Abridged Work Sample

mknutson@umich.edu 303.895.9115 1109 Freesia Ct. Ann Arbor MI, 48105

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Jun- Aug 2014

George Boyle Architects Intern Architect New York, NY Prepared drawings/presentation material for Landmarks hearings Prepared drawings from site on-measurements Diagramming

Mar, 2014

Brooklyn, NY Preliminary design Prepared construction documents

Davis Partnership Intern Architect Denver, CO Prepared Construction Documents (Healthcare) BIM management Design Development and space planning (Healthcare) Prepared Request for Proposals Created artistic and photorealistic renderings for marketing,

fundraising, and client communication Prepared Design Proposals for client interviews

(Higher Education)

May-Aug, 2010

TRYBA Architects Intern Architect Denver, CO Prepared Design Proposals for competitions Organized and developed Revit, BIM models Surveyed and documented project process

EDUCATION May, 2015

May, 2012

Master of Architecture

+1 303.895.9115 +1 303.895.9115 mknutson@umich.edu mknutson@umich.edu

TECHNICAL SKILLS Revit Architecture 2015 7 Years Academic Experience 2 Years Professional Experience Construction Documents

Rhinoceros 5 3 Years Academic Experience

Drafting, Modeling, Rendering. Plug-ins

Adobe Illustrator 10 years Academic Experience 3+ Years Professional Experience Formatting, Designing, Diagramming

Photoshop 6 Years Academic Experience 4 Years Professional Experience

Post Production Rendering and photo touch up. Diagramming.

InDesign 6 Years Academic Experience 2 Years Professional Experience,

Preparing, Formatting, Managing Presentations and RFPs

Ann Arbor, MI

Grasshopper 2 Years Academic Experience 1 Professional project

Bachelor of Science, Architecture Arizona State University, The Design School

Python 1 Years Academic Experience

Regis Jesuit High School

Google Sketch-up (extensive) 7 Years Academic Experience 2 Years Professional Experience

University of Michigan, TCAUP

Tempe, AZ May, 2006

1467 5th Ave. Apartment #27 1467 5th Ave. Apartment #27 New City, New NewYork York New York York City,

Steven Yang Architects Spring Externship

May-Aug, 2011 May, 2012-Jun 2013

BAS, M.Arch

Aurora, CO

Interior models, massing studies, diagrams, client presentations.

AWARDS AND HONORS Honorable Mention, ULI Hines Competition, 2015 Jury Commendation, Thesis Show, 2015 George Davis Scholarship Award, 2011 Paul H. Klett Memorial Scholarship Award, 2011 George Christensen Travel Scholarship Award, 2011 Design Excellence, ASU School of Architecture, 2009, 2011 Eagle Scout, Troop 72 Boulder, Colorado , 2004 4

AutoCAD 7 Years Academic Experience 2 Years Professional Experience Drafting, Site Design.

REFERENCES

* Available upon request

PROFESSIONAL WORK

LANDMARKS PROPOSALS, NYC

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George Boyle Architects New York City, New York

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO 7

Davis Partnership Architects South Campus, Highlands Ranch CO, 2012-13

CESAR E. CHAVEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING David Owen TRYBA Architects GSA Headquarters, Denver CO, 2010

ACADEMIC WORK

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BLOCK 32

The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park Phoenix, AZ. 2009

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BARRIO CENTRO Tucson Barrio Neighborhood, AZ Community Center, 2010

MOTT HAVEN MASTER PLAN, NYCHA Future Growth Master Plan, Mott Haven, Bronx, New York NY, 2014

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THIRD AVE

Mixed Use Development, Tower Mott Haven, Bronx, New York NY

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ROOM TO BREATHE Chinese Migrant Worker Housing ////////////////////////////////////// Shanghai, 2013

AL-10XX: ReCast Masters Thesis University of Michigan, TCAUP, 2015

COMPETITIONS

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NASA: CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE Advanced: Stage I (currently underway) Team: Mars Terrain Intelligence Collaborative

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HINES URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION Honorable Mention University of Michigan, 2015

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MICRO-HOUSING IDEAS COMPETITION Peoples Choice Winner Denver CO, 2013

APPENDIX

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APPENDIX, PERSONAL WORK Hand drawing, collage art.

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Landmarks Hearings George Boyle Architects, New York City, New York

“ The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the

largest municipal preservation agency in the nation. It is responsible for protecting New York City's architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites by granting them landmark or historic district status, and regulating them once they're designated.

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he Chanin Building is a brick and terra-cotta skyscraper located at 122 East 42nd Street, at the corner of Lexington Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Built by Irwin S. Chanin in 1929, it is 56 stories high, reaching 197.8 metres (649 ft) excluding the spire and 207.3 metres (680 ft) including it. It was designed by Sloan & Robertson in the Art Deco style,[2] with the assistance of Chanin's own architect Jacques Delamarre, and it incorporates architectural sculpture by Rene Paul Chambellan.

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1978, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Primary Tasks ● Prepared drawings/presentation material for Landmarks Heaings ● Prepared drawings from on-site measurements ● Diagramming and infographics

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Selected Drawing from Landmarks Proposal Set

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO

Healthcare Design FKP, Architects/Davis Partnership, Denver CO

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it was founded in 1908 in Denver, Children’s Hospital Colorado set out to be a leader in providing the best healthcare outcomes for children.

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ocated in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, this satellite hospital campus will include urgent care, ambulatory care, and outpatient and inpatient beds. The project’s first phase, scheduled to open in late 2013, will encompass more than 175,000 square feet with future capacity to expand as community needs grow.

Complete Construction Document Set (98%) Children's Hospital Colorado Below

Children's Hospital Colorado Photo: Dressel Martin Media Works

Children’s Hospital Colorado expects to host nearly 80,000 patient visits at the South Campus during its first year.

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Prepared Construction Documents, Healthcare.

BIM management Design Development, Healthcare Prepared Request for Proposals Created artistic and photo-realistic renderings for marketing, fundraising, and client communication Prepared design proposals for client interviews, Higher Education

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César E. Chávez Memorial Building

GSA Headquarters TRYBA Architects, Denver CO

“ “Si, se puede !” “Yes we can!”

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Cesar M. Chavez, March 31, 1927- April 23, 1993

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he building’s prominent site on Speer Boulevard in the Golden Triangle is a gateway to Denver’s Justice Center Complex and includes a new 377-stall parking garage to the north.

The transformation of the 1984 Federal Office Building includes a high-performing, security-hardened aluminum and glass curtain wall system, which reduces the building’s energy consumption by 30-percent and enhances occupants’ views and fills office space with natural light.

Main building entrance. High efficiency Super T8 light system, harvest daylight. Occupancy sensors also reduce consumption. The interior terrazzo floor is made of 50-percent recycled beer bottles—recovered from local breweries. The 10-story LEED Gold building houses over 200 employees, several federal agencies, a daycare center, cafeteria and fitness center.

Primary Tasks ● Prepared Design Proposals for competitions ● Organized and developed Revit, BIM models ● Surveyed and documented project process

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Above Cesar E. Chavez Design Proposal Commissioner's Book Below Left, Right Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building

TRYBA Architects Lobby Renderings Cesar Chavez Memorial Building

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BLOCK 32

The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park Phoenix, AZ. 2009

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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

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Harold Wlson, 1916-1995

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he Pioneer and Military Memorial Park is the official name given to seven historic cemeteries in Phoenix, Arizona.

The cemeteries were founded in 1884 in what was known as Block 32. The Phoenix City Council decided to purchase Block 32 [in what archaeologists have now determined were the ruins of a pre-Columbian Hohokam community which they named “La Villa”] with the intention of relocating existing cemeteries that were deemed “unsightly near a new train station”.

The families had their loved ones moved to the new location, and the city also reburied the nearly 3,000 unclaimed bodies in a common grave in the new cemetery.

The Pioneer Memorial Cemetery lies in a neglected area of Phoenix’s urban core. The grounds have been reclaimed by desert; the earth is bare Sanorian soil, punctuated by weathered memorials to the past.

Though the cemetery itself has been largely ignored for over 100 years, it represents the most significant collection of stories and artifacts, instrumental in the development of the Phoenix valley - an area that grew from a sparse population of ranchers, Native Americans and traders to a sprawling metropolis of over 2M in less than a century.

The project strives to connect [literally and figuratively] the lives of the individuals buried on the site and their contributions to the establishment and development of the Phoenix Valley.

Many of those buried in the cemetery played significant roles in the development of the original state government and other fraternal and social organizations - constituting the backbone of a developing Phoenix. This underpins the aspirations of the project.

The site will celebrate the lives and contributions of those that built the city of Phoenix and posture optimistically toward the future in a spirit of diversity, cooperation and tenacity.

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Source: Pioneers’ Cemetery Association Top Rendered Site Plan Above, Right Concept Diagrams Series: Convergence/Intersection Rendering:reflection space, concept art

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BARRIO CENTRO COMUNITARIO

Tucson Barrio Neighborhood, AZ Community Center

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Barrio Neighborhood means free zone, and in earlier times was allowed to remain without legal restraints or the presence of a policeman. Here, the mescalian could imbibe his fill, and either male of female could, in peaceful intoxication, sleep on the sidewalk or in the middle of the streets, with all their ancient rights respected.

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City Directory, 1881

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arrio Centro is focused on a historical and cultural sensitivity to place. The site chosen in a vacant lot in Tucson’s Barrio neighborhood and has played significant role in the development of the city and the southwest region. The programming focuses on community service and cultural celebration.

The barrio neighborhood in Tucson was one of the first settlements in the region. Throughout its history, the neighborhood has undergone significant changes as populations moved and Tucson grew. The area now sits in relative disrepair although recent interest has sparked redevelopment; primarily renovation and restoration.

During the latter part of the 20th c. the neighborhood became neglected and many of the original structures fell into disrepair. Unfortunately, due to the predominant use of adobe, most damaged structures were not able to be salvaged.

The goal of Centro is to embrace this neighborhood and celebrate its colorful past. The project strives to provide a design solution that is considerate of the cultural legacy of its place, while expressing, formally, excitement and optimism toward the continued evolution of the Barrio.

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The building presents a strong visual presence in its eclectic context. It is playful and engaging. Variations in porosity and transparency, mass and void provide a multiplicity of momentary experiences from the street. The proportioned, rectilinear masses (echoing the architectural language of the Barrio) juxtaposed with the aggressive dynamism of the roof convey an ethos of energy, activity and optimism. Notions of heritage, creativity, and ambition are filtered (figuratively and literally) through the architectural medium, connecting inside to outside, public to private, past, present and future.

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h. Fall Morning Gallery i. Student Studio Space j. Classrooms k. Receiving l. Back of House (R) m. Stage/Theatre n. Back of House (L)

Formal Operation 2 A Python script generates rough geometry based on a regular structural grid and a single curve (in plan) derived from the solar exercise

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A second Python script manipulates the rough form based on a series of curves (in elevation) derived from the solar exercise. The resulting mass is exported to Revit where the mass is translated into building structure with appropriate parameters.

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MAKE MOTT HAVEN MASTER PLAN

Comprehensive Design Studio Bronx, New York

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evisiting Modernism: Mott Haven is a collaborative studio effort of eleven students of the University of Michigan to propose a future for the city of Mott Haven, New York. The proposals include an overall city master plan and a series of neighborhood/housing development alterations. These concepts recognize the current physical, social and economic situations of public housing, institutions and several local assets within the community. The purpose of this plan is to promote connectivity to the surrounding contexts, activate central nodes, and identify districts within the overall community. The series of proposal strategies are intended to strengthen rather than eliminate existing opportunities for Mott Haven residents and businesses. The studies also attempt to enhance the community’s existing buildings, structures and spaces by encouraging quality construction and urban design.

Mott Haven’s optimal connectivity to downtown New York City offers great opportunities for the current and future residents of the community. This studio’s proposal aims to activate the city of Mott Haven’s spirit, culture and accessibility by increasing a variety of identity-driven concepts, community activity spaces, as well as local amenities all can enjoy.

Main concepts include: • • • • • • • • •

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Subdividing oversized super-blocks for an efficient walkability system Activating current and new green spaces for community gathering Providing ownership and program to vacant lots Linking connections from housing to educational and healthcare facilities Improving current NYCHA Housing Campuses Strengthening community connectors to the city, waterfront, hospital and park Creating city-wide hubs (commerce, culture, transit) Identifying neighborhood districts for a sense of wayfinding and pride Proposing altered street corridors, additional bicycle transit paths and walkability opportunities

Joe Cernugel Yuva Chang Matthew Joniec Mark Knutson Eldo Mathew Dustin Murphy

Carmen Petersen Xutao Wang Jaclyn Zaborski Alexandra Ziemba Jody Zimmer

This summary report for Mott Haven, New York will first narrate the current conditions which include the geographical, physical, social, and historical analysis. Following the analysis, the studio introduces the proposals for Mott Haven, presenting work of individual design teams as an overall collective intervention. Then the report will begin to zoom into specific areas where individuals designed architectural projects across the site. These projects focus on topics such as housing, education, commercial, culture, and connectivity, yet there is an overall consistent vision of physical and programmatic approaches that create a unified design approach.

The University of Michigan’s studio design team envisioned this proposal as a way to activate and strengthen the community of Mott Haven, New York. The intention is to heighten the cultural energy and pride in the neighborhood while providing ideas for efficient transit connections and economic opportunities, which will enable Mott Haven to become a leading neighborhood in the Bronx and the greater New York area.

2576 THIRD AVE.

Mixed Use Development 3rd and North 138th Mott Haven, Bronx, New York THIRD AVE. was developed in concert with the Mott Haven Future Master Plan Proposal [pg. 14] during a three month intensive studio lead by Roy Strickand.

The plan proposed a series of focused development projects along and adjacent to the North 3rd Ave. corridor in the south Bronx. Projects included a facility for community lead higher education, a food co-op and grocery store, a cultural center and a number of creative housing strategies.

Mott Haven Report

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he Third Ave. Development project seeks to revisit issues of mixed income housing, by examining the ideas of ownership, privacy and access within a midrise, podium style residential tower. At the same time, leveraging the revenue from presold luxury units to jumpstart acomapnying public programs in the neighborhood and provide a continued source of revenue for a proposed neighborhood improvement comission.

The podium tower typology was selected because of its recent proliferation throughout American cities. The tower provides an ideal solution to growing demand for housing a relatively low cost to developers. However, it is the tower that plays the bastion, not only, of modernisms failure to deliver safe and healthy housing to those families and individuals who endured the turmoil of social housing during the 60s, and 70s, but the success these tower projects had in inhibiting positive community development at a larger scale.

The goal of Third Ave is to create a climate of cooperation and community within a traditionally private and solitary building typology. Jacobian practices are incorporated in the planning of building’s program, circulation, various levels of access and circulation. Transparency is deployed as both an architectural metaphor and proven agent of improving the safety of a place.

Above Rendering: Courtyard Cafe. Porous street edge, continuous tree canopy, engaging service tenant (Cafe)

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ROOM TO BREATHE

Juiting District, Shanghai, China Chinese Migrant Worker Housing

Chinese factories are oppressive and it is our desire for cheap goods that makes them so. The simple narrative equating western demand and Chinese suffering is “appealing”, but it’s also inaccurate and disrespectful. Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable demand for iPhones, they choose to leave their homes to make money, to learn new skills and to see the world. [Western media has grossly misrepresented the reality of working in Chinese factories.]

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- Lesli Chang, Wall Street Journal 2010

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he world of the Chinese migrant worker is one of constant movement; from the farming villages in rural China, to the manufacturing centers in the east. From one factory to another, back to the farms, and back to the cities. They spend long periods of time away from their families, and devote the majority of their adult lives to hard, factory labor.

From a western perspective, this life style is seen as impoverished, disenfranchised and unimaginably inhumane.

The reality is that China, home to nearly one fifth of the world’s population, has experienced unprecedented growth over the past four decades due mainly to widespread globalization and international trade. China’s migrant workers have mobilized in response to the demand for cheap labor necessary for this growth.

The living and working conditions of the Chinese migrant population, although unimaginable to the western observer, are in many cases, an improvement over the rural conditions from which the majority of the migrants come. The rapid expansion of the Chinese economy has afforded these marginalized farming populations an opportunity that would have seemed unimaginable just a generation ago – the chance to become (truly) upwardly mobile.

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Low rise bar allows for ease of vertical circulation and light penetration. The surpantine mass encloses a semi-private courtyard,defining a spatial domain

Percent of Population 1.351 Billion People 262 Million Migran Workers

19% Courtyard Public

4.3 Layered Circulation The bar is ascribed a duality of public and private faces. (Top to bottom) linear stair atria (public) move into a corridor then to the individual rooms (private)

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(1) The building sits on large concrete footings to accommodate shifting loads in the sandy shanghai soil. (2) The structure is made from reinforced, cast in place concrete.

(1) Secondary walls and partitions are masonry. It requires little maintenance and can be accomplished without a need for skilled labor. (2) The roof is constructed of insulated light gauge steel with welded connections to limit the need for specialized fasteners and other hardware (3) All exterior faces are wrapped in a weather resistant membrane.

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Assembly from the elements. (a) Fasteners to fix vertical fins to the exterior cladding system are manufactured in an adjacent factory specializing in light gauge steel fabrication.

The product can be produced in a simple 2 part process from a standard 4x8 sheet of steel.

The cladding system is designed to be efficient, universal, low maintenance and cost effective. By standardizing and limiting the number of components, the system provides economy in both capitol and labor while delivering robust environmental protection and a desirable aesthetic.

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Thesis, Spring 2015, Jury Citation University of Michigan Project Currently on exhibition in the THESIS HONORS PROJECTS: TOP HONORS SHOW at the Taubman College Gallery, Ann Arbor MI. ”

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Reiser + Umemoto, Atlas of Novel Tectonics

hile civilization has extracted resources from the earth for millennia, much of the energy expended in acquiring these materials still remains embedded therein. Of these materials, aluminum, now ubiquitous, was once more rare and valuable than gold. Because aluminum can be cast at relatively low temperatures, using simple equipment and inexpensive mold-making materials, it is an ideal material for a small scale industrial process where no hierarchical separation exists between designer, craftsman, and producer. Additionally, recasting existing metal requires only 3% of the energy used in smelting, and can be executed at a small scale in the likes of atelier studios and design schools.

With a self-constructed foundry, we explored a design process highly dependent on tangible physical restraints, without utterly eschewing digital influences. The range of physical processes involved in the creation of a single aluminum artifact includes: wood frame constructs, sand cast molds, robotic burnishing, robotic scratching/milling, pouring molten aluminum, and post-production work. By employing the 7-axis robot at the intersection between primordial elements (sand and clay) and cutting-edge software, we navigated the gap between the digital and the analog, while still allowing for creative expression.

Our research is intended to serve as a precursor to future creative manufacturing processes. Where others might intervene in the age-old process of sand casting to increase its efficiency, reliability, or economy, our intent was to produce novel effects. As we reconciled such paradoxes as the aesthetically perfect vs. imperfect, and the designed vs. the emergent, we came upon some truly unique results. Such discoveries suggest a new possible role of the architect/designer: that of the “digital craftsman” as well as the “chaperon of natural processes”.

Left Structural Gothic traceries Organic capillaries in an oak leaf

Above Ascetalyne torches were used to coat the inside of each mold with a layer of pure carbon prior to pouring the metal. The carbon acts as a lubricant, allowing the aluminum to flow more easily.

Crawler Primary Tool Paths Defines Significant structural divisions in the form, milled by robot as sweeping, interlocking planes (swarf cuts)

Crawler 2 Secondary Tool Paths Establishes the sprew network for distributing metal across the piece, milled by robot as tapered profiles perpendicular to the surface.

Crawler 3 Tertiary Tool Paths Provides fortifying geometry, linking edges, sprews. Etched by robot along linear toolpaths

Crawler 4 Fine Geometry Dictates the delicate capillary geometry - has a calculated failure rate resulting in continuous surfaces. Etched along linear paths.

Left 2015, Taubman M.Arch Thesis Show Liberty Annex, Ann Arbor MI

*CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT Stage II Submission: Aug 3rd, 2015

NASA's CENTENNIEL CHALLENGE: 3-D Printed Habitat

Advanced: Stage One Team: Mars Terrain Intelligence Collaborative

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is comprised of continued creative research and design of John Larmor, Mark Knutson and Timothy Sutherland, recent graduates of the Master of Architecture program at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.

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he NASA Centennial Challenge is call to design and build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration, including the agency’s journey to Mars. NASA and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes announced the competition in 2014 and registration took place in May of 2015. On Jul 21st MTIC was notified of their nomination to advance to stage II of the competition.

The multi-phase 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge, part of NASA's Centennial Challenges program, is designed to advance the additive construction technology needed to create sustainable housing solutions for Earth and beyond.

John Larmor Timothy Sutherland Mark Knutson Link to press release

Left NSSDCA Photo Gallery: Mars Viking 1 panorama of the Martian surface.

ULI HINES 2015

Honorable Mention New Orleans, Louisiana

“ “Rooted” has been recognized by the jury in particular for

“its clear and cogent schematic process, and for a cohesive and thorough healthy environment vision.”

Jury, 2015

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he ULI Hines Competition is an urban design and development challenge for graduate students. The competition engages multidisciplinary student teams to devise a comprehensive development program for a real, large-scale site. Teams of five students representing at least three disciplines have two weeks to develop solutions that include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data.

Rooted mimics the Louisiana mangrove forest to cultivate deep and broad community networks, ensuring a resilient and fortified future for New Orleans.

Erin Bozarth Greg DiRienzo Justin Ping Justin Kubassek Mark Knutson

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MICRO HOUSING IDEAS COMPETITION

People’s Choice Denver, Colorado Basecamp is designed to be just that; a base. With all that Denver and the surrounding areas have to offer the avid outdoorsperson, Basecamp caters to the young and active.

The unit provides basic living necessities, storage for gear, and a parking space for your smart car!

Qian Dong Mark Knutson

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oung Denver urbanites are exploratory.

Available to them a nearby, walkable, downtown atmosphere, public parks, bike trails, waterfronts and the rocky mountains.

Although at a mere 350 square feet per unit, Basecamp is less about spatial compacting, and more about the guaranteed availability of users in the Denver metro area. The functional dwellings contain living elements for basic living necessities of food cultivation, rest, living essentials and resources with an emphasis on equipment storage, encouraging a continued active lifestyle and engagement with he outdoors.

With the reparial alley lightly amended and the building oriented toward the dock and Platte river, users enjoy a relatively untouched experience of the natural waterfront.

Rendering Competition Submission: North Facade. Platte River