh | nc

asheville | nc

9%

28% COMMERCIAL

C&D DEBRIS

TOTAL EMISSIONS = 36,216 MTCO2e

TOTAL WASTE PRODUCTION = 39,262 TONS PER PERSON = 1,025 POUNDS

’ 100

TOTAL = 2,556.1 TRILLION BTUS

2225

greenville | sc

2240’

CONSUMPTION

’ 2225

charleston | sc

2200’

60

40

125

N

80

70

70

60

60

50

50

40

40

30

30

20

20

20 10

10

0

N

80

80

PRODUCTION

Coal Natural Gas Motor Gasoline Distillate Fuel Oil Jet Fuel LPG Other Petroleum Nuclear Electric Power Hydroelectric Power Biomass Other Renewables

atlanta | ga

RESIDENTIAL 40%

30% WATER

00

22

charlotte | nc

18%

22%

TRANSIT

knoxville | tn

birmingham| al

21%

COMMERCIAL = 571.4 TRILLION BTUS

BUILDINGS

100

200

ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION (NORTH CAROLINA)

300

400

TRILLIONS OF BTU

500

600

0

POLLUTION

AIR POLLUTION

0

WATER POLLUTION ASHEVILLE

RALEIGH

0

NOISE POLLUTION NEW YORK

BEIJING


WALL ST.

GROVE ARCADE

HAYWOOD ST.

N. PACK SQUARE

REUTER TERRACE

DOWN TOWN SQUARE

EXTERIOR

PARKS/PLAZAS/SQUARES

INTERIOR

PRITCHARD PARK

STOREFRONTS

275

N

0

TYPES OF URBAN SPACES DOWNTOWN

550

1100

ABCCM

CENTER OF HOPE EMERGENCY LODGE

HOMEWARD BOUND

BELOVED

TRINITY PLACE: RUNAWAY & HOMELESS YOUTH SHELTER

ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY

TREES VEGATATION 225 0

FLORA MAP - CITY SCALE

N

550

275

HOMELESS SHELTERS - CITY SCALE

1100

N

550

1100

125

SUMMER - 10AM

N

250

500

250

500

residential

church

civic center library

park musuem

theatre

retail

hotel

13

restaurant

5 pm

12 pm

8 am

12 am

government

125 275

ACTIVITY LEVELS - CITY SCALE

N

550

1100

SUMMER - NOON

N


spring 2017

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The following works were a development of a series of studies using ruled surfaces as a design technique with an emphasis on tectonics. These works challenged historical crafts for drawing and making by working back and forth between analog and digital methods + two and three dimensional realms. The emphasis for these designs were the creation of a set of rules and constraints to design within. Working this way helped facilitate thinking and working through drawing. Making. Modeling. And Fabricating.

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on the edge


fall 2015

16


Ruled Surface; A surface generated by a moving straight line with the result that through every point on the surface a line can be drawn lying wholly in the surface. Ruled surface models were popular ways to construct and calculate curved surfaces prior to the use of the computer. These models focus on the use of straight lines to create intricate curved structures. There were many experimentations that occurred throughout the life of this project. Within all of them ruled surfaces were used to create very complex shapes in a not so complicated manner. This is the beauty of this design parametric, complexity created out of simplicity.

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on the edge


fall 2015

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Through the primitive approach of using simple drafting tools; string and nails, spatial compositions were to be created with the combination of multiple ellipses. This art of construction consisted of set rules which began an exploration of understanding structure through tectonics. Parametric modeling in modern day terms has been diminished to the ideas of cutting edge software. However parametric modeling is simply the use of parameters and rules in order to create a series of variations. This simple carpenter method creates an analog parametric. It takes a look at what happens when you change the length of the string or the location of the pin. These layered variations create a parametric composition.

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the untarnished ellipse


fall 2015

20


Design through precedents is invaluable when it comes to the understanding and exploration of the world of architecture. I had the privilege of exploring the North Carolina Museum of Art located in Raleigh, North Carolina designed by Thomas Phifer. The views that were created on the inside of the building were extraordinary in the way that it allowed the spaces to interact with each other. These spaces were woven together like a tapestry in a way that exemplified modern building tectonics. Exploring and investigating all of these concepts eventually led me to create objects that radicalized these ideas and brought them into something that was tangible. It took the elements that Phifer was trying to convey and put them into three different objects. As an architect it is extremely important to be able to look at a building and understand the underlying movements and concepts that were put into place by the designer.

NCMA floor plan

21 beautiful objects that inspire


spring 2016

22


This project was presented as a museum of modern art that would be placed on the campus of Clemson University. Clemson’ lacks an area that focuses on modern art so the use of this program would have been extremely relevant. This design came about through a tedious process of analyzing precedents and their design, and by radicalizing these ideas to use in an original explanation.

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clemson museum of art


spring 2016

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clemson museum of art


spring 2016

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Light as a design tool is extremely important, yet often overlooked. Using a repeating fenestration pattern, this corridor was created specifically for the purpose of focusing and using light in the most interesting way. The goal was to create an interest invoking space while using light as the main driving force behind the inherent design.

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the light vessel


spring 2015

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grant poteat 864 | 680 | 7901 mpoteat@g.clemson.edu


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