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G R A D U A T E P O R T F O L I O works from WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS / GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN / 2016-2019 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE / 2009-2014
RACHEL BURCH
EDUCATION
Washington University in St. Louis Aug 2016 - May 2019 Master of Architecture / Master of Urban Design Metropolitan Urban Design, Johannesburg, South Africa, May-July 2018 Public Life Survey, Kigali, Rwanda, Aug 2018 Lively City, Public Life Survey, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar 2018 -Laser Lab Monitor, Fall 2017-Spring 2019 Texas Tech University Aug 2008 - Dec 2013 Bachelor of Science in Architecture / minors in Psychology / French Studio VI, Seoul, South Korea, May-July 2013 -Student Assistant, Studio I, Jan-May 2013
EXPERIENCE
Arcturis May-Aug 2017 (3 months) Architectural Intern, St. Louis, MO PRDG Sept 2014-July 2016 (1 year, 10 months) Architectural Intern, Dallas, TX PBK Mar-Sept 2016 (6 months) Architectural Intern, Dallas, TX UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Design and Construction Summer Intern, Dallas, TX May-Aug 2012 (3 months)
INSTALLATIONS
Spectroplexus Jan-Jun 2017 (currently installed) St. Louis Lambert Airport, Terminal 2 TEDxTalks Sept 2013 - Feb 2014 (1 day event) Texas Tech University
SKILLS
PERSONAL I N F O HONORS
3D: Revit, Rhino, SketchUp 2D: AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Adobe Ai / Id / Ps
RBURCH417@GMAIL.COM 817.999.3096 Degree Project Award, Spring 2019 attended CriticalMASS at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019 evaluated incoming graduate applications, 2019 Vicki Match Suna Scholarship recipient, 2018, 2017 James L. and Sheila Brown Endowed Scholarship recipient, 2013, 2012 featured in CROP03, CROP04, Texas Tech College of Architecture student work, 2012, 2014
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CONTENTS
BUILDING : BODY
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Degree Project
LIVE / WORK / WATER
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graduate architecture
LIVING / LEARNING
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SPECTROPLEXUS
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TEDx STAGE INSTALLATION
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EDGE CITY INTERFACE
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urban design
PRDG
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professional experience
other works
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book-making data mapping model-making hand drafting
installations
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Degree Project
01 B U I L D I N G
: BODY
SPRING 2019 KINLOCH, MO
prof. Adrian Luchini adaptive / re-use rehabilitation clinic + dance theater + prosthetic lab proram individual work
The project activates an existing distribution warehouse space of 500,000 sqft through corporeal and body-focused programs. Located in the Kinloch neighborhood near St. Louis Lambert International Airport, the warehouse sits on a historical residential community that was cleared and demolished within the last 30 years. The project seeks to embody this large-scaled warehouse typology that represents a disembodied space for scale of the human body and the Kinloch community. Program is grouped and distributed across the field of the warehouse, within individual interior polycarbonate enclosures. Public programs like walking and bike paths, basketball courts, and swimming pools occupy the exterior space between each of the enclosures. Defined walking paths ramp from the ground floor to the half-height elevation of the warehouse, providing a distinct experience from the ground level.
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Lambert Airport
Degree Project
Kinloch
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St. Louis City
Kinloch
airport noise exposure
Due to the site’s adjacency to the airport, noise exposure regulations justified the clearing and demolition of nearly 2/3 of the existing Kinloch community. Three large-scaled distribution warehouses were then constructed where the residential community once stood, with no regard for the existing urban street grid. The presence of the warehouses represent something disembodying to the neighborhood, therefore the program I proposed seeks to “embody” and activate this warehouse.
project site
1:10,000 scale
surgeon’s prep
inpatient rooms
maintenance
physician offices
storage
nurses
office private
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manufacturin studio
material / storage
machine shop back-of -house
compatible program groupings
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rehabilitation clinic_ 23,650 sqft
outpatient rooms
total_ 56,150 sqft
procedure rooms
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massage rooms
saunas
motion lab
locker rooms
maintenance
dance theater_11,000 sqft
bathrooms
prosthetics lab_ 21,500 sqft
bathrooms
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exam rooms consult rooms
consult gym dance studios
therapy gym
dining
outdoor activities
recep -tion children’s playroom
locker rooms
testing
locker / spa
patient / exam
gym
leisure public
Degree Project
program / warehouse diagram models
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kitchen
back-of -house auditorium
exam rooms
consult gym set design shop locker rooms
material / storage
storage
dance studios
nurses
x-ray / testing
outpatient
surgeon’s prep
inpatient
nurses
children’s playroom
bathrooms
motion lab
lounge
procedure rooms
physician offices
manufacturing studio
dining reception
therapy gym
consult rooms
machine shop
locker rooms saunas
massage rooms
locker rooms saunas
pharmacy / lab
reception
program distribution across warehouse
new site plan
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200’
06 shop / manufacturing
exam / therapy
reception / dining
auditorium shop / design
dance studios
patient
lab / testing spa
physician
program grouping + enclosures
Degree Project
back hou
machine shop skatepark
thea audito manufacturing studio
set design shop
material storage
leisure pools
theater storage lap pool
physician’s offices physician’s lounge
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surgeon’s procedure prep rooms
floor plan
long section
reception
inpatient rooms
outpatient rooms
kitchen
k-ofuse
cafe
reception
reception
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children’s playroom
rehab gym
prosthetic gym consultation rooms
basketball courts
dance studios
bathrooms
bath rooms
bathrooms
locker room
massage rooms
locker room
sauna x-ray
motion testing lab pharmacy
sauna reception
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Degree Project
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By grouping compatible programs into separate polycarbonate enclosures, negative space between the enclosures is activated with public space and running paths. The circular language of the enclosures helps facilitate dynamic movement. Paths at the ground level provide a more intimate and wandering experience of the warehouse, yet paths elevated half height of the warehouse provide an expansive view of warehouse’s structure and strict horizontality.
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Degree Project
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existing roofing + metal decking
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existing roofing + metal decking
new sloped joist
new sloped joist
structure32’-0” 32’-0” B.O.B.O. roofroof structure
metal angle metal angle + metal flashing + metal flashing polycarbonate decking
polycarbonate decking
corrugated guardrail corrugatedpolycarbonate polycarbonate guardrail LEDstrip strip uplight uplight LED rubberflooring flooring rubber
structure19’-0” 19’-0” T.O.T.O. roofroof structure
substructure 16’-0” 16’-0” T.O.T.O. newnew substructure
metal decking metal decking
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substructure newnew substructure castellated beams
castellated beams
slab 0’-0” T.O.floor floor slab T.O. 0’-0”
T.O.ground ground -4’-0” -4’-0” T.O.
roof roof edge edge detail detail
skylight detail skylight
elevatedpath pathdetail detail elevated
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continue roofing at slope
metal tube + metal angle
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metal flashing edge
corrugated polycarbonate facade
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metal gutter metal track under substructure
metal tube supporting polycarbonate roof
facade plan detail
HVAC ducts
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suspended strip light LED strip downlight
corrugated polycarbonate operable sliding walls
typical facade detail
grass / landscaping
metal tube + angles supporting facade
built-up soil
corrugated polycarbonate facade
cut in floor slab
roof opening detail
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13 Degree Project
site model, 1/64” = 1’-0”
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graduate architecture
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L I V E / W O R K / W A T E R FALL 2016
VIEUX CARRE, NEW ORLEANS prof. Derek Hoeferlin multi-family housing / office program individual work
Using a dense site within the French Quarter, the project explores a multi-family housing program with respect to the vernacular of the local architecture. Siting on an existing parking lot at the northern boundary of the neighborhood, the collection of buildings is an interpretation of a nine-square grid. The units rest on a commercial ground level. Vertical circulation that serves each housing cube converges between each cube, creating a variety of interactions between these paths and the units. This circulation acts as an extension of the engaging interactions between people on balconies and activities on the street.
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graduate architecture
residential / live space
commercial / work space
project development
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housing development
shotgun house typology
rotate
shift vertically
add circulation
unit circulation
site circulation
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single unit form
stack units
fill-in form
residential cube form
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commercial / work space 01 water retention garden / underground retention tank 02 lower level unit dining / kitchen space 03 b single-level unit 04 connective paths / balconies 05 lower level unit living space 06 unit bathroom 07 unit bedroom 08 upper level unit dining / kitchen space 09 upper level unit second bedroom10 upper level unit living / bathroom / bedroom 11
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The shape of the roof is sloped in order to collect and drain water through the center core of the units and collected in a water collection basin underground. The water is meant to be used within the bathroom plumbing along this central core. Ideally, each cube would collect, use, and store its own water.
water circulation diagrams
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section b-b
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section model, 1/4” = 1’-0”
graduate architecture
north exterior perspective
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interior perspective
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site block model, 1/32” = 1’- 0”
graduate architecture
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L I V I N G / /LEARNING FALL 2018 CLAYTON, MO prof. Alfredo Paya housing / education program individual work
Occupying an linear site with a dramatic topography change, the project is a hybrid housing and educational facility for members of the Down Syndrome community. The project aims to take advantage of the intense height change, creating access to housing on the upper level from the west site and access to classrooms on the lower level from the east side. The programs are organized around smaller courtyards, grouped by compatible programs. This allows more light to enter the undergound, while providing distinct spatial identies to each of the courtyards. Half of the classrooms are fully underground, besides a 4’-0� transom window, but provide a private and safe environment for children with disabilities, free from distraction from the busy intersection outside.
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upper level courtyard program strategy
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DORMITORY ENTRANCE
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lower level courtyard program strategy
The programs are grouped by function and organized around a rectangular courtyard. The courtyards are then connected through a single axis corridor, which helps orient the user along the length of the building. Programs and openings to secondary courtyards provide plenty of light and outdoor space to the underground and upper levels.
upper level courtyard perspective
inspiration_St. Gall cloister monastic courtyard typology
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inspiration_Fontenay Abbey medieval construction / light and shadow
lower level courtyard perspective
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graduate architecture
level 02 plan
south elevation
long section
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level 01 plan
10’ 20’
40’
section a-a
section b-b
section c-c
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section d-d
Through a continuous horizontal curtain wall, the upper level appears to be hovering over the ground. The 4’-0” transom not only helps provide light to the underground spaces, it acts as a visual and material transition between the two vertically separated programs. The underground space is distinguished through thick concrete walls with embedded stones, while the building above is structured with steel and covered with thin, standing seam metal.
graduate architecture
detailed exterior elevation
detailed side elevation
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detailed building section
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10’
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DETAILED WALL SECTION
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01 standing seam metal roof 02 metal decking 03 steel beam 04 operable aluminum louvers 05 translucent polycarbonate sliding doors 06 concrete floor slab 07 metal decking 08 perforated metal suspended ceiling 09 steel beam 10 steel column embedded in concrete foundation 11 transparent glazing system 12 concrete retaining wall 13 white limestone embedded in concrete 14 concrete slab
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1/16” = 1’-0” scale model
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installations
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SPECTRO P L E X U S JAN 2018-JUN 2018 ST. LOUIS LAMBERT AIRPORT, TERMINAL 2 profs. Lavender Tessmer / Jason Butz design / fabrication installation group work with Greg Smolkovich, Dan Ho, Ellie Sonnenwirth, Sam Brown, Maria Draskic, Yigang Li, Mike Zhou
spectrorepresenting spectrum plexusan intricate network or weblike formation
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installations
[4] group conceptual models
37 The project is a suspended, self-structured form above the security and ticketing lines in Terminal 2 of St. Louis Lambert Airport. Professors Jason Butz and Lavender Tessmer acquired the airport as a client from past installation projects in St. Louis and they became very involved in giving feedback at every stage. Our studio of 8 was able to split into groups and make conceptual proposals, considering different grid geometries and material atmospheres. Ideas from these concepts were consolidated into 2 more iterations, both using rhombic square shape and a translucent surface attached within each module. Our last test solidified our materials - carbon fiber thread with hardened resin + polycarbonate sheets with watercolor paint - and structural design.
[2] group structural tests
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[1] small-scale mock-up
a installations
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a
long exposure sun observation
b
plan with ceiling above
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b
longitudinal elevation 10’
20’
40’
installations
suface shape and color variations
section a-a
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section b-b
The installation hangs above the security and ticketing lines, where people can look up and through two holes in the form to experience the depth and complextity of the structure and colors. The central space in the terminal is not only a place for departure, but a place where guests arrive and exit the terminal to go downstairs to luggage claim. The installation also hangs within the center of the elliptical roof, below the skylights. It aims to capture and filter the light through the structure and colored surfaces to create a dynamic and active structure at multiple angles and times of day. The surfaces vary in size, shape, and color so that they can expand and unfold along the length of the installation.
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10’
20’
40’
path 01 sequence
installations
path 01 start / end point
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path 02 sequence
path 02 start / end point
final structural module : [2] triangular pyramids within a rhombic cube
carbon fiber wrapping over rhombic cube removable mold resting after epoxy resin application
hardened carbon fiber modules
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module-to-module attachments
Once the modules had hardened and cured, the surfaces were then installed, by latching onto the carbon fiber through slits. The modules were then attached to each other to create a regulated grid system that could help structure itself, the more units were attached to each other.
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Segment 2: 143 Modules
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ELEPHANT
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Cable G
DRAGON
Cable F
Cable E
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Cable K
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Cable A
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ANTELOPE
BOBCAT
Cable D
Cable B
Segment 1: 122 Modules
Cable C
Drawings 1-15: Segments 1 & 2
FOX
GERBIL
HAMSTER
IGUANA JELLYFISH
Segment 3: 308 Modules
KAN
module attachment ‘construction documents’
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Row 1: 9 Row 2: 4
Drawings 32-46: Segments 4 & 5 Cable L
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NGAROO
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MARMOT
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UNICORN
VULTURE
WOMBAT
Construction documents were made to help organize the singular module to the larger form. The module attachment drawings were represented in multiple cross sections, that helped reveal the field of modules to be attached and the modules to be connected beyond. Certain sequences of drawings were joined into ‘groups’ (named by animals). Then those groups were joined into 5 larger segments. One segment would be transported and installed at the terminal overnight using lifts. Additional wires were looped through the structure to provide a connection and suspension point to the terminal’s structure.
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installation in terminal + attachment of segments to each other
installations
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view from baggage claim below
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view from security waiting line
installations
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TEDx STAGE I N S TA L L AT I O N SEPT 2013 - FEB 2014 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, LANIER AUDITORIUM profs. Kuhn Park (College of Architecture) / Heather Warren-Crow (College of Visual and Performing Arts) stage design installation group work with Tyler Mason, John Connor
In anticipation for the TEDx event, professors in the architecture and theater departments were tasked with preparing a design team for the stage backdrop for the event speakers. Chosen by professor Kuhn Park, two of us in the architecture department collaborated with a stage lighting major to make a stage design that would create a distinct identity for Texas Tech, while also being low-cost and able to construct and deconstruct within a day. The “wall” is comprised of water bottles, recycled from the university’s recycling center, stacked horizontally and screwed into a acrylic sheet. Using only Dasani water bottles, they were stripped of their labels and utilizing their original caps, they were screwed into both sides of the sheet and able to self-structure itself as a module. The design of the module was easily repeated and stacked in the horizontal and vertical direction and able to reflect light.
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installations
elevaiton of a standard sheet module
30�x42� sheet module construction
typical vertical joint
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typical horizontal joint
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full-height wall perspective
early light test
installations
white sheet for background LED strip light
three rows of bottles at the base and back side of the wall removed to place LED strip light
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acrylic logo sign construction
process of installing in existing law school auditorium space
A smaller scale wall was constructed to cover the immoble, computer podium. Using smaller and shorter Dasani bottles, ‘X’ shapes were reliefed in the wall.
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professor Chris Taylor presenting on stage, February 8, 2014
urban design
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E D G E C I T Y I N T E R FA C E
Irving
SPRING 2018 Dallas
IRVING, TX profs. Pablo Moyano / Ian Caine urban design strategy / vacant site
Fort Worth
individual work 150mi
60 Occupying an open lot in the Las Colinas development in Irving, Texas, the project aims to construct a dense and diverse city environment in the large Edge City office park. The irregular-shaped lot is bordered by a highway, DART light rail line, Irving Convention Center, and a manufactured water retention / recreation lake. Las Colinas is situated in the center of the sprawling Metroplex of Dallas / Fort Worth and represents a typical edge city development of large office towers and immense open space. The area is not accessible by walking and has no active street life. Each building is identified by a single-use, interior environment. I aim to unfold this activity towards the exterior and redistribute it across the site.
urban design
Programmatic bars are organized longitudinally and horizontally, with public streets in between for use by pedestrians, bicyclists, and cars. The programs respond to the difference in intensity from the east to west edges of the site. Residential apartments are situated at the east with the convention center on the west end. The sectional profile begins lower and less dense at the east site, gradually becoming higher and more dense towards the more public convention center.
1� = 75’-0� scale site model
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Las Colinas development
site panorama
early site model strategies
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348,780 sqft15% 270 units
22%
519,090 sqft 470 units
Family Apartment
348,780 sqft
Family 270 units Apartment 519,090 sqft Single Apartment Single 470 units Apartment 644,340 sqft Low-Income Housing 720 units Low-Income Housing793,380 sqft Hotel Rooms 5% Hotel 1,400 rooms SING Rooms
BLIC GRAM 5%
27% 644,340 sqft 720 units
108,600 sqft
Parking
Parking 134,970 sqft Commercial Commercial 59,280 sqft Market Market
263,850 sqft
otel Lobby / Amenities
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65% HOUSING
34%
Hotel Lobby 310,230 sqft Office / Amenities
PUBLIC PROGRAM 35%
793,380 sqft
Office
4,920 sqft
Recreation
1,400 rooms
Recreation 15,900 sqft
Community center
Community 68,880 sqft Center
Apartment Amenities
8%
121,890 sqft Apartment Amenities
Healthcare
108,600 sqft10%
127,950 sqft
Work Healthcare Space
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134,970 sqft
15,600 sqft Work SchoolSpace
School Daycare
59,280 sqft
7,860 sqft
21%
Daycare
263,850 sqft
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4,920 sqft
2,305,590 SQ FT
9%
68,880 sqft
1,239,930 SQ FT
10%
3,500,000 SQ FT
121,890 sqft
127,950 sqft 15,600 sqft
HOUSING
2,305,590 SQ FT
PUBLIC
1,239,930 SQ FT
TOTAL
3,500,000 SQ FT
program massing diagram
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At a larger scale, circulation between each of the programs is permeable. At the street scale, circulation to the units is permeable in plan and exposed to the street. Vertical circulation and patios are shifted to the street and public space to encourage more transparency and activity from the public street to private units. Because of the projects adjacency to the retention lake, water can be collected and stored for residential use, and also collected through the linear landscape strips, to drain south to the lake.
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double-loaded apartment
circulation to unit
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5’-0” 3’-0” bike lane landscape / water collection
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car lane
parking
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bike lane
permeable sidewalk
circulation to unit
single-loaded apartment
unit patio
landscape / water collection
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detailed plan 1’ 2’ 5’
professional experience
conceptual exterior render, by others
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exterior photo, by others
SHERIDAN AT COOPER C I T Y completed FALL 2016 COOPER CITY, FLORIDA Assisted Living + Memory Care phases worked: schematic, design, construction documents + construction administration
The project is a 99,000 sqft residential community for seniors. With over 100 units, the project is divided into 3 different housing corridors with public and living spaces at the intersection. Each corridor wing is a different height and serves a different level of care to meet the changing and variable needs of an aging population. The arrangement of the units allows for light and access to views either onto the adjacent pond or enclosed gardens and patios. I began working on the project during the schematic drawings in September 2014 through most of the construction administration in July 2016. Under the guidance of the project architect, I was closely involved in all phases of the project. While not only completing the drawings in Revit, I was able to submit graphic drawings for permitting while be in active communication with consultants and the client at monthly meetings. When the construction drawings were completed, I was involved in the bidding and construction administration phases. During construction, I was able to aid in submittals, make edits to the working drawings, and attend site visits.
conceptual site plan, by others
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conceptual exterior render, by others
NEW DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE
10'-0" SIDE YARD
10'-0" REAR YARD
A-301
1 A-052
2
207' - 2"
52' - 8" 1
6' - 5"
23' - 2"
512
A A
13' - 6"
13' - 6"
LV-1
63' - 11"
4' - 10"
9' - 7" WLR
WLR
WLR
WLR FEC
WLR
WLR
WLR
1012
1013
500
TOILET
5' - 2"
1014
14' - 6"
REF. INTERIORS
23' - 2"
A
LV-1
16' - 1"
1 A-441
PORCH 1003
10' - 6"
14' - 5"
29' - 10"
REF. INTERIORS
8' - 8"
D
8' - 0"
A32
606 16' - 5"
A30 WLR
10 A-441
9 A-441 C 5 A-412
WLR
WLR
1' - 9"
C30
WLR
WLR
WLR
WLR
MC SEMI-PRIVATE 605
WLR
Q20
MC SEMI-PRIVATE 601
D42
A32
6 A-441
A32 2 A-441
3 A-441
EXISTING PIPE COLUMNS EXTENDED DAY ROOM 28
MC PRIVATE
MC PRIVATE 602
B
ELECT
MC PRIVATE
603
B 15' - 1"
X1003B
5' - 9"
3 A-412
5' - 11"
22' - 5" B
MC SEMI-PRIVATE
9' - 4"
12' - 0"
TA-18
5 A-411
SCREENED PORCH
9' - 9"
16
A-521
5 A-441
D 14' - 10"
5' - 11"
B
11"
1000
95' - 2" 49' - 3"
LIVING
8' - 8"
"FRONT YARD" AREA
20'-0" BUILDING LINE
REF. INTERIORS
11' - 1"
1001 Q20 FEC
7' - 3"
7' - 4"
D
A-411
8' - 8"
30' - 2"
A-301
20
1
1017
5' - 4"
22' - 3"
7' - 3"
7' - 8"
5' - 2"
5' - 10" 4
6
1016 FEC
10' - 4"
12' - 4"
8' - 3" B
LV-1
2' - 7"2' - 11"
5' - 2"
X1003A
8' - 9"
5' - 10"
COUNTRY KITCHEN
JAN
1015
1001
7' - 4"
8' - 9"
2' - 7"2' - 11" 11' - 6"
1019
ELEC
21' - 1"
A-301
8' - 8"
LV-1
14' - 2"
6 5' - 10"
SITTING
8' - 5"
11' - 5"
B
3' - 8"
LV-1
D
D
501
7' - 8" 2' - 7"
2' - 11"
1020
3 B
MC PRIVATE 607
A44
AL 1 BR 2
AL-6
A
AL-6
LV-1
AL-6
A
LV-1
10' - 6"
600
REF. INTERIORS
A44
TOILET
4' - 1"
WLR
WLR
B
5' - 6"
MED
4' - 9"
1 AL 1 BR 2 503
505
1 A-511
MECH
LIVING
WLR
12' - 2"
AL 1 BR 2
REF. INTERIORS
WLR
WLR
2
1021
MC LIVING / DINING
FEC
A32
11 A-441
A-401
24' - 0"
FIRE RISER
1024
604
B
B 13' - 9"
13' - 9"
1023
X1024
WLR
1005
WLR
WLR
WLR
MC LAUNDRY
20' - 1"
WLR
CORRIDOR
MC SEMI-PRIVATE 608
D
1' - 0"
REF. INTERIORS
6' - 9"
7 A-441 WLR
8' - 3"
WLR
WLR
6' - 4"
6' - 5"
52' - 8"
WLR
4' - 7"
WLR
LOCKER
WLR
WLR
A-411
X1005
D
A31 WLR
WLR
4
D
Q20
1011
15' - 1"
WLR
A30
1011
3' - 8" 1004
EXISTING CONCRETE PAD
609
3' - 4" 3' - 0" 3' - 3" 3' - 3"
STORAGE
2 A-511
80' - 10"
14' - 4"
1009
1007
20' - 0"
EXAM
1004
1' - 6"
502
8' - 6"
B
MC SEMI-PRIVATE
12' - 4"
7' - 10"
X1023
WLR
TABLE STORAGE
AL STUDIO
1022
7' - 9"
506
WLR
155' - 0"
1006
AL 1 BR 504
AL 1 BR
7' - 11"
X1022B
PORCH
610
CORRIDOR
WELLNESS
EXISTING BUILDING
1010
16' - 9"
LV-1
1' - 4"
B
3' - 0"
LV-1
B
MC PRIVATE
1' - 4"
B
LV-1
16' - 5"
8' - 6"
B
MC PRIVATE 611
28' - 5"
A
SALON
7' - 9"
LV-1
A
6
7' - 2"
A-412
CHARTING PHYSICIAN OFFICE
5' - 8"
LV-1
5' - 0"
B
1000
B
1
A-301
13 A-441
10' - 0"
A
9' - 3"
1 8' - 0"
X
A-412
A
1008
5
30' - 4"
13' - 9" B
3 A-411
16' - 10"
2' - 10"
3 A-511
19' - 5"
WLR
WLR
B
16' - 3"
X1022A
14' - 4"
MEMORY CARE COURTYARD
14' - 0"
WLR
5' - 0"
3' - 1" 2' - 5"
2
1 A-411
X1022C
78' - 4"
LV-1
4' - 2"
3' - 1"
3 A-401
WLR
2' - 4"
WLR
14' - 4"
28' - 4"
AL STUDIO 508 B
2 A-411
WLR
X
EXTEND CONCRETE SIDEWALK
47' - 4"
WLR
X
NEW UTILITY TRANSFORMER AND SWITCHGEAR
28' - 3"
4' - 10"
WLR
X
5' - 6"
EXISTING CONCRETE PAD
13' - 6"
5' - 2"
X
4' - 10"
10' - 3"
X
EXISTING SIDEWALK
10' - 6"
14' - 10"
B LV-1
EXISTING BUILDING
A-401
LV-1
AL STUDIO 507 10' - 3"
NEW ADDITION
ASSISTED LIVING COURTYARD
AREA EXISTING TRANSFORMER PAD
5
5' - 0"
WLR
A
B WLR
B
FEC
X
NEW CONCRETE SPLASH SLABS AT UNIT PATIOS BLOCKS AT BASE OF NEW METAL FENCE, REF. 03/A-052 "FRONT YARD"DOWNSPOUTS
LV-1
WLR
5' - 0"
72' - 1"
A
72' - 1"
EDGE OF EXISTING FIRELANE
AL 1 BR 510
WLR
6' - 4"
2' - 5" 3' - 1"
A
AL 1 BR 509
LV-1
WLR
4' - 10"
2' - 5" 3' - 1"
A
NEW 1 STORY ASSISTED LIVING / MEMORY CARE ADDITION
LV-1
A-412
EDGE OF EXISTING SLAB
X1000A
ASSISTED LIVING COURTYARD
79' - 9"
5
40' - 4"
EXTEND AND ALIGN EXISTING BRICK WALL
A-301
FRONT PROPERTY LINE
X1003C
2' - 10"
professional experience
4' - 10"
2' - 5"
X1009
AL 1 BR
511
LV-1
8
EXTEND CONCRETE SIDEWALK
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5' - 4"
B LV-1
AL 1 BR A
3' - 1"
X
X
3' - 1"
X
4' - 10"
A 4 A-401
10' - 6"
9' - 2"
10' - 6"
LV-1
X
WLR
X
WLR
X
MEMORY CARE COURTYARD
2' - 5"
X
X
X
LANDSCAPE SCREEN
X
X
EXTENDED FIRE LANE
X
B
FEC
X
5' - 5"
A-401
METAL FENCE WITH GATES, REF. 03/A-052
WESTWARD DRIVE
1
SITE PLAN 1" = 20'-0"
0
1/2"
1"
2"
1 LEVEL 1 FLOOR PLAN 1/8" = 1'-0"
A R B O R NACOGDOCHES completed FALL 2016 NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS Assisted Living + Memory Care phases worked: schematic, design, construction documents + construction administration
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1/2"
1"
2"
The project is a 25 unit addition to an existing Senior Living community. The addition continues the similar cross corridor language used in the existing 36 unit housing. Public amenities like dining, salon, and wellness rooms are concentrated in the center of the cross shape while the units extend along the lengths of the corridors. The major issues the the project encountered were creating a firesafe enclosure that connected seamlessly to the existing building and ensuring residents had a safe egress from the building. I began working on the project during the schematic drawings in 2015 through most of the construction administration in July 2016. Under the guidance of the project architect, I was intimately involved in all phases of the project. While not only creating the drawings in Revit, I was able to document the existing building from previous documents. Frequent meetings were held with state officials to make sure the wall between the existing and new residential community was properly fire-resistant.
HEB
THE SOLANA
* conceptual site plan, by others A-515
DUMPSTERS
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GEN. 14
A-515 8
11 A-052 A-515
216' - 9 1/2"
3 10
4 '-
26' - 10"
" 3/4
3
90째 A-302
B
A
5 A-515
3 1
80 째
9
A-302
A-401
A-515
10
8
GARAGE G013
A-302
7
A-515
GARAGE G014
ELEV. 2
CORRIDOR 173
CORRIDOR 174
UNIT A 1021
2
UNIT F 1022
UNIT C 1019 GARAGE G012
TRASH 132 GARAGE G009
GARAGE G010
CORRIDOR 175
UNIT A 1020
POOL EQUIP. 126
MEN 124
UNIT G 1017
GARAGE G011
TOILET 139 MECH. 150
MAINT OFFICE 129
EXEC. EXEC. DIRECTOR CONFERENCE 143 142 CORRIDOR 144
A-304 3
UNIT E.1 1015
CORRIDOR 177
A-417
A-304
COURTYARD
2
GARAGE G005 GARAGE G004
STORAGE 119
GARAGE G003 3' 22 -6
2
STORAGE 117
D
UNIT A 1010
" 1/4
STORAGE 116 WOOD WORKING 130
GARAGE G001
STAIR 1 160
1 A-401
STAIR 2 110
GARAGE G002
UNIT A 1002
ELEC. 103
ELEV. EQUIP. 165
MECH. 102
STORAGE 112
CORRIDOR 171
STORAGE 113
151
WINE BAR 161
UNIT E.2 1008
STORAGE 114
MECH. 148B
3
STORAGE 120 STORAGE 115
UNIT D 1004
MKTG. OFFICE 108
1 A-401
UNIT C.2 1005
MECH. 108A
LIVING ROOM 164
ELEV. 1 CORRIDOR 170
LOBBY UP 163
RECEPTION 162
ADMIN SUPPORT 159
MECH. 159A
FITNESS 148 HOSTESS 158
AMIGO PKG 157
MASSAGE/ EXAM 156
MECH. 154
A-303 2
MEN 152 WOMEN 153
THERAPY 149
SALON 155
VESTIBULE 101
1
ELEC. 111
MAIL 104
CLOSING ROOM WORK CORRIDOR 105 106 ROOM 109
UNIT E.1 1007
A-303
D
A-303
A-303 4
MECH. 118
1
BUS. OFFICE 146
PRIVATE DINING 147
DINING ROOM 151
A-401
STORAGE 121
OFFICE 145
1/4"
A-304
5 3
STAIR 3 140
4
3 A-401
A-304
UNIT B 1012
EMPLOYEE LOUNGE 138
133' - 0
2 A-304
MECH. 137
CORRIDOR 176
KITCHEN 141
1
UNIT B 1018
AMIGO PKG 122
FIRE PUMP 136
CHEF OFFICE 135
MECH. 131A
MECH. 129A RES. STORAGE 128
ELEC. 127
SOILED 133
HSKPG 131
WOMEN 125
CORRIDOR 172
A-301
GARAGE G008
GARAGE G007
GARAGE G006
A-515
CLEAN 134
80째
A-515
ELEV. EQUIP. 123
MKTG. ASST. 107
3 A-305 4 2
STORAGE 105B
235'
" 4 1/4
2
A
B
1
A-401 A-301
110째
1
S O L A N A VINTAGE P A R K completed FALL 2016 HOUSTON, TEXAS Independent Living Community phases worked: construction documents + construction administration
OVERALL PLAN - LEVEL 01 1/16" = 1'-0"
0
1/2"
1"
NORTH
2"
The project is a 150,000 sqft independent living residential community for seniors. With nearly 120 units, the project utilizes about 20 different unit types that help create the donut-shaped form, while also providing various sizing and pricing availability.The project sits in a high-end shopping center and many facade design guidelines were needed to be approved by the city for the project to be consistent within the shopping center. Because the project was designed for more active and able seniors, the project was able to provide more high-end amentities like balconies, a pool, and movie theater. I was involved during various phases from 2014 until July 2016, but mainly involved in the construction document and administration phase. I visited the site to document construction progress and frequently reviewed construction submittals.
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73 B U I L D I N G
: BODY FALL 2018 book-making
ST LOUIS, MO prof. Antonio San Martin Design Thinking research / book-making
As a prerequisite for the final design project, the book introduces ideas to address in the next and final semester. The research dealt with themes of corporeality, ephemerality, and disembodiment in architecture, specifically how the body has to negotiate itself from the individual scale to the collective scale. As a self-guided process, the ideas and hypotheses (Discourse) are asked to find a corresponding Context (sited in the St. Louis region) and Program to begin implementing into a building. The research is then compiled into a final book, which is handmade. After printing on newsprint paper, the pages were folded into signatures and hand-sewn into a kettle-stitch binding. Thick, gray book board helps structure the book and a graphic, transulent vellum slides on as a cover.
individual work LINK_ https://issuu.com/raburch/docs/burch_rachel_design_thinking_121818
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R R
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N M
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W A
A G
RENEWAL RAMPAGE
L E
RACHEL BURCH | NIC SMITH
1955 1955 1956 1956 1958 1958 1963 1963 1963 1963 1965 1965 1966 1966 1966 1966 1967
1. ATTUCKS
DISPLACED : 478 1. ATTUCKS DISPLACED : 478
2. SOUTH HUMOLT DISPLACED : 231
3. EASTSIDE DISPLACED : 670
4. WOODLAND DISPLACED : 220
5. GARFIELD DISPLACED : 131
6. HOSPITAL HILL DISPLACED : 93
7. TRINITY-ST MARY’S DISPLACED : 160
8. MANUAL DISPLACED : 324
9. TOWN FORK CREEK DISPLACED : 62 2. SOUTH HUMOLT DISPLACED : 231
3. EASTSIDE DISPLACED : 670
4. WOODLAND DISPLACED : 220
10. INDEPENDENCE PLAZA DISPLACED : 387
11. COLUMBUS PARK DISPLACED : 59
12. ATTUCKS EAST
DISPLACED : 496 5. GARFIELD DISPLACED : 131
6. HOSPITAL HILL DISPLACED : 93
13. CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT DISPLACED : 6
14. EAST 23RD DISPLACED : 218 7. TRINITY-ST MARY’S DISPLACED : 160
8. MANUAL DISPLACED : 324
15. OAK PARK DISPLACED : 5
16. 12TH AND VINE
1967 1968 1968 1968
11 5
1968
4
3
1968
13
8
1968 1969
10
16
2
1
12
14
6
DISPLACED : 328 9. TOWN FORK CREEK DISPLACED : 62
1968
7
10. INDEPENDENCE PLAZA DISPLACED : 387
URBAN RENEWAL ADDITIONS / AMENDMENTS 2010S 2000S11. COLUMBUS PARK 1990SDISPLACED : 59 1980S 1960S 1950S12. ATTUCKS EAST : 496 HOMEDISPLACED ASSOCIATIONS OF KANSAS CITY CHAPTER 353 AREAS 13. CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
1968
1968
15
1968
DISPLACED : 6
1968
14. EAST 23RD DISPLACED : 218
1968
15. OAK PARK DISPLACED : 5
16. 12TH AND VINE
75 SYSTEMS
DISPLACED : 328
9
1969
AT
CITY-SCALE:
KANSAS CITY
URBAN RENEWAL ADDITIONS / AMENDMENTS 2010S 2000S 1990S 1980S 1960S KANSAS CITY, MO 1950S HOME ASSOCIATIONS OF KANSAS CITY Linda Samuels / Paola CHAPTER 353 AREAS Aguirre
profs.
N
0
2000’
PROSPECT AVE
data mapping
FALL 2017
analytical maps
FT 1”=2000’ 4000’
Kansas City, mowork group KEVIN FOX GOTHAM, RACE, REAL ESTATE, AND UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT: THE KANSAS CITY EXPERIENCE, 1900-2000 http://maps.kcmo.org/apps/parcelviewer/ http://www.ha-kc.org/index.php/missouri-associations http://cityclerk.kcmo.org
with Nic Smith
N 2000’
FT 4000’
C A T A L Y T I C LAND USE
catalytic land use
RACHEL BURCH | NIC SMITH
CITY PLANning + development focus (city’s comprehensive plan) physical framework plan urban core plan (plan for the heart of the city) northland plan preservation plan neighborhood prototypes plan governance plan
CITY PLANning + development
human investment plan
AREA PLANS
next rail kc streetcar expansion
focus 63rd + prospect development (city’s comprehensive plan) kansas city brownfield initiative advance kc initiative
economic development
physical framework plan urban core plan (plan for the heart the city) BIKEof KC PLANS CORRIDOR PLANS northland plan
CITYWIDE PLANS PROJECT PLANS
WALKABILITY NODES
preservation plan NEIGHBORHOOD + CORRIDOR PLANS
PLANS
neighborhood prototypes plan governance plan human investment plan land use classification cOMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
AREA PLANS
next rail kc streetcar expansion 63rd + prospect development kansas city brownfield initiative advance kc initiative
economic development
CITYWIDE PLANS
BIKE KC PLANS CORRIDOR PLANS
PROJECT PLANS
WALKABILITY NODES
NEIGHBORHOOD + CORRIDOR PLANS
PLANS
N
0
2000’
FT 1”=2000’ 4000’
Kansas City, mo http://kcmo.gov/ http://maps.kcmo.org/apps/parcelviewer/ http://kcmo.gov/planning/planning-and-development-initiatives-3/
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PROSPECT AVE
In conjunction with mapping St. Louis, groups in our studio chose topics to investigate at the city-scale. Our first map analyzed the historical trend of ‘urban renewal’ and the geographies of these locations in relation to the north-south bus transect of land use classification cOMMERCIALThe second map Prospect Avenue. DOWNTOWN DISTRICT studied land-use and the city’s comprehensive and neighborhood development plans.
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WARPED: WALL-TO-BRIDGE AUGUST 2016
model-making
SITELESS M.Arch Orientation 1/8” = 1’-0” basswood model, 18”x18”x12” individual work concept model
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Given the choice to design a wall, bridge, or a tower, we had two weeks to build a model before classes formally started. Merging the concept of a bridge as a wall, the project is imagined as spanning a road, latching onto three urban buildings. The bridge/wall starts on one side as a square shape, then twists and unfolds across the road and onto the buildings.
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S T U D I O O N E SPRING 2011
hand drafting
SITELESS profs. Chris Taylor / Joshua Nason 11”x17” model, real scale axonometric hand drawings individual work
exploded axonometric
axonometric
80 Using the 11�x17� format in drawing and model space, actionable words were used to influence space on an MDF palimpsest. The semester-long project comprised of three projects, the next project relying on the traces of the last project. The words were reiterated after observing the lines and marks left on the MDF palimpsest. For the third project, a cut was made into the MDF, activating space between each side of the board and unifying the model as a whole.
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