Architecture Design Portfolio 2021 - Work Sample

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D e si g n Po r t fo l i o 2021 - Wo r k Sam ple

CONTENTS TESTING GROUNDS ................................................................ 3 RIVERSTAGE ............................................................................. 11 INITIATIVE FOR AN INCLUSIVE CAMPUS ................. 19 EXCERPT OF A HOUSE ........................................................ 23 KALEIDOSCAPE ..................................................................... 29

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G R O U N D S A Restoration Center In collaboration with Allison Stamm Fall 2019 | Academic

With industries of mass commodification ever-growing and changing the earth, it becomes imperative to address the new collective condition that emerges from the interaction between human bodies, artificial landscapes, and other living participants in the environment.

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A particular example of this exists in the commercialized plant industry, consequences of which include drastic environmental change, physical and psychological strain on laborers, and exploitation of plant species. Natural environmental processes are being stretched to the detriment of the climate in order to mass produce botanical goods, and this also affects the workforce involved in these industries.

“Testing Grounds” seeks to rework the relationships between plants and people, and between land and architecture. It recognizes plants and people as both living beings with the capacity to help each other and their shared environment, and land and architecture as dynamic characters within the broader systems of ecology and commercialization.

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This Chicago site is a representative piece of how these systems of industry alter the environmental and social landscape that results from the intensive commercialization of both human and natural resources, affecting the workforce in the neighboring industrial and park systems as well as the botanical species that exist here.

Towards the initiative of uniting environmental healing and human healing, the complex consists of various centers for therapy, research, and education.

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To serve the workers brought to the area by the neighboring steel industries and Garfield Park, Testing Grounds provides a combined physical and mental therapy center with in-house specialists, as well as a hydrotherapy center that establishes a setting for social bathing and intermingling with plant life that help maintain the air and water quality.

MAIN AXIS - ENTRANCE VIEW

A public community building provides spaces for educational programs about phytoremediatory practices, sustainable living, and plant properties. It also houses a food hall that allows interactive exposure to sustainable cooking methods with locally-sourced produce.

On the other end of the complex, a research center contains laboratory spaces for researchers to study botanical processes such as phytoremediation, which much of the site is utilizing to begin restoring the present earth.

CIRCUMAMBULATORY WALKWAY

HYDROTHERAPY CENTER - BATH HALL

COMMUNITY CENTER - FOOD HALL

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WALKWAY TO COMMUNITY CENTER

COMMUNITY CENTER

GREENHOUSE - RESEARCH CENTER

PHYSICAL/MENTAL THERAPY CENTER

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In a sense, the project proposes a wellness center for both the living and the land affected by industry, but not by considering “wellness” as a way to smooth over the environmental, bodily, and psychological trauma of overindustrialization. Rather, it integrates the present state of environmental and human affliction as the foundation for recovery by making the actors involved more aware of each other as collaborators in restoration.

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A Boathouse for Spectacle Winter 2019 | Academic

BANDEMER PARK - ANN ARBOR, MI

LENGTH OF TRAIL

A park situated in between an industrial strip, residential neighborhoods, and a series of nature areas, Bandemer Park spans a popular location for boating and other forms of outdoor recreation for local rowing teams, families, and general residents of Ann Arbor. Although the area is predicted to undergo significant development in the near future, the site still holds a key position on a continous trail that spans over 5 miles from Fuller Park to Barton Nature Area.

While this trail may be a desireable length for those who wish to enjoy the outdoors in fair weather, the stretch can be quite tiring, especially in the wintertime when warm shelter is in higher demand.

0 mi Barton Nature Area

This proposal for a boathouse serves not only as a community rowing center that provides access to the historically exclusive sport to a wider range of people, but also as a rest stop for user of the trail. Open to the public as a place of pause, it offers a stage for people to familiarize themselves with the world of rowing.

1.3 mi

2.3 mi

Bandemer Park

Argo Park

2.8 mi

3.2 mi

Broadway Park

Fuller Park

3.7 mi Cedar Bend Nature Area

Barton Nature Area

Kuebler Langford Nature Area

Bandemer Park

Argo Nature Area

Bluffs Nature Area

Cedar Bend Cedar Bend Nature Area Nature Area Argo Park

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Fuller Park Fuller Park

Broadway Park

Riverside RiversidePark Park

1/256”=1’-0”

ANN ARBOR TRAIL SYSTEM

320’

640’

1600’

This proposal for a boathouse serves not only as a community rowing center designed to provide broader access to the historically exclusive sport, but also as a rest stop for trail users for the local park system. Open to the public as a place of pause, it offers a stage for people to familiarize themselves with the world of rowing and grow the community.

Situated in between an industrial strip, residential neighborhoods, and a series of nature areas, Bandemer Park spans a popular location for boating and other forms of outdoor recreation for local rowing teams, families, and general residents of Ann Arbor. Although the area is predicted to undergo significant development in the near future, the site still holds a key position on a continuous trail that spans over 5 miles from Fuller Park to Barton Nature Area.

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To serve competitive rowers, interested beginners, as well as observing locals, the boathouse provides spaces for rowing equipment storage, indoor training, classrooms, public restrooms, and a cafe.

These programs are united in spatial language through a continuous, flowing canopy that alternates as supporting and enclosing surfaces. The arches are oriented to channel the view between the river and the trail, framing the rowing sport as a spectacle set against the water.

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17 CONNECTING TRAIL SYSTEM - LOOKING IN ON BOAT STORAGE

INDOOR TRAINING FACILIT

TY - EDUCATIONAL SPACES

18 CAFE - LOUNGE SPACE

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INITIATIVE INCLUSIVE

FOR AN CAMPUS

Imagining a More Accessible Educational Environment In Collaboration With the Initiative for Inclusive Design Summer - Fall 2017 | “Campus of the Future” Design Competition Finalist

*Model designed and built in collaboration with Mitchell Lawrence, Ellis Wills-Begley, Courtney Klee Other Team Members (Research, Ideation, Drawing, Presentation): Celeste Adams, Aimee Wolf, Jake Gondek, Mieko Preston, Antonella Salluku, Brenna Thompson, Rachel Wittenberg, Michelle Bonin

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“Initiative for an Inclusive Campus” was the student organization the Initiative for Inclusive Design’s entry for the University of Michigan’s Campus of the Future Competition.

Based on the competition prompt to envision the campus centuries from now, the proposal imagines a campus that celebrates a broader range of people, all with varying accessibility needs. The project visualizes dynamic and equitable academic environments that are inclusive for all. This project reached the final round of the competition.

My main roles in this collaborative project involved research of existing architecture on U-M’s campus and heading the design and construction of the hexagonal classrooms and the bathrooms, as well as the furniture within them.

2. STONE CLADDING 040000 040000 3. CLIPPING SYSTEM 040000 4. AIR CAVITY Division 05 - metals 5. WATERPROOF MEMBRANE 050000 6. RIGID INSULATION 050000 050000 7. CORRUGATED STEEL SHEET 8. STEEL I-BEAM Division 06 - wood, plastics 060000 9. STEEL TUBE 060000 10. INSULATION 060000 11. FIBERGLASS ACOUSTIC INSULATION Division 07 - thermal, moisture 12. SHEATHING (3/4" PLYWOOD) 070000 070000 13. PLASTERBOARD WITH EPOXY FINISH 070000 14. LAMINATE WITH EPOXY FINISH Division 08 - openings 15. SUBFLOOR (3/4" PLYWOOD) 080000 collaboration with Kay Wright, Phillip Allore, and Connor Cain 16. RADIANT HEATINGIn SYSTEM 080000 080000 17. CONCRETE SLAB Fall 2018 | Academic 18. GYPSUM Division 09 - finishes 090000 19. STEEL PLATE 090000 20. ALUMINUM FRAME 090000 21. STEEL BOLTS 22. STEEL ANGLE BEAM 23. FURRING CHANNEL SYSTEM 24. C CHANNEL

EXCERPT

OF A HOUSE Adaptation of Construction Methods

2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48103 p.734.764.1300 f. 734.763.2322

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109

A317-417 Assignment 1 PREPARED BY:

A1.7

Kay Wright

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CSI MASTER FORMAT:

Division 03 - concrete 030000 030000 030000

72'-0" 18'-6"

12'-6"

7'-0"

1'-0" 3'-0"

14'-6"

3'-0" 1'-0"

10'-6"

1'-0"

Division 04 - masonry 040000 040000 040000

3 -0'-1 3/4"

+0'-0"

Division 05 - metals 050000 050000 050000 Division 06 - wood, plastics 060000 060000 060000

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Division 07 - thermal, moisture 070000 070000 070000

22'-0"

1 UP

Division 08 - openings 080000 080000 080000

1 34'-0"

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A1.8

A1.4

Division 09 - finishes 090000 090000 090000

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6'-0"

6'-0"

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26 2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48103 p.734.764.1300 f. 734.763.2322 taubmancollege.umich.edu

35'-0"

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2 A1.5

A1.9

3 A1.6

1. PORCH 2. BED 3. BATH 4. STUDY

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Taubman College architecture 11/29/2018

DATE: SCALE:

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1/4team " = 1'-0" worked to design a house inspired by Casa Levene by NO MAD Studio, with a Our focus on adapting construction methods.

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8'

The study in construction involved drafting documents that describe the construction materials and composition of the structures as well as a physical model that represents a selected section of the house design.

My primary roles involved research of the the precedent and existing construction methods, drafting construction drawings focusing on the main area of vertical circulation, and collaborating to build the model with a concentration on the stairs and structural system.

AS NOTED

FLOOR PLANS

A1.1

32'-9 21 "

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B

8"

8"

10'-8"

10'-8"

9'-3"

31'-10 78 "

22'-1"

CROSS SECTION 1/4 " = 1'-0"

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K A L E I D O S C A P E A Pop-Up Street Installation In Collaboration With Studio Kaleidoscape (Natsume Ono, Mitchell Lawrence, Clare Coburn, Leah Hong) Summer 2020 | Ann Arbor ReVIVE Competition Winner

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Drone Photography by: Lee Marshall

hts ranging 36” to 60”

Reflective Adhesive

Painted Plywood w/ Drilled Holes

Climbing Sweet Pea

Soil

32 Gravel

Metal Bin

Submitted in response to the 2020 Ann Arbor ReVIVE Competition’s call for street installations meant to enhance public downtown space, “Kaleidoscape” provides a moment of positive energy, interrupting uncertain times and day-to-day urban space through the addition of colorful streetscape and plant life.

The patterns of the installation are based on the 6-foot social-distancing radius, transcribing patterns of public health directly onto the public space. The vines (sweet peas, nasturtium) change with the site over time, growing from seed to adult over the course of the installation, expected to flower with edible blooms and fruit.

Designed to be photogenic, the project serves as an opportunity for public engagement with collective memory through social media, helping to translate public space and connection beyond the limits of social distancing necessary during the Covid-19 pandemic.

INSTALLATION PIECES (x58)

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Side facing street

Side facing sidewalk

Heights ranging from 36” to 60”

Over the course of four days, the Studio Kaleidoscape team constructed and installed the display -- plotting and triangulating the street mural; and cutting, painting, and assembling the fifty trellises.

The installation was designed to naturally degrade over time and be deinstalled after two months.

Widest part of base is 12”

3'-6 7/8"

9'-2 7/8"

4'-10.5" 2'-1 1/8" 4'-7.5"

9'-5"

11'-6.5" 24'-1 3/8"

16'-1/8" 20'-4 7/8" 6'-1/8" 6'-4.75" 4'-1.25" 5'-4.5"

15'-8"

9'-8"

4'-1"

24'-8.5"

7'-9.25" 3'-8.5" 5'-8" 4'-7" 10'-10" 2'-9.5"

5'-8"

1'-6"

6'-5 1/8" 2'-8" 5'-10.25" 6'-9.75"

7'-10"

9'-9"

8'-5" 9'-4"

6'-0"

9'-10"

11'-4" 8'-2.5"

9'-9 7/8"

6'-5.25"

14'-7.25" 13'-1.25"

9'-8"

5'-10"

9'-0.25" 10'-3 5/8"

1'-7.75"

8'-8"

9'-6.25" 9'-6"

8'-10.5"

3'-2" 8'-9.5" 9'-7.5"

9'-7 1/8"

6'-0"

6'-3.5"

10'-10 1/8"

24'-1 5/8" 16'-2.5"

6'-5.5" 13'-1 3/8" 10'-8.5" 5'-5.5" 9'-11.5"

11'-5 7/8" 14'-7"

8'-3.5"

9'-2"

15'-6.75"

16'-0.5"

9'-4.5" 8'-11 3/8"

9'-2.5"

8'-3"

13'-11 5/8" 9'-3.5" 12'-10 1/16"

8'-11" 11'-6.25" 5'-6.25" 9'-3 5/8" 8'-5.25"

20'-4.5"

26'-4" 11'-0" 9'-9 5/8"

9'-5 1/8"

9'-9.25" 14'-2" 6'-2.5" 8'-2.75" 4'-0.5" 7'-10" 11'-3" 9'-9" 9'-4" 3'-8.5"

12'-0" 12'-6 3/8"

2'-4.25"

6'-9 7/8"

11'-7.25"

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9'-2"

10'-3.75" 10'-1.25"

13'-0.5" 23'-8 3/8" 27'-11.75"

9'-5/8"

31'-8"

5'-4.25" 9'-1 3/4"

10'-10.25" 12'-6.25" 15'-0"

2'-6.75"

23'-9"

25'-2"

2'-9"

6'-9.75"

7'-10" 6'-8.5" 8'-10.25" 3'-5.5" 7'-4.25" 9'-8 5/8" 8'-9 5/8"

r=6’

28'-11"

25'-9 3/8"

3'-3.5"

7'-7.25"

13'-12"

29'-4"

6'-9.75" 5'-2.5" 6'-6" 6'-5.5" 4'-9.25" 4'-10" 4'-11" 5'-10" 4'-2" 6'-4.5" 4'-2" 5'-8.5" 3'-6"

r=3.25’

r=2’ r=1.25’

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