Architecture Portfolio Spring 2021 by Mary Le

architecture undergraduate portfolio complete academic works

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MARY L E 2675 NW 157th Street Clive, Iowa 50325 (515) 971-6722 lemaryarch@gmail.com

REFE RE N C E S PETE GOCHÉ Professor, Iowa State University goche@iastate.edu, (515) 520-3384 ANJANA SIVAKUMAR K12 Designer, DLR Group asivakumar@dlrgroup.com, (737) 212-9018 BOSUK HUR Assistant Professor of Practice, Iowa State University Design Principal, Folio bhur@iastate.edu SHARON WOHL, Ph.D Undergraduate Coordinator, Iowa State University swohl@iastate.edu, (515) 294-8913

ED U C AT I ON BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE + DIGITAL MEDIA MINOR Iowa State University Class of 2021 Current Cumulative GPA: 3.52

EXPERI EN CE JUNE 2020 AUG 2020

DLR GROUP Austin, TX Architectural Intern - K12

MAY 2019 AUG 2019

OPN ARCHITECTS Cedar Rapids, IA Architectural Intern - K12, Trauma Informed Design

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA Waukee High School Class of 2016

A F F I LI ATI ON S + ACT I VITIE S JAN 2021 PRESENT

STUDIO DESIGN BUILD - PLUSH College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Student Participant

JAN 2017 PRESENT

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MINORITY ARCHITECT STUDENTS College of Design, Iowa State University Chapter President, Treasurer

SEPT 2016 PRESENT

BUILD LEARNING COMMUNITY + MENTOR PROGRAM College of Design, Iowa State University Mentor

MARCH 2021

NOMAS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE National Virtual Event NOMAS ISU Chapter Student Representative

FEB 2021

NAACP FREEDOM FUND Local Virtual Event, Ames, IA Attendee, College of Design Student Representative

3D Modeling Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper + other plug-ins, 3DS Max, Sketchup, AutoCAD

OCT 2020, OCT 2018

NOMA BARBARA G. LAURIE STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION National Virtual Event, Oakland, California Competition Participant; Top 7 National Finalist

Rendering Enscape, Lumion, V-ray

JULY 2020

AIA x NOMA LARGE FIRM ROUNDTABLE DEANS FLASH FORUM National Virtual Event Iowa State University Student Representative

JAN 2020 MAY 2020

DSN S 102 CORE PEER MENTOR PROGRAM College of Design, Iowa State University Peer Mentor

JAN 2020

OPN MASTERCLASS + EXHIBITION WITH DAVID GERSTEN College of Design, Iowa State University Participant

FEB 2015 JULY 2019

MEALS FOR THE HEARTLAND West Des Moines, IA Food packaging, Volunteer

JAN 2017 MAY 2017

STUDIO DESIGN BUILD - PRISMA Reiman Gardens, Ames, IA Student Participant

MAY 2011 AUG 2017

HONG AN TEMPLE Des Moines, IA Vietnamese Language Teacher, Volunteer

ACHI E V E M E N T S Dean’s List: Fall 2017 - PRESENT H. Kennard Bussard Award 1st Place: 2021 Barbara G. Laurie Competition National Finalist: 2020 Lyle E. & Anna M. Lightfoot Scholarship: 2020 Nathan and Lisa Kalaher Award Finalist: 2019 AIA Emerging Professionals Finalist: 2019 Cardinal and Gold Scholarship: 2019 Program of Study Award: 2019

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Adobe Suite Programs Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects Bluebeam Revu Microsoft Office Physical Modeling Lasercut, 3D Print, CNC Router, Potterbot Photography Digital, Film + Development Portraits, Fine-Art, Architectural Bilingual English, Native Vietnamese, Professional Working Proficiency

CO N T E N T S This portfolio contains work from my architecturual undergraduate studies at Iowa State University. Each project, treated as its own world, explores the possibilities of its kind. Project types include public, mixed-use, higher education, urbanism, and museum. Further interests within my studies include fabrication and model applications.

OBSERVING AIR Instructor: Pete Goche

BIKE N BITES Instructor: Leah Rudolphi + Joshua Baker

PARASITIC VERTICAL DWELLING Instructor: Bosuk Hur

CHELSEA EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE Instructor: Bosuk Hur

PSIL-O-CITY Instructor: Andrew Gleeson

BE.ING COLLECTIVE Advisors: Andrew Gleeson, Ebere Agwachunga

OBSERVING AIR BLACK CONTEMPORARY IMAGERY 26107 530th Avenue Ames, IA 50010 The observed flatness of the midwestern landscape is purely visual. Current explorations, in the form of research assemblies, occur in the interior of defunct seed drying bins at Black Contemporary Imagery, built in 1979. These site adjusted experiments cultivate place based knowledge and attempt to reveal latent qualities of the landscape it operates in. The seed drying bin acts as a passive machine, utilizing vents above and below the grated floor to invite the surrounding atmosphere into the interior space. The rural architecture in this context are not volumes placed on the landscape but instead act as facades that wrap the surrounding atmosphere. As a strategy for reimagining the design practice, we constructed a 1:1 constructed framework to foster the connection between our experimentation and the set of behaviors orientated towards our piece. Utilizing lighter means of materials that directly relate to the context of the atmosphere allows for true the behavioral aspects of the atmosphere to carve themselves onto the paper. Resisted by paper clips, the distribution of vertical strings, in plan, creates a forgiving framework for the paper layers to continuously change its topographies along with the movement of the air.

Instructor: Pete Goche Team: Jacob Gasper, Braden Cooper, Mohammed Alhamoudi

H. KENNARD BUSSARD AWARD FIRST PLACE WINNER

Applications Used: 1:1 scale fabrication Photoshop Illustrator Premiere 7

AGRICULTURAL GREEN BELT BIKE N BITES Gray’s Station Area Des Moines,IA Our proposal calls for a farm-to-table restaurant, bike shop, grocery store, and a greenhouse located above Gray’s Lake in Des Moines and adjacent to the currently developing Gray’s Station residential + commerical complex. This along with the newly built pedestrian bridge becomes a destination for bikers and its ever growing culture and influence in Des Moines. The form derives from carving out the circulation coming from the development and bike trails, and to draw out water drainage towards areas for collection and resusage. As with the interiors, having the goal of exposing the wooden structural members for the roof into the public spaces, raised access floors and radiant heating were used for the programs. Additionally, light wells were implemented to create a dramatic setting with diffused light as well as acting as vertical gardens for the greenhouses and natural ventilation. All these design decisions were made to support the bike community, the local farmers and agricultural services, and to create an exciting location for newcomers in the city.

Instructor: Leah Rudolphi, AIA + Joshua Baker, AIA, LEED AP Partner: Tuyen Le

NATHAN AND LISA KALAHER AWARD FINALIST

Applications Used: Revit Enscape Photoshop Lightroom Illustrator Lasercutter 3D Printer 19

ENHOUSE HOUSE

GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE

R R R LIE LIE PLIE PP PP P

HERBS HERBS HERBS & VERTICAL & VERTICAL & VERTICAL VEGGIE VEGGIE VEGGIE FARMS FARMS FARMS

SU SU

ERTICAL & VERTICAL VEGGIE VEGGIE FARMS FARMS

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BERRIES BERRIES BERRIES & FRUIT & FRUIT & TREES FRUIT TREES TREES

BIKE BIKE & BITES & BITES

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GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE

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BIKE BIKE BIKE && BITES BITES & BITES

E PE P E P O OBIK O BIK BIK SH SH000 00SH0 000 5, 5, 5,

CASUAL CASUAL SETTINGS SETTINGS

CASUAL CASUAL CASUAL SETTINGS SETTINGS SETTINGS

T T T AN AN RAN UR UR U TA TA TA RES RES RES

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SSE ETC CNC ASCSCESS NARTCAA A ATU TRAR TNA STEA SU SR EU RER

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MASS MASS MASS CARVING CARVING CARVING

BASED BASED BASED ONON MAJOR MAJOR ON MAJOR CIRCULATION CIRCULATION CIRCULATION FLOWS FLOWS FLOWS GREEN GREENGREEN HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE

GROCERY GROCERY GROCERY STORE STORESTORE

PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC ACCESS ACCESS ACCESS

BIKEBIKE BIKE SHOP SHOP SHOP

GREEN GREENGREEN HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE

RESTAURANT RESTAURANT RESTAURANT

AURANT NT

CESS IC AC PUBL CESS IC AC PUBL ACCESS IC PUBL

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ROOF ROOF ROOF ELEMENT ELEMENT ELEMENT

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ROOF ROOF ROOF FORM FORM FORM

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CARVE CARVE CARVE INTO INTO MASS INTO MASS FOR MASS FOR NATURAL FOR NATURAL NATURAL DAYLIGHTING DAYLIGHTING DAYLIGHTING

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PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BRIDGE BRIDGE RACOON RACOON RACOON RIVER RIVERRIVER GRAY’S GRAY’S GRAY’S LAKE LAKE LAKE AREA AREAAREA

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RACOO RACOO NRACOO N RIVER N RIVER RIVER

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restaurant east bike vestibule

restaurant dining srea

restaurant patio + pedestrian bridge

A T US A HA ST EX AU H EX

IR IR

AIRAIR SH SH FREFRE

Skylight Skylight & Natural & Natural Ventilation Ventilation

Vertical Vertical Farming Farming with with Higher Higher Productivity Productivity

MINI PROJECT: PARASITIC VERTICAL HOUSING 8 Centre Market Place Lower Manhattan, NY, NY We challenged the typical white box art gallery where the space itself becomes the inspiration for the art, rather than only having the art inspire the user. Using a preexisting building for our design, our “parasite” begins from the inside of the building, pouring out until it decreases its density to the small entrance opening on ground level. Our concept introduces the idea of having the art partially hidden to encourage exploration throughout the space, either peeking around a partition or as a silhouette through the polycarbonate materiality. Although the components are exposed in one way or another, the public circulation and private access are kept separated by locating the artist resident circulation within the existing building.

Instructor: Bo Suk Hur Partner: Henry Melendrez

Applications Used: Rhinoceros 3D Lumion Rendering Photoshop Lightroom Illustrator Lasercutter 33

Parasitic Growth

vs.

Typical White Box Gallery

Classical

painter/sculptor

Contemporary

Exploded Form + Circulation

cultural/influential

Digital

projections/computation

Perspective Section

Polycarbonate Panels

Glass

Stairs

Horizontal Steel Connectors

Vertical Foundation

Insulated

No Insulation

SIDE VIEW

ARTIST LOFT

SIDEWALK VIEW 39

PARASITIC VERTICAL CAMPUS 520 West 25th Street New York, NY 10001 A proposal for a parasitic, vertical campus dealt with the frustration between lack of permittable public space on W 24th and W 25th Street in Chelsea, NY. Challenging what is considered truly public in Chelsea became a focus point in developing our design. The intention of the overall form was to promote a positive gentrification in the Chelsea area whilst having a physical connection to the Highline, which develops plenty of pedestrian foot traffic. Activity throughout the school is exposed to the highline level and other levels as well, making the integration of our design and the existing building seemlessly coexist and prove to benefit from one another. Access points, (SW) ground level on existing building side into auditorium, (NE) ground level on proposed design side into retail + gallery, and (SE) highline level into studio and circulation core strengthen our attempt to connect private and public traffic. Using diagonal masses that cuts through the floors as a continuous circulation, each acts as shared programs which encourages more interaction + collaboration between the school and the public.

Instructor: Bo Suk Hur Partner: Henry Melendrez

AIA EMERGING PROFESSIONALS FINALIST: SECOND PLACE

Applications Used: Rhinoceros 3D Lumion Rendering Photoshop Lightroom Illustrator Lasercutter 3D Printer 43

p ublic/private divis ion

spl i t ex i st i n g pro g ra m s

de co n st r u c t ex i s t i ng re a rra n ge s u b ma s s e s prog ra ms

re p ro g ra mmi n g of ne w fo rms

o ur p rop osed design of p rivate vs. p u blic

ba se

re s i d e nt i a l

a me ni t i e s

scho o l - ba se d

studio-based

p ub l i c + m ixed u se

ret a i l

co re

co mp l ete m a ssin g

circulation

structure frame

Th e G ro u nd Level l o b by c afe u ni ve rs i t y b o ok store ga l l e ry at ri um l o un ge

Th e H i g h L i ne Level p ub l i c Ma ke r Sp a ce a ud i to ri um ga l l e ry c afe g re e n s p a ce c afe l o un ge

Leve l 1 0 Pu b l i c L i b ra ry Mate ri a l s L i b ra ry Cl a s s ro o ms St ud e nt S e rv ices St ud y S p a ce s

Leve l 1 6 Re s i d e nt i a l Units I nd o o r G a rd e n O utd o o r Po c ket Sp a ces Lo u nge

PSIL-O-CITY Anywhere An urban design proposal for a city that grows above and across the lands to replenish both the built and nonbuilt earth underneath to help against human’s constant interference with mother nature. Behaving as a plug-in city, removable and rearrangable units allow for optimal use of vertical volumes above the ground in addition to the decrease of abandoned spaces. This allows for an adjustable and flexible growth over areas that can be easily replaced with different programs, such as residential or commercial. These mixed-use programs are elevated and organized by inclusionary zoning, and are connected by green pedestrian bridges to shared public amenities. Transit accessible, walkability and autonomous drone transportation are deeply encouraged and used to decrease the use of automobiles overtime. Commercial districts would be repurposed as consumer product warehouses for drones to transport goods directly to people’s homes. With this scenario, streets and parking lots eventually become deserted and repurposed as additional ground space for earth to flourish. As we can see today with COVID-19, social distancing and staying inside has allowed for animals to come out, rivers to clear up, and for earth to really breathe again.

Instructor: Andrew Gleeson Partner: Haoyang Xin

Applications Used: Revit Rhinoceros 3D Photoshop Lightroom Illustrator 57

Single Residential

Family Residential

Multi-family Residential

THE BE.ING COLLECTIVE Oakland, California Located across the Oakland Coliseum, the Arroyo Viejo creek bisects the site. In the 1920’s, the site was home to the largest black population in the East Bay. However, the growth of economic-driven industrial zones led to an influx of white communities, which dispersed people who have called east Oakland home for decades. Causing a traumatic shift to the ecological and cultural systems, neighborhoods are put into risks of white gentrification. Surrounded with heavyindustry factories and warehouses imposes a special challenge to our architectural approach, addressing environmental racism that is prevalent in this area, where black lives are put at risk for lack of medical attention, fresh food, and blighted living conditions. Acknowledging the years of “wounds” reflected on the inequalities, the BE.ing collective physically imbues the mind, body, and soul of the Oakland community through the architecture’s bold exterior and healing interior. With the form and facade appearing as broken fragments, the form portrays events in Black history weaving together as one central idea: the disparities that have caused this ongoing fight for change. The healing elements of this proposal aim to empower the community through its programmatic functions. It strives towards excellence and resiliency in an architecture that reflects its vibrant population. Staying true to the core of East Oakland, the Be.ing is characterized by the realities of its individuals and the displaced notion of inequality. Acknowledging, empowering, and preserving the culture is imperative in being together.

Advisors: Andrew Gleeson + Ebere Agwuncha Team: Dai Tan Le, Tuyen Le, Deysy Cruz, Henry Melendrez, Cameron Nayman

NOMA BARBARA G. LAURIE STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION: TOP 7 NATIONAL FINALIST

Applications Used: Revit Rhinoceros 3D Photoshop Lightroom Illustrator 67

Permeable Paving

Floor Plate

Scar Glazing

Bike Path

Ferrock

Algae Glazing

S PECI A L T HA N K S Thank you to those who has given me invaluable knowledge, support, and guidance, both directly and indirectly.

My parents, No Van Le and Thanh Thi Le. My siblings, Giang Truong Le, Nhan Truong Le, and Jenna Le. My other relatives, Le Xuan Canh, Le Phuong Nga, Cam Giang and Tien Le. And my dear ba ngoai, Lai Thi Noi. My educators, Sharon Wohl, Bosuk Hur, Pete Goche, Deborah Hauptmann, Andrew Gleeson, Roman Chikerinets, Firat Erdim, Chiu Shiu Chan, Rob Whitehead, Thomas Leslie, Ulrike Passe, Jelena Bogdonavic, Kimberly Zarecor, Eric Badding, Ayodele Iyanalu, Mikesch Muecke, Lynn Paxson, Ann Sobiech Munson, Nicholas Senske, Reinier Degraff, Chen Tianqiutao, Jordan Brooks, Audrey Kennis, My mentors and friendships who continue to inspire me, Deysy Cruz-Escobar, Tuyen Le, Dai Tan Le, Jacob Gasper, Henry Melendrez, Tien Huynh, Javier Rodriguez, Cameron Nayman, Alyanna Subayno, Gautam Pradeep, Sandeep Kumar, Sharissa Patanapanich, Sydney Curnes, Libby Chelsvig, Corey Montes, Meg Meyer, Obhishek Mandal, Matthew Bong, Vivian Le, Jenny Tan, Alice Tosi, Andrew Evans, Brett Biwer, Deep Chaniara, Andrew Barnett, Kate Thuesen, Megan Mackenzie, Anjana Sivakumar, Ami Patel, Haoyang Xin, Ruoxi Chen, Mohammed Alamoudi, Kelsey Barron, Jazmin Hernandez, Rami Mannan, Noel Gonzalez, Evan Williams, Nick Piloni, and Ebere Agwuncha. Additional thanks to the critics who have participated in my project reviews and bringing in outstanding perspectives across the board, as well as many other aquaintances I have made in the past few years who have made great impressions on who I am today. I will continue to be curious about the world as I use the teachings and insights into my work in the future.

Mary Le 515 971 6722 lemaryarch@gmail.com issuu.com/mlearch