The Portfolio of Nicholas Daniel Banks by Nicholas Banks

THE PORTFOLIO OF

Nicholas Daniel Banks

STUDIO

HAND RENDERING

GRADUATE

BLACK AND WHITE

Thesis: Yellow House Canyon Winery 7

Hallway

Rethinking the Lubbock Fair

Barn

Upper Kirby YMCA

Studies

Animation: The Lion and the Mouse

COLOR

Chicago

UNDERGRAD

Urban Cave

New Mexico Trail

Wall of Maidens

Bath House

Elevation Study

Wilshire

Coney Island

ADVANCED DELINIATION

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Detail Study

Surreality

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3D RENDERING

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Pool

MIJARES MORA

Tower

El Passo Bus Terminal

Canutillo ISD elementry school

Skybridge

Patient rooms

FKP

About

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Yellow

w House Canyon Winery

Project | Thesis Project: Yellow House Canyon Winery

Year | Spring -Fall 2008

Professor | Michael Peters

Proposal 1: Two larger buildings house the wine making processes. A bar of program connects the two buildings and penetrates through them, this contains the public functions of the winery such as tasting and restaurant. This allows visitors to view the processes and landscape while dining and tasting. Aprox. 23,000 sq. ft.

Proposal 2: This is a play on a regional form of Lubbock, the church. The winery takes on a cross pattern with a large vaulted center. In the center of the cross on the second floor is the tasting area, this allows for views down into the different sections of the winery. This plan varies in that the shipping and receiving area is located on the canyon floor. Aprox. 26,500 sq. ft.

Proposal 3: Here a solid bar sits in the landscape. One of the main features in this proposal is the stairway that penetrates the building. The platform at the top of this stairway functions as a space for both the receiving functions and as a visitor entrance. A trellis covers a majority of the building serving as shading and solar collection. The majority of the production is handled on the ground floor while the public area floats over it and provides views into the production area. Aprox. 27,300 sq. ft.

Elements from schemes one and two have been combined to form this building. There are two warehouse spaces, one being larger than the other to house more production elements. The overall structure that defines the warehouse spaces is formed by three virtually separate bands of structure. Bands allowing for strong structural elements on the east and west sides of the building while allowing the entire north and south sides to be open and free of structure, were created in response to the program requirement of transparency vs. permanence. The configuration of these structural elements were explored using strips of metal that were bent by hand. Ultimately, after several trials, a design that both complemented the programmatic spaces and was visually interesting became the building envelope. The public spaces were then inserted into this structural from. The dining area is the large bar along the south face of the building, this overlooks the vineyards, as well has having views into the winery. This schematic review cemented the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design ideas, from this point on the building could be refined and attention could be given to the details.

Project | Thesis Project: Yellow House Canyon Winery

Year | Spring -Fall 2008

Professor | Michael Peters

The building, in response to the theory of critical regionalism, exists within marginal practice, is consciously bound to the location engaging the land rather than sitting on the land and stresses site and region-specific features. These three points are evident in the resulting building. The stressed sight and region-specific features address environmental concerns such as light, shade and air. Most of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s south faĂ§ade consists of glazing to allow as much light in as possible. Solar shades are used to control the sun from both light and heat. Most of the glass on the ground floor sits in operable frames allowing the entire front and back to be opened to allow air through, and

5.28 South Elevation

5.30 East Elevation

5.29 North Elevation

5.31 West Elevation

Project | Thesis Project: Yellow House Canyon Winery

Year | Spring -Fall 2008

Professor | Michael Peters

providing the maximum amount of visibility into the facility. Marginal practice, being a tricky concept to explain, is handled by the building being critical of modernism while still following a few of the non limiting features of it. The design may have the feel of a modern building (rows of glass, white walls, and hard corners), but it lacks the order and arrangement of a modern structure. Marginal practice also relates to regional forms, here the forms around the site are grain silos and warehouses. Objects within the building are arranged to resemble grain silos, the most obvious feature being the fermenting tanks, but similar patterns can also be perceived from wine storage racks at the bar, and in the spacing of the structural bands that create the overall form of the building. The majority of the interior of the production spaces are designed to look and function like a warehouse allowing for flexible uses and reconfigurable spaces. Fermenting tanks are not set and can be moved to the wine makers needs, and the barrel room can expand into other areas of the east wing depending on demand. This leaves consciously bounded architecture, allowing the building to become engaged in the site. The building sits into the topography allowing it to become of the site, not just on the site. Also vineyards are planed to surround the building further engaging the building in the site. Finally a strong axis that comes from the outside stairway of the winery continues through the site and eventually turns into a bridge that connects the north and the south part of the vineyardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grounds.

5.38 Interior Perspective Tasting Room

Project | Thesis Project: Yellow House Canyon Winery

5.39 Interior Perspective Private Dining Area

Year | Spring -Fall 2008

Professor | Michael Peters

Reth

hinking the Lubbock Fair

Project | Urban Design Studio: Rethinking the Lubbock Fair

Year | Fall 2007

Professor | Brian Rex

After an intensive study of the Lubbock Fair involving site visits and extensive discussions and research, we began creating a variety of initial concepts. We followed Bernard Tschumi’s urban designing ideas of Composition, Complement, Palimpsest, and Mediation. Eventually the plan of laying text over the site became the dominant idea that the project proceeded with. By denying the fair by burring it in a mound of earth that slopes to the neighboring road provides a surface to embed the structure of the new program elements in a series of buildings. Building F – Classic Fair: Antiques, Crafts, Cookies, Cakes, Pies, Preserves, Photography, Art, Quilts, Blue Ribbons, etc. Building cessions.

A – Music Fair: Auditorium, Stage, Con-

Building I – Modern Fair: Beer, Martinis, Wine, Bikini Contests, Grilling, Technology, Auto Show, Modern Art, etc. Building R – Commerce Fair: Shopping, Knives, Sham-wow, Fried Food, Texas Merchandise, etc.

BINGO

Above the fair sits the midway where all of the carnival rides entice the public, and illuminate the dark Lubbock sky. The elevation of the site will allow the fair to be seen from a distance. Project | Urban Design Studio: Rethinking the Lubbock Fair

Year | Fall 2007

Professor | Brian Rex

Project | Urban Design Studio: Rethinking the Lubbock Fair

Year | Fall 2007

Professor | Brian Rex

Upper Kirby YMCA

Project | Advanced Studio: Upper Kirby YMCA

Year | Summer 2007

Professor | MaryAlice Torres-MacDonald

The Upper Kirby District approached Texas Tech University graduate architecture students to come up with schematic designs for a YMCA facility. The Upper Kirby District currently owns and recently acquired approximately 4.09 acres of land adjacent to Levy Park. It is located at the intersection of Richmond Avenue and Wakeforest Drive. It is currently comprised of three office buildings and a small apartment complex which will be demolished and replaced with a new YMCA building. The vision is to create a civic campus of recreational amenities available to the surrounding communities. As well as a full service YMCA, this campus will host a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Journey to Learning Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (incorporating educational advancements), a health and wellness center, a language educational service, and an environmental education service

Project | Advanced Studio: Upper Kirby YMCA

Year | Summer 2007

Professor | MaryAlice Torres-MacDonald

WAKEFOREST RD.

EASTSIDE ST.

RICHMOND AVE

Project | Advanced Studio: Upper Kirby YMCA

Year | Summer 2007

Professor | MaryAlice Torres-MacDonald

An Aesop fable created in 3D by Nicholas Banks Voices by Adam Reed, Crista Saxon, & Nicholas Banks

Project | 3D Animation: The Lion and the Mouse

Year | Spring 2008

Professor | Brian Key

Project | 3D Animation: The Lion and the Mouse

Year | Spring 2008

Professor | Brian Key

New Mexico Trail

Project | New Mexico Trail

Year | Spring 2006

Professor | Raimond McClain

Santa Fe Trail In this project we went to the site in New Mexico and using the schools 3D laser scanner we took a topographical map of the terrain. Our mission while there was to make a collection and document this in photo. Me and my partner Brinn Sustalla collected photos of rocks, and then we removed the rocks and took pictures of the voids they left. Sometimes this left a hole the same size as the rock, or one larger then the visible rock, or even no trace at all. We then diagramed this and turned the data and the concept into our design idea. We had to create a trail that responded to the Santa Fe Trail that had little impact on the natural environment. We decided to reduce this impact by crossing the trail where it had already been disturbed by a nearby road. All three â&#x20AC;&#x153;trailsâ&#x20AC;? cross in the same place.

Project | New Mexico Trail

Year | Spring 2006

Professor | Raimond McClain

We created a series of concrete arms (their length varied depending on the diagram application to the path) that would support and elevated trail. These arms would also house wire panels that might have to be moved to continue down the path of the trail. The waystations on the trail collapse and store themselves between two structural members.

Project | New Mexico Trail

Year | Spring 2006

Professor | Raimond McClain

Santa Clara Baths

Project | Santa Clara Baths

Year | Spring 2006

Professor | Raimond McClain

For the bath about half dozen conceptual sketches of different layouts were created. One was selected and turned into a plan projected perspective using a technique that was taught to me by my professor. This perspective was then rendered using a combination of hand drawing and Illustrator techniques. A cement pour that was created earlier in the semester was integrated into the design as a structural element. I entitled this project â&#x20AC;&#x153;FILTERâ&#x20AC;?

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FILTER A filter is a device that removes something from whatever passes through it. Filters have close connotations with cleanliness, and this purification process is what defines my building. Filters handle the water systems, the natural lighting systems, the path through the building, the distribution of steam in the saunas, and define the programmatic spaces. In plan, a filter is created when a series of programmatic elements interact with each other and controls a userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambulatory experience through the building. This pushing and pulling of interior space gives way to un-uniform paths, some of which are inaccessible. These inaccessible areas serve as visual filters rather than ambulatory filters. As you progress through the building the regulation of the filter disintegrates, becoming less apparent, but more dynamic in creating spaces.

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Project | Santa Clara Baths

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Year | Spring 2006

Professor | Raimond McClain

Wilshire Est

tates Recreation Center

Project | Wilshire Estates Recreation Center

Year | Fall 2006

Professor | Stan Robertson

Wilshire Estates Recreational Center Wilshire Estates in Lubbock, Texas is a Traditional Neighborhood Development, designed according to New Urbanist principles, where residents experience a special place to live, work, and play. Nestled within the winding streets, walking paths, and strategically designed parks, rests the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Recreation Center providing a combination of services topped off with a touch of class. SECOND FLOOR GYM CARDIO OFFICE

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FIRST FLOOR ENTRY POOL LOCKER ROOM WORKOUT EQUIPMENT CAFE AEROBIC ROOM DAY CARE CENTER

Section Gym

Section Weight Room

Wall Section

Projected Section Detail Elevation Detail

Section Dance Studio 1/16” = 1’ Project | Wilshire Estates Recreation Center

Year | Fall 2006

Professor | Stan Robertson

Project | Wilshire Estates Recreation Center

Year | Fall 2006

Professor | Stan Robertson

Coney Isla

and Design Competition

Project | Coney Island Design Competition

Year | Spring 2005

Professor | Jesse Vogler

The story of Coney Island has been recounted for generations; the story of the site has been written and re-written and will continue to do so. However, the memories are beginning to fade and with no structures left to tell the stories of Coney Island, save the parachute jump, it is now the responsibility of the pavilion to present this history to the world. By reciting thoughts, songs, and writings about Coney Island to tell what the site has been will allow for these memories to be captured and frozen in time for all to see. The stories and memories will be inscribed upon the path of the parachute pavilion as a monument to the past.

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Project | Coney Island Design Competition

Year | Spring 2005

Professor | Jesse Vogler

Is it possible to build on a site and ignore the past? Coney Island is full of a rich and diverse history. This site has asuch a rich backround; it would be hard to ignore the many possiblilities of exploring the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghostâ&#x20AC;? of what the site once used to be.

French viscomtes, German barons, senators and even presidents and vice-presidents, railroad kinks,

If Paris is France, then Coney island, between June and September, is the world. English dukes and earls, French viscomtes, German barons, senators and even presidents and vice-presidents, railroad kinks, merchant princes, society queens – every human being of eminence or note in the American Continent can be found promenading the enormous hotel corridors, dining in the vast saloons or wandering on the beach.

merchant princes, society queens – every human being of eminence or note in the American Continent can be found promenading the enormous hotel corridors, dining in the vast saloons or wandering on the beach.

Albert

Bigelow Paine- “Suddenly childhood returned, and

we slid and kept on sliding until we were altogether certain that we had lost the respect of any friend or relative who might happen to be

Albert Bigelow Paine“Suddenly childhood returned, and we slid and kept on sliding until we were altogether certain that we had lost the respect

in the crowd of spectators below.”

of any friend or relative who might happen to be in the crowd of spectators below.”

Albert Bigelow Paine- “Suddenly childhood returned, and we slid and kept on sliding until we were altogether certain that we had lost the respect of any friend or relative who might happen to be in the crowd of spectators below.”

Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes, how curious you are to me! On the ferry-boats the hundreds and hundreds that cross, returning home, are more curious to me than you suppose, And you that shall cross from shore to shore years hence are more to me, and more in my meditations, than you might suppose?

If Paris is France, then Coney island, between June and September, is the world. English dukes and earls, French viscomtes,

suppose?

German barons, senators and even presidents and vice-presidents,

railroad kinks, merchant princes, society queens – every human being of eminence or note in the American Continent can be found promenading the enormous hotel corridors, dining in the vast saloons or wandering on the beach.

years hence are more to me, and more in my meditations, than you might suppose?

If Paris is France, then Coney island, between June and September, is the world. English dukes and earls, French viscomtes, German barons, senators and even presidents

and vice-presidents, railroad kinks, merchant princes, society queens – every human being of eminence or note in the American Continent can be found promenading the enormous hotel corridors, dining in the vast saloons or wandering on the beach.

Albert Bigelow Paine- “Suddenly childhood returned, and we slid and kept on sliding until we were altogether certain

Albert Albert Bigelow Paine- “Suddenly childhood returned, and we slid and kept on sliding until we were altogether certain that we had lost the respect of any friend or relative who might happen to be in the crowd of spectators below.”

in the crowd of spectators below.”

Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes, how curious you are to me! On the ferry-boats the hundreds and

hundreds that cross, returning home, are more curious to me than you suppose, And you that shall cross from shore to shore years hence to me, and more in my meditations, than you might

Bigelow Paine- “Suddenly childhood returned, and

we slid and kept on sliding until we were altogether certain that we had lost the respect of any friend or relative who might happen to be

years hence are more to me, and more in my meditations, than you might suppose? suppose?

are more

Project | Coney Island Design Competition

If Paris is France, then Coney island, between June and September, is the world. English dukes and earls, French viscomtes, German barons, senators and even presidents

Year | Spring 2005

Professor | Jesse Vogler

Project | Hallway Perspective in Pencil and Marker

Year | Fall 2003

Professor | Fairbetter

Project | Barn Diner in Ink and Marker

Year | Fall 2003

Professor | Fairbetter

Project | Organic Contour in Pencil Year | Fall 2003

Professor | Fairbetter

Project | Ghery Theater in Pencil and Marker

Year | Fall 2003

Professor | Fairbetter

Project | Architectural Insertion in Watercolor

Year | Spring 2004

Professor | John Driscoll

Project | Projection Perspective Year | Spring 2004

Professor | John Driscoll

Project | Clasical Buiding in Watercolor

Year | Spring 2004

Professor | John Driscoll

Project | Elevation Study in Watercolor Year | Spring 2004

Professor | John Driscoll

Project | Detail Study

Year | Spring 2007

Professor | James Davis

Project | Surreality Year | Spring 2007

Professor | James Davis

Project | Surreality

Year | Spring 2007

Professor | James Davis

Project | Surreality Year | Spring 2007

Professor | James Davis

Project | Advanced 3D Home

Year | Spring 2005

Professor | Brian Key

Project | Water Tower Observatory

Year | Summer 2006

Firm | Mijares Mora

Project | Sun Metro Bus Terminal

Year | Summer 2006

Professor | Peters

Project | Sun Metro Bus Terminal

Year | Summer 2006

Professor | Peters

Gonzalo & Sofia Garcia Elementary

Project | Garcia Elementry School

Year | Summer 2006

Firm | Mijares-Mora

Project | TCH Campus Sky Bridge

Year | Summer 2007

Firm | FKP Architects

Project | TCH Maternity Center Patient Rooms (NICU)

Year | Summer 2008

Firm | FKP Architects

Nicholas was born on January 1st, 1985 in Houston, Tx to a very proud

mother and father. He attended Schools in the Klein Independent School district, and graduated in the top quarter of his class from Klein High School in 2003. Also through his primary education he was involved in Cub and Boy Scouts of America and in 2002 achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. In the Fall of 2003 he started his college education at Texas Tech University, majoring in Architecture. He graduated from Texas Tech University College of Architecture with a Master of Architecture degree and finished with a 3.6 GPA. At Tech he has been an active member of AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students) for three years, was inducted into Tau Sigma Delta (Architecture Honor Society), as well as being on the Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List for 3 semesters. Regarding Employment, he has worked for P. Jackie Moon from 2002-2003 as a draftsman. During the summer of 2006 he was an intern at Mijares-Mora Architects Inc. in El Paso. In the following two summers (2007 & 2008) he was employed at FKP Architects in Houston working on a project for Texas Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital.

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