ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Kaitlyn Dunn Selected Works
“I choose work that is hard to pull off. And it’s scary how things can go wrong. But if there’s no risk involved, it’s not challenging. A good idea will survive any process.” - Steven Holl
KAITLYN DUNN, AIAS 618.444.8326 | k17dunn@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
Master of Architecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
2025
Diploma, O’Fallon Township High School | 4.0
2020
Minor in Sociology Study Abroad in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark (Summer 2022) KU Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022) Magna Cum Laude Illinois State Scholar National Honors Society Rho Kappa Honors Society
WORK EXPERIENCE
Editor of Yearbook CEO of Robotics ACT Member
Emerging Professional - hollis + miller architects, Kansas City
May 2023-Aug 2023
Resident Assistant (Desk Assistant and Tour Guide)
Nov 2021-Present
Worked through multiple large changes and directly spoke with clients Brainstormed exterior facades using hand sketching and computer software Created presentations for client and contractor meetings Provide tours of all 12 scholarship halls Find solutions to problems residents have
Resident Assistant (Food Board Manager)
May 2021-May 2022
Manage 19 student resident cooks Responsible for $12,000 of monthly food inventory Head of “Maggie Macaroni,” a campus community networking event
INVOLVEMENT
American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Chapter President
Mar 2022-Apr 2023
Organize and lead meetings and events Represents the chapter to the national organization at conferences
AIAS National Committee Member
May 2021-Present
School of Architecture Mentorship Program
Jun 2023-Present
KU Dirt Works Studio - Studio Lead & Head Admin
Aug 2022-Jan 2023
Work on national committees to plan events for all members Attend national conferences for networking opportunities
Assist underclassmen through studio and other class work in the school of architecture Provide lessons on hard skills and softwares needed for an architecture profession Advocate for underclassmen to faculty on topics they are struggling or need assistance with Organized others roles to allow for productivity and efficiency Raised funds and spoke with sponsors about donations and partnerships In charge of the budget sheets that kept track of all money and conversations about money
SKILLS
Soft Skills Hard Skills Flexibility Adobe Suits Initiative Sketchup & Layout Teachability Revit Team-Oriented Enscape & Lumion Persistent Physical Model-Making Detail Oriented Hand Sketching
REFERENCES
Shannon Criss | AIA Professor at University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design 785.864.3861 scriss@ku.edu
Thom Allen | AIA Lecturer at University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design 620.212.4112 thom@ku.edu
SOCIALS
@kaitlyn.dunn & @kate.dunn.x
LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/kaitlyndunnaias/
Haven Studio - Complete Construction
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TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CONNECTED GROVE
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ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE
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THE CONNECTED GROVE PROJECT OVERVIEW Eddy Tavio | Fall 2023 Mixed Use Apartment Complex Bentonville, AR ~175,000 sqft
DESCRIPTION At the end of 2025, Walmart’s new Bentonville, AR campus will be open, drawing in thousands of new employees to work there. Because of this, there needs to be more housing choices for those young adults and young families moving to the area. This studio’s main issue is how to revitalize the “missing middle” housing crises by having low-rise apartments, duplexes, and other housing options that aren’t single-family homes. Urban densification was also needed by bringing these units together in one space that filled the needs of their everyday lives, including restaurants, gyms, and museums. Working in teams, the studio has to figure out its buildings and how each space can coexist in a way that will benefit the community.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES Understanding what it takes to work together in teams in an orderly fashion that covers everything that is needed to get done. Also, learning how to make final quality graphics without much post-production work.
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THE URBAN EDGE PROJECT OVERVIEW Jae Chang | Spring 2023 Design Center Downtown Kansas City, MO 50,000 sqft
DESCRIPTION In 2026, the I-670 highway in downtown Kansas City will be capped by a park, now labeled the “South Loop Link.” With such a high density and popular area comes new and revamped structures alongside the park. The Urban Edge serves as a design center for Kansas City, showing how Kansas City has developed and designed outside the area. This building hosts gallery spaces showcasing works done by KC STEAM and plentiful amounts of art and design works. The University of Kansas will have two architecture studio spaces present, bringing it’s sports and entertainment and urban design students closer to the action of KC. KC Global Design, AIA KC, and KC STEM Alliance will have office space on the top floor, allowing for more communication with the public.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES Taking a deeper dive into Enscape and Revit to create visual story elements. Also, understanding structure further and what it takes to make specific components and how they all work together.
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T-Mo
Power & Light District
Convention Center
South Loop Link
Main St.
Truman Rd.
Site
Kauffman Center
KC Icons
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Power & Light District
Residential/Hotel
South Facing Accessible Balcony PV Panels Green Roof
Louvers Along Facade
obile Center
KC Star
Connection to the Park Streetcar Emphasis Large Sidewalks & Bikeways
Recycled Aluminum
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1. Fill the site, but push away from the major roads for breathing room. Extend up to keep space for programming.
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2. Allow a ground connection to the park on site.
3. Bring the greenery up through the exterior of the building. Adding louvers as a solar control.
4. Differ from the surrounding rectangular edge to re-imagine the urban edge.
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I-670
From South Main Street
New Render Render
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Auditorium
South Loop Link Park Atrium Space with Green Wall Flex Space for Pin-Ups
South Balcony Communal Area with Material Library
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Floor 1 1. Front Entrance 2. Temporary Gallery 3. Cafe 4. Main Egress 5. Elevator 6. Auditorium 7. Restrooms 8. Storage 9. Service Elevator 10. Fire Egress 16 -The Urban Edge
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Floor 2 11. Main Egress 12. Elevator 13. Atrium 14. Gallery 15. Second Floor Auditorium 16. Storage 17. Service Elevator 18. Fire Egress
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Floor 3 19. Main Egress 20. Studios 21. Flex Space 22. Lounge 23. Open Communication Zone 24. Makers Space & Printing 25. Bathrooms 26. Storage 27. Service Elevator 28. Fire Egress 18 -The Urban Edge
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Floor 4 29. Main Egress 30. Reception 31. Conference Rooms 32. Private Offices 33. Lounge 34. Workspace 35. Restrooms 36. Storage 37. Service Elevator 38. Fire Egress 39. Accessible Balcony
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First Floor Atrium View
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Second Floor View Of Atrium Space & Beginning Of Gallery
Third Floor Studio Floor, Open Communication Zone.
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Aluminum metal flashing VR Filter Fabric adhered to parapet 1” above soil line, with VR TecTape 2
VR Filter Fabric secured to VR AeroMat with VR TecTape 2
VR AeroMat to wrap up along wood cant to provide vertical drainage
Vegetation: Turf-type tall fescue & Kentucky bluegrass
Typical 45° pressure treated wood cant
VR AeroMix 2” depth VR AeroMat percolation layer
VR PolyMat protection mat VR RootBloc root barrier
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6” x 0.5” Aluminum Louvers Glazing Silicon Mullions Louver Motor Thermal Break Concrete Flooring Corrugated Steel Decking
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HAVEN STUDIO PROJECT OVERVIEW Chad Kraus | Fall 2022 Tiny Home / Studio Space East Hills KU Warehouse, Lawrence, Kansas 500 sq ft
DESCRIPTION Haven Studio is a design build project aimed for designing a net-positive tiny home. This project was entered into the Department of Energy’s 2022-2023 Solar Decathlon. A team of 28 students helped plan, design, fund raise, and built the small structure outside the University of Kansas’s East Hills warehouse location. It is being used as a demonstration home and design studio space to serve generations of students to come. This project required knowing how to efficiently and effectively work as a team to make close deadlines. Keeping up with a work ethic, as well as putting your best foot forward at all times. Our team worked on multiple softwares, ranging from Sketchup, Lumion, Revit, and CAD softwares. We learned more about different construction and manufacturing companies and how to speak to one as if we were in a firm.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES Understanding how to work as a team and continue making progress, even if you get to a “bottle neck.” Also understanding what goes into the process after designing a structure and what needs to be thought of and get done.
Rendering done by Aria Lynch and Areli Madrigal
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Haven Studio was comprised of 28 students, both third and fourth year undergraduate architecture students. We faced other schools are the world in designing a residential (later turned studio) space with a goal of netzero to pave the way of sustainable design of the future.
As of January 2023, we finished pouring concrete and our foundation and started to work on attaching the floor.
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While the main purpose of Haven Studio was to show how it can be a tinyhome and other designs increasing the number of rooms, the University of Kansas Architecture School’s main plan is for it to be used as a studio space. It allows for a quiet work place and meeting area outside the loud warehouse just to the south of it.
The main room consists of a row of cabinets and kitchen appliances. A full sized sleep sofa sits near the back, as well as a long table stretching through most of the structure. An ADA accessible bathroom is near the north-west corner of the structure, complete with a shower, toilet, and linen closet. Most of the mechanical equipment rests above this room in the ceiling, being hidden away from the vaulted main room.
All renderings done by Aria Lynch and Areli Madrigal
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Recording who has agreed to donate products, service, or time, as well as keeping tabs as to when we receive the donations and social medias to shout them out and thank them.
My specific role in this project was Studio Lead, which was described as “mini Chad.” I was second in command so I had to lead the studio and push them to complete their tasks with their best. I had to have an idea of everything going into the project, as well as be the main point of contact for external vendors, since my professor was busy teaching the class. I worked on budgeting the entire project as well as fundraising and reaching out to manufacturers for sponsorships and donations.
The budgeting excel went into detail on what exactly we need to purchase and plan for. Everything from materials, extra tools, services, and donations was rerecorded here. In the end, we had enough in-kind and solicited donations to fund Haven Studio.
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Haven Studio was completed and had its ribbon cutting and open house ceremony April 15th, 2023. A group of students along with Professor Chad Kraus presented Haven Studio to the U.S. Department of Energy, earning the following awards: Energy Performance: 1st Place Comfort and Environmental Quality: 2nd Place
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ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE STUDY ABROAD OVERVIEW Chad Kraus and Shannon Criss | Summer 2022 Architecture in Europe Study Abroad Finland, Sweden, and Denmark
DESCRIPTION This project required a study of the architecture in three European countries: Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. As we spent time in these countries, we took photos and sketched important architectural concepts and took notes of how architects in these areas used their skills to create structures that weren’t only beautiful, but practical and sustainable. This program required us to keep a sketchbook and sketch daily of important concepts we saw throughout our trip. I used my phone camera to capture over 2,000 photos, as well as my sketchbook with pens and alcohol based markers to establish materials.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES Understanding that different countries have different designs based on backgrounds, cultural differences, and environmental differences. Also understanding how to apply new concepts to future designs.
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Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, Hvitträsk, Finland
The Baltic Sea, Helsinki, Finland The view into the Baltic Sea showing the northern part of Helsinki to the right. The water was easily 32 degrees or lower.
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Kamppi Chapel, by Kimmo Lintula, Niko Sirola and Mikko Summanen, Helsinki, Finland
Alvar Aalto’s home, by Alvar Aalto, Helsinki, Finland Alto wanted a more modern home that promoted closeness and comfort for his family. Both he and his wives (first and second) helped design and decorate the home. Aalto used his home as his office and invited his employees to work here before he designed his studio a few blocks over.
FINLAND Starting our trip to Finland was the easiest transition for me. Helsinki is a city of all different people, similar to how American cities function. The most significant change was public transportation. There was an abundance of different transportation like trams, buses, subway, etc. The public also knew how to use the transit and be respectful, scanning their cards, sitting quietly, and helping those around them, especially lost students like ourselves. Helsinki also adored its architecture, especially works by Alvar Alto. Many of his works, as well as his home and studio, sit in and around Helsinki. There’s even a University named after him, and he designed a few of the buildings. One of the main works that stood out to me was Kamppi Chapel, designed by Kimmo Lintula, Niko Sirola and Mikko Summanen. The chapel is located in a busy part of the city, in Narinkka Square. The purpose of this structure is to provide a place of silence. There is no talking allowed inside the main chapel, allowing people to pray, gather their thoughts, or have a place to sit quietly. There was thick timber siding on the outside curves along the structure, forming an oval-like cylinder. The entire structure’s façade is a light timber lit up by the natural sunlight flowing through the roof. There are no windows, which allows the observers to focus on themselves and reflect. The indirect light is meant for sight and to shine down and warm those inside. Going from the loud, bustling city to walking through two doors and hearing nothing was a relief. I felt myself already calm down and focus on my thoughts. Helsinki, while a city, knows how to step back and relax.
St. Henry’s Ecumencial Art Chapel, by Matti Sanaksenacho, Turku, Finland Kaitlyn Dunn- 35
Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
SWEDEN After Finland, we took the ferry over to Sweden. Sweden was a very bustling city; cars speed past while a bus follows in pursuit every once in a while. Sweden had a better transportation system than anything in America, but Helsinki still had it beat. Even though we were only in the country for about five days, there was still a lot of architecture to explore. Stockholm is a much older city compared to Helsinki, so most of the architecture was from hundreds of years ago. A few much newer buildings were present, but the majority of places we visited were enriched in culture. One specific part of downtown was called “Old Town,” which held many midhigh historic structures, with tight alleyways flowing throughout the buildings. Even as you walk out of Old Town, plenty of chapels feel tied right back to that area. One of the chapels in the immediate area was The Riddarholmen Church, designed by Franciscan friars in the area. It holds multiple royal families’ tombs with high ceilings and lots of ornamentation. This chapel is about 800 years old and older than the majority of the structures in Old Town. While this chapel is not inside Old Town, it serves as a great anchoring point in the city: it stands taller than almost every structure around it. This may be because of its importance as a tomb for a lot of the royal family. Gamla Stan, Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden
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St. Mark’s Church, by Sigurd Lewerentz, Skogskyrkogården, Sweden
Hotel Shower, Stockholm, Sweden I documented this because it was once of my “different” ways of living. None of their showers included a bathtub and they were not accessible under the ADA’s guidelines. While they don’t follow the ADA guidelines, it’s interesting to see how accessible the United States is compared to other countries. Kaitlyn Dunn- 37
Kronborg Castle, by Eric of Pomerania, Helsin This is the same castle as the one featured in W Shakespear’s Hamlet
Copenhagen Opera House, by Henning Larsen
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Noma, by Bjarke Ingels GroupInterior, Copenhagen, Denmark
DENMARK The last destination was a train ride over to Denmark. I didn’t experience much of a cultural difference between Sweden and Denmark; people spoke both languages, the public transit was almost identical, and the majority of the architecture in the city was historical. The main difference is how Copenhagen is making strides for environmental sustainability in its structures. One example of this strive for environmental sustainability is the Amager Bakke, the ski slope with a power plant inside. The city wanted a power plant to convert heat and power waste to energy, but they didn’t want it to be an eye sore because of how close it is to the city. To combat this, they built around it and made a grass ski slope to be used year-round by the public. I visited this ski slope during the summer, which was not popular. Only two other groups were visiting, and one tried to ski down, but they kept stopping and falling off. While the power plant benefits the city, there needs to be more upkeep on the ski slope or transformed into something that the public would find more interest in.
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THANK YOU
e. k17dunn@yahoo.com c. 618.444.8326