KRISTIN SOUTHER
PORTFOLIO
kristinsouther02@gmail.com 404-719-7728
*OBJECTIVE *EDUCATION *SKILLS *RECOGNITIONS
KRISTINSOUTHER kristinsouther.portfoliobox.me
Seeking a full-time position to gain industry experience and further a career with a dynamic company
*ORGANIZATIONS
Bachelors in Architecture, Minor in Technical Communication Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA [2007-2014] GPA: 3.71, Dean's List Autocad, Revit, Google SketchUp, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML/CSS/jQuery, Microsoft Suite Diagramming, Physical architectural modeling Thesis Competition, First place and Faculty Choice Award | 2014
SPSU Sustainability Club Member | 2012-2014 SPSU Architecture Mentoring Program Committee Member | 2012-2013
*INVOLVEMENT
Youth Architecture Fair, AIAS Representative | 2012
Lighting Design Competition, Third place | 2014
Georgia Future City Regional Competition, Volunteer | 2011-2014
collaboration
*EXPERIENCE
Teaching assistant, Kumon Math and Reading Program | 2007-2010 Worked one-on-one and in groups with students, discussed student progress with parents, recorded and assisted in planning student work
Urban Studio Design Competition, Third place | 2012 Studio Competition, Finalist | 2010 Pavilion at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Studio Competition, Finalist | 2010 Research facility at Arabia Mountain Park
Studio Competition, Finalist | 2009 Transform[ation] of Space
Freelance designer and website consultant | 2012-present Math tutor | 2008-2010
Co-wrote article featuring the student-based collaborative design of a single family home in Atka, Alaska that focused on sustainable solutions following the Living Building Challenge Guidelines collaboration collaboration
CANstruction, Student design+build team member | 2011-2013 Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer | 2013
Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment
Living Aleutian Home Design Competition | 2012 Published in Trim Tab Digital Magazine, Spring 2012 issue, pp. 34-41
SPSU American Institute of Architecture Students Internal Affairs | 2013-2014 Secretary | 2012-2013 Historian | 2011-2012
*ENTHUSIASMS
sustainable living, public interest design, urban design, web design, graphic design, painting, drawing, photography, cooking, training my dogs, tennis, raquetball, culture and diversity, travel, charity work, DIYs
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Thesis Project: Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment
American International University 7th @ Peachtree, Atlanta, GA
Mixed-Used Zero-mile Post, Atlanta, GA
Container Studios (artist live-work-play space) Krog @ Irwin, Atlanta, GA
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Thesis Project: Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment The urban poor community is constantly increasing due to job availabilities in the city, especially in Asian countries. This thesis argues following the notion that the right to the city is a collective privilege—that the urban environment is for everyone to enjoy and benefit from. Through participation and appropriation of space and time, the right to the city becomes inclusive, allowing the urban poor to engage in and share the responsibility as well as the entitlement to the urban experience. This thesis explores design strategies that are capable of accommodating programs embedded in slums based on patterns of events and inhabitants. Investigations of space-defining elements, flexible apparatus, tectonic modular systems, and low-key sustainable technology are performed throughout this research to help define the best design solution. This project uses a slum in Manila as its site. Designing an architectural mediation to improve the spaces that slum dwellers occupy will empower them to strive for a better living condition, give them a sense of ownership, and instill an identity that will result in a strong communal foundation. In the end, the aim is to propose for a modular responsive architecture—an architecture that aims to empower through its usability and versatility.
Analytical representations of spatial, formal, tectonic, and programmatic qualities of slums around the world
porous: visual and physical enclosures are soft
hard: visual and physical enclosure converge to a point within the slum street creating a “sub-center�
figure/ground: formal qualities of slum streets are expressed
oppressing/claustrophobic: personal space is almost non-existent
intimate: individual personal spaces collide
normal: personal spaces are respected
inclusivity: degree of physical enclosure within the streets of slums
public/private: adjacency of public and private spaces within the street section of slums
personal/communal: separation of personal and communal spaces and hardness or porosity of boundaries
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selling
ECONOMIC
shop k
socializ
PROGRAM
SOCIAL SECURITY
laundry
CHILD CARE taking
EDUCATIONAL
school
Thesis Project: Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment
selling food women
sitting standing talking bending serving food
shop keeping women
sitting standing talking reaching trading browsing
socializing women children men
laundry
sitting standing talking playing
women
sitting standing bending hanging clothes moving clothes
taking care of children women sitting standing walking bending holding child
schoolwork children
sitting standing bending down reading writing talking
space defining element
actors
volume
setting: section
facilitating element
setting: plan
relationships
programmatic analysis
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formal analysis
Thesis Project: Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment
economic: doing laundry
economic: shop-keeping
economic: selling food
shop keeping: transparency, movement patterns
temporal analysis
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small-scale and one-to-one sketch models of concept development showing operability, hinges, and structural frame
Thesis Project: Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment
final design showing kit of parts of modular architecture
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locking option 1
locking option 2
locking option 3 180mm 180mm
121mm 121mm
83mm 83mm
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135mm 59mm 59mm 135mm
330mm
332mm
408mm 16mm 16mm 16mm 16mm 16mm 16mm 38mm
83mm
19mm 51mm
38mm 51mm 292mm
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assembly of parts
83mm
380mm
16mm
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connection from frame to locking joints [x2]
planar component [can be fabric, wood, metal, etc.]
Thesis Project: Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment
longitudinal component of frame [x2]
horizontal component of frame [x2]
hinge [x2]
locking option 1 rod [x2]
locking option 2
locking option 3
exploded axon [example of one assembly]
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Thesis Project: Transforming Slums Through Architectural Empowerment
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American International University 7th @ Peachtree, Atlanta, GA The design concept that inspires this project is the celebration of the continuity of education. Ramps are located throughout the building, interconnecting the five departments within so that when one school of thought ends, the other seamlessly continues. Additionally, in response to the nature of its urban context, the university serves as an extension of the street. The classrooms, labs, offices, and such spaces within become buildings located along a boulevard that expands vertically.
view of site from southside of peachtree
sidewalks on 7th construction across
across site on peachtree
crosswalks on peachtree with bus stops pedestrian and vehicular access existing conditions: billboard and parking lot
no pedestrian or vehicular access
stairs and retaining wall prominent on juniper no vehicular access
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American International University 7th @ Peachtree, Atlanta, GA
Residential
Library
Cafe
Cafeteria Indoor games
Atrium
Parking
Engineering
Architecture
Science and Information Technology
Business
Offices
Parking entry
Arts and Sciences
Auditorium
Plaza
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PIN UP AREA
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American International University 7th @ Peachtree, Atlanta, GA
Typical floor plan - Architecture department
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Mixed-Used Zero-mile Post, Atlanta, GA
The goal of this project is to draw attention to the zero-mile marker in Atlanta, a historically important artifact that has been neglected and buried in the underground level of the city. Additionally, this project also aims to provide 70,000 square feet of office space as well as residential space. This mixed-use project uses water to draw the public into the area and activate two different levels of Atlanta.
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Container Studios (artist live-work-play space) Krog @ Irwin, Atlanta, GA Inspired by the industrial history linked to the site, this project plays with the idea of incorporating shipping containers, which serve as live, work and play space, as movable and transformable modules activated by the clients. Recycled shipping containers move in and out of the gallery or the apartments through tracks, mimicking the railroad and loading docks that used to be the Belt Line. These modules embody the concept of instrumentalizing architecture; each shipping container can be uniquely positioned throughout the site, creating an architectural symphony.
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Container Studios (artist live-work-play space) Krog @ Irwin, Atlanta, GA
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Container Studios (artist live-work-play space) Krog @ Irwin, Atlanta, GA
Floor Plan 1
Floor Plan 2
Floor Plan 3
Floor Plan 4
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