DYLAN DENNIS
CONTENTS THE THEPLAY KANZA HILL PAVILION
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RESUME & BACKGROUND
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THE PLAY HILL AT LAKIN, KS
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THE MUSEUM OF SUSTAINABLE URBANISM
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THE KANZA PAVILION
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THE 8TH ST. 132
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INDEPENDENT CREATIVE WORK
A brief summary of my experience, skills and who I am
A 24-hour daycare and Science Museum proposal for the hospital in Lakin, KS
A museum dedicated to sustainable urban development in Dallas, TX
A 100% recycled shade structure in Lawrence, KS
A mixed income urban housing project located in Kansas City, Kansas
Projects pursued independently
00 DYLAN DENNIS EDUCATION University of Kansas Master of Architecture
CONTACT INFORMATION dylanwd.dd@gmail.com 405-588-2811 12188 258th Street Lawrence , KS 66044
Expected 2021
EXPERIENCE Intern Architect, AHMM Architects,
Intern Architect, REES Architects,
Summer 2019
Oklahoma City, OK Participated in various phases of architectural design proj ects. Worked with project teams to come up with designs for signage packages, site drainage issues, landscaping, and interior finishes. Produced design presentations and picked up red lines on Construction Documents. Gained significant experience working on a residential townhome and condo project along with a commercial office project apart of a multi phase urban development project. Winter 2016
Oklahoma City, OK Mercy Hospital Renovation: Developed conceptual floor plan revisions for the renovation of Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Studying what the layout for each new room should be.
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AWARDS/ACTIVITIES Dallas Pritzker Laureate Architecture Study Tour
September 2018 Architecture Study Tour where we spent time and touring Pritzker prize winning architect’s buildings. Some of these include Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaus, Thom Mayne, and Norman Foster.
Design Build Studio Project
Spring 2019 Worked in all phases of a design-build studio project, from conceptual design through construction. Worked with a $0 budget using nearly 100% recycled materials to build a shade structure for the community of East Lawrence, KS. Went through the builidng permit process, producing and submitting construction documents to The City of Lawrence. Worked closely with community sponsors and the people in the community, soliciting feedback at different neighborhood events.
CSL Service Showcase
May 2019 Poster Presenting the community service and community interaction aspects of my studios design build project. The service showcase was geared towards student work that exhibited evidence of collaborating with a community partner, and that exhibited a service to the community.
AIA Small Projects Design Award
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES RHINO GRASSHOPPER REVIT SKETCHUP AUTOCAD PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR INDESIGN FLOVENT LUMION ENSCAPE MICROSTATION
REFERENCES
Spring2019 The design build project that I was apart of recieved an AIA Small Projects award. This project is a shade structure made from 100% recycled materials.
Kapila Silva PhD, AIA kapilads@ku.edu 414-334-1290
Architecture Master Prize
Eric Schmid AIA ESchmid@ahmm.co.uk 405-600-1941
The same project also recieved a global design award for green architecture in the small projects category.
Spring 2019
Symposia Presentation
April 27, 2019 Poster/Paper Presentation (Museum of Sustainable Urbanism), KU Undergraduate Research Symposium
Architecture in Asia Study Abroad
January 2020 Architecture Study Tour where we visited Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Tokyo. Each day we visited different architectural projects and at the end we documented the trip with with images, sketches, and diagrams.
Keith Van De Riet PhD kvdr@ku.edu 917-202-5413
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THE PLAY HILL This project was to design a 24 hour childcare center in a small community called Lakin, Kansas with an exploration center for childrens educational programs as well. My design was to turn the roof into a sledding and biking hill for the community as well as the children attending the childcare facilities to use. Further developing the idea I needed something to create a boundary for the sides of each ramp and sunshading for the interior of the building so I designed a system of louvers with a unique, fun geometry for the children to draw inspiration from. The overall form of this design draws directly from the function of using the building as a community “play hill.�
SITE
Site Being Flat & “Hidden”
Sledding Slope/Bike Ramp
SITING STRATEGY
CONTEXTUAL SITUATION CENTER AS A PLAY SLOPE
HIGHWAY
Orientation of Play Slopes Based off of existing buildings
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”Building as a Hill” EXPLORATION
Orientation of Play Slopes Based off of existing buildings
PROGRAMMING
ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION FORM GENERATION
HIGHWAY
CHILDCARE SHARED
Program organized into three masses based off of functions of both the interior and exterior
COURT PLACE
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DAYCARE CENTER WING EXPLORATION CENTER GALLERY MULTI- PURPOSE SPACE INFANT ACTIVITY YOUNGER TODDLER ACTIVITY KIDS DINING AREA KITCHEN LOADING DOCK ELECTRICAL CLOSET JANITORS CLOSET RETIREMENT HOME
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SECTION B
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STAFF BREAK ROOM LAUNDRY ROOM STORAGE NURSE’S STATION NO CONTACT ROOM OLDER TODDLER ACTIVITY
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DAYCARE CENTER WING AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY PRE-SCHOOL ACTIVITY
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ELECTRICAL ROOM
SECTION A - EXPLORATION WING
SECTION B - DAYCARE WING
JANITORS CLOSET
DAYCARE WING VIEW
EXPLORATION CENTER VIEW
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THE MUSEUM OF SUSTAINA
The Museum of Sustainable Urbanism seeks to be a great example of developing the urban ecosystem in a thoughtful way. The site selected for the museum is the unused space over a highway in Dallas, TX, to make a statement on sustainable urbanism in mitigating problems of highway designs in terms of maintaining high building density, maximum use of land, and reducing air and noise pollution. The journey through the museum starts on the first floor that acts as an extension of the park across the street. The whole ground floor is devoted to catering to the public and giving people something to participate in through the cafĂŠ and a series of three atrium spaces used as public display cases. As one moves through the museum, they come to gallery floors that revolve around the same atria that now house a set of vertical stacked garden spaces to give the public a strong connection to nature in the vastly urban environment. Moving to the top two floors of the building, the same atria are used as a classroom, a conference room as well as a garden space for the administrative staff to experience nature. The focus of the museum is the atrium spaces that serve several different functions as you move throughout the building. They aim to be mixed-use, dense, and connected to nature in order to drive home the point of developing urban environments in a thoughtful, sustainable manner, thinking about the pedestrian in a deeper way. The whole building is supported by a steel diagrid exoskeleton structure.
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SEVENTH FLOOR TERRACE VIEW
FOURTH FLOOR TERRACE VIEW
MUNGER AVE.
GIFT 4SHOP
WOODALL RODGERS FREEWAY
WOODALL RODGERS FREEWAY
KITCHEN 3
CAFE
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DISPLAY
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LEGEND LOBBY CAFE KITCHEN GIFT SHOP STAFF PARKING SERVICE PARKING
PEARL STREET
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LEGEND MECHANICAL SPACE
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LEGEND PRESERVATION ROOM PREPARATION ROOM
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GARDEN GALLERY
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LEGEND INDOOR GALLERY OUTDOOR GARDEN
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GARDEN GALLERY
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LEGEND INDOOR GALLERY OUTDOOR GALLERY
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SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN
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LEGEND STAFF BREAK ROOM STAFF GARDEN OUTDOOR STAFF AREA
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SIXTH FLOOR PLAN NOT TO SCALE
LEGEND RESEARCH LIBRARY STORAGE CLASSROOM
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BUILDING SECTION NOT TO SCALE
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CONCRETE SLAB GLASS WALL W/ MESH STEEL STRUCTURE CEILING TILE SPIDER SUPPORTS RECESSED LIGHTING RAINWATER COLLECTOR STEEL COLUMN VAPOR BARRIER RIGID EXTERIOR INSULATION ZINC EXTERIOR CLADDING CUSTOM STEEL CONNECTOR HOUSE WRAP
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THE KANZA PAVILION
The goal of Prairie Block, which the Kanza Pavilion was the first phase of, is to restore one city block of native riparian wetland prairie along Burroughs Creek that feeds in the Kaw River as a demonstration of how green infrastructure can help control flooding, erosion, and pollution of the Kaw Valley watershed. The Project will further educate and inspire the public and elected officials about green infrastructure and urban prairies via an eco-art and shade structure installation that includes trails and pedestrian access to the waters edge. Finally Prairie Block will be used by Parks and Rec. for training and maintenance crews on how to successfully manage urban prairie restorations. The upland shade structure was inspired by the local culture and character of East Lawrence. Derived from kanza earth lodges and native teepee structures, we worked through iterations that celebrate these cultures, while maintaining a unique identity for the neighborhood. The materials are entirely donated and recycled: (1) retired power poles are tapered and arranged to maximize solar shading; (2) recycled steel angle from truss towers become struts and mounting shelves; (3) recycled street signs become shingles to clad the shade structure and express a mural of prairie landscape.
PROCESS - KIT OF PARTS
3”x3” STEEL ANGLE
2”X6” LUMBER
18” DIA. TELEPHONE POLES
ASSORTED STREET SIGNS
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The most noteworthy thing about this design-build project is the $0 budget aspect. This design factor meant that we were limited to using only recycled materials, which were provided to us by a local energy company, Westar Energy. We were able to go to their scrap yard and search for whatever salvageable materials we could find. As a result of this we came upon a unique, yet simple material palette of recycled 3”x3” steel angle, recycled 2x6 dimensioned lumber, recycled telephone poles, and recycled street signs.
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THE 8TH ST. 132 This is a mixed income urban housing project located in Kansas City, Kansas, very near the downtown area. The driveing factor of my design for this project is a pedestrian corridor and bike path that is integrated into existing city bike paths. This corridor creates space for farmers market or pop up shops to use and also commercial spaces such as a bar and restaurant.
SITE ANALYSIS PLANS
CONCEPT DIAGRAMS
SITE
PEDESTRIAN/BIKE PATH
STRUCTURAL WALLS
CIRCULATION
UNITS DIVISIONS/STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION
FORM GENERATION
MODELING THE VOID
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
MARKET/PEDESTRIAN PATH VIEW
INDIVIDUAL UNIT PLANS
2 BEDROOM
1 BEDROOM
STUDIO
# SPACE
SQ. FTG.
# SPACE
SQ. FTG.
# SPACE
SQ. FTG.
1 KITCH.
263 SF
1 KITCH.
176 SF
1 KITCH.
176 SF
2 3 4 5
LIV. RM.
342 SF
LIV. RM.
342 SF
43 SF
LAUND.
43 SF
BATH
72 SF
BATH
72 SF
2 LIV. RM. 3 LAUND. 4 BATH
342 SF
LAUND.
BED (X2)
188 SF
2 3 4 5
BED (X2)
188 SF
TOTAL SF. 1278 SF
TOTAL SF. 821 SF
43 SF 72 SF
TOTAL SF. 633 SF
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PHARMACY BAR/RESTAURANT RESTROOM STORAGE LEASING OFFICE OUTDOOR PUBLIC
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PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL PRECAST CONCRETE SLAB CONCRETE BEAM GYPSUM BOARD LIGHT GAUGE STEEL STUD EMBED PLATE ROOF MEMBRANE STRUCTURAL WALL CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE
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CREATIVE WORK What caused me to be interested in architecture as a career path was that I have always been intrgued by the different processes of creating things. For most of my early life I have explored creating through visual artwork. The first two pieces are collages inspired by the work of Antoine Predock who used collage work in presenting his architectural design project and as a large part of his design process. The remaining works are unrelated.
22”x17”, Mixed Media
11”x17”, Mixed Media
12”x12”, Mixed Media
30”x20”, Graphite
405.588.2811 dylanwd.dd@gmail.com issuu.com/ku63