Kait Cartmell
portfolio
2022
Los Angeles
@kaitcartmell
765☺517☺0850 kaitcartmell@gmail.com
Los Angeles
Kait Cartmell is a designer based in Los Angeles, CA where she
is currently pursuing her Masters of Architecture at The Southern California Institute of Architecture. During her studies, she won the Continuing Student Scholarship and Gruen Scholarship. During her undergraduate studies, Kait received the Tao Sigma Delta Bronze Metal Nomination and NCAA Scholar Athlete Award. After receiving her Bachelors in Architecture with a minor in graphic design, she worked as a graphic designer for Anthropologie/Terrain and Urban Outfitters. Her career as a designer flourished into a successful freelancing business, where she worked while traveling the States in a self-renovated Airstream. Kait’s goal is to become a licensed architect, pursue positions with top firms, and eventually launch her own design studio.
@kaitcartmell 765☺517☺0850 kaitcartmell@gmail.com
Kait’s architectural work is grounded in the belief that design decisions influence habitual change. Her work explores the designer’s roll in how a user experiences space while integrating new methods of production.
Hard Skills RHINO AU TO C A D REVIT MODEL MAKING FA B R I C AT I O N INDESIGN P H OTO S H O P I L LU S T R ATO R MICROSOFT OFFICE K E Y S H OT V R AY BLENDER C 4 D/ R E D S H I F T GRASSHOPPER H O LO L E N S F O LO G R A M M AYA S K E TC H U P P R O ZBRUSH UNREAL ENGINE
Soft Skills P R O B L E M S O LV I N G
I’ve renovated an airstream by hand with very little prior fabrication knowledge. LEADERSHIP
I’ve successfully managed and directed teams of up to 10 people at a time in both school and work settings.
Education 2020-2022 2020 2010-2014
Awards CONTINUING STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SCI-Arc 2021 GRUEN SCHOLARSHIP SCI-Arc 2021 2GAX & 2GBX CLASS REP SCI-Arc TAO SIGMA DELTA BRONZE MEDAL NOMINATION Judson University TOP 10% OF CLASS Judson University NCAA SCHOLAR ATHLETE Judson University
Exhibitions/Publications FUTUREKIN BY LUCY MCRAE 2022 SPRING SHOW SCI-Arc 2021 SOUND WALL Housing for Health - to be built in 2023 UNDERSCORE JOURNAL Fall 2021 A CHAIR IS A CHAIR SCI-Arc 2022
Work Experience 2022-current
ROBOT LAB TEACHING ASSISTANT SCI-Arc Key role: Supervise and instruct on use of the Robot Lab
2021-2022
ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIP B+U Architecture Key role: Assist in various architectural projects
2020-2021
FABRICATION SHOP MANAGER’S ASSISTANT SCI-Arc Key role: Manage the Tech Team
2021-2022
VOLUNTEER DESIGN INSTRUCTOR ECCO Studios Key role: Teach technical program courses to underserved youths
2018-2021
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER Anthropologie Key role: Client management and design services
2015-2018
PRINT DESIGNER URBN, Inc Key role: Design and manage fabrication of print assets and store displays
A DA P TA B I L I T Y
As an incoming class during a pandemic, there was very little communication between the students and between students and staff. I organized socially distanced events and communication to create a sense of community within the class.
M.ARCH II Southern California Institute of Architecture DREAMFLAKE V3.0 CERTIFICATION Design Morphine B.ARCH, MINOR IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Judson University
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COMPOSITE CREATURE SCI-Arc Studio Final Spring 2021 MOUNTAINS & MEADOWS Internship work at B+U VAULT FORM SCI-Arc Studio Final Fall 2020 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT SCI-Arc Applied Studies Final Fall 2021 ALWAYS HOME Judson University Studio Final Fall 2014
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Composite Creature COURSE 2GBX SCI-Arc
TOOLS Rhino, Unreal Engine, Illustrator, After Effects, Vray, Blender, Houdini
CREDITS Ramiro Diaz Granados instructor
With the understanding that humans consider themselves as other or removed from nature, this studio focused on advancing a naturedesign paradigm through a call for the wild. “Nature” cannot possibly be understood without its rhetorical counterparts such as human, culture, and technology. Our section approached the issue using the plastiglomerate as an example. Plastiglomerates are masses of plastic and organic matter that have been formed over time by the ocean. They represent a new form of nature that is a result of the human intervention.
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Composite Creature is made up of disparate parts or species. It is an organism that aims to decentralize the human as Earth’s main actor. In the words of Donna Haraway, “humans are not in a separate compost pile. In response to a human-centered Anthropocene, this project looks to explore a new interaction with nature as one singular entangled network. Within the network, all species are dependent on each other and cohabit space equally. Composite Creature is an architecture that aims to be multi-species oriented. It is infused and entangled with the earth. Species are allowed to inhabit the space that they are given. They live in a network that is about life lived along lines. Creatures of all kinds can begin to create generations of interlaced trails.
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Mountains & Meadows COMPETITION National Museum of Korean Architecture
TOOLS Rhino, Vray
CREDITS Baumgartner + Uriu internship
The design is inspired by the Bukhansan mountain where the soft landscape with its lush and colorful vegetation nestles between its rocky mountain tops. This dichotomy of the hard rocky peaks and the soft mountain terrain became the concept for the building design. We wanted the building to have a harmonious relationship with the surrounding landscape. The building massing consists of a large green roof that blends into the existing terrain and five pillar-like masses that are embedded into the roof landscape. The pillars are spaced apart so you can always view the mountains between the building masses.
TOP OF BUILDING + 26m
BUKHANSAN MOUNTAIN
PROPERTY LINE
GARDEN ROOF
LEVEL 3 + 12.8m
LEVEL 2 + 9.1m
LEVEL 1 + 5m PATHWAY CONNECTION TO PARK GROUND / LEVEL 0 + 0m
LEVEL -1 - 6.7m
MAIN ENTRANCE
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LARGE TEXT SMALL TEXT
LEADER
YEO NSEO -RO
SMALL LEADER
BUKHANSAN NATIONAL PARK
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IMALSAN MOUNTAIN
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PROPERTY LINE
EDGE OF GARDEN ROOF
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PATHWAY CONNECTION TO ARTS VILLAGE
BUKHANSAN MOUNTAIN
CLOUD PARK ARTS VILLAGE
MAIN ENTRANCE PATHWAY CONNECTION TO CLOUD PARK
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PATHWAY CONNECTION TO NEIGHBORHOOD PARK
PATHWAY CONNECTION TO ARTS VILLAGE
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TOTAL 2,243 m² 6. MAIN STORAGE 7. TEMPORARY STORAGE 8. PRESERVATION RESEARCH ROOM 9. PRESERVATION TREATMENT ROOM 10. REGISTRATION ROOM
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CLOUD PARK
EUNPYEONG TRAI
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BUKHANSAN MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK
BUKHANSAN NATIONAL PARK
PATHWAY CONNECTION TO PARK
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24 OFFICE AREA
MUSEUM SHOP COMMON SPACE
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COMPLEX CULTURAL SPACE
ESCALATOR TO PARKING
ESCALATOR TO GARDEN ROOF
COMMON SPACE
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COMPLEX CULTURAL SPACE SPECIALIZED LIBRARY
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AMPHITHEATER ABOVE
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MAIN ENTRANCE
COMMON SPACE
18 EDUCATIONAL SPACE
PARKING AND LOADING DOCK ACCESS DROP OFF ZONE
PATHWAY CONNECTION TO ARTS VILLAGE
PATHWAY CONNECTION TO ARTS VILLAGE
AREA FOR FUTURE EXPANSION
PROPERTY LINE IMALSAN MOUNTAIN
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FACILITY AREA 10,452 m²
EDUCATION AREA TOTAL 880 m² 19. MULTIPURPOSE ROOM 20. SEMINAR ROOM 21. EXPERIENCE EDUCATION ROOM
PARKING 3,705 m²
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TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 14,157 m²
Program Diagram Specialized Areas Common Space Education Area Exhibition Space Collection Storage Office Area Parking
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Vault Form COURSE 2GAX SCI-Arc
TOOLS Rhino, Keyshot, Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop, Maya, Arnold, Revit, Twinmotion
CREDITS Marcelo Spina instructor This studio took a look at the changing role of the classroom amongst a pandemic and political and social unrest. Questioning the role of the classroom, we looked at alternative ways to engage with education and curriculum. Our studio section was focused on the concept of the fuzzy aggregate and creating a whole through the repetition of parts to the point that the line between them became blurred. This design focused on the aggregation of malleable surfaces and linked curves. The results of which come together as a village - a community of classrooms which produces an aggregate that is between an ambiguous landscape and a succession of varying vaulted roofs. Vault Form becomes a part of the community within it and around it. Through the variation of spaces, a rhythm of activities become the driver of its use.
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Classroom furniture is designed with three bent wood pieces that interlock for easy assembly. The form nods towards the nostolgia of classroom desk/chairs from childhood.
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Classrooms are clustered into groups around a central gathering space and are linked to an outdoor area. Roofs and ground planes link into each other, creating both large and intimate gathering spaces. The walls of the classrooms are mostly glass to encourage transparency and collaboration throughout the school. This transparency supports a curriculum focused on community and activity.
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Design Development COURSE AS3222 SCI-Arc
TOOLS Rhino, C4D, After Effects, Illustrator Grasshopper, Photoshop, Redshift
CREDITS Herwig Baumgartner instructor Zach Burns instructor partners: Camille Thai, Austin Lightle, Qihang Fang, Lilith Ren, Jure Zibret, Yuze Han, Kangxin Wu, Kate Gesing, Poppy Yang The course goal was to take a project from a previous studio and to detail complex building systems. We decided to simplify the facade into two main system: Aluminum paneling with FRP panels and a carbon fiber lattice system. In addition to facade systems, we detailed Structural, MEP, Egress, ADA, Fireproofing, and Solar systems.
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F R P PA N E L SY S T E M LO W E - C OAT E D G L A S S
A LU M I N U M PA N E L SY S T E M
C A R B O N F I B E R SY S T E M
G L A S S C U RTA I N WA L L
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Aluminum Panel System
F LO O R M O U N T E D D I S P L AC E M E N T F L O O R B OX STEEL RISER CONCRETE SLAB
DROP CEILING I - B E A M W I T H B O LT E D CONNECTION
1 8 ” H O L LO W STEEL SECTION M E TA L T- F R A M E NODE CONNECTION
M E TA L T- F R A M E I N T E R I O R PA N E L I N S U L AT E D M E TA L PA N E L
SEAM SEALANT 2 ” G A LV. S T E E L S T R I N G E R 2 M M AC O U S T I C A L PA D TO N G U E A N D G R O OV E C O N C R E T E PA N E L F LO O R F I N I S H
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Carbon Fiber Lattice System
A LU M I N U M M U L L I O N
3/8” DOUBLE GLAZIN G STEEL I-BEAM S T E E L S P L I C E P L AT E
S E A L A N T I N S U L AT I O N S T E E L S P L I C E P L AT E
L AT T I C E C O M P O N E N T
ANCHOR FA B R E E K A O R I S O KO R B T H E R M A L LY I S O L AT E D STRUCTURE A LU M I N U M M U L L I O N
3/8” DOUBLE GLAZIN G
Solar Panel System A N N UA L S O L A R E X P O S U R E
S O L A R PA N E L D E TA I L
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Always Home COURSE ARC302 Judson University
TOOLS Laser Cutting, Revit, Model Making
CREDITS Jae Cha instructor
Three homes, located in three different climates, designed to encourage meditative movement. This home design is based around the idea that a home should make the owner feel at ease in every corner. Through meditative movement, the owner can feel a sense of complete calm in the home. All aspects of these homes, from the wall placement to the floorboards, encourage movement as a meditative practice, going from public to private.
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Thank You Los Angeles
@kaitcartmell 765☺517☺0850 kaitcartmell@gmail.com