MARCY SHAW
MAKING + PROCESS
Marcy Shaw | Sample Works
In Practice Danish Barn Re-Use Study | Client Study
Tacoma Art Museum Addition | Olson Kundig Architects
Bryant LR | Johnston Architects
Klippa Hus | Johnston Architects
Mountain Home | Olson Kundig Architects
Private Residence | Olson Kundig Architects
In Theory Publish | Sigurd Lewerentz | Sweden Study while at University of Texas at Austin
Material + Depth | University of Texas at Austin
Active Landscapes | University of Texas at Austin
Krejbjerg Barn Remodel
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
Private Home. Krejbjerg, Denmark Study for ReUse Located in the countryside of Jutland, Denmark, this site contains three outbuildings and a single family home. With the goal to re-purpose two barns into space for a studio, garden storage, a small B&B venture, and garage. I provided schematic sketch renderings to explore two schemes. The first scheme is a minimal intervention with the addition of blackened steel panel garage doors and accent panels around window apertures that have been manipulated for a modern aesthetic. The second scheme explores the client’s desire to add a second level for a studio space and is accented with weathered steel and popout spaces from the roof line.
Before images of one of the barns on site.
Scheme 1
Scheme 2
Tacoma Art Museum Addition
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
Olson Kundig Architects I assisted the Tacoma Art Museum team with rendering plans and modeling various stair studies.
Model of entry stair feature. Maple wood stair wrapped blackened steel.
View of entry stair feature.
Bryant Homes
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
A block of Development in Seattle Johnston Architects Located in the Bryant neighborhood, this block of development is a unique opportunity on a complex site. Sparsely developed and having had a single owner since before incorporation into the City limits of Seattle, this site contained few property lines that didn’t coincide with the three zoning boundaries it encompasses and has many code-identified exceptional trees that required protection and preservation as well as a grade change of 20’ across the site. From SD to CD, I have managed the middle zone of the three piece site that contains 39 units in 12 townhomes. I met with the clients, coordinated with the various consultants, and city officials. I was the primary drafter for permit and construction drawings.
Early concept sketches that explore a ‘monolithic’ form that is grounded as well as a carving away and exposing material scheme. A gradation of density, the site is zoned most densely at the south with mixed-use, multi-family in the middle, and single family at the north.
Bryant Homes
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
Klippa Hus Private Home: Johnston Architects Location: Cascade Mountains Located in the Cascade Mountains, the custom home retreat for an architect and his family was designed with the client’s collection of old growth reclaimed lumber and a bridge concept the connects the two perpendicular gabled forms. Reclaimed members were incorporated into the exposed structure of the roof and the suspended bridge and stair. My role was project manager from schematic design through CA. I coordinated with consultants, produced drawing sets, submitted permits, and performed construction administration.
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
Klippa Hus
Diagram highlights stair and suspended bridge
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
Ketchum Mountain Residence Private Home: Olson Kundig Architects This mountain home is located on a hill side in Idaho. I produced a set of drawings including floor plans and renderings for this project.
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
Private Residence Private Home: Olson Kundig Architects Role: assisted with renderings and plans.
Marcy Shaw | In Practice
Publication
Marcy Shaw | Publication
St. Petri Chapel by Sigurd Lewerentz: Publication of Drawings, Essays, and Photos Location: Klippan, Sweden For five weeks we documented, measured every room and many bricks that make up the moody-lit and materially stark Chapel of St. Petri designed by Swedish architect, Sigurd Lewerentz in Klippan, Sweden. This collection of documentation by a group of six students and Professor Wilfried Wang was followed by one week of further study at The Swedish Architectural Archive where we selected the architect’s archived documents to accompany the body of work we performed. This work was compiled into the publication, Sigurd Lewerentz: St. Petri. Participants: Professor Wilfried Wang, Dan Sylvester, Trevor Messenger, Liqioa Zhang, Michael Boduch, Katie Pierce, and Marcy Shaw
St. Petri monograph is published containing drawings, images, and essays.
Marcy Shaw | Publication
0.42m
3.29m
Like earth torn apart, the baptismal font consists on a giant shell that is continually fed by droplets that then overflow drop by drop into the dark void of the brick floor.
Glazing fixed to the exterior is percieved from within the 18� thick wall as nonexistent.
Section through the baptismal font and window wall.
Making + Depth Slow Food Restaurant, Artist Lofts and Exhibit Space Location: New Orleans, Louisiana An exploration of natural light as a material is married with the flatness of concrete for the design of a full scale “window� that aims to express perceptual depth and questions the conventional methods and definitions of common architectural components. Preceding any program or architectural design, the full scale window was designed and constructed using cast-in-place concrete methods, and was later the basis for the language used to design artist lofts, exhibit space, and a slow food restaurant.
Marcy Shaw | In Theory
Making + Depth
Marcy Shaw | In Theory
A planted exterior wall announces the common open-air corridor to individual lofts. Each studio consists of three narrow plates threaded together by reveals of green spaces.
Active Landscapes
Marcy Shaw | In Theory
Activity Complex + Soccer Stadium Location: Austin, Texas Hyperactivation is facilitated via land manipulation at this 105 acre sports and community complex. The site promotes exercise, whether the user be an athlete or a leisurely spectator circulating the paths while viewing the programmed patchwork of activity below. The site facilitates both structured and passive sports as well as provides cultural event spaces.
depression
mound
water retention
programmed space
A patchwork of landforms are folded in between a network of paths. At the heart of the site, bermed earth knits together the edges of the steel diamond structural skin of the 50,000 seat soccer stadium. Site diagrams explain the reciprocity between the network of paths, landforms, and the relationship to the stadium
3D printed model of the site with stadium at upper edge
30 January 2012
To Whom It May Concern: RE: Ms. Marcy Shaw letter of reference Dear Sirs and Madams: I’m writing to offer my highest recommendation for Ms. Marcy Shaw as she applies for employment in your firm. She was a student of mine in our advanced design studio at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture in 2010 where she earned her Master’s degree. Afterward, she assisted on an exhibition of my firm’s work— buildingstudio—at the school and spearheaded a subsequent publication documenting the exhibit. I stayed in touch with her in an advisory capacity as she obtained employment in an architecture firm in Seattle; there, she’s gained valuable experience as an intern architect. At UTSOA Ms. Shaw distinguished herself as an exceptional student, going well beyond what was required, assuming a role of responsibility while acting with a degree of maturity and dedication that set her apart from her classmates. Steadfastness and skill toward her work went well beyond expectations. I was particularly impressed with Ms Shaw’s determination and enthusiasm for whatever she set out to do. In her present position of employment I feel certain she’s gained a broad knowledge in office procedure, and honed her skill for what’s required of design and production in a collaborative environment. I would add that Ms. Shaw’s knowledge, intelligence, and critical abilities are accompanied by genuine warmth and a quiet personality that puts those around her at ease. Ms. Shaw has a deep commitment to be part of an office that contributes to exceptional design, wanting to offer her talents toward that end. In that, I believe she’ll make an outstanding addition to your office. Sincerely,
Coleman Coker Ruth Carter Stevenson Regents Chair in the Art of Design School of Architecture The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station B7500 Austin, TX 78712