Graduate Portfolio _ Rachel Burch

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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

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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

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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

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surgeon’s prep

inpatient rooms

maintenance

physician offices

storage

nurses

office private

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manufacturin studio

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machine shop back-of -house

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rehabilitation clinic_ 23,650 sqft

outpatient rooms

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prosthetics lab_ 21,500 sqft

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locker rooms

testing

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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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exam / therapy

reception / dining

auditorium shop / design

dance studios

patient

lab / testing spa

physician

program grouping + enclosures

Degree Project

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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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

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plan with ceiling above

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longitudinal elevation 10’

20’

40’

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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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DRAGON

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ANTELOPE

BOBCAT

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Segment 1: 122 Modules

Cable C

Drawings 1-15: Segments 1 & 2

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Segment 3: 308 Modules

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module attachment ‘construction documents’

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Segment 4: 308 Modules

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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

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typical horizontal joint

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full-height wall perspective

early light test

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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

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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

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121,890 sqft Apartment Amenities

Healthcare

108,600 sqft10%

127,950 sqft

Work Healthcare Space

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4%

134,970 sqft

15,600 sqft Work SchoolSpace

School Daycare

59,280 sqft

7,860 sqft

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263,850 sqft

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4,920 sqft

2,305,590 SQ FT

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68,880 sqft

1,239,930 SQ FT

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3,500,000 SQ FT

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127,950 sqft 15,600 sqft

HOUSING

2,305,590 SQ FT

PUBLIC

1,239,930 SQ FT

TOTAL

3,500,000 SQ FT

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 01 family apartment 02 single apartment 03 low-income housing 04 commercial 05 healthcare 06 school 07 daycare 08 apartment amenities 09 market 10 parking 11 office 12 community center 13 recreation 14 hotel amenities

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urban design

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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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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

71

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

0

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

13

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

E A

N M

E P

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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