2019 Architecture Portfolio : Michael Stanley

MICHAEL STANLEY Selected Works

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION

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PERMANENCE AND TEMPORALITY

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WHAT LIES BENEATH

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AN ARCHITECTURE OF ACCEPTANCE

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RESUME

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REFERENCES

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INTRODUCTION The following works are chosen selection of projects from the Fall of 2018 to the Fall of 2019 academic semesters in Iowa State’s undergraduate architecture program. Having different instructors for each project, the work varies based on the given foci the instructor wanted us to address throughout the semester, yet there are commonalities between works.

Within these semester long projects, there are individual interests that exist in each. Of course, it is unarguable that each project must be unique in its own way to address a complex design problem, but I would like to address my own foci in this architectural endeavor.

For one, I am a strong believer that architecture must adapt as the environment and societal values continue to change. This being said, each project possesses individual strategies to address these changes. Whether the architecture comes in the form of housing that allows the occupant to adapt and expand, as a background to highlight a dwindling yet crucial ecosystem, or a safe haven for people in a time of societal and environmental crisis, each project possesses its own form of promoting environmental, economic and social capital.

Second, being that architecture is for human inhabitance, the featured projects all attempt to exhibit how occupancy is expressed and celebrated. Coming in the form of either luxurious shared spaces, an area to expose and address human impact on nature, or a proposal that comes after initial settlement to make living more beautiful and resourceful, the concept of human life and its surroundings is acknowledged.

With this in mind, thank you for your time and consideration in viewing the following. ~Michael Stanley~

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ARCH 302|Inner Worlds|Manhattan, NY

PERMANENCE AND TEMPORALITY BWBR Competition Nominee

Eric Heckman | Michael Stanley

Society’s idea of living and ownership is changing as we know it. In this changing state of what it means to live, spaces often deemed public are still privately owned. We are consistently spending more time engaged with our telephone screen and other technologies than with the people surrounding us. In contrasting development, the terms co-living and co-housing are undergoing a rebirth, appearing in many urban developments for housing. This reappearance of shared living currently resides in concepts such as Airbnb and many community-centered apartment developments.

Following this changing dynamic of sharing and public space, Permanence and Temporality defines co-housing as the sharing of luxuries while maintaining individual privacy. Situated throughout a series of towers, these collective luxuries are designed to foster Charles Fourier’s group and serial passions, bringing occupants of the building and the public together for a sense of understood community. The spaces these individuals live in are distinguished by the amenities they contain, clarifying them as a visitor or resident unit. These units are conjoined to allow the resident the option to expand when a commuter unit is vacant. How we live is changing, so must the architecture that contains it.

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Original Building Mass

Site Response

Light and Ventilation

Floating Population FORM STUDIES

Using the existing building currently known as 5 Manhattan West, we were tasked with adapting this building previously used as a factory and office space into a mixed-use residential complex through means of subtraction. For the first step of subtraction, corridors are created through the building to connect the west plaza level to the east plaza level. These corridors not only connect the Manhattan West district to the Hudson Yards plaza but foster further circulation of the public through its architecture. As a second step, another corridor is created perpendicular to the first two to allow light and air into the complex that is essential for living.

As a final step, the new towers are subtracted from to match the floating commuter, visitor and resident populations that visit Manhattan on a daily basis.

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ART GALLERIES The art galleries are found on the South side of the building as a way to engage the public, bringing them into the building. Their program attempts to support Fourier’s concepts of respect, intrigue and variety.

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POOL The pool is located at the Northwest corner of the building as a privately owned public space, attempting to populate a previously unfriendly corner of the building. The program attempts to sponsor Fourier’s concepts of friendship, love, parenthood, variety and compromise.

WINTER GARDEN

PLAY TOWER

The winter garden is situated at the top of the Southwest tower as a beacon for pulling the public in. The design of the space attempts to achieve Fourier’s concepts of respect, intrigue, variety and compromise.

The play tower is located in the middle of the North tower as a response to the many residential units situated closer to that side. The space it contains attempts to foster Fourier’s concepts of respect, friendship, parenthood, variety and compromise.

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STREET LEVEL PLAN The street level contains programs that aim to engage the public and residents through means of social activity. Within this level lies functions such as a restaurant, small commercial zones, a public pool, and lobbies for open use and gathering.

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SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN The seventh floor shows the general layout of units that is carried throughout the rest of the building. Resident units can be distinguished from more temporary units by the fact that they contain a kitchen.

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ARCH 301|Landscape x Architecture|Ames, IA

WHAT LIES BENEATH

Richard F. Hansen Prize Nominee Michael Stanley

In the current world, nature is a victim of neglect. The native prairie is the most diverse ecosystem known to Iowa, yet it is known historically to be one of the most abused. With only .01% untouched by human hands, it is our responsibility to respect and celebrate what is left of this natural beauty of the Midwest. This ecosystem is known to reduce runoff, floods, and enrich the soil which it grows through its dense root system. Hence, much of its beauty and efficiency lies underground.

Unlike the traditional prairie preserve, the building’s program glorifies what lies beneath the surface of the prairie. Using extracted prairie roots as a sculptural centerpiece that the architecture highlights, the occupant undergoes a spatial experience to make them feel as if they are underground. In result, this building is an innovative way to bring attention to the Iowa Prairie and its unseen functions. With a form derived by the division of public and private spaces that is bent around the site’s topography, What Lies Beneath is an attempt to activate nature with nature as its backdrop.

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1 Visitor’s Center 2 Elevator 3 Elevator Room 4 Men’s Restroom 5 Women’s Restroom 6 Mechanical Room 7 Office Space 8 Kitchenette 9 Cafeteria / Gathering Space

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Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

- “Do not go gentle into that good night� by Dylan Thomas

ARCH 401|This is not Wilderness|Ames, IA

AN ARCHITECTURE OF ACCEPTANCE Anna Lukens | Michael Stanley

With climate change being of large discussion in today’s society, the question of how architecture will adapt is a large and daunting question. One of the main problems starting to be seen in the United States is the issue of water stress in the Colorado River Basin. Because of extensive water and agriculture infrastructure and use, water has become arguably a nonrenewable resource for the region.

As a response to these changing climactic conditions, this project hypothesizes the relocation of what is left of the human population after the Colorado River and its tributaries have ceased to be able to support its surrounding population. Leading up to this time, the government has failed to regulate water by means of infrastructural intervention to the point where many have left the city to locate themselves closer to areas where water still exists. This is where our architecture resides.

Characterized by the Kubler Ross psychological study of grief, much of the region has become a state of ruin and the population dwindling. As a result of survival, the architecture of this time is one of recovery. With new standardized means of building and digital fabrication methods regained over time, this architecture stresses sustainability through use of local materials and repetition of an efficient form. Hence, this is an architecture that seeks to use nature and site to its advantage, rather than diminishing it. This is an architecture of acceptance.

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Initial Module Repeated Module Restrooms Drinking Water Boat Dock Roads Topography 0 128 ft

FORM STUDIES Being that this architectural proposal is to be rapidly constructed for means of recovery in a time of crisis, the form is derived by the repetition and rotation of a standardized furnicular brick shell. Not only does the use of a shell offer a large coverage of space and opportunity for water collection, but it also creates open spaces between its repetition for sunlight exposure and communal gathering. At each shell’s base would lie a well to collect water for those who reside there. This standard collection of nine shells is then repeated throughout the site to house and support as many climate refugees as needed.

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MICHAEL STANLEY Architecture student interested in sustainable practices and the balance between design and construction within the architectural field. Great time management, strong work ethic and outgoing personality.

EXPERIENCE Architectural Intern

Assisted in concept design for West Suburban Human Society, participated in meetings with clients, modeled existing building conditions for the North Shore School District using Revit, and produced and formatted graphics for the District’s Facility Assessment book using Microsoft Publisher.

Architectural Intern

Field measured and produced base drawings for renovation of The Eddy.

Summer 2018

Wight and Company - Darien, IL

Fall 2017

Studio Melee - Des Moines, IA

Design Studies 102 Peer Mentor

Fall 2017 - Spring 2018

Assisted first year design students in preparation for applying for their desired professional program

Iowa State University

EDUCATION B.Arch Professional Degree Anticipated Completion: May 2020 GPA: 3.86

Fall 2015 - Present

Sustainability Minor

Fall 2015 - Present

Iowa State University

Anticipated Completion: May 2020

Iowa State University

HONORS AND AWARDS BWBR Prize Competition

Spring 2018

Nominee

Iowa State University

Spring 2018

NCMA CMU Unit Design Competition

Iowa State University

Honorable Mention

Fall 2017

Richard F. Hansen Prize Competition

Iowa State University

Nominee

College of Design Dean’s List

Fall 2015 - Present

Award for Competitive Excellence

Fall 2015 - Present

Iowa State University

Awarded for above a 3.5 term GPA

Iowa State University

Level II

SKILLS Technical

AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Revit, VRAY (Rhino), Maxwell (Rhino), Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Lightroom, ArcGIS, Sony Vegas, Microsoft Office, Bluebeam

Additional

Photography, Cinematography, Sketching

Telephone: 630.546.6362

Portfolio: https://issuu.com/michaelstanley8

Email: mstanley@iastate.edu

Linked-In: www.linkedin.com/in/michael-stanley-3570b0a1

REFERENCES Leanne-Meyer Smith Wight & Company Vice President | Project Executive | Architecture 630.969.7000 | 630.739.6704 lmeyersmith@wightco.com

Shelby Doyle Iowa State University Assistant Professor | Architecture 540.454.4390 doyle@iastate.edu

Jamie Malloy Studio Melee Co-Owner | Architecture 515.314.9852 jamie@studiomelee.com

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