N I C H O L A S D A L Q U E S T
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Landscape Sanctuary
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TSD Modular Housing
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Water Rejuvenation
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Earth Block Housing
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Haven Farms + Market
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Family Tree
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Resume
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LANDSCAPE SANCTUARY Fall 2018 Advisor | Mike McCall
Located on the historic site of Angel Island in San Francisco, this project performs as an outdoor sanctuary and assembly space for a new naturalization ceremony. In the early 20th Century, the island was home to many immigration detention camps for the largely Chinese population attempting to begin a new life in the United States. After the inhumane conditions the immigrants were kept in, the program was ended and the complex was abandoned. To begin the process of healing and revitalization for the site, the project took influence from the Classical Gardens of Suzhou in the Jiangsu Province in China. As one meanders through a series of distinct moments of pause and framed views, the project provides spaces for reflection and contemplation, which ultimately lead to a final expansive view of the Bay, where the immigrants officially become citizens of their new home. 04
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San Francisco Bay
Angel Island
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Calligraphic sketches of iterations of compositions help visualize formal qualities , site circulation, and hierarchy 07
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8 Program: 1. Entrance 2. Greeting Pavilion 3. Discussion Pavilion 4. Reflection Pool 5. Viewing Frame Over Bay 6. Maze Pavilion 7. Nature Pavilion 8. Assembly Amphitheater 9. Stage and Podium 10. Administration 10 | Landscape Sanctuary
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A construction method of bamboo framing allows the walls to maintain an imprinted quality, embedding the culture and history of the site into the project itself.
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TSD MODULAR HOUSING Spring 2019 Advisor | Simon Atkinson
The Texas School for the Deaf in Austin provides specialized education for students across Texas. However, the rising real estate prices of Austin force these specific educators to move out of the city. This project aims to provide affordable housing for not only the school, but for the city at large. A concept of modular, tiny living yields a system that could be applied across the city and creates affordable means of living for the teachers and families of the School for the Deaf and Austin. The distinct typology of reclaimed wood and the sawtooth roof structures create a unique aesthetic to the modules. When collectively composed, the housing coalesces to create a recognizable community and local neighborhood that is affordable for all those who require it and desirable to the public.
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Entry Perspective
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Program: 1. Housing on Re-purposed Foundations 2. Housing in Heritage Trees 3. Housing in Reclaimed Neighborhood 4. New Entrance to TSD 5. Bus Stop and Crosswalk 6. Bodega and Coffeehouse 7. Housing Infill in West Neighborhood 8. Parking 16 | TSD Modular Housing
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Single Unit - Type I 18 | TSD Modular Housing
Single Unit - Type II
Double Unit - Type I
Double Unit - Type II
Double Unit - Type III
Commercial Unit - Two Floors 19
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WATER REJUVENATION Spring 2018 Advisor | Nick Steshyn
Big Stacy, a historic public pool naturally heated by an underground hot spring, has been in need of repair in recent years. In the southern area of the Green Belt in the city of Austin, this project aims to become an outdoor water rejuvenation facility that lies low and flows with the landscape, creating a place-making setting for the area and revitalizing the pool and community. The project was born out of stereotomy and focuses on the haptic and visual experiences of the user, connecting them with both water and nature. A series of views are carefully sculpted, framed by both the building and the cherry blossom trees, thereby creating a journey through the facility. A strong processional experience is evident as when the user enters and leaves a new program they are met with a change in temperature, water, and nature.
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Program: 1. Entrance Courtyard 2. Entrance Hallway 3. Administration 4. Washroom Courtyard 5. Washroom 6. Bathrooms 7. Historic Big Stacy Pool 8. Thermal Baths Courtyard 9. Caldarium 10. Frigidarium 24 | Water Rejuvenation
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EARTH BLOCK HOUSING Fall 2019 Advisor | Rasa Navasaityte
A glimpse into the future of what housing will eventually come to be, this project facilitates new housing typologies by employing futuristic Earth Block construction. The Earth Blocks are the ultimate progression of green roofs, taking the concept to its most extreme. Large structural blocks filled with earth act as a stable mass to allow the suspension of superstructures while also allowing the roots of trees and large vegetation to grow deep and become integrated with the structure itself. The flora can then truly become one with the architecture when after many years of growth and propagation the vegetation will eventually consume the building.
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HAVEN FARMS + MARKET Spring 2020 Advisor | Michael Garrison Partner | Alexis Medrano-Ross
In 2019, 2,255 people did not have a place to call home in Austin. Our aim is to centralize the services that facilitate the homeless population’s transition to self-sufficiency while introducing resources such as healthcare facilities, job training, and a multi-functional marketplace that are readily accessible to the existing neighborhood. Haven Farms + Market focuses on the development and celebration of a network of food as a resource for the campus and community. The Greenhouse creates a cycle of retainment, filtration, and reuse to provide a solution to the water run-off from the site, as well as supplying locally grown produce to the adjacent marketplace and cafeteria. The Marketplace is a venue that provides access to the locally grown foods as well as a space for local food vendors and restaurants with hopes of redefining the culture of a food market. 40
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Masterplan: 1. Women’s Housing 2. Family Housing 3. Security 4. Staff Housing 5. Men’s Housing 6. Affordable Housing 7. Library 8. Activity Center 9. Support Services 10. Transformational Services 11. Kitchen + Dining 12. Childcare Center 13. Medical, Vision, + Dental 14. Storage + Donation 15. Intake Facilities 16. Security 17. St. Johns Greenhouse 18. St Johns Marketplace 19. Retention Pond 20. St. Johns Park 21. Community Garden 22. District Cooling Plant 42 | Haven Farms + Market
Site Analysis And Programmatic Diagram 43
Ground Floor: 1. Cart Pickup 2. Bathroom 3. Piston Room 4. Mechanical Room 5. Checkout 6. Bakery 7. Food Market
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8. Loading Dock 9. Storage 10. Outdoor Seating 11. Planters 12. Hydraulic Lift 13. Atrium 14. Plant Storage 15. Cistern Room
Roof Plan: 1. Skylight 2. Zinc Roof 3. Photovoltaic Panels 4. Operable Panel 5. Shade Cloth
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Greenhouse Transverse Section
Market Transverse Section 46 | Haven Farms + Market
Greenhouse Longitudinal Section
Market Longitudinal Section 47
Market Structural Axon 48 | Haven Farms + Market
Greenhouse Structural Axon
Greenhouse Cooling Diagram
Water System Diagram 49
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Roof Gutter Detail: 1. Zinc Drip Seam 2. 4” Integrated Zinc Gutter 3. Zinc Gutter Seam 4. 1/2” Gypsum Board 5. 1/2“ Wood Sheathing 6. 6” Rigid Insulation 7. 1/2“ Wood Sheathing 8. Waterproof Tar Paper 9. Waterproof Vapor Barrier 10. Zinc Roof
Foundation Detail: 1. 4 inch Insulated Anodized Zinc Panels 2. Waterproofing Membrane 3. 4 inch Rigid Insulation 4. W12 Steel Column with Intumescent Paint 5. Drainage Pipe 6. Girt 7. Girt Fastener 8. Continuous Butylene Sealant 9. Metal Flashing Insulation Cap 10. Drip Drain 11. Outside Stone Pavers
11. 6” Steel C-Channel 12. 1“x4” Wood Strapping 13. Steel Purlin 14. Zinc Flashing Drip Seam 15. Steel Tubing 16. 2x4 Wood Headers 17. Aluminum Window Unit 18. Zinc Flashing Drip Seam 19. Double Glaze Curtain Wall
12. Drainage Gravel 13. Concrete Planter Box 14. Soil 15. Fine Sand 16. Drainage Gravel and Drain 17. Drainage Cells 18. Waterproofing Membrane 19. 8” Structural Bolts 20. Weld Plate 21. Grout 22. 6” Slab on Grade Concrete Foundation 23. Rebar and Mesh Wire 24. 1 1/4” PEX Radiant Floor System 51
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F A M I LY T R E E Fall 2020 Instructors - Mark Maček, John Vehko, Beau Boldin
A sculptural symbol filled with metaphors, similes, and representations. There is little if nothing that you can do in this world to begin to repay your mother. This was my attempt: a structure to hold the many plants, books and mementos she cares for to fill her empty nest. The shelf is composed of four columns, rails connecting the columns, shelves bracing the rails, and slats sheathing the shelves. The wood is sourced from regions representing the stages of her life. The heights of the shelves correspond to the heights of the eyes of her family. The structure uses no glue or adhesive; it can be taken apart and put back together with ease, taken wherever my mother wants to go. When she retires to Costa Rica, she will pack the shelf along with her, and when she misses her children, she can gaze at the shelf of a family member and feel the eyes of her children looking back at her. 54
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RETIRE
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INITIAL CONCEPT
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FINAL PRODUCT
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SON’S WIFE
DOG
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SON’S PARTNER
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N I C H O L A S D A L Q U E S T nickdalquest@gmail.com 940 - 452 - 4209 issuu.com/nickdalquest linkedin.com/in/nicholas-dalquest 60
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Marmol Radziner | Architectural Intern January 2021 - Present | Los Angeles, CA
The University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Architecture Anticipated Spring 2021
Produces construction documentation including permit sets, product and material specifications, and renderings for a variety of small-scale, high-end residential projects. UTSOA Material Exchange | Student Associate January 2020 - December 2020 | Austin, TX Lead sustainability initiatives, cost-saving and waste reduction measures, and digital resource expansion for the school’s Material Exchange program. UTSOA Technology Lab | Student Technician August 2019 - December 2019 | Austin, TX Assisted students and staff with daily technology troubleshooting. Oversaw and trained students and staff for a variety of digital fabrication tools. Bahia Beach Construction | Volunteer June 2018 | Chone, EC Collaborated in building sustainable bamboo structures in an earthquake-stricken region in Ecuador. Designed one realized greenhouse and assisted in the construction of several homes and community gathering spaces.
Navarro College Associate of Science Graduated Spring 2016 Integrated High School Program
SKI LLS 3D Modeling Revit, Rhino 6, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Unity, Grasshopper Graphics, Video, Audio, and Rendering Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Lumion, VRay, Enscape, Ableton Live Digital Fabrication 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CNC Routing
ORGAN I ZATI ONS UT Undergraduate Architecture Student Council Vice President | 2019 - 2020 Financial Director | 2018 - 2019 UT American Institute of Architecture Students Firm Liaison | 2019 - 2020
Corgan Architects | High School Intern October 2015 - May 2016 | Dallas, TX
UT Senate of College Councils Architecture Representative | 2019 - 2020 Financial Director | 2018 - 2019
Collaborated weekly for a High School Capstone to learn the fundamentals of architecture in a large firm environment.
UTSOA Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Student Representative | 2018 - 2020