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Lauren Wertz | Undergraduate Portfolio 2016-2020
Education Auburn University Bachelor of Architecture GPA 3.77 Dean’s List 6/11 semesters Expected Graduation 05/20
Work Experience 2019-presnet Department of Housing and Urban Development x Habitat for Humanity Age-in-Place Research Design Team
Auburn University ’s Rural Studio Fall 2017
2019-presnet College of Architecture, Design, and Construction Office of Recruitment Student Worker
University of Arkansas x Auburn University Rome Studio Spring 2018
2017-presnet Auburn University Challenge Course Program Facilitator 2017 + 2018 Camp Kadalea High Ropes Course Manager, Head Caving Guide, Head of Junior Counselor Program 2019 Black Water Architects Commissioned Renderings 2015-2016 Supplemental Instructor Math Teacher
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Academic Resume 2015-2020
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
(251) 656-3302 laurenalexiswertz@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/laurenawertz @lawarch
Honors + Awards dec. 2019 AIAS In Studio Render Competition 3rd Place dec. 2019 AIA Mobile Chapter Component Matching Grant Scholarship Oct. 2019 Rocktopus: Clemson Climbing Comp 3rd Place, Beginner Category jun. 2019 Alabama Center for Architecture Scholarship apr. 2019 Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal
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wertz Involvement 2019-present Auburn Climbing Team 2019-present Tau Sigma Delta 2018-present College of Architecture, Design, and Construction Ambassador 20192020 President 2017-present American Institue of Architecture Students Auburn University Chapter fall 2018 Rome Study Abroad Exhibition Team Exhibit Design + Curator
mar. 2019 Jenkins Brink Endowed Architecture Scholarship
Spring 2018 University of Arkansas Rome Center Study Abroad
dec. 2018 Spire Student Design Competition Honorable Mention
fall 2017 Auburn University’s Rural Studio Ree’s Home
apr. 2018 Rome Study Abroad Super Jury Presentation dec. 2017 Rural Studio Watercolor Competition 1st Place
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04 RESUME 08 acedemic resume + CVC
Contact Info E d u c a t i o n E x p e r i e n c e H o n o r s Involvement
paper architecture
studio projects
0 8 Urban
[ r e ] connection
1 4 Housing
Exploration
2 8 Mitigating
Monumentality
3 6 Museum of
Contemporary Art
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Table of Contents Compilation of Work
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
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ART + RENDERS
work+Projects
drawn + rendered
created ar tifacts
7 6 Mixed Medium
4 8 Alvar Aalto
Stool No. 60
8 2 Watercolors
5 2 Ree’s Home
Rural Studio
5 8 Shilo Baptist Church
6 2 Graphic Design 6 6 Age-in-Place Research
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Team Credit
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Auburn University + University of Arkansas Rome Center Professors Maria Luisa Palumbo + Riccard D’Aquina
Team Mates:
Aaron Neal (diagrams) Tanner Nash (perspectives)
Studio IV super jur y selection
urban
[re]connection Rome, Italy After months of extensive research in Rome, Italy, our studio was assigned the task of redesigning an area that posed urban issues within the larger scheme of Rome. Our team chose Piazza Venezia as the location that posed the most problems. Our main goals were the redirection of vehicular traffic, referencing historical artifacts within the piazza, redistributing attention from the Victor Emmanuel, and, ultimately, connecting the large public space to the rest of the city.
Existing state of Piazza Venezia
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Proposal | Layers
Context | Historical
line of sight
These lines determin visual connections between major destinations.
circulation
These lines denote the most frequently used paths by pedestrians.
Destinations
These lines show the most direct paths between major historical places in the piazza.
Piazza Prior to 1885
This shows the piazza, a year prior the demolition for the construction of the Victor Emmanuel.
Entrances
These lines connect major building entrances.
Result
These lines are the result of the regulating line study. They determine the paths in the new design proposal.
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[re]connection Rome, Italy
Roman Imperial Age
This shows the location of Hadrian’s Auditorium and Trajan’s Basilica.
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Existing vs Proposed | vehicular + pedestrian circulation
Existing Routes
Existing Paths
Proposed Routes
Proposed Paths
In its current state, vehicles dominate the piazza, making navigating the space on foot difficult + dangerous. The proposed design removes cars from the public space and connects the islands of landscape around Piazza Venezia.
Within the piazza, pedestrians are contained to side walks, with no place for leisure or extended pause. The proposed design gives the space back to the public, removing cars and allowing visitors to utilize the entire piazza. Studio V Fall 2018
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Intervention | Historical Artifacts
Hadrian’s Auditorium
This below grade viewing space is a proposed solution to the current unaddressed historical site of Hadrian’s Auditorium. It allows visitors to experience the ruins within reach.
Trajan’s Column
This proposal makes Trajan’s Column and Basilica accessible from grade through a stair and ramp system, bring the historical artifacts of Piazza Venezia to its visitors..
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[re]connection Rome, Italy
Palazzo Venezia
The radial garden pattern provides areas for pause and serves as a directional axis to the interior garden in Palazzo Venezia.
Capitoline Hill
The area leading up to Capitoline Hill contains three versatile green spaces that promote extended leisure within the piazza. It also contains four major axes, directing visitors to Capitoline Hill or to the other major areas of intervention.
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Proposed design of piazza venezia Studio IV Spring 2018
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Auburn University
Professor David Hinson
Studio VI
h o n o ra b l e m e nt i o n
HOusing exploration C h a t t a n o o g a , Te n n e s s e e
The main concept explored in this project is the design and configuration of high density, residential units. In this design, a skip floor corridor system was used to create efficient housing as well as units that promoted a higher quality of living. By using a skip floor, only eight percent of the overall square footage is allotted to circulation and each unit features a double height living space with a double height curtain wall, fully utilizing natural lighting techniques.
second floor and ground plane
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Form | Response to Context
axes The three major axes of the project
connect the three major areas within Chattanooga.
Orientation
The mass is carved out to take advantage of natural sunlight, allowing it to come into the center of the site.
Urban context
The site serves as a central location for the Innovation District, Waterfront District, and the University of Tennessee. These three areas are economic and demographic hubs within Chattanooga. Its location makes it idea for high density living and acts as a crucial center point within the city.
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Orientation The facade is cut at an angle to serve as a siphon into Patton Parkway.
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Floor plans | skip floor configuration
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facade The two floor curtain walls are the living spaces of each residential unit.
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Housing Exploration Chattanooga, TN
Type A Unit The type A unit is the cap at the end of each corridor, on a single loaded corridor These units are either a one or two bedroom configuration.
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Type b Unit The type B unit is configured on a double loaded corridor. These units are a studio or one bedroom configuration.
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Until Type A | Single Loaded Corridor
2 bedroom unit 1 bedroom unit Unit b top Level
Corridor/ Entry Level
Unit A Bottom Level
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Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Until Type B | Double Loaded Corridor
Unit b top Level
1 bedroom unit studio unit
Corridor/ Entry Level
Unit A Bottom Level
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057313 Glazed Decorative Metal Railings 033000 Cast in Place Concrete | Polished Concrete Finishing
051213 AESS Framing | Intumescent Fire Proofing 057000 Decorative Metal | 8th in. Metal Plate 078443 Joint Firestopping 084413 Glazed Aluminum Curtain Wall 051200 Structural Steel Framing
088000 Glazing 085113 Aluminum Windows 064216 Flush Wood Paneling 072100 Thermal Insulation | Batt Insulation 061600 Sheathing 072726 Fluid Applied Air Barrier 072100 Thermal Insulation | Rigid 074213.13 Formed Metal Wall Panels
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Housing Exploration Chattanooga, TN
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Ground Floor Perspective Studio V Fall 2018
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Housing Exploration Chattanooga, TN
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Facade Progression Perspective Studio V Fall 2018
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itigating onumentality
Spring 2019 Auburn University
Professor Margaret Fletcher+ Harvard GSD Professor Helen Han Studio VII
Cambridge, England This project is designed to explore how to simultaneously distort the perception of a building and its true scale. This idea is a result of having to deal with program that requires height that is taller than most of its surrounding context and a width that seems out of place with the existing conditions of the site. The design of this building plays with the perception of scale on the exterior by using the facade as a way to control views in and out of the building and the ambient and focal light that these view emit. While using this method to utilize its mass on the exterior, the vast interior is mitigated through a series of strategies that create an inviting atmosphere and utilize the features of the program of the building.
Approach and view of reveal
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Form | Programmed Masses
Cafe Community work space Bouldering Cave Climbing wall Locker Rooms Public Restrooms Community event spaces lobby/transit waiting space Climbing equipment storage Automated Bike Storage
Exterior | controlled reveals
1. Architecture as volumes of light
Each of the three masses begin as unobstructed, glass, volumes of light, illuminating their surroundsing, completely transparent to the public.
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2. Metal skin to establish human scale + create ambiguity
The metal wrapping encloses the transparent masses partially, only allowing light at the ground plane, making the interior program unknown to people passing by,
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Control: A 10’ concrete wall blocks views into the interior of the building. Slice: Vertical slices reveal the entire height of the building, but the human scale of each floor contrasts its monumental size. CRacks: Emits small lines of light to show permeability. Reveal: Exposes the interior on a monumental scale, as through a viewing frame.
3. Slices + Reveals to Direct + Expose The overall strategy for the exterior of the design intends to distort perception of what is monumental and what addresses a human scale. The perception of the building is also distorted depending on what distance from which it is being viewed, with its true scale only revealed through controlled reveals and slices. Studio VI Spring 2019
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Approach to site perspective
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Mitigating Monumentality Cambridge, England
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Ambiguity of Scale: Each slice and reveal utilizes the
entire height of facade, demonstrating its monumentality with the human scale only revealed by the occupants within and outside of the building.
Focal Light: As a secondary function, the slices and
reveals emit focal light to signify where the entries to the buildings lie on the facade.
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interior | Breakdown of Volumes
1. Empty Volumes:
The empty volumes of space lack human scale. The massive spaces convey feelings of isolation and coldness.
2. Objects in a Volume: The
climbing walls, secondary program (locker-rooms, equipment storage), and tertiary program (elevator shafts, restrooms) are treated as objects in the volume. These objects intend to break down the vertical space within volume.
3. Program + floor plates: Floor plates are
used to divide programs in the volume, rather than walls. This creates zones of activity while making the volumes seem like a holistic space. It also allows someone to participate in an activity and also view other activities going on around them.
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museum of contemporary art
Fall 2019
Auburn University Professor Justin Miller Studio VII
A I A S InS tud i o Re nd e r : 3 r d Plac e
Atlanta, Georgia
For this project, the studio was challenged with designing the new campus for the Atlanta Contemporary Art Museum. This design was the result of inspiration of sculpture and the SONAA New Art Museum. The central concept of this project is the emphasis on exterior connections to the city through visual connection, strong vertical emphasis on form and circulation, as well as architectural design influenced by decisions driven by composition.
Design in context of atlanta
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Form | void +Vertical emphasis
1. entry extension
The ground floor mass extends towards the west end of the site, establishing the entry axis.
5. Composition
The fifth and sixth mass push and pull to create small variations in the facade to coincide with the overall language of the building.
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2. extension+void
3. pull back+void
4. pull back+Void
6. pullback+void
6. pullback
Exterior galleries + event spaces
The second mass containing the auditorium creates two voids for events and galleries.
The seventh mass pulls back to create a second exterior gallery.
The third mass pulls back to create a exterior space for large events.
The eighth mass expands to allow the ninth mass to pull back, creating a platform to view the city.
The fourth mass pulls back to create a exterior gallery.
The eighth mass expands to allow the ninth mass to pull back, creating a platform to view the city.
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FUNCTION | VERTICAL STACKING
mechanical galleries educational+ADMIN Auditorium service Core* lobby, cafe, store
steel columns+beams two-way concrete slab curtain wall system glass: OPAQUE OR TRANSLUCENT PANEL Supports Perforated Metal Panels
SERVICE CORE
The service core consolidates egress, wet walls, and elevators
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Lighting+structure
The envelope of the building, comprised of a curtain wall and perforated metal wrapping, filters and diffuses light on the interior of the building.
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
public space perspective Studio VI Fall 2018
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MUSEUM CIRCULATION
Egress System
Occupants move through the museum by first entering through the ground floor mass and traveling to the top floor by elevator. From there, a series of meandering stairs take individuals down through the six galleries, down to the fourth floor. These stairs pierce the floor plates, allowing view of up to three galleries at one time. Once on the fourth floor, occupants take the elevators or stairs back to the ground floor and exit through the shop or cafe.
The museum has three series of egress stairs. The first being located in the service core, acting as the primary means of egress. The second stair is the smaller, auxiliary core at the east side of the building. Lastly, two stairs lead from the auditorium and empty into the public space below.
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Approach to site perspective
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MoCA: Contemporary Art Museum Atlanta, GA
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
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sixth Floor
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fifth Floor
eight Floor
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seventh Floor
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Approach into museum public space
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MoCA: Contemporary Art Museum Atlanta, GA
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
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For the Third Year program at the Rural Studio, students are tasked with researching a chair built by an architect and then creating a plan to fabricate a replica of the chair in the Rural Studio’s wood shop. This replica of Alvar Aalto’s Stool No. 60 is made of birch wood and countless hours of successful and failed attempts at steam bending. This project emphasizes the importance of detail, craft, and understanding how things are built— in furniture and architecture alike.
Seat + leg Attachment
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Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Process | Steam Bending
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The main focus of the Third Year Program at the Rural Studio is to modify and design a 20k home for a client in need in the town of Newbern, Alabama. For this project, the studio took Joanne’s Home, a house from the 20K product line, and modified it to meet the client, Ree’s, needs. The modifications included utilizing an elevated slab foundation, an expanded porch, and adding an extra storage space to the interior. The house was completely constructed by the Third Year Studio.
Completed Home: image by Jake Shirmer
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Front Porch: image by Jake Schirmer
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Ree’s Home Newbern, AL
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Process | Design + Construction
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Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Completed Home: image by Jake Shirmer Rural Studio Fall 2017
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Spring 2019
Charleston, South Carolina
Blackwater Architects
These renderings were done as a commission for Blackwater Architects in Charleston, South Carolina. The renderings were presented to the city board alone with the construction documents to receive approval and begin construction.
Michael Gregor
Commissioned Renderings
Aerial View of Church + Site
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Shilo Church Charelston, SC
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Blackwater Architects Comissioned Renderings
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Fall 2019
Office of Recruitment
Katherine Buck
Designed Work
CADC Recruitment
As an employee of the College of Architecture, Construction, and Design, student workers fulfill the needs of the Recruitment Office, from typical office work to graphic design work. These flyers are made for packets given to the prospective students of the college and provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary work.
Architecture + Building Science Math Placement
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Graphic Design Auburn, AL
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Auburn University Campus Map CADC Recruitment Spring 2019
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2019-Present
Eastlake, Birmingham, AL
Auburn University, Department of Housing + Urban Development, Habitat for Humanity
Auburn University partnered with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Habitat for Humanity created a research team of faculty and students to provide solutions to the current housing crisis in Birmingham, Alabama. The crisis includes pertains to the deficiency of ADA compliant homes and the ever increasing population of the 65+ demographic, both locally and world wide. This research team is in the process of developing housing prototypes, compliant with ADA requirements and placing them into the context of Eastlake, Birmingham, Alabama using land bank and tax delinquent lots as sites. The overall goal is to create accessible, connected communities across the town.
Justin Miller University Research Team
Site Map of Eastlake, Birmingham, AL
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Townhouse Zoning Study Townhouse siting regulations | All Zoning types The overall site regulation diagram shows the siting requirements regardless of zoning ordinance. There are limitations on set backs, distance from paved right of ways, parking, and ownership of lots.
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Age-in-Place Research Eastlake, Birmingham, AL
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Siting by ordinance | 8 allowances
Auburn University x HUD x Habitat 2019 - 2020
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Townhouse Typology Development 3 types | typology concept
Corner Lot | Book-end The corner lot configurations were developed with the purpose of serving as the terminus of a group of townhouses. Each configurations provides front to rear connectivity through side walks or a hard scape outdoor space. Through this, the corner addresses the surrounding context, integrating itself in to the community around it.
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This townhouse configuration consists of two separate dwelling units with ADA accessibility on the ground floor.
2. WORK:2b
This townhouse configuration consists of ground floor commercial and second floor residential.
3. 3b ada
This townhouse configuration consists of a two-story dwelling units with ADA accessibility on the ground floor as well as a second level kitchen and living space to support multigenerational living.
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1 dwelling unit
1 dwelling units
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Interior lot | in-fill configurations
Interior lot | ADU Attachment option
The interior town house configuration was designed with the intent of being flanked on both sides by additional townhouses The three configurations include a single dwelling unit (3B ADA), a two dwelling unit (1ADA:2B), and a live work unit (Work:2b). The 3B ADA and 1ADA:2b both feature a ADA accessible bottom floor, ideal of age-in-place living. Together, the three configurations provide a variety of living arrangements to accommodate, elders living alone, large family with handicapped members, and opportunity to create an outlet for income.
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Site selection Opportunity land | Tax delinquent + LandBank lots One of the largest opportunities for land development in the greater Birmingham area is the use of tax delinquent and land bank lots. Tax delinquent lots are lots that have have tax liens on them and because of the owners inability to pay or to maintain the property, these lots been aquired by the local government. The local government then sells these lots at a reduced rate to developers in an effort to create affordable housing and combat blight. Land bank lots are tax delinquent lots that have had liens on them for five or more years. Both kinds of lots are easy and inexpensive to acquire and make the idea sites for development.
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Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
The site chosen to house a townhouse development was chosen based on its collection of five tax delinquent/land bank lots and its proximity to 1st Avenue North, a major commercial hub that would provide connectivity to the rest of Easklake.
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Site configurations configuration i | By code
The first townhouse configuration on the site abides to the zoning ordinance of Birmingham, Alabama. However, the zoning classification for the selected sites is R3 or residential single family housing zoning. R3 zoning does not permit townhouses, so in this scenario, the C-B2 or General Business zoning that is applied to the lots along 1st Street is also applied to the selected lots for the townhouses. This zoning permits residential configurations allowed in D4 zoning, which includes townhouses. In addition, the C-B2 zoning allows for a work/study combination, bringing diversity, community, and economic opportunity to the collection of townhouses.
Configuration II | zoning change
The second site configuration adheres to the C-B2 zoning ordinance, but makes one crucial adjustment. All townhouse establishments, regardless of zone, must only have one dwelling unit under one ownership per lot. This configuration changes that rule to allow for dual ownership, mimicking condominium code, which results in two, separately owned dwelling units per lot. As a result, this gives the site 5 dwelling units instead of 3 dwelling units from configuration one.
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Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
configuration iii | Shared_Spaces
The third configuration is based upon the idea of shared spaces. The two shared spaces being the off street parking and the combined porch that houses the entrance to three dwelling units. Ideally, these shared spaces would create interactions between neighbors, creating the space for a community to begin. With the parking lot allocated in front of the homes, it allows the fourth lot to be used for another program. In this scenario, the lot is used to house an Accessory Dwelling Unit, that could provide private living in a diverse community, or housing of another generation of the family that may have physical limitations.
Continuation | Next Steps After completing a series of site configurations, a more in-depth development of the most successful configuration will be the next step. A more detail plan will be created to show the potential of the townhouse establishment on the site. Overall, the information compiled from the study townhouses, as well as cottage housing, duplexes, and ADU studies will be compiled and given to Habitat for Humanity as a resource for the future of their projects, opening up the possibilities for age-in-place housing and communities.
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H a n d D r aw n R e p r e s e n t a t i o n
Auburn University
This section is a collection of hand drawn renderings and other forms of representation of architecture. The majority of these works are taken from the first year of the Architecture Professional Program, showing the school’s emphasis on a traditional way of learning design— by hand.
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On Site Sketch of Folsom Seed House Folsom, Alabama
Graphite on Paper 8.5” x 11” October 2017
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Pompidou Cetnre Paris, France
Graphite on Arches Hot Press 90lb 9” x 9” May 2016
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Mixed Medium Fine Art
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Three Perspective Model Render Prouns, El Lissitzky
Graphite on Arches Hot Press 90lb 3” x 3” (each square) May 2016 Auburn University
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Wood Comp Rendering: Studio Project Auburn, Alabama
Copic Marker + Pen on Arches Hot Press 90lb 30” x 11” February 2017
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Mixed Medium Fine Art
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Ree’s Home Section Perspective Newbern, AL
Graphite on Arches Hot Press 90lb 15” x 15” September 2017
Auburn University
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Professor Iain Stewart AWS/NWS + Dick Hudgens
first place recipient
wat e r color
H a n d D r aw n R e p r e s e n t a t i o n This section is a collection of hand drawn renderings and other forms of representation of architecture. The majority of these works are taken from the first year of the Architecture Professional Program, showing the school’s emphasis on a traditional way of learning design— by hand.
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Street View Charleston, SC
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Watercolors Fine Art
Watercolor on Arches Cold Press 150lb 15” x 11” June 2017
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Saint Peter’s Square
Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
Watercolor on Arches Cold Press 150lb 15” x 11” June 2017
Auburn University May - Dec 2017
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Home Render
Mobile, Alabama
Watercolor on Arches Cold Press 150lb 30� x 11� July 2017
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Watercolors Fine Art
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Ree’s Home Section Perspective Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, NY
Watercolor on Arches Cold Press 150lb 30” x 11” July 2017
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Technical Plan
Alvar Aalto | Stool No. 60
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Watercolor on Arches Cold Press 150lb 30” x 22” October 2017
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Plan View
Alvar Aalto | Stool No. 60 Watercolor on Arches Cold Press 150lb 30” x 22” June 2017
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Watercolors Fine Art
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Beaux Arts Watercolor
Old French Market + City Hall, Mobile, AL Watercolor on Arches Cold Press 300lb 30� x 22� December 2017 first place recipient Auburn University May - Dec 2017
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contrast
studies
Nine artist residence operative conditions
spatial design
Intro i nto D e si g n I
Intro into De s ign I
Intro into De sig n I
Intro into De sig n I
Prof. Christians Dagg + Danielle Wilkins
Prof. Christians Dagg + Danielle Wilkins
Prof. Christians Dagg + Danielle Wilkins
Prof. Christians Dagg + Danielle Wilkins
Light+ Proun r e n d e r i n g st u d y
2016
2D to 3D form study
square
Po mp i deau C entre P ari s , Fran c e pg 78
A u bu rn , A l a b a ma
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Breadth of Work Academic Projects
Proun Painting E l L i s i zit s k y
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Breadth community
work +
contex tual study
mi xe d use sp ace
center
of work
l i v e
Wood
ree’s
material focus
design + construction
Design comp
home
Intro i nto D e si g n I I
Studio I
Stud io I I
Studio III
Prof. Matt Hall + Mary English
Prof. Yuksel Dimere
Prof. Mary English
Prof. Emily McGlohn
2017
K a p pa S i g ma A u b u rn , A l ab ama
N e w b e rn , A l a b a ma pg 52
Op e l i k a , A lab ama
L ousie K re he r C e nte r A u bu rn , A l a b a ma pg 80
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spire
stool 60
[re]connection
Historical Sketching
Woodworking Elective
Studio IV
Stud io I V
Prof. Dick Hudgens
Prof. Steven Wall
Prof. Riccardo D’Aquina + Maria Luisa Palumbo
Prof. David Hinson
Mobile Old
Alvar Aalto
beaux ar ts watercolor
wood working + design
Town Hall
urban public space
2018
Design comp urban mix-use
O l d Town Hal l + Marke t M o b i l e , A l ab ama Piaz z a Ve ne zia Ro m e , I ta l y
pg 90
pg 08
C hat ta n o o ga , T N
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pg 14
Watercolors Fine Art
pg 48 + 88
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
Breadth theoretical study
moca
S tu di o V
Studio V I
Stud io V I
Aub urn R e se a rc h
Prof. Margaret Fletcher
Prof. Justin Miller
Prof. Justin Miller
Prof. Justin Miller
Mitigating
monumentality
2019
of work
museum design
C am b ri d g e , E n g l an d
Atlanta , G e orgia
p g 28
pg 36
multigenerational
age-in-place
thesis project
HUD x Habitat Reserach
Housing
Eastl a ke , B i rm i n gha m
living 2020
Eastl a ke , B i rm i n gha m pg 66
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Rome study abroad
age-in-place li ving
Faculty
Faculty
Te a m M e m b e r s A a ron N eal Ta nne r Nas h
Watercolors Fine Art
research
[re]connection R i cca rdo D ’A quina M a r i a Lui s a P alum b o
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hud x habitat
Justin M i l le r
Te a m M e m b e r s K ate Mazade F ox C arl son H e n r y S av o ie S arah L i v in gs Kyle A n de r son
Paper Architecture | Built Work | Fine Art
teamwork
credit rural
studio Stool No. 60
Ree’s Home
Faculty
Faculty
S te v e n Hal l
Te a m M e m b e r s A s hle y Bu c he r Ky le A nd e r son C onne r Q u in
E mi l y M c G l ohn
Te a m M e m b e r s fall 2017 A shl e y Buche r Kyra S ta r k Kyl e A nde r son C onne r Q ui n M a r l yn R i v e ra Z o e y G e r stne r Hayl e y H e ndr i ck L i v i a B a rre t
C ore y Sub as ic W i l l Hal l H e nr y S aov ie J onathan S ch n e ide r A ndrew Fre se Kev i n Je on Re gan E i lan d
spring 2018 In grid S tah l S arah L i v in gs E m i l y S h irah Jake S ch irm e r Z ak C han n e l l Nicole Brow n R ow e P rice L i z C lark
O w e n R ai le y R yan Kolow ich C am e ron Lyn ch C on n e r Tomase l lo D ana McFarlan d Xue rui C h e n Y in g D on gV
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