Samantha B. McPadden Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio
Samantha B. McPadden Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio
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RESUME
CHARLOTTE MAGNET SCHOOL FOR THE HOLISTIC CULINARY ARTS
MERGING THE QUAD
CENTER FOR THE AUTOMOBILE: NORTH TRYON STRIP
5th year integrated Design Studio 1/2
Arts and Architecture Honors Thesis
4th year topical studio
Fall 2014 Education/Office
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Spring 2014 Intervention
Spring 2014 Civic
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TED CONFERENCE CENTER
CHARLOTTE WWOOFER HOSTEL
SOUNDHOUSE
chantilly montessori outdoor classroom
SHADOWBOX
3rd year studio
3rd year studio
4th year topical studio
Structures Design Charette
Fall 2012 Civic
Spring 2013 Residential
Fall 2013 Intervention
Freedom by Design Build Project Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Design/Build
Spring 2013 Structures Design
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Samantha M c Pa d d e n
549 Manhasset Rd. Charlotte, NC 28209 203.240.4443 smcpadde@uncc.edu
ED U CAT I O N
University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Architecture Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture GPA 4.0 May 2015 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Art History Minor GPA with honors 3.8 Magna Cum Laude May 2014 Central Europe Study Abroad Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, Prague, Berlin 6-credit, 5-week program Summer 2012
E X P E R I ENCE
Rural Initiative Partnership, North Carolina
Preservation Designer, May 2014-present Work with fellow interns to develop and design preservation strategies involving the historic Rosenwald schools throughout North Carolina. Assist with architectural work, graphic depictions, research, and presentation on behalf of the client. Plan Coordinator for R.A. Clement Preservation plan, 2014 Gather information and present design solutions for four-teacher school in Cleveland, NC built in 1929.
Chili’s Bar and Grill, Charlotte, NC and Danbury, CT
Server and Trainer, March 2011-present Effectively communicate with guests, fellow employees and management. Work with a partner to effectively fill guests needs. Chosen as a member of the training team, helping new members to learn the system and how to serve.
SKILLS
Software: Rhinoceros, AutoCad, Revit, Grasshopper, V-Ray Render, Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite, Ecotect Design Qualities: Architecture Design and Detailing, Research, Watercolor, Drawing, Digital and Physical Modeling, Collage, Presentation Materials, Laser Cutting, Rendering
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P R O F E S S I O NA L I N V O L V EMENT
AWA R D S + H O N O R S
American Institute of Architecture Students
Arts and Architecture Honors Program
Active Member, 2011 - Current Work featured in Auction for Fundraising, 2013 Mentor for First and Second Year Students, 2011-2012 South Quad Committee Member, 2012, Beaux Arts Chair, Organize large event for attendees of the conference Attended South Quad Conferences in San Antonio, Clemson, Atlanta and NC State
Active Member, 2010-2014 Tour Guide, 2011, Showed visitors Historic buildings in Uptown Charlotte Thesis, 2014, Completed final semester-long research project
Freedom by Design Development Manager, 2012-2013 In charge of Fundraising and Treasurer Duties while working on build project Active Member, 2011-2014
Graduation Committee Slideshow Chair, 2014 Selected by the SoA Director as representative for class in planning graduation
Admissions Committee Tour Guide, 2011-2013
Mission Trip Volunteer and Leader, Summers ‘07, ‘08, ’09, ‘10, ‘13 Volunteer for weeklong periods in various places from an Indian reservation to Katrina Relief, repairing and building community centers and homes and helping to improve the quality of life from those affected. Most recently directing a group of teens in their mission, teaching them basic craftsmanship and design skills.
SoA Student Scholarship Recipient Spring 2015
Excellence in Architectural History Spring 2014, Graduation Book Award
The Boardman Architecture Honor Fellowship Scholarship Recipient Spring 2014
Runner-up for Traveling Fellowship 2014, Carefully plan and budget trip in relationship to architectural thesis
Chancellor’s List Recipient, 2010-2014
National Society of Leadership and Success Member, 2011-current
School of Architecture Prospectus 2012, Second year project included in School of Architecture publication
School of Architecture Exhibit August 2011, Watercolor displayed alongside a collection of works from other students in program
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CHARLOTTE MAGNET SCHOOL FOR THE HOLISTIC CULINARY ARTS Charlotte, NC
5th Year Integrated Studio Fall 2014 Partner: Savannah DeWitt
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Interior Rendering Ground Floor Market and Store
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The program of this magnet school focuses on the entire process used to create a meal, beginning with growth and ending with consumption. The inspiration for creating a school centered around this process comes from the Spanish chef, Ferran Adria, who doesn’t create dishes that are primarily judged based on taste, but rather by the creative procedure that led to the final dish. Using Ferran Adria’s process as a precedent, we implemented three main subjects into the school that are experienced by each student in a prescribed manner. These focuses include Agriculture, culinary arts, and industrial design.
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The site is on the corner of Stonewall and Tryon. The long side of the site is addressing the downtown area and also the more intimate local traffic on the corners of the site. It is bordering the Levine Center for the Arts, which houses multiple varieties of art from fine to performing.
Subject spaces divided up the core
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Formal response to program organization and site context.
Interior rendering Market facing towards Tryon
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Ground Floor Plan
Market Restaurant Entry Shop Loading Dock
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1 Restaurant Kitchen 2 Restaurant Dining Room 3 Restaurant Storage
2nd Floor Plan
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Interior rendering Pin-up Space
1 Open Office 2 Private Office 3 Conference Room 4 Pin-up Space
9th Floor Plan
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Infilled around the dedicated program zones is space for process and also speculative office space.
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1 Cafeteria Seating 2 Cafeteria Kitchen 3 Fabrication Lab
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1 1 Cafeteria Seating 2 Cafeteria Prep/ Storage 3 Fabrication Lab
11th Floor Plan
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Roof Detail
Slanted Curtain Wall and Occupiable Space Frame
Ground Condition
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Detail of node at 1” = 1’ The process spaces are lab-type environments in which the majority of collaboration across subjects happens. Because of the amount of visible process happening in these spaces, the building is clad on the front and back of each floor plate with a space frame system. This system holds the different independent technologies that benefit the process, such as 3d printers and growing devices. The modular space frame can be changed to accommodate many different scales of technology, and the 5’ x 5’ grid leaves room for additional technology as time progresses.
Interior rendering Cafeteria Seating
Mega-Structure Precedents
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Northeast Faรงade
Southwest Faรงade
The space frame on the front and the back of our building acts as a rain screen that also provides shading and encourages natural ventilation through the space. Simulations were run to determine where the most direct light into the space is entering each frame. Translucent panels are added to shield from the direct light. The side of the frame that does not receive direct light has openings that function on a timer to allow the building to be ventilated when needed.
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Overall, the building is organized to give users the opportunity to be extremely collaborative with communication between the different subjects. The process of creating a meal isn’t independent to the person actually cooking. By exposing the process of creating a meal, our building is an environment that accepts change and allows for growth in the field.
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merging the quad
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Art and Architecture Honors thesis Spring 2014 Partner: Andrew Baur
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Scaffolding Structure on the Quad
Plan of site
Section through path
The Art Quad on UNCC Campus is surrounded by the Architecture, Art, and Performing Arts building. It is currently minimally used, with students keeping off the grass unless encouraged by clubs or teachers. Our goal was to respond to the needs of the different groups of students and create a space that would encourage creative collaboration.
Roof conditions
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Ground conditions
Our solution is to take the scaffolding structure and make it more adaptable to the different groups of people using the space. By allowing one wall to move, the platform can be used for smaller meetings and larger performances. We also created cross-axial paths around the structure so students would begin to walk through the space and take note of the different groups using the space.
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Scaffolding being used for performance
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Pin-up Board used for advertisements and art pin-ups
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CENTER FOR THE AU TO M O B I L E : NORTH TRYON STRIP
Charlotte, NC
4th year topical studio Spring 2014
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Gallery + Form + Ground
Cadillac Ranch
Peter Blake, from God’s Own Junkyard
John Baeder
Car + Sign + Product
Building Responding to gallery interaction Gallery responding to program
A strip mall is a typology created because of the car. Similar cultures or programmatic types come together in a strip mall, making it a one-stop shop for the car driver. The problem with the strip mall is that it is extremely democratic for shops and provides visitors no public space. By keeping the democratic nature of the flat ground plate and consistent structure of the standard strip mall, I am beginning to look at how the following three things could ultimately make the spaces inside and outside of the building for the people and their cars: Ground conditions around building Gallery through the building Structure related to skin
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The gallery as a path that runs longitudinally in and out of the various programs, ultimately making what’s happening in the building the art, giving the visitor a privileged view of the activities, the site and it’s context. Contrasting the rigid structure of the building itself with the gallery as a weaving object in the space, the gallery is also viewed sculpturally by the people in the spaces below. Contrasting the rational movements in and out of the building of the cars below with the specified movement of the person above, the person is once again privileged. Beginning in both the convenience store and parking lot, the gallery addresses the accidental visitor and someone who goes to the site specifically for it. The angles of the gallery are affecting what is happening below in the different programs. When the gallery is crossing the space, its structure is feeding off of the building’s structure. When its structure is below, it is claiming the space beneath it. These two different logics are also defining the entry and the logic of the bays in each space. Where someone enters is in relationship to where the gallery enters of exits the spaces, giving the person views of the gallery through the buildings and also allowing someone in the gallery to see people coming and going.
Program and Structural Diagrams
Classic Car Restoration
Looking at Tryon and it’s existing, surrounding programs, our site exists in between two institutions for the car, NASCAR and the racetrack. I am using our site as an institution, not for the sport of the car, but for the repair and the function of the car.
Introducing the visible pedestrian to the strip mall
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Site Strategies The surrounding site’s slope and tree covering gives multiple backs to the site. The entering traffic to the site once the light rail is in place and also the sun direction defines the front of my building as the south-facing side. Pushing the building as close to the pull-a-parts lot, my parking lot is parallel but pushed closer to Napa, giving the space between the two to the pedestrian. In this interstitial space, I am addressing the entire slope of the site, making spaces for people and giving room for specific cars to be displayed in the gallery.
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Formal diagrams 1 Gallery 2 Parking division 3 Face of Building 4 Space created by Gallery
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Convenience Shop Auto Mechanic Classic Car Restoration Tuner Tire Shop Leasable Space
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The gallery is the element that ultimately changes the strip mall into a place meant for not just the car user, but also where the user begins to actually interact with the car. By surrounding the different programs with the person, the public becomes part of the car culture. They can see how cars are fixed and their presence in the program is actually affecting how the spaces are articulated. By relating the parking lot to the building with a public space, the relationship between the person and the car and also its location on Tryon are clarified through the changing ground conditions, allowing for different views and hierarchies in the spaces, changing the strip mall typology from what we see it as now.
Northwest Elevation
Southwest Elevation
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Difference in Structure and skin as section moves
Skin around Structure
Skin within Structure
Structure vs. Skin Keeping the logical rhythm of the metal building structure, I am playing with the skin, exposing the structure to either the inside or outside of the building. When it is on the inside, the gallery space is feeding off of it. When the structure is on the outside, the gallery is running outside of the project, flipping the building inside out depending on the gallery.
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Differing ground conditions
Ground condition and entry
Model showing gallery with and without skin and structure
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TED CENTER
River Arts District, Asheville, NC 3rd year studio Fall 2012
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Exploring the relationship between human intervention and natural intervention
The gallery is very prominent in the River Arts district. Open to the public, a gallery starts with space to display art, then the studio where it’s made, and then the administration portion. I used the procession of a gallery as a starting point for my program development.
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Site Plan and Section
Building Parti Smaller form within a larger form topped with a grid Parti Exploration
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Section through work spaces and auditorium approach view
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Plan showing work spaces and auditorium roof
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A place to reflect on the interior and proceed in the exterior. TED is a process with components that have a definite beginning and end. From entry to the building a learner moves around the space to the far end, reaching workplaces, a cafĂŠ, and classrooms. This circulation takes place above and around the final step to TED, the auditorium, which is activated with light from the interior. Procession to this step takes learners outside of the building where they enter on the opposite end. The separation between informal learning to formal learning is within circulation, both promoting TED and their “Ideas worth spreadingâ€?.
Building detail section through circulatory paths
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Entry Work Spaces Auditorium Auditorium Lobby Restrooms Exterior Circulation to Auditorium Interior Circulation to Workspaces
CHARLOTTE WOOFFER DWELLING: hostel and apartments
NoDa, Charlotte, NC 3rd year studio Spring 2013
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Hostel + Community Space + WWOOFer Apartments
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Section through community space
Section through Hostel + Community Space + WWOOFer Apartments
Plan of Bunk area
Rendering of Shared Kitchen Area WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. WWOOFers come to an area and are given a free place to stay in exchange for their work. A WWOOFer hostel in Charlotte is to encourage the process of organic farming to become the norm. The goal of this hostel is to create a space for visitors to stay for various lengths of time. With smaller bunk areas and apartments, visitors are encouraged to spend the majority of time in the central community space. Plan of WWOOFer apartment
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Hostel Complex Axon
Southwest Elevation
Southeast Elevation of community space
Detail of sliding panels on dorming spaces
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Rendering of community space
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SOUNDHOUSE: sounds of home
Flushing, New York, NY 4th year topical studio Fall 2013
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history Collage
Flushing is part of Queens in which people strive to keep their cultural integrity yet still want the modern conveniences that come with living in New York City.
Precedent
Lewis Latimer invented the carbon filament for the light bulb. His house is in Flushing, New York, a highly cultural area. His house is now a museum and a historic site. It was our goal to make a cart which would be an extension of the museum to entice people to visit.
Stairway Cinema by Oh No Sumo Form Studies
Soundscape Yogya by Cilia Erens
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SoundHouse is a place for people to experience the sounds of home. With different noises, pedestrians can customize their acoustic experience and sit, swing, watch, and listen. Their “return to home”, is an opportunity for neighbors to hear what home means to each other, ultimately answering the question,
“What does home sound like?”
The Soundboard acts as a jukebox where people can select sounds that remind them of home from a pre-determined list They walk to the other side of the house and can swing while watching people pass, like sitting and rocking on a front porch.
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chantilly montessori outdoor classroom Charlotte, NC
Freedom by Design Build Project Fall 2012-Spring 2013
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For this project, we worked with the local Montessori school to make an outdoor classroom that encourages play and exploration alongside learning. The site is the courtyard of the mature school, with existing planting beds and play equipment.
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Planting Beds
We used readily available materials to make a space that integrates additional planting space in the form of beds and a planting wall and also space for seating. The benches weave in and out of the deck, creating a more enclosed space with occupation. Deck
Bench I was in charge of coming up with the detail of the bench. Taking the scale of a child into mind, we came up with a module that would be able to be used for seating, storing, and passing though.
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S H A D OW B OX Spring 2013
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Steel
Concrete
Wood
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Thank you!