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heather ruszczyk LEED Green Associate
heather ruszczyk LEED Green Associate
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hruszczyk@gmail.com 781-608-2923 1740 robinson ave #3 san diego, ca 92103
heather ruszczyk LEED Green Associate
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hruszczyk@gmail.com 781-608-2923 1740 robinson ave #3 san diego, ca 92103
resume EDUCATION DEGREE
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EXPERIENCE RELATED
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA December 2012 Master of Architecture Principia College, Elsah, IL June 2007 B.A. Mathematics, Studio Art minor Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, October 2011- September 2012 Independent research for Master’s Thesis Architecture in Rome Design Studio, Rome, Italy, Fall 2010 Copenhagen Study Tour, Scan Design Foundation, September 2009 Kyoto Institute of Language and Culture, Kyoto, Japan, Fall 2006 Project Designer, Cunningham Quill Architects, Washington, DC, April 2013-April 2015 Washington Residence, Washington, DC • Project manager for an addition and renovation to a single family home • Documented existing conditions and produced models + schematic iterations of design concepts • Developed documents for all project phases and coordinated drawings with consultants • Met regularly with client to review drawings and select all materials + fixtures • Organized contract pricing + negotiation between the client and contractor Takoma Theater, Washington, DC • Prepared documentation for the adaptive reuse of a historic theater into a mixed-use building • Conducted spatial planning exercises and unit configurations to comply with FAR requirements • Completed zoning + building code analyses and egress diagrams • Produced presentation materials and aided project architects in community meetings Cathedral Pool House, Washington, DC • Developed construction documents for a pool house renovation • Prepared permit drawings and met with building department officials to address permit comments • Provided construction administration support via bi-weekly site meetings with client + contractor • Reviewed shop drawings + pay applications and provided construction sketches to contractor Charlottesville Strategic Investment Area Plan, Charlottesville, VA • Produced renderings and awards submission materials for a master plan and ecological corridor • Worked with a project team to produce and review a design guideline document Intern, Atelier Bow Wow, Tokyo, Japan, February 2012-April 2012 Intern, Hutchison & Maul Architecture, Seattle, WA, June 2011-September 2011 Research Assistant, Gundula Proksch (UW Faculty), Seattle, WA, June 2010-September 2011 Research in integrating architectural systems with urban agriculture Youth in Architecture Educational Programs, Washington Architectural Foundation, May 2013-present Teacher, Empowering the Women of Nepal, Pokhara, Nepal, July 2007-October 2007
ADDITIONAL COMPUTER SKILLS
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Revit, AutoCAD, Google SketchUp, Rhino3D Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign VRay, Kerkythea (rendering software) Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Thesis Prize, University of Washington, Faculty Nomination-Department of Architecture, June 2013 AIA Henry Adams Certificate, 2nd Highest Ranking Graduate Student, May 2011 First Place, USGBC Emerging Green Builders Competition, Boston Chapter, June 2009 Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Fellowship, October 2011 Kiyoshi Seike Endowed Fellowship, May 2011 Work Displayed, Emerging Professionals Exhibition, AIA Northwest & Pacific Region Conference, October 2013 Participant, AIA Pacific Region Student Awards Competition, August 2013 Work Displayed, FutureShack Residential Design Exhibit, Gallery4Culture, Seattle, WA, September 2012
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Curating the Interstice
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Charlottesville Plan
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Washington Residence
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Cathedral Pool House
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Takoma Theater
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Capital Yacht Club
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Seattle Bus Terminal
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A Catalogue of Things
thesis / urban intervention
single family residential
adaptive reuse / mixed-use
structural systems / tectonics
urban planning
residential / millwork
structural system / tectonics
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Exploiting urban gaps in Kobe, Japan 1:20
This project is inspired by urban phenomena in Japan, particularly those conditions that result from a rapidly changing urban form. One of the most significant effects of this rapid rate of change is the presence of gaps in the urban fabric. This thesis engages with the gaps in the Sakaemachi neighborhood of central Kobe as representative spaces of change, addressing temporality, questioning the void as a negative space, and offering a proposal to exploit the gap. This project envisions Sakaemachi’s gaps as a collection to be curated, creating an infrastructure that supports this network of gaps as an ‘art site’, filling them with temporary site-specific installations and inviting the public to transgress the void. 42 6”
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Location: Kobe, Japan Completed: December 2012 (student project) Project focus: installation space, intervention, urban form, curation
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This sequence of maps demonstrates the increasing fragmentation of urban land and the growing complexity of the network of voids that separates buildings.
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Maintaining the Gap
This facility provides the basic infrastructure to maintain the Art Site. It is located in a larger gap, a typical infill site, measuring 34’ x 70’. Programmatically, it includes public restrooms and a welcome center for visitors coming to Sakaemachi and it also acts as a storehouse and workshop. Scaffolding and other materials for the in-situ interventions are stored and staged here by the curator and artists.
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The storehouse is temporal in nature, reflecting the ever changing urban landscape. Scaffolding acts as an exterior structure to shelter the unconditioned space of the workshop. The conditioned space, a simple box constructed of plywood and 2x4’s, is entirely hung off of the scaffolding structure. The lifespan of the storehouse is 3-6 years.
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Visitor’s experience of imagined hanging installation in gap #12
This rendering displays the final realized product of an artist’s installation in gap #12. A simple ramp built from scaffolding brings the visitor up into the space, suspending them 4’ above the ground plane. A mirrored surface covers the ground in the center of the gap, allowing the visitor to experience a reflected image of the sky above and the hanging installation, which is here represented as a glowing pink orb. The projected length of any one installation is 6 months.
Envisioning a restored Takoma Theater
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Takoma Theater
Cunningham Quill Architects Location: Washington, DC Project Size: 30,000 sf; 22 residential units + retail Project Focus: Adaptive re-use, mult-family residential, mixed-use Proposed adaptive reuse of a historic theater into multi-family housing & retail space. Working with a larger project team, my role consisted of programming, conceptual studies, zoning research and preparing documentation for submission to a historic review board. I also conducted space planning exercises for unit layout and configuration, working to maximize the FAR and achieve a minimum number of units required by the developer.
Images by Heather Ruszczyk, unless noted otherwise; Copyright: Cunningham Quill Architects
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Transformation of a Historical Icon
Central located in the Takoma Park Business District, the proposal provides much needed retail and housing. Working to satisfy local residents and preservationists, the proposal aims to restore the head house and strategically punctuate the blank facade containing the old auditorium with openings to bring light into the space and satisfy the needs for housing.
Intervention diagram: before / after
Metro Station
Takoma Business District
Takoma Theater
Takoma Theater in disrepair
Proposed south elevation
Proposed first floor plan
Proposed west elevation
Proposed second floor plan
Unit No. 1,8 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12
Unit Type Flat Flat
Studio 1 BR + Den, 1 BA
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Jr. 1 BR, 1 BA 2 BR, 2 BA 1 BR, 1 BA 1 BR, 1 1/2 BA 2 BR, 2 BA
Gross Area 550 sf 780-930 sf
Total Residential Units: 20 (approx. 20,000 sf) Total Retail Units: 2 (approx. 2,625 sf) Project Gross Area: 30,000 sf
Massing Studies
Credit: Cunningham Quill Architects
Unit statistics & area calculations
Blended brick masonry to color match brick on existing theater procenium Stucco parapet
Aluminum windows with projecting frame
Terra cotta infill panels
Storefront entry Elevation Study
Credit: Cunningham Quill Architects
Blending the Old and New
The materials selected for the addition is meant to differentiate itself from the historic facade while blending with its character. Terra cotta panels clad the new structure while aluminum windows with projecting frames mimic the depth of the original masonry walls.
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Conceptual Plan: new, old, nature
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Rear elevation showing new addition and original house shaded beyond
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Washington Residence Cunningham Quill Architects
Location: Washington, DC Completed: estimated 2015 (under construction) Project Size: 5,310 GSF Project focus: single-family residential This modern addition to a historic home opens up the main living area to views and access to the backyard. Limiting the material palette to harmonize with the existing house, the addition utilizes floor to ceiling glazing and modern detailing. As Project Manager, my role consisted of working with the client through all phases of the project including completing all drawings and details, permitting, coordinating with the contractor + consultants, contract pricing + negotiation and construction administration. Images by Heather Ruszczyk, unless noted otherwise; Copyright: Cunningham Quill Architects
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First floor plan
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Addition floor framing detail
Wall Section at rear addition
Long-term vaiting area at street level
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Frame & Foundation
Shaping a bus terminal as civic space Location: Seattle, WA Completed: March 2011 (student project) Project focus: Tectonics, structural systems, public space Preparing for the next generation of bus travel, this hypothetical bus terminal accommodates the civic nature of public transit terminals through creating an open and accessible public space. The terminal itself acts as an extension of the streetscape, allowing for ease of flow of people and buses to and from the site. The tectonics shift between a dense manipulated ground and a highly transparent plane defined by an expressive steel-framed roof above.
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Vertical and lateral support systems are integrated via three canted columns at each support point which rise from an extrusion of the concrete ground plane and meet a curved roof plane overhead. The frame of this roof also stitches together the lateral support.
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Through exaggerating the existing topography on the site, the minimal square footage of the required program is tucked into the earth, leaving a truly open space above. This carefully carved concrete ground plane negotiates the grade change through a ramping split-level building.
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Credit: Cunningham Quill Architects
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Charlottesville Ecological Corridor Plan Cunningham Quill Architects
Location: Charlottesville, VA Completed: October 2013 Project Size: 330 acres Project focus: urban design, sustainable development, landscape urbanism This revitalization plan for the City of Charlottesville transforms a former industrial site into a vibrant new mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhood. The vision plan focuses on sustainable infrastructure, varied housing types and improved connectivity and public space. My role in this project consisted of working with a team to review and edit the plan document. I also developed plan diagrams and rendering/collages to evoke an imaginative idea of what could become of this forgotten area of Charlottesville. Images by Heather Ruszczyk, unless noted otherwise; Copyright: Cunningham Quill Architects
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Linnear Park & Ecological Corridor Retail and Commercial Connectivity Mixed-Income, Mixed-Use Neighborhoods
Linnear Park & Ecological Corridor
A linear greenway park incorporates new technical systems of storm water capture, filtration and release; connecting new and existing neighborhoods while creating centrally located multi-functional community open spaces. Urban Agriculture Recreation Lawn Biofiltration / Retention Pipeshed Outfall Weirs Reconstructed Stream Civic Plaza Private Open Space
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Mixed-Income, Mixed Use Neighborhoods
New mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhoods weave this former industrial and public housing site with adjacent neighborhoods, re-connecting the area’s pedestrian, bicycle and street grid system.
Retail & Commercial Connectivity
A redesigned, pedestrian friendly “2nd Street” mixeduse corridor, with ground floor retail, restaurants and a community service center; connects the downtown pedestrian mall to a new civic plaza, the core of the project area.
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Private Open Space Existing Open Space
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Garage Addition Expanded area for electric car charging station and workshop
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Renovated Living Area Interior renovation including exposed rafters, bi-fold doors opening to pool deck and custom millwork
Entry Addition Serves as main access between pool and redesigned bath & shower rooms
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Cathedral Pool House
Cunningham Quill Architects Location: Washington, DC Completed: March 2015 Project Size: 1,866 GSF Project Focus: addition, millwork, interior details Working within the constraints of an existing building, the focus of this project was to transform a mundane backyard structure into a luxurious pool house. I served as Project Manager throughout all phases, completing all drawings including construction documents and coordinating with structural, electrical, A/V and mechanical consultants. As Construction Administrator, I reviewed shop drawings, led bi-weekly site meetings with the contractor and clients and submitted construction sketches. Images by Heather Ruszczyk, unless noted otherwise; Copyright: Cunningham Quill Architects
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Capital Yacht Club from the Potomac Credit: Cunningham Quill Architects
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Capital Yacht Club
Cunningham Quill Architects Location: Washington, DC Completed: estimated 2016 (under construction) Project Size: 6,400 GSF Part of a new design-build development on the Washington DC southeast waterfront, the Capital Yacht Club serves as an anchor for the boating community with administrative offices, community rooms and a restaurant. Working with a team, my role in this project consisted of drafting floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, interior elevations, egress diagrams, bathroom layouts, material selection and various schedules during the Design Development phase. Images by Heather Ruszczyk, unless noted otherwise; Copyright: Cunningham Quill Architects
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First Floor Plan Yacht Club
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Designed to project over the Potomac River, the building is split between land and water. Stone masonry wraps the exterior over land and at the water’s edge, the cladding changes to a pre-patinated zinc siding, evoking a maritime quality of a weathered hull. Other materials include textured wooden screens for solar shading and wood decking. First Floor Reflected Ceiling PLan
Building Section through Pier
Credit: Cunningham Quill Architects
First Floor Egress Diagram
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A Catalogue of ‘Things’
A sketching exploration of Japan Location: varies Completed: 2011-2012 Project focus: free hand sketching, documentation, diagramming Materials: ink pen, watercolor During a year long research fellowship, I documented my travels and everyday occurrences through sketching. This method of documentation allowed me to record not only architectural ideas and concepts but gave me a lense to process my observations, from the mundane to the phenomenological.
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Places & Things
Left Page: Documenting the Japanese concept of ‘do’ or ‘the way’ Right Page (Clockwise): Thatched farmhouses (Shirakawa-go); My street & tiny home (Kobe); Diagramming Tokyo Station (Tokyo); Rowhouses & methods of screening (Kanazawa)
heather ruszczyk LEED Green Associate
@
hruszczyk@gmail.com 781-608-2923 1740 robinson ave #3 san diego, ca 92103
heather ruszczyk LEED Green Associate
@
hruszczyk@gmail.com 781-608-2923 1740 robinson ave #3 san diego, ca 92103