DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Philip Richardson
RÉSUMÉ
PHILIP RICHARDSON
pmrichardson4@gmail.com 828.551.0812 1750 Marietta Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
EDUCATION Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA • Bachelor of Science in Architecture • Minor in Architectural History • Graduation with Highest Honors • GPA: 3.71 • Major GPA: 3.92 • Dean’s List (all semesters) • Faculty Honors (three semesters)
Fall 2010 – Spring 2014
Summer 2013
History of Art and Architecture Study Abroad Program, Italy and Greece • Completed 12 credit hours of on-site architectural history courses. • Faculty Honors
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT BLUR Workshop, Intern Architect, Atlanta, GA • Help with the duties of establishing a startup architecture firm including branding, company standards, organization, and technical workflows/troubleshooting. • Assist with schematic design, design development, and construction documents on many different hospitality projects. • Lead BIM coordination on several projects.
Summer 2014 – Present
Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Assistant, Atlanta, GA • Conducted architectural research under the direction of Dr. Athanassios Economou including the documentation of existing courthouses for a web-based database for the General Services Administration and the development of courthouse typologies.
Fall 2013 – Spring 2014
CH2M Hill / IDC Architects, Architectural Intern, Spartanburg, SC • Worked with a wide range of architects and clients to create 3D Revit models schematic design, and construction documents for many large industrial projects. • Created renderings and fly-through animation videos for clients.
Summers 2011 – 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology, Teaching Assistant, Atlanta, GA • Aided in teaching the Architectural Media Modeling course, which focuses on teaching students advanced techniques in architectural software tools such as Rhino, V-Ray, Grasshopper, Illustrator, AutoCAD and Photoshop.
Spring 2013
SOFTWARE • Adobe Design Suite • AutoCAD • Google Sketchup
• Lumion • Python Scripting • Revit
• Rhinoceros, Grasshopper • V-Ray for Rhinoceros • 3DS Max
AWARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS • • • • • •
EERI Seismic Design Competition in Anchorage, AK - Honorable Mention Moderate Risk (MBI) federal security clearance with the GSA Technology Chair, School of Architecture Forum Member, American Institute of Architecture Students President, National Honor Society, Asheville Christian Academy Eagle Scout Rank, Troop 77, Boy Scouts of America
2014 2013 – 2014 2013 – 2014 2012 – 2014 2009 – 2010 2005 – 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
[CD] Comprehensive Design [RD] Research Design
SURFACE: ‘RE-ATTACHING’ TO PLACE 1 [CD] ENTICE/ELEVATE 2 [CD] SANCTUARY 3 [CD] STONE + FEATHER 4 [RD] BUILDING COURTYARD 5 [RD] HANGING GLASS 6 [RD]
SURFACE: ‘RE-ATTACHING’ TO PLACE with Eliah Cappi Timber in the City competition Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY Instructor: Fred Pearsall Year 3
With rising water levels from global warming and the boundary of the water’s surface gradually encroaching on that of landscape, lowlying urban habitats like Red Hook are now periodically awash with tidal surges that make it difficult, literally- and figurativelyspeaking, for both biotic and abiotic systems to attach or remain attached to place. SURFACE orients to these fluctuating surfaces of ground and water and a new architectural/landscape order of material surfaces constructed in relation to them. Such an approach will ‘afford’ the interconnection of environment-specific perception, action, and performance needed for a new, more sustainable type of place attachment and existence to develop and root itself.
1 [CD] Evolutionary Relationship of Red Hook’s Two Founding Surfaces Interwoven ▲
Structure
Public Space
Residencial Units
1 [CD]
Unit Types ▲
Delamination of Surfaces ▲
Material Surface Connection ▲
Freshwater is collected horizontally throughout the project and transported vertically to a common collection point, making its cycle visible. Stepping terraces and ramps create a new semi-public space through indigenous plant species that ‘map sectionally’ to the prior natural landscape and define the roof of the wood manufacturing center below. The corridors of the residential units above are open on one side to partially engage the public space, allow for sunlight, and provide cross-ventilation. Interactions between programmatic surfaces help communal development to happen naturally through everyday connections between inhabitants, belvedere-like elements, and ecosocial life-systems flowing by.
1 [CD]
The need for a new Federal Courthouse in Anniston, Alabama is being considered by the General Services Administration due to the outdated state and insufficient space of the existing facility. The small city and it’s future development plan show several current and prospective government buildings and emphasizes a strong axis of public green space on the southwestern side of the city. Historically, the courthouse exists as a pair of building + plaza. To enhance and develop this historical connection and interact within the social realm, this design uses a single gesture to simultaneously bring the public space into the heart of the building and create a procession to celebrate the judicial institution.
ENTICE/ELEVATE
with Anthony Ranallo Federal Courthouse Anniston, AL Instructor: Dr. Athanassios Economou Year 4
2 [CD]
Courtroom Locations â–˛
2 [CD]
Level 2 ▲
Level 4 ▲
Level 4 ▲
2 [CD]
Courtrooms were analyzed based on how they read from the exterior, from the interior, and how they function independent of the building. Parti formation was based primarily on a coalescence of these characteristics. Establishing a clear courtroom to courthouse relationship helped lay the foundation for determining necessary program dimensions. In order to organize spaces efficiently and clearly, the courtrooms were treated as a set of two. Each court set exists as an independent, translucent box within the rest of the structure, yet elevated from ground level. The ramp creates a celebratory procession that culminates in a belvedere framing the mountains beyond. This designed experience is entirely accessible to the public, bridging the gap between people and government.
Frontal Alignment
Public Space
SANCTUARY Arts and Media Center Emory University, Oxford, GA Instructor: Robin Lackey Year 3
A disconnect often exists between buildings and the site for which they are built, producing buildings which are not reacting to local conditions nor performing to their full potential within a specific context. This project was developed in conjunction with research conducted in a seminar which related architecture to ecology. The site of Emory University’s Oxford campus has functioned as an ecosystem in its distinct development over time, an entity entirely separate from the main campus closer to the city. The quiet “temple in the trees” remains pleasantly isolated due to its surrounding landscape and remote location. The studio intervention included the design of a new arts and media center for this intimate campus.
Engage Forest
Courtyard
Split Levels
3 [CD]
Respect Chapel
Level 3 / 2.5 â–ź
Level 1 / 0.5 ▼
Entrance / East Facade ▼
South Facade ▼
3 [CD]
Level 2 / 1.5 ▼
The function within the space if informed by the four sides of the space on which the building is located. This response provides the framework for organizing the program to work with these conditions. Internally, a central core of circulation cuts through the center of the building longitudinally and transversely. This, together with the split level feature of the project reminiscent of the Diller Scofidio + Renfro Creative Arts Center, creates interesting relationships between the varying spaces of the arts and media center. These interactions would serve to bolster unexpected and productive encounters across mediums and disciplines.
3 [CD]
STONE + FEATHER
with Shaowen Zhang Design / Build GA Tech, Atlanta, GA Instructor: Tristan Al-Haddad Year 4
Born from the typology of lighthouse as beacon and observatory as lens, a chapel is discovered in the midst of a forest, constructed by the viewer as he is drawn into a sunken moment of repose, a counterpoint to the vibrant metropolis, invited to journey down into stillness and cross the final threshold into a sanctuary of metaphysical contemplation whose oculus exites a shiver of the sublime. This project began with schematic design in the Fall of 2013 by Shaowen Zhang and Luke Kvasnicka. The original site was located in one of the largest city parks in the western hemisphere: Chapultepec, Mexico. In the Spring of 2014, the team was re-shuffled and a specific detail within the schematic design was selected to be redesigned for construction on the campus of Georgia Tech. The chapel had to be scaled down to the proportions of the individual. Plans for site selection, workflow, plan of process, shop pre-fabrication, and on-site construction had to be considered. The project became one of carefully controlled interactions experienced via thoughtful details and materiality.
4 [RD]
â–˛ Pre-fabrication
4 [RD]
â–˛ On-site Assembly
4 [RD]
BUILDING COURTYARD Gerhard Richter Gallery Midtown, Atlanta, GA Instructor: Robin Lackey Year 3
This 5 week problem consisted of a narrow site located in Midtown Atlanta and the defined use of an art gallery. The museum was to be uniquely designed to display three pieces of hanging art and two standing pieces by Gerhard Richter. After analysis of the site and surrounding context, it became clear that this space would serve well as both a connection to two important streets, as well as a public park adjacent to a transit hub, many businesses, and commercial retail without other green spaces in the vicinity. With this in mind, the gallery space is pushed underground, creating a terracing public space at ground level. The entrance and lobby slides out of the ground along the central path cutting through the park, with a ramp taking users down into the space. The gallery below contains an arrangement of spaces designed specifically for each work of art and how they can be perceived in varying ways.
5 [RD]
5 [RD]
The study for this 2 week proposal concentrated on blurring the boundaries between publicity and privacy. The privacy barriers created by horizontal divisions in vertical space are sometimes only implied, granting visual access but preventing physical access. This proposal consists of a glass walkway suspended halfway between the first and second floors. The hallway offsets both levels, creating interesting interactions with the existing “hallways� that exist parallel to and under this space. The varying properties of the glass will create different effects across the design. From outside the structure, the reflectivity of the glass and lack of light entering the enclosure from the ceiling will obscure visual access into the hallway. Within the installation, all sides will become visible. This advantageous vantage point is reversed upon exiting the hallway, with a mirrored panel following the actions of the user along the stairs.
LEVEL 1/2 Installation Study Hinman Building, GA Tech, Atlanta, GA Instructor: Tim Frank Year 1
6 [RD]
6 [RD]