SAMUEL C. RIDGE SELECTED WORKS 2015
Contact: Samuel Ridge 214 Avenida Barcelona San Clemente, California 92672 United States +1 949 683 7668 ridgesamuelc@gmail.com
Contents Resume
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Insight
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Works
Infiltrating the City
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Pavilion for Soren Kierkegaard
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Ebey’s Landing Visitor Sites
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Breaking the Working Stool
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Technical Drawings
Resume Objective
Architecture student seeking valuable experience with a tenacious architecture or design firm.
Education
University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | 2010 to Present | Graduation: June 2015 Bachelor of Architecture (NCARB Accredited) - 5th year | Minor: Business (completed a range of architecture courses and studios) Danish Institute of Study Abroad | Copenhagen, Denmark | Summer 2013 Summer Architecture Program - 1 quarter (completed scandinavian design media and history courses along with one studio)
Work Experience
Blackbird Architects | Santa Barbara, California | Internship | Summer 2014 Worked as designer and draftsman on a range of projects at different stages. Main projects included Jalama Comfort Station (concept), Santa Barbara Zoo: Giraffe Barn (schematic), and Alma Rosa Winery (construction documents). Also helped project managers with other projects when needed, and attended meetings with clients and principals. Ridge Landscape Architects | Irvine, California | Internship | 2009 to 2012 Focused on understanding the workflow of an architectural practice. Worked on drawing and modeling in AutoCad and SketchUp for projects ranging from conceptual design to construction detail phases. Also, attended site visits and meetings with clients and principals.
Teaching Experience
University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Media Coach | January 2015 to present Position as a teaching assistant for the first year media class in the University of Oregon Architecture Program. Helped students learn architectural representation and media skills. University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Studio Assistant | Spring 2014 Position as a teaching assistant to first year studios in the University of Oregon Architecture Program. Helped students learn basic design skills, and representation techniques.
Other Experience
Skills
Copy Editor + Designer | KTISMA Journal | University of Oregon | 2013 to present Worked as an editor on Issue 3 and 4 of a student run architecture journal at the University of Oregon. Currently working as a designer on Issue 5. Work Ethic: Creative and analytical problems solver, with ambition to learn new skills, and experience new settings. Overall, motivated and curious about the fields of architecture and design. Programs Skills: Advanced: Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and sketching Good: Vectorworks and Rhino Basic: Revit, Vray, and Grasshopper
Competitions
Awards
References 1
Envision the Future of A&AA - Being Judged - 2015 RSA-US Student Design Awards - Finalist - 2014 120 Hours Competition - Entrant - 2014 AIAS Reinventing Home - Entrant - 2013 RSA Leadership In Architecture Agnes Bourne Cash Award Techmer PM Sustainability Upon Request
Insight Today, the terms architecture and architect are given an expansive status. The term architect is applied to many disciplines that may not be related to the traditional nomenclature of architect including, computer science, entrepreneurship, urban planning, politics, etc. This may be seen as a dismissal of the classical definition of the architect as a conceptual thinker, spatial designer, and building interpreter. However, this classical definition is incomplete. The architect must be able to collaborate with other disciplines through research and discourse for a comprehensive approach to design. Engagement with other disciplines causes architecture to develop a dialogue and become more adaptive to new resources. The changing definition of the term architect represents the shifting normalcy of today. This portfolio presents architectural work which responds to this shift. The studies of landscape architecture, ecology, and social sciences heavily influence this work in theory and practice. In project development, the building is just one part of a whole. Creating a stimulating and sustainable setting for the end users requires a wholistic approach to design. Buildings should be developed with consideration for environment, regional context, user interface, societal histories and emerging technologies. My work as an architecture student embraces this integrative approach.
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*completed with Cody Tucker and Carolyn Lieberman
Infiltrating the City
WATER FILTERED IN PLANTING BEDS
RSA Student Awards Finalist Winning: RSA Leadership In Architecture Agnes Bourne Interior Arch. Award Techmer PM Sustainability
INFILTRATING THE CITY What if a parking garage could generate ecology? What if a parking garage not only did this, but actually stopped the issue of habitat loss? What if evil were to do good?
ECOLOGY STRUCTURE
These are the initial questions that prompted our studio to begin an exploration of the rather classic premise of good and evil. But where good and evil exist symbiotically. A world where good and evil coexist, relying on one another to survive. The site where we first studied our parking garage (evil) and ecology (good) is in South Portland in a new development called Zidell Yards. This is where we spent much of our time, researching and designing a parking structure that catches rain, cleans runoff, supports habitat, makes public space, is visually impactful, and last but not least lets you park your car. But theres a problem; one parking garage probably will not be able to solve the issue of habitat loss. So, what if our parking garage, like many other precast parking structures, became a kit of parts? And this kit of parts was a custom product using digital fabrication? What if it were an icon in every city? 3
WATER EX
ITS STR U
CTURE
TO WE T
LANDS
Parking Lot Landscape
WATER COLLECTED FROM ROOF vv
PARKING STRUCTURE
LOWE RF
LOOR WATER STORA G
E AND
FILTRA TION
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Infiltrating the City
Urban Goals Connect Use the parking garage as a catalyst for urban development to respond to wildlife corridors in downtown Portland, ultimately connecting the Ross Island Wetlands to the Smith and Bybee Wetlands. Contain The parking garage will contain water while it contains cars. The water will be gathered from neighboring spaces and its own footprint.
SMITH AND BYBEE WETLANDS
Cleanse The water contained will be treated on site and off site, through natural and mechanical processes. After which the water will flow into neighboring habitats. Condense As our urban areas densify this new urban type must maintain the ability to condense its ability to treat water at smaller sites.
PORTLAND DOWNTOWN
contain
condense
SITE
FT 2000
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cleanse
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ROSS ISLAND WETLANDS
connect
The Parts Last Page: Section Perspective of parking structure and veronoi cell structrue catching water and cleaning water. Left: Map of Portland and its wetlands with concept overlay. Right: Diagram describing the kit of parts needed to create a wetland. Below: Axonometric drawing describing the kit of parts in detail.
parking
water treatment
open space
wetland
body of water
garden block green roof parking
voronoi structure water filtration beds shell
vertical circulation
screen
voronoi
cisterns
ground floor pavillion 6
Infiltrating the City
Left: Axonometric diagrams identifying parts of the Zidell site connecting to the parking structure. Below: Water flow calculations used to determine the amount of water contained and treated at the Zidell site. Next Page: Zidell site model showing the kit of parts in the site.
GENERAL FORMULA rainfall ft/t x surface area = approximate volume CATCHMENT AREAS BRIDGE AREA ROOF AREA SITE AREA ROADS AREA
CISTERN SIZES BASED ON 25 YEAR STORM CISTERN VOLUME: ROOF
ROADS
SITE
BRIDGE
WETLAND SIZES BASED ON WINTER RAINFALL 2 WETLANDS SIZED AT:
3FT DEEP
150 X 150 FT
TOTAL VOLUME OF WETLAND
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Zidell’s Kit of Parts
willamette river
wetland area open space water treatment vertical water treatment parking garage
celebrate habitat at the river front ampitheater
cleansed water naturally flows from wetlands to river visualize habitat restoration at the wetlands
cleansed water is transferred into wetland
water is cleaned by flow through planters meander through the and water treatment park bioswales
clean water walk down the in vertical ecology staircase structure park your car
collect water and store water
Infiltrating the City
Left: 1/8” model detail. Below: Ecological section at Zidell site, cut from parking structure to river. Next Page: Map of Portland’s downtown, identifying sites and the sites’ parts, that can use this type of parking structure.
vertical water treatment
parking
water pavillion and storage 9
vertical water treatment
Site and Future Sites
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DOWNTOWN PORTLAND FUTURE SITES
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5 Part Sites 4 Part Sites 3 Part Sites 2 Part Sites
SITE FT 500
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open air landscape treatment
wetland and ampitheater
willamette river
Pavilion for Søren Kierkegaard
*studio during study abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark
Next Page: Axonometric drawing for the original design of the pavilion in Copenhagen, Denmark.
PAVILION FOR SØREN KIERKEGAARD Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher in the early 1800’s. Often seen as an early existentialist his philosophies discuss concepts of subjectivity and the self. These philosophies of subjectivity inspired the project to become an excersize in site specific architecture, where the site is the subjective piece in architecture. The pavilion is seen as two parts. First, the posts, or the objective part. These posts are made from precast concrete and are able to be mass produced and easily shipped around the globe. They act as a framework for the second part or the subjective part. This subjective part is made by the people, where the posts are shipped to and erected. In other words, the people or culture builds there vision between the posts. The pavilion represents Søren Kierkegaards philosophies in a relevant way by discussing our globalized world. A world where there is certainly an objective international style, but also a unique and subjective culture between.
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Copenhagen Site
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Pavilion for Søren Kierkegaard
concrete posts (objective)
culture’s pavilion between (subjective)
people use the pavilion
concrete posts ship to other sites
concrete posts at other sites
cultures pavilion at other sites
concrete posts Subjective Spaces (orginal pavilion design in Copenhagen, Denmark) wood platforms small space on top of platform space between posts small space under platform
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high point of platform
open space for trees to grow
high point of platform
open space for trees to grow tall space below platform
tall space below platform
Other Sites
Last Page Left: Diagrams for the pavilions life cycle and transportation. Last Page Bottom: Section persepctive of the original pavilion design in Copenhagen, Denmark. Below: Perspectives of pavilions in different sites around the globe.
Copenhagen (new)
Tokyo
Sydney
Buenos Aires
Ebey’s Landing Visitor Sites
Next Page: Concept model of Ebey’s Landing Historic Reserve, topography and sites to be developed as visitor hubs.
EBEY’S LANDING VISITOR NODES Ebey’s Landing is a National Historic Reserve on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound. Ebey’s is in the reserve because of its historically intact farmlands, and its amount of biodiversity. Ebey’s consists of seven different landscape character areas within 30sq miles, including prairies, woodlands, uplands, coast lines, and sea coves. With all these different landscapes, how can a center properly educate the public? What if it weren’t a center, but a diffuse set of sites networked in the different landscapes? This diffuse network of sites allows people to see the landscape in stategically chosen locations to maximize their experience of the place as a whole. The selected sites are broken down into four catagories: historic, landscape beauty, transportation, and cental. Over the course of the studio quick sketch charettes were used to develop the sites at a prelimimary level. As a network of installations, pavilions, and buildings the visitor is able travel to each site to learn in a immersive environment.
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Model of Map with Sites
Landscape Beauty Sites: -at major vistas or ecotones between landscape character areas -usually installations to help immerse visitor in beauty of the places
Historic Sites: -at places with historical significance -make use of existing structrues
Central Site: -at intersection of main roads -new building to house administration and exhibitions
Transportation Sites: -at major entrance points to the reserve -new covered open air structures
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Ebey’s Landing Visitor Sites
san de fuca schoolhouse grasser’s lagoon
Left: Map of visitor sites in the Ebey’s Landing historic reserve Bottom: Evolutionary maps showing the selection of different visitor sites. Next Page: Sketches of different visitor sites around Ebey’s Landing
highway 20 + main cemetery
parker triangle
reubel farm comstock barn naas prairie
keystone
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topography
main roads
landscape character areas
transportation sites
landscape beauty sites
historic sites
Destination Sites
san de fuca
Site Sketches Transportation and landscape beauty sites were developed by using a charrette process, with the outcome of a preliminary plan for an installation or pavilion. grasser’s lagoon
parker triangle
cemetery
naas prarie
keystone
Ebey’s Landing Visitor Sites
axial approach
building and landscape
historic timeline
program and landscape
material decomposition
structure and landscape
Central Site gallery
administration program
Last Page Left: Diagrams for central site. Bottom: Elevation perspective of central site building. Right: Central building diagrams
town
landscape
Central Site
landscape projection
lobby
The central site supports a building with administrative and exhibition functions. The site was initially analyzed in the same charette process but was developed further in the final weeks of studio.
exterior courtyards exterior spaces communal work spaces
gallery space circulation
split wall dividing wall
wood columns
wall desolves at ends wall desolves 203
Ebey’s Landing Visitor Sites
coupeville
main st.
highway 20
urban edge
Left: Central site plan. Below: Section perspective of central building. Next Page: Plan and section of central building.
terry rd. office living retail school
prairie
forest
Central Site office wing c
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public gallery wing
0 entry court 1 lobby 2 exhibition information 3 exhibition and presentation room 4 outdoor patio
5 office a group work b group office c individual office 6 restrooms
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Breaking the Working Stool
This Page: Side elevation open. Next Page Top: Process timeline from concept to construction. Next Page Bottom: (From left to right) side elevation folded. front elevation. seat and leg detail image
BREAKING THE WORKING STOOL The word ‘breaking’ invokes images of destruction and chaos. But breaking, at a basic level, describes a change in form. The idea of a break as a source of change was the driving concept behind our spring 2014 furniture studio. In other words, how may a piece of furniture break? We were to design any type of furniture assuming there was a break involved. Based on the need for a stool in studio I chose to design and build a foldable working stool. I looked at how the stool might be lightweight and transportable, and was inspired by the mechanics of the director chair. This led me to the idea of legs that pivot at their intersection. With these general mechanics, I began to focus on the form and shape of the final piece. The final piece elegantly composes tapering solid wood frames that support the curving seat and back. The solid wood frames are made of solid ash with walnut accents while the seat and back are made from formed maple veneers. The stool’s breaks are then highlighted at the intersection of these components. 23
Process and Final Product
concept
sketch
model
full scale mock up
form and dimension
final piece
Technical Drawings
First Below: Wall section sketch through passive house. Second Below: Window header and sill detail of passive house.
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS As a leader in sustainability the University of Oregon prides itself in offering rigorous technical courses, and building enclosures is seen as the capstone to these courses. During our class we were tasked to complete two projects, one looking at passive house systems, and the other looking at anchored brick veneer systems. The first page consists of detail sketches done for the passive house project. Passive house requires R-40 walls and a R-60 roof with an air and vapor barrier continuously wrapping the envelope. To achieve high insulation standards and to keep barriers safe an exterior rigid insulation is used as sheathing. The second page displays the details for anchored brick veneer on an education building. The brick veneer is attached back to a steel stud wall. This same project offers many different detail situations where brick meets curtain walls, windows, and structure.
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Project 1 Samuel
Window 3� : 1’
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Passive House and Brick Veneer
typ. roof section epdm membra ne 5/8” cover board sloped rigid insulation 2 layers of 4” rigid insulation 5/8” cover board corrugated metal decking 5/8” gypsum painted white 36 LH 13 beam see structural
Below: Axonometric detail of glass canopy attaching to curtain wall and brick veneer above. Right: Wall section from parapet through curtain wall to brick veneer header. Below Right: Curtain wall parapet detail.
parapet detail see A4
corrugated metal decking W21x44 beam with fire proofing see structural 4” steel stud framing 6” steel stud framing hss 14x10x1/2 with fire proofing beam see structural 7/8” hat channel gypsum painted white
column center line
wasau superwall SSG with 8 1/2” mullions
5/8” gypsum 4” rigid insulation
3/4 x 5” wood decking
6” steel stud
2 x 1/4” plate steel tack welded to steel studs 3/4” plywood 6” steel stud framing hss 10x4x3/8 with fire proofing see structural beam beyond hss 16x8x3/8 with fire proofing see structural spandrel glass
5/8” USG dens glass exterior gypsum
rigid insulation
concrete floor slab
brick veneer
5/8” dens glass gypsum sheathing
curtain wall clip beyond
wood flooring
curtain wall clip attached to beam beyond
tyvek air + weather barrier 1” u-steel reveal backer rod and sealant
corrugated metal decking
brick veneer
hss 16x8x3/8 with 3” fin welded to interior see struct.
4” extruded polystyrene rigid insulation tyvek air and weather membraine
hat channel
header flashing details see A3
double layered gypsum
wasau super wall ssg
Wausau 4250i window
backer rod and sealant
concrete floor
flashing flashing 8x8 shelf angle
hss 20x8x1/2 see struct. 5/8” gypsum
sheet metal spandrel panel
wasau mullion sheet metal cover panel 4” rigid insulation sheet metal spandrel panel sealed to fin sealant 1/2” plate steel fin 1/2” L-bracket
wood blocking parapet cap flashing
parapet membrane
5/8” dens glass gypsum sheathing 6” back up steel stud wall wood blocking parapet membrane wraps back to seal with mullion 2” flashing lip sealant backer rod and sealant wasau super wall ssg mullion
epdm membrane that wraps into roof epdm roofing membrane typ. roof section
cant block
epdm membrane 5/8” cover board sloped rigid insulation 2 4” layers of rigid 5/8” cover board corrugated metal deck 5/8” gypsum 36 LH 13 beam see struct.
hss 10x8x5/8 see struct.
wood blocking spandrel glass rigid insulation 5/8” usg dens glass exterior gypsum sheathing
cutain wall clip beyond mounted to sheathing
angle for mounting insulation
1/2” glass canopy cover
spray fire proofing
glass supports welded to plate steel fin
hss 16x8x3/8 see struct.
wasau superwall ssg
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dedicated to my mom and dad, for always supporting me in my pursuits
Contact: Samuel Ridge 214 Avenida Barcelona San Clemente, California 92672 United States +1 949 683 7668 ridgesamuelc@gmail.com