MEGAN HURFORD SELECTED WORKS
index STUDIO WORKS Conditional Elegance
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PlastiquĂŠ
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Distortion
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Common Grounds
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Placu Maku
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Membrane
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Velocity
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Ribbon
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fall 2013
spring 2013 spring 2014
fall 2012
summer 2013 spring 2012 fall 2011
spring 2009
VISUAL STUDIES 98
NYCdisplaced fall 2012
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Lick
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InProcess
spring 2007 fall 2011-spring 2014
HINA JAMELLE PARTNER: JENNA STEINBECK
Pratt Institute Fall 2013
conditional elegance
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CONDITIONAL ELEGANCE
CARBON
HYBRIDIZATION
COVALENT BOND
CRYSTALIZATION
FINAL COMPOSITION
carbon as a single atom
depending on parameters such as pressure and heat that exist within the Earth’s mantle, this phase determines what kind of bonds will form between the carbon atoms. The atomic structure needed for graphite becomes evident in the hybridization phase.
when pressure and temperature are ideal for the four valence electrons in carbon to form with four other carbon atoms. Each carbon atom is in a rigid tetrahedral network where it is equidistant from its neighboring carbon atoms. The structural unit of diamond consists of 8 atoms, fundamentally arranged in a cube. This network is very stable and rigid, which is why diamonds are so very hard and have a high melting point.
aggregation of millions of strctural diamond units into a face-centered cubic lattice. In this phase, diamond crystals can develop into several different shapes, known as ‘crystal habits’. The most common crystal habit is the eightsided octahedron or diamond shape. Diamond crystals can also form cubes, dodecahedra, and combinations of these shapes.
diamond in its pure or impure form.
CARBON TO DIAMOND transfo r m ati o n
CARBON ATOM
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SYMMETRICAL/FLUID/DELICATE
GRAPHITE
INTERLOCKING/IMPERMEABLE/STABLE
WISPY/LAYERED/OPAQUE
PLASTIC DEFORMATION FRACTURED/SHIFTED/ASYMMETRICAL
PURE DIAMOND
TRANSPARENT/FACETED/ANGULAR
IRRADIATION
OVERLAPPED/EXPOSED/DISTORTED
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SOHO HIGH RISE mixed use The tower explores a programmatic strategy responding to the network of relationships existing within the daily experiences of live, work, and play. Serving as an extension of the Children’s Museum of Art, commercial offices and individual living units, this SOHO high rise entertains these relationships by providing architectural features that contribute to various degrees of integration or separation among types of users. INFO Location: Soho, NYC Building surface: 158,585ft² Programme: Mixed-Use
PROGRAM TRANSLATION d iagram to pro gram WORK
PLAY
PLAY:
Surface: smooth + overlapped Structural: delicate Spatial: fluid
LIVE:
Surface: sharp (crisp edges) Structural: interlocking, stable Spatial: angular
Surface: wispy Structural: elongated Spatial: layered
PLAY:
CONDITIONAL ELEGANCE
Surface: smooth + overlapped Structural: delicate Spatial: fluid
WORK:
Surface: wispy Structural: elongated Spatial: layered
PLAY:
Surface: smooth + overlapped Structural: delicate Spatial: fluid
Surface: sharp (crisp edges) Structural: interlocking, stable Spatial: angular
WORK:
WORK:
Surface: wispy Structural: elongated Spatial: layered
LIVE:
LIVE:
Surface: sharp (crisp edges) Structural: interlocking, stable Spatial: angular
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The tower explores a programmatic strategy responding to the network of relationships existing within the daily experiences of live, work, and play. Serving as an extension of the Children’s Museum of Art, commercial offices and individual living units, this SOHO high rise entertains these relationships by providing arthe user to control the exterthese qualities when programs coincide.
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1. Residence Patio 2. Single Bedroom Unit 3. Two Bedroom Unit 4. Shared Lounge 5. Shared Patio 6. Table Tennis 7. Pool Table 8. Game Table 9. Shared Work Space
20th floor: typical living units
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+LIVE
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1. Reception Desk 2. Office 3. Conference Center 4. Waiting 5. Break Room
30th floor: typical working units
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+WORK
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1. Main Museum Entrance 2. Museum Cafe 3. Kitchen 4. Museum Gift Shop 5. Reception 6. Office Entrance (Ground Level) 7. Resident Entrance (Below) 8. Lounge 9. Public Plaza 10. Planters 11. Secondary Entrance (Direct Access to Elevator)
1st floor: typical play units
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CONDITIONAL ELEGANCE
+PLAY
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ERICH SCHOENENBERGER
PARTNERS: SHEHRBANO SALAHUDDIN + STEPHANIE MICHELLE KOMORNIK
Pratt Institute
Spring 2013
plastiquĂŠ
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PLASTIQUÉ
BIFURCATION + STRIATION cell theory The formation of blood clots became the inspiration of circulation and flow throughout our project. This inspiration led to a series of diagrams implementing bifrication and striation in the circulation of our site. These circulatory paths translated into our structure and form. INFO Location: Santa Monica, CA Building surface: 55,850ft² Programme: Tesla Car Show Room CONSULTANTS: FACADE: Sameer Kumar, SHoP
Architects
SITE + SUSTAINABLITY: Elliott Maltby, Thread Collective
MECHANICAL: Mark Malekshahi, World Wide Group
STRUCTURAL: Jeff Thompson, Buro Happold
PLASTIQUÉ
Showroom Charging Stations Sales Offices Cafe Presentation Room Exhibition Space Retail Space/Library Service Department Waiting Room Outdoor Programs Handover Room Bathrooms Mechanical Circulation/Reception Parking
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PLASTIQUÉ
GF
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PLASTIQUÉ
FACADE Veins Skin
FLOOR PLATES FLOOR 3
Exhibition Library Retail Cafe
FLOOR 2
Sales Office Show Room
FLOOR 1
Handle Room Information Desk
CAR PATH
Test Drive Car Charging Parking
LANDSCAPE
Seating Circulation Pocket Program
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PLASTIQUÉ
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SECTIONS
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PLASTIQUÉ
DETAILS
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VITO ACCONCI Pratt Institute Spring 2014
distortion
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DISTORTION
DISTORTION drunk architecture This project was a study on environments- blurring the lines between physical architecture and environmental architecture. Can you create architecture without walls and a ceiling? Can you become lost in a space or distort the viewers perception of reality?
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RICHARD SCHERR Pratt Institute Fall 2012
common grounds
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COMMON GROUNDS
GOWANUS CANAL network theory Plotting destination points of LIVE, WORK, & PLAY creates a finite set of locations for a member of the Gowanus community. Connecting these destination points creates an infinite network which represents a theoretical daily routine for the average resident. Rationalizing these into a direct route using the shortest distance possible creates combinatorial optimization. The goal of this housing project is to create the same optimal network of the entire network into one single apartment building. INFO Location: Gowanus Brooklyn, NYC Building surface: 165,080ft² Programme: Housing
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COMMON GROUNDS
LOCATIONS
CONNECTIONS
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FAÇADE
CIRCULATION
PUBLIC SPACE
FAMILY
FRIENDS
ACQUAINTANCES
APARTMENT UNITS
STRANGERS
WHAT IS THE IDEAL LIVING SITUATION? The ideal living situation houses every part of our lives. It combines our social, professional, and personal life into a daily routine. It is a network. PROBLEM: HOUSING IS CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT The ideal living situation is per individual. It’s difficult, if not impossible to customize every unit in a multi-housing structure and design ultimately suffers. Housing often becomes generic in its strive to accommodate multiple users. PROBLEM: PEOPLE ARE CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT People change. Careers, relationships, hobbies, interests, activities, even religious beliefs can all be temporal parts of a person’s life. We all have stages in our lives that define who we are. At each stage our wants and needs change. Housing has always remained a constant. It doesn’t accommodate change or evolve with us.
SOLUTION: HOUSING DESIGNED AS A NETWORK
HOW IT WORKS:
Housing can no longer be thought of in traditional means. It doesn’t work. We live in a different era, a facebook era. It’s been long said that everyone is connected by six degrees of separation. Our global structure operates as a network. How people interact socially, how diseases spread, how people find jobs, and even how the internet operates are all dependant on a connected structure. If our lives all depend on a network, then why don’t we live in one?
Using technology we already have (eHarmony and Facebook) a database can be created to keep the network from failing. Potential tenants must fill out a personality tests (eHarmony) to be accurately placed within the network and within the building. Based on these results strong personality and habitual traits will fill up the nodes for best cohabitation. If a family is formed with extreme similarity then they will grow and develop together. The family is composed of multiple units (4) in order to strengthen the network. If a tenant moves from the family cluster, the network will remain fluid because there are still three other families keeping every connection in flow. IT departments within hedge funds are set up the very same way. There are 10 people working to protect the company. If one IT member gets hacked, there are still 9 keeping the hedge fund safe.
FRIENDS: The second degree of separation. They are characteristically similar to the families and enjoy their company, but do not share an infinite bond. The units stem off of the the family cluster and share one communal space, i.e. a balcony or greenspace. ACQUAINTANCES: The third degree of separation. The units stem off of the friends. They share circulation space with the family and friends, but have no direct contact outside of the visual. STRANGERS: The fourth degree of separation. The units are isolated and share no connection outside of structure. The entrances are private and tucked away.
Network Strategy
EHarmony and Facebook are both proven sources. EHarmony is an online dating website started by psychologists Steven R. Carter and J. Galen Buckwalter. The personality tests they created are based upon years of research in interpersonal relations and group processes. The goal of eHarmony is to find someone most characteristically similar to you to date. The same can be applied to neighbors and roommates because the test results yield a 92% success rate in terms of relationship and living arrangements. Facebook on the other hand has shown it’s success rate in terms of user power and representation capacity. We live in a day and age where our family is no longer the nuclear model of the 1950’s, but one where we choose. We rely on statistics and networks to find relationships, friendships, and careers. It only makes sense to create a physical environment where those connections can thrive. Americans work more hours a week than any other country in the world. Since the 1950’s the productivity levels in American workers has increased by over 400%. We are living in a new era. Social networking allows everyone, especially Americans to stay connected and keep a social life. By integrating a physical social network within one’s own home, the average hard American worker will increase their social life and level of happiness.
COMMON GROUNDS
FAMILIES: Centralized organizers, also function as the NODES of the network. All connections and units stem from these clusters. They are the drivers of programmatic organization and contain the deepest degree of connection. The term family is not thought up in a nuclear sense, but is derived from the people that share the highest degree of similarity. The greater similarity creates more efficient cohabitation, a higher degree of happiness, and more usable space. Each family is composed of a cluster of 4 micro scale housing units that share one living area.
A personality test can place a tenant in the ideal living situation at one particular time. People change and so do their wants and needs in living arrangements. It isn’t practical to survey current tenants periodically. Using technology such as facebook, the information on everyone is in consistent flow. The more information one inputs about themselves, and the amount of updates they have create an incredibly accurate depiction of the tenant’s current self.
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PROPOSAL: ORGANIZE UNITS BY CONNECTION A social network becomes a literal organization of housing units via privacy and connectivity. In order to create this network we must redefine traditional terminology with current functionality. This network of housing will contain four degrees of separation: Families, Friends, Acquaintances, and Strangers.
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SOCIAL THRESHOLDS public vs. privacy These clusters of public space become the social organizers for apartment living.
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FAMILIES FRIENDS ACQUAINTANCES
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STRANGERS
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BARKER FREEMAN DESIGN OFFICE
PARTNERS: ADRIEN ALLRED + ALEX BARKER + DANIEL HOCH + ULRIKA LINDELL
Professional Work
Summer 2013
Placu Maku
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PLACU MAKU
PLACU MAKU changing face Our proposal to redesign the Warsaw Rotunda wraps the existing structure in DuPont Corian Terra canopy that provides a space for events, exhibitions, and performances. The form of the canopy is intended to recall both the Polish tradition of wycinaki, or intricate paper cutting, as well as the petals of the corn poppy, the national flower of Poland and a symbol of the heroism of Polish soldiers fighting in World War II and of Independence Day marking the end of World War I. INFO Location: Warsaw, Poland Building surface: 48,000ft² Programme: Mixed-Use
This project was entered into the Changing The Face competition hosted by DuPont.
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ROTUNDA Event Space and Rain Garden with Mezzanine 01 NEW WALLS AND ROOF: DUPONT SENTRYGLASS 02 NEW CENTER COLUMN: POWDER COATED STEEL 03 RAINWATER COLLECTION RESERVOIR
PLAZA Public Gathering Space 01 NEW WALLS AND ROOF: DUPONT SENTRYGLASS 02 NEW CENTER COLUMN: POWDER COATED STEEL 03 RAINWATER COLLECTION RESERVOIR
CANOPY Event Space and Rain Garden with Mezzanine 01 REFLECTIVE DUPONT CORIAN TERRA 02 PERMEABLE GROUND COVER WITH DUPONT PLANTEX GEOTEXTILE 03 REFLECTIVE POOL
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P H I L I P PA R K E R Pratt Institute Spring 2012
membrane
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MEMBRANE
MEMBRANE playing surface Through digital surface studies, a membrane was selected and played with. The manipulation of this surface became affected by a series of diagrams pertaining to the site, education, and time. INFO Location: Peck Slip Manhattan, NYC Building surface: 70,800ft² Programme: Institutional
CLOTH TYPE: Silk FORCES APPLIED: 1 Airfield
CLOTH TYPE: Silk FORCES APPLIED: 2 Airfields
CLOTH TYPE: Silk FORCES APPLIED: 4 Airfields
CLOTH TYPE: Silk FORCES APPLIED: 5 Airfields
TEARABLE SURFACES:
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FRAME #: 140
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MEMBRANE
CLOTH TYPE: Silk FORCES APPLIED: 5 Airfields
diagonal glue strength= 0.075 horizontal glue strength= 0.25 FRAME #: 110
diagonal glue strength= 0.075 horizontal glue strength= 0.25
diagonal glue strength= 0.075 horizontal glue strength= 0.25
diagonal glue strength= 0.075 horizontal glue strength= 0.25
FRAME #: 140
diagonal glue strength= 0.075 horizontal glue strength= 0.25 FRAME #: 130
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PECK SLIP, NYC site strategy The investigation and manipulation of the digital membrane was upheld in a series of three simple steps: 1. AGGREGATION: Pick & Play 2. DISTORTION- Adjust to fit Site/Sight 3. REINTERPRETATIONAdjust educational spaces to surface using the educational diagram below.
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Peck Slip is located on the southern most tip of Manhattan while the Brooklyn Bridge anchors the northeast corner of the site. The distortion of the surface (shown on previous page) became streched and amplified according to surrounding sight lines. These lines of vision acted as an elastic force pulling the surface towards the views while retaining the qualities of the unique layered surfaces.
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COUNTOUR CUT P lan Model The complex geometry created within this building can best be understood through planametric cuts. Each cut begins to explain the expanding and contractingof volume, space, and circulation. This model allows for one to understand the interstitial spaces created between floorplans.
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ALEXANDRA BARKER Pratt Institute Fall 2012
velocity
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VELOCITY
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SITE STRATEGY The current site faces the challenge of correctly transporting visitors across the Franklin Delanor Roosevelt Highway. The site currently forces visitors to walk into oncoming traffic and jump from median to median. This proposal is divided into four different steps: 1. 2. 3. 4.
ATTR ACT + C O L L E CT - Create an attraction and collect the public safely. DISPERSE- Transport the public safetly across the FDR. ADJUST- Adjust teh design to fit standard ramp heights and connect to the boardwalk SEPERATE - Create seperate spaces to allow mulitple types of traffic flow (Velocity).
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EAST RIVER PARK re v i t i l i z a t i o n This project focuses on rejuvenating the East River Park of Manhattan, by attracting, collecting, dispersing, and differentiating the visitors and neighbors. The first phase of the project consisted of a material study and the selection of a modular unit to create a tiled array. The second phase was comprised of a site intervention using our arrayed structure.
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VELOCITY
INFO Location: East River Park, NYC Building surface: 114830ft² Programme: Urban/ Infrastructure
DEBORAH FAUSCH UIC, Spring 2009
velocity
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RIBBON
RIBBON wrapping public + private spaces Looking at fashion and privacy as a concept for a wrapped structure evolved.
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RIBBON
INFO Location: Chicago, IL Building surface: 16,980ft² Programme:Fashion Atelier,
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VELOCITY
visual studies
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NYCDISPLACED
NYCdisplaced households to h o t e l ro o m s In the event of a hurricane, residents located on the flood zones of Manhattan either have to evacuate the island before subway lines undergo mandatory closure or be prepared to find alternative means of shelter in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Many Mahnattanites were not ale to move off of island with such short notice and were forced to live without electricity for days. If an event like Sandy were to occur again, where can residents living in Flood Zones A-C go to seek refuge within Manhattan?
ALEXANDRA BARKER PARTNER: JENNA STEINBECK
Pratt Institute
Spring 2013
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Our study focuses on transferring households located in flood zones to available hotel rooms within the island. On average New York City has a hotel occupancy rate of 87-88%. In the month of October when hurricane Sandy hit New York had an occupancy rate of 91%. By collecting a sample of hotels, we were able to infer an available number of hotel rooms throughout the entire city and disperse households among them given that one hotel room equals one household. Shockingly, we discovered that available rooms could only fit 10% of Zone A leaving the remainder of A and all of B and C forced to front storm. This study proves that the City of New York is not equipped to provide refuge for all of its residents living in Zones A-C with storms like Sandy expecting to occur more frequently in years to come, solutions for emergency shelter on short notice should be explored.
Projects featured at Green Week at Pratt Institute (left) + The International Contemporary Furniture Fair at Javits center (right)
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LICK
LICK artwork An investigation of licking. Licking is an often overlooked and unhighlighted action of everyday life. This study captures this action and forces it into the focal point in the artwork. The portraits are essentially a freeze-frame part of life which would normally go unnoticed.
LYNN NORTH Spring 2007
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INPROCESS
INPROCESS Publications As the Graduate Archives and InProcess editor, my responsibilities included collecting and curating student work. Graduate archives is a team of two graduate students who work alongside the undergraduate staff. I met weekly with William MacDonald and Philip Parker for spread layout reviews and image curation. I developed a critical eye for architectural imagery and learned a tremendous about book making and graphic design. In addition to InProcess responsibilities, I was responsible for all other representation of the Graduate School, whether is be in or out of house exhibitions, publications, or media coverage.
P R AT T I N S T I T U T E Fall 2011- Spring 2014
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TYPICAL STUDIO SPREAD
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Program Title + Course Icon Image Project Title + Site Studio Methodology Archived Students
TYPICAL INTRO SPREAD
1. Program Title 2. Program Description 3. Professor Listing
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INPROCESS in progresss
CONTACT www.meganhurford.com megan.hurford@gmail.com +1 6183049092
EDUCATION PRATT INSTITUTE M.Arch I graduated with honors; 2014
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO B.S. in Architectural Studies graduated with honors; 2011
COOPER UNION Font Production and Type Design continuing education; no degree granted
SKILLS
Excellent Proficiency
Some Experience
AutoCAD 2012 + Maya 2014 + 3d Studio Max 2012 + Rhino 5: Grasshopper + ESRI ArcGIS Suite 5 + Sketchup 8 + Adobe Create Suite 5 + Model Making + Drawing & Painting + Revit Architecture + FontLab Studio 5 + MEL Scripting + HTML coding +
AWARDS + RECOGNITION Alpha Rho Chi Medal [National Professional Fraternity for Architecture & the Allied Arts] 2014 Featured Work at ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair), NYC 2013 Featured Work At Edge Negotiation Exhibition, Pratt 2012 Featured in InProcess 18,19,20 Publications, Pratt 2012/2013/2014 Merit Based Scholarship, Pratt 2011 Dean’s List, UIC School of Architecture, 2009-2011 Winner- Building Technology Competition, UIC So A, 2009 Finalist- Mock Firms International Skyscraper Foundation, 2009 Invited Participant in UIC SoA Open House, 2008 Featured artist at the New Wagner Gallery, SIUE, 2007
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EXPERIENCE BARKER FREEMAN DESIGN OFFICE- (2013-PRESENT) Intern Architect - With the skills I gained at BFDO I am able to produce complete and well documented construction documents, coordinate projects with engineers and various consultants, and assist project architects with important design decisions. I worked closely with Principal Alexandra Barker on schematic drawings, photoshop, and presentation board layout for the 2013 Changing The Face competition. CONTACT: Alexandra Barker, AIA, LEED AP, Alexandra@barkerfreeman.com +1 646 246 6449 INPROCESS- PRATT INSTITUTE (2011-2014) As the Graduate Archives and InProcess editor, my responsibilities included collecting and curating student work. Graduate archives is a team of two graduate students who work alongside the undergraduate staff. I met weekly with William Mac Donald and Philip Parker for spread layout reviews and image curation. I developed a critical eye for architectural imagery and learned a tremendous about book making and graphic design. In addition to InProcess responsibilities, I was responsible for all other representation of the Graduate School, whether is be in or out of house exhibitions, publications, or media coverage. CONTACT: William Mac Donald, Chair of GAUD, wmacdona@pratt.edu Philip Parker, Assistant Chair of GAUD, ppar1047@pratt.edu +1 646 515 7422; +1 212 693 1956 HURFORD ARCHITECTS (2007-2011) As an intern at Hurford Architects Inc, I had the opportunity to work on projects at various levels in the design process including: architectural renderings and sketches, general office organization, and simple design work. CONTACT: Dan Hurford, R.A., Danh@hurfordarchitects.com +1 618 978 8511 READING SCREENING, LLC- (2012-2013) -Logo, Branding, and Web development for Pittsburg State University’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Awareness of Dyslexia. 10 + 10 CAMPAIGN (2010) -Logo design and advertisement development for the 10 + 10 Campaign for Bronzeville area residents & Commerce Council (BARCC).
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