KYLE BERGER
ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
KYLE BERGER kyberger12@gmail.com | 214-507-1860 kyleberger.myportfolio.com [EDUCATION]
[TECHNICAL SKILLS]
Texas A&M University, 2013-2017 Bachelor of Environmental Design Art & Architectural History Minor GPA: 3.97 / 4.0, Summa Cum Laude
AutoCAD Revit Sketchup Rhinoceros Photoshop Lumion Illustrator Indesign After Effects Keyshot Makerbot 3D Printing Unity Microsoft Office
Santa Chiara Study Center 2016 Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy Architecture Study Abroad Program GPA: 4.0 / 4.0 University of Oklahoma, 2017-2019 Master of Architecture GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
[EXPERIENCE] 2018
PGAL, Dallas, TX Summer Architecture Intern
2017
H-E-B, San Antonio, TX Design and Construction Intern
2015 2017
TEEX P.D.C, College Station, TX Design Lead, Prototype Specialist
2016
Pizza Hut, Inc., Plano, TX Intern, Architecture & Engineering
[HONORS] Dean’s List History Makers Home Award International Inc. Award Horace W. South Endowed Scholarship Dean’s List TAMU Academic Excellence Award Tau Sigma Delta Honors Dallas CSI Foundation Award Dallas CSI Foundation Award History Makers Home Award President’s Academic Excellence Award Southerland Aggie Leader Scholarship Museum of Waste Top 10 Student Design Bockus Payne Leadership & Ethics Award AIA Oklahoma Scholarship Award Dallas CSI Foundation Award AIA Central States Region Student Design Competition – 2nd Place 2018 Div. of Arch. Professional Advisory Board Napkin Sketch Competition Winner
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0. AC A D E M I C D ESI GN PRO J ECTS
1. PROF ESSIONAL WORK
[0.0] ACER [1.0] Pizza Hut, Inc. [0. 1] Wayfaring Place [1. 1] TEEX Product Development [0.2] Performing Arts Complex [0.3] PoetPods [0.4] Queen City Circuit [0.5] Military Heritage Center [0.6] Museum of Waste [0.7] Hyperloop Terminal [0.8] Fire Station 45
2. ARTWORK + P HOTOG RA P HY [2.0] Graphite Work [2. 1] Photography
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: the ARCHITECTURE CENTER for EDUCATING RESILIENT DESIGN
2017-18 COTE Top 10 for Students: INNOVATION 2030 Challenge Competition | norman, oklahoma The Architecture Center for Educating Resilient Design (ACER) demonstrates sustainable design through prototypical passive techniques and environmentally conscious tectonics. The project will act as an efficient tool to inform architects and the surrounding community on the benefits of designing with the natural environment in mind. The facility provides spaces for exhibitions, workshops, lectures, and classes - all available for the community to share environmentally conscious practices. The construction materials and sensitivity to the surroundings combine with passive systems that celebrate the natural processes of the site, including wind, rainwater, and solar energy. The building square footage excluding the storm shelter is 8600 ft2. Initial construction feasibility estimates ACER to cost $1.9M at $227 / ft2. Americans, on average, spend 90% of their time indoors. Architecture is subconsciously shaping the way people exist in the world. ACER challenges this metric to create spaces that transform the interior into the exterior. For architects, the future is the present. The responsibility is on the designer to shape the horizon for how humans dwell on the earth – to shape their behavioral tendencies, social consciousnesses, and urban footprint on the natural world. The earth was the first designer, formulating habitable spaces for the living organisms that resided in its midst. The Architectural Center for Educating Resilient Design searches retrospectively to observe patterns of design in nature that precedes architecture itself, while generating new possibilities for the future of the built environment.
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DESIG N FO R IN T EG R AT IO N The design intent is to generate a living educational center that will demonstrate efficient and innovative practices that enhance building performance. Utilizing natural processes is a top priority. ACER is rotated 25 degrees to capitalize on wind patterns. The wind tower transfers fresh air into the exhibit spaces. Green walls with suspended vegetation will condition this fresh air through evapotranspiration, and will filter pollutants that are caused by vehicles on the interstate. The breezeway is enclosed with operable wall partitions to open the space to cool air in the summer and shelter from harsh winter winds.
SITE ANALYSIS
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN SKETCHES
D E S I G N FO R R ES O U RCE S The building is structurally composed with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). Growing trees is a low-impact method of production and emits fewer greenhouse gases. Life Cycle Assessment studies prove that CLT outperforms steel and concrete in embodied energy, air pollution, and water pollution. The CLT components will be prefabricated and shipped from the manufacturer to the site, reducing construction time and job site waste. This waste will be recycled as biofuel, creating new energy out of excess material. Timber possess a light carbon footprint because it continues to store carbon both while growing and once it is harvested and constructed.
Comparative Energy Requirements in Production cross laminated timber brick concrete steel
DESIG N FO R WAT ER Norman, Oklahoma receives, on average, 38” of rainfall each year. The total square footage of roof surface is 6440 ft2. Utilizing the simplified method of 0.62 gallons / ft2 of collectable rainwater, this building system has the capacity to harvest over 150,000 gallons annually.
DESIG N FO R EN ERGY Norman, Oklahoma has a monthly average Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) of 4.7 kWh / m2 / day. Each 65” x 40” panel maintains a 0.25 kW capacity. Combined with the GHI value for Norman, each panel, at optimum performance, can be estimated to produce 1.175 kW / day. The parking canopy at ACER hosts 45 photovoltaic panels, estimating a 53 kW / day production value. With these estimates, the solar energy collected through photovoltaics can account for over 19,000 kW annually, 45% of the total projected energy consumption of ACER (via Insight 360).
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[0.1] College campuses are ecosystems that satisfy the human needs of the students, researchers, and faculty that dwell within. The experience at a university pose as a pivotal time in person’s life to shape their intellectual and spiritual psyche on their own initiative. A modern college campus must provide spaces for students to engage in this experience. Spaces that do not influence or foster a denomination, but rather individual spirituality. The distinguish between religion and spirituality is paramount. OU plans to foster greater cultural diversity in changing higher education and establishing mechanisms for pursuing new activities. One example provided was to increase the linkage with private foundations, specifically ones that seek to improve the human condition. This spiritual environment will foster the pilgrimage of spiritual exploration. The design will not contain organized religious imagery but rather aim to portray the nondenominational thread of spirituality. This thread is entrenched in the journey. The path of the user is documented by patching a collection of strategized experiences. Along this journey, a user will see and then seek in search of understanding and enlightenment. Integrated into this pilgrimage will be a moment for reflection, emerging from the sea of fog while maintaining the ability to retrospect and gain even further spiritual insight from the journey endured.
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[0.2] P E RFO R M I N G A RTS CE NTE R O F OK LAH O MA performing arts center, auditorium, and cinema complex The project is a grand auditorium of performing arts for the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The objective is to create a unique architectural image that will emerge a new cultural landmark for OU. The project includes a 1355 seating capacity performance hall, 270 seating capacity auditorium, and 250 seating capacity movie theatre, and multi-level underground parking garage. This studio addresses organic geometries, the aesthetic catalyst for space and form, and the adaptation of sustainable energy system for the comfort and welfare of their occupants.
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The design concept was inspired by the native landscape paintings at the Fred Jones Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma – primarily, The Red Tank, by Oscar Brousse Jacobson. The state of Oklahoma is characterized by this red clay landscape formulated by natural processes. The building form is generated with this similar rich character in mind. The reflecting pools erode the landscape and generate three geometric forms housing the three performance spaces. The plaza represents the oases that conform along the plateaus. As one approaches the site, there will be a recollection of this scenic Oklahoma vernacular.
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[0.3] PoetPods is a sustainable approach to creating an appealing retreat for travelers to Pavilosta. The primary strategy that fosters the project design is the building modularization. The design calls for the reutilization of shipping containers and recycled scaffolding. The proximity of Pavilosta towards the Baltic Sea and the riverway that runs towards the site combine for a potential in transporting these recycled materials. The shipping containers and scaffolding provide a sustainable solution that incorporates an ease of assembly. The PoetPods proposal displays a track system to move the containers throughout the site. The poet hut designs incorporate a modular typology. The ground floor remains the same, and then additional pods are added on the second level to accommodate the higher occupancy units. The modularity of the containers and the track system allow for the potential to expand in the future or to remove the retreat complex all together with minimal impact on the site, considering the preexisting land is undeveloped. The retreat center will generate excitement and foster tourism for Pavilosta.
SITE CONTEXT | MATERIAL REUTILIZATION
PoetPods will take advantage of coastal resources. The river that feeds from the Baltic sea allows for the marine transport of shipping containers from major shipping cities.
The river courses in close proximity to the project site, from where the shipping containers and recycled materials can be delivered to the site.
The track system allows for the containers to be transported throughout the site. The modularity of this system allows for future expansion if needed.
TYPOLOGY |POD CONTAINER MODULES
SINGLE BED HUT (1) 20’ Shipping Containers (1) 40’ Shipping Container
DOUBLE BED HUT
(2) 20’ Shipping Containers (1) 40’ Shipping Container
FOUR BED HUT (2) 20’ Shipping Containers (1) 40’ Shipping Container
RETREAT CENTER (4) 20’ Shipping Containers (3) 40’ Shipping Container
HOST HOUSE (2) 20’ Shipping Containers (1) 40’ Shipping Container
[0.4] Q U E E N C I T Y C I RC U I T 2019 ULI Hines student competition | Cincinnati, OH Queen City Circuit transforms the convergence of Cincinnati’s Central Business District and the recently established district of The Banks by blending Cincinnati’s strong sports culture with a rich economic history. Cincinnati’s environmental goals echo throughout the development with constructed wetland rainwater management. Energetic plazas are linked by a pedestrian corridor which includes dynamic skyways, greenery, and the iconic cisterns for treated greywater. Attracting people of all ages and walks of life year-round, it is a place to not only experience Cincinnati but to be a part of it. Circuit is a unique expression of what Cincinnati has been and what it could be.
Visitors coming from the Central Business District are greeted by an elevated development over Fort Washington Way featuring an array of amenities such as Dabney Library, Fawsett Lawn and Botanical Gardens, Skyway Clubhouse and Putting Green, and a local retail hub with sight lines to nearby Homefield Plaza. Visitors are invited to join seasonal festivities and venture further into Circuit using the nearby open-air skywalks.
Linked to Dabney Library is the Howsam Transit Center, both of which are named for influential figures from Cincinnati’s African-American and sporting history. The bustling multi-functional building houses retail and collaborative spaces in addition to offices. Circuit draws Cincinnatians in through a new extension of the Cincinnati Bell Connector.
The western skywalk ushers users into Homefield Plaza, a hive of activity for people all ages and interests. Concerts and events fuel the electric energy as people emerge from the nearby Panthera Hotel to shop at the local shops and visit the farmer’s market. The Canal, a pedestrian corridor that pays homage to Cincinnati’s history as a canal city, ushers people through Circuit as the adjacent native plantings filter local greywater to be stored and recycled.
As people flow through The Canal they are led to Larkins Place, where they are greeted by two glistening residential towers with skywalks prompting residents and visitors alike to experience lush green roofs. Queen City Trade School offers Cincinnatians the opportunity to get a local and affordable education. The rooftop Greenhaus provides amateur classes on gardening, nutrition, cooking, and wellness as well as plots for rent allow locals to grow their own organic produce. Palmer Pond completes Larkins Place, offering model boats, ice skating, and events. To the east is The Backyard Beergarden, the local spot to relax, play games, and take classes on beer pairings and home brewing.
[0.5] M I L I TA RY HE R I TAG E CE NTE R featured in Texas Aggie Magazine | college station, texas We ask what role the individual plays within this story. Valor centers on the story of the soldier. This cycle can be replicated within one’s own consciousness, through emotions and rationales, when visiting the site. The spatial organization is formulated by the geometric infinity that composes the circulation path. This journey will direct the visitor throughout the gallery spaces and public arrangements. The exterior treatment is an adaptive surface that encloses this circulation, and the remaining voids develop into programmed spatial volumes. The circulation carves the geometric entirety into four general spaces, each with independent character that communicates a stage of the cycle, and can influence the subject matter of the gallery spaces. It is a successful public structure that does not distract, but compliments the purpose of the park and the preexisting memorial path. From above, the carve creates a cross like form that resembles the iconic white crosses that compose the grave markers in Normandy, respecting the American and Aggie troops that sacrificed. Likewise, the memorial site will act as a permanent fortress in the legacy of remembrance, persistent as the cycles of war continue.
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[0.6] M U S EU M O F WA ST E highest ranked undergraduate project in 2016 m.o.w competition | houston, texas It is important to understand the inescapability and non-exteriority of waste: a new horizon of toxic experience that conjoins the human, non-human, nature, and culture. The aim is to design a museum devoted to the problem of waste – to raise public awareness about the amount of waste generated and its environmental impacts. This idea drives the architectural process, fostering the character of waste into a spatial vocabulary. The resultant – a discussion pertaining to the social prowess of a museum and the role it plays in the urban landscape of the district of Montrose. This project tackles the challenge of developing a building envelope system utilizing digitally fabricated pieces formulated from the by-product waste GM Steel Offals in the car manufacturing process.
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[0.7] H YP E R LO O P T ER M I NAL concept for SpaceX pod transportation competition | burbank, california The terminal calls for a variety of necessities. The station is intended to be minimalistic but practical, with a boarding process that is greatly simplified compared to that of airports – a stress for continual flow of passengers rather than the centralized pulses of airports, with lines and delays. Safety and security are still of paramount importance, but the project poses a critical challenge of streamlining this process to reduce wait time. The terminal design in itself sufficiently accommodates the proposed Hyperloop system, in functionality and aesthetics. The proposition documents aim for capsules to leave every two minutes, carrying 28 people on each capsule, approximately 840 passengers an hour. The traffic calls for many open interior spaces, yet channeled to give a sense of direction in circulation, which can be difficult with a long and narrow site given.
[0.8] F I RE STAT I O N 4 5 hill country fire and emergency center | austin, texas The project tackled the relationship among public and private components of a fire station, stressing spatial ordering and programming. The function of the building is the priority, so the two main corridors enter the bay without 90 degree turns of interruption. These corridors travel from the areas where the fighters will reside most: the living quarters and the day room/kitchen. The living quarters are oriented towards the north corner of the site, furthest away from the loud intersection. Secondly, by rotating the living quarters off axis, it significantly opens up the outdoor patio area. This ties into the second design intention: symmetry vs. asymmetry. The building is organized symmetrically, the main elevated canopy above the lobby divides the building in half on the exterior faรงade. In plan, the main corridor splits the apparatus bay from the public and semi-private zones. Then, this perpendicular symmetry is broken by the off axis living quarters rotated off of the north corner of the building.
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[1.0] P I Z Z A H U T, I N C . h.q. mural art | plano, texas mural artwork that was installed in the Center of Restaurant Excellence building in Plano, TX - the headquarters for Pizza Hut U.S/Global operations and KFC Global.
[1.1] TE E X PRODUC T DEV ELOPM ENT product design + prototyping | college station, texas Preliminary product development, industrial design, and prototyping for a wide scope of clients.
[2.0] G R AP HI T E WO R K (left) Renee Composition III, graphite (right) Crucifixion, graphite
[2.1] P H OTO G R A P HY Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, TX
[2.1] P H OTO G R A P HY Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, MO “Ferment” by Roxy Paine, Kansas City, MO From Giotto’s Campanille, Florence Italy St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston, Texas Underneath Eiffel, Paris, France Uffizi Courtyard, Florence, Italy View from Gondola, Venice, Italy Audubon Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
KYLE BERGER kyberger12@gmail.com | 214-507-1860 kyleberger.myportfolio.com
Reichstag Dome (Foster + Partners), Berlin, Germany