The Bridge, 1 / 16” = 1’
Meghan Reynolds b.s. Architecture Portfolio selected works / 2017 - 2020 / mreyn@UMD.edu
Meghan Reynolds email
phone
mreyn@umd.edu
443 / 832 / 8554
My passion is Architecture, but I also love many other forms of physical and graphic design. I am a quick learner and constantly trying new mediums to broaden my skills as a designer. I am finishing my Bachelors of Science degree this spring, and my goal moving forward is to combine my creative thinking skills and passion for sustainable design to solve contemporary design problems and create a beautiful, functional, and resilient environment.
education University of Maryland, College Park, MD - B.S. Architecture
credentials
August 2017 - May 2021
LEED Green Associate
Senior at the University of Maryland working toward a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a minor in Sustainability. Expected graduation May 2021. Dean's List Recipient Spring 2018 - Fall 2020
earned October / 2020
interests / activities Art / painting hand drawing sculpture
jewelry design clothing design sashiko-inspired embroidery
GPA: 3.72
Relevant Coursework /
experiences
ARCH4// 4 Architectural Design Studios ARCH462 Methods/Materials of Building Construction ARCH46/ Architectural Structures 1-2 ARCH466 Environmental Systems in Architecture ARCH430 Measuring Sustainability in Architecture
Studied Junior Spring Semester in Florence, Italy / 2 months of architectural study, focusing on architecture history and developing hand sketching skills.
work experience "The End / 2020" Gallery Exhibit, UMD Architecture Building - Designer September 2020 - Present
honors ARCH403 Studio Design Competition finalist
Fall 2020 Senior Design Studio Super Jury Finalist
deans list recipient
Opening Feburary 2021
Working in a small group of students from the University of Maryland to curate an art exhibition in the UMD Architecture Building Linear Gallery. The exhibit will encompass student artists experiences of the year 2020. Exhibit set to open in February 2021. Designer for “The End / 2020.” Working with a design team of fellow Architecture students to curate submitted artwork and compose the physical gallery space. Used knowledge gained in architecture classes to design gallery layout, lighting, and thresholds.
Muralist
Spring 2018 - Fall 2020
May 2020 - September 2020
technical skills
Commissioned to design and paint indoor and outdoor murals for public and private clients
Mural Design / Painting Private Clients Burtonsville, MD
Mural Design / Calverton Swim Club Calverton, MD
bim / 3d modeling /
Graphics /
Autodesk Revit SketchUp Pro Rhinoceros 3D
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite Autodesk AutoCAD Hand Drafting and Sketching Lumion Rendering
Platforms /
other /
Intern for the Facilities and Construction Department. Designed creative and code compliant solutions to current hospital layout issues. Modeled proposed construction designs in Revit and created renderings in Lumion. Presented project proposals to hospitals board of directors. Gained real world experience of active construction sites and projects.
Microsoft Office Suite Google Drive Applications
Model Building Painting Sculpting 3D Printing
Retained after the internship ended as a freelance consultant based on technical skills displayed during the summer internship. Created digital renderings in Revit, Lumion, and Photoshop of proposed alterations to the hospital’s chapel. Final renderings are featured in official design proposal prints and presentations.
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD - Facilities Intern June 2019 - December 2019
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Projects 401
Firenze
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personal
Donovan Gallery Dupont Facade Dupont library
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Teatro Del Popolo mapping florence
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Community Network the bridge
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The End / 2020 acrylic Exploratory
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Artworks
Plan 1/16” = 1’
The Gallery Design Project was a three dimensional study of a series of exhibit spaces through the manipulation of eight 10 x 10’ cubes and one 20 x 20’ cube to form a composition. The final design showcases sculptures from artist Tara Donovan and mimics the organic forms and sense of growth found in her work. Differences in height, turning & twisting of cubes, overlap & puncturing of volumes into one another work to mimic natural growth while constrained to rigid forms.
North Elevation 1/8” = 1’
DONOVAN GALLERY University of Maryland / College Park ARCH401 / Fall 2019 / 3 weeks Professor Douglas Crawford / dcrawfo@umd.edu Digital and Handcrafted Media
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PUSH / Pull
Context / Environment
Process
dupont facade design
1625 CONNECTICUT AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC University of Maryland / College Park ARCH401 / Fall 2019 / 4 weeks Professor Douglas Crawford / dcrawfo@umd.edu Digital and Handcrafted Media
Shade
pattern of solid / void broken on 1st floor to maximize commercial window space
Figure / Ground
Geometry
The project involved the redesign of a vertical surface in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington DC. The building program is four floors of commercial space, the lowest two floors being retail, and the upper two floors being a restaurant and an outdoor bar. The final design maintains the vertical orgainzation, divided into thirds, of the surrounding context. The facade is extruded along the grid into alternating triangular prisms, some glass, some solid, accounting for programatic and environmental factors.
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in site + isolation studies 1/4" = 1’
dupont library
1643-45 CONNECTICUT AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC University of Maryland / College Park ARCH401 / Fall 2019 / 6 weeks Professor Douglas Crawford / dcrawfo@umd.edu Digital and Handcrafted Media
This six week project explored designing within the urban context of Washington D.C. 's Dupont Circle neighborhood and examining the programmatic needs of public resource architecture. The building is a four story glass prism concealed by a perforated concrete shell floating above. The exterior shell’s pattern features an abstraction of D.C.’s street network, cut by traffic circles and transverse streets. The punctures in the shell create a gradation in opacity, paralleling the noise and privacy levels of the interior programing. The glass box peaks through the shell on the first floor and mezzanine levels, matching the openness of the main library and public gathering spaces. The third floor reading rooms and special collections are shielded from Connecticut ave. but receive ambient reading light through three large breaks in the shell's northern facade. The green roof provides visitors additional green space in the urban environment.
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PROGRAM Service / Mechanical
LIBRARY ROOF CONNECTION
SHIELD
ROOFTOP GATHERING SPACE Green Roof
Concrete Shell Shield from Connecticut Ave, Northern Light Softening Opacity
Special Collections Employee Offices
Private Reading Rooms MAIN LIBRARY READING
Service / Mechanical Classrooms / Gathering
Childrens Section Lobby / Checkout MAIN LIBRARY GATHERING
CORE Glass / Concrete Prism
Floor 2
North Elevation
West Elevation
1/24” = 1’
1/24” = 1’
1/24” = 1’
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Via del Leone
piazza torquato Tasso
VOLUMES: A. loggia green roof B. artist apartment C. theater
Piazza Torquato Tasso
A.
1m = 200m *
B.
C.
Floor 2 * 1m = 400m
* Plans
and sections are group work with Kevin Hernandez. Original modeling by Kevin Hernandez, post-production illustrator edits by me.
il teatro del popolo
This 9 week project explored the relationship between residential, performance, and public spaces in the Oltrarno district of Florence, Italy. Site was required to contain a performance space and apartment meant to house a director for a 2 to 6 month artistic residency.
UMD / ISI / Semester in Florence, Italy ARCH402 / Spring 2020 / 9 weeks Franco Pisani / psnfnc@gmail.com Stefano Corazzini / corazzinistefano@gmail.com Partner Kevin Hernandez / khbd.arch@gmail.com collaborative work labeled
Il Teatro del Popolo is founded in three core ideas of Adaptability, Community, and 3 Volumes / Functions. The Design responds to site shape by forming 3 volumes, a double height concrete theater, a 3 story apartment puncturing the theater to connect the spaces, and a loggia activating the abandoned alleyway. The volumes form a small piazza adjacent to the larger Piazza Tasso and reclaim the site, once used by residents as a gathering space before being shuttered. The black box theater layout and series of pivoting doors maximize artistic experimentation and adaptability of space, allowing the theater and piazza to become one cohesive form.
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development balcony seating lobby, admin, bath
za Piaz
black box theater
to qua Tor s Tas o
Leone Via del
Site Lines
Theater
Separation
bed, bath, storage living, kitchen
Residence / Loggia
Residence
piazza
Connection
loggia
Theater Connection
Community
Integration
Volumes
functions
adaptability*
* Revit Model is joint work with Kevin Hernandez. Diagram Series done by me.
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SURVEYing / DRAWING
Santa Maria Novella Station Architect / Giovanni Michelucci Completed / 1934 Pen / Hardline Sketch Elevation / Perspective Not in person due to Covid-19 Pandemic
Santa Maria Novella Facade Architect / Leon Battista Alberti Facade / 1456 - 1470 Pencil / Hardline Sketch Elevation / Proportion Study My Apartment
“Surveying and Drawing: Mapping Florence Architecture” enhanced students surveying and hand drawing skills, understanding of hidden geometries, and guided students through Florence’s Art and Architecture History. The class was taught as a series of tours through the city's most iconic buildings followed by a 3 hour in person sketching session, focusing on understanding of spaces and analysis of proportion.
Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio Architect / Giorgio Vasari Work / 1555 - 1572 Pen / Hardline Sketch Plan / Elevation / Proportion Study
Mapping Florence U of Md / ISI / Semester in Florence, Italy ARCH448W / Spring 2020 Stefano Corazzini / corazzinistefano@gmail.com Hand Sketching / Pencil & Pen
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College Park Resilience Hub
South Elevation 1/16” = 1’
Baltimore Ave.
COMMUNITY NETWORK 7400 BALTIMORE AVENUE, COLLEGE PARK, MD University of Maryland / College Park ARCH403 / Fall 2020 / 4 weeks Professor Marcus Cross / mcross@umd.edu Digital Media
This 6 week project involved designing community resource architecture for education, disaster relief, and equity centered climate resilience within downtown College Park. The Community Network’s design is informed by a parti of “Community,” a series of interlocking nodes and circles with College Park’s New City Hall as the center. Arc’s radiating from the City Hall define the massing and interior of the resilience hub. Exterior pillars on the southern facade follow the path of the curve outward. Mullions acting as shaders are shaped by the curve superimposed onto the side of the building. The flexible programming of the first and mezzanine levels offer everyday, crisis, and relief services including meeting spaces, a warming kitchen, and a reference library. The third floor contains employee offices and public outdoor space. Site Relationships 1” = 144’
Baltimore Ave.
PARTI
K n ox R d .
College Park City Hall
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BR 1-4BR
BR
BR
Loading
Public Meeting Space
Fire Stair
Elevator Information + Coat Closet
Lobby
Floor 1
BR Stor. Warming Kitchen
Conference Room
Fire Stair
From Floor 2
Elevator
Storage
terrace gathering space
community graden planters
Reference Library
Floor 2
BR
Offices 1-3
Mechanical
Fire Stair
Exterior Space
Elevator Break Room Offices 4-6
Floor 3 contrast between levels
knox rd section 1/18” = 1’
space created on busy street corner
Massing Strategy
Floor sequence 1/36” = 1’
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Designing along the Curve
Elements Pilars
Louvers
3” x 6” Paralell Strand Lumber Columns
2” x 2” Vertical Bamboo Louvers 1” off Facade
First Floor
Second Floor
Polished Concrete Wall
East Elevation
Bamboo
Shading System
1/24” = 1’
Window Sizing, Columns, + Mullions on Southern Facade Limit Direct Sunlight
Curve accentuated by louver and mullion spacing
Louvers
Floating, Attached 1” off of Facade
Building curve superimposed onto southern louvers Facade
Concrete and Bamboo Facade Flush on Exterior
Windows Facade Section
Set Back 6” Mullions spaced 5’ along pilars
Pilars
Flush with Concrete and Bamboo Facade
South Elevation
Baltimore Ave.
1/24” = 1’
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rediscovering the water A Journey in discovering Urban Ecology
Fall 2020 SuperJury Finalist N.P.S. Center for Urban Ecology 4598 MACARTHUR BLVD. NW, WASHINGTON, DC
This six week project explored building within a landscape, with a focus on sustainability and the relationship between landscape and urban edge, resolving the sites location within Georgetown D.C. and bordering the Georgetown Reservoir.
the bridge University of Maryland / College Park ARCH403 / Fall 2020 / 6 weeks Professor Marcus Cross / mcross@umd.edu Digital Media
The new Center for Urban Ecology includes educational, research, and administrative spaces and utilizes its location, bordering the Georgetown Reservoir and Potomac River Valley, to reconnect D.C. residents with the water. The elevated boardwalk and cantilevered building act as a procession from street edge to panoramic views, previously inaccessible due to site topography. Floor to ceiling windows maximize views of the surroundings for employees and visitors. A steel supertruss structural system on the second and third floor accommodate the open conference space and central atrium. Large overhangs on each floor block direct sunlight and provide a pathway for stormwater and greywater to flow from the building, to a constructed wetland at the site's low point. Sustainable features on the roof include photovoltaic panels on the building and pavilion roofs and an intensive green roof.
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Reservoir Berm
Classrooms
Wetland
GeorgeTown Reservoir
Exhibits
Deciduous Grove
Elliott Ave.
Low Density Residential
rB lv d
Exhibits
CUE
Hiking Trail
u rth cA Ma
Potomac River Valley
Residential Edges
Stormwater Runoff Paths
Low Point / Drainage Pipe
20 ft Reservoir Berm
Georgetown Reservoir
Existing National Hiking Trail
Potomac River Valley
rediscovering the water Tall Grasses block Reservoir Access
Guiding concept Paths mimic Water Flow
Topography / Hydrology / edge Analysis
1” = 196’
Site
Outdoor Exhibit
Outdoor Education / Research Center for Urban Ecology
Pedestrian Stormwater / Greywater Constructed Wetland
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1” = 98’
1” = 98’
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rise up / flow down
An exposed superstruss structural system allows The Bridge to rise off of the site and provide panoramic views from the cantilevered second and third floors. Overhangs surrounding the building allow greywater and stormwater to flow down the southern side and main facade of the building
South Elevation 1 / 32” = 1’
East Elevation 1 / 32” = 1’
Flow detail Floor 3 recycled steel truss structure carries a controled flow from third floor mechanical room to south ramp or entrance falls Concrete elevator shaft / fire stair lateral bracing system
Floor 2 recycled steel truss structure supertruss system supports 60' overlook cantilever
15'
two entrance water falls flank the front doors, creating the final bridge before entering
south elevation ramp intertwines building and site, water flows directly to site ramp sequence
60' Cantilever Floor 1 column + beam 15' x 20' grid recycled steel frame structure 20' 15'
column + beam / truss hybrid system
bridges resolve competing pedestrian and water cirrculation and create moments of connection between the two ramp sequence weaves through enterance terraces and concludes at the constructed wetland
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core atrium
The core atrium continues the journey to the water, moving beneath the center's wet labs, large windows display the research occurring within. The journey concludes at the Potomac River Overlook. Classroom Classroom
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Classroom
Overlook
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Green House
Green Roof
Floor 3 1 / 64” = 1’
Admin 3
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3
3
Break Room
Gathering Space
Team Room Wet Lab 5
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Open Office
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Wet Lab
Floor 2 1 / 64” = 1’
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mudroom field storage office lab storage restroom service storage
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3 Lobby + Exhibit
Wet Lab
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2
Floor 1 1 / 64” = 1’
potomac Overlook
Gathering space
wet lab 2
lobby
Longitudinal Section 1/24” = 1’
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Sustainable Site Deciduous grove provideds natural sunshading during summer months and allows in light during winter months
Water
solar
solar
stormwater capture and filtration
daylighting and shading
energy
Pitched roof collects roof stormwater in mechanical room for building use
stormwater runoff paths on impermeable surfaces paths end at constructed wetland
deciduous trees provide seasonal shading
overhangs optomize passive solar gain, blocking summer sun and allowing in low winter sunlight
photovoltaic panels on building and pavillion roofs
excess stormwater and lab greywater released to constructed wetland
intensive green roof improves air quality / building efficiency / water retention
Water constructed wetland aquatic plants naturally filter water green stormwater management infrastructure provides habitat to wildlife
boardwalk and platforms elevated to decrease impermeable ground surfaces
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gallery design Threshold / separation of themes “THE END / 2020” is a student created exhibition that will thematically guide viewers through events of 2020 through art and information. Three motifs of Compress, Suppress, and Express divide the gallery and student artwork. Divisions are created through the use of lighting and 8’ monoliths acting as thresholds between each section. Motifs created by Exhibit Director. Monolith designs shown are original work. All group work is labeled.
The End
Express
2D Works
Compress Work surrounding emotions evoked by the Covid-19 pandemic and immediate shrinking of our personal worlds
Supress
Supress Work surrounding emotions evoked in response to police brutality during summer 2020 and broader political tensions throughout the year
render of final monolith designs in the space Compress
Express Small silver linings throughout the year. This motif celebrates creative expression and exploration unlocked in 2020
The end / 2020 3835 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20742 Linear Gallery UMD Architecture Building / College Park Feb 5, 2021 - May 20, 2021 Exhibit Director / augus.iglesias@gmail.com
Linear Gallery UMD Architecture Building 1/12” - 1’
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Monolith Design dimensions
Materials
Kit of Parts
Restricted to 3’ x 1’4” x 8’4”
2” x 2” Dimensional Lumber 8’ lengths
Designed around using 8’ / 3’ / 1’ lengths
8’
Express 3’ x 1’4” x 8’4” Wood / Colored Plexi Glass
6’ 5’
Parti Plexi Glass Catches Light first time color is involved in monolith to reinforce idea of lightness within dark and a thematic break from previous motifs
4’ 2’
From Base Top
Monolith Front Face 3’
5”
8’
Compress 3’ x 1’4” x 8’4” Wood / Acrylic Paint
6’
Parti
darkness sets tone for compress and exhibit as a whole
4’
black painted portion increases by 2 ft at each segment
2’
2’ difference
From Base Top
Monolith Side Face 1/4” = 1’
3’
Assembly Process
6’ Increasing Heaviness
3”
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Assembly Members: Augusto Iglesias / Exhibit Director / augus.iglesias@gmail.com Assembly Members: Chris Wolfrum / Designer / cwolfrum9@gmail.com
1/4” = 1’
Personal
sunbelt Fall 2017 / 4 months / 36” x 48” / Acrylic on Canvas
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Acrylic / canvas
Inspired by Contemporary Indigenous Australian Art, an acrylic painting movement that began in the early 1970’s, characterized by circles, dots, and organic lines that create complex designs. Paintings often include iconography and symbols representative of place, movement, and people. I was drawn to the intricate details within the paintings while visiting Adelaide and Sydney, Australia in 2017. The works are from a series of paintings I have completed focusing on abstracted landscapes. “Sunbelt” published in student art & poetry publication “Stylus” 2018 Issue.
From top left: sunbelt detail Personal / Fall 2017 / 4 months 36” x 48” Acrylic on Canvas
geode hill Personal / Spring 2020 / 4 months 30” x 40” Acrylic on Canvas
river valley Personal / Summer 2018 / 2 months 24” x 36” Acrylic on Canvas
spacejam Personal / Spring 2018 / 2 weeks 12” x 12” Acrylic on Canvas
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Exploratory
The expression of human creative skill and imagination. Works exploring different media and scale.
From top left: Half Dome From Glacier Point Mural / Commission / Summer 2020 / 1 month 15’ 6” x 8’ 6” Acrylic on Drywall
Botanic Earrings Personal / Summer 2020 / 2 weeks 1” x 3” Acrylic on Clay
Wave Detail Personal / Fall 2020 / 2 months 12” x 18” Textile
Aspen Trees Personal / Spring 2018 / 2 months 36” x 48” Oil on Canvas
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