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with our world, the connections with those around us, our many languages. These weave together in place and time to form intricate stories to which each of us contributes. Architecture is one of the many vessels our culture offers for these expressions the spaces we pass through, dwell or work in, that offer us solitude or community, introspection or exhibition, that allow us to grieve or revel in joy. By exploring questions of urbanism, community, ownership, passing time, the collision of cultures or artistic mediums, everyday or transformative experiences, I hope to add to that global conversation about what we are and what we can be. I look with enthusiasm to the future and the story our work now will tell.
Contents: Bunny Friend Neighborhood Center | Winter 2010 Lightning Car Gallery | Spring 2010 Austin City Lofts | Fall 2010 | Winter 2011 | Spring 2011 | Fall 2011 | Thesis 2012 Resume
Bunny Friend Neighborhood Center | New Orleans, Louisiana Winter 2010 The citizens of New Orleans’ Upper Ninth Ward are strong, determined and clear to bring it back even stronger than it was before Katrina ripped it apart. The Neighborhood Center, located across from the local park, provides classrooms, meeting space and performance space building. A large deck raises the structure off the ground, creating a porch and a stage for all ages to enjoy; two lower level volumes are bridged by a second story volume, crafting shade and safety. At the intersection of these volumes create a landmark. Textures and light play throughout the year through the modern incorporation of vernacular details including roof pitches, the strata of hurricane shutters abstracted in the outer envelope’s louvers and vibrant colors in
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Lightning Car Gallery | Savannah, Georgia Spring 2010 Inspired by the speed and motion of the Lightning electric sports car, this gallery makes an uncompromising statement. Within the historic context of Savannah, such architecture may seem strange, but this project asserts that the contrast 7
beneath the live oaks alongside one of the city’s famous squares, the gallery’s draped Corian envelope takes on a lustrous quality, inviting passersby into the dramatic sunken showroom. Much more than a dealership, the showroom becoming a gallery, performance or event space or exhibition hall. The skin is draped over a rigid steel frame structure and
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the innovative engine of the car peeks out from behind the spokes of the wheel, the structure reveals itself in glimpses from behind the skin and the interiors are revealed in glimpses from within the dynamic exterior.
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Austin City Lofts | Austin, Texas Fall 2010 Austin, Texas is a city known for learning, creating, embracing the weird, living vibrantly, This mixed-use project on the city’s west side fronts 6th street, the hub of Austin’s nightlife, and Shoal Creek, a recreational trail. By introducing a plaza that fronts the creek, retail and dining areas on the lower levels gain valuable outdoor space while offering neighbors vibrant public gathering. The one, two and three bedroom units above
arrangement crafts street-like circulation paths, encouraging neighbor interaction, while allotting both private and public outdoor space. Light, air and views are each carefully considered through a system of louvers, shutters and shades altered throughout the day and year. These introduce an effect of blooming color and texture, tracing patterns of time for resident and community alike.
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Winter 2011 Commissioned by an international, multimedia corporation, this project explored the creation of a new urban development. This project was a collaboration between myself, Jerome Elder, Emily Fuller and Ankit Mohabansi. In this new city, mixeduse zones, a dense city grid, and a variety of green spaces create the sense of an old city structure. Of the utmost value is chance, chaos, and spontaneity. These occurrences between all kinds of users create a rich, urban experience.
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Explorations included in-depth user analysis, study of city structure and systems including transportation, waste management, ecology and education. As team manager, I was responsible for organization of all team members and overseeing team communications including digital client presentations, printed and written class materials, physical site model, and three booklets.
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Spring 2011 Both an academic and public library, the new library for the New City project explored the future of the library as a forward-thinking, social, community space. The project was a collaboration with interior designer Riki Zhou. This library was inspired by the social relationships of city to library and between patrons. Wrapped and staggered sections allowed for optimal climate response and engaging vertical relationships. Innovative programmatic considerations - including video chatting rooms, art gallery, coffee shop, and patrons and staff alike. A dramatic angled atrium cuts through the center of the museum, connecting programs visually with a green wall. The roof is planted as well, and the tendrils are allowed to climb down the facade’s outer skin of punched metal panels. A palette of light, shadow, perforation, and texture speaks about transparency and vibrancy.
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| Miami Beach, Florida Fall 2011
represents a radical approach to sea level rise and urbanism in South Florida. This project was a collaboration with Leslie Ayers and was submitted to the 2012 Evolo Skyscraper Competition. Drawing inspiration equally from science
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Americans, the Scraper proposes removing the erosion-causing and banal hotels along a three-mile stretch beach. The rubble then piles up into “modern middens�, creating refuge from the ocean and habitat for sea life while returning the coast to its natural condition. From these middens rises The Scraper; each of the towers grows and then connects to the others over a long period of time in a structural concept mimicking coral growth. Layers of structure, skin and circulation create a complex urban condition. Program also evolves over time, allowing the Scraper to begin as a marina and tourism facility and become a fully mixed-use vertical city in 200 years.
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Austin, Texas Throughout history and across borders, for humanity. Film is the world’s most modern story-telling medium and is
story-telling voice and a vessel of social and cultural knowledge, architecture has a responsibility to respond, to cultivate, and to understand.
distinctly communal process of both viewing and making. This thesis seeks to process - collaborative, intuitive, intricate, and singular - so as to create a new type of place for this craft and therefore for story. This research has been conducted through traditional academic sources and personal interviews. Additionally, I am
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Savannah College of Art and Design, Master of Architecture (June 2012) 2012 SCAD Presidential Medalist (Graduate Salutatorian) awards: 2012 Thesis Award for Exceptional Achievement, Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, selected as studio organizations: SCAD Performance Ensemble, Faculty Development and Outreach Committee
University of Kentucky: B.A. Interior Design (May 2008), magna cum laude awards: Maurice A. Clay Leadership Award, 2008 Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars Study Abroad in Italy: Rome and Florence, summer 2006
Excellent graphic and verbal communication. Excellent organization and time management. Strong ability to balance design details at many scales. software:
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA: Adobe Suite Workshop Instructor coordination with faculty and department Chair. March 2012 to May 2012
J.T. Turner Construction, Savannah,GA: internship June 2011 to February 2012
ArchVision, Lexington, KY: production team creation and organization of Rich Photorealistic Content (RPCs) for use in digital renderings. writing and editing training September 2008 to August 2009
BAM Studio, New York, NY: internship library. June 2007 to August 2007
Beaux Arts Ball Foundation, Lexington, KY: Director local charities. May 2007 to July 2008
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Kristi Buchler | kristi.buchler@mac.com University of Kentucky, B.A. Interior Design 2008 Savannah College of Art and Design, M.Arch 2012
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