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technical drawings
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+ activities AIAS at SAIC President Fall 2011- current Architecture for Humanity member Spring 2012 - current AIAS at SAIC Vice President Fall 2010- Spring 2011 AIAS member Fall 2009- current Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Fall 2007- current Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Fall 2005- current ASID/IIDA member Fall 2006- Spring 2008 + volunteer work
+ education Florida State University Bachelor of Science, Interior Design Enrollment: Fall 2004- Spring 2008 Cumulative GPA: 3.89 Magna Cum Laude CIDA Accredited Nasad Accredited School of the Art Institute of Chicago Masters of Architecture Candidate Enrollment: Fall 2009- May 13, 2012 NAAB Accredited Abroad semesters in Japan and Peru
résumé
The Edgar Martinez Project SAIC AIAS Freedom by Design student Project SAIC student project with a goal to implement architectural design to accommodate the Martinez’s family new lifestyle + employment of living with a disability. The project began in Spring 2011, my role as AIAS president is to over see the project, help with Williams Electric Co., Inc. fundraising, advertising, recruiting, as well as physically Full time CAD Technician volunteering myself. To date we have raised over $800, with Employment: June 2008- July 2009 a $2000 goal, and have implemented 20 hours on site Description: Produce drawing packages of schematics based toward minor home repairs, and 120 behind the scene off sketches from the eld. Projects included drawing packages submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers as well hours. National Rebuild Day as the Smithsonian Institution. Architecture for Humanity Chicago Chapter SAIC TA-B SAIC AIAS collaboration. Participated in the April 2011 event, Teacher Assistant for the course D.O.3022 Designed Objects as well as the April 2010 event where an entire day is Employment: Fall 2009 Semester dedicated to home repairs for the elderly, disabled, or those hit by poverty. + awards + experience Software AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Microsoft Ofce. Craft Furniture making/wood working, hand drafting, model making, oil painting, charcoal drawing, leaded glass, CNC routing, and mold making/casting. + contact information phone: 850.240.7158 email: lauralynncrane@gmail.com
AARP Livable Communities Phase II National Design Competition Fall 2011 Third Place Winner Project published in the 2012 spring journal of CRIT John W. Kurtich Travel Scholarship SAIC Winter 2011 One of nine recipients award based on merit Betsy Karp Honorable Mention SAIC Spring 2011 In recognition of studio IV work 17th Annual Leadership Recognition SAIC Fall 2010 Faculty nominated recognition
robert The Robert Crown Community Center design proposal was executed based on crown the RFP guidelines provided by the City of Evanston. The city of Evanston has community outgrown the existing complex and is asking for additional space as well as an center additional ice rink. In addition to the RFQ requirements, based upon site interviews, there exists a need for 24-hour accessible programs, as well as the request for the potential to host community events was addressed in the resulting design proposal.
The immediate problem presented by this project is the placement of such a large commercial venue in a predominately single-family home residential community. The design solutions that resulted from addressing this interruption of the residential vernacular is the introduction of a front porch concept as the main entrance for the new Robert Crown Community Center. This gesture allows the proposed building to be raised, permitting the building to function as a canopy and viewing platform over open to air programming beneath that allows 24-hour access for immediately surrounding residents to programs such as a basketball court, a playground, a skate park, a skating rink, as well as the opportunity for an open market space. The front porch dictates the building’s orientation and takes advantage of the Southern light, with the East and West walls covered in a perforated skin to control heat gain through daylight.
preliminary sketch
grass: site image
height eld
hex attractor
2d view
grasshopper skin development detail view
In an effort to connect the two main groups of stakeholders, as well as to link the community center to the immediate community, a scoreboard is positioned on the exterior to allow community involvement in the game, even if they cannot attend; whether it is a hockey, tennis, or basketball game. This notion of visual involvement that is conveyed on the exterior via the scoreboard as well as the front porch is continued on the interior as well; with every program providing a peek-a-boo view onto another program in an effort to further promote involvement through the sense of inclusion and accessibility throughout the new Robert Crown Community Center.
A consequent problem that must also be addressed is the implementation of the different needs of the different stakeholders: the immediate resident and the commuters from the greater Evanston and Chicago area that use the ice rink, as well as the Northwestern Men’s Hockey Team. Upon site interviews it was easy to obtain that those users who commute for the ice rink, only use the ice rink while many immediate residents have never even stepped foot inside; this influenced the design decision to place the new ice rink under ground. This gesture of placing the rink underground allows for maximum green space above, as well as the introduction of topography from the displaced dirt to provide additional programming including sledding and an integration of stadium seating for outdoor sporting events. The placement underground also allows for a more energy efficient temperature regulation, as well as crowd control with separate entrances that can be open for events, or private key card access for those commuting users.
roots project accordingly titled Roots signifies the need for a community to mixed use The itself and perpetually grow. The current median age of the community urban de- ground is 30, with the majority of dwellers renting studio units. The design goal of the velopment building was to connect low, mid, and high-rise units to create a community
within. The designs of each unit type are to meet the individual needs of the capacity of the family that would reside there, whether a couple, family, single student or elderly resident. Additional programming has been proposed in particular areas of the development, based on the residential needs of the surrounding units to promote community development and connections through designed moments of interaction. A indoor playground is proposed alongside the two-story family oriented town homes on the south end of the site, while a movie theater is positioned along one bedroom units with the intention of entertainment for both the elderly and young couples that would reside there. A restaurant and bar are proposed programming near the studio units to provide an opportunity for interactions that perhaps wouldn’t happen in the single student/single resident lifestyle. *This project placed 3rd in the AARP and AIAS hosted Liveable Communities National Design Competition and was published in the 2012 spring journal of CRIT
The proposed additional programming offers an opportunity for resident-to-resident relationships, as well as to designed opportunities to build relationships with the surrounding community in moments of interaction, work, and education. The building wraps the perimeter of the unique shaped lot, creating a community courtyard. An elevated pedestrian walk, coffee shop, and an introduction of topography in the courtyard provides recreational opportunities for both summer and winter for the entire community. A proposed green house offers interactive educational experience for both residences and the three near by schools, as well as provides produce for the grocery and pharmacy located directly below.
concept development
southeast view of the loop demographic information
The building design is sloped on a North to South axis to take full advantage of the Southern light, while offering opportunities for both private and public roof top gardens to further the notion of designed environments for residential interaction. The entire building is wrapped in a wooden brise soleil to provide visual privacy for residents as well as help naturally regulate interior temperatures from the direct sunlight on the East and West faรงade. The brise soleil also acts as a visual queue of wrapping and physically the community into one.
lima cultural futures
An interdisciplinary SAIC studio in partnership with the City of Lima, Peru has been asked to design urban agriculture installations for the Cercado de Lima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a significant urban historic district in Peru. The project scope included developing sustainable Urban Agriculture facilities that provide the foundation (social, cultural, economic and ecologic) for the adaptation and preservation of historic buildings in the Cercado. Faculty involved in the project includes Frances Whitehead, Douglas Pancoast, and Vincet Michael. Students involved in the project are listed: Samantha Alaimo, DJ Catrow, Laura Crane, Veronica Diaz, Duane Hagerty, Julie Hess, Brooke Ingram, Dina Khodorkovskaya, Sia Khorrami, Karin Kuroda, Danielle Potts, Cassie Rogg, Marie Socha, Sara Tigtje, Emily Wallwrath, and Michelle Yuan. Lima representatives involved in the project include: Anna Zucchetti Agosti, Gunther Merzthal Yupari, and Miriam D’iganzio. The first project was a proposal for a green roof design for the Municipal Palace in the historic Plaza Mayor next to the Governmental Palace. The difficulties of the project developed into the inspiration for the proposal, the notion of lost in translation. The simplistic design is meant to be read diagrammatically so the intent is not lost in translation, and the simple notion of recycle, plant, and repeat. A reclaimed interlocking seating system was proposed with the notion of educating the youth, and allowing them to participate in their government/community. Children at the local public schools are to collect plastic 2-liter bottles, which will then be upcycled into self-watering planters for seedlings. Upon a trip to the Municipal Palace, students can drop the 2-liter into the reclaimed honeycomb containers that can function additionally as storage or seating when not filled with seedling planters. Once the seedlings reach maturity, they can be relocated to the deeper planting beds, and the next class of students can partake in the green roof development. All green roof additions to the Municipal Palace coincide with consideration for the historical preservation of the building and does not impend the initial view from street level.
municipal palace
macro peru
micro lima
historic district: lima
site
municipal palace roof
Bio ferias are a market stall proposal that was a collaborative project in Lima, Peru. The stalls were a design solution to the need for instant markets for vendors selling a range of craft items to vegetables and meat/dairy products. The original installation is for implementation in the sites La Molina, Miraflores, and Barranco; with a potential for stalls to be used throughout the greater metropolitan area of Lima. The stalls needed to be transportable, easily manipulated, and provide storage. The immediate conceptual notion for this project was the idea of transitional spaces and thresholds, a transportable program that could easily be installed and re-invent the space into a market. A boxed wood construction channeled the iconic threshold of the fifteenth century wooden balconies that adorn the city of Lima, an existing threshold that defines an extension of public and private separation, similar to that of the shopping experience.
Bio ferias are a market stall was a collaborative between the City of Lima, Peru, SAIC, and involved sstudents Cassie Rogg, Samantha Alaimo, and Laura Crane. Lima representatives involved in the project include: Anna Zucchetti Agosti, Gunther Merzthal Yupari, and Miriam D’iganzio. SAIC Faculty include Frances Whitehead, Douglas Pancost, and Vincet Michael.
chicago “L� stop subway addition
This was collaborative interdisciplinary studio with peers Julie Hess and Valerie Dekeyser. The team consisted of three disciplines: architecture, interior architecture, and designed objects. The proposal was for an added circle line that would connect the outer extremities of the red and blue rail lines. The project was both a renovation of the existing station of the Division blue line station as well as a design proposal for the new circle line that would run underneath the existing blue line. The design solution addressed the notion of layers of information, and how the user changes the way they receive visual information in a place that is purely a transition point, not a destination.
concept model/puzzle
systems detail
systems detail revit section
existing building in Calgary Canada thermal An analyzed utilizing Ecotect software. analysis was A daylight study as well as energy analsis of the envelope construction determined the building efficiency.
pixel credenza
Pixel is a case-good that was produced for an advanced furniture class. The piece continually evolved around the idea of how to produce a tactile drawer face. The drawer faces that served as the moments of interaction were made via digital output that utilized the cnc machine. The drawer face was then vacuum-formed by a polypropylene plastic. The piece was an exploration in fabrication as well as conforming to standard hardware and parts, as well as the marrying of materials, from walnut, to medex, to polypropylene.
tool path
vacuum former
tool path
cnc router
cnc coffee table
This table was produced for a cnc fabrication class that focused on output by two and three axis milling. The piece was a study on a mass laminating process, a process that is enabled by the advancement in digital output. The profile of the dipping table was milled in multiple materials that are attached internally through a dowel system. The table is composed of plywood, maple, cherry, walnut, as well as acrylic.
shaker table
This table was produced for a fundamental furniture course. The design was from predetermined drawings, and the intent was to produce a nail and screw free table utilize wood joinery. The table is solid maple with a grey wash.
panton chair restoration
Four early 1960-late 1950 Verner Panton chairs were found and restored after years of abuse. The fiberglass repair process included a lot of sanding, filling, and the use of auto paint to get them back to their original luster.