2016 Design Portfolio by Michelle Yates

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MICHELLE YATES D E S I G N P O RT F O L I O


MICHELLE YATES michellekyates@gmail.com 206.718.4226

EDUCATION 09. 2013 - Present

Master of Architecture Candidate University of Washington, Seattle WA Honors: Tau Sigma Delta, Honor’s Society of Architecture and Allied Arts

08.2015 - 12. 2015

Architecture Exchange Studies KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

09. 2008 - 05. 2012

Bachelor of Art, Major: Art Studio Colorado College, Colorado Springs Honors: Departmental distinction, cum laude, Dean’s list, Brooks Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 09.2016 - 12. 2016

Graduate Student Assistant Instructor, Arch 200: Introduction to Drawing College of the Built Environment, University of Washington, Seattle • Prepared workshops related to hand and digital drawing techniques • Led class and individual critiques

05.2015 - 08. 2016

Graduate Student Assistant Instructor, Arch 100 Studio: Intro to Architecture College of the Built Environment, University of Washington, Seattle • Prepared lectures, walking tours, and workshops • Provided independent desk critiques with students

03.2016 - 08. 2016

Graduate Student Assistant, Storefront Studio College of the Built Environment, University of Washington, Seattle • Maintained and updated the studio website • Assembled and edited the graphic and text content for the studio book

05. 2014 - 09. 2014

Architecture Intern CollinsWoerman • Used Revit to complete tasks for commercial projects • Designed a project design book for the Urban Union office building • Constructed a presentation model of the Osage Nation Community Center

04. 2013

Post-Graduate Guest Lecturer Colorado College • Awarded a stipend to travel to Colorado College for a formal presentation on sculptural work • Guest reviewer for an introductory sculpture class

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 06.2016 - Present

‘Map the Square’ Team Member The Young Architects Forum, Seattle • Participated in the design, planning, and fabrication of the Map the Square project for the 2016 Seattle Design Festival

06.2016-09.2016

‘This is What an Architect Looks Like’ Team Member Women in Design, Seattle • Participated in the fabrication of the “This is What an Architect Looks Like” design installation for the 2016 Seattle Design Festival

08. 2015

Drawing Instructor The Young Architects Forum, Seattle Co-lead introductory week-long architectural drawing classes

08.2012 - Present

Youth Programs Volunteer Seattle Architecture Foundation • Lead youth design workshops and facilitated conversations with participants concerning urban issues, sustainability and architecture

09.2014 - 06.2015

Student Council Representative College of the Built Environment, University of Washington, Seattle • Acted as a liaison between the architecture graduate students and the Dean’s Office • Met monthly with the other student representatives on the council to discuss strategies for greater interdepartmental collaboration within the college

02.2011 - 05. 2012

Student Representative Colorado College Design Review Board, Colorado Springs • One of two student members on the campus Design Review Board • Reviewed new and proposed campus design projects • Researched and presented a report on issues associated with current campus signage

SOFTWARE SKILLS 2D Drawing 3D Modeling Revit Rhinoceros Sketch-up Diva

Rendering Vray

Graphics Photoshop Illustrator InDesign 3


06-11

Dualities

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City to Sea

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Lens Focus

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Soe Ker Tie House

A recreation center for changing Redmond 路 2016

Reimagining the Marion Street Bridge 路 2015

A Naturum for the Swedish North 路 2015

A Techtonic Study 路 2015 4


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Observational Sketches

Independent drawing · 2012 - 2016

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Sculptural Installation Undergraduate thesis · 2012

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Community Projects

Seattle Design Festival · 2016

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DUALITIES Redmond Recreation Center Designed for the city parks and recreation department, the Redmond Recreation Center reflects the conflicting demands of privacy and inclusion, inward contemplation and social engagement, and monumentality and intimacy.

Extending the Street 6

ARCH 503 | DUALITIES | SRDAR

The social activities orient outward to visually engage the street and park space, while quieter program focuses inward toward an elevated courtyard. This courtyard acts as the contemplative outdoor counterpoint to the energetic sundeck and park below.

Organizing volumes

Internal & External Orientation


Gymnasium

Classrooms, Studios, & Administration

The city is planning for greater density and walkability while increasing use of mass-transit and cycling. The recreation center contributes to this vision by holding the street-wall edge on its northern end, creating a pedestrian-oriented through-block connection between 83rd and 85th Streets, and opening up its atrium space as a public living room to the city. The entry atrium acts as an indoor extension of the street opening to both the bustling 161st Avenue and the Redmond Transit Center. Here users can socialize while they wait for a bus to nearby Seattle, sit and enjoy a warm beverage from the Corner Coffee Shop, or take a moment to read up on health tips while their child splashes through a swimming lesson.

Weights & Fitness

Running Track

Pools

Program Organization

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Recreation Pool

161 AVENUE NE

Second Floor Courtyard

MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL

SUN DECK

THE EDGE SKATE PARK

TRANSIT CENTER

Site Plan 0’

8

50’

NE 83RD STREET

ARCH 503 | DUALITIES | SRDAR

“THE EDGE” SKATE PARK


Site Strategies

Holding the street edge

Pedestrian oriented through-block connection

Extending the public path inside

Pool deck responds to the solar access

Looking from the skatepark toward the sun deck

Rec Pool

Lap Pool

Section looking west 9


Structural Organization

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ARCH 503 | DUALITIES | SRDAR


Welded tube steel truss

Pipe cut by summer sun angles

Resulting module

Steel solar screen

Stacking of modules

Developing the Sunscreen

Aluminum mullions

Low-E Triple glazing

Screen made from arrayed modules

Wall Assembly

The large steel braced frame contributes to the building’s lateral system while supporting the cantilevered running track wrapping around the second floor. A steel screen attaches to this frame preventing direct sunlight from entering into the building during the warmer months. The screen is made of arrayed oculi, which are shaped by the angle of the sun between March and September. 11


City to Sea Reimagining the Marion Street Corridor to define Seattle’s Relationship to Puget Sound

NATIONAL WEATHER COLLECTION STATION OBSERVATION DECK

FLOATING TEMPORARY TIE-UP

98’

18’ TOWER

SECTION A LOOKING NORTH

ELLIOTT BAY TOWER

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ARCH 502 | CITY TO SEA | MCLAREN

98’


ACCESS TO FERRY

8’

12’

6’

CYCLE TRACK

12’

10’

PICK-UP/ DROP-OFF

22’

SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC

10’

22’

10’

NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC

The City to Sea design scheme focuses on strengthening the relationship between Downtown Seattle and the larger regional landscape through the development of the Marion Street Corridor between 1st Avenue and the Colman ferry dock. This focuses on a twopronged approach involving the structure of the Marion Street bridge opening up to the larger landscape and drawing elements of the new waterfront plan east into Downtown. The two independent structural systems of the bridge relates to the dueling spatial experiences of the site; one relating to the urban environment and the other relating to the expansive regional and natural environment. The bridge is supported in compression by regularly spaced columns, expressed below the path, as it marches from 1st Avenue toward the waterfront. This path is punctuated by platforms suspended in tension from towers . The differing structural language is expressed above the pedestrian bridge opening up to the sky and drawing in the natural landscape. MICHELLE YATES

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BAINBRIDGE FERRY

ELLIOT BAY A

FLOATING PLATFORM SMALL BOAT TIE-UP D

ELLIOTT BAY TOWER

OBSERVATION DECK WEATHER CENTER D

WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES COLMAN DOCK

MARION STREET PLAN

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ARCH 502 | CITY TO SEA | MCLAREN

C

COLMAN TOWER

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MADISON STREET

1ST AVENUE

ALASKAN WAY

MARITIME BUILDING

FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING HOMELAND SECURITY

B

A

ALASKAN TOWER

MARION STREET

B

POST ALLEY TOWER TOP POT

COLMAN BUILDING

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South side of Marion Street looking west

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ARCH 502 | CITY TO SEA | MCLAREN


SECTION B LOOKING WEST

ALASKAN TOWER

SECTION C LOOKING WEST

COLMAN TOWER

City to Sea draws many of the design elements of the Seattle waterfront proposal up into the city along Marion Street. This includes eliminating one lane of parking to accommodate a more generous sidewalk. This encourages more activity and pedestrian movement on the street level. Seating, plantings and a designated bike lane contribute to the energy and vitality of the street. Vertical circulation is incorporated into each of the tower elements providing greater access to the Marion Street Bridge on the north side of the street. MICHELLE YATES

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ELLIOTT BAY TOWER PROGRAM

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WEATHER DATA COLLECTION

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CROW’S NEST

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ELEVATOR

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FLOATING TEMPORARY TIE-UP DOCK

VIEWING PLATFORM WEATHER & SHIPPING DATA PROJECTED ON FACADE

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2

3

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SECTION D LOOKING WEST

ELLIOTT BAY TOWER

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ARCH 502 | CITY TO SEA | MCLAREN


Paddler’s view looking southeast

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LENS FOCUS A Naturum for the Swedish North

SITE SECTION & PLAN

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KTH UNIVERSITY | GULLSTROM HUGHES & MEROM


Site Challenges

Exposure and limited flexibility

Lack of reference to scale

Strategies

Series of curated views

Inside and outside viewing niches

Human scale

A primary crossroads for migrating reindeer, Flatruet, Sweden is defined by an expansive and dramatic landscape. So severe is this area, plants

remain extremely low and few trees dot the landscape. The Lens Focus Naturum educates visitors on the local area’s culture and physical

surroundings. It also serves as a place of shelter for hikers and snow-

shoers. The architecture of the building curates views for the visitor to

emphasize different aspects of the landscape such as the horizontality of

the plateau and towering heights of the mountains beyond. 21


Plan

South Elevation

Section looking north

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KTH UNIVERSITY | GULLSTROM HUGHES & MEROM


View from exhibit space looking south through viewing niche

Section looking west

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SOE KER TIE HOUSE ARCH 570 | University of Washington | Spring 2015 Jim Nicholls, Senior Lecturer TEAM: Buddy Burkhalter Stephanie Ferrell Christopher Morris Keegan Raleigh Michelle Yates Edwin Yip

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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT | SOE KER TIE HOUSE - TYIN | NICHOLLS


The Soe Ker Tie Houses, deigned by TYIN Tengestrue Architects, are a collection of sleeping huts for Karen refugees in Noh Bo,Tak, Thailand. The project relies primarily on local materials and bolted connections to ensure precision and strength.

Our team of six students chose the Soe Ker Tie Houses as a precedent study for our Design Development class. We produced a half-scale model of the one of the sleeping huts and displayed it along side five other models in Gould Court at the University of Washington.

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OBSERVATIONAL SKETCHES

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OBSERVATIONAL SKETCHES | INDEPENDENT WORK


I use sketching from observation as a strategy for understanding the built environment. I enjoy examining a variety of scales in my sketchbook from zoomed-in views of architectural details to a larger urban understanding of the relationship between buildings, streets, and landscape.

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OBSERVATIONAL SKETCHES | INDEPENDENT WORK


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Untitled

Trace paper forms applied to opaque and translucent surfaces 8’ X 5’

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ART STUDIO THESIS | COLORADO COLLEGE | JOHNSON


SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS This body of work explores how forms made from everyday objects can suggest animation and growth. Each installation investigates the relationship between the individual and population. Research on barnacles, fungi, and other natural aggregates informed the organization of these installations.

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These installations are representative of a larger body of work developed over six months culminating in a week long solo exhibition at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. This work informed and inspired my continued interest in human populations in urban environments.

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ART STUDIO THESIS | COLORADO COLLEGE | JOHNSON

Gentile Competition

Laminated magazine pages 7’ X 6’


Density

Book pages 3’ X 3’

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COMMUNITY PROJECTS Map the Square, 2016 Seattle Design Festival

Select a tag

Mark needed intervention

The Map the Square installation sought public input on the physical design changes needed to transform Pioneer Square into a unified, lively and attractive urban district. The project invited community members to identify areas in need of change by answering the following two questions by physically leaving markers in the neighborhood. 1. What physical elements would you like to see in Pioneer Square? 2. Where should these design elements be located? Responses were aggregated and displayed digitally using social media and on a physical map in Pioneer Square’s A-Gallery. Young Architects Forum Team: Tya Abe Jacqui Aiello Maribel Barba Jesse Chapman Rob Deane Jessica Hardin TJ Hoving

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Joseph Knight Grace Lounsbury Carl Leighty Arti Patel Brittany Porter Shannon Payton Yes Segura Samira Yasmin Michelle Yates

MAP THE SQUARE | YOUNG ARCHITECTS FORUM

Interventions recorded in A-Gallery


This is What an Architect Looks Like, 2016 Seattle Design Festival Displayed at the 2016 Seattle Design Festival Block Party, this installation is a matching game aimed a showing children that anyone can be an architect. Photos of current designers are arranged on the right panel, while their childhood photos are on the left. Participants are asked to match the designer with their corresponding childhood photo in the center.

Women in Design Team: Jennifer Caldwell Catherine Calvert Michelle Couture Cheryl Jacobs Kokila Lochan THIS IS WHAT AN ARCHITECT LOOKS LIKE, WOMEN IN DESIGN

Emma Nowinski Briana Peretti Cynthia Talley Erin Wark Mary Wyllie Michelle Yates

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