Kevin Ulmer Work Sample 2022 by Kevin Ulmer

Kevin Ulmer

Work Sample

Thoughts on Architecture Given my vast interests within architecture... the discipline of architecture, I aimed to pen what matters is interdisciplinary most to me. I developed a list of inspirations and ideals. All is a way of thinking, an iterative these provocations respond to process one simple question: What interests me about architecture?

negotiates space mediates as well as liberates is inspired problem solving

requires optimism

is both logical and personal

listens, then reacts responsibly

demands precision

can transform lived experience

can be grand, whimsical, formal, intimate, serious, and iconic

is the design of a door handle as much as a response to epigenetic forces

expresses relationships (is the preposition of disciplines)

is layered and multi-scalar negotiates space

is intuition as much as developed thought

Outlook on Design My interest in design lies far beyond just architecture, but architecture pulls me in more consistently and forcefully. It drives inspiration, allows for multi scalar speculation, requires precision, and is a human necessity, therefore should be treated and deployed respectfully.

Interdisciplinary

Architecture cannot rely solely on its own discipline for accuracy. The complex nature of the built environment demands that architecture listen and respond to outside influences. This is what excites me. Learning from other disciplines develops At this stage of my life, I want both conceptual thought and rigorous precision. A lot to pen what matters most of this thinking generates regarding my relationship from my urban design with design. At the current background, but architecture moment, these passions can greatly benefit from this can be summarized by two type of practice. I am a firm categories: interdisciplinary and ecological consciousness. believer that wholistic design must engage other ideas, disciplines, and voices.

Ecologically Consciousness Architecture cannot ignore the ecological cost that habitation has on the planet, especially living in the Anthropocene. While habitation and dwelling are human necessities, providing for them should be done with the least critical harm to the environment. To me, this constraint doesn’t limit design, it rather liberates creativity to transform habitation’s relationship with ecology, a relationship dependent on material costs, labor, and energy demands. Architecture can generate new ways of living, but this creative task must be done efficiently and responsibly.

Kevin Ulmer Education

1328 Waterloo St. #2 Los Angeles, CA 90026 | kevin.r.ulmer@gmail.com | 626.319.4540

Master of Architecture Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts | Washington University in St. Louis | May 2019 Approach [Studio Project Selected for Gradate Work Publication] | Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019 Degree Project Publication [Thesis Studio Project Selected for Publication] | May 2019 Widmann Prize Nominee [1 of 15 Graduating Students Nominated for Exemplary Academic + Design Achievement] | May 2019 The American Colleges of Healthcare Architecture [Studio Project Selected for Educators Roundtable] | August 2019??

Bachelor of Arts Fordham University in New York | May 2015 Urban Design Major | Pre-Professional Design Minor Danish Institute for Study Abroad | Architecture and Sustainablity Courses | Copenhagen, Denmark

Professional Experience

kevin daly Architects Designer | Los Angeles | 2020-present As a designer at kdA, my responsibilities have ranged from project designer, managing the model shop and curating the art direction of physical model production, coordination physical mockups and fabrication, working on RFPs and website design, conceptual and schematic design on new projects, custom furniture design, and developing a permitting set for residential renovations and interior project

Make Architecture Architectural Intern | Los Angeles | Summer 2017

Developed concept designs for RFPs, designed schematic drawings for current projects, revise construction documents, produced marketing presentations, made architectural models, conducted as-built field work and subsequent drafting, and made renders

Publications

Infrastructural Urbanism by Linda C. Samuels

My first year urban design studio project, "Renavigating Sumner," was featured in this recently published book as a case study for progressive visions of infrastructure generated urbanism. The project aims to generate an urban design strategy for a proposed metro transit district based on social justice and restorative neighborhood identity in North St. Louis.

Food Forward Assistant Researcher | November 2021-present

Working with a local food recovery non-profit, my responsibility was for visualizing the process of food recovery through diagrammatic drawings, mappings, and data visualization.

Teaching + Research

Graduate Teaching Assistant Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Architectural History: Architecture Since 1880 | Fall 2016-Fall Head Teaching Assistant | Fall 2018 Urbanism Since 1850 | Spring 2017

Graduate Student Researcher Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts The Divided City | Center for Humanities | Summer 2016 Conducted neighborhood research, analyzed demographic statistical data, and designed maps of empirical research and census data visualizing spatial segregation in St. Louis

Book Designer in collaboration with Zeuler Lima | Spring-Summer 2019

Invited to collaborate on organizing, designing, editing, and printing a book containing a curated collection of his personal drawings

Leadership

Graduate Admissions Student Reviewer Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Invited by Heather Woofter, the Director of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, and the program chairs to work alongside the faculty in reading, reviewing, and discussing admission applications for the Graduate School of Architecture

LABOUR Journal Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Member of the Editorial Board for the inaugural issue of a student-focused and student-driven research and theory publication at Washington University in St. Louis

Skills

Digital | AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, ArcGIS, V-Ray, Maxwell, Lumion Analog | Model Making [art boards, basswood, hardwood, acrylic, concrete], Laser Cutter, Drafting, Book Making, Pottery, Carpentry + Woodworking

References

Linda Samuels

Ciro Dimson

lcsamuels@wustl.edu

ciro@westofwest.com 3

Houston Endowment

office hq project kdA won with a competition entry schematic design through construction administration

design development final model

final presentation model

custom furniture for Houston Endowment cafe tables

ATION

CAFE TABLE ELEVATION 1" = 1'-0"

5 0.03

6 0.03

CAFE TABLE PLAN 1" = 1'-0"

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DATE

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HE FURNITURE

TITLE:

CAFE TABLES

SHAPED BREADBOARD

ADJUSTABLE BASE PLATE AXO

ADJUSTABLE BASE PLATE

CAFE TABLE SECTION

CAFE TABLE ELEV 1" = 1'-0"

1" = 1'-0"

3" = 1'-0"

NTS

3" = 1'-0"

INTERNAL FRAME PLAN 1" = 1'-0"

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TITLE:

CAFE TABLE DETAILS

custom furniture for Houston Endowment boardroom table

BOARDROOM TABLE OUTLET PLAN 1/2" = 1'-0"

5 --

BOARDROOM TABLE ELEVATION 1" = 1'-0"

3 --

BOARDROOM TABLE PLAN 1" = 1'-0"

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DATE

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TITLE:

BOARDROOM TABLE

BOARDROOM TABLE BASE AXO NTS

BOARDROOM TABLE BASE TYPE 2 1" = 1'-0"

BOARDROOM TABLE LEG TYPE 2

BOARDROOM TABLE BASE PLAN

1" = 1'-0"

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DATE

ISSUE

DATE

BOARDROOM TABLE BASE TYPE 1

BOARDROOM TABLE LEG TYPE 1

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1" = 1'-0"

RECEPTION DESK

KEVIN DALY ARCHITECTS

HE FURNITURE

TITLE:

3617 EXPOSITION BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA 90016

PROJECT ADDRESS:

OWNER:

PLOT: 09/09/2021

600 TRAVIS ST., STE. 6400 HOUSTON, TX 77002

HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC

T: 310.656.3180 F: 310.656.3183 E: INFO@KEVINDALYARCHITECTS.COM

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New York Technology Workspace

hudson yards hq for global tech company | 1.2 million sq ft of designed space schematic design through construction administration

final presentation model

architectural branding | graphic design posters for workplace

complete material boards for 1.2 million sq ft of space

UCSB Music Library Renovation

interior renovation project for a new library on the UCSB campus in Santa Barbara conceptual design through construction documentation

Room 3

LIBRARIAN 100 SF

PROJECTS AUDIO 172 SF

STAFF OFFICE 240 SF

GROUP LISTENING 240 SF

IDF CLOSET 61 SF

BOOK LIFT 31 SF

READING ROOM 7401 SF

LIST.3 52 SF

LIST. 2 36 SF

LIST. 1 50 SF

LOUNGE 2016 SF D

C SEMINAR ROOM 478 SF

MEDIA LAB 223 SF

MEDIA ROOM 238 SF

CLOSET 106 SF

Room 2

4' - 0" 4' - 4"

TYP. AT WORK SURFACE

UCSB P-1

ADDRESS:

525 UCEN ROAD

4' - 8"

4' - 4"

CLIENT:

4' - 3"

EXISTING CONCRETE COLUMN

M-1

4' - 0"

EXISTING CONCRETE COLUMN

4' - 3"

UNIVERS CALIFOR BARBAR

CAMPUS DESIGN SANTA BARBAR

3' - 8"

TYP. AT ALL EXPOSED MILLWORK SURFACES, U.N.O.

4' - 3"

M-1

ARCHITECT:

KEVIN D U-2

TYP. AT NONCARREL WALL

3617 WEST EXPO LOS ANGELES, C

4' - 5"

T: 310.656.3180 E: INFO@KEVIND

3' - 10"

TYP. AT WORK SURFACE

4' - 5"

P-1

CONSULTANTS: MEP: U-2

3' - 8"

INTEGRA GROUP

4' - 5"

TYP. AT NONCARREL WALL

4' - 5"

15760 VENTURA ENCINO, CA 914

3' - 8"

Acoustics: 4' - 8"

3' - 10" 3' - 5"

NEWSON BROWN

3617 HAYDEN AV CULVER CITY, C

SEAL & SIGNATU

4' - 2"

STUDY PINWHEEL 3 SOUTH

STUDY PINWHEEL 3 EAST

4' - 8"

4' - 2"

ISSUED FOR: ISSUE

1 1/2"

14' - 10"

1 1/2"

16' - 3 1/2"

A6.42 3

4' - 7"

1' - 4 1/4"

1' - 8" M-1

2 5/8"

TYP. AT ALL EXPOSED SURFACES U.N.O.

TYP. AT ALL EXPOSED MILLWORK SURFACES, U.N.O.

M-1

TYP. AT WORK SURFACE

P-1

4' - 5"

TYP. AT WORK SURFACE

EXISTING CONCRETE COLUMN 3' - 8"

3' - 8"

P-1

1' - 3"

A6.42

3' - 10"

3' - 5"

M-1

TYP. AT TOP SURFACE

6' - 9 1/2"

4' - 3"

11' - 0"

2 5/8"

1 A6.43

1' - 1 1/8"

3' -

4' - 4"

2' - 10 5/8"

EXISTING CONCRETE COLUMN

4' - 0"

NOTE: ALL DIMENSIONS ARE TO FINISH FLOOR U.N.O.

M-1

6 3/4"

TYP. AT INFILL

REFER TO 3D AXONS FOR ELEVATIONS AT INFLECTION POINTS, TYP.

3' - 4"

KEY PLAN:

STUDY PINWHEEL 3 WEST 12' - 7 3/8"

4 5/8"

1' - 6 1/4"

2' - 10 5/8"

3' - 4"

4' - 3"

M-1

TITLE:

M D C P

PLOT:

4' - 0"

4' - 4"

3 A6.43

4' - 2"

4' - 8"

3' - 10"

3' - 5"

M-1

1' - 1 1/4" 3" 4

A6.42

SHEET:

STUDY PINWHEEL 3 - END ELEVATION 3 1/2" = 1'-0"

STUDY PINWHEEL 3 - END ELEVATION 2 1/2" = 1'-0"

STUDY PINWHEEL 3 - END ELEVATION 1 1/2" = 1'-0"

ENLARGED FLOOR PLAN - STUDY PINWHEEL 3 1/2" = 1'-0"

RFP Design Work

2 week charette for design proposal included in an RFP conceptual design

Arkansas ArtSpace Housing

artist housing adjacent to the momentary in bentonville, ar schematic design through design development

Where Data Goes, I Go

exploring the architecture of data and digital information in st. louis degree project for grad school

program | data denter & center for digital isolation location | bridgeton, st. louis county, missouri The transmission of information has evolved from physical documentation to digital signals, from ink to electrons. The global data infrastructural network provides ubiquitous access to the internet and cloudbased platforms, which creates a culture of digital dependence. Today, we are constantly immersed in digital information, peering at our smartphones, TVs, and computers for a majority of the day in order to stay connected. My thesis proposes a new typology for data centers, making them a destination for

people as well as data. I am denying the monofunctional program of a data center by combining it with a place to escape from the digital realm, a place for relaxation and selfreflection. The dual programs create an architecture of coexisting realities by juxtaposing the data center with a center for digital isolation. Sensory deprivation chambers, individual and communal baths, data-less workspaces, and meditation space encompass a central exterior courtyard. The excessive heat produced from the data center is collected

and used to heat the various pools and water dependent spaces within and around the building, creating a mutually beneficial relationship between programs. By transforming the programmatic responsibility of a data center, this new typology enables people to more clearly understand the physical presence data has in the urban landscape. And with our increasing dependence on interacting with data in our digital silos, this project proposes a human centered response to living in a data dependent world.

circular energy | heat recovery across programs data server heat utilized to regulate pools and baths temperature through circulated water heat transfer

cooled water returned to reabsorb heat

data center heat harnessed and recycled to regulate water temperature in the adjacent center for digital isolation

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d to adjace

pe water pum er heated data serv

data center entrance procession

center for digital isolation entrance procession

A B

D E

Level -01 Plan

data center

center for digital isolation

- entrance security room - secure lobby - data server rooms - meet me isp rooms - data colocation offices - conference rooms - mechanical rooms - energy generator rooms - hvac rooms - water filtration pumps

- data free relaxation lobby + check-in - communal baths with a view - public meditation area - individual meditation baths + beds - a private room to think - interstitial vegetation relaxation room - communal meditation above water room - shared elevated heated baths - administration rooms

A B

D E

Level -02 Plan

data center

center for digital isolation

- data server rooms - meet me isp rooms - data colocation offices - conference rooms - mechanical rooms - energy generator rooms - hvac rooms - water filtration pumps

- individual nature + meditation room - meditation and internal reflection room - communal double height baths - public living room of natural elements - individual private beds - embedded warm baths - individual sensory deprivation room + bath - individual sensory deprivation tank room - individual rejuvination pool room - communal meditation with nature room 35

Adaptable Edges

high density development at the pedestrian scale

program | mixed-use urban design proposal for an edge city location | plano, texas

As a response to the exurban site and the various barriers - programmatic, physical, infrastructural – found on site, my project proposes a blurring of these barriers through pixilation. The pixel has both an individualized importance and a collective responsibility, and they depend on each other for full clarity. This propelled me to establish the practice of urban resolution to conceptualize the various scalar requirements across the vast site. Through scales of pixelization, infrastructural, architectural, ecological pixels can create a matrix that fosters a thriving urban development. Additionally, this project expands the possibilities for exurban sites by speculating

on fitting the transect of a city onto the 1300 foot long site. The condensing of urban sprawl reduces the dross in between and allows for various typologies of living and working that people desire. From high density mixed-use living to single family homes, this range of urban living in a walkable area transforms the potential for single entity models of city making. In regards to blurring the program, the previously distinct edges of residential, corporate, and commercial programs are now blurred within a formal structure, juxtaposing them efficiently in a codependent manner. This method of program aggregation allows for the continual adaptation of

interior conditions depending on future building needs. Throughout this project, conceptual and design priority is given to pedestrians. In a condensed urban transect, the car loses importance and the pedestrian regains power. Through networks of pedestrian streetscapes and ecological corridors, traversing the site is most efficient and enjoyable at the human scale.

enclosed plaza

active corridor

street facing plaza

interstitial plaza

Mappings

spatial investigations in urban design

Workplace:Suburbia

new typologies for workplaces in a post-covid city personal competition entry

Lead the Way

adaptation of a historic cistern in italy into a cermaic museum and visitor center personal design competition

Pottery

exploration of stoneware forms

Pottery is a craft rooted in patience as much as technique.

wedge throw trim bisque glaze fire

The process never changes, but the form does. Tactile, intentional, iterative. Like architecture, hand throwing pottery is an iterative formal exercise, one that relies on practice and trial-and-error to improve upon. It’s a craft rooted in tradition and collaboration, and an art form of patience and precision.

What drives me about this craft is the deliberate formal intimacy – creation occurs only when I control the clay. Formal combinations are endless, and design dictates what objects are created.