Undergraduate Portfolio 2010

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North Carolina Dance Theater, Charlotte, NC Housing for a New Cultural District, Greensboro, NC Digital Fabrication Form Studies College of Arts and Architecture Pavilion Installation Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK FlyNY Kite Design, Central Park, NY Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC

Table of Contents

Academic 4 14 20 22 24 32 36 46

Professional First Baptist Church Additions, Charlotte, NC

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Personal Jewelry Box Concept

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Christmas Box

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Terrarium Form Study

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Katie Minton

Academic

North Carolina Dance Theater, Charlotte, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘07 Academic

A building for The North Carolina Dance Theater would need to house both professional companies and instructional programs. The building the dance theater was in was one they had occupied only a few years. After talking to one of the administrative staff about their accommodations, it seemed they had already outgrown it. I noticed during my visit with the theater that some spaces were not being used all the time. Also, small classes were occupying very large spaces. I felt the building needed WR EH PRUH Ă H[LEOH OLNH WKH GDQFHUV 7KH PDLQ idea of my design was to create a building that could grow with them and adapt to their needs.

The circular scheme would allow the use of pivoting and rotating walls. This way the occupants of the dance theater could customize their own spaces, allowing the interior to form ÀW WR WKHLU QHHGV DW DQ\ JLYHQ SRLQW $OVR WKH circular scheme would allow for future additions to the building without interruption to the overall design.

View of downtown Charlotte

The site for this project was chosen by the studio for it’s view of downtown Charlotte, and LWV SUR[LPLW\ WR WKH FLW\ FHQWHU View of site

Site analysis diagrams DANCE STUDIO DIAGRAMS

CONTROL ROOM LOADING DOCK PRO EQUIP PRO WORK

STAFF TOILETS WORK ROOMS CONFERENCE KITCHEN

LOUNGE DANCER’S TOILETS SHOWERS COMP. LOCKERS

LOBBY RECEPTIONISTS BOX OFFICE FAMILY LOCKERS

STAFF OFFICES DIRECTOR’S OFFICE

WARDROBE STORAGE

SMALL STUDIOS

LARGE STUDIOS

DANCE PLACE WAITING

SECOND FLOOR

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FIRST FLOOR

Northwest Elevation

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east elevation scale: 1/8” = 1’

North Carolina Dance Theater, Charlotte, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘07 Academic

First Floor Plan first floor framing plan with structural grid scale: 1/16” = 1’ overlay

Northeast Elevation

Site Plan

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North Carolina Dance Theater, Charlotte, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘07 Academic

Flexible Architecture

wall section scale: 3” = 1’

Wall Section

Detail wall sect scale: 1” = 1’

Architecture

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wall section details scale: 3” = 1’

wall section details scale: 3” = 1’

Northwest Building Section wall section details scale: 3” = 1’

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North Carolina Dance Theater, Charlotte, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘07 Academic

Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

North Carolina Dance Theater, Charlotte, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘07 Academic

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Housing For A New Cultural District, Greensboro, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘08 Academic

Currently, downtown Greensboro is not very pedestrian friendly. It seems to consist mostly of parking lots and is lacking in great family friendly sidewalks and green spaces. Center City Park is one shining gem of Greensboro, and it is located across from my site. With a KLJK ULVH KRXVLQJ FRPSOH[ , KRSHG WR IUDPH urban living within a new urban design plan created through a collaboration with my peers.

My design for this housing establishment consisted of retail at the bottom and a housing tower on top. The building would need WR LQFRUSRUDWH D KLVWRULF EXLOGLQJ H[LVWLQJ RQ the site. The height of the housing structure, in conjunction with the other tall structures surrounding Center City Park, would help to frame the green space, creating an outdoor room. The parking would be housed in a deck behind the building and away from the main street, where several other parking decks are already located. Ample green space, sidewalks, and attractions would help to bring more people to this area of Greensboro.

Design Composition

Historic Building on site

Greensboro skyline from site

Center city Park

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Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Streetscape Render Housing For A New Cultural District, Greensboro, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘08 Academic

Framing Views Render Housing For A New Cultural District, Greensboro, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘08 Academic 17

Site Section Housing For A New Cultural District, Greensboro, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘08 Academic

View From Center City Park Render Housing For A New Cultural District, Greensboro, NC Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘08 Academic 19

Digital Fabrication Form Studies Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘08 Academic

I was assigned this project in my digital fabrication class to teach the basics of form fabrication. I created a surface in Rhinoceros, then offset it to give it thickness. From this form, , H[WUDFWHG FXUYHV WR FUHDWH SLHFHV , FRXOG DVsemble using egg crate construction. The EDVVZRRG DQG FOHDU SOH[L PRGHO DQG ZKLWH DQG FOHDU SOH[L PRGHO ZHUH FUHDWHG XVLQJ WKLV PHWKRG 7KHVH PRGHOV ZHUH ODVHU FXW WR ÀW VQXJO\ so no glue was used. The all-basswood modHO ZDV FUHDWHG E\ H[WUDFWLQJ FXUYHV DW LQFUHments equal to the thickness of the basswood material and glueing them to adjacent pieces.

The skin model was created by rebuilding the surface to create triangular panels. Strips of panels were cut, while the triangulations were scored. The panels could then be folded along score lines, limiting the amount of glue needed for construction.

Basswood and Clear Plexi

White and Clear Plexi

All-Basswood

Chipboard Skin

Laser cut layouts

Initial Form

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College of Arts and Architecture Pavilion Installation Katie Minton Fall Semester ‘08 Academic

What once was the College of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is now part of a greater whole. In 2008 it became a part of the university’s new College of Arts and Architecture. This pavilion was erected in a courtyard surrounded by buildings that house these programs in the hopes that each school within the college could create an installation that would represent the new dynamic. The architecture group decided WR XVH ER[HV WKDW SHRSOH FRXOG PRYH WKURXJK DQG LQWHUDFW ZLWK (DFK ER[ ZRXOG UHSUHVHQW a school. We divided into groups of three to design organizational schemes that the group would vote on and my team’s design was choVHQ (DFK ER[ LQ WKH FKRVHQ VFKHPH ZDV DVsigned to groups in the class to design fully.

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College of Arts and Archtiecture Pavilion

Architecture box design

Pavilion location

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Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

This project was a competition entry sponsored by the Art Fund in London. I worked on this project with two other group members. Our approach to the design of the pavilion was to Ă€QG WKH PDLQ YLVXDO D[HV RQ WKH VLWH :H XVHG the method of weaving CNC-routed plywood SDQHOV WR IUDPH YLHZV DORQJ WKHVH D[HV 7KH panels would intersect at joints held together by wood ‘staples’ that could be removed by hand for easy assembly and disassembly. The pavilion needed to include seating as well as plinths and hanging space for presentations.

Thinner wood panels would be attached together at joints and separate in the middle to allow a perpendicular panel to pass between them, allowing for strategic weaving for structural stability. The width of the panels was VL]HG WR EH DEOH WR FXW H[DFWO\ WZR SDQHOV RXW of a sheet of plywood, leaving little waste during the fabrication process. The metric system was used throughout the design process. I had WKH PRVW GLJLWDO IDEULFDWLRQ H[SHULHQFH LQ WKH group so I was most active in implementing a VL]LQJ V\VWHP IRU PDWHULDO HIĂ€FLHQF\ GHVLJQing the structural joints, and creating the computer models and renders.

Strategic views in site

Parallels from views to site

View implication to form

Connection Detail

Seating (blue), pin-up (green), plinth (orange)

Sketch Book Process Excerpts

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Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

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Cafe 27.5m 8.5m

Canal Courtyard Public Gate

3.5m 24m

public entrance

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Night Render in Front of Light Box (rendered by group member) Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic 27

Interior Presentation Space Render Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Aerial Form Render Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic 29

Exterior Render Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Framed View Render Art Fund Pavilion, London, UK Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic 31

FlyNY Kite Design, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

This project was for participation in FlyNY’s kite competition. The idea was to create a correlation between the kite design and skyline DW WKH ORFDWLRQ ZKHUH WKH NLWH ZRXOG EH à RZQ I worked with two other people on this project. After making a few prototypes of simple kite designs, we decided to utilize the design of a pocket kite in our project. We created a two-dimensional composition based on the skyline, and then used that to create a series of three-dimensional iterations. To give the kite a balanced geometry we mirror-imaged the composition in two directions, then proceeded to distill the design down to its basic geometries. We were one of only two groups in the class to create a study prototype that ZRXOG à \ EXW XQIRUWXQDWHO\ RXU ÀQDO NLWH ZDV not as successful. From this project, I learned that pocket kites do well individually. With the addition of more structure that comes with more pocket components the ratio of structure to wind-catching surface can become too great IRU à LJKW

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Design Process Iterations

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Kite Design Prototype

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Sketch Book Process Excerpts

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Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

This project was meant to correlate with the previous kite design project. It was a pavilion that would house the winning kites from the FlyNY kite competition, and allow people to walk through and view them. It was to be located in the same area of Central Park as where WKH NLWHV ZHUH ÁRZQ 7KLV H[HUFLVH ZDV PHDQW to focus on the process of design. We were instructed to design this pavilion using the same methods as our kites. Thus, this design started out as a compositional piece that was mirror imaged and condensed down to a main idea.

The main idea became to frame the kites and the views from the site around the pavilion.

Fabric was to be tunneled through the frames, pulling the eye to the kites and landscape beyond. The pavilion was to be located along a prominent path on the site, allowing people to catch glimpses of kites as they walk through, however each component of this pavilion would provide seating to the side for obserYDWLRQ DQG UHÁHFWLRQ LI GHVLUHG 7KLV SURMHFW was done with the same group as the kite design. All members of the group gave feedback about the design iterations. Based on those ideas I created all the digital models and renders shown here.

Design Process Iterations

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Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Visual tunneling studies

Visual tunneling study

Design Process Iterations

Rhino model of pavilion component pieces

Iteration model

Final model of kite pavilion

Final model of kite pavilion

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Final Model Photograph Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Final Review Panel Photograph Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic 41

Path Through Pavilion Render Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

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Pavilion in Site Render Kite Pavilion Installation, Central Park, NY Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

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Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Project in Progress %HJLQQLQJ P\ ÀIWK \HDU LQ DUFKLWHFWXUH , NQHZ , ZDQWHG WR PRUH GHHSO\ H[SORUH WKH IXQGDPHQtals of digital design and digital fabrication. I wanted particularly to focus on what might constitute an appropriate balance between man and machine. I wanted to use technology to bridge the gap that often occurs between the ELUWK RI DQ LGHD DQG LWV ÀQDO FRQVWUXFWHG IRUP I chose to design a Glass Blowing Studio because I felt the form for such a program should inspire the artists within, and I felt technology was the best way to create such an inspiring form. When deciding how to incorporate technology into my design process, I decided to let the idea come from a more poetic notion and XVH WHFKQRORJ\ WR IXOO\ H[SUHVV WKDW QRWLRQ , strayed away from parametric design methods in the early design process. The design concept came from the act of glass stretching.

I found it inspiring the way both orbs of hot glass give and take from each other. I wanted to create a form with two elements that could communicate similarly. The design I have so far consists of a panelled concrete roof. Each roof piece would be poured into a CNC-routed mold, allowing each piece to be unique. The wall panels could be solid or opaque and interchangeable. Some of the panels could swivel open and an oversized hood would let the hot shops within be cooled by the stack effect.

There is an occupiable green roof over some of the shop support spaces that would allow students to observe the work happening in the outdoor work space beyond. I hope to further WKHVH PDLQ LGHDV GXULQJ WKH QH[W KDOI RI WKH design process.

Entry to site

Site Analysis

Existing forrestation

Views of site

Partial Site Panorama

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Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Glass stretching demonstration

Parti Model

Current iteration of form

Formal Language

Digital iteration of concept

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Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

East Elevation

East Elevation Materiality Study

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Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

South Elevation

South Elevation Materiality Study

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Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

West Elevation

West Elevation Materiality Study

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Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

North Elevation

North Elevation Materiality Study

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Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic Mold Making

Project Room

Project Room

Fellow/ Artist-in-Residence

Support Shop

General Lockers Exterior Project Courtyard Main TransGenElectrierator former cal/

Fan

Boiler, Chiller, Pump

Warm Shop Cold Shop

Hot Shop

Temporary Exhibit

Exterior Exhibit

Permanent Exhibit

Reception/ Waiting

Flame Shop Small Exhibit Cold Shop

Storage

Conference

Hot Shop Warm Shop

Lobby/ Reception

Work Room

Director

Demo Theater

First Floor Plan

Digital Room

Library

Print Room Photo Studio

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Tech Staff

Lecture

Lecture

Second Floor Plan

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Model Photograph Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

Model Photograph Close Up Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic 61

Exterior Exhibition Space Render Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

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Green Roof View Render Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

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Large Shops Exterior Render Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

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Exterior Render Glass Blowing Studio, Burnsville, NC Katie Minton Spring Semester ‘09 Academic

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Katie Minton

Professional

First Baptist Church Additions, Charlotte, NC Katie Minton Summer ‘08 Professional

This is one of the projects I worked on while interning at Adams Group Architects in Charlotte, NC. This was a proposal that consisted of a new parking deck, a new structure attached WR WKH FKXUFK WR DLG LQ DQ H[SDQVLRQ RI SHRSOH and services, and a youth activity center across the street. I was required to use photographs DQG ROG Ă RRU SODQV RI WKH H[LVWLQJ FKXUFK WR create a digital model. I was then asked to create the additions in that model based on descriptions and hand drawings. This model was used to propose these additions to the client in a way that they could truly visualize so they could make a more educated decision when choosing which additions they preferred.

SketchUp model of site plan

Rendered model of Youth Center Proposal

Aerial view of site plan

First Baptist Church , Charlotte, NC

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Katie Minton

Personal

Jewelry Box Concept Katie Minton Summer ‘07 Personal

The idea of designing a new modern jewelry ER[ FDPH WR PH ZKHQ , UHDOL]HG KRZ PDQ\ people have alternative piercings in current generations. I thought it would be nice to KDYH D PRGHUQ MHZHOU\ ER[ WKDW ZRXOG FDWHU to the types of jewelry being worn. This jewHOU\ ER[ KDV WZR PDLQ SLHFHV KHOG WRJHWKHU E\ a ‘key’. When the key is removed the top of WKH ER[ FDQ OLIW DQG WXUQ DOORZLQJ RQH DFFHVV to the jewelry bars being held in the holes of the now removed piece. The key can then be replaced in this alternative jewelry holder and the added support would let it stand like a disSOD\ VHH QH[W SDJH IRU GLDJUDPV 7KH ER[ ZRXOG EH PDGH RI SOH[L DQG EDVVZRRG PDterials that would allow it to be cut by a low wattage laser cutter.

Front Perspective View

Back Perspective View

Top Perspective View

Side Perspective View

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Jewelry Box Concept Katie Minton Summer ‘07 Personal

Transformation

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Materiality Render Jewelry Box Concept Katie Minton Summer ‘07 Personal

Materiality Render Jewelry Box Concept Katie Minton Summer ‘07 Personal 81

Christmas Box Katie Minton Winter Break ‘09 Personal

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View from above

Box pieces

Box when closed

Outer box as stand

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Terrarium Form Study Katie Minton Fall Semester- Winter Break ‘09 Personal

As a hobby, I like to grow plants. I maintain a balcony garden at my apartment. During the winter however I am often without any plants because its too cold outside for growing and it is not safe inside for them because a cat that lives here likes to eat the foliage. This year I decided the perfect solution would be a terrarium. I decided to make this project a form VWXG\ , FUHDWHG D FRQĂ€JXUDWLRQ RI VSKHUHV DQG WKHQ GUDSHG WKHP WR FUHDWH D Ă XLG VXUIDFH , WKHQ H[WUDFWHG D JULG IURP WKDW VXUIDFH DQG triangulated that grid. I cut the pieces out of FOHDU SOH[L VFRULQJ QXPEHUV RQWR HDFK WULDQJOH based on its location within a row. I then organized each row into groups which were stored in separate containers for easy handling during the building process. Starting at the base, I taped each triangle to its adjacent pieces letting the shape naturally take form based on the other pieces around it before gluing each joint.

I left a section at the top unattached to allow me access into the terrarium for maintenance.

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Draped Surface

Grid Extraction

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Construction process

Trangulation Density Studies

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Scale Figure Photograph Terrarium Form Study Katie Minton Fall Semester- Winter Break ‘09 Personal

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Elevational Perspective Photograph Terrarium Form Study Katie Minton Fall Semester- Winter Break ‘09 Personal

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