Kaley LeBlanc Architecture Portfolio

Kaley LeBlanc Architecture Portfolio

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Redefining Space ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 36 Warehouse renovation

The Hug �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 42 Artist residence skyscraper

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Resume Eductaion

Contact Information Kaley LeBlanc k.m.leblanc@wustl.edu 978-427-1693

Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO - May 2025 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (GPA: 3.78)

St. Mark’s School, Southborough, MA- June 2021 Graduated with distinction Three-sport athlete; Student government leader; Art Editor for the school literary magazine

Related Experiences

Exhibition Committee, Teacher’s Assistant, St. Louis, MO- Fall 2022 - Present Mount exhibitions, ensuring adequate communication between the artist and the exhibition team and coordinating gallery composition, Advertise exhibitions to maximize attendance by purposefully considering advertising strategies ARP Engineering & Design Corporation, Architecture Intern,

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Summer 2022 Recorded the inspections of the structural integrity of buildings in South Florida Observed the construction practices of South Florida in response to the tragic collapse of condominiums in the region Shadowed experts and was exposured to AutoCAD software

Hyster-Yale, Intern, Greenville, North Carolina

Quickly translated ideas and sketches into floor plans, models, and renders. Used Rhino, V-ray, and Illustrator to create and present the work.

Aditional Experiences

Pelican Grand Beach Resort, Beach Attendant, Fort Lauderdale, FL- Summer 2022

Ensured exceptional customer service was provided to guests by creating meaningful interactions and resourcefully solving problems Catered to guest needs by effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams

Park & Ocean at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, Cashier, Fort Lauderdale, FL- Summer 2019 & 2020 Actively managed the cashier and drove sales through active customer engagement Dutifully monitored and recorded sales by processing payments

Volunteer Experiences

Peer Mentorship Program, Mentor, St. Louis, MO, Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Support incoming WashU student to ensure smooth transitions Meet with mentors to offer advice and guide decision-making

Hearts for Arts, Member, St. Louis, MO, Fall 2022 - Present

Lead biweekly activities with the group and make art with the patients at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Develop meaningful relationships and experiences that bring joy and impact children’s lives

Skills

Digital: Rhino 7, Adobe Suite Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Wufi, Laser cutting, 3D printing, AutoCAD - basic, Procreate, V-ray render Analog: Hand drafting, Plaster casting, Concrete casting, Illustration Languages: Fluent Spanish

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Fractured Spring 2023 Studio Coordinator: Sharvari Mhatre Since 2005, the expansion of fracking has harmfully impacted 675,000 acres of land along with its biodiversity. Therefore, the Fractured Research Center has been designed to examine fracking's effect on the Midwest biodiversity and the Missouri water supplies. The facility should strive to innovate sustainable forms of fuel, collect data on water supplies, and inspire future generations to follow in that pursuit. The design aims to create a symbiotic relationship between the scientists working in the facility and the public visiting. As the visitors walk through the space, they get inspired by the experiments being done by the scientist. In return, the scientists gain daily motivation by seeing the energy and excitement of the visitors.

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Hand drawings, design exploration of the Beinecke library and the Igulada cemetary

Igulada cemetary

Beinecke library

Beinecke library

Beinecke library

Igulada cemetary

Igulada cemetary

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Digitized hand drawings overlaid in physical model

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Facade studies

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Form exploration

Plaster object 1

Plaster object 2

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Plan 2 plaster composition

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Public Library/ Archive Public Lab Private Office Study Space Study RoomsPublic Public Bathrooms Rooptop Garden 4’

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Plan 1 plaster composition

Elevation plaster composition

Combining plaster forms into a new shape using photoshop.

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1) Public Entrance 2) Private Lab 3) Staff Offices 4) Common Room 5) Private Bathroom 6) Private Entrance 7) Gallery 8) Public Bathrooms 9) Interior Garden 10) Flex Space 0 1’

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Sketch

Exterior rendering

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Site model Site interaction

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Interior rendering

Exterior elevation

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Interior spaces

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Detail images

Elevation

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Exterior model images

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Refuge Fall 2021 Professor and Studio Coordinator: Lindsay Stouffer Palimpsest At the beginning of the project, we were given a dystopian prompt. After reading it, we were tasked to design a landscape in which we believed the story took place. As part of the design process, we were told to find patterns in nature to influence the patterns of our imagined landscape.

Body Device In this landscape that we had imagined, we were then asked to create a body device to help the character survive in the environment. Since I had imagined a river valley surrounded by mountains, I created a flotation device. I took the curvilinear geometry that I produced in my first drawing and applied it to the curved skeleton for the flotation device. I took those curves and played around with size and proportion.

Bivouac We were tasked to make our landscape out of foam and build a space, bivouac, that would protect our character. I created the mountainside that would cut down steeply into a river valley. I began by simplifying the varied curves from my body device but ultimately decided to return to the curved skeleton. I kept experimenting with its form, ultimately deciding to split the ground floor, compress the curves, and vary their heights.

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Palimpsest

Sketches

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Sketches

Body device

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Plan

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Tasked with creating a site and a bivouac to interact with it.

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Bivouac physical model

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Hand drawings

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Play Pavillion Spring 2022 Professor and Studio Coordinator: Lindsay Stouffer The Play Place project began with choosing a game play. I chose “One Tap Two Tap”, which consist of players sitting in a circle and tapping their hands according to the game rules.

To translate the data I collected from running the game, I took the circular graphs and made them linear with wooden sticks (P1). I then took the building logic of P1 and made a preliminary Play Structure (P2) that had no specific enviroment. I focused on stained glass and exploration.

The final assignment was a Play Pavillion that took into account its context, the St. Louis City Museum, and our client’s/classmate’s requests. I aimed to intigrate the eclectic and fun nature of the City Musuem with a structure for braiding (my client’s request). I focused on the building technique I had developed in previous parts of the project and the stained glass of the Play Structure.

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Field journal data collection

Data translation new form

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Place place progress

Site location

Site location

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Model image

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Elevation

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Model image

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Detail model image

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From Tobacco to Robots: Redefining Space Summer 2023 Hyster-Yale The summer of 2023 I worked for Hyster-Yale helping transform two warehouses.

From an old tabacco factory, they wanted to redesign these spaces to showcase their hightech forklifts to their current and potential customers. I helped by creating many versions of floor plans and digitally modeling and rendering the spaces. Through this, I helped the team visualize what their decisions would look like.

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Building A

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Site plan

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Building A rendering using V-ray

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Building A Site context

Building A rendering

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Building D

Building D image

Building D floor plan

Building D floor plan rendering

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Building D renderings

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Fall 2023 professor: Jonathan Murphy Sudio coordinator: Chandler Ahrens

The Hug Artist Residence in Chicago

“The claim here, in effect, is that maternal inclination for the infant ends up re-tarding the process that will free the self from dependence and culminate in the figure of the autonomous self—the self, that is to say, who will function as his own moral legislator, and who, once he assumes a typically erect posture, will be balanced on the internal axis of his own “authentic self.” The scene of the mother with the child evokes a relational model that is mostly asymmetrical and unbalanced. The Kantian self is instead like Adam: self-enclosed, it stands up on its own with no need for external support.”

Page 27 of Adriana Cavarero’s Inclinations: A Critique of Rectitude Inspired by Adriana Cavarero’s Inclinations: A Critique of Rectitude, The Hug is a counter-argument to the Western philosophical idea that the self is one who “assumes a typically erect posture [and] will be balanced on the internal axis of his own.” Cavarero’s critique of this statement is that we cannot stand completely independent from everyone. Rather, we need support.

The Hug is an expression of Cavarero’s idea and my reflections on it. In contrast to erect skyscrapers independent of one another, The Hug displays two towers balancing on their combined internal axis. Their dependency does not hinder their growth but instead propels them toward the sky, emphasized by the diagonal lines along the facade. The rough structural facade is contrasted by the soft light and form of the core and twisting hallways. These interior elements become the blood vessels of the towers, enabling the public to circulate through the body of The Hug. Continuing the metaphor of tower-as-person, the imperfect structural facade displays the flawed exterior that comprises us. However, the core, the point at which both towers connect, emits the light that comes from within just as when we experience human connection.

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Digital form study

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Physical model form translation 1’=1/32”

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Study model images

Site interaction

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Site plan

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Digital Exploration Using Grasshopper

Fabricating grasshopper output

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Physical model of the facade study 1/2”=1’

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Skin design process

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Section model 1’=3/32”

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Public Circulation: The design aims to create vertical neighborhoods. Neighborhoods are three stories high. The first floors of these neighborhoods are open to the public and host private businesses. The second two floors are comprised of artist housing. Like a mall, the fronts of the artists apartment are art gallerys. The public can walk through these hallways and see the art the artists are producing.

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Public space diagram

elevator shaft twisting core highlighted spaces are for public use and private businesses

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Section Model 1’=3/32”

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Light and facade

Facade flare

Facade detail

Facade and light

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Human perspective

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Thickness

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Night image

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Core twist emitting light

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Corner condition and tower ground reaction

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Physical model 1’=1/32”

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Section model 1’=3/32”

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Physical model 1’=1/32”

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