Logan Costner // Undergraduate Portfolio by Logan Costner

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Logan Costner The University of Tennessee Bachelor of Architecture 2020 Undergraduate Design Portfolio

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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Bachelor of Architecture May 2020 Graduate logancostner22@outlook.com 615.686.9939

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HYDROACTIVE

- 0.1 FOND DES BLANCS HAITI /

Term // Spring 2018 Professor // Katherine Ambroziak Team // Breanna Williams , Lauren Higdon , Nicole Niezoga Clients // Haiti Christian Development Fund Awards // Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal

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[ A CELEBRATION OF DESTRUCTIVE FORCES ]

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In Haiti, the character of the road and the sense of community it creates is very apparent. It is the place of social gathering and business for the entire town of Fonddes-blancs. We recognized similar activities along the river, except these were more intimate and communal. It is this current relationship the Haitians share with the river and road that we are attempting to preserve through these design interventions. The shear topography of the site

provides limited access to the river so by recreating the experience of the river on the site, we could pay tribute to these rituals. A laundry facility, community dining facility, and a child daycare center were programmed into the site to offer the amenities the river once provided. These three services are located in areas that were previously unused because of intense water runoff, however they now take advantage of these forces in various ways.

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In Haitian culture, the road serves as the center of social gathering within the community. The opportunity for a place of travel to also serve as an assembly offers unique design opportunities. We appreciated this notion and worked to preserve an experience of open gathering within our own design

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Because the road is the social hub of Haitian culture, merchants and businesses naturally gather there as well. Vendors such as lottery booths and local caterers are a common site. Although these businesses help the community sustainably grow, they also promote a more commercial environment as apposed to the communal experiences of the river

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The road might be a consistent social space within Haitian villages, but in Fond-des-Blanc it is at the crossing of the river and road where the most social activities take place. This access point allows the locals to easily bathe, do laundry, and clean their bikes. This provides a space for the public and private communities

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This system not only addresses issues of flooding, but also doubles as a footpath when not filled with water. Vegetative slopes are introduced along the creek bed to help prevent erosion while also defining a threshold into the neighboring community gardens.

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This controlled system has a dry creek with two pools that offer a space for water to settle. These pools not only slow down water velocity, but also offer unique settings for community engagement. The pool located in the back of the site also drains into the laundry service, which then filters into the river through a series of basins.

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The eastern most side of the site has experienced devastating erosion because of its location between the mountains and river. They create layered landscapes covered in vegetation, which slow down water velocity. Controlling the runoff will allow for the site to heal and prepare for future construction.

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Rendering of community dinning area during the day when it is dry and undisturbed by flooding [c/o N.Niezoga]

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The dry creek bed is designed to reroute water runoff during storms, but can also be occupied as a place of gathering when it is dry.

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Rendering of community dinning area when it floods in the community [c/o N.Niezoga]

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Laundry Facility Rendering shows the pools that were inspired by the traditional methods of cleaning clothes in the nearby river [c/o N.Niezoga]

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Rendered Plan allows water to be collected from flooding and be transfered directly into the laundry facility [c/o N.Niezoga]

Elevation showing the covered resting area for the Haitian women in the community[c/o N.Niezoga]

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Currently Haitians clean their clothes by the river, so the laundry facility is located next to an access point, allowing them to maintain access. The facility is also meant to reflect their current rituals, not replace them, while also rerouting rainwater to the river when it rains.

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Daycare Rendering shows the result of a roof that is designed to manipulate windflow and shading [c/o B.Williams]

Diagrammatic Plan With Wind Direction

Diagrammatic Section With Wind Direction

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Wind is another natural element that has shaped the topography of the site, therefore it should also determine the shape of our design. The daycare center is located near the edge of the site and is designed to allow the strong winds to enter the building.

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Pocket Neighborhoods

Relationship to Footpath

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Relationship to Pocket

Thresholds / Gateways

Night Rendering representing how the materiality will allow light to bleed into the public realm

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Pockets within the neighborhood introduce green space and provide an area to host social activities. The creation of a road through the residential community pays tribute to the existing Haitian ritual of socializing on the road.

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SONUSASTRORUM

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MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT /

Term // Spring 2020 Professor // Mark Stanley Awards // Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal + Distinguished Design Review Participant / Finalist + Faculty Award of Design Excellence Finalist

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Deconstructed Sonic Equipment before reassembly into “glitched artifacts of sound”

[ HYBRIDIZING NOISE + VISUALIZING THE INVISIBLE ]

The Noise Machines were curated and assigned into various families of noise. Objects also have audible qualities to them, which were produced based on height fields in Grasshopper

A fascination with the physical properties and mysteries of sound are where these curiosities were conjured. This one idea led to a series of investigations in sound visualizing and discovery. What follows are some contextualized and some

non-contextualized attempts at representing these sonic qualities. Varying in scale and territory, these designs seek to expose the unpredictable nature of sound, as well as the beauty within its “glitchy” expressiveness.

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Studio Instagram Identity once quarantine hit, our studio used Instagram as a platform to share progress, and I volunteered to design our “studio brand”

Bureau of Noise Control badge designed an imprinted on all space mission vessels

[ TERRITORIES OF O C C U PAT I O N ]

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Opportunities of deployment surfaced after designing a fictional interstellar agency, “The Bureau of Noise Control.” Curiosities regarding space noise spawned initiations of way finding, collection, experience, and protection across varying scales and territories.

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SONIC AMPLIFIER

Date: TBD Location: Earth’s Magnetosphere

Date: TBD Location: Kenyan Outlands

The orbiter is designed to capture auroral melodies and relay them to The Amplifier on Earth

The Amplifier takes auroral transmissions and projects them to a local audience

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The VLF Magnifier and Golden Record 2.o Mission both seek to push the limits of how sound can be used as a technological asset in space. The Magnifier uses Very Low Frequency Waves to further expand the Magnetosphere around Earth while the Voyager III tracks audible weather patterns as a navigation system.

VLF MAGNIFIER

GOLDEN RECORD 2.0

Date: TBD Location: MediumEarth Orbit

Date: 2027 Location: Deep Space

The Magnifier’s mission is to take sound waves and enhance their strength against invasive space weather

The goal of the Voyager III mission is to test auroral way finding technologies wile composing an updated Golden Record

The Golden Record 2.0 Setlist contains both imagery and music that defined the decades since the original Golden Record in 1977

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SUBMERGE

- 0.3 COPENHAGEN DENMARK / Term // Spring 2019 Professor // Rasmus Frisk + Jeanette Frisk Study Abroad // DIS Copenhagen Urban Design Studio // in partnership with arki_lab

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[ THRIVING COMMUNITY ]

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This new typology is meant to activate existing negative space within a community while reacting to sea level rise. The excavated nodes can be occupied during dry seasons, but will control flooding conditions.

ACTIVATING CORRIDORS

OPTIMIZING DAYLIGHT

TRANSFORMING HARDSCAPES

100 YEAR STORM SURGE

REROUTING WATER RUNOFF

Rendered Axonometric Strategy presenting the combined strategies which introduces a thriving community

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Street Sections indicating the water runoff strategies on the site

[ RECOGNIZING CONSISTENCES ]

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This neighborhood already has several existing parks and public spaces, so what new spatial experiences could be added? Several of these are designed to elevate people above the ground plane, so this intervention introduces people to the sensation of sinking below the surface.

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Rendering illustrating one of the three nodes on the urban design plan that would allow pedestrians to occupy the spaces below the surface for recreation

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LOOSETALK

- 0.4 OAK RIDGE T N / Term // Fall 2018 Professor // James Rose Team // Elan Barry + Mike Lidwin Governor’s Chair Studio // in partnership with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

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Proposed Urban Design Strategy will connect two existing parks while providing new amenities to the city of Oak Ridge [c/o M.Lidwin]

[ A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO URBAN SPRAWL ] “Loose talk helps our enemy” became the unofficial slogan of Oak Ridge for its initial Manhattan Project Operations. The resulting neighborhood was planned around the idea of seclusion. Oak Ridge residents only knew the details of the Manhattan Project that were relevant to their work, and the success of the hydrogen bomb lied in its ability to be invisible to even those working on it. In true spirit of Oak Ridge,

seeks to flip this iconic billboard and use its “loose talk” reference as inspiration for a new community. This vertical neighborhood offers a new housing option that provides the notion of the backyard and community within an urban setting. The green line encourages ground floors of adjacent buildings to spill into the public realm of the sidewalk and extended park.

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commercial overflow 6’0”

sidewalk 10’0”

park 17’0”

stream 11’6”

park 17’0”

greenway/ bike path 10’0”

median 3’0”

two-way vehicular street 20’0”

parallel parking + sitting 9’0”

sidewalk 10’0”

commercial overflow 6’0”

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Proposed Streetscape will introduce a diverse array of public activity as well as accessibility to a desolate environment [c/o M.Lidwin]

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[ FORM FINDING ]

The geometry started as a rectangular donut which we then applied a single action to. The shape of the donut was established because it allowed more units to be day-lit. These operations also address our solar orientation by optimizing the south facade.

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Longitudinal Section illustrating the accessibility to the street that the building offers, as well as the multiple public services

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Terracotta Wall Detail 30mm Thk. Terracotta Tile Alum. Extruded Carrier Track 1/4” Screw Alum Subgrit Angle Insulation Board Air Vapor Barrier Membrane Vertical Wood Stud Framing 5/8” Gypsum Board

3D Plaster Print model that represents the terracotta screening panels used on the building

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3D Print Iterations tested several different printers as well as different levels of resolution. Materials included PLA, Clay, and Plaster

Terracotta Panel with planters were designed to attach to the terracotta facade of the building

Ground Floor Plan illustrates the building is situated so that if serves as a destination for users of the Green Line

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Residential Plumbing Layout [c/o M.Lidwin]

Residential HVAC Layout [c/o M.Lidwin]

Rendered Public Staircase invites the public on to the second floor green space, offering an elevated place of rest [c/o E.Barry]

Transverse Section

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Fifth Floor

Third + Fourth Floors

Second Floor

Rendered Apartment has a flexible floor plan that allows for the residents to choose to either use it as a traditional apartment or office [c/o E.Barry]

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[ RESIDENTIAL UNITS ] The residential units are designed to be adaptable so that any room configuration can be easily turned into an office or studio space.

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X Layout of Geothermal Wells necessary for our building as well as the anticipated layout for future development

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[ GEOTHERMAL ]

Rendered Courtyard with screening to offer privacy to residents [c/o E.Barry]

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6 23 . .6 14 Data Wheels exported from Sefaira, these wheels illustrate the Total Energy and Total Cost of our building over the course of a year

Geothermal is not only a clean energy alternative for our building, but also has the potential to benefit future buildings that chose to locate along our “Greenline”. Although vertical wells require deep digging, they are an ideal solution for new developments such as ours because there is no existing landscape in danger. Therefore, the introduction of a green way in our site won’t only add aesthetic qualities, but performative as well.

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Term // Fall 2019 Professor // Katie MacDonald + Kyle Schumann Team // Debbie McCarter + Destiny Huff

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Advertisement Poster designed to promote our installation and define a graphic identity for the project

[ CHALLENGING ORNAMENTAL INVASIVENESS ]

EXPLODED SECTION PERSPECTIVE WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA

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Exploded Section Perspective calling out the two main systems of our model

This installation invokes a commentary on ornamentation and its temporal tendencies, while also establishing a ritualistic approach to invasive remediation. It challenges the current approach to these species and seeks to celebrate the self-destructive blossoming of the Japanese Wisteria seed pods. Ideas of ornamental inversions and negative floral expression

drive this project through various scales and applications. This ambition came to life through a process that incorporated the gathering of seed pods and cutting them in such ways that exaggerate their unknown beauty. We look to celebrate an ignored, yet integral piece of this tree; one that is usually valued solely for its ornamentation and flowering qualities.

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Map of Japanese Wisteria Growth in The Smokey Mountains

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Lifecycle of Japanese Wisteria Seedpods

Early Sketch of desired floral expression we intended on developing through the aggregation of the seedpods

[ PROTOTYPING ] The seedpods were designed to not only form into a single geometry, but to be arrayed into an entire field of patterns. This larger system allows users to interact first hand with the installation. By riveting the seedpods together, a less invasive and more unified technique was developed. Subtle changing in form can take place without this risk of breaking the desired aggregation pattern.

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MONARCH.MONARCH.MONARCH.MONARCH.MONARCH.MONARCH.MONARCH. SEED_POD single seedpod before manipulation WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA invasive germination soft + strong

UNIT transformation after two incisions TWIST TWIST TWIST mirrored rotation geometric inversion

THE_TRIANGLE assembly of three pods DESIRED GEOMETRY exaggeration of floral nature convex + concave

THE_RING assembly of six units ORGANIC STRUCTURE aggregation for extended surface

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Diagrammatic Plan illustrating the

of the final model [c/o P L A construction N

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68-75 F 35% humidity

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Diagram demonstrating how the seedpods react to high humidity and temperature levels from the steamer

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By using a humidity sensor, steamer, and Arduino board, a humidity-reaction chamber was created. The aggregated seedpod unraveled as expected, but also changed shades. The steam aspect of this project gives a second life to these seedpods that die in the winter months, and begins to give them a ritual and ornamentation of their own; as well as stopping the plant from spreading by giving a use to the object that it spreads and invades through.

MONARCH.MONARCH.MONARCH.MONARCH. A X O N

Twist, Twist, Twist, The seedpods naturally twist, but by cutting them in half, the reaction can be exaggerated

PROJECTION surface devloped from projection PATTERNED TREATMENT convex + concave

FORMWORK initial sphere mold for seedpod rings IDEAL INTERSECTIONS mirrored curvature 1’ : 1”

Charrette expressing our goal to create an approachable and tactile installation INSTALLATION 01 WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA

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Diagrammatic Axon of final model showing how we manipulated the concave and convex nature of the assembled rings [c/o D.Huff]

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Photographs of final model installed for final review and demonstration of designed ritual

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[ SKIN SYSTEMS ]

Schematic Diagram predicting the behavior of the seedpods and how they could inform a skin-system

These studies showed how the rivet rods could determine the triangulated skin system as a result to the water-activated curling. This secondary system could be imagined as a screening device for full scale architectural implementation.

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AERIALACROBATS

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03-DAY WORKSHOP /

Term // Fall 2019 Professor // Perry Kulper Workshop // These drawings were a result of an intensive three day workshop led by Perry Kulper. Only a handful of students were selected to participate and the session concluded with a gallery pin-up.

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Painting “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” by Hokusai Katsushika (c.1830-1832)

[ INTRUSIVE TECHNOLOGIES + BACTERIAL BLIMPS ] What realities exist behind the facade of a painting? By dissecting a Hokusai painting, these potential worlds were imagined then inhabited by aeronautical intrusive technologies. Electrically Engineered Lobsters, Bacterial Blimps, and Duchamp’s Satellite Urinal populate the skies of the back stage, existing to survey the atmosphere, deploy tools, and construct artificial structures.

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These agents were resulted from digital kit-bashing. Roles were assigned to each based on themes of deployment, construction, remediation, and cultivation of the backstage

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DIGITALREP.

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Term // Fall 2019 Professor // Mark Stanley Course // This course’s goal was to challenge our multi-faceted ability in digital representation. Drawings ranged from cartography to rendering parametric geometries

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LOCATION // SAN FRANCISCO_CA

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Diagrammatic Mapping of “The Wiggle” in San Francisco, CA

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“Drone View” of “The Wiggle” as it passes through Golden Gate Park

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Rendering of a “genetically modified geometry” designed in Grasshopper then rendered through VRAY and Photoshop

Sectional-Plan of my personal dwelling space located in Knoxville, TN

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PHOTOGRAPHY

- 0.8 STUDY A B R O A D /

Term // Spring 2019 Program // DIS Copenhagen Locations // Copenhagen | Vejle | Stockholm

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Urban Cyclist located in Copenhagen on one of the bridges, enjoying the views and rarity of the sun

Norrebro’s Housing is one of my personal favorite communities in the city; biking away from the City Center and to the developing coastline

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Vejle’s Docks are in Western Denmark and on one of the coldest afternoons of the season, we enjoyed its amenities.

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THANK YOU