Jacqueline J. Bryan Design Portfolio Spring 2010
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin
Jacqueline J. Bryan
Jacqueline J. Bryan
11713 Bucking Bronco Trail SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 828.337.6786 jackiejbryan@comcast.net
Letter of Intent
May 5, 2010 University of New Mexico School of Architecture BARCH Admittance Committee Dear Sir or Madam, Personal evolution involves risk: the risk to change, the risk to expose, the risk to be different. Taking a risk involves an intimate relationship with the potential consequences, be they positive or negative. Growth cannot occur without risk. However, I want to grow. I grew up with a fear of failure that eventually evolved into a fear of success. Only by proceeding through that fear could I meet my potential. So, I took a risk. I returned to school. I discovered my willingness to fail. Architects work every day with a willingness to fail. They also work with a willingness to expose themselves to the critical public eye. I want those eyes on me. I want the feedback. I want the critiques. I want the honest evaluation of my designs. I want to be pushed to evolve and emerge. To study architecture is to study the evolution of civilization. To practice architecture is to guide the evolution of lives. Architecture wraps around us, supports us, shelters us, inspires us, and disappoints us. Architecture can create moods, tell stories, and evoke memories. It is the most physical art form, inviting observers to become participants and engage in an experience. Architects bear a responsibility to society. It is the designers who set a trend and create a want. Today’s ecological crises call on architects for solutions. Population booms will require shelter. Disaster-prone locations require new ideas. Poverty-stricken areas require a return to dignity. And our towns and cities require new urban design answers. As a budding architect, I embrace the challenges before me. I chose to attend the University of New Mexico because I sought a culturally sensitive design program. I also wanted a curriculum with a strong push toward sustainable design. As a returning New Mexico native, I seek the quiet beauty of the high desert and the enduring strength of its history. I am home and in the perfect environment to grow. With this portfolio, I petition the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning for admittance into the BARCH program.
Respectfully yours,
Jacqueline J. Bryan
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2d/3d
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...Shell
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...Collage
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...Jodi
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...Chile Rendering
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...Emotional
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...Morph
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...Jackie
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...Pavillion
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...A-peel-ing
2d/3d
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Value Representation Lines creating value 12� x 12� Micron pen and India ink on illustration board Instructor: Heather Lewis
Shell
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Building Value Points creating value 18” x 24” India ink on Bristol board Instructor: Heather Lewis
Jodi
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Design creating emotion Emotionally charged image 18� x 18� India ink on watercolor paper Instructor: Heather Lewis
Emotional
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Color Theory Self portrait using 75% objective color 18” x 24” Acrylic paint on Bristol board Instructor: Heather Lewis
Jackie
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Casting nothing Capture negative space 3� diameter Acrylic paint on plaster Instructor: Myriam Synott-Tapp
A-peel-ing
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George Pearl Collage Accurate representations of perspective and proportion 18� x 24� Magazine clippings on illustration board Instructor: Kim Yactor
Collage
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Chile rendering Accurate representation of values and contours 18� x 24� Graphite on Strathmore Instructor: Kim Yactor
Chile Rendering
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Insect Tool Metamorphosis Stage study of transformation 18” x 24” Graphite on Strathmore Instructor: Kim Yactor
Morph
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Pavillion
Psyches United Solar mythology represents the rise of the rational mind. Solar minds are courageous explorers who face great risk to achieve incredible goals. We celebrate the minds that take us beyond the horizon. Lunar mythology emanates not from the ‘rational mind’ but from the vast and dark unknown of the sub-conscious. Lunar souls take shamanic journeys into another dimension to bring back teachings for the good of the people. There exists a dimension of reality that we have lost all knowledge and experience of, a reality which involves the whole of our being, a place where the two psyches unite. This is a place between breaths, a place for thoughts, a place for being rather than doing, a place for the imagination...
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Pavillion Rendering and Line Drawings Inspired by solar and lunar mythology 18� x 24� Graphite on Strathmore Instructor: Kim Yactor
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Pavillion Model scale 1/4” = 1’ Basswood Instructor: Kim Yactor
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