CHRIS MOY ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
CONTENTS CHRISTOPHER BRIAN MOY:
CURRICULUM VITAE
HARMONIC RESONANCE: TUNING THE CITY CADENZA: THE NEW MUSEUM OF TANGO MANIS CEMENTUM: DIGITAL FABRICATION GRAFFITI WALLS: URBAN THEATER DIGIT
HOUSE: URBAN HOUSING
MODULE: MATERIAL ORGANIZATION TREE BARK: VARIED TOPOGRAPHY PROMENADE: NOLA WATER STRATEGY TRIO CHAIR: FURNITURE DESIGN SKETCHBOOK:
CHRISTOPHER BRIAN MOY:
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Email: moy.chris1@gmail.com Phone: 610.406.8237
Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Master of Architecture - December 2012
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies - April 2009 Certificate in Civil Engineering Minor in Studio Arts
Danish Institute for Study Abroad
EXPERIENCE
Architecture + Design: Pre-Architecture Program - Summer 2008
Teaching Assistant - Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO [9/12-12/12] Teaching assistant for a graduate representation course and graduate core housing studio.
Lab Monitor - Digital Fabrication Laboratory, St. Louis, MO [1/11-5/12] Used lasercutting technology to assist students in the fabrication of architectural projects at the Sam Fox School of Architecture.
Designer - Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO [10/10-5/12]
Worked in collaboration with school faculty in the design, fabrication, and installation of internal and external exhibitions at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
Intern - Desmone & Associates Architects, Pittsburgh, PA [9/08-12/08] Conducted field measuring for the renovation of a local office building. Updated AutoCAD documents for current firm projects - types of drawings include: floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations, wall sections.
Intern - American Geotech, Inc., Reading, PA [5/06-8/06] Used AutoCAD software to create construction drawings for firm’s current projects. Projects worked on include: city parking garage, private residence, local library. Conducted laboratory and field tests including: soil classification, permeability tests, cement/grout/soil strength tests, surveying.
SKILLS ACTIVITIES AWARDS
Jeffrey P. Rodman Memorial Scholarship [2011, 2012] ALBERTI Program - Studio Critic [2010] Graduate Architecture Council - Exhibition Committee [2010] AIAS University of Pittsburgh Chapter [2007-2008] ASCE University of Pittsburgh Chapter [2006-2007] Nominated for US Achievement Academy National Collegiate Engineering Award [2007] Qualified for membership in Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society [2007] Participated in the University of Pittsburgh Emerging Leaders Program [2006]
EXHIBITED WORK PUBLISHED WORK
Digital: Adobe Creative Suite AutoCAD CNC Milling Lasercutting Rhinoceros 3D SketchUp
Manual: Concrete Mold Making + Casting Model Making Technical Hand Drawing Photography Sketching Watercolor
Gutter to Gulf Studio work presented by Derek Hoeferlin:
Currently Learning: Grasshopper for Rhino Revit
European Federation for Landscape Architecture Regional Congress in Tallinn, Estonia [2011] International Water Week Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands [2011]
Approach, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis graduate student publication: HARMONIC RESONANCE, MArch Thesis Project [2012] Manis Cementum, digital fabrication project [2012] Cadenza, tango museum project [2011] DIGITal HOUSE, urban housing project [2011] Tree Bark, research center project [2010] Graffiti Walls, urban theater project [2010] Module, material organization project [2010]
HARMONIC RESONANCE: St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Elena Canovas Fall 2012
TUNING THE CITY
Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|InDesign|Photoshop] AutoCAD Model Making [Lasercutting] Photography Rhinoceros 3D [Grasshopper|V-Ray]
Successful cities and urban spaces are made up of the sum of their parts (buildings, neighborhoods, and infrastructure). When these parts are acting in harmony, the city’s inhabitants are provided with quality spaces to occupy and enjoy. Post-Industrial cities such as St. Louis stand as remnants of a prosperous past, but many of their buildings have since fallen into disrepair or abandonment. The barren and disconnected situation created by these buildings forms a dissonance that stifles future development and fosters a stagnant urban condition. HARMONIC RESONANCE explores ways in which these types of places can be “re-tuned” to create a new urban situation and revitalize derelict spaces within the city. The project uses the flexibility of a music conservatory program to connect three industrial buildings along the riverfront of the city, extending the density of downtown St. Louis to the north.
HARMONIC RESONANCE:
TUNING THE CITY
St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Elena Canovas Fall 2012
In order to accomodate for certain parts of the program that required more open spaces with less columns, a new structural system had to be designed. By filling an existing floor level with large trusses, parts of the existing column grid could be removed, creating a more open, occupiable floor below. Large programs such as the library and performance hall could be placed within the open floors, while the truss levels could be used for classrooms, practice rooms, and other service spaces. The remaining floors of the buildings are left unbuilt, and the idea behind the project is that as the school grows, these floors could be used to accommodate any other spaces that the school may require. The three buildings are connected by an outdoor plaza that serves as both an informal meeting and practice space, as well as a more formal amphitheater depending on the needs of the school.
HARMONIC RESONANCE: St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Elena Canovas Fall 2012
TUNING THE CITY
HARMONIC RESONANCE: St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Elena Canovas Fall 2012
TUNING THE CITY
HARMONIC RESONANCE: St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Elena Canovas Fall 2012
TUNING THE CITY
CADENZA:
THE NEW MUSEUM OF TANGO
Buenos Aires, Argentina Professors: Gerrardo Caballero + Gustavo Cardon Fall 2011
The Buenos Aires studio explores the architectural potential of tango music and uses the staccato and legato phrasings of the musical notation as a way to generate space. In doing so, the spatial quality of the interior takes on a rather unique character, as the galleries begin to overlap and connect visually and spatially with other parts of the museum through large atrium spaces. The project was designed during a four-month study abroad semester in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is sited in the San Telmo neighborhood, which is well-known throughout the city for its famous connections to tango.
Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|InDesign|Photoshop] AutoCAD Model Making Rhinoceros 3D [V-Ray]
CADENZA:
THE NEW MUSEUM OF TANGO
Buenos Aires, Argentina Professors: Gerrardo Caballero + Gustavo Cardon Fall 2011
Circulation Diagram
CADENZA:
THE NEW MUSEUM OF TANGO
Buenos Aires, Argentina Professors: Gerrardo Caballero + Gustavo Cardon Fall 2011
Program Diagram
Structural Diagram
CADENZA:
THE NEW MUSEUM OF TANGO
Buenos Aires, Argentina Professors: Gerrardo Caballero + Gustavo Cardon Fall 2011
CADENZA:
THE NEW MUSEUM OF TANGO
Buenos Aires, Argentina Professors: Gerrardo Caballero + Gustavo Cardon Fall 2011
MANIS CEMENTUM:
DIGITAL FABRICATION
St. Louis, Missouri Professors: Robert Stuart-Smith + Robert Booth Spring 2012 Manis Cementum explores the possibilities of concrete materials and post-tensioned, compression arch structures. The goal of the studio was to use digital and analog fabrication techniques to create a self-supported sculptural element. Precedents for the project included medieval chain mail, reptilian scales, and various bone structures. The final form takes on an animalistic shape and is therefore given the scientific classification of “Manis Cementum.” The word “manis” comes from a genus of animals that are covered with large, triangular scales that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. “Cementum” is a play on the Roman word “caementum,” which means rough cut stone, and in the case of the Manis Cementum, reflects the nature of the materials being used in the project. This digital fabrication studio was a collaborative effort with the following individuals: Michael Chung, Guru Liu, Ruogu Liu, Lu Bai, Christopher Quinlan, Enrique de Solo, Shuang Jiang, David Turner, Matthew White, and Zhe Sun.
Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|InDesign|Photoshop] AutoCAD Model Making [CNC Milling|Lasercutting] Photography Rhinoceros 3D [V-Ray|Grasshopper|Python]
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DIGITAL FABRICATION
St. Louis, Missouri Professors: Robert Stuart-Smith + Robert Booth Spring 2012
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MANIS CEMENTUM:
DIGITAL FABRICATION
St. Louis, Missouri Professors: Robert Stuart-Smith + Robert Booth Spring 2012
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MANIS CEMENTUM:
DIGITAL FABRICATION
St. Louis, Missouri Professors: Robert Stuart-Smith + Robert Booth Spring 2012 The assembly of the final model used 14 1/4� steel cables in order to accommodate all of the pieces required to create the overall surface design. These main lines were connected together with another set of cross cables, creating a cable-net structure that would hold the surface together. Stainless steel, marine-grade hardware was used to permanently anchor the cables and modules in place. Because of the size and weight of the final model, a construction phasing system had to be designed. The project was broken up into separate elements, allowing for a more organized and sequential construction process.
MANIS CEMENTUM:
DIGITAL FABRICATION
St. Louis, Missouri Professors: Robert Stuart-Smith + Robert Booth Spring 2012
HOYT DRIVE
GIVENS HALL
The final model is sited on the western side of the architecture school at Washington University in St. Louis. It is specifically oriented to provide the best views to visitors approaching the building from all angles.
FORSYTH BOULEVARD
GRAFFITI WALLS: URBAN THEATER St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Christine Yogiaman Fall 2009
This project is the final project in the first core studio at Washington University in St. Louis. An analysis of urban phenomenons, vandalism and graffiti, was used as a precedent for the design of an urban theater in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The goal of this project is to blur the lines between spectator and spectacle as it deals with seeing and being seen. In the design, both the graffiti artist and the casual bystander become actors of the theater. Space was generated by using a system of peeling walls that open up and allow users to engage the voids inside the walls. By using this system, spaces of varying intimacy were created, allowing for multiple lighting conditions that are tailored to different levels of comfort and exposure.
Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|Photoshop] AutoCAD Model Making Photography
GRAFFITI WALLS: URBAN THEATER St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Christine Yogiaman Fall 2009
DIGIT
HOUSE:
URBAN HOUSING
St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Stephen Leet Fall 2010
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Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|Photoshop] AutoCAD Model Making [Lasercutting] Photography Rhinoceros 3D [V-Ray]
This multi-unit housing studio deals with the issue of urban housing in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Because of the declining population in downtown areas throughout the country, it has become important to find a way to bring density back into cities such as St. Louis and create a stronger relationship between the built environment and the people who inhabit it. The intention of this project was to create visual and physical connections and explore the idea of public, private, and shared space within a housing complex to promote a sense of community among each of the dwellings within the complex. The project is composed of finger-like apartments with outdoor balcony spaces between the apartments, each with varying degrees of privacy.
DIGIT
HOUSE:
St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Stephen Leet Fall 2010
URBAN HOUSING
DIGIT
HOUSE:
St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Stephen Leet Fall 2010
URBAN HOUSING
DIGIT
HOUSE:
St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Stephen Leet Fall 2010
URBAN HOUSING
MODULE: MATERIAL ORGANIZATION St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Christine Yogiaman Fall 2009
The material organization study focused on creating complex geometric systems through iterative making processes. In this project, a basic module was developed that could be replicated and subtly altered in order to allow the system to change. The module is essentially a parallelogram with four notches cut into it at measured points along its edges. By moving the position of the notches, the system begins to open and close at varying degrees when the modules are connected. Three modules with one particular notch combination were then joined to create a unit. Finally, a combination of five units were joined to create a string and then multiplied and stacked to create the final form.
Relevant Skills Technical Hand Drawing Model Making [Lasercutting] Photography
TREE BARK:
Eureka, Missouri Professor: Heather Woofter Spring 2010
VARIED TOPOGRAPHY
Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|Photoshop] AutoCAD Model Making [Lasercutting] Photography Rhinoceros 3D
The purpose of this studio was to design a laboratory building for the Tyson Research Center, a Washington University in St. Louis owned ecological reserve located in Eureka, Missouri. By studying the natural systems related to the site (climate, site, etc.), a strategy was developed to create the structure of the project. The concept of the laboratory incorporates a close integration between the existing landscape and built form, using a system similar to that of tree bark. By imbedding the structure within the ground, the building is able to maintain a consistent interior climate, which is favorable to areas such as the midwest, since the region experiences both hot and cold weather extremes throughout the year. Because the project is imbedded within the landscape, light was an important issue, and careful consideration was taken in order to determine where openings in the building should be located and how light could be reflected and redirected most efficiently within the building. The building then begins to open up and peel away like tree bark in order to accomodate for various climatic conditions.
TREE BARK:
Eureka, Missouri Professor: Heather Woofter Spring 2010
Program Diagram
VARIED TOPOGRAPHY
TREE BARK:
Eureka, Missouri Professor: Heather Woofter Spring 2010
Sunlight Diagram
VARIED TOPOGRAPHY
PROMENADE: New Orleans, Louisiana Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Spring 2011
NOLA WATER STRATEGY
Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|InDesign|Photoshop] AutoCAD Model Making [CNC Milling|Lasercutting] Photography Rhinoceros 3D [V-Ray]
This studio is part of the Gutter to Gulf Studio sequences taught by Derek Hoeferlin of Washington University in St. Louis and Jane Wolff and Elise Shelley from the University of Toronto. For the first half of the studio, extensive research was conducted in collaboration with landscape architecture students from the University of Toronto on the water management systems in the city of New Orleans. After traveling to New Orleans to present findings to professionals and members of the community, I choose to focus my individual studio project on the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood located in the northeast section of the city. The Promenade emerged as a way to manage water on a local level, with the possibility of being used as a pilot project that could be replicated throughout the entire city of New Orleans.
PROMENADE: New Orleans, Louisiana Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Spring 2011
NOLA WATER STRATEGY
PROMENADE:
NOLA WATER STRATEGY
New Orleans, Louisiana Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Spring 2011
The concept and program of the Promenade draws precedence from a call for community garden work sites which was proposed by members of the city. In order to accomodate the programs required and based off of the initial soil, water, and site research conducted earlier in the studio, it was necessary to create a structure that could adapt to changing water levels and soil conditions on the site. The strategy for the project involved using a “cut and fill� technique on the site according to the program and contructing a boardwalk type structure above the ground.
PROMENADE:
NOLA WATER STRATEGY
New Orleans, Louisiana Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Spring 2011
In the community garden work site pamphlet that was was put together by the city of New Orleans, residents of Pontchartrain Park listed a cypress forest, community garden, children’s play area, amphitheater, natural wetlands, roadside produce stand, and small shops and businesses to be constructed on the Morrison Playspot located in Pontchartrain Park. The diversity of the program was ideal for exploring multiple water management strategies, and as a result, the project had to be flexible and able to adapt to different programmatic uses. The project’s adaptability to various programs would allow it to be replicated throughout the city on many different sites and contexts.
PROMENADE: New Orleans, Louisiana Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Spring 2011
NOLA WATER STRATEGY
PROMENADE: New Orleans, Louisiana Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Spring 2011
NOLA WATER STRATEGY
PROMENADE: New Orleans, Louisiana Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Spring 2011
NOLA WATER STRATEGY
TRIO CHAIR:
FURNITURE DESIGN
St. Louis, Missouri Professor: Ken Tracy Fall 2012
Throughout history, chair design has been the subject of an intensive study into form and function. Chairs have an immediate effect on their surroundings as they occupy space at the human scale. They take on different roles and satisfy specific personal needs such as comfort or efficiency. The purpose of the Trio Chair is to explore the possibilities of a high-performance chair for musicians that will: 1. Improve playing technique and posture 2. Make use of a cost effective and efficient production process 3. Create a new standard of equipment for musicians The chair is made of laminated birch plywood and 3 1/2” solid steel bars, allowing it to be both sturdy and lightweight. The seat and back are CNC-milled in order to achieve the proper curves necessary for a correct sitting posture. Two 4’ steel bars are bent and welded to a plate to create the legs and base of the seat, and a final 4’ steel bar is bent to attach the back. Formally, the Trio chair is inspired by the curves of a guitar and violin. The two hollowed out shapes on the back of the seat not only mimic the “f-holes” of a violin, but they also serve a functional purpose as well, providing a space for the steel bar to sit in when the chair is stacked. This allows the chair to be stacked vertically without any forward offset so that the chair can theoretically be stacked infinitely high without taking up more space than its original footprint.
Relevant Skills Adobe Creative Suite [Illustrator|Photoshop] Model Making [CNC Milling|MIG Welding] Photography Rhinoceros 3D [V-Ray]
SKETCHBOOK:
Buenos Aires, Argentina + Rio de Janeiro|Oro Preto|Brasilia|Belo Horizonte, Brazil Fall 2011
This is a collection of sketches and watercolors that were completed while studying abroad in South America. Sketching provided a relaxing way to explore and document various buildings and sites that were visited throughout the trip. Sketches include Le Corbusier’s Casa Curutchet in La Plata, Argentina, Clorindo Testa’s National Library in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and several buildings by Oscar Niemeyer in Brasilia, Brazil.
Relevant Skills Sketching Watercolor
SKETCHBOOK:
Buenos Aires, Argentina + Rio de Janeiro|Oro Preto|Brasilia|Belo Horizonte, Brazil Fall 2011