ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO RAEF TRAUTMAN
RAEF TRAUTMAN
ABOUT ME
I am a third year architecture student at Iowa State University with a anticipated graduation in May 2025. I enjoy spending time with family and friends, traveling, playing racquet sports, creating, designing, and problem-solving. I am looking for an internship to gain hands-on experience in the workforce, expand upon my design abilities, and better my understanding of the design process.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Kowalski’s Markets - (Oct. 2017 - Current)
Catering company and fresh market grocery store. I have been a server, delivery driver, waiter, bartender, and a helping hand either on-site at an event or back at the central kitchen and warehouse, preparing orders, food, or organizing.
Pizza Ranch - (April 2019 - Oct. 2019)
Large pizza chain buffet in the midwest. While there, I made pizzas, desserts, washed dishes, cleared tables, and cleaned the restaurant.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Illustrator
Rhino 7
Model Making
Photoshop InDesign
Lumion
AutoCAD Revit
LEADERSHIP
raeft@iastate.edu
+1 (612)-220-0422
issuu.com/raeftrautman
Lakeville, Minnesota
EDUCATION
Iowa State University
Enrollment: Fall 2020 - Spring 2025
Major: Bachelor’s of Architecture
GPA: 3.61
Dean’s List: 5 out of 6 semesters
Lakeville North High School
Enrollment: Fall 2016 - Spring 2020
GPA: 3.75
National Honors Society Member
REFERENCES
Millissa Fortuna
Kowalski’s Warehouse Manager
mfortuna@kowalskis.com +1 (612)-859-1197
Kay Owens
Tau Kappa Epsilon House Mother
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Member - (Fall 2020 - Current)
Philanthropy Committee - (Fall 2022 - Current)
High School Sports
Tennis Team Captain - (Spring 2018 & 2019)
Baseball Team Captain - (Spring 2018)
Climate Studio Mapping
HEIGHTENED VALLEYS NATURE’S OCULUS SAIL 28-49 16-27 04-15 TABLE OF CONTENTS
HEIGHTENED VALLEYS
SITE: Ledges State Park, Madrid, Iowa
DATE: Fall 2023
PROFESSOR: Consuelo Nuñez Ciuffa
PARTNERS: Zina Kaissi, Alejandra Goodwin
HEIGHTENED VALLEYS
PROJECT SYNOPSIS
When thinking about the American midwest, people usually think of vast flat lands, rolling hills, and land great for agriculture and farming. As of recently, these areas are decreasing in size due to land being bought by big corporations. Only a few protected areas in Iowa aim to preserve the land and its greatness. Ledges State Park in Madrid, Iowa, is one of the most historic and unique nature destinations to visit and explore the remains of what the last ice age has left in Iowa. Unlike the rest of the midwest, Ledges State Park exhibits massive topography changes. From deep creeks to towering sandstone cliffs, there is much natural beauty to explore.
Heightened Valleys aims to bridge the connection of architecture and landscape together in relevance to the site. By mimicking and excavating the land, our design lets users experience the most exciting topography at all heights, whether above the tree canopy, floating over the creeks, or immersed in the land itself.
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NATURE’S OCULUS
SITE: Moore Memorial Park, Ames, Iowa
DATE: Spring 2022
PROFESSOR: Reinaldo Correa
PARTNER: Erik Magnuson
Render by Erik
NATURE’S OCULUS
PROJECT SYNOPSIS
Nature’s Oculus encompasses the ability to experience the site on many different levels, from below the horizon line to being a part of the skies. The tower has multiple platforms for contrasting views from around the park, allowing different activities, like star gazing at the top or group discussions of the experiences gained from the tower at the bottom. The detail, or facade of the tower, was inspired by a previous screen project shown in project Sail.
This final project of my second semester of architecture studio tasked us to host and foster a ritual pertained to a specific site in Ames, Iowa. My partner Erik and I visited multiple parks around Ames and found Moore Memorial Park a great place where people can come together and enjoy nature. When visiting our site, we noted that Moore Memorial Park is a uniquely beautiful place with subtle terrain changed throughout its area, walkable paths for enjoyment, and much wildlife appreciating the site.
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SAIL
DATE: Spring 2022
PROFESSOR: Reinaldo Correa
PROJECT SYNOPSIS SAIL
Through a process of paying attention to detail in various screens of different materials, I learned a lot during this project about research, investigation, and creative thinking. The wooden screen with golden wires was experimenting with the kinetics of wind and sound, then moving on to Tyvek and its unique reactions to heat to achieve different textures. The later phases of the project tasked me with making this a 3-D space and then onto a reinterpretation of the detail within my final screen.
Sail showcases my findings of Tyvek and its properties through heat manipulation and lighting. In a semester focusing on detail, custom 3-D printed joints were designed to hold specific grommets that connected each piece of Tyvek. The structure of the screen is a wooden base with PVC pipes extending upwards from it. The pipes were filled with sand, heated, and bent to a shape of my liking to hold the Tyvek pieces.
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Perspective drawings (24”x18”) for the spatial settings are done in acrylic paint, graphite, micron pens, and acetone transfers.
Section (10”x10”), Plan (5”x5”), Elevations (5“x5”), and Detailed Callout drawings are all done in graphite over a lightbox and highlighted in micron pen.
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