SELF
BA in Architecture Clemson University
Master in Architecture First Professional
CV/PERSONAL STATEMENT MORPHALLAXIS NEOPLEXUS COEQUILATE BCN LIBRARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Whit Self 2310 Queens Rd E Charlotte, NC 28207
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CV EDUCATION
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, CLEMSON SC
B.A. IN ARCHITECTURE HISTORY MINOR MAY 2009
GPA 3.26
AWARDS/ACTIVITIES
SPRING 2007-PRESENT SPRING 2007 SPRING 2008 SPRING 2009 EAGLE SCOUT 2004 AIAS DEANS LIST
EMPLOYMENT
PEASE ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS-ENGINEERS, CHARLOTTE NC
INTERN
HOSTETTER & KEACH INC., CHARLOTTE NC
LABORER
MAY 2008-AUGUST 2008
MAY 2007-AUGUST 2007 MAY 2006-AUGUST 2006
F.N. THOMPSON, CHARLOTTE NC
CARPENTERS ASS’T
JUNE 2005-AUGUST 2005
TECHNICAL SKILLS
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE INDESIGN RHINOCEROS DIGITAL MODELING FORMZ DIGITAL MODELING SKETCHUP DIGITAL MODELING AUTOCAD MICROSTATION
PERSONAL STATEMENT Architecture, for as long as I can remember, is something that has interested me. After spending the last four years in the architecture school at Clemson University, I can proudly say that I have found what I should be doing for the rest of my life. Architecture for me is more than just building design and producing a final product. It is about the steps taken to achieve that final goal; the process and the countless failures it takes before the absolute perfect solution to the problem at hand develops. This is where most of the excitement comes from for me. Problem solving is what really interests me about the field of architecture. I have learned countless ways of coming up with a final product, and each way teaches me something new. The perpetual learning that seems to mesh so well with the architectural field is something that I believe separates architecture from other disciplines. With a degree in architecture, I should be able to tackle any problem without hesitation or lack of confidence. The other fine arts have always drawn my attention as well. All the arts, photography being my favorite, use the same precision and process as architecture, just in a different medium. Generating an idea and developing that idea through process and experimentation are traits of all arts. Studying architecture within the college of arts, architecture and humanities at Clemson immersed me in an artistic surrounding where I broadened my view by what I experienced.
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MORPH
Professor: Juan Carlos Tappan
Fall 07
ARCH 354
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Morphallaxis in Barcelona, Spain, grew out of the idea to transform the existing utilities and objects on the site, the port of
Barcelona. We
created an
inventory of existing buildings and objects to create the base for a new protective housing neighborhood.
Utilizing
the existing shipping containers as the
structure for each protected housing unit reduces the impact of the construction.
The
containers
are stacked on one another to create a more dense environment creating room for
The
10,000 apartments.
term morphallaxis means, the regeneration and
transformation of the port by the use of existing materials.
Morphallaxis
Fall 07
Whit Self - Andrew Temples - Hali Knight
Initial
housing configurations in stacked towers
(Self )
APARTMENTS OF 30 METERS
(MADE FROM ONE AND A THIRD SHIPPING CONTAINERS)
SHARED PORCH AREA BETWEEN RESIDENTS
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The idea of minimizing travel time to and from destinations created a basis for the design of our core system. There are four main core types, each with a different function and purpose. A parking core, a solid core for office and university facilities, an open core, and a core based on public and recreational use. Residents pick their house core based on their needs. The housing towers serve as infrastructure throughout the site. Utilizing the buildings for housing as well as infrastructure creates an environment that minimizes travel times.
Diagrams-Self )
Open
core
Morphallaxis
Parking Core
Fall 07
Solid
core
Whit Self - Andrew Temples - Hali Knight
Rooftop
core
(Renderings
and
The
housing cores with protective housing units attached create a pattern
when viewed in plan.
This
pattern using different size core structures is
repeated to achieve the maximum density throughout the site.
Once
Rendering
showing if maximum density was to be accomplished in the site and
buildings were placed at all locations on the pattern overlay.
(Self )
maximum
density is achieved with the pattern, buildings are removed from the pattern as needed to create a system of housing revolving around function and travel throughout the site.
(Self )
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The
port site with the maximum density pattern overlay (pattern is faded where buildings were removed).
show each core type and placement.
Morphallaxis
(Knight, Self )
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Whit Self - Andrew Temples - Hali Knight
The
overlay includes roads and is designed around existing site buildings.
The
highlighted central cores
Rendering
of cores with housing positioned into the site based on the pattern overlay.
(Temples, Self )
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NEO
Professor: Martha Skinner
Fall 08
ARCH 351
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Neoplexus
was designed for a one week design
charrette that tackled the water shortage problem
Barcelona, Spain. This project targets the Barcelona has as the most prevalent problem. Reducing the leaking pipes by in
old leaking pipes that
fixing the old infrastructure is a realistic way to solve a rising issue of water conservation.
Our
solution involves creating a temporary piping
system that is transported throughout the city as the pipes are fixed.
The
pipes are suspended above
the ground while work is done to repair the leaking pipes.
By only fixing a portion of the city at a time
and moving from location to location, neoplexus
does not need to be a large scale system, but rather just a simple kit of parts that can transform a neighborhood.
During
the fixing of the pipes,
neoplexus also serves as a public water fountain.
In plazas, extensions drop down from the suspended pipes, allowing public access to water.
(Sketch- Weidner; Montage- Self )
Neoplexus
Fall 08
Whit Self - Virginia Black - Hali Knight - Clay Montgomery - Derek Weidner
Kit OF Parts
(Sketch-Weidner; Model-Montgomery)
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The leaking pipes (Diagrams-Self )
Neoplexus
cause inefficient water supply
Neoplexus
is installed
Neoplexus pipes
Fall 08
Whit Self - Virginia Black - Hali Knight - Clay Montgomery - Derek Weidner
carries water during fixing of
Pipes
are fixed while the residents still have access
to water.
Neoplexus
is removed
Renewal
of pipes complete
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Barcelona
Neoplexus
with old piping system.
(Diagrams-Self )
Fall 08
Neoplexus
installed in first section of the city.
Whit Self - Virginia Black - Hali Knight - Clay Montgomery - Derek Weidner
First
section of
Barcelona
is fixed and neoplexus is
removed and installed in next area.
The
process continues with neoplexus continuing to move
throughout the city.
Neoplexus
has been implemented throughout the majority
of the center city, and the leaking pipes have now been fixed.
The process has transformed and revived the city of Barcelona while bringing about a great environmental change.
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CO
Professor: Martha Skinner
Fall 08
ARCH 351
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The
program for this project was based on an idea
for an urban farm in the center of
Chicago. The
vertical farm is an idea that establishes a farm that is able to sustain
10,000
people.
Along
with
the farm there are programmatic elements that support the farm: school, office, market, housing, commercial and a riverwalk.
My
initial concept revolved around balancing and
responding to the different programs inside the building.
This led to schematic models based off the The schematic stage allowed
principle of balance.
me to create a uniformed concept that incorporated the pushing and pulling forces of sound, light, heat, and occupancy that the building in would respond to.
Ephemeral
Chicago
forces change the
atmosphere and the building changes physically when these forces change the environment.
Each Coequilate
Fall 08
Whit Self
weight corresponds to different program.
should be adjacent.
Moving
The
fishing string ties programs that
one element effects the others connected to it.
CIRCULATION CHANGES ACCORDING TO PROGRAM LOCATION
School
Market
Housing
Office
Farm
Riverwalk
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WEIGHT = PROGRAM SIZE STICKS = USABLE SPACE
No
program added; sticks are vertical
Coequilate
Fall 08
Riverwalk
weight added; two sticks form the
riverwalk space.
Whit Self
Market space.
weight added; a stick forms the market
Restaurant rant space.
weight added; a stick forms the restau-
Farm School Housing Market Riverwalk OfďŹ ce Commercial
Office space.
weight added; two sticks form the office
School space.
weight added, two sticks form the school
Housing space.
weight added; a stick forms the housing
Farm
weight added; last of the sticks form the farm
space.
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PROGRAMMATIC DIAGRAM
Diagram depicting the use of weights to determine the program space and shape concept of building.
FARM SCHOOL HOUSING MARKET RIVERWALK OFFICE COMMERCIAL
Coequilate
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Whit Self
SECTION CUT DIAGRAMMING SKIN
METAL TUBES Tubes
hinged to straighten and bend to balance environmental
changes inside and outside the building by opening and closing exterior skin.
EXTERIOR SKIN Canvas,
the outer most layer of the building, flexes according to the
conditions inside and outside. population.
Controls
flows of light, heat, sound, and
EXTERIOR WALL Wall
that can be enclosed semi-open or open to outside conditions
CIRCULATION CORE
The
skin of the farm responds to the different forces by opening and closing the building to balance
interior and exterior environments.
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BCN
Professor: Ulrike Heine
Spring 09
ARCH 452
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The initial concept Barcelona, Spain
for a library in the center of was creating a rhythm along
the site that changes and distorts at certain times.
The
distortion of the rhythm occurs where
occupants enter the building to guide them through the site.
Once
the rhythm was defined, the shape
of the building took the form according to the interior programmatic elements of the library.
The
human hand was used as a study to see how it could act as a shelter.
Fingers spawned the idea of using A connection of two
irregularly shaped trusses.
plazas surrounding the site created an opportunity to split it into two buildings connected by a bridge.
One
building houses the more traditional
book stacks, while the other is the more public areas, with a cafe as the centerpiece.
The
rhythm
is shown by trusses that support the roof of the structure and allow for the open floor plan that was desired.
Bcn Library
Spring 09
Whit Self - Dylan Thomas
The
connection of the surrounding plaza space justified the splitting of the building into two distinct
parts connected by a bridge.
The
path through the site allows users and the public access to the plaza
areas and a feeling of openness to a neighborhood that is very dense.
Schematic
models showing the rhythm of the trusses on the site.
The (Self )
models also give a representation of how the building will be split.
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Light studies (Self )
BRIDGE PLAN
on a model showing the movement of light through the clerestory space between the trusses.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
Interior
of second floor circulation desk and reference areas.
GROUND PLAN
(Thomas)
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Bcn Library
Spring 09
Whit Self - Dylan Thomas
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1.
2.
SECTION 1
SECTION 1
SECTION 2
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DETAILED WALL SECTION (Self )
35’
fiber cement panels
joint connector
soft insulation
steel truss member
15’
reinforced concrete slab
0’
gravel
-5’ foam insulation
earth
Bcn Library
Spring 09
Whit Self - Dylan Thomas
EXPLODED STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM (Thomas)
panels
trusses
floor plates
Exterior
rendering looking south towards main building and bridge.
which defines the hardscape as well as the trusses themselves.
The (Thomas)
lines depict the rhythm of the site
site landscape
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PHOTO
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Photography
has always been something that has interested me, and that interest really developed in high school where
to take two years of classes that taught me techniques and processes. the camera and the darkroom.
This
embedded the ideal of always looking for the
photoshop, possibilities for photo enhancement seemed to be endless. college fueled my passion for photography.
Photography
2004-2009
Starting
These
What I
out with an old
“shot�
SLR, I
I
was fortunate enough to be able
had to find ways to express myself using only
and taking time to really find the perfect angle.
As I learned I gained in days.
could create using my previous knowledge and the knowledge
photographs are a sample of work that
I
have produced since my defining high school
This photograph was taken in Amsterdam, NL along one of the many canals. I was trying to capture the essence of the dutch people. The color orange and bicycles are something that is very prominent all over this country and by highlighting the color of the bicycle while desaturating everything else
I
was able to glorify the ideology.
This Photograph also paved the way for a series of bicycles. In the series I made each bike a different color and saturated that color to the point of a neon. I then grouped them into a single piece.
Dutch Bike: 5”X5”
The Bicycle Remastered:
each image is
5”x5”. The
collection is framed in a
35”x9”
frame.
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Great Mosque
of
Cordoba: 5�x7�
This was taken inside the great mosque of Cordoba, Spain. I was trying to capture the openness and lightness of the structure while also emphasizing the sacredness of the religious building.
The
natural light does not make it into
the center of the mosque creating a very seclusive place of worship.
Photography
2004-2009
This
Eiffel tower is actually a series of I wanted to create an extended frame photograph instead of a point and shoot one time shot. Using photoshop, I was able to arrange the photographs together to form a single image. The perspective that this creates allows for the whole tower to be viewed. image of the
images that
I
took.
Glowing Eiffel: 10�x8�
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VW Bus: 28�x4�
An
extended frame project for my high school class.
photo in context.
I
captured a
pasting them all together,
I
1971 VW
Assignment
was to use a role of film that would be cut up to form a larger
bus parked in different spots in an empty parking lot.
By
printing many photos and then
created a panorama of the parking lot that is filled with all of the same car.
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