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kaleidoscopic is the story of oscillating change. It is adapting to survive amidst turbulent and beautiful moments, those that remain concrete in the mind. It is the ability to thrive as the world around is moving, developing, and evolving into the future. Architecture stands between man and nature, synthesizing the need to preserve and advance. The architect relies on her past experiences for information and inspiration: where she has been, what she has investigated, and how she exploited her knowledge to design. kaleidoscopic is a chronicle of a growing passion for movement, analysis, practice, and understanding.
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Architecture is theatrical in its conceptual understanding. It is sublime in its portrayal to the masses. It is inspiration to those with a desire to change the world.
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Architecture is about observing, analyzing, and reinterpreting reality. It is taking the essence of what man knows and reshaping it to unravel his natural essence. It is story-telling, visually transmitting experiences into the built environment and impacting vocabularies, beliefs, and commonalities with cultures unlike our own. It is synthesizing the importance of history and the fairy-tale of the iconic, bringing beautiful forms and materials to the unfamiliar. It is theatrical in its conceptual understanding. It is sublime in its portrayal to the masses. It is inspiration to those with a desire to change the world.
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It is passion, to explain the difficult questions we are facing today with a penchant for studying the past and embracing the present, always relying on our imagination and experiences for guidance and stimulus. Architecture is a literary masterpiece, beautiful in composition and exquisite in artistic expression.
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Architecture is place. It is the built environment that fuses humans and nature into one entity. It is movement and location, studying the historical and iconic works of art. It is a stimulus for travel, exploration, and culture.
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Position is relative. It is constant change, influencing ways one view and experiences the world.
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Quintessential, Leica D-LUX 3, Paris, France, 2011 Arch of Titus, Leica D-LUX 3, Rome, Italy, 2011
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Location is knowledge. It is immersing oneself in the unfamiliarity of cultures, similar or distant in vocabularies and beliefs, confirming a value in understanding man and tolerating his character.
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Turkish Extremes, Leica D-LUX 3, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011 Hagia Sophia, Ink and watercolor, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Leica D-LUX 3, Rome, Italy, 2011 San Carlo, Ink and watercolor, Rome, Italy, 2011
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Piazza de Popolo, Ink and watercolor, Rome, Italy, 2011 Blue, Art Installation, Leica D-LUX 3, Rome, Italy, 2011 Vespa, Art Installation, Leica D-LUX 3, Rome, Italy, 2011
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Traveling is art. It is the conglomeration of past and present, the relentless pursuit of the known and the unknown.
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St Peter’s, Leica D-LUX 3 Vatican City, Italy, 2011
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Mont St Michel, Graphite, Normandy, France, 2011 Petrin Hill Landscape, Graphite, Prague, Czech Republic, 2011
Position is color and texture.
It is contrasting spaces, negative and positive, in which spectacular moments appear among seemingly ordinary locations. It is the yin and the yang, competing yet harmonious, to explain material, transparency, and form. 025
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Bosphorus Seascape, Ink and watercolor, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011 Vatican Streetscape, Ink and watercolor, Vatican City, Italy, 2011
Movement is experiencing.
It is the urge to explore the beautifully alluring heritage of the native land, traversing the same roads walked by ancestors centuries past. 027
Jirรกskuv Most, Leica D-LUX 3, Prague, Czech Republic, 2011
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Prague Riverscape, Ink and watercolor, Prague, Czech Republic, 2011
Travel is nourishment.
It is the need to consume cultural idiosyncrasies and become a native, an anti tourist, to truly belong within the new environment.
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Illy Espresso, Leica D-LUX 3, Rome, Italy, 2011 Parisian Graffiti, Leica D-LUX 3, Paris, France, 2011 T端rk Kahvesi, Ink and watercolor, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
Tempietto, Ink and watercolor, Rome, Italy, 2011
Travel is life.
It is the constant desire to venture out of comfort and become lost within an unfamiliar environment, forever chasing an understanding of the world.
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Architecture is analysis. 035
It is the understanding of minute details and intricate formation. It is the juxtaposition of ideation and implementation, the intermediary and schematic condition. It is learning from mistakes and appreciating the ability to move forward after failing. It is the enticement to design.
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artifact near east peace center plant stand art house impression wall
Experimentation is an investigation into the unknown. It is shifting the energy from within to discover why things behave the way they do. It is taking the safe, comfortable, and familiar and pushing the boundaries. It is the limitless exertion of creativity. 037
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artifact, Third Year, F2010 The Wall, Third Year, F2010
n e a r peacec Design is finding inspiration in an ordinary object. It is the discovery of combining contrasting elements, finding beauty within the specimen others might dismiss. It is the archetype for a new art, the masterpiece that manifests confidence, excellence, and value.
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L R UP Concept generation, Near East Peace Center, Third Year, F2010 L R DN Figure ground study, Near East Peace Center, Third Year, F2010
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Near East Peace Center, Third Year, F2010 Planning + Scale, Near East Peace Center, Third Year, F2010
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Architecture is an investigation of medium. It is the education of materiality and construction. It is hands on, feeling the textures and molding the physical. It is the vision embodied in the built, a creation taken from conception to birth. It is creating for the first time a tangible mass, an education in fabrication and joinery.
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Plant Stand, Third Year, F2010 Process and production, Plant Stand, Third Year, F2010
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Formation study, Art House, First Year, S2009
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Art House, First Year, S2009
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Conceptual sketches, Impression Wall, Third Year, S2011 Impression Wall, Third Year, S2011
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It is analyzing the child, the vivacious little human the adult once was. It is playful and fun, turning to the innocence within for inspiration.
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Process and fabrication, Impression Wall, Oklahoma WONDERtorium, Third Year, S2011 Impression Wall, Oklahoma WONDERtorium, Third Year, S2011
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Architecture is generation.
It is the understanding of minute details and intricate formation. It is the juxtaposition of ideation and implementation, the intermediary and schematic condition.
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It is learning from mistakes and appreciating the ability to move forward after failing. It is the enticement to design.
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urban senior dwelling studio.residences chapel of light corcoran museum osage cultural center
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Site study, Urban Senior Dwelling, Third Year, S2011 Sustainable study, Urban Senior Dwelling, Third Year, S2011
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Architecture is community. It is the inherent need for friendship and affection, the flourishing neighborhood and dynamic cityscape. It is a way of sustainable living, aiding the cycle of human existence.
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Urban Senior Dwelling, Third Year, S2011
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Design is discovery. It is the arrangement of fact and fiction. It is the combination of the extreme and serene, the artistry and scientific. It is the draft, the trial and error, and the final diagnosis.
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Study iterations, studio.residence, Second Year, F2009
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studio.residence, Second Year, F2009
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Art is the production of the visual and tangible. It is the need to create and improve. It is the use of light to design an atmosphere that is spiritual and ethereal. It is the internal need to burrow, to feel sheltered, protected from forces outside our control.
Chapel of Light, Second Year, F2009
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Corcoran Museum, Fourth Year, F2011
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Human beings are in constant motion. It is walking, communication, sound. It is the stretching and flexing in millions of ways in a desire to move. It is seamlessly executed without a conscious awareness. Architecture is the embodiment of human movement, a poetic metaphor of flowing color, texture, and structure. It is a progression of fluidity.
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Gallery, Corcoran Museum, Fourth Year, F2011 Formation, Corcoran Museum, Fourth Year, F2011
osag cultura cente Osage Cultural Center, Fourth Year, F2011
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Nature is the conflicting circumstances of war and peace. It is juxtaposing two extremes to embody a culture burdened with damage, suffering, and conflict. It is coming to terms with the effects of battle, to withstand hardship and loss. It is the peaceful center within every troubled state.
Osage Cultural Center, Fourth Year, F2011
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osag cultura cente Osage Cultural Center, Fourth Year, F2011
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reflection Architecture is the ability to decipher conclusions. It is the inherent need to ingest and digest information, to aid in resolving, concluding. It is finalizing thoughts. It is the act of viewing the past as an experience to learn from, the education of dreams. It is the designer’s value.
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Park Monceau, Graphite, Paris, France, 2011
kaleidoscopic is the story of development. Maturing from a child to an adult, timid and weak to strong and fearless. It evokes changing beliefs from wandering the outside world, unfamiliar in every sense. It is gaining knowledge and insight by observation. It is cultivating an inner desire to examine, analyzing generalities and details to produce the perfect artifact. It is trial and error, criticism, and setbacks, the negativity that boosts thoughtful design and creativity to the next realm, the future, tomorrow.
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Chartres Cathedral, Graphite, Chartres, France, 2011
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kaleidoscopic is the story of growth.
kelsey trepka 251 W Miller Ave #107 Stillwater, OK 74075 517 672 2423 kelsey.trepka@gmail.com
education
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK Bachelor of Architectural Design First Year analogue + color theory + design principles Second Year analogue + site planning + building systems Third Year digital + international context + design/build Fourth Year digital + design development + comprehensive Europe Study 2mo. study abroad; Paris, Prague, Rome, Istanbul
F2008-F2012 GPA 3.5 solo solo team + solo team + solo field study
Lansing Community College Lansing, MI General Studies
F2006-S2008 GPA 3.8
honors 2011 Eason Leonard Fellowship, Damore Scholarship, Ball Scholarship, Honor Roll 2010 Alumni Book Award, Tesone Scholarship, Honor Roll 2008 President’s Award, OSU Nonresident Transfer Scholarship 2006 Dean’s Award
proficient
Strong verbal + written communication skills Multitasking with specific attention to detail Capable of successfully working in a team
Dependable Organized Willing to learn
AutoCAD Rhinoceros 4.0 3DS MAS
MS Office Sketch + Watercolor Photography
Photoshop CS5 InDesign CS5 Illustrator CS5
experience Summerwood Equestrian Center Hartland, MI Barn assistant Supervisor : Teah Bankes Maintained great customer service while finishing intended jobs Successfully managed required ability to multi-task
reference
Teah Bankes Mohd Bilbeisi Randy Seitsinger
Summerwood Equestrian Center Professor of Architecture, OSU Head of Architecture, OSU
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