UNDER THE CANOPY
THEATER AND DRAMATIC ART SPRING 2022 RILEY KIRKPATRICK

Riley Kirkpatirck is studying architecture at the University of Oregon.
Design, art, digital desgin, graphic design, sustainability
Riley Kirkpatrick is a current third-year Bachelor of Architecture student at the University of Oregon from Salem, Oregon, where she graduated with a 4.2 GPA and the denotation valedictorian. Within her first two years at the University of Oregon, she was awarded the Dean’s List, Academic Achievement Award, and the Hall of Fame in a published case study. The case study focused on the effects of different materials on tubes used in solar water heaters. The case study was selected among three others for the hall of fame, demonstrating
Riley’s interest in sustainable design. Architects not only have a responsibility towards individuals to create pleasing architecture but also to design buildings for the Earth. When a building is not properly designed, it can deplete the Earth’s natural resources, leaving current and future generations with fewer and fewer natural resources and polluting the Earth with CO2 emissions. When a building is properly designed with sustainability in mind, it operates as if it does not exist; thus, it does not deplete the Earth’s natural resources. In the summer of 2022, Riley completed a studio project combining sustainable architecture and strategies to protect against natural disasters to create a resilient building. Thus, sustainability is an
important factor in Riley’s designs.
Other interests of Riley’s include digital design. With an interest in computer science, Riley became interested in using technology in design. While analog design methods are important in the early stages of design, using technology to represent projects is crucial to convey ideas to the viewer. Thus Riley is proficient in using adobe creative cloud, rhino, and Revit.
As a third-year architecture student, Riley made many achievements and continues to grow her interest in the world of architecture.
Sense the site is located in an urban environment and has a flat topography I added more detail to the site with trees, paking spaces, and the massing of surrounding buildings.
Toposurface of the site with massing of surrounding buildings.
The massing of the building was desgined to resemble an exterior shell with cut outs from the shell for outdoor spaces.
The massing model showing the east and south elevations.
FLOOR LEVEL 1 AND 2
The first floor plan contains the black box theater which is the main focous of the building as well as the cafe that acts as a social space.
The secon floor holds the set assembly and other crucial prgrams for theatrical production.
FLOOR LEVEL 3 AND 4
The third floor contains the white box theater as well as several spaces used in the production of dramatic arts.
The fourth floor contains faculty offices, adminastrative offices, and acting studios for student to learn and rehers
FLOOR LEVEL 5 AND ROOF PLAN
The fifth and final floor of the building contains a librrary, a classroom, and a desgin studio for students to use in production of a play and education.
The roof plan shows the terraces on the preceding floors as well as the surrounding context.
The south elevation shows the long side of the facade that is esaly vied from the road.
IMAGE:
West elevation with the main entrance.
WEST AND SOUTH
The section shows an interior of the theater looking at the west. The second section shows the interior of the theater looking towards the north.
CLASSROOM
ACTING STUDIO 1 ACTING STUDIO 2
WHITE BOX THEATER
FABRIC ROOM/ LAUNDRY
SCENE STUDIO
BLACK BOX THEATER
SCENE STUDIO
ADMINISTRATIVE SUIT
COSTUME STUDIO
LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER CLASSROOM TECH LAB
WHITE BOX THEATER
SET ASSEMBLY
BLACK BOX THEATER
The building consists of two different wall thicknesses. The exteiror shell of the building is a thick 12” concrete wall, while the interior walls are thiner 6” walls. The differnece in wall thicknesses give hierarchy to the exterior and interior builing while create a unquie transition from outdoors to indoors.
VAPOR RETARDER 1” RIGID INSULATION 3”
GYMPSUM WALL BOARD 2”
For my building there is two sets of stairs to allow safe a easy egress through the bulding. The first three floors of the building are 15’ tall while the 4th and 5th floors are 10’ tall. I had to account for this hight difference in the construction of my stiars.
The first axonometric shows the south and west sides of the building and is exploded to give the viewer a better understanding of the building and its floors that are highlited in blue. The second axonometric view of the project shows the building from the south and west side with the surrounding context.
The first perepective view shows the entrance of the building from the sidewalk. The perspective showcases the curtain wall along the entrance that spills into the ally. The second perspective view shows the building from accros the street from the park blocks. The view shows how the building utilizes the corner of the block with its upper balcony.
The first rendering shows the entrance of the theater from the perspecive of someone from the park. The entrance is surrounded by curtain walls to highlight the corners and bring significants to the black box theater. The second rendering shows the view of the buiding from the corner of the park blocks.
The first image shows the original oranization and sizes of windows. The second and third images show a desgin option for the size and location of the windwos. The different design options assist in the desgin of the facade of the building
The first titleblock shows the five levels of the building with a larger first floor plan to give the floor hierarchy and show the surrounding context. The second title block shows sections of the building along the top and elevations of the building on the bottum. The elevations are at diffrent scales to give hierarchy to the main entrance of the building.