Architecture Portfolio
Selected Works
Michael Garrett
Updated: August 20, 2023
Michael Garrett
Masters of Architecture
University of Kansas
Education
• University of Kansas
5 Year M.Arch Program: 2020-Present
Anticipated Graduation - 2025
• Parkway South High School
2016-2020
Skills
Digital
• Introductory Revit
• Rhino 7 + Grasshopper
• Sketchup
• AutoCAD
• Inventor
• Unreal Engine 5
• Lumion
• Vray
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Indesign
• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Illustrator
• 3D Printing Physical
• Carpentry
• Woodworking
• Photography
• Model Building
• Fabrication
Honors and Awards
• St. Louis Artist’s Guild Viola M. Longmire Award - 2020
• Parkway District Selected Works2019
• Undergraduate Research Symposium Participant (Automotive Museum)- 2023
• 2023 St. Louis AIA Scholarship Fund Award
Interests
• Photography
• Woodworking
• Hockey
Experience Parkway South Theatre Dept.
Master Carpenter 2018-2020
Contact Information
Phone: (314) 809-4651
Email: Michael.garrett@ku.edu
Magarrett02@gmail.com
Portfolio: Issuu.com/mgarrett02
Carpentry - Leadership - Design to Fabrication
Spectrum Paint Company
Delivery Driver, Counter Sales, Paint Making Fall 2021 - Present Paint Matching - Color Theory - Familiarity with Architectural Coatings and Finishes - Construction Supply Chain Familiarity
Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design
Residential Architectural Intern Summer 2023
CAD Deisgn - Existing Conditions Evaluations - Renderings - 3D Printed Models - Full Conceptual Designs for Small Projects
References
Kapila Silva
Professor of Architecture
414-334-1290
Kapilads@ku.edu
Thomas Wall
Licensed Architect, Owner of Mitchell Wall Architecture and Design 314-576-5888
twall@mitchellwall.com
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Classic American Automotive Museum
Fall 2022 - Arch 508
Professor: Kapila Silva
Location: 3210 W Lancaster Ave, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
The Classic American Automotive Musuem embraces the rich local car community and provides a hub for others to learn about the American Automotive Industry’s classic and golden era. The building is home to learning spaces to take classes on these subjects, as well as any other related educational opportunities. The site is designed to host numerous events
to bring life to the area and community. The structure takes influence from the curves and sharp lines of cars of the classic era and is finished in a light steel blue paint to emulate an automotive’s exterior.
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1 - Site Considerations
e Site is situated between the Kimble Art Musuem (KAM) and the Modern Art Musuem (MOMA), in the cultural district of Fort Worth, Texas. e site conditions I consider to hold the most importance is the Heritage Tree and its protection zone (75’ from trunk), the direct view from the entry of the MOMA and the view and access to the KAM.
2 - Establishing Boundaries and Footprint
Taking into account the site considerations, I determiained the location of the musuem on the larger half of the site, by the Kimble, with the event and car meet space on the other side. e footprint of the structure stems from the wheel shape that drove the interior pedal deign.
5 - Extrude
e petals are extruded to various heights, increasing in height the further you travel from the entry. is is to create a grand, open feeling in the interior space.
6 - Connections
e petals are connected with a series of ramps that control the ow through the galleries in a speci c order, starting at the top.
3 - Responding to the Tree
e front of the building is carved away by the Heritage tree to not impeed it’s growth and to honor its signi cance on the site.
4 - Divide e footprint is divided into spoke-like petals which create the gallery spaces.
7 - Climactic Gallery
e nal gallery is positioned above all the rest, not directly visible when you enter the building and is discovered a er coursing though the galleries.
8 - Enclose
A split angle wall wraps around the sides and back of the musuem to add to the “automotive feel” by having the curved wall with a sharp dividing line. is culminates in large glass entry walls that pull visitors into the enterance.
9 - Shell Creation + Grabing the Site
e buildings shell is complete with a series of ribbons, resembling aerodynamic uid ow. e ribbons wrap the structure at varrying angles and widths. ese extend outwards and grab onto the site which create the outdoor space.
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10 11 UP UP UP UP UP UP UP 1 5 4 3 2 13 6 6 7 6 6 9 10 11 12 8 8 1 - Mechanical Room 2 - Fan Room 3 - Communications Room 4 - Storage 5 - Office 6 - Misc. 7 - Elevator Mech. Room 8 - Elevators 9 - Maintinance Office 10 - Multipurpose Room 11 - Maintenance Shop 12 - Gallery Storage 13 - Cooling Tower Pit Michael Garrett Portfolio Basement Plan @ -10’0”
12 13 1 - Restoration Shop 2 - Nongender Bathroom 3 - Kitchen 4 - Cafe 5 - Storage 6 - Lobby 7 - Gift Shop 8 - Conference Room 9 - Admin Offices 10 - Staff Lounge 11 - Research Library 12 - Elevators 13 - Car Show / Outdoor Event Space Michael Garrett Portfolio 6 4 5 3 12 7 8 5 9 10 1 12 13 DN DN
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First Petal Level Plan @ 15’0” Second Petal Plan @ 34’0” 1 - Education Studios 2 - Galleries 3 - Elevators 1 - Galleries 2 - Elevators
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1 - Final Gallery Upper Level Plan @ 45”0”
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Section AA (1/4”=1’)
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A B C D E First Floor 0’ 6” Second Floor 15’ - 7.5” ird Floor 31’ 3.5” Roof 31’ 3.5” Basement -17’ 9” Zahner Droplock System Anchors 6” OD 5” ID Round HSS Steel 5/8” OSB Sheathing 1.5” XPS Insulation 6 mil Polyethylene Film Moisture Barrier Zahner Droplock System Mullions 5/8” OSB Sheathing 1/8” Stainless Steel Cladding 1/2” Gypsum Wall Board 1/2” Gypsum Ceiling Board 6” HSS Steel 3/4” Wall ickness Woven Reinforced String Plastic Vapor Barrier 2”x6” Light Gauge Steel Stud @ 16” O.C. R-19 Batt Insulation Gusset Plate W16x36 Steel Wide Flange Beam 12K5 Steel Joist 1.5” Composite Deck 6” Concrete Slab Powder Coated Diamond Plate 3/4” Steel Angeled Gusset Plate 3/4” Steel Gusset Plate
B (1.5”=1’) 5/8” OSB Sheathing 5/8” OSB Sheathing 1-1/2” XPS Insulation 6 mil Polyethylene Film Moisture Barrier Zahner Droplock System Anchors Zahner Droplock System Mullion 1/8” Stainless Steel Cladding Concrete Foundation 1-1/2” XPS Insulation 12K5 Steel Joist 6” Concrete Slab on 1.5” Composite Deck 1/2” Honed Basalt Tile 3/4” Steel Base 6” HSS Steel 3/4” Wall ickness 1/2” Gypsum Wall Board Woven Reinforced String Plastic Vapor Barrier 2”x6” Light Gauge Steel Stud @ 16” O.C. R-19 Batt Isulation Waterproo ng Membrane and Flashing Tape Gravel Back ll
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Callout A (1.5”=1’)
Callout C (1.5”=1’)
Callout E (1.5”=1’)
Callout D (1.5”=1’)
20 21 1/8” Powder Coated Aluminum 1/4” Rivet 3/16” Self Taping Screw Zahner ZEPPS System Jamb Ridge 1/2” Bolt Zahner Flat Seam System Aluminum Cladding Zahner ZEPPs System Jamb 1/5” Steel Gusset Plate Zahner Droplock System Anchors 1/5” Steel Plates Zahner ZEPPs System Aluminum Cross Fin Ridge 1/8” Stainless Steel Cladding 2”x6” Light Guage Steel Stud @ 16” O.C. 1/2” Gypsum Wall Board 3/4” Gusset Plate R-19 Batt Insulation 6” HSS Steel 3/4” Wall ickness 3/4” Steel Plate Brace Angles W16x36 Wide Flange Beam 3/4” Gusset Plate 1” Purlins @ 24” OC W16x36 Wide Flange Beam Zahner Flat Seam System Stainless Steel Clip 5/8” OSB Sheathing 1.5” XPS Insulation 5/8” OSB Sheathing 6 mil Polyethylene Film Mositure Barrier Zahner ZEPPS System ALuminum Cross Fin
6” OD - 5” ID Round HSS Steel 3/4” Welded Steel Sleve Connector 3/16” Self Taping Screw 1/4” Steel Plate Aluminum Corner Angle Brace Zahner ZEPPs Sytem Jamb 3/16” Self Taping Screw 1/2” Bolt 1/4” Rivet Zahner ZEPPs System Aluminum Cross Fin Ridge Zahner ZEPPs System Splice Plate Zahner ZEPPS System ALuminum Cross Fin
1.5” XPS Insulation 1” Perlins @ 24” O.C. 5/8” OSB Sheathing Zahner Flat Seam System Powder Coated Aluminum Cladding 6 mil Polyethylene Film Moisture Barrier 5/8” OSB Sheathing 5/8” OSB Sheathing 1.5” XPS Insulation 5/8” OSB Sheathing W16x36 Wide Flange Beam W16x36 Wide Flange Beam Gusset Plate 12” HSS Steel Column 3/4” Wall ickness 1” Perlins @ 24” O.C. Zahner FLat Seam System Stainless Steel Clip Timber Blocking Vista Luxe Pushout-Casement Double Paned Window System Timber Blocking Attached to W8x31 Wide Flange Beam 1/4” Brushed Steel Ceiling Pannels W24x62 Wide Flange Beam
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Pressurized Motion
Spring
2023 - Arch 509 Design Build Studio
Professor: Kurt Hong
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
Teammates - Sarah Gibbs, Ensa Laird, Chloe Eminger
Focusing on parametric design, these two projects dove into investigating the relationship between parametric design and manufacturing. My roles in these projects consisted of Project Coordinator and the lead designer when it came to the parametric design software. I used my prior construction experience to help guide this project to completion. My
teammate Sarah Gibbs also helped with project coordination and we both took leadership roles. Ensa and Chloe focused on the conceptual design phases and assisted with the construction.
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Kansas Indigenous Cultural Center
Spring 2022 - Arch 209
Professor: Marianne Remboldt
Location: Topeka, Kansas
The state of Kansas has a long and vibrant history of Indigenous people and their culture. Kansas is one of the states with a large Indigenous population, with many tribes originally occupying the Great Plains. The purpose of this project was to create a space for the celebration and teaching of Indigenous people, their culture, and other aspects of their life. The Cultural
Center contains space for art and artifacts of Indigenous tribes native to Kansas. There is also a culinary aspect that is aimed to host local small Indigenous-owned restaurants to serve food and teach others their culinary styles.
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Site Considerations
Address - 630 S Kansas Ave, Topeka, KS 66603
This site is located at the corner of S Kansas Ave and SE Seventh St, which is right on the edge of Topeka’s growing downtown area. The surrounding buildings are a couple of large office buildings and a few small businesses. To respond to this I made sure to provide plenty of green and peaceful outdoor space which allows a respite from the lack there-of in the bustling Metropolitan area.
Concept and Design
The form of the structure was designed to resemble the swooping form of a bird’s wings. I chose this representation because birds are very important to many tribes as birds are seen to represent the physical form of a guide or spirit helper. Large glazed facades were utilized in order to provide plenty of natural lighting. The hope for this is to help the user experience more of a connection to nature, especially with the large green areas on the site.
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St SE Seventh St
SW Sixth
S Kansas Ave
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First Floor Plan
1. Culinary Kitchen
2. Teaching Kitchen
3. Main Lobby / Reception
4. Galleries
5. Secondary lobby
6. Bathrooms
7. Freight Elevator
8. Elevator
9. Outdoor Cafe
10. Event Plaza
11. Outdoor Seating
12. Sculpture Garden
13. Planted Garden
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Floor Plan 14 16 17 20 21 6 19 18 15 16 16 7 8 6. Bathrooms
Freight Elevator
Elevator 14. Event Space
Learning Space
Offices 17. Workroom 18. Conference Room
Archives and Storage
Mechanical Room
Janitor’s Closet
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We were able to discover that the top roof timber were not angled but the roof itself was onto the Columns that held up the roof, when columns while being structural, their other was to be slots for the books and display the height of high tide of the river. Our group took recreate the slots as they represent more
was going for. We were able to discover that the top roof member of timber were not angled but the roof itself was flat. Carrying onto the Columns that held up the roof, when researching the columns while being structural, their other main purpose was to be for the books and display the maximum height of high tide of the river. Our group took deep efforts into recreate the slots as they represent more than just books.
Gwangju River Reading Room Case Study
Partners: Emma Herr and Lou Cobb
Fall 2022 - Arch 600 - Advanced Parametric Modeling Professor: Kurt Hong Location:
Gwangju River, South Korea
This course served as an avenue to further develop skills in parametric modeling. After a few introductory assignments, we were tasked with choosing a structure to study and recreate entirely in grasshopper on Rhino3D. My group chose the Gwangju River Reading Room due to it’s unique form and construction. After completing our analysis of the stucture
Existing Parameters
Solid Components
and dividing it into sub systems we started in Grasshopper. For my part I developed a script that constructed the roof members completely on Grasshopper and relied on only a single point in Rhino. Everything, from the overall height to the member size and spacing is adjustable.
Roof Base Stairwel Base Columns / Book Cases
Systems Dirivation Variations of Subsystems
fully recreate the pavilion we as a group needed the pavilion through deconstruction. When deconstruction the pavilion we were able establish three components of the pavilion; the roof, the stairwell, columns that held up the roof. Diving deeper into component we started to first analyze how the roof three members that each individual member specific length as well as were slotted together at angle to create the design Sir David Adjaye for. We were able to discover that the top roof timber were not angled but the roof itself was onto the Columns that held up the roof, when the columns while being structural, their other was to be slots for the books and display the height of high tide of the river. Our group took into recreate the slots as they represent more books.
Solid Components
Base Columns / Book
58 59 A D G E F CP A CP CPr CPr to points 1,2,3,4 at a 45 degree angle facing CP G H F CP a = 40 Points established to create boundaries. Horizontal surfaces created from points. Vertical surfaces created from points. Box centered under the roof bottom bounding box. Box rotated around verticy of bottom bounding box.
Variations of Subsystems Multiplies to either side of the base volume. Boxes are moved onto base volume. Boxes are subtracted from base volume to create book shelves. urface is subdivided. Center points of subdivided surface. Boxes created from center points of subdivided surface. Dimention of the upper bounding box. Division of the upper bounding box by connecting the corner points Defining the curves through the corner points and the center point. Elevating the center point of the bounding box so that the mid points of the curves are elevated. Height: 10
Generate line work of form. Create perpendicular rectangles at end points of lines. Sweep rectagles along curves Extract everyother member and delete the rest. Polar array the set of members around the center point of the structure.
A D G E F CP A CP CP CPr to points 1,2,3,4 at a 45 degree angle facing CP PLACEMENT OF COLUMNS PLACEMENT OF STAIR CASE a a = 40’ h = 31 Points established to Horizontal surfaces Vertical surfaces Box centered under the roof X Box rotated around verticy of bottom bounding box. Box reflected across the x-axis of the center point of Both boxes reflected across the y-axis of the center point
Render of our recreation model
Dimention of the upper bounding box.
Division of the upper bounding box by connecting the corner points
Defining the curves through the corner points and the center point.
Elevating the center point of the bounding box so that the mid points of the curves are elevated.
Creating paralell members connecting the upper bounding box to the cross division lines.
Creating paralell members connecting the upper bounding box to the curves.
Creating paralell members connecting the upper bounding box base boxes. Establishing the height.
A D G E F CP A CP CPr CPr to points 1,2,3,4 at a 45 degree angle facing CP G I H F CP a a = 40’ Points
create
Horizontal
established to
boundaries.
surfaces created from points.
Vertical surfaces created from points.
Box centered under the roof bottom bounding box.
Box rotated around verticy of bottom bounding box.
Multiplies to either side of the base volume. Boxes are moved onto base volume. Boxes are subtracted from base volume to create book shelves. Surface is subdivided. Center points of subdivided surface. Boxes created from center points of subdivided surface.
Dimention of the upper bounding box. Division of the upper bounding box by connecting the corner points
Defining the curves through the corner points and the center point.
Height: 10
Roof Base Stairwell Base Columns / Book Cases Solid
Generate line work of form. Create perpendicular rectangles at end points of lines.
curves Extract everyother
Elevating the center point of the bounding box so that the mid points of the curves are elevated.
Existing Parameters
Components
Sweep rectagles along
member and delete the rest. Polar array the set of members around the center point of the structure.
Picture of the Gwangju River Reading Room
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Personal Works
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“The Oculus” - Created 2019 - 2020 St. Louis Artist’s Guild Guild Viola M. Longmire Award Winner “New York Stock Exchange” - Created 2019 - 2019 Parkway Selected Works Exhibit Feature
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“Lippincot Hall” - Created 2018 - Selected for display in KU’s Memorial Union (Fall 2020-Present)
“Fraser Hall” - Created 2017 - Selected for display in KU’s Memorial Union (Fall 2020-Present)
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“Lily Pond” - July 2023 “Life from Below” - June 2023
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