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This is a compilation of projects from my time at Clemson University’s Graduate School of Architecture. The projects range from theoretical to design-build projects.
Clemson university / 2011-2013
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Corinne Jones Playground
Charleston, SC / Fall 2011
Intro to Craft: the Box
Charleston, SC / Fall 2011
Culinary Artscape
Greenville, SC / Spring 2012
The CBBS
Clemson, SC / Fall 2012
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Corinne Jones Playground
Charleston, SC / Fall 2011
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CORINNE JONES PLAYGROUND
A design build project for a neighborhood park in Charleston that supplements the City’s playground renovation.
Fall 2011 Location: Charleston, SC Program: Shading and Seating Structure Considerations: Context, Community needs, Sunlight/Shading, Budget Team: Barrett Armstron, Nicholas Barrett, Richard Chalupa, Sara Cheikelard, Julie Knorr, Joseph Martin, Tyler McLemore, Keith Richey, Alex Wetzel, Lindsay Yarborough Professor: David Pastre
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Master Planning This shading and seating structure is located in Corinne Jones Playground in the Wagener Terrace neighborhood of Charleston, South Carolina. This studio was composed of a team of 10 graduate and undergraduate students in architecture and landscape architecture. Phase 1- the northern wall- was built during the semester, with plans for the southern part, Phase 2, to be completed by the City at a later date. Phase 2 was designed to function as a buffer between the toddler playground and basketball court. Working with the City of Charleston, Charleston Parks Conservancy, and local Neighborhood Association made the project possible.
Key Components: 8� deep foundation Concrete wall segments Wooden trusses & Benches Steel louvers Concrete pavers
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Materials 1160 linear feet of rebar
640 square feet of melamine
24 cubic yards of concrete
443 board feet of Meranti
1020 pound of steel angle
1160 linear feet of rebar
20 sheets of melamine
24 cubic yards of concrete
443 board feet of Meranti
1020 pounds of steel angle
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Plan The segmented concrete wall curves around the existing sidewalk, providing seating overlooking the playground and tennis courts. Ten wooden trusses are inserted between key blocks to create the shading and benches. The steel 2” x 2” louvers are tabbed and twisted 90˚ prior to being attached to the beam structure to create a unique twisted shading pattern above the poured concrete blocks and benches. In the spring, the Charleston Parks Conservancy is going to plant a small berm along the eastern side of the wall.
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Structure
The wooden trusses are made of Meranti, a tropical hardwood that is dense and durable. They slide into keyways created in the concrete formwork.
The beams of the trusses are attached to the columns with a lap joint- the 2 x 6s are notched out to receive the beam. They are joined with epoxy and countersunk screws.
The benches are connected to the columns with the same technique as the upper beams, and have a half-lap joint at the tips. Steel angle supports the bench slats.
The steel louvers are galvanized 2 x 2 angle that was twisted and tabbed to lap over the wood. They are screwed into pre-drilled holes on top of the beams.
Wall Details The 4’ wide blocks and trusses continually change across the entire curving wall. The first block is 9” tall, and each successive blocks grows 3”, until the tallest block is 39” tall. Then they begin to decrease by 3” in the remaining blocks. The front face of the blocks starts out projecting forward at the top and cantilevering out. Each block 5’ then loses 1” in depth at the top while the bottom kicks out 1” so that the blocks have a scissoring effect when next to each other and the benches are on blocks that lean back. At the tallest block, they start the reverse. The back face of the blocks remains perpendicular to the ground.
Design Details
Truss Details The trusses also change in relation to the blocks. They grow 3� taller at each block, and the beams are also 3� longer. The angle of each truss is dependent on the lower block it is adjacent to, and is the same angle as the front face of that block. The tallest block doesn’t have a truss in its section because the truss is dependent on the lower blocks to its sides.
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Intro to Craft: the Box
Charleston, SC / Fall 2011
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INTRO TO CRAFT: THE BOX A study in object design, woodworking and joinery methods
Fall 2011 Location: Charleston, SC Program: Must have a volume of 250 cu. in. Professor: David Pastre
Materials: Design Details This box was designed to showcase the materiality of different types and species of wood. The soft maple base is accented by two different types of redwood: the curly hardwood that has some rippling in the grain, and the burl veneer that has many swirls and variations throughout. It is finished with a simple rubbed oil treatment. Softwood Maple
Redwood Burl Veneer
Curly Redwood Hardwood
Brass Hinges
Joinery Techniques The box design features a miter and spline joinery technique. The corners are cut at a 45 degree angle and glued together. Slits of varying depth are then cut in the assembled corners and the curly redwood splines are glued in for extra strength in the joints.
Construction Process
Details Redwood Burl Veneer
Curly Redwood Inset Strip
Brass Hinges Miter Joint Maple Sides
Curly Redwood Splines Sanded Divot
Arc to Create Feet
Culinary Artscape
Greenville, SC / Spring 2012
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CULINARY ARTSCAPE
Capturing the creative and artistic qualities of the culinary world
Spring 2012 Location: Greenville, SC Program: Culinary Arts College Considerations: Context, Community outreach Steel structure Professor: Keith Green
Programming The College of Culinary Arts is located in Greenville, South Carolina, a thriving city on the Reedy River. Research on steel structures led to inhabitable trusses and long span techniques. Our site is difficult to view from Main Street, so I focused on giving the building a sculptural design in order to draw people down towards the Culinary Arts College. Incorporating a “green tower� adds to the sculptural aspects and provides a trellis to support the growth of herbs for the school, as well as a community garden. Much like an artfully composed plate of food, the building takes form from combining different elements with different proportions in a way that makes them all work together structurally and aesthetically.
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Design Inspirations:
Collage of the elements of a steel truss precedent : Cite du Design, Saint-Etienne, France
Floor Plans:
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Roof
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Teaching Kitchens
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Pastry Kitchen / Demo Lab / Receiving
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Teaching Kitchens
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Public Event Space
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Administration / Lounge
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Classrooms
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Lecture Hall / Library
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Restaurant / Bakery / Wine Room
Resultant of the design in site with similar massing of truss elements and taking on the quality of the lightness of the steel in the pedestrian bridge in the foreground.
Interior Aesthetic: The kitchens are located in the cantilever, which is supported by a steel truss which is left partially exposed by frosted glass panels. The Community Garden Tower can be accessed by the public from the ground floor and privately from the three kitchen floors, library, and the terrace off of the student lounge and administration level.
Green Tower: Studying inhabitable trusses led me to create the steel tower that acts as a trellis that supports the culinary functions of the building. Not only is it inhabitable for people, it is also inhabitable for plants. The tower is angled out from the site in order to catch the eye from Main Street. The tower is made up of five main elements: the stairway, the elevator, the floorplates, the central core structure, and the outer steel mesh that acts as the trellis.
Skin Details: The window glazing is the primary facade which connects to the secondary metal skin that wraps the restaurant, lecture hall, library, and classrooms. It also connects to the frosted glass on the cantilever.
The CBBS
Clemson, SC / Fall 2012
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THE CBBS
A proposal for Clemson University’s College of Business and Behavioral Sciences
Fall 2012 Location: Clemson, SC Program: 200,00 sq. ft., Classrooms, Lecture Halls, Offices, Centers & Institutes Considerations: Context, Master Planning, Sustainability Professor: Peter Laurence
CHILLER PLANT Master Plan PACKAGING SCIENCE EXTENSIONS
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MATERIALS RESEARCH Campus Master Planning The CBBS began with a look at Clemson University’s current master plans and contextual details. Beyond the orange brick and white trim, the High Ground Precinct of campus contains several colonnades that connect and span between buildings. I started master planning by placing the CBBS in line with Lee 3’s arcade, and organizing the surrounding buildings along a grid stemming from those buildings and the surrounding roads.
ENGINEERING BUILDING
NORTH/SOUTH SIDEWALK AXIS
SIMULATED TRAINING FLOOR INSTRUCTION SHARED & COMMUNITY INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTION/SUPPORT CAFE
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NORTH/SOUTH SIDEWALK AXIS
5 SHARED INSTRUCTION/TERRACE D E A N ’ S 4 O F F I C E DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES SEMINAR ROOMS/Dept. LABS 3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 2 CENTERS & INSTITUTES 1
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WILLIAMSON STREET
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The North/South axis is a main thoroughfare through campus, while the East/West axis is the arts corridor, and connects the visual arts areas of campus to the Performing Arts Center.
There is also a 35’ topography change between where the two axes intersect and Williamson Street on the West. Both the colonnade detail and topography highly influenced the form of the CBBS.
The organizational grid is based on the two axes and the surrounding roads to create a courtyard space in the center of the master plan.
ConnectionstoGreenspaces
The CBBS has many site advantages including: street presence, drop off & parking, proximity to dining facilities, and access to greenspaces on both the North and South sides of the building.
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L a n d s c a p e C o n t i n u a t i o n
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W I L L I A M S O N S T R E E T DropOf f & Pa r k i n g
A X I S C o l o n n a d e C o n t i n u a t i o n S t r e e t Presence
These are two examples of colonnades found in the High Ground Precinct of Clemson’s campus. The left image is Lee 3, the architecture building, and runs along the East/West axis, and the right image is the Sonoco Institute for Packaging Science which runs along the North/South axis. The CBBS is located so that it would be able to continue Lee 3’s colonnade and further emphasize the East/West axis as the main passage to the center of campus. The continuation of the architectural details, as well as the landscaping, creates a grand entrance for Clemson.
Columns Elevators Stairs Fire Stairs
The axonometric drawing shows how the columns wrap each level and the location of the two stair and elevator cores.
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Coffee........1.00 Muffins...2.00 Sandwich: $4 Latte.........1.50 Danish......1.50 Turkey Espresso....1.25 Pastry......1.25 Ham&Cheese
5 The 200,000 square foot program is spread across 5 levels, with the main campus level housing the main entrance, student centers, a coffee shop, and grand hall atrium space. The 35’ spacing of the colonnade dictates the interior structure and layout, with all the rooms falling into those bays.
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The colonnade is emulated on the Southern side of the CBBS with a series of vegetation screens which also help control the sunlight and heat gain of the building.
2009-2012
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S A R A ELIZABETH CHEIKELARD E D U C AT I O N
2011-present Clemson University Master’s of Architecture
Clemson, SC
Expected date of Graduation: May 2013 Studied in Charleston, SC satellite campus Fall 2011 focusing on design-build Appointed to the Dean’s Council of Students as the graduate representative for the School of Architecture, 2012-2013 2007-2011 Clemson University Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Environmental Science and Policy Minor Graduated magna cum laude, 3.82 GPA Studied architecture abroad for four months in Genoa, Italy American Institute of Architecture Students officer 2009-2011 Freedom by Design team member 2010-2011 Calhoun Honors College graduate
Clemson, SC
SKILLS
Autodesk AutoCAD & Revit Rhinoceros Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Artlantis Rendering Studio Graphics Basic woodworking and joinery
EMPLOYMENT & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012, May-August Linda McDougald Design Postcard from Paris Home Design Intern Interior Design of high-end custom homes; furniture design 2011-2012 Clemson University Administrative Assistant in Architecture, Fall 2011 Teaching Assistant in Digital Design, Spring 2012 2009,2010 Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County Intern Designing and editing residential CAD plans & elevations Digital renderings, Graphics, On-site construction
Greenville, SC
Clemson, SC
St. Petersburg, FL
H O N O R S A N D AWA R D S
Fall 2012 AIA Spartanburg Graduate Student Fellowship, $1200
Spartanburg, SC
Fall 2011 Clemson University John David Jaques Award Highest recognition for effort and learning through studio and coursework from the faculty and staff at the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston, SC
Clemson, SC
2007-2011 Clemson University In-State Tuition Scholarship Trustee Scholarship, $8000 George C. and Kathleen Wright Scholarship, $2000
Clemson, SC
REFERENCES
Adrienne Fulmer Linda McDougald Design Postcard from Paris Home Designer // (864) 233-6622 David Pastre Clemson University Architecture Center in Charleston Lecturer and Shop Manager // (843) 696-3343 Kate Schwennsen Clemson University School of Architecture Chair // (864) 656-3895 full portfolio available at: http://www.scheike.wix.com/designs
Greenville, SC Charleston, SC Clemson, SC