Portfolio
By: Lauren Hurlbut
I am studying architecture because in my early childhood, I was always interested in houses and what they looked like both inside and outside. One thing that motivates me to become a better designer is to always keep the character of the old, but to make it my own. My beliefs towards architecture is that you can have an abstract mindset, but also think realistically and factually. Architecture and design is important because people always look for the most attractive things in life, and houses and buildings are one major thing. People always use architecture. One way architecture can impact the world is by unifying different cultures and beliefs using the designs of buildings. One way I find inspiration to design my projects would be to make something unique in my own way. One thing I am trying to accomplish in my projects is that there is always a process to a design. It takes time and iterations to create a plan that is successful. One thing that drives my design process is the idea that something unique and creative will be accomplished in the end. My professional goal is to create projects that are attractive, and respond positively to the environment and its surroundings.
Design Statement
Site Development
Urban Development
Adaptive Re-use
Mosquito Beach development...4-7
Atlanta Museum...8-10 New York Co-working Space...12-15
Charleston Navy Yard Power House...16-19
Table of Contents
Mosquito Beach Site Development Site Design Instructor: Ray Huff Parter: Taylor Kojak Junior Spring
Event space opportunity locations
Building locations on site
Circulation throughout site
Mosquito Beach used to be a colorful, vibrant, and funky area in its prime, and for this site development, my partner and I decided to incorporate the original feel to the design. The site has a historic hotel which needed to remain in the design, but we added a new restaurant, and event space. The axon diagram to the left shows the ground surface, circulation throughout the site, building locations, and event space opportunity locations. Parti diagrams
Elevated ground surface added to prevent flooding
Mosquito Beach
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Master plan
For this project, we had to design a master plan for the whole peninsula which included 4 pieces of land. This master plan focused on a 10-15 year from now plan. We also were required to design and focus on the main site owned by one person that could be developed now. This smaller site plan was meant to be more developed and thought out. For this project, we only had a month to design, so if more time was allowed, we would have explored more architecture. Property site
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Mosquito Beach
First Level
This site was interesting to design because of the locatoin of it. It is surrounded by water, and always has a flooding problem. One of the ways we solved this problem was to elevate the ground surface, and add a wooden deck for the buildings to be elevated to. The diagram to the right displays the elevated ground surface in green, and the deck above that. Above that are the buildings that are in the developed design.
Second Level
Project logo
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Atlanta Museum Building Design Instructor: Catherine Smith Sophomore Spring
Perspective from top floor terrace space This project was based off a site in Atlanta, Georgia. We designed a museum on a site in the middle of downtown Atlanta. My design concept was for everything to be symmetrcal and an open concept. The model below shows a browm material as the circulation between the different programs. The white material is used as the programming for the gallery spaces. The black material is used as the outside space on the top floor.
Perspective from lobby/entrance
Circulation paths
Atlanta Museum
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Perspective from second floor My design process for this project was to create a museum that incorporated a simple layout, involving different layers of the building which intrigues visitors to explore more. The different layers of this museum are interpreted as the levels and the programming. Glass is mainly used on the facade in order for bystanders to be able to see the different layers, but have to enter the museum in order to experience them.
4th Floor
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3rd Floor Atlanta Museum
2nd Floor
Ground Floor
New York Co-Working Space Building Design Instructor: Julie Wilkerson Partner: Jacob Wiles Junior Fall
Hudson River
Figure Ground of Manhattan, NY
West 20th Street
West 19th Street
West 18th Street
West 17th Street
This project was based off a site in New York City. We designed a co-working space in the Chelsea district in Manhattan. When we first started the project, we did an analysis of Manhattan. We analyzed the whole peninsula, then zoomed in to our site. One main theme me and my partner discovered for this project was the bedrock of Manhattan, so I took a rock from our site and analyzed it. Me and my partner created an atrium that embodied the idea of the rock. Me and my partner created the patterns of the diagrams with grid systems and truss-like grids. We used Rhino to create these diagrams.
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NY Co-working Space
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Longitudinal Section The idea of the atrium became a way to show iterations of grid systems. Creating spaces off the atrium by extruding lines and curves directly from the atrium. The atrium is meant to be a “get away” space from the business of New York City just like Central Park is for the city. These renderings show different spaces created by the extraction of the atrium lines and curves.
Roof: 112’-0”
7th Level: 100’-0” 6th Level: 86’-0”
5th Level: 70’-0”
Exterior Rendering from on the Highline
4th Level: 51’-0”
3rd Level: 30’-0”
2nd Level: 14’-0”
Ground Level (1st): -0’-0” Sub-Level 1: -14’-0” Sub-Level 2: -26’-0”
Cistern
Cistern
Exterior Rendering at corner of 10th Av. and W 18th St.
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NY Co-working Space
Transverse Section
Roof: 112’-0”
7th Level: 100’-0”
6th Level: 86’-0”
5th Level: 70’-0”
4th Level: 51’-0”
3rd Level: 30’-0”
2nd Level: 14’-0”
Ground Level (1st): -26’-0”
Using a bounding zoning box given to us by the city, we created spaces that connected back to the High Line where the workers can take a break, and relax. As a part of the zoning code, we were suppposed to give 20% back to the High Line. That is one of the spaces we decided to create an outdoor patio area that has the same landscape idea as the High Line. These floor plans and section show these concepts and ideas .
Sub-Level 1: -14’-0”
Sub-Level 2: -26’-0”
Ground Level (1st): 0’-0” Sub-Level 1: -14’-0”
Second Level: 14’-0”
4th Level: 51’-0”
7th Level: 100’-0”
NY Co-working Space
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Charleston Navy Yard Power House Building Desing Instructor: Ray Huff Studio Team Project Junior Spring
For this project, we have a pre-existing building, and we are changing its use to what the developer intends it to be. The client was most interested in leasable office spaces, and maybe an open leasable event space. The Power House is included on the National Register of Historic Buildings, so therefor, we are limited to little changes on the exterior and interior elements of the building. This challenge gives us opportunites to open our minds to exploring boxes within a box. For the first couple weeks, we did research on the Power House to get an undertanding of its historical significance. The timeline to the left is the research that I did to find the historical significance of the Power House.
Power House
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Imagine walking into this building, and natural light is illuminating through the building. You can see from one end of the building to the other end. There is a large volume showing the full height of the building. This is what my partner and I wanted to incorporate in the design for this project. We created a main circulation from one entrance to the other that is the full heigh of the building. When you look up from in that space, you see a skylight that is allowing natural light to come through louvers and create interesting shadows throughout this main hallway. Lines of light are playing and bouncing off the walls and floor creating unique spaces. Throughout the rest of the building, we satisfied the clients need for leasable spaces including event space on the first level and office spaces on all three floors.
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Power House
Because we are in the middle of this project, we are moving out of the diagramatic phase. Using the diagramatic phase to help us devolop our ideas for the project is helpful. All of these diagrams and drawings were made in Rhino and Adobe Illustrator.
Power House
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