REGAN EILAND SMALL WORKS
FREI EGIDIO
MARLYN RIVERA + REGAN EILAND
Frei Egidio Chair by Lina Bo Bardi Lina Bo Bardi was an italian architect who relocated to Brazil as a young woman. She became known for her brutalist architectural projects as well as her furniture, which she designed alongside partners, Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Susuki. The three made up the furniture company, Barauna. The Frei Egidio Chair was designed in 1987. The design is a contemoprary version of the 15th century Franciscan folding chairs found in Italy. Its construction consist of white oak which pivot around threaded metal rods. The feet and head of the chair are secured with mortise and tenon joints.
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FREI EGIDIO
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Rural Studio Fabrication 3rd year students worked in pairs to recreate famous chairs through drawing and physical fabrication. Working on this chair, one of the most difficult tasks was correctly placing the 4.5� holes in each of the pieces in order to allow for a clean fold. This involved creating mock-up chairs to test the placement. We created jigs for a variety of tasks. One allowed us to drill the perfectly perpendicular 4.5� holes. Another was made to glue the pieces together to keep the back section from racking. We also created jigs for details like the mortise and tenon joints.
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FREI EGIDIO
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TANNEHILL
IRONWORKS
McCALLA, AL
Tannehill Ironworks Furnace Watercolor Tannehill Ironworks Furnace was originally built 1859-1862 to supply the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Using a combination of surveyor drawings and on-site measurements, a drafted elevation was created of the south side of the furnaces. Because the roof was added after the surveyor drawings were created, photographs and measurements were used to derive the previously undrawn portions. Part of the study included on-site watercolor sketching. The final watercolor shows the south elevation in the foreground, with the plan superimposed behind it.
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TANNEHILL IRONWORKS
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DUDLEY COURTYARD
BENCH FREEDOM BY DESIGN
Glulam + Steel Design The bench is comprised of a 6� thick glulam and welded steel. The only fasteners are bolts screwed in from underneath to connect the glulam to the steel frames.
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DUDLEY COURTYARD BENCH
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SOLAR SHED
STEPS + RAMP
FREEDOM BY DESIGN
The Shed This CLT shed was part of a mass timber research study, parttnered with Habitat for Humanity. The structure is designed to house a lawnmower among other items. Our task was to design a set of steps and a speed ramp without showing fasteners.
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Build + Installation The steps and speed ramp were both prefabricated upside-down to hide the fasteners. The final boards were left off to leave room for attaching it to the shed’s floor CLT, then screwed in from underneath.
SOLAR SHED STEPS + RAMP
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Auburn University | Bachelor of Architecture ‘20
School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture