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Katie Hardwick Objective As a Masters student in the Architecture + Health program at Clemson University, I am organized, goal-oriented, and selfdisciplined. I see architecture as a way to bring people, nature, and the built environment together. Throughout my time as a student, I have developed an interest in the integration of natural elements in the built environment, and how these elements affect health and wellness. I am searching for a rewarding position in architecture that will both continue to challenge and inspire me.
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Clemson University •M.Arch + Health Candidate •GPA 3.93 •Class of 2020 Texas A&M University •Bachelor of Environmental Design •GPA 3.866 •Class of 2018 Italart Santa Chiara Study Center •Study Abroad Semester Spring 2017 •Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy •Architecture History •Printmaking
Experience Clemson University Graduate Assistant •2018-Current • Manages Program Website •Assists David Allison FAIA, FACHA 12th Man Foundation •Texas A&M University 2014-2016 •Customer Service in Call Center •Ticket Sales for Athletic Events
Clemson, South Carolina
903. 530. 0686.
katie.hardwick18@gmail.com
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Skills/Software •Graphic Design •Team Collaboration •Problem Solving •Communication •Microsoft Office •AutoCAD •SketchUp •Adobe InDesign •Adobe Photoshop •Adobe Illustrator •Revit Architecture
Maggie’s Centre Greenville / Greenville, South Carolina a community support space for anyone affected by cancer
GHS Cancer Center / Greenville, South Carolina
an ambulatory cancer facility for radiation oncology and chemotherapy infusion
South Nova Hub / Woodbridge, Virginia a medical office building composed of modules
Architecture Center / College Station, Texas
master planning and designing college of architecture on green field site
Maggie’s Centre Greenville First Year M.Arch individual project Professors: David Allison and Byron Edwards Fall 2018 The purpose of a Maggie’s Centre is to provide levels of support for all those affected by cancer. While no physical treatment is done in these buildings, they focus on the mental, emotional, and social health of individuals. The intent of this Maggie’s Centre is to promote wellness by reducing stress in patients, encouraging activity on site, and promoting socialization among visitors. In order to achieve this goal, I focused on integrating natural light and views to the surrounding forest from the tree trunks to the tree tops.
Massing and Site In order to reduce the stress of users as much as possible, I utilized a form that allowed both natural light and views to nature. This “U” shaped building offered the opportunity to engage the steep site and create a ramped green roof accessible from ground level. The green roof encourages activity, generates views from levels as you ramp up, and creates a street presence along the main road. The Maggie’s Centre is located on the Greenville Health Systems Campus, but separated in order to maintain a sense of privacy in the densely forested site.
PARKING IN THE PARK Create a natural healing environment from the start
HARVEST DAYLIGHT Supports well-being and reduces feelings of depression
COMMON AREAS AT HEART Non-Institutional, central space for socialization
SPACE FOR RESPITE Allows staff to recharge for better patient care
WELCOMING ENTRY Invites people to building
GRADUAL TRANSITIONS Indoor/Outdoor spaces open up the space to nature
GARDENS WHICH LIVE Healing or therapeutic gardens aid in healing
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT Responsible method of recycling water to use on site
Site Plan
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Flows and Spaces The “U� shaped building contains both a public and private bar that circulate around a courtyard. The private bar is along the northern side of the site, and is buried into the earth 2ft to allow for the slope of the ramped roof. The lower ceilings and consistent northern light create a warmer, more intimate space where the information center, offices, and counseling rooms are located. The public bar looks to the southern part of the site, facing most of the views. This part of the building is floating over the contours to give the impression that the user is immersed into the forest. The open plan promotes socialization and offers views to both sides of the building. To further encourage this, the glass walls facing the courtyard open up to allow for indoor/outdoor activities.
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Green Roof Layers:
Steel Channel Z Clips anchored to steel frame Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Panels
Growing Medium 6” Filter Fabric 1/2” Drainage Layer 1” Root Barrier 1/4” Waterproof Membrane 1/4” Insulation 3” Concrete Slab 12”
Mesh Shading Structure: Aluminum Frame bolted into steel frame of parapet
Curtain Wall Glazing: Waterproof Membrane sits on top of frame Flashing Aluminum Frame Glazing
Floor: Finished Concrete Floor 2” Concrete Slab 16” Waterproof Membrane 1/4” Insulation 3” Steel Soffit 2” Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Panels attached to soffit with Z Clips
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Greenville Cancer Center First Year M.Arch project In collaboration with Xi Cao, Alex Langford, Hannah Shultz Professors: David Allison and Byron Edwards My contributions included: Revit model, floor plans, section drawings, and select diagrams Fall 2018 Situated in the same site as the Maggie’s Centre, the Greenville Cancer Center is located on the edge of the Greenville Health Systems campus in an area that is densely forested. The goals of this project are to provide a sense of comfort and awareness throughout treatment areas by ensuring that patients have access to natural daylight. As a team, we focused on immersing patients, visitors, and staff into nature through a transparent facade system, a daylight filled central spine, and lightwells that carry light into the treatment areas.
Massing and Site The form of the Cancer Center started with a treatment block and a public block intersected by a central spine that aligns with the axis of the existing campus. This spine would serve as a transparent circulation element, pointing you directly to the forest. All staff circulation would be along the north side of the building, while all public circulation would stay toward the views on the southern side of the site. Two lightwells puncture the treatment block to give natural light and views to all departments, including the linear accelerator vaults.
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02 The second floor serves as the Medical Oncology Department and Resource Center. The department is organized with a treatment block and a transparent block (waiting, nurse station, lightwell, and offices). There are two sets of blocks, and one feeds the other. Exam rooms are placed along lightwells to get consistant filtered light.
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Treatment Staff Vertical Circulation Public Space
03 The third floor is the Infusion Center and green roof. Public infusion bays are located along the south to allow the best views, while semi-private infusion and treatment rooms are located along the lightwells. A balcony and family room have been provided to acommodate large group visits and restless family members. Both are located right off of the nurse station for maximum visibility and security.
Karen | 42 years old
Arnold | 65 years old
“Jo” Josephine | 20 years old
Kevin | 42 years old
Infusion Center
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Linear Accelerator
Radiation Oncology Waiting
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Flows and Spaces As a team, we developed four different character profiles that are going through different types of cancer at various ages, gender, and personality types. Through this exercise, we arranged and developed spaces within our building that were accommodating to different individuals. The waiting spaces are broken up to give the user a sense of autonomy. Some waiting is open and family oriented, while other spaces are blocked off for the private type. The infusion center houses open public bays facing the forested site, semi-private bays along the lightwells, a family room for patients with large groups visiting, and a balcony that allows family, staff, and healthy patients the opportunity to get fresh air. On the left page, these different profile’s paths are marked to show how each type was considered in the plan.
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Materiality The facade material palette consisted of various arrangements of glass, perforated aluminum, and wood shading fins. Each facade has unique layers to protect from the various sun conditions. The central spine that cuts through the building is accented by taking away the wooden shading fins, and creating a transparent facade using glass and perforated aluminum. By using the same material palette in different ways, we were able to create a cohesive building that protected from the harsh sunlight, but also allowed for views outward. The diagram below shows the south facade in which all of the layers were used.
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FACADE LAYERS 1. Building Structure 2. Curtain Wall Structure 3. Vertical Wooden Shade Fins 4. Perforated Metal Panels 5. Horizontal Wooden Shade
South Nova Hub Fourth Year Undergraduate project In collaboration with: Margaret Ragain Professor: George Mann Contributions Included: Revit model, site plan, floor plans, section, and interior renderings Spring 2018 This South Nova Specialty Medical Office Building located in Woodbridge, Virginia is designed to engage both nature and the community. As a team, we felt strongly about inviting people to the site, even if medical attention was not needed. Multiple outdoor spaces encourage an active, healthy lifestyle in hopes to promote wellness within the community. Once within the building, the objective was to provide a clinical module that could be used for each department. The module focused on incorporating light into the public spaces and providing an atmosphere that supported social interaction.
Massing and Site The form of the South Nova Hub started with the design of a clinical module. Once one module was created, we mirrored it and shifted one to allow maximum daylight to enter the departments. The ground floor and vertical circulation created the base and the spine. Lastly, we felt it was important to provide a space welcome to the community, and thus an after-hours community center room was placed on the roof terrace.
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02 The second floor holds both the Orthopedic Module and the Primary Care Module. Each of these departments has specialty areas; physical therapy and mental health. The physical therapy space has a private area on the larger roof terrace. This terrace holds the community center, open after hours and accessible through the northern parking lot.
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The third floor holds the Medical Specialties Mo towards the eastern gardens. On the southern side
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odule with an accompanying Infusion Center looking e of the building is the the Surgical Specialties Module.
05 The fourth floor is shell space for futer expansion, and therefore not shown. The fifth floor holds the Procedure Center and Outpatient Surgery, therefore the modules change to accomodate the different functions. Mechanical Space is also located on this floor.
Flows and Spaces The modules are designed to have curtain walls at the ends of all corridors to bring in both natural light and views. The public circulation is along the front of house and the staff enclave is along the back of house. The faculty and staff enclave includes both a break room and balcony space to reduce stress among workers. The placement of these modules at the north and south ends of the building allow specialty departments to be along the circulation spine of the building. Wayfinding is straightforward, and all departments have access to views and natural light due to the racetrack layout.
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Architecture Center Fourth Year Undergraduate project In collaboration with: Tere Sagay Professor: Michael O’Brien Contributions Included: Revit model, site plan, floor plans, diagrams, select renderings Fall 2017 In an act to revive the current College of Architecture at Texas A&M University, this project focuses on redesigning and relocating the five departments of the College of Architecture to a green field site. One core building and six flex buildings have been master planned, and one flex building has been designed. As a team, we focused on incorporating natural elements, creating human-scaled spaces, and making sustainable choices.
Massing and Site As a team we chose to emphasize courtyards in the masterplan, and used cutouts as a way to determine the massing of the buildings. We started by defining 2 main axes on the campus that would connect to an existing bus stop and parking lot. At the intersection of these axes, we cut out a central quad. That quad informed where the other cutouts would go by making sure that all courtyards had visual access to the main quad. These courtyards are shared between pairs of buildings, and the building forms arose from the cutouts. The Architecture Center is highlighted in pink on the site plan.
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Buildings From Leftovers
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Plan Organization The central atrium serves as the main circulation and hub of our building, while various two-story spaces within the building act as human-scale collaboration spaces. We chose to introduce two-story spaces as a way to connect the studio spaces. Collaboration was one of our main goals, so having these alternating two-story spaces was one strategy for accomplishing this. PhD offices, faculty offices, and lounge areas also have similar spaces, where the lower level is the office space and the upper floor is used as a balcony. The integration of these spaces is shown highlighted in pink on the plans. Studios are along the western streetfront, staff and Phd offices are along the northeast edge, and classroom spaces are right off of the central atrium.
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Flows and Spaces The studios are located along the western facade facing the main street. In order to both shade the studios and connect to the streetfront, we chose to use balconies that step back. There is an auditorium on the ground level, and outdoors an amphitheater mimics the same program. In order to encourage the use of outdoor spaces, there is a large movable wall to create an indoor/outdoor event space. In the section you can see the use of these 2-story spaces along the office facade.
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Studio Balcony
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