Nicole Rusk Portfolio - 2020

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NICOLE RUSK

selected works from 2017-2020

BIO & C O N TAC T My goal is to become a licensed architect, with the intention of creating sustainable, socially-responsible designs that address our collective and individual spatial experiences. I believe in bringing a higher level of consciousness to what architecture can become in service to the community and the environment through Passive House building principles.

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EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

University of Michigan | Dow Sustainability Fellow Ann Arbor MI | Jan 2020 - Present Serve as project manager on an interdisciplinary team to provide Detroit client with net-zero energy policy solutions centered on social equity and justice.

University of Michigan | Ann Arbor MI Master of Architecture (expected 2021) GPA | 4.0

University of Michigan | Graduate Research Assistant Ann Arbor MI | Oct 2019 - Present Research and propose new construction and renovation building standards for the University of Michigan President’s Commission on Carbon Neutrality.

OX Studio | Architectural Intern Ann Arbor MI | Jun - Aug 2019 Drafted and detailed construction drawings in Revit, researched products and materials, and communicated with clients on new build and renovation projects.

PHIUS | Certified Passive House Consultant Oxford OH | 2017 - Present Completed training to certify Passive House buildings through Passive House Institute U.S. (PHIUS). Licensed to ensure quality high-performance construction and climate-specific design.

Miami University | Summer Research Scholar Germany | Switzerland | OH | MI | May - Aug 2018 Received a research grant to study vertical farming as one contributing solution to worldwide food issues.

Constructed an at-home vertical hydroponics farm.

DOE Race to Zero | Team Lead Oxford OH | Golden CO | Aug 2017 - Apr 2018 Took on the role of team lead for a group of six undergraduate students. Placed first in the Small Multifamily category and second in the Grand Jury.

Miami University | Studio & Research Abroad Germany | Malta | May - Jul 2017 Synthesized German Passivhaus principles with regional Maltese limestone construction techniques to design an energy-efficient villa.

Miami University | Undergraduate Associate Oxford OH | Aug - Dec 2016 Served as teaching assistant for Assoc. Professor Diane Fellows in ARC107 Global Design. Facilitated student discussions and provided feedback.

Miami University | Oxford OH Bachelor of Arts in Architecture & Sustainability (2019) Honors | summa cum laude

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), AutoCAD, Lumion, Hand-sketching, WUFI Passive Energy Modeling Passive House Consultant, Toledo Home Remodeling Contractor

LEADERSHIP Freedom by Design Miami Chapter Design-build service program. Founding Member (2017) Project Manager (2017-18) Development Chair (2018-19) American Institute of Arch. Students Active Member (2015-19) Fundraising Chair (2016-17) Alpha Rho Chi Fundraising Chair (2016-17) Sustainability Committee (2015-19)

SELECTED AWARDS Dow Sustainability Fellowship (2020) Outstanding Senior Award (2019) Provost’s Achievement Award (2018)

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CONTENT 1

Thermal Tower

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Performance Earth

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On the Rise: Vertical Farming

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Freedom’s Path to Zero

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Fondazione Michelangelo

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Everdry Passive

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Draft & Craft

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T H E R M A L T OW E R Winter 2020, In-progress Exploring the use of thermal comfort and heat flow in determining spatial hierarchies and distribution for a high-rise Chicago building, with air flow working as a fluid form mechanism. The base program is sourced from Rem Koolhaas’ Downtown Athletic Club section. Layers of diagrammatic analyses chart intensity of thermal activity, level of desired natural light intensity, and peak use/peak heat exchange of activities throughout a day to provide a passive high-rise design manual.

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VENTILATION COMPILATION lockers

Ventilation adjacencies are arranged into intersecting sections. These sections come together to create a fragmented core and spatial negatives that lend themselves to thermal mass and structural applications.

utilities

roof garden

bedrooms

balconies

k itchen/ grill

a dministration dining

k itchen/ grill

golf

lounge balconies

eleva tors

bedrooms

handball/ squash handball/ squash

swimming pool

lobby/reception bedrooms

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PASSIVE STRATEGIES

DOUBLE FACADE

SOLAR CHIMNEYS

TRUSS STRUCTURE

VENTURI EFFECT

COMPACT & S-FACING

D ouble sk in fa รงa de with 10% opera ble ope n in g s controlled b y a n a utoma ted syst em .

Ven t ila t io n st a c k s ea c h ser v ic e 5-6 f lo o r s a n d h elp o p t im ize n a t u r a l v en t ila t io n ef f ic ien c y.

St agge r e d t r u s s s y s t e m pr o v i de s s t abi l i t y ac r o s s s pl i t l e v e l s an d be t w e e n di ffe r e n t pr o gr am e l e me n t s .

St r u ct u r al at r i u m s pace cu r v e s c r e at e pr e s s u r e di ffe r e n ce s t h at s u ppo r t n at u r al ai r fl o w.

Si t u at e d o n the s i t e fo r So uthfaci n g o r i e nta ti o n w i t h a c o m pa c t r e c ta ngul a r fo o tpri nt.

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PERFORMANCE EARTH Fall 2019 Performance Earth renovates the Power Center landscape through new material poches. Two poche interventions take salvaged concrete and found foliage materials from the site and apply them to specialized theatre and programming needs. Performance Earth engages site materiality, community, and time scales through poche formwork and community-assembled open-air theatres.

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Isometric - Winter Scale: 1/16” = 1’0”

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CYCLICAL NATURE Working with the site’s 16,000 cubic feet of harvested foliage, Ann Arbor community members gather annually to assemble such earth matters into frozen forms. The construction process transforms the existing tree canopy’s lightness and billow into a heavy and dense undergrowth of ice forms containing 11,000,000 individual leaves.

As spring approaches, the ice melting reinforces vegetal material flows and activates the foliage inside to rearrange on the earth.

Next year, the process is repeated.

This continuous ruin and rebuilding following the cycles of nature renders the theatre’s existence eternal.

Proposed Perfor mative Components

Proposed Performative Components

Scale: 1/8” = 1’0”

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JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

PERFORM Theatres are used for a variety of open-air performances and exhibitions, including plays, ice skating, dances, and ice sculpture display.

MELTING

ASSEMBLE THEATRE The community uses frozen foliage ice blocks to assemble a theatre typology within one pocket of the salvaged concrete gabion wall.

Cross-section

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NEW GROWTH EMERGES

ELEM DISP

FREEZE

Scale: 1/16” = 1’0”

JUN

Transverse Section

TIMELINE

JUL

AUG

FOLIAGE DECOMPOSITION

MENTAL PLACEMENT

SEP

OCT

NOV

GATHER The Ann Arbor community members gather on several key dates through the fall to collect fallen foliage into piles. Storage of the foliage occurs in the gabion wall.

DEC

MAKE FORMS

FOLIAGE FALLS

Longitudinal Section Scale: 1/16” = 1’0”

Longitudinal Section

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O N T H E R I S E : V E RT I C A L FA R M I N G Summer 2018 Independent Study The vertical farm is at the forefront of a food revolution. Vertical farms push agricultural boundaries and provide innovative, productive means for growing food within a city. This project was carried out in four stages: travelling to existing vertical farms in the U.S. & Europe, constructing an at-home indoor hydroponics farm system, proposing a renovation design for a downtown Toledo warehouse, and writing a comprehensive research paper.

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Time-lapse video link.

6-DAY PLANT GROWTH

BUILD

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COMPLETED SYSTEM Simply defined, a vertical farm raises produce without soil in a controlled indoor environment. It brings together advances in engineering, architecture, and agriculture for a financially-feasible and high-output farm solution.

Through using water-saving and space-efficient technologies of hydroponics, aeroponics, and aquaponics, vertical farms have the chance to make a positive impact on the health and sustainability of cities.

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F R E E D O M ’ S PA T H T O Z E R O Spring 2018 1st Place Small Multifamily - 2018 Department of Energy Race to Zero Competition Role in Group: Team Lead, in charge of group coordination and distribution of work. Involved in all parts of design, execution, and presentation, with focus on the building envelope and energy performance.

Freedom’s Path to Zero provides affordable housing for homeless U.S. veterans. Our comprehensive student team designed 58 one- and two-bedroom apartments that respond to high demands for housing by the veterans and their families. Through meeting DOE Zero Energy Ready Home requirements and Passive House criteria, Freedom’s Path to Zero is equipped to best serve those who have served us.

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BUILDING ENVELOPE DETAIL

2x6 Wood-Framed Exterior Wall, R-38

From Ext. --> Int. 5/8” Nichiha Fiber Cement Board Siding 3/4” Ventilated Air Gap, 1x4 Vertical Wood Furring 4” Roxul Cavityrock DD Mineral Wool 1/2” ZIP Panel System (Air and Vapor Barrier) 2X6 Wood Studs, 16” O.C. w/ Dense Pack Cellulose 5/8” Gypsum Wall Board

Control Layer

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FIRST FLOOR & UNIT PLANS To elevate the quality of life and accommodate for all, we designed three unit styles: a onebedroom unit for one to two occupants, a studio unit for individuals first adjusting, and two-bedroom units for small families.

One-bedroom

Studio

Two-bedroom

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WINDOW SECTION DETAIL GLO W7 Triple Pane Aluminum Window, R-7

MTL Drip & Insect Screen

MTL Flashing w/Drip Edge on Sloped Sill

Zip Panel, Continuous Air and Vapor Barrier Gypsum Wall Board Prosoco R-Guard Air and Water Sealant EPS Insulation

Thermally Broken Frame 1/2� Rigid Insulation Prosoco R-Guard, Air and Water Sealant

Control Layer

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SITE ANALYSIS

Close proximity to a V.A. Medical Center and access to public transit ser vice will positively impact the veterans’ integration into the Chillicothe community.

Function

Walkability

Vegetation

Wind

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F O N DA Z I O N E M I C H E L A N G E L O Fall 2017 As Michelangelo carved four figures out of a block of marble in the Florentine Pieta, I am carving out a museum for his portfolio of work in the hillside of the Villa Madama site and under the Villa’s rotated footprint. The design addresses a challenge faced by both architect and sculptor: the need to carefully arrange a dense program within a given volume. The façade and interior lines of extension are inspired from Italian Carrara quarry cuts where much of Michelangelo’s marble was sourced. Fondazione Michelangelo is also set to accommodate visiting scholars with three apartments on the upper floor.

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SECTION MODEL

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ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS

NE Elevation & Section through Villa Madama

Longitudinal Section

NW Elevation & Villa Madama Elevation

Transverse Section

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E V E R D R Y PA S S I V E Fall 2018 Collaborative Project with Peter Witt. Project for Toledo client set to be built in 2022.

EverDry Waterproofing Toledo has an energetic and motivated work culture that is expressed in the new EverDry Passive office and warehouse design. Passive House design not only boosts productivity by providing a healthier interior air quality and ample daylighting, but also reflects the values of community, openness, and efficiency that are at the core of EverDry’s company environment.

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Circulation Core Sketch

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FLOOR PLAN The main axes of circulation draw you into the south core through a rhy thmic pattern of clerestor y windows that allow natural light into the space at all times of the year. In the winter, the South-facing windows bring in enough sunlight to warm the opposing rammed-earth wall and heat the building, merging efficiency, comfort, and beauty in the workspace.

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DRAFT & CRAFT 2017-2020 Selected hand-drafted and hand-crafted works.

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Michelangelo’s Florentine Pieta: The Deposition Graphite on paper, 22x30 (2017)

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IL REDENTORE - PALLADIO Analysis and study of Il Redentore through draf ting Palladio’s plan, section, and elevation on Arches paper. Perspective constructed using the Brunelleschi method. (2019)

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CHAIR WITH UPHOLSTERED SEAT Metal cutting, welding, and grinding done in collaboration with Mike Shin to create a simple chair design. Upholstered seat made with layered ply wood, dense foam, batting, and fabric. (2020)

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