Logan Dolezal Undergraduate Portfolio 2020

undergraduate portfolio 2017-2020 selected works

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PARK(ing) Day - Urban Mirage - Collab.

State Capital Activity Center Bathhouse 13th Street Branch Library Dominique Gonzalez Foerster Museum & Studio Council Bluffs Branch Library - Collab.

Modular Community - Collab.

Special Projects TACKarchitects Internship Work

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PARK(ing) Day - Urban Mirage

Zachary Porter Second Year - Fall 2018 Collaborators: Austin Riggins, Patrick Pineda, and Tara Grebe

Concept Statement The city is a context in which social energy thrives. Our design amplifies this energy within the city of Lincoln Nebraska by reframing the iconic moments of the city. The usage of mirrors to reflect various lines of site allows the user to see the everyday in unusual ways. The modules create a sense of depth that engages the user and draws them into the space. In sourcing our materials we chose to re-purpose used crates that had been abandoned. After the installation was completed, we transported the form to a family’s yard to be used as a playground in order for it to continue to have use after the day. After a year it was then broken down and used as garden beds. I really wanted the design to be able to be repurposed after the exhibit, in which we were successful. Our team collaborated seamlessly on this project. From design iterations, digital representations, and installation; we shared the work equally.

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Concept Models

Joint 1:4

Tectonic Assembly

Joint Exloded Axonomentric 3/4 “ = 1’

Bolt 2:1

Ascent Ascent

Rococo Theatre Rococo Theatre

Wells Fargo Wells Fargo

Marcus Grand Cinema/ Marcus Grand Cinema/ Georgian Place Georgian Place

Desired Sightlines - Red Reflected Views - Blue

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State Capitol Activity Center

Emily Anderson Third Year - Fall 2019 Concept Statement In this project I analyzed different hobbies and activities in great detail in order to design a space in which these activities could be preformed together. The three hobbies that I chose to explore were origami, rock climbing, and skate boarding.

The site is located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Building off of the research I decided to place the structure closer to the university on the edge of the capital strip, to pull in the students that are already in the area to activate the unused space. The activity center has many different program uses, the exterior focusing on the climbing and skateboarding, while the interior pulls people in for a place to gather, work, and do smaller scale activities such as origami or school/work. Origami was a big inspiration to inform the exterior rock wall condition. I broke the building into two distinct halves in order to preserve the view to the capital building, and in doing so created a lookout to view the capital strip.

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State Capital

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Rock Climbing Wall

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A. coffee shop B. cafe C. gallery D. reading room E. bleachers F. lookout

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Bathhouse

Zachary Porter Second Year - Fall 2018 Concept Statement This project is centered around activating a an under-used neighborhood park in Lincoln Nebraska. By creating a bathouse the hope is to achieve more interaction in this neighborhood and for the nieghboring activity center to have access to the facilities as well. The bathhouse concept I am proposing is stemming from the procession from the pool temperatures; in this case warm to hot to cold. Each pool temperature is seperated into different sections in the facility, each has a hallway attached with frosted glass for privacy, but to make the bath more of an experience as one would feel the cool air on their skin between each bath. The inspiration for the form came to me from the collage studies we conducted about which temperatures should proceed each other. I then unfolded my collage to create masses, I wanted to cultivate the linear expereince of my collage into the design.

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Unfolded Collage Deconstruction BB Warm Pool AA

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Cold Pool

13th Street Branch Library

Emily Anderson Third Year - Spring 2020 Concept Statement For this project, the concept was to build onto an existing building in Little Bohemia, Omaha. The building itself was a staple to the area as it used to be the parking lot for the Bohemian Cafe which closed down recently. In order to stay true to its’ roots, I decided to design the library in a very raw form, using the existing building as a shell and exposing most of the materials to give it the industrial feel, since the community history is attached to steel manufacturing and butcher shops. The floors on the interior are split level, to allow for more space without widening the building itself. The stairs that wrap around the building allow for the user to experience the views of the neighborhood and opens up the interior space. The site was left relatively open to allow for large gatherings of people for a big event, but also now houses a sculpture garden that people can sit in and enjoy the outside of the library at all times.

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Level 04 Level 04 Scale 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

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Level 03 Scale 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

Level 02 Level 02 Scale 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

Level 01 Level 01 Scale 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

Level 00 Level 00 Scale 1/4” = 1’ - 0”

For the floor plans, each level was designed with a target age in mind. The order is tailored to get younger in age as you walk up the stairs. Level 01 is mainly designed as reception and book browsing, in case for those that wish to have a quicker visit and to take their books outside or home through the book sharing program. Level 02 is a work space with plenty of seating so that young adults and the elderly can occupt the desks. Level 03 and 04 begin to reveal the playful curves that are meant for a younger audience. The seating is designed in a platform style to allow for young adults and children to sit cross legged, or sprawled out however they wish.

Each floor is a split level to allow light to reach all of the floors throughout the space. This also elevates the “stacks” feeling of being emersed in the books. The stairs that wrap around the exterior are meant to encourage chance encounters between these target audiences, as the width is enough for people to gather in small groups if they wish to move the furniture. I have also framed specific views in the stair to highlight the nieghborhood context that is Little Bohemia.

Study Model Photos

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Dominique Gonzalez Foerster Museum & Studio Cruz and Natalie Second Year - Spring 2019 Concept Statement The form I was assigned to pursue in this assignment was stacked boxes. What interested me about this form was that it stems from one ‘simple’ rectangular shape that can be arranged in different positions to create a whole new mass.

The process of stacking allows for a unique shape to emerge. The artist that I was paired with was Dominique Gonzalez Foerster. Using the shapes that were created from stacking boxes, I now had to arrange the program of fitting an art museum and studio into the form. Her artwork is very performative and experiential, so the floor plan was very open and rearrangeable to allow for flexibility with the displays.

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Council Bluffs Branch Library

Emily Anderson Third Year - Spring 2020 Collaborators: Golsa Motevalli and Haleigh Carr

Concept Statement For this project we used the artist Frank Stella to influence our design, which evolved into our overall concept of “play�. I wanted the library to be a place for interactive learning for all ages. To bring walkers and bikers off of the main pathway at the Indian Creek Trail, we decided to extend the trail inwards towards the library. In doing so, we created the form of our building by wrapping the ramp around the entirety of the building to allow for viewers to walk directly from the path into our space. I wanted aspects of play to be scattered throughout our design, you can find it in every floor and location on the site. The design acts as a treehouse almost, on stilts purposefully eleveated so that in case of flooding the structure would withstand the event. It was crucial to the project that we plant native plant species that would aid in flood control as well in the marsh zones, closer to the creek.

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Frank Stella - Sculpture Precedent

Site Design

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Level 01 - drawn by Logan Dolezal and Golsa Motevalli

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Level 02 - drawn by Logan Dolezal and Golsa Motevalli

Level 03 - drawn by Logan Dolezal and Golsa Motevalli

Interior Render - The Bridge

Exterior Render - Main Entrance

Exterior Render - Pavilion

Exterior Render - Trail Entrance

drawn by Golsa M.

Modular Community

Ellen Donnelly - Fall 2020 Collaborators: Golsa Motevalli and Caitlin Smith

Concept Statement Our goal is to create a self-sustaining Modular Community that allows residents the flexibility to decide where and how they live. This environment encourages active engagement in community activities and economic endeavors. The community center is the home base, similar to the “main floor� of a traditional house, and the outer modules are the private bedrooms. Shared resources and spaces foster equitable relationships and inspire people to live in more meaningful ways. These sleeping and work modules can be placed to form their own familyneighborhood pods. We want to promote job creation on-site in order to direct and manage the various amenities available to residents. Maintenance is one of the most important jobs here - whether it is cleaning bathrooms, repairing leaks, landscaping, or deconstructing then rebuilding modules - members of the community are hired for these purposes, and thus are able to hold themselves to a higher level of responsibility and pride for their community. We believe it is important for everyone to have access to fresh produce year-round, and by promoting this, we also create opportunities for education, employment, and therapeutic hobbies through growing, harvesting and preparing plant-based food.

There is a medical clinic for checkups, which encourages health and wellness, but also community-wide awareness for preventative measures and minimizing expensive hospital care. People living on site receive free or discounted services, while those visiting help support their local small-scale business endeavors.

Climate change is another force that encourages future-proofing. In this case, we have built strong modules that can withstand extreme wind, and have re-planted portions of the site to respond to rising waters. The site itself is sitting on the edge of Jamaica Bay, an ecologically diverse marshland, and we plan to plant natives that will encourage neighboring communities to visit and possibly spot wildlife in a more naturalistic setting. Some keywords we carried with us through the design process were, privacy, accessibility, co-op community, amenities, future-proofing, and reclamation.

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Introductory

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For this project, the concept was to build onto an existing building in Little Bohemia, Omaha. The building itself was a staple to the area as it used to be the parking lot for the Bohemian Cafe which closed down recently. In order to stay true to its’ roots, I decided to design the library in a very raw form, using the existing building as a shell and exposing most of the materials to give it the industrial feel, since the community history is attached to steel manufacturing and butcher shops. The floors on the interior are split level, to allow for more space without

drawn by Caitlin S.

Site Master Plan - collaborative drawing

Neighborhood Units

Community Center

Material Diagrams

Wall Section

South Entry Perspective

Entry Lobby looking towards Labs and Cafe

Elevation looking North

Elevation looking South

Special Projects

High School 2017-2019 MOBA Competition 2017 - Second Place This project’s goal is to create a design that exhibits synanthropic architecture between a human and an insect. The insect we chose was the caddisfly. The caddisfly is a semi aquatic moth-like insect that is mostly nocturnal, and native to Nebraska. It spends most its lifespan in the larvae state inside the case that it creates itself from its’ surroundings. The caddisfly can build its case out of a wide variety of materials, the main ingredient being its silk that holds it all together like glue. After researching the caddisfly, we decided to have two rectangular forms that connected on the end, the private living quarters and the public exhibit on two ends and the labs where those spaces meet, putting a small dome on top of the public space as an exhibit, where the caddisflies could have their own habitat whilst still allowing the scientists enter the dome through the second floor.

This would also allow the visitors below to look up and observe the caddisflies in their own habitat. This would allow us to have a pond in the enclosure for the caddisfly’s needs, also adding an interesting view to the exhibit since most of the caddisfly’s life is being in the larvae state in water. To reflect the caddisfly’s design process, we used photoshop to piece together and refine our board designs after making them in Revit. The site itself of the building directly influenced the design.

It influenced where we placed the GKD Media Mesh screen in order to best attract visitors to the building. We noticed there was a gap between the trees and the interstate and perpendicular to the gap was another road. We made the decision to wrap GKD around that side of the building in order to attract passer’s by in their daily goings in order to prompt more visits.

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Blind Contours

Design Drawing - 2018

Blind Contour

Modified Blend Contour

Charcoal Re-tractive

Artwork

High School - Spring 2017

Oil Painting

Poke Silver Key Award State of Nebraska Pen & Watercolor

Sand in the City Competition - 2017

Canopy & Lighting Studies - Hardy Coffee 2020

TACKarchitects Intern Work Summer 2020 & Winter 2020 https://tackarch.com/

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Canopy Studies - DJ’s 2020

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Environmental Graphic Studies - DTN 2020

Office Signage Design - Gallup Headquarters 2020

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Logan J. Dolezal date of birth: 1999.06-05 Contact: dolezal.logan@gmail.com 402.661.0670 @littlehallowart About Me: I am a hardworking individual and a full-time student. I will put my full effort into any task given to me. I pride myself in being open minded and ready to learn.

Languages: English - Native French - Basic

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Education: Received a scholastic silver key for my artwork, “Poke� in 2017.

Received second place in the MOBA design competition in 2017.

Graduated from Harry A. Burke High School in Omaha NE, GPA above 3.5.

I intend to graduate with my Bachelor of Science in Design: Architecture in May at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Organizations + Volunteer Work: Member of the Architecture Learning Community during first year at UNL. Volunteered in Red Cloud, NE for three days through the Architecture Learning Community.

Member of the architecture fraternity APX for three semesters.

Current Member of the Sustain Club at UNL. Current Member of the Student Organic Farm at UNL. Professional Experience: Summer Internship - TACKarchitects Winter Internship - TACKarchitects Previous Work Experience: Lead actress in the short film, KA-MA-MA 2014.

Brand Ambassador at The Neighborhood Offshore in Omaha, NE. Phone Interviewer for the Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR) at UNL from October 26th, 2018 to July 2020.