Archi te cture P o rtf o l i o Maximilian Alexander Naylor
Profile
My goal is to have the opportunity to join a team of architects from whom I can learn a broad range of skills, design processes and general knowledge about the practice of architecture. I hope to take the licensing exams and become liscensed within five years of graduating from the University of Oregon. The University of Oregon has a five year accredited architecture program that grants a professional degree on graduation. I started the program in 2010, and accelerated through the program to complete it in four years. In April of 2013, I lived in Vicenza, Italy for 3 months and studied architecture in Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, and England. I anticipate finishing the program in June 2014. Every summer between school sessions, I have found time to intern in architecture offices gaining experience working on real world projects. During my time at California State Parks in Sacramento, I worked with architects designing visitor centers, rest stops, public facilities, and the historic preservation of landmarks. My time at NC2 Studio in San Francisco was spent assisting on residential and mixed use housing projects. My interest in architecture began in middle school when I would visit my father’s architecture firm in San Francisco. I would pull up a chair and watch him work and talk about what he was doing. In high school I had the opportunity to take an architecture class that covered the basics of design principles. My senior year of high schooI I received an opportunity to travel to China for 2 weeks. Although the trip was not for architecture, I found myself examining and photographing architecture everywhere we went. I was fascinated by all the variations of ancient and modern architecture I experienced there. After high school I felt that studying architecture would be a great fit for my interests and skills.
Cover Photos (Left to Right) 1 | MontjuĂŻc Communications Tower, Santiago Calatrava, Barcelona, Spain 2 | Parco Della Musica, Renzo Piano, Rome, Italy 3 | Segrada Familia, Antonio Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain 4 | Burano Canal, Venice, Italy 5 | Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Giuseppe Mengoni, Milan, Italy 6 | 9/11 memorial, Daniel Libeskind, Padua, Italy 7 | Colosseum, Rome, Italy 8 | Therme Baths, Peter Zumthor, Vals, Switzerland
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Contents Studio Design Projects Il Complesso De Basilica Palladiana Portland Culinary Institute
University of Oregon Housing and Academic Complex Center for the study of Russian Icons Eugene Family YMCA Dorris Ranch Event Center
Other Work Hand Media : Early Program Modeling Hand Media : Sketching Structures Enclosures
Il Complesso De Basilica Palladiana Vicenza, Italy 2013 Program: Auditorium, Exhibition Center, Cafés, Community Rooms Sq Ft: 200,000 Project Medium: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Hand Modeling Goals: The main piazza of Vicenza is “L” shaped and the smaller leg has become dead and isolated over time. This project came as an opportunity to revitalize the smaller piazza by introducing a new building with public programming. Challenges: The site is located in Piazza dei Signori, the main piazza in the heart of a historic Italian city directly adjacent to Palladio’s famous Basilica and the tallest tower in the town. A major design challange came when conceptualizing a new building that could fit into the historic context. Concept and Approach: The most dominating feature of the site is the tower. There is a church located on the piazza halfway down the short end of the “L”. There wanted to be a connection between these two landmarks, just as there are axial connections between significant landmarks in towns and cities across Italy. The project explores and experiments with geometry and proportion, just as Palladio had done next door with his basilica in the 1500s. Finally, there wanted to be a series of smaller more intimate piazzas around the building to support the larger Piazza dei Signori. Final Product: The two final buildings are triangular in plan, derived by an axial cut through the site connecting the tower to the church. The larger of the two buildings holds a café and lobby located on the ground floor that serve the auditorium on the second floor, support spaces on the third floor, and community meeting rooms on the fourth. The smaller building also has a café located on the ground floor that feeds into the main piazza and the upper floors are the exhibition center. Structurally, the buildings reference the hierarchical column system Palladio used adjacent to the site, and the buildings are clad in a golden shade of Vicenza stone, a local and popular building material.
Site Map
Axial view to the Tower
Il Complesso Dei Basilica Palladiana
Facade along Piazza dei Signori
Aeriel massing
In a site full of richness and color, the existing 20th century building neglects interaction with the square. This new building attempts to serve as a stronger cornerstone to the square; activating the edges and introducing life and interest.
Existing site
Piazza dei Signori
South Facade
North Facade with Basilica Palladiana
Il Complesso De Basilica Palladiana
West Facade
View from Piazza to Church
Site Model Study
Preliminary Massing Studies
Portland Culinary Institute Portland, Oregon 2012 Program: Classrooms, Administration
Kitchens,
Restaurant,
Sq Ft: 250,000 Project Medium: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop, hand modeling. Goals: This project is located in the heart of Portland, which is a very pedestrian friendly city. The building needed to respond to the corner condition of the site, and interact with the street front. Challenges: Creating an academically stimulating learning environment that nurtures the culinary culture in the heart of a big city. Concept and Approach: Four concrete masses that pinwheel around the center of the site dictate the massing of the building. All vertical circulation, HVAC systems, and primary structural elements are housed in these masses.
Street Front Cafe
Final Product: Neatly organized interior spaces with clear functionality. Each floor, as it goes up, opens out to the city and focuses on a different view of Portland. The Restaurant is located on the fourth floor to provide better views of the city.
Interior Atrium
Corner Aerial
Floor Plates
Process Study Models
Sectional Model
Portland Culinary Institute
Street View
Lecture Classroom 1
Women Lecture Classroom 3
Men
Lecture Classroom 2
Meeting
Library Comp Lab
Student Lounge
Floor Plan
West Facade
South Facade
University of Oregon Housing & Academic Complex Eugene, Oregon 2012 Program: Classrooms, Dormitories, Dining Hall, Faculty Offices Sq Ft: 250,000 Goals: This project wanted to maximize the site’s potential for classrooms, offices, and housing. Currently, only 80% of freshmen are housed on campus, and the goal for this project was to raise that number to 85%. Additionally, the english department wanted to move into the building. Parking is valuable around campus and the current site is a parking lot. Challenges: The site is located at the end of a primary axis to the heart of campus. The program called for private and public spaces so there was a need to create security checkpoints or a security system that created barriers between classrooms, offices, and dormitory floors. Concept and Approach: Observations of the site led to the realization that hundreds of students cut across the current site diagonally to get to campus from housing and apartments located off campus. This angular motion influenced the primary axis through the building, and in turn the overall building form. New buildings on campus incorporate a lot of glass in their construction; however, the historic nature of campus is brick. This project tried to find a balance between the past and present with its approach to materiality. Final Product: The first two floors of classrooms and offices address the angular movement towards campus. The four floors of dormitories above create a U-shape towards campus, symbolically capping the axis into campus. The Project also created two floors of below grade parking that more than make up for the current on-grade parking that was lost.
Street View
South Facade
West Facade
East Facade
Kitchen
3 Classrooms
Serve
60 seats each
I.T.
or
Outdoor Amphitheater
Large Multipurpose Room 3600sf
Mechanical
Cust.
Ramp
Elec.
Dining
Women
Seminar Lounge
Men
Seminar
Housing Reception Mail Storage
Small Class 33 seats
Large Lecture 362 seats
Medium Lecture 155 seats
Medium Lecture 120 seats
Bus Stop
Ground Floor
Men
Women
26 Rooms at 2 persons / room
Women
Men
Laundry
Floors 3-6, Dormitories
Corner Aerial
Oregon Housing and Academic Complex
Trash/ Loading
Center for the Study of Russian Icons Portland, Oregon 2013 Program: Museum, School Sq Ft: 250,000 Project Medium: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop Goals: Create evocative spaces for displaying and viewing Russian art; and provide facilities with creative learning atmospheres. Challenges: The site is in the heart of the dense urban fabric of Portland. Designing a building that could stand on its own and draw people in to experience the artwork it held was challanging. Concept and Final Product: The building wanted to engage the user with different experiential moments. The process of movement through the building was emphasized, with the climax of the procession ending in a great room that held the most prized pieces of the museum.
Exploded Axon
Great Room Icon Gallery
Street View
Icon Restoration Workshop
Maintenance Building Services
Women
Up
Men
Up
Up
Reception
Cafe
Street View Presentation Hall
Ground Floor
View from Freeway
Floor 3
Physical Model East-West Section
Center for the Study of Russian Icons
Bookstore
Eugene Family YMCA Eugene, Oregon 2012 Sky
Admin
Bridg
e
Tennis Director
Tennis Center (5 Courts)
Exercise Studio
Yoga Studio
“Y” Columns (see detail)
Program: Gymnasium, Natatorium, Tennis Center, Racquetball Courts, Workout Facilities, Childcare.
Down
Down
Walking Circuit
Admin
Elevator
Wellness Center
Down
Open to Natatorium Open to Lobby/Cafe
Open to Wellness Center
Down
Square Feet: 200,000
Open to Gymnasium
Project Medium: Illustrator, Physical Modeling, Sketching
Floor 2 | 1/16”=1’-0” N
Floor 2 Existing Pole
Existing Pole
Existing Pole
Existing Pole
Goals: Replace existing YMCA with newer facilities. Upgrade the quality of experiences at the YMCA and promote a more friendly community atmosphere.
Steam RacquetBall Courts
Women’s Lockers
Family Lockers Ymca Van Parking Storage
Up
Pool Office
Up
Parking (125 Spots) Tennis Above (Grey Shade) Up
Open Lockers
Admin
Gymnasium (Walking Circuit Above)
Storage
Cafe Lobby
“Y” Fountain Handicap
Section 1
Approach: Demolition and construction takes place in two stages to ensure that half of the YMCA is always open. First, the existing tennis center will be demolished and the new YMCA will be built in its place. In phase two, the existing YMCA is demolished and the new parking and tennis center will be built.
Storage
Kitchen
Wellness Above
Lap Pool
Wellness Center Up
Challenges: The current YMCA is located on the site, and they didn’t want to shut down completely for reconstruction for fear of loosing members. The client was very budget conscious. The site is long and narrow.
Therapy Pool
Men’s Lockers
Lounge
Multipurpose
Concept and Final Product: The new YMCA building is a series of large masses, each housing a major programmatic element. Each element is uniquely within these streetfront gestures, and plays with appropriate openings within the facade depending on the activity within. The first mass of the YMCA is angled to recede from the street front, and indicate where the primary entrance is.
Sauna Whirlpool
Pool Mech/ Solar Water Collection
Building Mech
Child Watch
Bike Parking
Section 2
Floor 1 | 1/16”=1’-0” N Section 3
Ground Floor
Physical Model
Sections
Section 1 | Tennis Center / Parking | 1/8”=1’-0”
Entrance Lobby
Hand Renderings
Section 2 | Racquetball / Gymnasium | 1/8”=1’-0”
Section 3 | Natatorium / Steam Room | 1/8”=1’-0”
Dorris Ranch Event Center Eugene, Oregon 2011 Program: Event Space, Industrial Kitchen Sq Ft: 15,000 Media: Copic Marker, Ink, Wood Model Concept: Two masses, one solid and one exposed, intersect in an angular fashion to create private and public spaces. The open mass carries the pattern of the orchard into its design with wood columns and trusses. This is the event space. The solid mass houses the kitchen and restrooms, and is more private and intimate, with an open rooftop garden on the second floor for orchard treetop views.
Aerial Perspective
Plan
Presentation Board
Site Map
Framing Model
Hand Media : Program Modeling
The program encourages students to draft, sketch, and model by hand. Students have plenty of opportunities to explore with materials, learn penmanship and lineweights, and construct models.
Garden Sculpture Museum Board, Foamcore, Ink
Altana and Grotto Task Board, Bass Wood
Museum Board
Hex Garden Villa Museum Board, Bass Wood, Cardboard
Japanese Shrine Museum Board, Bass Wood
Hand Media : Early Program Modeling
Georgetown Bath House
Hand Media : Sketching Europe, 2013 Switzerland
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Leis House, Peter Zumthor, Leis Montebello Castle, M. Campi, F. Pessina, and N. Piazzoli, Bellinzona St. Benedict Chapel, Peter Zumthor, Sumvitg Old Stone Mill, Corippo
Italy
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Parca De La Musica, Renzo Piano, Rome Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, Francesco Borromini, Rome Uffizi Gallery, Florence Portico Study, Bologna
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Program Work
Hand Media : Sketching In Europe
Hand Media : Sketching
Studio Sketches
Piazza Study, Este, Italy
London Music Center (In Progress)
Eugene Family YMCA
Structures Chipboard Deck 2012
96 lbs before failure The objective of this project was to create a structural deck using only chipboard and glue for materials. The deck had to incorporate a 6”x6” hole, and had to be composed of individual members such as beams, girders, and columns. The deck was then tested for weight capacity by loading it with sand until a structural failure. Conceptually, I looked at the structure of a Saguro cactus “skeleton” for inspiration. Cutting holes in the members would reduce the weight of the structure while still maintaining most of its structural integrity.
Vancouver Tram Stop 2012 The objective of this project was to design and test a tram stop for a Vancouver railway. Challenges included dealing with wind, rain, and snow loads and sizing structural members to adequately account for these factors.
Compression
Deflection
Bending
Deflection
Enclosures Detailing Straub Hall, University of Oregon 2013
Cover Cap Flashing Precast Brick Paneling Continuous Shelf Angle Precast Concrete Header
Interior Finish 10” Metal Stud Wall Stud Track HSS
Brick Veneer Steel Clips Gyp. Wall Sheathing (Densglass) W.R.B. Rigid Insulation Air Gap Brick Veneer Contnuous Shelf Angle Precast Concrete Header Flashing Sleave Flashing
Flashing W.R.B. Blocking Stud Track Steel Stud Wall Insulation W.R.B. Rigid Insulation Cant Gravel
Interior Finish HSS Sealant w/ Backer Rod Window Jam Window Sill
Drawing 8 | Window Head | Scale 1/2”=1’-0” Project 2 | Cycle 2 | Maximilian Naylor
Control Joints Glass Canopy
Concrete Slab Decking Interior Finish HSS Stud Track Steel Studs Gyp. Wall Sheathing (Densglass) W.R.B. Rigid Insulation Air Gap Brick Vaneer
W.R.B. Gyp. Wall Sheathing (Densglass) Rigid Insulation Brick Veneer Reinforcing Steel Clips Brick Veneer
Drawing 6 | Elevation | Scale 1/2”=1’-0”
Drawing 10 | Parapet | Scale 1/2”=1’-0” Project 2 | Cycle 2 | Maximilian Naylor
Another important process in design is understanding how building systems physically work. This means taking a project beyond the conceptual design phase and turning it into something physical and real. Straub Hall was a classroom building on campus that was under construction and we took the opportunity to visit the site and learn how to detail the building that was being built.