PORTFOLIO jillian m kuehnis
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thesis work:
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furniture competition:
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Gastronomy center competition:
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Bellariva:
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descent :
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research campus [par t 1]:
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R esea rch campus [Par t 2]:
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design village competition:
moments for pause along california’s pacific coast highway 2013 - 2014
vellum 2013 San luis obispo, ca
Market + culinary school , italy
Italian industrial design museUm Florence, italy
uffizi exit sequence, cafe, and piazza addition florence, italy
sustainable laboratory and center for education st. croix, virgin islands
sustainable laboratory and center for education st. croix, virgin islands
landfill luxury san luis obispo, ca
pr e l u d e
The following selected works were carefully chosen to reflect my best abilities in a variety of mediums and project sizes over the course of my college career. I have specifically selected certain projects to emphasize my enthusiasm with built-work and the intimate detailing of projects, but also a few projects to show my capability to design in a masterplanning and overview scale before delving into the intricacies of spaces and their character. Furthermore, although most of my final renders are completed digitally and with Photoshop, I maintain a preference of hand drawing methods for conceptual development and quick photos hopped vignettes at initial stages of design. Regardless, I work in both analogue and digital worlds fluently. It is my intention with this portfolio to communicate my passion for design and architecture that has grown exponentially with each year of study. Though my exit of the school studio environment is a transition into something new, I can assert that my rigor, eagerness, and commitment to learning and improving as a designer will remain unmoved.
thesis work: moments for pause along california’s pacific coast highway
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The American highway system is a great utilitarian achievement which allows one to travel across the Unit ed States without actually seeing anything. The normative value of “rest stops” is realized in their utility for supporting the function of goal oriented travel from place to place. But rest stops could also serve as places for visitors to synchronize internal sense of being with a larger timeless sense of being – in the here and now, by channel ing the serene effects of nature and place to affect one’s disposition. The study and skillful use of light, view, sound, climate, seasons, cardinal orientation, soil, site history, sequence, and other site characteristics in the design of these interventions should allow visitors to return to the road with a greater awareness and understanding of the world; clarity, and calmness.
fall 2013 - spring 2014
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This will be done with small scale architectural interventions at slightly damaged roadside sites in otherwise extraordinary natural settings to illustrate the potential of architecture to orient in time and space, to enhance sensory awareness, to inherently inform and reveal, and to evoke a calm acceptance of the presence of what is true.
earliest form studies investigating form, shape, light, shadow, rhythm, texture, material combinations, and composition. These tiny models were the inspiration from which my thesis work became a series of small scale interventions along a unified pathway.
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Thus far, I’ve initiated the first three (of five) interventions on the various proposed sites. This is a study of how form may enhance and enrich an environment without overwhelming the certain location. This work was all derived and based off of the precedent studies of the norway Tourist Route program in norway, the work of james Turrell, as well as various landscape architects. while the project aims to be much more of a conceptual/theoretical investigation rather than a realistic proposal, it still retains practical attention to present day design concerns of structural and material integrity, sustainable practices, and ada guidelines. additionally, it should be noted that all thesis work is in processing. I expect to reach a collection of five designed interventions in five different sites along california’s Pacific coast highway. The aforementioned group of architectural “rest stop” interventions is merely the first round for my thesis work.
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a path through a mediation space that removes visitors from the turbulent thoughts of the road, pulls them through an open abyss, and draws them out into the view; suspended.
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on a beach of a lagoon where the highway touches the water I propose a dock that can serve as a tool to demonstrate water level changes in a tidal area and on an evolving planet.
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furniture competition:
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vellum 2013 San luis obispo, ca
Vellum was an opportunity for me to learn a new skill and to refine other ones. I am astounded that I went so long without learning how to work with metal. Even though it took me three attempts to get clean miters on the frame pieces and several days to practice my welds before putting the new skills to work, my perseverance showed in the finished product. I also took the opportunity to broaden my knowledge about the various types of wood and their material qualities by talking with Vicky A uberg at the NRC, and the men at Aura Hardwoods.
[early form sketches]
fall 2013 _ Reich
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It was amazing to see a design of mine become a functional, adjustable, high-quality piece of furniture so quickly and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.
One of my biggest motivations for participating in Vellum 2014 was my desire to learn how to weld. I had never worked with steel prior to this piece of furniture and thoroughly enjoyed practicing my welds and researching various finishes and learning the general process of craft and connections.
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Each shelf glides on its individual tracks (greased up with beeswax) to allow for maximum adjustability, customization, variability, and the capacity to maintain a lengthened profile or one of a compact unit - if desired.
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Wood: cherry Finish: linseed oil Angle iron steel Finish: matte black powder coat
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gastronomy center competition: market + culinary school novoli, italy
33,000 sqft
sPRIng 2013 _ csUIPsTaFF PaRTneR: yUlIa PIdlUBnyak
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In designing this gastronomy center, design efforts were put forth to develop a friendly and practical arrangement of restaurants, tasting areas, market spaces, and a culinary school. we were seeking to change the way people see their food through educational eating. This market space would become the city’s main commu nity hub on the border of Florence’s historical center, a gate to the city. The roof’s undulating surface was formed in order to entice people into the spaces while maintaining a low profile relative to its surroundings. The slices in the roof allow light to permeate through to the spaces below while a lso considering the interior layout. The three entries and their adjacent piazzas allow plenty of community dwelling space, and the orchard beyond creates a chance for a farmto-market-to-table approach towards food. customers can meet their supplier, therefore strengt hening community relations and the value of food.
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PoRTRayIng The wIde scoPe oF movemenT ThRoUgh The FRonT PIazza oveR The coURse oF a day aT The maRkeT.
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The archetype of the market is analogous to a melting pot, in the sense that it catalyzes spontaneous exchanges between city residents, merchants, and students of the adjacent culinary school.
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B e l l a r i va : Italian industrial design MUSEUM Florence, Italy
25,000 sqft
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WINTER 2012 _ csuip staff
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An assignment to restore a city’s relationship with it’s neighboring river, the Bellariva project posed an opportunity for me to explore work in an urban context, while also attempting to approach the controversial role of a new museum in an old city. This was a task of urban renovation and environmental improvement while giving a rather worn down site, a new identity. The Italian Design Museum of postwar work needed to be an entirely flexible display space, but also a functioning place of connection to the Arno River. My project served to draw people in at street-level, sweep them up to gallery spaces with channelled views, and drop them off at river-level with a cafe and courtyard space. Through use of circulation and strategic program distribution, this museum works to reestablish the river as an important destination.
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descent: uffizi exit sequence, cafe, and piazza addition florence, italy
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The task was to design a new exit for the Uffizi museum and the adjacent piazza space with goals to create an important gatheri ng place and transitional space in the historical center of the city. This project looked at quality outdoor dwelling places, dealing with a height change from the exit of the museum to the piazza level, about a 4 meter (approximately 12 feet) drop, and posing a modern intervention among a completely historical setting.
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fall 2012 _ csuip staff
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I worked to provide a constantly changing perspective of the historical setting as visitors descend from the controlled, peaceful, pensive museum environment into a bustling and captivating city-scape.
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The space is formatted in a way as such that the descent from museum level down to piazza level, actually harbors a small cafe and a few bays for bicycle storage. although there is a genera l gesture for movement between the two levels, there are also several ways to make the four meter (twelve foot) level change. additionally, the steps and side slopes may - as everywhere else in Italy - be used as a place for social interchange. as a result, even though there is an official cafe area below with plenty of seating and rest space, the whole interventio n could realistically serve as a place for unwinding, as well as moving between levels.
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campus Program Includes: 12 labs and offices, shared preparatory space between labs, staff lounge, class and computer lab, administration offices, public education and interaction space, student housing, cafeteria , theater
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research campus [ pa r t 1 ] : sustainable laboratory and center for education st. croix, virgin islands
60,000 sqft
wInTeR 2012 _ caBRInha
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This pro ject explores nature as an interconnected system of linked ecology. It functions to link a series of components from macro to micro relations, all for the purpose of spreading knowledge throughout the educational research center. The building facilitates the connections among site, scientists, students, and the visiting public, by means of carefully configured program adjacencies and circulation paths creating interactions among occupants and visitors. Interactions become links, links become opportunities for learning, and as a result the facility becomes a fusion of growing intelligence.
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The main building hugs the site and the two remain visually connected even as you ascend each floor. The roof links with the site by way of give and take of the elements: it cradles rain water channeling it toward an underground cistern on the eastern side and also draws light deep
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The main building hugs the site and the two remain visually connected even as you ascend each floor. The roof links with the site by way of give and take of the elements: it cradles rain water channeling it toward an underground cistern on the eastern side and also draws light deep into its center with the curved form. The circulation paths take occupants past all of the labs or straight to the best views of the estuary to the east and west and as a result, the building virtually brings the outside in.
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Research campus [Pa r t 2 ] : sustainable laboratory and center for education st. croix, virgin islands
spring 2012 _ Cabrinha partner: Cameron hempstead
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07 In part two of this two-quarter studio, we retained the same assignment brief, site, and constraints, but started with a partner from schematic design where someone else left off with their work. This second quarter of studio taught me communication skills, compromise, and the value of teamwork.
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Entering the place where science, education, and the public mingle.
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The task: • Design a dwelling for your team for one night in the canyon out of 80% recycled materials • It must be transported the 1 mile into and out of the canyon by ha nd. • It is to be assembled + inhabited by the team on-site through any potential weather.
design village competition: landfill luxury POLY CANYON, san luis obispo, ca
Spring 2010 _ freeby Team: Monica Mader, Adam strauss, erik lund, andrew jimenez,
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In response to the criteria, we created an extremely lightweight system of parts to take into the valley. The incline of our site was unknown so the issue was solved by adjustable levels for the cots. To address the wind and rain possibility we utilized sails for their resistant qualities. By re-purposing and engineering a configuration of two donated sails we were able to develop a covering system that channeled the prevailing winds up and over our project. Lastly, the cots were made fr om sheets we sewed together to slip over recycled vineyard stakes; the only material we purchased was the plywood for the CNC routed headboards.
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Not on ly did we have to design and fabricate our “vi llage� piece, but part of the event was carrying it out to the canyon, one mile, as a team and setting it up on the hill. Luckily, we did not experience any major issues (beyond perhaps a sunburn or two), but it surely put a great emphasis on teamwork to carry all of these actions out to completion. In the end, our cots turned out to be quite comfortable, and though the shelter was not too warm, we were protected from the night winds and dry in the morning.
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jillian m kuehnis 645 PALM ST. APT #5 TEL: 650.743.1006
SAN LUIS obispo , ca JILLIANKUEHNIS@GMAIL.COM
E ducation 2009 - present
California Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, CA ARCHITECTURE MAJOR
2012 - 2013
B.ARCH Degree to be conferred June 2014 3.75 GPA, Deans List: Spring 2010, Winter 2011 - Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013
California State University | Florence, Italy
10 month study abroad program Proficient in Italian
2005 - 2009
Summit Preparatory Charter High School | Redwood City, CA
College preparatory school with an emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and competition with a diverse student body. Recognition for: Responsible Student of the Year | 2006 Proficient in Spanish
Professional Skills
Demonstrated personal qualities: diligent | creative | works well with others | fast learner | enthusiastic | self-motivated | organized | reliable | efficient | punctual
Architectural Skills
Problem solving | conceptual/schematic design | technical drafting | free hand drawing | modeling in a range of scales and materials | photography
Digital Skills
Rhino | VRay | CAD | Sketch Up | Form Z | Adobe Creative Suite Programs | Microsoft Office | iMovie
Job E xperi ence summer 2012
2014
2007 - 2011
Intern | Studio G Architects, Campbell, CA
Computer Technician - Peer adviser |Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
2014 2013 2012 2010 2009 2007-2009 JUNE 2008 2008 2003-2008
Served as a leader in a the architecture depar tment’s Mac lab assisting students with their work in Adobe Creative Suite, 3D modeling software and CAD while watching over 60k wor th of computer equipment.
Employee | California Pizza Kitchen, San Mateo, CA
2013 2012 2011 2005 -
Worked in CAD and Rhino to assist in construction documents and renderings, contributed to conceptual development in early stages of projects, and additionally per formed various office tasks.
Held a variety of positions over a five year period and as a seasonal employee.
Volunteer/service activities
5th Year Student Representative English Tutor | Dino Compagni Middle School, Florence, Italy College Based Fee Committee Member | Cal Poly Architecture Depar tment Unit Leader | Diamond Crest Day Camp Student Physical Trainer | Riekes Center for Student Development Chief Editor/Head of Photography | High School Yearbook Leatherback Sea Tur tle Expedition, Ear thwatch Institute | Matura, Trinidad Ar t Class Assistant | Central Middle School Youth Coordinator | American Cancer Society Relay for Life