Graduate Portfolio 2020 by Mathew Drummond

MATHEW DRUMMOND

OPEN IDEAS FORUM Year: 2017 3rd Year Spring Semester Professor: Emily Andersen This project explores space that could become a place of education and grounds to create an open idea forum. By understanding the necessities of an open idea forum, I have proposed an answer that would achieve a way to educate the public and introduce new experiences amongst the populous. In such a way, it allows a passive form of educating with the introduction of the east side wall that acts as an art wall, which runs along the sidewalk, and the public use of the green roof overlooks the courtyard space. With the multiple interactions that happen within site, this forum becomes a place to safely and cleanly educate the populous.

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Courtyard Gallery Conference Room Office Utility Room Classroom A

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North Elevation

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East Elevation

FUTURE OF THE FARMER Year: 2018 5th Year Fall Semester Instructor: Brian Kelly The history of the farmer is one of adhocism where survival is based on innovation. But what is the future of the farmer when the human is being removed from the fields, displaced to the home office, and replaced by autonomous tractors and smart field systems which track and project crop yields? This project seeks to question this uncertain future through the reuse of an abandoned Atlas-F missile silo situated in a rural midwestern context. Due to existing site conditions, this proposal created architecture that harmonizes with the site, adopting what would be a hindrance, but instead, it became an opportunity. All work was generated from existing content with an aggressive approach through digital collage. The use of comic book content challenging copyright and fair use codes seeing imagery as stock content which could be redefined as it was recontextualized, a sort of adhocism approach to representation.

To explain the importance of the project and what the future has in store for farming. A comic was developed that highlights the interaction of what architecture and the farmer could be in a six-page issue.

Section A section cut through the missile silo that highlights the interaction between farming and architecture.

AGGRANDIZE COMMUNITY Year: 2017 4th Year Fall Semester Instructor: Brian Kelly Team: Mathew Drummond Rachel Jensen Sidnee Lebsock John Round This studio focused on the development of a residential unit that utilizes prefabrication and mass customization in Oslo, Norway. The prospect of mass customization and prefabrication within residential architecture is a topic that has been tackled by many architects. To create a community within these standards has been an issue for a long time. But now, with the advancements in construction material and mass production, the prospect of mass customization and prefabrication have become possible. For an architect to provide individuality between each home and at a master plan scale, this was something that could only be theorized. But now, with the current technology, that theorized idea is in the grasp of an architect. By situating our project in areas of materiality, domesticity, and sustainability, we were able to capitalize on the rich history Norway has to offer. With the utilization of glue-laminated timber, our proposal focused on a 10x10’ and 10x15’ structural bay. With this structure the home had a finite amount of possibilities for the organization, all at the fingertips of the homeowner.

Drawing by: Mathew Drummond

Drawing by: Rachel Jensen

Drawing by: Sidnee Lebsock

Drawing by: Mathew Drummond

Drawings by: John Round

Section Here you have a perspective that highlights the individuality of each housing unit. Section Highlight & Detail Left is the diagram of a wall panel | Middle is the structural grid | Right is the structural member. We have utilized a structural system to build off the 10’x10’ and 10’x15’ modules produced out of gluelaminated timber columns and beams. These parts have hook joints that are routed using a 3-axis mill. The joints slide together and connect within the column, and then are held in tension by a wedge. The structural grid comes together on the foundation of the building and dowel laminated timber floor slabs sit on the grid. Lastly, the facade system is attached to the outside face.

RE/VALUE Year: 2018 4th Year Spring Semester Instructor: Marc Maxey The goal of this studio was to break the current model of suburban development. The suburbs are perfect for economic gain, and because of that, suburbia has become so efficient, it litters the edges of cities. For the studio, each student was tasked to find an element within the suburban model, and theorize about what it could become. For that, RE/VALUE turns the unvalued into valuable through the introduction of a new infrastructure that disrupts the archetypal exurban development. By understanding the role of the retention pond and what it impacts, and infrastructure was implemented that utilizes the retention pond, which now occupies the whole site. Because of this, the water can now be used as a means of transportation and as a way to increase the value of the home due to its proximity towards the waterfront.

Perspective Site Plan An aerial perspective of the proposed suburban development. Development Diagram Left is Phase 1 | Middle is Phase 2 | Right is Phase 3. This development was broken down into three phases. The first phase was to expand the retention pond north, into the suburban homes. For the second phase, the expansion of the pond continued along north of the site. The first developed landmass also accompanied this phase, which would act as a docking bay for the proposed boathouse. The final phase was the development of three more lands masses, with a waterway infrastructure that connected with a retail store, that accommodated this community.

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Perspective of the Proposed Development This perspective highlights the hybridization of water recreation and the built structure. WH

Building Site Plan and Plan Left is the site plan | Middle is the second floor plan | Right is the first floor plan Here you have the proposed three bedrooms, two and a half baths, boathouse. On top of the house, you have access to a green roof that has amenities such as a slide and diving board. On the second floor, you have three bedrooms and two full baths connected along the central corridor. While on the ground floor, you have the kitchen, two living rooms, half a bathroom, and a dining room all utilizing an open floor plan concept. Finally right of the exterior of the barge, you have a docking bay for your boat.

NEXUS EXHIBITION Year: 2019 5th Year Spring Semester Instructor: Ellen Donnelly For this seminar, our class was tasked to develop an exhibition for the landscape architecture program at UNL. The work featured came from Headwaters Corporation, Field Operations, Nelson Byrd and Woltz, Horticulturist, Micheal Van Valkenburgh Associates, and Bright View Landscape Development. The location of this exhibition happened in the Link, which is the primary circulation space of the college, and because of the number of people that go through the link, this area became the best place for an exhibition. But, for this exhibition to happen, we were tasked not to damage the existing structure of the college. Twenty-eight panels were created to mount onto the mullions of the existing structure, and were split between two levels. Each panel was situated to fit within the frame of the mullion, so it does not hide the existing structure, but celebrates it. Even though it was meant to be temporary, the idea for this exhibition is that it can be used every year. The design of these panels had to be self intuitive, so that when the next person who wants to use these, know what to do.

Section An image that highlights the structural members attached to the mullions. Section Highlight & Detail Left is the Diagram of the proposal | Middle is the Structural member | Right is the panel elevation On the left, you have the initial concept diagram of how the panels became mounting displays. In the middle, you have a close up of the mounting bracket; Here the bracket utilizes c-clamps to connect to the mullion and the u-bracket is the connection piece to the display panel. Finally, on the right is the elevation of that panel on display, highlighting how these panels fit in between the mullion.

SOLO SERIES Year: 2020 During the pandemic, I have had the opportunity to pursue different types of representation. For each drawing you are about to see, I have explored the atmospheric quality of an image, what is shown, and the graphic style type. That is why for the Solo Series, each drawing that you see is a self-contained story, exploring a thought that I had at the moment of development.

Corner

Corner. Here is a drawing that explores the importance of the corner between two surfaces. Not only at the point where two surfaces meet. But as well as the space created when a corner is made.

Gallery

Gallery. For this drawing, I explored the potential of what negative space could become between two rooms of an art gallery.

Arch Study #1

Arch Study #1. Koichi Takada Architects. Here is a case study where I explored how to digitally represent brick built up to create a façade with dramatic depth. Which in tones creates dramatic shadows, which is compelling to the viewer.

Arch Study #2

Arch Study #2. Spaceworkers. For this case study, I explored the digital representation of concrete affected by the weather and one that is continuous without seams. Which then creates a uniform look, creating a monolithic structure.

Arch Study #3

Arch Study #3. AZL Architects. Here is a case study where I explored the digital representation of perforated concrete and glass material. This study’s biggest challenge was to represent the perforated concrete and how it could contrast the form underneath. As they are two separate elements, they deserved to be distinguished as so.

Arch Study #4

Arch Study #4. UAD. For this case study, I explored the digital representation of concrete and brick and how each material acts once combined in a building. For the concrete, it defines the form of the structure. While for the brick, they become a means of wayfinding, highlighting the entrance, making it noticeable for the building users. Each is acting independently, while in the end, they come together to create a unified built form.

Observatory

Observatory. For this drawing, I took elements of what I learned from my case studies to recreate an observatory cliffside. From Arch Study #1 I took the depth of the brick façade to recreate depth in the concrete façade of the three cubes in the back. From Arch Study #2, I took the contemporary arch and recreated it five times to create openings in the center form. While from Arch Study #3, I took the concrete and applied it to the center form. From each element, they come together to form the Observatory on the cliffside.

Space Between

Space Between. Here I theorize the residential space occupied by a construction worker in a dystopian setting.