ecole nationale supÊrieure d’architecture de versailles, study abroad versailles,
university of illinois, urbana-champaign
Ryan McVeigh Dodd.
a collection of EXPERIENCE. DESIGN portfolio
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a collection of experience.
table of contents
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Design Statement
Architectural Design Children’s Discovery Museum
Chicago, Illinois 2008
Traveler’s Inn Holocaust Memorial
Rapa Nui, Chile 2010 Atlantic City, New Jersey 2010
Historic Round Barns
Urban Performance Venue
Urbana, Illinois 2009
Paris, France 2008
Built Work Gazebo Design & Build
Anna, Illinois 2007
Architectural Office Experience
Construction Employment Experience
Kansas City & Carbondale 2008-2010 Anna, Illinois 2005 & 2007
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Elective Art Sketching Experience Photography during Travels
Europe 2007-2008 Europe & America 2007-2008
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a collection of experience.
design statement
Design develops throughout a lifetime beginning at birth, each person gains experiences and knowledge which shape them in all aspects of life. Personally, I have grown up in a small rural Southern Illinois town with a close knit family and friends. I began much of my childhood intrigued with building, forming, and shaping things onto paper. For hours as a young child I would drag scrap lumber into the woods to construct my own fort, my own architecture. From here, I took every opportunity to ask why? and how?- My parents patiently would answer. This drive for the answers fostered questions about structures and buildings, which continues every day of my life. As a young boy my dad would invite me to help on different projects around the house such as a boat dock and my first tree house. More recently he encouraged me to design a gazebo integrated into our deck. This sense for construction continued into employment after high school, throughout yearlong travels and education in Europe, and is a base for the designs I develop today. I like to know the “how and why� behind all forms I imagine.
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Children’s Discovery Museum Chicago, Illinois
GSF Total 83,685
a sequence of gathering
The site for this project is situated in a challenging and busy urban environment. The task was to include a multitude of spaces for children and adults which encouraged education and fun. The site itself is 242 ft. by 165 ft. and includes an elevated public train to the East, continuously running and interrupting. Architecture 475, Capstone Studio, Fall 2008
Enticing the future users of the museum is a key factor, such that a large open outdoor and protected plaza space for initial gathering and urban relaxation is a stapled idea. It is the idea of a comforting place to pause and slow down in the busy urban environment. While exploring the knowledge represented the user will continue to come across simple spaces to gather their children, discuss the information, notice a view, reflect personally, or just share a laugh. “Gathering” is a key factor in a person’s life as well as this museums experience.
Children’s Discovery Museum
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west of grant park
chicago, il
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06 plaza perspective towards northeast
level +1 view towards northwest
view from lobby mezzanine north
south & east facade corner
green roof, dig zone, water collection
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1/16” = 1’ scale model in site
construction zone ramp to dig on roof
1/16” = 1’ scale model in site
night view of early childhood experience view from atrium looking northwest
Rendered views and models produce the feelings and describe the spaces which would be felt at the Chicago Children’s Museum. These views make it possible to place yourself into the perspective and imagine the built form. Various images are shown to fully represent the many aspects of the program formed into one idea. Children’s Discovery Museum
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structural perspective
structural model
plaza fun with media screens & amphitheater steps to west hugging the single spot entry ramp and stair to the lowered plaza
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u- values with energy 10 software
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Sustainability is important in all aspects of design today and the Chicago Children’s Museum would post a high and valued LEED ranking.
enclosure & structure
Enclosure design, being an important aspect in the energy efficiency of a building, was studied in depth and in detail while constructing a facade and structural system to withstand the elements and provide views into and out of the space.
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Traveler’s Inn at a UNESCO World Heritage Site
480’x480’
Rapa Nui, Chile
national register of historic places
rapa nui inn
The studio focused upon a semester long investigation of a 24 unit lodge for the off-the-beaten-track traveller. Each student selected a location at which such an inn might provide access to a cultural, natural or historic point of interest. Design at all scales from furniture to room to building to neighborhood to site was explored. Emphasis was placed upon professionally developed verbal (oral and written), graphic, and model presentations. Studio EmphasesThe search for ideas. The development of critical and creative thinking. The translation of ideas into built form. The understanding of human scale. Traveler’s Inn
Architecture 572, Professor James Warfield Studio, Fall 2010
site in champaign-urbana
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Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a small triangular multi - volcanoed island, roughly 14 miles long by seven miles wide and 69 square miles. It lies 2,400 miles west of the coast of Chile and 2,500 miles east of Tahiti. Its closest human neighbors are 1,400 miles to the west on Pitcairn Island. The 2500 permanent inhabitants have the honor of being the remotest population on the face of the Earth. They share the island with over 875 Moai statues scattered around its coast; the Moai facing the land and watching over her.
The Island-
Tourist Activities on the Island include -caving / lava tubes -raising a moai -hiking -cave/ rock paintings -ocean canoe -chicken hut & houses -ahu platforms -coral sand beaches -horseback riding -rock & cliff climbing (985 ft. high) an introduction to Rapa Nui “You shall scratch at the earth until compactness is born, until the shadow falls upon the structure as upon a colossal bee that eats its own honey lost in infinite time.” -Pablo Neruba
Rapa Nui Inn provides a remote get-away and private gallery towards the land which man nearly destroyed in the process of erecting the monuments we all came to see. The indigenous volcanic rock was shaped by man over 1500 years ago; these crafts are a foundation for the cultural history of yesterday and tomorrow, which cannot be ignored. Rapa Nui still has many gifts to offer, though we must enjoy them responsibly while letting the last tree grow. Masterplan-
The climate of Easter Island is subtropical maritime. The lowest temperatures are registered in July and August (64 °F) and the highest in February (maximum temperature 82 °F), the summer season in the southern hemisphere. Winters are relatively mild. The rainiest month is April, though the island experiences year-round rainfall. As an isolated island Easter Island is constantly exposed to winds which help to keep the temperature fairly cool. Precipitation averages only 44 inches per year. Occasionally, heavy rainfall and rainstorms strike the island. These occur mostly in the winter months (JuneAugust). The ocean water temperature stays aroud 70 °F, which is to cold for substantial coral reef.
people of Rapa Nui by Lorenzo Moscia historic timeline of Rapa Nui 300 AD to 1995
climate normal weather of Rapa Nui
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RAPA NUI
RYAN DODD PROFESSOR WARFIELD UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FALL 2010
Visitors to Rapa Nui Inn receive a peek of its seclusion as they travel from the town among the Moai, eventually arriving beyond. Uninhibiting the panoramic view is the reception, restaurant, horse stables, and service portion of the resort which is married among the sloped and rocky grasslands. Foot travel leads the guests to their private oasis, stimulating the senses with the islands intrigue along the way.
Site Section A - Looking West
Site Section B - Looking Southwest
scale: 1/64”=1’
scale: 1/64”=1’
Quarrying the Statues “The Riddle of the Quarry”
Easter Island has very few trees, but this was not always the case. The island once possessed a forest of palms, but it seems the native Easter Islanders completely deforested the island in the process of erecting their statues, as well as constructing fishing boats and buildings. There is evidence that the disappearance of the island’s trees coincided with the collapse of the Easter Island civilization from year 800-1600 AD. Midden contents from that time period show a sudden drop in quantity of fish and bird bones as the islanders lost the means to construct fishing vessels and the birds lost their nesting sites. Chickens and rats became leading items of diet. There is also some evidence of cannibalism.
The underlying island geology is one of extinct volcanoes. Rapa Nui is a volcanic high island, consisting mainly of three extinct coalesced volcanoes: Terevaka (altitude 507 metres) forms the bulk of the island. Two other volcanoes, Poike and Rano Kau, form the eastern and southern headlands and give the island its roughly triangular shape. There are numerous lesser cones and other volcanic features, including the crater Rano Raraku, the cinder cone Puna Pau and many volcanic caves including lava tubes. The Rapa Nui people had a Stone Age civilization and made extensive use of several different types of local stone: -Basalt, a hard, dense stone used for toki and at least one of the moai. -Obsidian, a volcanic glass with sharp edges used for sharp-edged implements such as Mataa and also for the black iris of the eyes of the moai. -Red scoria from Puna Pau, a very light red stone used for the pukao and a few moai. -Tuff from Rano Raraku, a much more easily worked rock than basalt, and was used for most of the moai.
trees
vegetation
rock
Paschalococos disperta (Rapa Nui Palm)
Many Species of Grass’s cover Rapa Nui
Basalt, Obsidian, Red Scoria, & Tuff
Rapa Nui North Elevation with Key Locations
RAPA NUI
RYAN DODD PROFESSOR WARFIELD UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FALL 2010
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NeighborhoodPrivacy and place is achieved in the individualized units by separation of the indigenous built walls. The space between the wall and the modular construction system creates a gallery to touch, thus beginning the users exploration. This exploration radiates across the island while the volcanic born boulders engage the enclosed space and floating deck. UnitThe historic vernacular stone built wall anchors the Inn to the land while providing a barrier of privacy and function. The land is saved from exhaustion by importing the modular materials for the rest of the Inn, similar were goods, animals, plants, materials, and people brought to the island since habitation. The imported materials, including the aging leather furniture, float abouve the land and are supported by disappearing columns.
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Holocaust Memorial Competition Atlantic City, New Jersey
site 40’ x 60’
Truth; Overlaying the Facts of Genocide, Past and Present
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Architecture 572, Small Studio, Spring 2010
This competition seeks to stimulate fresh thinking about public memorials, and invites ideas from diverse fields. The requirements for the Memorial and how it occupies the site are as unconstrained as possible. Participants are encouraged to contemplate the meaning of the Holocaust and genocide in our lives today, and to invent a fitting design for this time and this place. We look to our competitors to propose the appropriate metaphors and forms for such a Memorial. (ACBHM, Inc.)
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programming_monica alicea matos
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Experimental Round Barns Historic District Urbana, Illinois
national register of historic places
round barn revisited
The Historic Round Barn Complex on the University of Illinois’ campus is a very delicate site. The vernacular space was designed in unison with science over a hundred years ago. The purpose of the complex was to experiment and educate the public in regards to dairy cattle and producing the most gains. When I first walked the small knoll to the South of campus I felt like I had completely bounded out of the creeping urban which had surrounded me. Instantly I gained a respect for the land and the technology behind the cheaply balloon framed structures. When stepping inside I knew that I must be careful not to disturb the grandness and the surreal postcard image from every angle. These barns are a testament to the foundations of imagination which this university was founded upon. Historic Round Barns
Architecture 571, Historic Preservation Studio, Fall 2009
site in champaign-urbana
historic 10 acre site
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site model towards southeast
site model 1/32� = 1’
site model towards northwest
site elevations
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I believe the Round Barns should be used as a median of learning for everyone in the community and afar. I carefully adjusted the site to bring forward many possible explorations into agriculture and the barns themselves. Believing it to be imperative not to break the ground plane which the barns sit or the views towards the site because this would take away from the simple and calm scene which has lasted for over a century.
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site plan and topography, 40’ drop
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night view of barn 3 & addition
level -1 office wing louvered
view from restaurant mezzanine
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Also, when designing the complex I looked towards many contrasts where I could push and pull with the original design while not overshadowing it. For example, I alter the previously designed addition to Round Barn III into a full bank barn with the Pennsylvania Dutch Forebay overhang,
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floor plans at ground levels
1/8� = 1’ addition model
user & spatial diagram
Urban Performance Venue Paris, France
separation of spaces
precedent photo
musical performance venue in site
Spring 2008
The task was to develop a program and venue which included a music hall, school, cafe, mobile performance unit, and green space as well as to incorporate the often used elevator entrance and exit. The idea of tranquil landscape, emerging terrain, and a sovereign townsquare situated in an enticing, usable, and functional form is clearly evident in this project.
The site being in Paris, France brings new challenges of unfamiliar territory as well as the use of the metric system. It is situated between the famous Opera Bastille and the Promenade Plantee, a converted railroad track to pedestrian parkway. Below ground level is a six story parking garage with an immovable elevator shaft running directly through the middle of the site.
precedent photo
urban escape
precedent photo
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path of travel from promenade to entrance
design sketching
The path the user chooses along this “urban escape� performance venue is filled with new views and angles to something unseen, though heard. The process of guiding the user across the entire site was developed through an array of working sketches and design trials. The ideas and details of this project were completed in one sketchbook before ever touching a computer.
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1 : 50 scale model of lobby
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34 block climb structure & seating in front of school
full building program in site
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sliding door entrance to lobby
1: 50 scale model of lobby & structure
Renderings and models show the detail involved in forming the spaces and creating the experience for the user.
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1: 50 scale model of entrance & structure
connection from promenade
1 : 200 scale model from foam core
front view of entrance angles
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my brother & i during construction
under construction
gazebo within a site of woods
interior view towards lake
floor plan with measurements & angles calculated
integration with existing deck
designing the gazebo
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Gazebo Design & Build Anna, Illinois
sunset through forest on gazebo
construction detail & finishing
The existing tiered deck to the south side of a primarily solar heated home became the site for this project. The original deck, not at 45 degree angles, produced some challenges in integrating and enlivening a large covered form into its overall design. The opportunity to personally and individually design and construct a screenedin gazebo on my terms was awesome. The hillside site with views to the western sunset, tree-top wildlife, and lake became vital while developing the framed views as well as the geometry. The measurements and design had to be perfect to construct this strong cypress haven from concrete footings to cypress lined ceilings. Clean and detailed construction was pivotal between myself and my brother. Gazebo Design & Build
Summer 2007
interior cypress ceiling
integrating connection
gazebo integrating with existing house and deck
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Architectural Office Experience Kansas City, Missouri Carbondale, Illinois
The real world and detailed aspects of an architectural office were eye-opening. Projects I contributed to ranged from single home additions, restoring old theatres and buildings at the University of Illinois, to the design of new commercial, educational, and health services buildings in the Southern Illinois area. At ThreeSixty architecture I had the oppurtunity to work at all stages of the architects process on multiple projects with a respect to Sport at the Collegiate level.
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Summer 2008-2010
Personally I have designed a workout room addition to a residence, new facade and roof for a residence, Autocad and construction document work for a variety of projects, as well as not for profit work with the buckysdome.org organization to benefit the Buckminster Fuller Dome Home in Carbondale, Illinois. Also, I serve as the lead designer for the Union County Recreation Complex in Anna, Illinois.
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buckminster fuller home
concrete work
residential addition
barn renovation
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Anna, Illinois Gaylon Cruse Construction 618.827.4266
Construction experience is key in understanding any architectural design. I learned a great deal working with a crew of five men on an addition, renovation, and a brand new threestory home. Not only did I value the knowledge gained relating to construction but also the relationship between builder and architect. Construction workers are the ones who build the projects which architects design. Therefore, it seemed pivotal to me to gain this experience and understand the mind-set of the crews on the actual site. I surveyed the site, poured the concrete basement walls and floor, built standard walls and floors, placed the roof trusses, laid the shingles, and finished the interiors with dry wall and “mud.� I built architecture and I constructed homes.
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Construction Employment Experience
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gable home on the national mall
on staff for construction from basement to roof
gable home on the national mall
entry from front
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Sketching Experience Europe
Sketching and drawing has an important role in any architects life. Architects must convey an idea quickly and visually for others to understand.
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Fall, Winter, & Spring 2007-2008
Traveling experiences and teachers across Europe have helped to develop my sketching skills in my mind and in my hand. When sitting down to sketch a building or subject in Europe, I found myself really learning from the place and examining it deeply. I would walk away from the site with a cherished memory on paper and a knowledge to last a lifetime. Sketching teaches me how to look at the world in a different light. I continue to learn and sketch, constantly toning my skill.
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st. louis gateway arch
venice, italy
sevilla, spain
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lisbon, portugal storming the bastille in paris, france
2007-2008
Photography, like sketching, is another form to view the world, both large and small. As sketches can capture things that photos cannot, the same is true for photography. I have examined light intensely, various cultures, and studied architecture and life in differing lands in my photography. I have kept a record of my journeys and growth with these pictures.
budapest, hungary
paris, france vienna, austria
Europe and America
christmas in monte carlo, monaco
Photography during Travels
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mont saint michel, france
venice, italy
menton, france
pantheon in rome, italy
florence, italy
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french alps in chamonix, 2008
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a collection of EXPERIENCE. DESIGN portfolio
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bachelor of science in architectural studies university of illinois urbana-champaign spring 2009
masters of architecture candidate university of illinois urbana-champaign spring 2011
ecole nationale supÊrieure d’architecture de versailles, study abroad
university of illinois, urbana-champaign Ryan McVeigh Dodd.