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Ryan T. McCullough
M.Arch III Portfolio
3111 Storey Blvd - Eugene, OR 97401 | McCulloughRT@gmail.com | 501.529.9092 I’m a walking swiss army knife - I’m indespensible, tireless, and my skills and experience make me useful on every job!
RELATED EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION University of Oregon - Eugene, OR
ASHRAE - Fall 2011
Masters of Architecture
Attended LEED GA Workshop in preparation for the LEED Green Associates Exam.
Kirjava Satama -
Hendrix College - Conway, AR B.A. Psychology B.A. Fine Arts
WORK EXPERIENCE
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Learned methods of using passive solar design to heat and cool buildings. Developed and calculated a passive design strategy for a project from previous studios using Climate Consultant software, and hand calculations.
Contract and Spec Writing -
May 2009
Photography
Conducted original research with two other students on the day lighting design of Helsinki University of Technology Library, designed by Alvar Aalto. (Awaiting publication)
Passive Heating and Cooling -
May 2009
Social / Behavioral Neurology
August 2011- March 2012
Participated with Professors Cartwright and Tice in the International Design Competition for the redesign of the downtown harbor area of Helsinki, Finland.
Studies in Daylight -
June 2013
Furtick Construction -
Construction Underlayment and floor tiling, painting, demolition, re-finishing, window glazing.
Beyond Studios -
2008-2010
Self Employed / Co-Owner Studio and location photography. Created marketing design and acquired clients.
Photography by Melisa -
Fall 2012
Jun 2013 - present
2006 - 2008
Photoshop artist, Colorist Location photographer, marketing, retouching.
Became familiar with project delivery, all contract documents, and spec writing.
SKILLS Adobe Software: Photoshop InDesign Illustrator AfterEffects Lightroom
Building Performance: Ecotect DIVA DesignBuilder SimulationCFD MentalRay Analysis
Modeling / Animation: 3DS Max Revit vRay AutoCAD Modo
Sketchup Rhino
Mapping: ArcGIS CityEngine
Traditional: Drafting Watercolor Sketching Laser Cutting
Nordic Museum 4 Exhibit / Net-zero
Eco-District 16 Urban Design
Field Station 28 Residential / Institutional
Daylight 36 Analysis
Corinthian Court 40 Floor Tiling
Details 42 Enclosure Systems
Personal 46 Artwork
OVERVIEW
Nordic Museum Terminal In Progress
Ballard
Nordic heritage implies a sense of the present, framed by the past. In keeping with this, the design of the Nordic Heritage Museum takes its cues from the context of the site, an area deeply shaped by the history of Nordic immigrants on the Ballard working waterfront. Nordic immigrants were among the first inhabitants of Ballard when it became a part of Seattle, and they brought with them a tradition of maritime activity, woodworking, and industrious practicality.
The building reflects this history, and its current context by tak-
ing the form of a factory, or warehouse, that is both dynamic and functional. Cranes move large art and modular galleries around the Concepts: Exhibit Design Living Building Preservation Cultural Links Seattle Context Net-Zero
building and even out into the landscape. All of this is combined with an imperative towards sustainability that asks the building to respond to the Petals of the Living Building Challenge, including net-zero energy and water.
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EXPLORATION - CONTEXT
Sideloaded
Public Front
Shifting Planes
Saddled
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SECTIONS - PLANS
Initial net-zero energy scheming revealed that a double enclosure system would be ideal to reduce heating demands. Further research on museum environmental standards also revealed the specific environmental requirements for artwork and artifacts, which are far more stringent than human needs. Thus, the idea of “boxes within a box� allows for a large, warehouse like, external enclosure which can be passively heated and cooled to human needs. This buffers the atmosphere of several smaller boxes within it. Inside of these smaller boxes a more rigorous environmental control system protects artwork to the highest standards.
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Floor Plan 2
Site & Floor Plan 1
Floor Plan 3
Site Plan
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INTERIOR
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SYSTEMS
SIZE
SIZE
FLEXIBILITY
FLEXIBILITY
PROTECTION
PROTECTION
The gallery spaces are designed to create “Flexible Place”. Gallery curators we contacted expressed a strong desire for a range of exhibit space options, in terms of size, proportion, and environmental control. By using a modular box typology constructed from wood, and stacked just as the woodpiles were once stacked on the site, a huge array of spaces can be created. This allows for the desired range of curatorial options, but also keeps the space from being formless, by creating a sense of place.
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NORDIC MUSEUM
Modular Galleries HANGING HVAC
PANELIZED WALLS
FRAME CONSTRUCTION
NICHE WINDOWS FOR OPEN GALLERY
OPEN ON TWO SIDES
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SYSTEMS
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Humidity Buffering Capacity
Scaled PV Comparison
ESTIMATED EUI:
18 KBTU/SF/YR
51,977 SF BUILDING AREA 27,000 SF PHOTOVOLTAIC AREA
47 % BUILDING AREA REQUIRED AS PHOTOVOLTAIC 52 % BUILDING AREA PROVIDED AS PHOTOVOLTAIC
166 KBTU/DAY POSSIBLE NET POSITIVE
Est. PV PV Required Available
PV Required for average museum
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OVERVIEW
Gateway Ecodistrict -
PDX
The Ecodistricts project is an initiative started by the Portland Sustainability Institute to create neighborhoods that are “vibrant, resource efficient, and engage residents in promoting human connections and well-being.” In 2009, the Gateway area was identified as one of the five districts for the pilot program. Working closely with the Gateway residents, SERA Architects, and local planners and developers, our multidisciplinary team created a plan based around the concepts of “Live, Learn, Work, and Play”
The Plan reorganizes Gateway to create dense, livable cores
around parks, while maintaining it’s status as the high capacity Concepts: Urban Design Eco-District Landscape Place-making
transportation hub of Portland. Gateway is also transformed into an economically self sufficient district, and sets a standard for neighborhood scale sustainability strategies.
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What Makes Place?
Blunt force social Interaction (When two roads meet)
Physical Manifestation of Social Activity
Unique (But still similar)
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PLANS - SYSTEMS
Eco Destination
Dual Use City
Progress Park Water Way
Central Plaza Multi Cultural Hub
Community Commons
Illustrative Plan
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ECODISTRICT
GATE WAY l ive wor k p l ay l e a r n Green Network
Transit Network
Street Network
Land Use
Residents of Gateway
Bike Network
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LIVE
LIVE The Southernmost park, Community Commons, is focused on sustainable living. It is surrounded by the highest density of residences and contains playgrounds for children, and garden space for urban agriculture. East - West running streets through each residential area are “greenstreets” that serve as collectors of storm-water, working with the slope of the area to help it infiltrate naturally. They also are designed to slow down cars and emphasize the pedestrian.
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ECODISTRICT
Super Density: 6 Acres 603 Dwellings
High Density:
2.5 Acres 193 Dwellings
Med. Density:
30 Acres 1201 Dwellings
Reg. Density:
11 Acres 298 Dwellings
2295 Total Dwellings
Dedicated Retail (gross):
6-8 Stories Apartments 100 DU/Acre
5-6 Stories Apartments 75 DU/Acre
4 Stories Apartments 40 DU/Acre
630377ft2 Total
3-4 Stories Town Homes 35 DU/Acre
2-3 Stories Row Homes 25 DU/Acre
1-2 Stories Single Family 20 DU/Acre
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LEARN Biking Street Improvements
LEARNThe Northernmost park, Progress Park, connects directly to the Gateway Green Tech educational campus, and helps extend the learning into the community.
12.6 Miles of bike improvements 186% Mileage Increase
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Charting Progress
The park features a dynamic sculpture that operates from a feedback loop. The sculpture measures several metrics of community sustainability and displays them in real time. The more miles residents bike, for instance, the more lights illuminate on the sculpture
Feedback Loop
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Action
Reporting
Display
Competition
Feedback
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ECODISTRICT
Education - Experimentation - Implementation
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WORK
Industry Access
WORKThe Western edge park, “Water Way”, is the home of light industry in Gateway, putting the skills learned on the Gateway Green Campus to use. Just West of a townhouse buffer, a strip of modular warehouses sit next to the interstate. With the addition of two road connections, Semi Trailers can deliver and pick up goods to take to the airport or docks.
Cooperative Shippi ng
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The park itself has a water feature running North - South along the entire district. This seasonal creek collects rainwater from the green streets and helps transport it to rain gardens in the South.
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ECODISTRICT
16’
Roadside Swales
50’
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99th Street Section
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PLAY
PLAYThe central park, Central Plaza, extends the business sector into the heart of the district to create a vibrant, walkable retail environment. The ground floor of all surrounding buildings will be retail space, and buildings to the North and South may be high density commercial / office. The park connects directly to 102nd Ave., the primary arterial running through Gateway. A compressed avenue of trees lets through views of the more expansive park, bringing the high pedestrian and bike traffic from this thoroughfare into the middle of the district.
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ECODISTRICT
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102nd Ave Section
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OVERVIEW
Field Station -
Depoe Bay
The Depoe Bay field station is a study in order and chaos. Conceived as a place where 20 students from the University of Oregon can spend a few weeks in retreat on the coast, the program lends itself naturally to creative workshops and natural research field trips.
The steep grade of the site and the power of waves crashing
through the inlet only feet away demand a building that acknowledges and reflects its raw connection to nature. The stepping of the Concepts: Housing Institution Passive Solar Difficult Site Nature
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building recalls the ordered structure of the stratification of the cliffside rocks, and the triangular “void� piece cutting through them reminds us of the crashing wave and the power that chaos holds over the creative process.
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CONTEXT - INTERIOR
Site Plan - Bay and Highway 101
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FIELD STATION
Main Classroom
“Dorm” Room
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INTERIOR
Floors 1 - 3 and Structural Axon
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FIELD STATION
The floors define a public to private gradient. The ground level floor serves as both a reception area, with gallery, and a kitchen / cafe. The next level down is the main gathering space with its floating floor and panoramic view of the bay. To each side sit smaller gathering spaces. Beneath this lie two floors of bedrooms and a communal “living room�.
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SUSTAINABILITY
Passive Solar Redesign Winter Heating 800 ft2 South Glass
100+33 100%
Summer Cooling
33%
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New Energy Usage
Winter Solstice Sun Angle
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Night Ve nti Mas lation
s Tem of M pera ass ture 8a
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Solar Savings Fraction
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2a
67%
80 째 80
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Typical Energy Usage
8p
5300 ft Thermal Mass
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FIELD STATION
Glazing Reduction Overall glazing is reduced from 1300 ft2 to 800 ft2. This balances the desire for thermal gain with the thermal losses through glass.
Shading / Crossvent 1ft tall operable window, wrapping top floor
Exterior Mech. Shading
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OVERVIEW
Library a
Daylight Analysis - Otaniemi The Alvar Aalto designed library at the Helsinki University of
Concepts: Daylighting Analysis DIVA MentalRay
Technology in Otaniemi is renowned for its skillful use of daylight. A computer analysis of the light was performed by modeling the building down to the last detail using construction drawings and photo references. These models were then analyzed in the 3dsMax MentalRay Lighting Analysis tool for luminance measurements, and the DIVA suite for RHINO for illuminance. The analysis was carried out in three ways; first, test boxes were made for each type of skylight found in the building and they were analyzed individually to gain an understanding of the tools Aalto used. Next the full building was simulated to explore how daylight levels interacted with the building program. Finally MentalRay and DIVA were given the same scenes and a comparison of results was generated in order to better understand the complexities of digital lighting analysis and to ensure better accuracy in future use of both programs.
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Ryan Champagne
Dan Reid
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DAYLIGHT ANALYSIS
at Helsinki University of Technology
Dates Analyized
Solar Altitude
December 21st, 2pm
5ยบ
March 21st, 2pm
27.5ยบ
Jun, 21st, 2pm
52.5ยบ
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ANALYSIS
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DAYLIGHT ANALYSIS
card catalogue
Even in June, the reference, periodicals, catalogue and circulation zones are receiving significantly less light, while the intended reading areas and main circulation and check out zone is fully lit.
lending
reading room
reading
When overlaid with the furniture layout plan the orchestration of the lighting devices becomes exceptionally clear as related to the section of the building.
It is also interesting to note the affect the glass partition wall has on the fall pattern from both the reading zone and the circulation area.
reading main circulation and check-out area
circulation
reading
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TILING
Corinthian Court IN JUNE of 2013 I had the opportunity to take on a floor tiling job in a house in Eugene. The pattern we decided upon was simple but added interest to the room, and was somewhat complex in its execution. Of particular interest is the way the floor meets each wall with a repeating pattern of 3”, 6”, 9”, then 12” tiles, to avoid an uneven appearance and excessive cutting. Concepts: Construtability Color Choice Improvisation
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I worked on every phase of the project, from laying cement
board underlayment, to planning the layout, then cutting tiles, mortaring, and grouting. The finished product is about 500 square feet of decorative tile in a kitchen and dining room.
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ENCLOSURES
Enclosure Details DETAILING of enclosure systems requires clarity, accuracy, and particularly in the Northwest, a strong consideration towards moisture resistance. The following drawings show enclosure detailing for CMU, steel, and wood frame stuctural systems, as well as a variety of rainscreen systems and sustainability components.
Consideration is given to the “4 D’s” of weather tight design:
Deflection, Drainage, Drying, and Durability. Whenever possible water is deflected from hitting a surface, in the event water does get Concepts: Documentation Construtability Watertightness Barrier Theory Materials
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on a surface it is given a path for drainage, since not all water will drain, space for air to flow allows drying to occur. Finally materials are chosen and used in ways that prevent decay from exposure or freeze /thaw cycles
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3DSMAX
Personal Work ARTWORK created in my free time, some done in 3dsMax and vRay while honing my architectural visualization skills, others created in the course of my fine art degree and subsequent business. Others are simply expressions of my own experience of nature and the landscape.
Riven Rebuilt 3DS MAX + VRAY
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PERSONAL
Church of the Light Tadao Ando 3DS MAX + VRAY
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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