Architecture + Design Portfolio 2022 by kalyn_ahrens

KALYN

AHRENS Architecture + Design Portfolio 2022

“I just wanted to take a quick moment and acknowledge your engagement across all projects. From my end, your speed to respond and thoroughness on the details is a huge asset across the board while we are building so fast. I know you are rela vely new on the [retail project] side, but more than appreciate you jumping right in on everything. Thank you.” -Sr. Project Manager, Retail Client

Contents

A Stadium for the Future Pg. 6

Rodeo Arena Pg. 16

China Internship Pg. 24

Tiny House Pg. 30

Digital Fabrication Pg. 36

A Stadium for the Future

The Stadium for the Future in Miami, Florida, is designed around considerations of long-term thinking and the stadium’s life after hosting games for the 2026 World Cup. Through research of Miami’s urban context, cultural and architectural history, and environmental challenges, the stadium is designed to improve adjacent surroundings and accessibility, to be multi-functional to benefit public needs, and to increase stadium life longevity.

1) The existing site contains abandoned buildings, parking lots, a few restaurants, a dry cleaner, and access to public transportation.

2) A typical 40,000 seating capacity stadium placed on the site will NOT fit!

3) The stadium must be raised to avoid potential flooding from rising sea levels.

4) Parking garages will provide both parking spaces for the public and support the stadium structure above.

5) The parking garage will be split into two separate towers to create public space below and a connection the river.

6) A proposed Metrorail stop will be added to enhance accessibility ,and elevated links will provide direct connections with neighboring structures.

7) Seating around the stadium will frame views and physical connections.

8) Oﬃces and an Athletic Training Center will have views into the stadium. Breezes from the south will flow through the bridges and into the stadium.

10) The Hyperloop station will establish the stadium as a circulation hub and connect to existing public transportation routes.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PARTI 11) A hotel will be added to increase accessibility for fans and players to the stadium and completes the border of towers in the area.

12) All surrounding hotels and condos will have views into the stadium to increase ‘stadium capacity’.

HOTEL ROOMS

MUSEUM AND OFFICES

HYPERLOOP STATION AND STADIUM BOWL

STADIUM PITCH, LOCKER ROOMS, AND HOTEL LOBBY

PUBLIC TRANSIT STATION

PARKING GARAGE

RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS

Exploded Program Axonometric

Process Sketches

View from Stadium Skywalk

View of Parking Garage, Stadium, and Hotel

View of Stadium Pitch from Supporters Sec on

View of Supporters Sec on and Hyperloop Sta on

View of Pedestrian Pass on Hyperloop Tunnel

View of Stadium and Hyperloop Sta on Entrance from Above

View from Riverfront Park at Miami River

DRONE RACING TRACK

WORLD CUP VENUE

COLLEGE FOOTBALL VENUE

OUTDOOR CONVENTION CENTER OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATRE + NIGHT MARKET

HOTEL RESORT WHEN SEA LEVEL RISE IS AT 30’-0”

Sec on Perspec ve Phasing Time Line

Rodeo Arena

The Rodeo Arena is a new arts and entertainment district that connects downtown Springfield, MO with the future development of West Meadows Park. Informed by the barn typology and its structural nature, the arena and its suppor ng elements of the Farmer’s Market, Restaurant, Oﬃces, Mooseum, Holding Pens, and Locker Rooms are designed along a geometric bay system. The designs’ geometry frames people and livestock accessibility, spa al organiza on on the interior and exterior of the site, and mechanical and structural systems.

Eleva on - North

Sec on - Arena/Storage/Holding Pens

Sec on - Arena

Eleva on - South

METAL STANDING SEAM ROOF COVER BOARD INSULATION RIGID INSULATION VAPOR RETARDER 8” STEEL ROOF DECKING WOOD JOIST

ACOUSTICAL PANEL 3” WOOD SLAT 10’ GLUE LAMINATED BEAM 3’X3’ SUPPLY DUCT

METAL SIDING BRACKET 6” CONCRETE PANEL RIGID INSULATION METAL STUD EARTH TUBE SUPPLY DUCT FLASHING 6” DIA. PERFORATED DRAIN PIPE 4” DIA. REBAR COMPACTED GRAVEL EARTH

Arena Wall Sec on Detail

View of Holding Pens

View of Mooseum at Night

View of Rodeo Arena

ROOF ENCLOSURE

STRUCTURAL PATTERN

HVAC SYSTEM

WALL ENCLOSURE

Exploded Axonometric of Technical Systems

Site Entrance to Farmer’s Market and Plaza

China Internship

I was tasked to develop diagrams, renders, and a resort concept for Jianxue Architecture and Engineering Design Ins tute oﬃce in Hangzhou, China to be presented to clients that had a desire to develop land in the bamboo forest landscape outside the city. I proposed that this resort would target business groups to a end a company retreat where employees can be relieved from an intense and stressful work environment and bond over pain ng and cooking course experiences while enjoying the outdoor environment.

Hotel Cluster Concept Par

Hotel and Landscape Sec on

View of Courtyard

Hotel Resort Complex

View from Balcony

Framed View into Courtyard

View of Screening System at Hotel Balconies

Tiny House

As a Design-Build studio, we designed a 400 sq. . ny home around the personal and visual centric needs of a deaf individual in Eden Village for people of chronic homelessness. The ny house was also built to withstand wind loads comparable to an EF-5 tornado. My inspira on for the ny house form and oﬀset gable roof came from a modern take on the tradi onal home form and shi of the ceiling’s highest point to be over the areas of the home where me is most spent. I was also tasked to design the built-in shelving structure around the television and nook.

Cu ng shelving unit on CNC machine

Prepping shelves for sanding and stain

Staining shelves

Shelf installa on and nook

Render of Tiny House

Final Build of Tiny House

Render Floor Plan of Tiny House

Bedroom

Kitchen

Built-In Shelving

Digital Fabrication

A series of sculptural forms that were generated in Rhino with Grasshopper scripts to explore the capabili es of 3-dimensional geometries to physical models. Each model has unique structural quali es and complexi es that challenge the transla on from digital to physical. The experience of the process models led to the development of a 1:1 scale parametric bench.

3D Form Divided into Strips in Rhino for Physical Model

3D Form in Rhino

Physical Paper Model of 3D Form

Physical Model of Geometric Form Produced in Rhino I

Physical Model of Geometric Form Produced in Rhino II

1:1 Scale Parametric Bench | Front

1:1 Scale Parametric Bench

1:1 Scale Parametric Bench | Detail