MELISSA GRANT DESIGN PORTFOLIO | 2013
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EDUCATION 2013
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH / PITTSBURGH, PA Graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Architectural Studies + B.A. in the History of Art & Architecture and a minor in Studio Arts
2011
LORENZO DE’ MEDICI / FLORENCE, ITALY Studied Sustainable Design + the Italian Language
AWAR DS 2011
GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL HONOUR SOCIETY Top 15% of class - Inducted Fall 2011
2010
STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD - LAMBDA SIGMA Excellence in scholarship, service, & leadership
UNIVERSITY ART & SCIENCES DEAN’S LIST
02 | 03
WORK EXPERIENCE 2012 - PRESENT
ANTHROPOLOGIE / PITTSBURGH, PA & WAYNE, PA Sales Associate
2012
R.A. HOFFMAN ARCHITECTS / PAOLI, PA Intern
2010 -2012
THE NATIONAL BANK OF MALVERN / MALVERN, PA Junior Loan Intern + Bank Teller
2007- 2009
APPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT / KY, VA, & WV Construction Volunteer
TEACHING ASSISTANSHIPS 2012
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH / PITTSBURGH, PA Teaching Assistant for an introductory design course
2009- 2012
CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART / PITTSBURGH, PA Teaching Assitant for studio art + architecture courses
PROFICIENCIES SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMS Adobe InDesign / Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop / AutoCAD / SketchUp / Microsoft Office Suite / Window & Mac Interfaces / Social Media Platforms / HTML / CSS
04 | 05
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC / UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH STUDIOS 06
Studio One - Folding
10
Studio Two - Systems
ACADEMIC / LORENZO DE’ MEDICI SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 18
Passive House {Include CoHousing Project? - Email Oscar}
ACADEMIC / UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH FINE ARTS 20
Perspective Drawing
22
Painting, Sculpture, & Drawing
FREELANCE / DESIGN 24
Posters
ACADEMIC // STUDIO ONE // SPRING 2012
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06 | 07
{THREE CONTEXTUAL MAPS & OVERLAY}
FOLDING CREATING A 3D SPACE FROM A 2D LINE COMPOSITION
The first architecture studio ntroduced students to site analysis and the importance of site context in the begininning stages of the design process. The analyses and diagrams The studio focused on Hazelwood Hazelwood dictated would lead a rust belt neighborhood that still to contextual maps. Each map bares the wounds of Pittsburgh’s composed of a multitude of abondoned steel industry. lines - would serve as a 2D composition that led to a 3D space through the act of folding along the lines.
ACADEMIC // STUDIO ONE // SPRING 2012
FLOOR PLANS
Hand drafted, because who doesn’t like to give themselves a hard time drawing & an even harder time photograping?
SUBBASEMENT FLOOR
08 | 09
BASEMENT FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
ACADEMIC // STUDIO TWO // FALL 2012
ELEMENTS
COMPONENTS x
1.5x
1.5x
1.5x
2.5x
x
.75x x x
2x
x
1.5x
2.5x
4x
10 | 11
2x
2x
MODIFIEDCOMPONENTS .75x
.25x
.75x .25x
.25x
.25x
1/8x
.25x
x
x
1.25x
1/8x
.5x x x
x addition of plane b
.25x
3/8x
Fold 90 째 to create a .75x by 1.5x plane
1.5x
addition of 2x line
ACADEMIC // STUDIO TWO // FALL 2012
.75x
MODIFIEDCOMPONENTS
rotate 90 °
x
rotate 90 °
rotate 90 °
.5x Fold 90 ° to create a .5x by 1.5x plane .75x
rotate 90 °
1.25x
rotate 180 °
Fold 90 ° to create a .5x by .5x plane
.75x .75x
12 | 13
1.25x
rotate 90 °
x .25x
.25x
rotate 90 °
rotate 90 °
rotate 90 °
.75x
fold 90 ° to create a .75x by .75x plane
.75x
.75x
.25x
.75x
.25x .25x rotate 90 °
.75x .5x rotate 90 °
Fold 90 ° to create a .75x by x plane
.75x .25x
1.75x
3/8x
.25x x
.5x rotate 90 °
1.25x
rotate 90 °
rotate 90 °
Fold 90 ° to create a .25x by 2.5x plane
ACADEMIC // STUDIO TWO // FALL 2012
FLOOR PLANS
FIRST FLOOR
14 | 15
SECOND FLOOR
FREELANCE // DESIGN // 2012 - 2013
DESIGN Always for fun, never for profit - but here’s hoping !
YOU’RE WONDERFUL Well you are, aren’t you? / 2013
You’re a pain in the ass! BUT I
YOU!
H Card Design / 2013
HAAARCH Poster / 2012
RCH
thank you!