Luke Davis - Portfolio - Fall 2021

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LUKE C. DAVIS

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Detail photograph composite, body prints. ATL EXPOSITION, Portman Prize Studio, Spring ‘21 Atlanta, GA. 2021. 3’-0” X 6’-0”. oil, charcoal powder, vellum.

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(RIPPLE), Material Diversions, Spring ‘21

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CONTENT BIO + RESUME

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URBAN FRAME

2 Flourishing Communities Collaborative, Fall ‘21

Instructor: Julie Kim - Georgia Institute of Technology

02 RECORDER

Instructor: Michael Gamble - Georgia Institute of Technology

03 RIPPLE

Instructor: Debora Mesa - Ensamble Studio | Georgia Institute of Technology

04 EXPOSITION 05 THE TWIST 06 SHEAR TOWER

Constructing the Anthropocene, Fall ‘20

Material Diversions, Spring ‘21

Portman Prize Studio Competition, Spring ‘21 (Finalist)

Instructor: W. Jude LeBlanc - Georgia Institute of Technology Visiting Chair: Mario Gooden - Columbia University

Materials + Modeling 3, Fall ‘20

Parametric Analysis - The Twist - Bjarke Ingels Group Instructors: Kurt - Georgia Institute of Technology James - Georgia Institute of Technology

Integrated Building Systems 1, Fall ‘20

Instructors: Michael Gamble - Georgia Institute of Technology Tarek Rahka Russell Gentry

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Interior perspective, Yellow Market, second level

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Existing Little Yellow Store. Corner of James P Brawley and Cameron M Alexander.

Westside Beltline connection

Downtown Atlanta business district

State Farm Arena

Rodney Cook Sr. Park Vine City

Mercedes Benz Stadium

Aerial view of the existing site, looking east to Downtown Atlanta. Foreground: Yellow Store and St. Marks Church

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Flourishing Communities Collaborative, Fall ‘21

Collaborators: Robbie Feagans Instructor: Julie Kim

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Visitors

Builders

Students

Atlanta, GA

Regionally sourced, local materials

Customers - private Local residents

CONTEXT PLAN

JAMES P. BRAWLEY DR NW

ENGLISH AVENUE NW

Diverse users

360°

English Avenue Neighborhood - N.T.S.

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360°

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CAMERON M. ALEXANDER BLVD NW

SITE PLAN SCALE: 1/16” = 1’-0”

Programming - ground level

Extrusion

Residential expansion

Programming - second level

Roof geometry

Grid logic applied to massing + site

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Reclaiming the old, informing the new The “Little Yellow Store” has been a vital part of the English Avenue Community for decades and has only recently fallen into disrepair and abandonment. Having seen drastic change in Atlanta and still remaining the symbolic hub for this community, we are reclaiming the “Little Yellow Store” through the use of new architectural technologies and with simple yet robust moves to the facade. The new proposal is grounded with the notion of expanding beyond what once was, allowing the new architectural moves, in unity with the history of the “Little Yellow Store”, to inform new uses for the space. Including a market-style ground floor, second floor gallery + exhibition space, and new residences expanding beyond the existing site boundary, allows for the hub of the neighborhood to be reclaimed and to facilitate the reflourishment of the community.

1. Existing Yellow Store

2. Existing envelope elements and roof structure zones to be demolished 1. Extrusion

2. Expansion

A dynamic collection of spaces for business, living, and gathering Social public. Social private. This proposal addresses the need for diverse scales and kinds of gathering spaces. Reclaiming the Yellow Market with the insertion of public-facing programs, this project celebrates the community of residents and visitors. With the introduction of smart modular components, this proposal leverages technologies of sustainable building and materials to provide housing, simultaneously reinforcing the urban edge of the street and providing safe areas for private spaces for residents.

3. Brick envelope to be retained for new construction.

1. Encompassing 4. Grafting on of mass timber structure for new Yellow Market design + framework for residential units.

Aerial view showing scope of complete project

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LOWER LEVEL 360°

ELLOW MARKET FLOOR PLANS 1/8” SCALE

Exterior perspective, community living room

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Interior perspective, ground floor

Axonometric, project scope, points of interest

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Solid Panel

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Framed Opening Tile

B Vertical Siding Panel

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Glazing Tile

D Solid w/ Transom Panel

C Glazing Panel

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Wood Board Tile

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Model photos

Exploded Axonometric

A Solid CLT panel

B Rainscreen

C Glazed

D Clerestory

E Louvered

G Corner trim

F Doorway

ASSEMBLY PROCESS

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Glazed

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Louvered

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Green

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Modular wall + roof panel types

Solar

Materials

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Exterior perspective, looking east, down Cameron M Alexander BLVD

Designing for a building’s entire life cycle Can buildings be specifically designed to enhance biodiversity, clean water, health and well-being as well as the possibility of upcycling materials? This proposal revives an existing and cherished structure that has fallen into decay. Utilizing the “Cradle to Cradle” methodologies and circular design principles, this building is given new life through the implementation of green strategies and designing for the buidlings entire life cycle. This proposal will act as a showcase for integrated green solutions that can be applicable throughout this neighborhood and beyond. At the heart of this project, the revitalized Yellow Store is meant to be perceived as a living organism that, within it’s design, is prepared to change and adapt over time, without creating waste brought on by the construction industry. Implementing design strategies that aim to construct a building that is easily assembled, modified, and potentially disassembled throughtout the buidling’s life cycle is the goal of this proposal. Using sustainable materials and a specifically designed pallete of modular construction elements and techniques, this system lays the groundwork for a truly circular architecture that can be applied to the struggling neighborhoods of southeast America.

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CAN YO N

2.1 CANYON

Light + Space Modulator 01, Fall ‘20

Instructor: Michael Gamble - Georgia Institute of Technology

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2.2 ICEBERG

Light + Space Modulator 02, Fall ‘20

Instructor: Michael Gamble - Georgia Institute of Technology

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2 RECORDER

Anthropocenic Curiousities, Fall ‘20

Instructor: Michael Gamble - Georgia Institute of Technology

ANTHROPOCENE a d j e c t i ve:

Rela ti n g to o r d e n o ti n g th e c u r rent geol ogi cal age, vi ew ed as the peri od w hi ch hum an act iit y has been t he domi n a n t i n fl u e n c e o n c l i m a te and the envi roment. “ we’ v e b e c o m e a m a j o r fo rc e o f anture i n the new A nthropocene epoch.”

noun: T he c u rre n t g e o l o g i c a l a g e , v i ew ed as the peri od w hi ch human acti vi ty has been the dom inant inf luence on t he c lim a te a n d th e e n v i ro n me n t. “ S om e g e o l o g i s ts a rg u e th a t th e A nthropocene began w i th the Industri al R evol uti on. ”

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COLLECTION

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Establish a collection.

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Create a “Curiousity Cabinet” in which to house the collection.

This collection is centered around aerial photography and the documentation of our natural landscape. focusing primarily on the idea of the Anthropocene and how we as humans shape our enviroment over time. These images, taken from above, offer a new perspective and insight of our enviroment that produce abstract pieces of art. This collection will archive, store and reimagine the pieces to directly influence the spaces in which the inhabit. Creating new and unique perspectives for visitors to observe and reflect on the impact we have on this planet during our time here.

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Using the collection and cabinet, create “Infinity Drawings” to begin generating form and ideas.

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Site analysis and initial design concepts

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Main archival space for collection as well as a garden space connecting the collection with the site.

REFERENCE MATERIAL | COLLECTION DRIVER “HABITAT” -

H U MA N ALTERED LANDSCAPES

Tom Hegen - German photographer specializing in aer ial phot ogr aphy, docum ent ing t he envi ronment and l andscape. “The photo book H A B ITAT e xplor es t he r elat ionship bet ween m an and nat ur e by aeri al photography. It focuses on landscapes t hat have been t r ansf or m ed by human i nterventi on. The pro ject invit es viewer s t o discover our planet f r om a new perspecti ve, to comprehend t he dim ensions of hum an int er vent ions on our Ear t h’s surface, and, ul ti matel y, to assum e r esponsibilit y. ” - Tom Hegen P ortfol i o can be vi ew ed and book pur chasing can be f ound on websit e: http://tomhegen.de/fotodesi g n/ book- habit at /

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C O LLE CTIO N

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C URIO USITY CAB IN E T

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IN FIN ITY D RAWIN G

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SITE AN ALYSIS | B E LLWO O D Q UARRY

SITE ANALYSIS | BELLWOOD QUARRY - ATLANTA, GA

Conceptual site painting

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SITE AN ALYSIS | B E LLWO O D Q UARRY

Exploded site analysis

Initial site programmatic diagram

Site Program + embedded curiousity cabinet

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CONSTRUCTION + MATERIAL

Insp irat io n + m ate r i a l st u d y

E arly conce ptual sketc hes

S amp le im ag es ( To m He g e n )

Block-in -Plac e C o n c e pt

3 D p ri nt p roof of c onc ept

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PHASE D CO N STRUCTIO N

PHASE 1: An incision is carved from the quarry edge, extracting the material to be later recycled as the primary building material.

PHASE 2: The production facilty is constructed atop the incision, to be where the material + blocks will be brought, then lower and distributed to their final location.

PHASE 3: Blocks are lowered to the bottom, slowly constructing the first spaces including the lower gallery space.

PHASE 4: Over time the construction continues vertically, creating circulation, service, and other primary spaces forming the buildings program.

PHASE D CONST RUCT I ON With the simple gesture of cutting an incision within the perimeter of the Bellwood Quarry. The human intervention is created, at the same time providing the materials necessary to build. Starting with the production facility at the top, spanning the void that has been extracted, the material is able to move through this space, being cut, carved, and printed. It then is lowered down through the shaft and distributed to it’s desired location. Over time the spaces theoretically construct themselves recycling the material once removed. Once fully assembled, using multiple means of construction and implementation, the blocks are able to continue being created and distributed throughout the rest of the Bellwood Quarry, continuing the project for decades after and providing new and unique experiences.

PHASE 5: The upper gallery is fully constructed, completing the main spaces housing the collection - from here the construction can continue elsewhere around the quarry.

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Site se c t io n

Section per spec t ive s

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IN TE RIO R V IE WS

Lower Ga ller y

U pper Ga ller y

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Lowest level per sp e c t i ve

Site p lan - water p a t hway

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INITIAL CONCEPTS University of Florida, Fall ‘17 Instructor: Michael Kuenstle

This previous work was chosen as the driver for the majority of the work completed this semester. It is from my undergraduate studies at the University of Florida where this modular facade system was just in it’s infancy of design concepts. It consists of a repeatable, curved componet that is able to be either stacked or hung, creating a “breathable” wall assembly system. In it’s early days, this concepts was only tested using a paper material, which proved to be nonstructural and quite fragile. The focus of this semester is to find the adequate material for this application and test its structural and material qualities when applied to the form. Further development of the concept is also needed to determine the feasibility of producing this product at a full scale. A great deal of attention into how the componets are connected together and how that connection works with the components to create a sound structural wall assembly will be the primary focus.

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M od e l studies

3 RIPPLE

Material Diversions, Spring ‘21

Instructor: Debora Mesa - Ensamble Studio

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C o ncept ua l a ppl i c a t i o n of fa c a d e d es ig n C o astal pavi l i o n

EARLY APPLICATION CONCEPT: PAVILION Situated on a coastal beach in Florida, this pavilion uses the permeable wall concept to filter air and light from the surrounding landscape, blending the edge between interior and exterior.

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RIPPLE Fabrication

Material Diversions, Spring ‘21

Instructor: Debora Mesa - Ensamble Studio

DESIGN - WALL ASSEMBLY The finalized concept works together as a complete wall assembly system. Using the cables to run vertically, connecting each component through the printed joint. This allows the system to either be self supporting when stacked or have the ability to be hung and suspended. This flexibility in design provides many different application opportunities to present themselves and an overall flexible final product.

Mold assembly pre fabrication

Mold assembly milling process

Mold fabrication

DESIGN - FABRICATION MOLD To successfully produce the double curvature form of the panels, it was determined that a mold would have to be fabricated and produced. This process was first completed in the digital space, creating a stacked MDF board assembly which would then be CNC cut down to create the curved form. Mold layers pre-milling

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Fiberglass material testing

3D printed joint

Component panel

ABS Plastic material test, fully assembled

Component panel assembly

Stacked compnents assembly

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E xte r io r p e r s p e c tive P ie dm o nt Pa r k, Atl a nta , G A

4 EXPOSITION

Portman Prize Studio, Spring ‘21

Instructor: W. Jude LeBlanc - Georgia Institute of Technology Visiting Critic: Mario Gooden - Columbia University

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Co mpo s i te bo dy p r ints Co ll a bo ra to rs : C a ite C a nfie l d, Br ia n n a R h o de n

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DIAGRAMMING THE BODY

Beginning with the Hammon’s inspired body prints previously produced, this sculpture is a continuation of the spacial qualities and the indexing of the shared relationship between 3 dimensional forms and their 2 dimensional shapes. As investigated with the body prints, the forms of our bodies were projected onto a blank canvas, bodies in space. By diagramming and analytically sketching one of the extracted prints of myself, I made connections using the different elements of the body. Registration lines, massing, suggestion of movement and articulation. The purpose of this sculpture is to represent all of these elements in a 3 dimensional space.

By suspending the two main forms that make up the torso massing from the ceiling. Using wire to suspend blocks of wood, painted black, taking flight in my garage space. Recreating the registration lines and to provide connecting tissue, wires, rods, and threaded rods are drilled in and wrapped around the torso structure, beginning to create spatial conditions and provide framework for the secondary forms. Recreating basic diagrammatic line work, I wrapped paper tracings around the wooden block diaphragm. In the 2 dimensional space these would all be connected on one plane. I chose to split many of these up at joints and separating them either above or below. When looking at the piece head on it takes on an abstract and complicated mesh of different elements. But when observed from above or below, the true tracings of the body form are shown, lining up and in a way recreating the early diagrams. This projection of

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CONTEXT DRIVEN

E x i st i ng P i ed mo nt Par k pl an 1 89 5 Ex p o s i t i o n pl an over l ay

1 89 5 Ne g ro B u i l d i n g s i te David H am m on s “ Fl i g ht Fant asy”

Co n c ept ual s ketc hes

Pla n co n ce pt

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Programmatic diagram

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Interior perspective, exhibition space

Interior perspective, performance space

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Section 1

Section 2

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Site detail

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THE TWIST

4 TWIST - BJARKE INGELS GROUP

Parametirc process

Section study

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Analytical + parametric analysis Media + Modeling 3


THE TWIST | MASSIN G

MASSING

Twist form

Main level plan

Lower level plan

Massing diagram

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THE TWIST | STRUCTURE

STRUCTURE

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THE TWIST | E N V E LO PE

ENVELOPE

Variation 1: The parameters for the window cutout are adjusted to make the window slimmer, controlling the amount of light let into the space and the views outward.

Variation 2: The thickness of the panels is increased to change the appearance of the skin. This would be useful for concealing the structural system beneath.

Variation 3: The length to which the window cutout is stretched to span the length of the structure allowing light into the remaining gallery spaces.

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THE TWIST | INTEG RATED SYSTEMS

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Envelope: Using the larger base rectangle to extrude and create contours from, the panel system is create and the window is cut out.

Structural system: Using a slightly offset rectangle inside of the larger one used for the envelope, the structural truss is the created with a series of contours creating the beams and diagonal cross bracing.

Integrated systems: using the offset larger and smaller rectangles to generate the panel and structural systems, both system are able to snugly fit within one another, adapting to each other parametric changes.

Massing: The basic form to which all other systems are derived from.

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THE TWIST | INTEG RATED SYSTEMS

DESIGN VARIATIONS - INTEGRATED PARAMETRIC SYSTEM

Variation 1: The amount of contours is reduced in both the paneling system and structural system, allowing a less obtrusive structure and gaps in the panels to filter light. The Twist itself is also able to be stretched to the length of the building.

Variation 2: The overall length of the structure is reduced, making the buidling shorter in length. The size of the panels is increased but drastically decreasing the amount, for a simpler design approach.

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Variation 3: The densitu of the structural elements is rapidly increased while the panels are slightly larger, requiring a smaller amount to cover the structure. A hybrid of the previous two variations.


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Integrated Building Systems 1, Fall ‘20

Instructor: Russell Gentry - Georgia Institute of Technology

COLLABORATORS: Kelsey Corcoran Luke Davis Katelyn Dimopoulos Yongsheng Li Amelia McLean Isiah Wilson

DESCRIPTION Our project consisted mainly of shear wall types fitting within eachother to create a tower like structure to resist lateral forces. Three main vertical walls make up the main structure with horizontal bracing snugly notched within creating “floor-like” plates. These plates are notched and wedged into a secure place using wooden wedges applied to the outside shear wall members. Lateral forces are to be taken and distributed down the length of the structure through the shear wall system. TESTING Tower Weight: 19.5 lbs Strength: 134 lbs Weight to Strength Ratio: 6.87 Cause of Failure: Shear wall failure at wall section near base due to tension forces. Voids made adjacent structural members prone to shear under tension.

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

PHOTOS

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circa 2021

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