Logan Brammeier // 2021 Portfolio

LOGAN

BRAMMEIER

Architecture Portfolio 2017-2021

Experienced M.Arch graduate student skilled at 3D modeling in Rhino and Revit as well as architecture-related coding in Grasshopper and Dynamo. Projects have focused on materiality and tectonics but also look for ways coding can enhance these aspects of the designs.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN | LAWRENCE, KANSAS

August 2016 - Present | 3.6 GPA | Master of Architecture | Honors College

DANISH INSTITUTE

ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN PROGRAM | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

August 2019 - December 2019 | 3.9 GPA | Study Abroad Program

EDWARDSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS

August 2012 - May 2016 | 4.0 GPA | ACT 34 | Advanced Placement

EXPERIENCE

KILLEEN STUDIO ARCHITECTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Architectural Intern | June 2020 - January 2021

Involved in the design and development of full sets of CDs for various single-family residential and small-scale commercial projects. Acted in a project manager type of role for several single-family residential additions coordinating with structural and with clients. Worked closely with the principal, Mike Killeen to translate designs from hand-drawn sketches to permit sets.

GEHL ARCHITECTS COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Public Life Surveyor | August - September 2019

Performed research with architects and urban designers on the impact of air-pollution on children in urban spaces. Collected data by performing movement counts based on age around the city center. Research conclusions presented at the C40 World Mayors Summit in October 2019.

REYNOLDS, SMITH & HILLS DENVER, COLORADO

Architectural Intern | June - August 2019

Involved in the construction document phase of several commercial projects. Worked with architects to research and draft detail drawings in Revit. Gained valuable experience redlining drawings and touching-up interior floor plans and elevations.

HONORS

Kiosk 63

Photographic works to be displayed in upcoming issue of award-winning publication which features University of Kansas’ premiere art and literature.

KU LibArt Instillation

Digital artworks featured in a public, year-long exhibition organized by KU Libraries.

PSPL Certificate

Recieved Public Space Public Life Certification as a result of my involvment in urban studies conducted with Gehl Architects.

REFERENCES

MIKE KILLEEN, AIA | Principal Architect | Killeen Studio Architects

mike@killeenstudio.com | 314-771-0883

PAOLA SANGUINETTI, PhD | Professor of Architecture | University of Kansas

paolas@ku.edu | 785-766-9306

CBB TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Graphic Designer | October - December 2020

Worked as a freelance graphic designer. Designed decals for use on highway signs in various municipalities in the St. Louis area.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS

Architecture Teaching Assistant | January - May 2019

Worked with students to assist in modeling, rendering, and graphics in Unreal Engine, Revit, InfraWorks, and 3DS Max. Oversaw the use and maintenance of lab computers and VR headsets.

JIMMY JOHNS EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS

Delivery Driver | May - August 2018

Worked in the shop on tasks that required effective multi-tasking and communication skills.

INVOLVEMENT

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT COUNCIL UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Member | August 2017 - May 2018

Helped organize events & fundraisers for the student body

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Event Planner | August 2016 - May 2017

Planned volunteer trips for the organization and worked carpentry related jobs on these trips with a team of volunteers: nailing siding, sanding, and painting to help restore blighted houses and a dilapidated children’s playground in New Orleans.

SKILLS

60 SKETCHUP

RHINO REVIT ADOBE CLOUD

| A TECTONIC TYPOLOGY |

AN EXPLORATION IN DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY

Research for “Tectonic Aggregation” began by looking into housing solutions proposed by some of the 20th centuries most visionary architects. Architects whose proposals were described by many as “utopian.”

This was perhaps a polite word for unrealistic. Perhaps today’s emerging fabrication techniques, discreet design methods, and efficient modes of production may facilitate novel housing solutions that were once regarded as impossible.

TECTONIC EXPLORATIONS

Parts are created based on wood joinery and other similar precedents. Parts are repeated to define an overall system of assembly. Prefab units fit into the resulting structural system.

PRECEDENT PIECES CONNECTION

TECTONIC EXPLORATIONS

The code is adapted so that aggregations are constrained to the layout of a specific site. In this way, the system begins to be adaptable to local conditions.

FLOOR PLANS

AGGREGATION

IN CONTEXT

HYBRID SYSTEM

A new hybrid system is designed based on results of the initial explorations. This system of construction consists of four pieces in total. Off-site machining of pieces replaces on-site cutting reducing cost of labor.

CLT PANELS + MEMBERS

STEEL CONNECTIONS

HYBRID SYSTEM TOWER VARIATION

HYBRID SYSTEM TOWER VARIATION

HYBRID SYSTEM TOWER VARIATION

HYBRID SYSTEM ‘CAMPUS’ VARIATION

HYBRID SYSTEM ‘CAMPUS’ VARIATION

HYBRID SYSTEM ‘CAMPUS’ VARIATION

A PLACE FOR CONTEMPLATION |

CHAPEL FOR PRAYER AND REFLECTION

This is a design for a chapel that would be located in Pioneer Cemetary. The chapel serves as a place for people with special attachments to the university to get married or visit loved ones.

It is a striking structure that could be a symbol of the forward-thinking theme of the West Campus. The primary material used in the chapel’s construction is timber; a material that is celebrated in the chapel’s unique use of the traditional truss, and its striking louver system.

Sketchup + Photoshop

CONCEPT SKETCHES

STRUCTURAL CROSS-SECTIONS

| A PLACE FOR PLAY |

CELEBRATORIAL BASKETBALL COURT

Allen Fieldhouse is the legendary basketball arena on the University of Kansas campus. This new court outside the arena allows fans and local teams to play in the shadow of the storied arena.

The design for the enclosure of the basketball court in front of the arena was meant to frame and celebrate the view of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics and the stature of coach Phog Allen across Naismith Drive.

The canopy aims to achieve the same lightness as Frei Otto’s tensile structures with its durable canvas pulled between steel rods in tension. The canopy spans the length of the court protecting it from rain, wind, and excess sunlight while keeping it open on the Allen Fieldhouse side.

Rhino + Photoshop

SITE SECTION

CANOPY GEOMETRY

The hyperbolic parabaloid is a doubly ruled surface; essentially a curved surface that can be created with straight lines. This is the form that the curved membrane formed by straight tensile members. The grasshopper definition creates a doubly ruled surface and applies a physics simulation to replicate a membrane in tension

GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS

Hyperbolic Parabaloid

Tensile Members

Membrane

| A PLACE FOR WELLNESS |

COMMUNITY PLAZA WITH HEALTH FOCUSED PROGRAM

A redesign of Barney Allis Plaza in downtown Kansas City. This is a public plaza containing an early chilhood center, a clinic, and a grocery store. The site is sloped: the north side of the site is 20 feet higher than the south side. This difference allows for multiple plaza levels that result in an space full of public interest.

The defining aspect of the site is the pedestrian bridge on the southwest corner of the site that connects the plaza to the upper hall of the Kansas City Convention Center. The site is full of circulation so that movement across the site is not impeded by the different levels. There are three levels of parking under ground level.

Rhino + Enscape

GROCERY OUTDOOR SEATING

Rhino + Enscape

| A PLACE FOR DISCOVERY | MARTIAN COLONY CONCEPT

The possibility of human society expanding to Martian soil becomes more likely every day. A fresh start on Mars provides for a unique opportunity to plan without common Earthly restrictions. There are no existing structures or zoning codes to consider so the design of such a colony can take on an unorthodox form. A massive network of system-containing tubes will act as the framework for the massive colony.

The location of these cables will be based off of the locations of nutrient rich craters as well as potential water sources. The tubes can connect these vital resources together so they can be shipped through the colony immediately after their extraction. This network would be supplied by a massive space elevator that delivered construction materials, necessary equipment, and life support items for the habitats.

Rhino + Photoshop

STORGAE CAPSULES

Storage capsules sit on each platform of the space elevator. Each capsule contains necessary materials, equipment. and life support for habitats on the surface of the planet. The capsules dock with the habitats on the surface to deliver their contents.

TETHER

The elevator would be supported by a carbon nanotube cable. The thickness of such a cable would vary as it would need to be much wider at the center than at the ends.

CLIMBER

Climbers would power the elevator during its accesnt and decent. A pair of rollers would hold the climbers to the cable with friction. Two climbers would need to provide enough power to overcome their own weight as well as the weight of the elevator itself.

ELEVATOR CONTROL POD

The elevator would be controlled by a central pod that monitored the speed, storage, communications, and could provide some maintenance in the event of an elevator malfunction.

ELEVATOR PLATFORMS

The elevator platforms would be set up in an alternating hexagonal pattern with several levels on the elevator to maximize space and minimize the number of trips required to sustain the Martian habitats.

HABITAT TUBE LAYOUT

TRANSPORTATION

A network of high-speed, vacuum sealed capsules for passenger transportation will run along each of the six habitat lanes. The capsules are propelled by transfers in air pressure through the capsules. The capsules reach top speeds of 760 mph. The tubes run the six prongs of the larger structure, alongside power and communication cables.

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Cables for communication are run throughout the pipe infrastrucutre. These cables utlize a passive network system allowing commercial and domestic to both utilize the same system. A computing system is located within the cables to allow for greater information processing within the cables.

COMMUNICATION HABITATS

The habitats are mostly pneumatic structures; structures that rely on air pressure to maintain their form. The material for these spaces is created with solvents and polymers fabricated with materials extracted from the martian soil. The spaces have access to nodes along each transportation lane as well as a connection to the other systems in the interior of the greater strucutre.

WATER

Water is extracted from Martian ice deposits below the soil. The water is piped through the pipe structure where it is used by habitats along each lane, as well as hydroponic farms located throughout the structure. Graywater is piped back through an adjacent pipline where it is either treated or disposed of.

CARGO

STRUCTURE

6 1 6-AXIS MOVEMENT

The structure of the colony itself is made of a lightweight, 3D-printed, hex-based space frame. This system composes most of the structure itself. The materials for the 3D-printer are extracted from minerals close to or on the Martian surface. Initial materials will have to be sent from Earth until Martian fabrication is fully operational.