Sam Nordmeyer Portfolio.
Sam Nordmeyer Select Awards & Nominations Richard F. Hansen Prize in Architecture Winner BWBR Studio Competition Nominee Integrated Studio Competition Nominee Academic Recognition Scholarship Award
Bachelor of Architecture Major in Environmental Studies Iowa State University Graduation | May 2022 Portfolio.
nordmeyersam@gmail.com (515) 783-5709
Index p. 6
Roosevelt Island
p. 20
Westbrook
p. 32
The Step
Sam Nordmeyer
BWBR Spring Competition Nominee
Roosevelt Island NYC Housing - Spring 2020 Professor: Rob Whitehead With Cameron Wahlberg
Common Link is a co-living / retreat center located on Roosevelt Island in NYC with the goal of breaking away from current NYC housing models with a focus on residence, community and wellness. The typical current housing model of NYC can be seen with layers of public and private spaces. Our building seeks to create the integration of public and private areas and minimize the hierarchy usually established with housing. The pedestrian manner of the island allows for those of the community to coincide at the common link to experience wellness living.
The building is comprised of two masses with the co-living bar and wellness mass connected at a hinge. Turning the skyscraper on its side we found that the co-living bar with 2 stories to be the right amount to ensure involvement between the floors without feelings of separation. We are challenging housing models by allowing the user to determine the level of how they choose to connect with the larger space. Opening up the doors to the atrium allows for neighbors to interact and engage with the larger community, while more private spaces can be found in their rooms.
ROOSEVELT ISLAND
Massing Drivers
p. 9
Meditation Study
ROOSEVELT ISLAND
p. 11
Community Living
ROOSEVELT ISLAND
Wellness Center
p. 13
Levels of Community
ROOSEVELT ISLAND
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ROOSEVELT ISLAND
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ROOSEVELT ISLAND
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Sam Nordmeyer Richard F. Hanson Prize in Architecture Winner
Westbrook Architecture X Landscape - Fall 2020 Professor: Kevin Lair With Brenna Fransen
The Iowa agricultural landscape is defined by a system of grids that flatten the overlooked thickness of the landform region. The Westbrook Artist Site distinguishes itself from this framework due to its rare native tallgrass prairie, privately managed forest, and access to a river which is a culmination of the thickness in this region. The mission of the Westbrook Artists Site focuses on the history and condition of the land itself, to provide an experiential laboratory for exploration of the post-industrial rural condition. Exchanges of growth and renewal on this site have created an observable transformation of both the land and the ways in which we interact with it. The architecture created is able to become the tool for this observation.
At Westbrook Artists Site, architecture becomes a method of drawing spaces and framing the diversity of the ecology through aligning site rhythms to architectural interventions. Through research, we developed strategies which aid the land while encouraging the engagement of individuals. The use of minimal material is contrasted by the large scale of the site which is collected onto the face of the structure through reflections of the landscape. These rural interventions create an opportunity for individuals to engage, collect, and develop an investigation to lead impactful actions in respective environments. The architecture itself isn’t an isolated solution but rather a gesture of our integral role within the landscape.
The shifts with river, prairie, and forest can be seen through decades and over centuries. Shown are the shifts from 1930 to 2008.
WESTBROOK
Fo rest
Prairie
R iver
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Assembly Process
Prairie
Forest
WESTBROOK
River
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WESTBROOK
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Forest
WESTBROOK
River
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Prairie
WESTBROOK
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WESTBROOK
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Sam Nordmeyer Integrated Studio Prize Nominee
THE STEP Integrated Studio - Fall 2020 Professor: Ayodele Iyanalu With Cody Goedken
In a world where the need for innovative sustainable practices is increasing and becoming more critical, The Step begins to stimulate the discussion for continued action in Ames, Iowa. The Step acts as a catalyst within the community and the renewable energy movement by providing a platform for students, families, and members of the Ames community to engage and learn the innovative practices of renewable energy. The Steps consists of solar and wind powered demonstration and maker spaces to serve as the engine that drives this engagement by allowing the community to study, operate, and create renewable resources and techniques.
The Step is situated along the landscape with a sensitivity that allows the building to follow the natural grade as well as provide moments for nature to fill in the voids that are left between the branching spaces. This embedding into the landscape allows for the programmed spaces to be visually connected pockets and levels, while expressing the demonstration spaces as the anchor for The Step. Providing an informative, dynamic, and innovative environment for those who are trying to improve the world we live in. While this is not the final solution to analyzing the built environment, it is the next step in the direction of sustainable design.
Massing Drivers
THE STEP
Central Corridor
Program
p. 37
Site Sensitivity
THE STEP
Central Corridor
p. 39
THE STEP
p. 41
THE STEP
Assembly & Skin
p. 43
Water Management
Energ y Production
THE STEP
Water & Energ y
p. 45
Wind Demonstration
THE STEP
Sun Demonstration
p. 47
Sam Nordmeyer nordmeyersam@gmail.com 515.783.5709
Education
Experience
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
BNIM Architects
Ames, IA
Intern, Summer 2019 , Winter 2019
Bachelor of Architecture Environmental Studies Secondary Major May 2022
Assisted on multiple projects to produce high quality diagrams and graphics for awards, client presentation materials Universal Design Research with the Harkin Institute Iowa Architectural Foundation mid-century modern display at Drake University
Westbrook Artists’ Site
Skills
Project Designer, Summer 2020
AutoCad
Revit
Sketchup
Rhino
Photoshop
VRay - Enscape
Illustrator
Model Making
InDesign
MS Office Suite
Participated in designing and executing the revitalization of a 1900 Barn near Winterset, Iowa Accuracy in creating wall assembly and various carpentry practices
City of West Des Moines Park Attendant, Summer 2020
Affiliations
Supervising and Monitoring the Parks of West Des Moines Assisting park users and providing necessary services to improve the quality of the recreational spaces
American Institute of Architects Student Member National Organization for Minority Architects Student Member Architecture Department Liaison: 2020 Intramural Tennis, Broom ball Iowa State Blood Drive Volunteer
Des Moines Public Schools Enrichment Coach, Summer 2017 Summer 2018 Supervising Des Moines Public Schools youth Monitored various summer programs while developing communication skills with families
References
Recognition
Rod Kruse
Richard F. Hansen Prize in Architecture Winner | February 2020
Principal, BNIM Architects
BWBR Studio Prize Nominee | May 2020
rkruse@bnim.com | 515.333.3035
Integrated Studio Prize Nominee | February 2021
Rob Whitehead
Academic Recognition Scholarship Award | 2017-2021
Associate Professor, Iowa State University
Deans List | 2017-Current
rwhitehd@iastate.edu | 515.419.8166
Cumulative GPA: 3.84
Thank You.