Resume
Lorraine H. Whitlock Elementary School 01
D.C. DCPS/DGS K-12 School
Hillcrest Aquatic Center 00 03 04 05
Mass Timber In the DC Market: Area Cost Analysis 02
Research & Dev. Project of a Howard University Dormitory
Private, Mixed-Use Multifamily
The Canyons Engine Company 7 & FEMS Headquarters
D.C. FEMS/DGS Municipal Facility
D.C. DPR/DGS Recreational Facility
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC AND STATE UNIVERSITY|Blacksburg, VA | 2017
Bachelor of Architecture| Cum Laude
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BRAUNSCHWEIG|Braunschweig, Germany
Spring Semester Abroad 2016
STUDIOMB
ARCHITECT (JUN ‘24)| WASHINGTON, D.C.
STAFF DESIGNER | WASHINGTON, D.C.
MAR 2020 - PRESENT
Responsibilities: RFP Proposal Development, Program Analysis & Concept Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Construction Administration, Renderings & Visualizations
• Project Highlight | Whitlock Elementary School for DC DCPS/DGS | July 2024
• Phase : Mass Timber RFP Proposal Development through Substantial Completion
• Project Highlight | Engine Company 7 & FEMS HQ for DC FEMS/DGS | Ongoing
• Phase : Concept Development through Schematic Design
• Project Highlight | Hillcrest Aquatic Center for DC DPR/DGS | Ongoing
• Phase : Concept Development through Schematic Design
PATH ARCHITECTURE (AKA KAISER+PATH)
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER | PORTLAND, OR
JAN 2018 - JAN 2020
Responsibilities: Design Development, Permit Drawings, Construction Documentation, Construction Administration, Construction Documentation, As-Built Drawings, Renderings
• Project Highlight | The Canyons (Multifamily Mass Timber)
• Phase : Design Development through Construction Administration
ROBERT M. GURNEY ARCHITECT
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN| WASHINGTON D.C.
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS|JUNE 2024 NATIONAL, AIA VIRGINIA, AIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA 2990
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCH. REGISTRATION BOARDS|PENDING VIRGINIA | ACTIVE LICENSED ARCHITECT
MASS TIMBER IN THE DC MARKET: AN AREA COST ANALYSIS
INTER-DISCPLINARY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT | COMPLETED 2021
• Team : STUDIOMB + ELHERT BRYAN + EICHBERG CONSTRUCTION
• Presented at : DesignDC 2021
DCBIA 2022 Housing Committee Session : Mass Timber in Multifamily Applications
Private Development Groups
MASS TIMBER CONSTRUCTION FOR MULTIFAMILY URBAN HOUSING: CARBON 12 AND THE CANYONS
PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPER | PUBLISHED JUNE 2020
• Co-Author : Edward Becker, SAFA
• Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FqC8q0HvFE
• Presented at : 2020 2nd Valencia International Biennial of Research in Architecture by the European Association for Arch. Educ. (EAAE) - The Arch. Research Center Consort. (ARCC)
MASS TIMBER MATERIALITY AND CRAFT: A TECTONIC APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS | PUBLISHED MAY 2017
• Awards : Virginia Tech College of Architecture & Urban Studies Finalist
• Link : https://issuu.com/kevinleevt/docs/kevin_lee_thesis_book
DESIGN/BUILDLAB | STUDENT DESIGNER AND BUILDER
• Team : Virginia Tech 2014 - 2015
JUL 2017 - DEC 2017
Responsibilities: 3D & Physical Modeling, As-Built Drawings, Renderings & Visualizations
LEHMAN SMITH & MCLEISH
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN|WASHINGTON D.C.
JAN 2017
Responsibilities: Project Development & Documentation, Construction Documentation
LEE & LEE ARCHITECTS, PLLC
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN|VIENNA, VA
DEC 2015 – JAN 2016
Responsibilities: RFP Proposal Development, Site Analysis, Pre-Design, Schematic Design
• Project : Sharon Baseball Fields at Clifton Forge, VA
• Awards : AIA Blue Ridge 2016 Design Citation
AGA’s 2017 Excellence Award - Civic Contribution
Azure’s 2017 AZ Awards : A+ Student Award Finalist Architizer’s 2017 A+ Awards Arch. + Community Finalist
ACTIVELY USING
Revit
Enscape (Revit)
Vray (Revit)
Bluebeam Revu
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
MS Office Suites
PREVIOUSLY USED
Google Sketchup
Rhinocerous
Vray (Rhino)
AutoCAD
* References Available Upon Request
ROLE
Staff Designer / Acting-Construction Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES
• RFP Concept Design through Substantial Completion
• Concept Design, Design Dev., Construction Drawings/Details, CA
PROJECT BRIEF
PROJECT INFO
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
CLIENT DC Public Schools (DCPS)
DC Department of General Services (DGS)
SQUARE FOOTAGE
COST
74,000 GSF
$47M (On Budget)
STATUS Completed July 2024 (On Time)
A DCPS elementary school modernization that includes the major renovation of an existing 1960’s four-story masonry building wit h a contemporary two-story addition. The project program includes a new child development center, PreK through Grade 6 elementary school rooms ( incl. gymnasium, kitchen + dining, interior + exterior Discovery Commons, and library spaces), and associated exterior educational pl aygrounds
The original, RFP-winning concept design included a mass timber addition that would house the new discovery commons, library, and dining program spaces through the use of 5-ply cross-laminated timber and glulam columns + beams.
Primary reasons included:
• Lower Embodied Carbon + Biophilic Response to Client Goals
• Offer cost alternative to increased steel prices (May 2020)
StudioMB| Washington, D.C.
ROLE
Project Lead / Mass Timber Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provided Subject-Matter Expertise & Led the Presentation/Project Development
• Concept Design through Design Development for Proof of Concept Project
PART I| What is & Why Choose Mass Timber
• Established and developed firm’s baseline of mass timber knowledge
• Developed firm’s understanding of mass timber’s sustainability, embodied carbon, and added project value into a R&D presentation for potential audiences
PART II | Proof of Concept: Howard University Mass Timber Residential Hall
The project is a six story, type IV-C higher-education residential hall supporting 96 individual student units with bedrooms clustered around communal living rooms and adjacent to exterior circulation spaces. The exposed mass timber superstructure consists of 5-ply cross laminated timber (CLT) floor panels with 6 3/4” X 16 1/2” glulam columns & beams on a grid approximately 15’x15’ max.
PROJECT INFO
PART I | MASS TIMBER PRESENTATION
&
PART II | PROOF OF CONCEPT PROJECT
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
HYPOTHETICAL CLIENT Howard University
SQUARE FOOTAGE 167,000 GSF
COST See Cost Analysis Comparison
STATUS Completed 2021
• Inter-disciplinary team included : Elhert Bryan (structural) and Eichberg Construction (general contractor)
• Proof of concept design sustainability considerations included : operational vs. embodied carbon, geothermal strategies, and on -site renewables
• Proof of concept pricing included cost comparisons and schedules savings between concrete/steel/mass timber superstructures
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ANALYSIS SUMMARY
• Cost | In May 2020 (early COVID/lumber spike), the project’s mass timber was a 3.5% premium over steel and a 7.8% premium over concret e
SOURCE(S): STUDIOMB, EICHBERG CONSTRUCTION
• Schedule | Mass Timber erection was faster by 11.8% than concrete (2 months) and 21.8% (4 months) faster than steel
• Carbon | Mass Timber had 259% less carbon emissions than concrete and 248% less carbon emissions than steel
Architectural Designer
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design Dev., Permit & Construction Drawings, and CA
PROJECT BRIEF
LOCATION
CLIENT
Portland, Oregon
A six-story, 70-unit mass timber complex with a separate intimate pedestrian/retail alleywalk, inspired by Japanese Yokocho alleys, and a light-filled central atrium. Light-frame wood bearing & shear walls are combined with 3-ply & 5-ply cross laminated timber (CLT) floor panel
to compose five levels of multifamily space above a post-tensioned concrete retail podium
• Averaged three-days/floor for CLT and six-days/floor for light frame timber
• Moisture monitoring + pioneered the use of S.A.M. at CLT seams for mitigation
• Collaborated with the Tallwood Institute for Rolling Shear testing for atrium panels
ROLE
Staff Designer
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Concept Design through Schematic Design (Ongoing)
PROJECT INFO
LOCATION
Washington, D.C.
CLIENT DC Fire & Emergency Med. Services (FEMS) DC Department of General Services (DGS)
|
SF
Co. 7 | 24,577 SF
FEMS HQ | 57,888 SF
COST TBD
STATUS Ongoing (Schematic Design)
The extensive, multi-phase project is the relocation of Engine Company 7 from its current location to a newly constructed facil ity with a future phase addition of DC FEMS Headquarters expansion. EC7 spaces will include bunkrooms and apparatus bay while the headquarters wi ll house various departments of the DC FEMS regional team
• A/E Team of StudioMB and FGM Architects
• Sustainability : LEED Gold + Net Zero Energy (Incl. Solar Ready + Green Roofs + Geothermal Wells)
• Coordination with DMPED to subdivide the lot for a future southern development, keeping with the recommendations of the Southwest DC Small Area Plan and the Future Land Use Map (FLUM)
ROLE
Staff Designer
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Concept Design through Schematic Design (Ongoing)
PROJECT INFO
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
CLIENT DC Department of Parks & Recs (DPR)
DC Department of General Servicse (DGS)
SQUARE FOOTAGE 17,465 SF
COST TBD ($15M Budget)
STATUS Ongoing (Schematic Design)
A new construction, design build project of a new aquatic center adjacent to the existing Hillcrest Recreation Center in Southe ast DC. The design includes an indoor swimming pool, splash pad, and supplemental support spaces, which are housed in a two-story “Oval” volume in tersecting a supplemental “L” volume.
• Design/Build Project partnered with Chiaramonte Construction
• Sustainability : LEED Silver + Net Zero Energy (Incl. Solar Ready + Geothermal Wells)
