Meghan Martin Design Candidate Sample Works
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN University San Francisco Satellite Campus Site: 22nd & Telegraph, Oakland Ca
After programming a satellite USF campus our team broke up and as individuals, we each designed an Institutional building. This structure is a combination of classrooms for both the community as well as USF, workspaces, and library.
Existing Infrastructure
Proposed Campus Buildings
Outdoor Activation Network
Pedestrian Circulation
Library, With Daytime Community Access:
Student Workspace:
University Classrooms:
Diagram of Programmed
University Classrooms for Day Use
Space VS Circulation
Community Organizations Evening Meeting Space
Containing the space
Elevation Facing South
Fourth Level Library
First floor lobby
Third Level Workspace
Section Facing North
Perspective Rendering Facing North West
Residential Design 16 Apartment Units
Site: Inner Richmond, San Francisco
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How do our homes help us live healthy and productive lives? The movement felt in the shapes of these dwellings, as well as the transitional spaces used to break up the two-story townhouses, signifies the changes we embrace in our lives.
Living Room, Kitchen- Least Private Transitional Space Secondary Space Bathroom Bedroom- Most Private
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First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
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STUDIO 3 3D / COLOR PLANS / ROOF
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Elevation facing South
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Plans showing section cut
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Balcony View
Top floor kitchen
Rendering of view facing east walking through community
Street level Apartment Kitchen
ArcGIS for Architecture Mapping Emotional Reaction To The Built Environment San Francisco Map Perimeter ( includes some surrounding areas) West and East Streets: Masonic Av, Divisadero St North and South Street: Turk St and Oak St
This map was created by taking individually marked GPS points, tagged on mobile devices to create a map of emotional responses to the built environment. Inspired by Yodan Rofe and Christopher Alexander, I aimed at mapping different atmospheres found in the neighborhood I live in. As Alexander describes the search for “.. a quality without the name that arises when there is an excellent fit between a context and the pattern that resolves all the functional, social and psychological conflicts that arise in it (Alexander, 1979)”. I set forward a group of friends with their phones telling them to mark, with a GPS tracking app, areas of comfort and discomfort. Comparing the findings to other maps including, vegetation, road systems, built environment, and topography, I felt Yodan Rofe’s conclusion was also proven by the observations of my colleagues. Rofe found that the majority of people’s emotions are reactions to the maintenance of both public and private space. To my surprise after confronting the rather bare city scape that can be found along Masonic Avenue between the Panhandle and Geary St. the city of San Francisco announced improvements being made to the corridor.
Ratings of ones and twos
Ratings of threes and fours
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Individual points of grading: brightest colors indicate areas with positive emotional interaction/points of grading with darker colors depicts lower rating or emotional interaction.
What part does landscaping play in the mark of a good space?
How do roadways play a part in the routes we choose to travel on foot?
How does the existing infrastructure and the way its owners care for it make us feel?
Ratings of fives
Vivendas Leon
internship: Leon, Nicaragua Objective: Map homesteads receiving funding through Viviendas Leon. In order to help track health concerns surrounding water purity. Main concern: How far are latrines and animals from houses, gardens and water supplies? By collecting GPS coordinated with a phone app and then displaying the data with coordinate points- listing specific information for each particular family, as well as images of each of the mapped points.
Overview Map of multiple homesteads and routes between
Community Design Outreach Course and Viviendas Leon Interniship Goyena, Nicaragua From pallets to furniture. First, we designed, then built. After coming up with numerous ideas and designs. Our team was asked to spend the semester designing furniture from pallets and making instructions for other to recreate our designs. During my summer internship in Nicaragua, I was able to continue to work on this project with the Vivnedas Leon staff.
One 40”L x 20”W X 26”H = 2 PALLETS STEP ONE ONE LEGS-
Construction instructions for computer room desks in the Goyena Community Center
1A. Separate all boards by removing all nails and screw. cut (8) 5-1/2” x __ to the dimensions of 5-1/2” x 25” 1B. Layout the four legs-
Four Person Desk
Each leg should have the following parts: (2) Large Blocks at top and bottom (2) 5-1/2”X25” Boards (16) #8 2” Wood Screws ( length of screw depends on size of block, block should be twice the size of the screw). Make Sure to not let screws touch when attaching members. 1C. Assemble each leg.
STEP ONE Table Top ne pa ets ithh a e oar s to comp ete the at surface, either at teh end or beginning of construction.
STEP TW0 Connecting The Legs2A. Do not place screws in an area that will interfere with screws already in place.
STEP TW0 Connecting The LegsCut one pallet in half and use each half as the legs.
2B. Attach (2) legs with 5-1/2”-40” boards, using (4) #8 1- 3/4” wood screws, (2) screws on each side. 2C. Cut one 5-1/2”-40” board making it (2) 5-1/2”x 16-5/8” use it to attach the two sets of legs, making it one set of four legs. 2D. see photos for attachment specifics, attach member to inside of the legs.
Add one top board to each of the side of legs. Connect legs and table top with L shaped metal fasteners and 1” screws.
STEP THREE 3.A Use two of the 5-1/2”x40” pieces and attach using (4) #8 1- 1/8” wood screws, attach one board to each side of the table on top. ( see photo) 3.B Cut (6) 3-1/2” x 40” boars into (12) 3-1/2” x 20” boards and attach to table. (2) #8 1- 1/8” wood screws per 3-1/2” board (1) screws on each side.
STEP THREE
Adding Tabe top and shelf sin spare oar s fi in the empty spaces using 1” screws. Using the L fasteners and 1” Screws attache base for computer shelf. Add the top of the shelp teh same way as the tabe top with 1” screws. After top is complete add two structural elemnt to the bootom with 1” screws.
USF Community Outreach Class Spring ‘16
Vivendas Leon summer ‘16 internship, Leon, Nicaragua
Sonoma Millworks Internship: Healdsburg, Ca Drafting furniture shop drawings for Sonoma Mill Works allowed me to grow my love for woodworking. Taking something used and turning it into something new and purposeful is one of the most fulfilling parts of these projects. From sketches given to me by clients and Senior designers I then produced drawings for both the craftsmen and clients.
Reclaimed lumber ready for transformation
Side or entry table
Coffee Table
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