Jadyn Landreth Architecture Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

JADYN LANDRETH

Hello! I am an aspiring Architect passionate about collaborating with design professionals to improve the lives of everyone affected by our projects through sustainable and community driven design.

AWARDS

2022 Fourth Year Portfolio Finalist Architecture Department Studio Portfolio Compeition AIA Wichita Scholarship

2021

JADYN LANDRETH

landrethjadyn@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/jadynlandreth

EDUCATION

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (M.ARCH)

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

- Anticipated Graduation: May 2023 - Graduate Certificate in Urban Design (in progress) - University Honors Program - Studied Abroad in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark (Summer 2022) - Gensler / GastingerWalker& Co-Op, Kansas City (Fall 2022)

MAIZE HIGH SCHOOL

- Graduated May 2018

LEADERSHIP

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS

(2018 - Present) (2014 - 2018)

1st Place Third Year Portfolio KU Undergraduate Research Symposium

Architecture Department Studio Portfolio Compeition AIA Wichita Scholarship

- KU Chapter Treasurer 2020-2021 - Creator’s Ball Committee Chair 2018-2020 - Member 2018-Present

Outstanding Presentation Award

STUDENT PORTFOLIO REVIEWER

ARCHITECTURE FIRST-YEAR STUDENT MENTOR

(2018 - Present) (Fall 2020) (2022 - Present)

AIAS Creators’ Ball Gallery

2019

AIAS Napkin Sketch Competition

2020 Best Traditional Media 2018 - 2022 KU Traditions Scholarship 2018 Joe Pfannestial Memorial Art Scholarship

SKILLS

SOFT SKILLS

WORK EXPERIENCE

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN (2022 - Present)

GASTINGERWALKER&

- Developed proficiency in creating both two-dimensional construction drawings on Revit. - Creating three-dimensional renderings on Enscape for clients to show project donors.

- Assisting with specifications and material selections for various design projects. - Participating in team and company-wide meetings regarding updates on current projects.

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN (Summer 2021)

FINKLE + WILLIAMS ARCHITECTURE

Critical Thinking Detail Orientated Creative Thinking Problem Solving Rendering Hand drawing Surveying Graphic Design Branding

Leadership Communication Adaptability Time Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Adobe Creative Cloud Revit Enscape Microsoft Office Sketchup Lumion Bluebeam

- Translating design ideas into construction documents on Revit. - Creating conceptual models on SketchUp to aid the architects’ design process.

- Rendering views on Enscape to provide clear understanding of atmosphere for projects.

LIBRARY DESK ASSISTANT

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HATCH READING ROOM

- Assisting students and faculty - Reshelving book and materials

(2021 - 2022)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (2018 - 2019)

LARSON & COMPANY P.A.

- Scanning, Copying, Filing, and Faxing Client Documents - Delivery & Pick-up Documents for Clients and Co-workers - Substitute Reception

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

selected works

HUMAN NATURE CENTER

MONUMENT DEPOT

17-30

LIVING RESOURCE CENTER

ACCESSORY DWELLING

environmental education museum mixed-use affordable housing detached accessory dwelling unit non-denominational chapel

A PLACE FOR CONTEMPLATION INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

53-54 55-56

PERSONAL WORKS

HUMAN NATURE CENTER

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION PROJECT DATE

Looking to promote environmental education, my partner Jose Moreno and I designed a living building example of sustainability. Located east of the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts, Hu man Nature Center utilizes its ideal location in Kansas City to unite anyone interested in nature. Easily accessible and open to all, it includes a Living Machine, native plants, renewable ener gy, and a closed water loop. Every detail of this project intentionally lays out how sustainability should be aproached in architecture.

SITE PLAN

stairs

BALTIMOREAVENUE

EVAPORATIVE COOLING

Constructed

water

INTEGRATED SHADING

Internal heat gains are minimized during

properly

THERMAL MASS COOLING

During the day, rammed earth absorbs heat to moderate rising temperatures. At night, the building is ventilated with cooler outside air, extracting the stored heat from the mass and flushing it to the exterior.

PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING

Although not completely south-facing, direct gain solar heating is utilized in conjuction with evaporative cooling as water and rammed earth act as solar collectors by receiving direct sunlight from the large curtain wall.

human nature center

GREEN ROOF DETAIL

vegetation growing medium filter membrane

prefinished metal flashing

waterproof/root repellant thermal insulation

drainage layer roofing membrane support vapor control

mass timber column lateral tensile rods wood posts spider fittings

native soil rigid insulationprefinished metal flashing native plants

1x2 wood perlins w/ acoustic board between

ASTM A307 5/8”Ø bolts 2’ x 6” wood joist

knife plate inside beam boltedto slanted columns

4x6 glulam column spider fitting glazingconnecting to column triple-glazed low-E glass

custom angled columns posts w/ fittings

square HSS bolted to interiorglulam and foundation

anchor bolts foundation

raised access floor

4” rigid insulation

4” Ø drainage pipe gravel

DEMONSTRATION GARDEN

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

Constructed wetlands removes many pollutants associated with municipal and industrial wastewater and stormwater, as well as providing evaporative cooling.

CLASSROOMS + ATRIUM

MONUMENT DEPOT

DESCRIPTION

Worth,

LOCATION PROJECT DATE

America’s ongoing movement to unite people from different racial backgrounds takes a large leap through the Monument Depot. This mu seum stands as an anti-celebratory space to warehouse the monuments around America that embody racism, genocide, and injustice. The form, material, and placement on the site in Fort Worth, Texas, all intentionally strip this museum of celebration. The purpose is to re-frame the narrative surrounding these harmful figures.

putting it on a pedestal

place it at our below viewer’s eye level

giving the artwork personal space

crowd it

illuminating it/ making it “glow”

put it in the dark and illuminate the truth

providing the art with a blank background

overwhelm the art with a busy background

MONUMENT & FORM DESIGN PRINCIPLES

These diagrams show how a traditional museum would celebrate their art and museum containing it, and how I designed to accomplish the exact opposite.

align museum next to neighboring museums

align museum to the corner away from other museums

create large entry plaza

remove entry plaza

tall and above ground detailed ornamentation

sunken into the ground stripped and simplified facade

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE

The journey through the Monument Depot can be depicted by light, color, and material. The concrete-heavy interior and exterior gives off a cold, inhuman feeling. From the lobby to the lowest point in the gallery sequence, light becomes more and more limited--as does the view of the Heritage Tree located in the interior courtyard. As guests continue through the gallery sequence, they’ll be exposed to more light connecting the interior and exterior through the semi-permeable Zospeum con crete wall. At the end of the galleries, guests are welcomed into the exterior Memorial Pla za. The stark contrast between cold and des olate to warm and natural provides closure to an uncomfortable but neccessariy experience.

CONCRETE PANEL

METAL FURRING

GAP

RIGID INSULATION

CONTROL LAYERS

EXTERIOR SHEATHING

STUD WALLS

STEEL COLUMN FRAMEWORK

BATT INSULATION

GYPSUM INTERIOR FINISHING

RIGID INSULATION

EXTERIOR SHEATHING

METAL FLASHING TOP CHORD

WEB JOIST

GUSSET PLATE

STEEL WIRE

GYPSUM CEILING PANEL

METAL

CONCRETE

STEEL BEAM OPTIC

LAYERS

AXONOMETRIC OF ZOSPEUM

OPTIC FIBER

STEEL BEAM

ZOSPEUM WALL

STEEL COLUMN

STEEL BEAM

CONCRETE EXTERIOR

OPTIC FIBERS

RIGID INSULATION

LAYERS

ZOSPEUM is a cutting-edge building material that uses up to 30.000 optic fibers per square meter of concrete. It allows light to permeate into interior spaces in order for those on the inside to interact better with the outside world. It insulates while remaining strong, making it suitable for the large wall separating the interior courtyard and galleries. As someone descends down the galleries, the light experience dims. Alternatively, when the occupant journeys back up, the galleries are illuminated by sunlight shining through the optic fibers connecting the interior courtyard to the gallery experience.

SECTION AA

1/16” = 1’-0” entrance kitchen break room staff corridor galleries prep area

LIVING RESOURCE CENTER

DESCRIPTION

mixed-use affordable housing Armourdale, Kansas

PROGRAM LOCATION PROJECT DATE

4th year, fall 2021

The Living Resource Center provides emergen cy and transitional housing for Armourdale, an isolated neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas. Armourdale has been abandoned for years due to flooding and a lack of investment in the neighborhood. This has led to numerous vacan cies and poverty. Addressing environmental and social-economic issues, this building fills the gap Armourdale needs for proper rehabilitation for the land and its people.

STREET

training

TRANSITIONAL TECH. CENTER

SITE PLAN

resource center

HOUSING

HOUSING RETAIL

goods divided

three different shops

employ

Living Resource Center

KansasAvenue

CrossLines Community Outreach

URBAN STRATEGY

In collaboration with three group members, we came up with a collective urban strategy to accomplish across our four buildings: Each project assesses a different need of the Armourdale community. In order from East to West across Osage Avenue, these mixed-use buildings focus on re sources, family, vitality, and health. Together, we strived for social connectivity, accessiblity, and sustainability.

Shawnee Park

Source Sta ng Armourdale Community Center

Build to the property line.

Divide building into two halves. Create bridge.

floors.

center

Add

Add

Add

Add

summer sun

INTERIOR COURTYARD

pervious pavers and planters passively collect water and store it for reuse.

GREEN ROOF + TERRACES

absorbs and reduces heat by 30-40%, reduces stormwater runoff up to 65%, and attracts wildlife

PERFORATED BRICK SCREENS to filter southern sunlight

living resource center

site: 134’ x 109’ = 14698 SF 14698 SF / 43560 = about 1/3 of an acre

total size: 28621 SF units per acre: 51 commercial / civic: 9557 SF x 30% = 2867 SF 9557 SF - 2867 SF = 6690 SF

residential: 15,314 SF / 2 = 7657 SF per floor 7657 x 30% = 2297 SF for circulation 7657 SF - 2297 SF = 5360 SF 1300 SF for community spaces

emergency units: 10 (300 SF) units 2 (400 SF) units

transitional units 5 (1200 SF) units

technologycenterentrance

shopentrances

shopentrances

center

unitstransitional units

COMMUNITY KITCHEN

FLOOR

ACCESSORY DWELLING

DESCRIPTION

accessory dwelling unit

Armourdale, Kansas City, KS

PROGRAM LOCATION PROJECT DATE

3rd year, spring 2021

Armourdale serves as an example of a neighborhood that could host accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as an innovative housing solution in Kansas City, Kansas. This study allowed me to focus closely on site, materiality, and local setback guidelines. The overall goal of this project was to create a flexible 500 sqft design that could essentially be placed on any lot in this neighbor hood. I achieved this by designing a reflectable floor plan that creates an entrance on any wall, a rotatable clerestory that accounts for sunlight differing on vari ous lots, and providing thought-out siding options to accommodate budgets at different levels.

conceptual neighborhood site plan

Each of these ADU is 50% of the avergae size of a house in the Armourdale neighborhood: ( 1000sqft / 2 = 500sqft )

wide wall entrance

narrow wall entrance

interior perspective section view inside bedroom

WINDOW BOX

HARDIE BOARD SIDING

SINGLE-HUNG WINDOW

METAL ROOFING

WOODEN RAFTERS

BATT INSULATION WOOD FRAMING BUILDSMART ZIP PANEL

FURRING CONCRETE SLAB RIGID INSULATION

STEM WALL

FOUNDATION FORMWORK FOUNDATION FOOTING

BACKFILL

WINDOW BOX

METAL ROOFING

WOODEN RAFTERS

BATT INSULATION

WOOD FRAMING

SHEATHING FURRING SHEATHING

ALUMINUM PANELS

SINGLE-HUNG WINDOW

THE FLEXIBILITY required in an ADU to perform well on a variety of lots applies to the materiality as well as the form. Hardie Board and aluminum paneling provide options that differ in budget as well as an overall aesthetic.

CONCRETE SLAB RIGID INSULATION

STEM WALL

FOUNDATION FORMWORK FOUNDATION FOOTING

BACKFILL

siding option B aluminum panels

A PLACE FOR CONTEMPLATION

DESCRIPTION

non-denominational chapel

pioneer cemetary

PROGRAM LOCATION PROJECT DATE

2nd year, fall 2019

At Pioneer Cemetary, across the street from the University of Kansas, I designed a wooden chapel for visiting friends and families to enjoy. The main concept of my structure is the idea of two nesting figures and openness to nature. The model for this project was almost entirely handmade be side the “concrete” base and laser-cut people. I learned about structural systems and the many

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

DESCRIPTION

I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to work in an architectural firm for the first time during the Summer of 2021 at Finkle + Williams. My presentable work features the knowledge and experience I gained in modeling and rendering; however, the most valuable experience was being immersed in the architectural field and surrounded by similarly driven professionals. Accompanying site visits, construction administration meetings, and design charrettes allowed me to see the logisitics of my career.

sketchup model & enscape rendering

sketchup model & enscape rendering

works

DESCRIPTION

PERSONAL WORKS

Something I can always remember enjoying is drawing and painting. These initial drawings I made in my first year at architecture school. This solidified my understanding of formal perspective, shading, and drafting. From boxes, to an interior of a campus building, to axonometrics of my models, I thoroughly enjoyed the in-depth analysis of putting what I can see to paper. Outside of architecture school, I have loved making many drawings and paintings to express my creativity.

charcoal on newsprint

micron pen & colored pencil on vellum

charcoal on charcoal paper

acrylic on canvas

charcoal on newsprint acrylic on canvas

acrylic on canvasink on printmaking paper

oil on canvas acrylic on canvas

acrylic on canvas

JADYN LANDRETH thank you.

landrethjadyn@gmail.com