Samantha V Buckley AAU B.Arch Portfolio

SAMANTHA V BUCKLEY

Samantha V Buckley Academy of Art University, School of Architecture Bachelors of Architecture 2015 Candidate 630 Leavenworth St. #2 San Francisco, California 94109 562-237-6996 samantha.v.b@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/sbuckley4

i

Architecture has to be designed in such a way that it maintains occupancy. We design with the user in mind. As architects, we Photoshop people into our renderings of architecture to make it believable, and draw silhouettes in sections to cognize how a space works. In order to be understood as architecture, a space or building must be occupied. It must be occupiable, otherwise it cannot be architecture; it becomes strictly art, the way a car that is perfectly polished becomes an object of beauty instead of utilitarian when put in a museum.

PURPOSE AS AN ARCHITECT

Architecture is not a strictly aesthetic art form. It must meet a series of expectations derived from each individual project. Sure, projects strive to please the eye, but a project’s success takes more into consideration than just how beautiful it is, but how it is used. A highly efficient building that is seemingly perfect on paper that fails to attract and activate people cannot be deemed successful. Program is what has the ability to make or break a project, to really stimulate a building. If done well, a building can become a local icon in that it becomes a participant in everyday life and potentially can transcend beyond the local sphere.

When programming, it is important to weigh the expected and required but also to anticipate unpredictable events. Perhaps the current needs in programming are not to cross-program, trans-program, or dis-program but to remove preconceived notions of what a specific program requires. Precedent studies are a wonderful tool, but should be used to help redefine program. The current understanding of so many programs is based on typology; a library has been a place to store books in the past, but now needs to recognize the increasing amount of auditory and visual medias, and the use of the internet by its users. Rem Koolhaas did an exemplary job in taking the library and updating what was thought to be an understood program in his Seattle Central Library.

Part of what has made many of the Renaissance buildings last so long is how easily they could be reworked into new programs. In Palladio s Four Books on Architecture, he discusses the need for a variety of room sizes: small, medium and large. This arrangement has allowed people to easily adapt the programs of the room to modern uses, and has kept otherwise dated architecture relevant in today s society. I do not suggest that the specific details of Palladio’s Four Books On Architecture are to be followed to the T, and are the modern solution to programming, just that a foresight of how things might change with time is necessary. A variety of scale of spaces within a project allows it to adapt well to both users and time. iii

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTACT INFORMATION

i

MANIFESTO

iii

MIXED-USE HIGHRISE

3

POINT REYES VISITOR CENTER

11

EMBARCADERO FILM THEATER

17

FLEISHHACKER LIBRARY

25

PARKOUR ACADEMY AND CULINARY INSTITUTE

31

CUBE STUDY

35

WILLIAM STOUT AND TWIST HYBRID HOME

37

STOOL DESIGN

39

RESUME

40

MIXED-USE HIGHRISE

SUN MAX. 12PM

PM 12

5P M

MAX

.

AX M

. SU

N AN

N

SU

GLE

GLE

ANGLE

AN

MARRIOT HOTEL

FOUR SEASONS

GLE

M 9A

.

AX M

N

AN

SU

ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH

5PM MIN. SUN

ANGLE

JEWISH CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM

4TH STREET

YERBA BUENA LANE

JESSIE SQUARE PLAZA

MIXED-USE HIGHRISE

ARH 410: STUDIO 7 TECTONICS AND STRUCTURE INSTRUCTORS: KAREN SEONG, BEN DAMRON

9AM MIN. SUN

3RD STREET

ANGLE

3

226'-0" 28'-0"

20'-0"

30'-0"

30'-0"

30'-0"

30'-0"

30'-0"

28’-0”"

ROOF LEVEL

LEVEL 27 LEVEL 26

SKY GARDEN LEVEL 25 LEVEL 24 LEVEL 23 LEVEL 22

SCULPTURE GARDEN

LEVEL 21

AUDITORIUM

LEVEL 20

LEVEL 19

LEVEL 18

LEVEL 17

LEVEL 16

LEVEL 15

LEVEL 14

LEVEL 13

LEVEL 12 CASUAL COLLABORATION SPACE

LEVEL 11

LEVEL 10

LEVEL 9

LEVEL 8

LEVEL 7

LEVEL 6

LEVEL 5

LEVEL 4

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 2

HACK-A-THON

GROUND LEVEL

1

2

3

EAST-WEST SECTION

4 0 4

5 16FT

6

7

8

9

JESSIE SQUARE SOUTH-WEST ELEVATION

MISSION STREET SOUTH-EAST ELEVATION

THIRD STREET NORTH-EAST ELEVATION

WESTIN PLAZA NORTH-WEST ELEVATION

WALL SECTION DETAIL: VOID MEETS GRID

5

Aperture, n. an opening, an open space between portions of solid matter; a gap, cleft, chasm, or hole (Oxford English Dictionary, 2013).

The idea of introducing open spaces, physically, visually, and programmatically, throughout my building has led to the concept of aperture. Associating it with the colloquial connotation, the opening of a shutter in an analog camera, openings are created to relate the cone of vision and the experience of the individual into and through the high-rise. Apertures

through the building take away from the physical mass by allowing visual connectivity through and beyond the building helping to inform program relationships, and to create interesting spatial experiences.

There is one primary aperture that opens the building from the entry to the skyline beyond, allowing views, light, and air to move through the mass of the building, inventing the relationship of mass and void. transparent, or open program-- program that can be publicly accessed, or involves a more collaborative environment. Throughout there are programmatic pairs of solid and

and a complimenting program, introduced for an improved experience.

To preserve the Aronson building, the historic building on the site, I am re-presenting the building by encasing it in glass. Wrapping the existing building in glass, like a jewel box, will evoke new interest in the previously mundane façade. To further revitalize, programmatic voids are inserted, such as the high-rise’s core and a space for hack-a-thons at the pedestrian level.

7

ELEVATORS CORE EGRESS SPELUNKING COURSE REC VIDEO ARCADE/BAR RESTAURANTS KITCHEN CAFETERIA OPEN COFFEE SHOP

SKY GARDEN

GENERAL STORE

SCULPTURE GARDEN MEETING AREAS

ASSEMBLY

LECTURE HALL LOBBY PROJECTION ROOM STORAGE

MISSION + 3RD JESSIE SQUARE YERBA BUENA

CREATE PHYSICAL ACCESS INTO BUILDING

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTS

SPLUNK OFFICES SKY GARDEN RESIDENTIAL

OFFICES CUBICLES MEETING ROOMS COLLABORATIVE WORK SPACES LOUNGE AREAS

OPEN-AIR VOID FOURTH STREET

SPLUNK OFFICES

OPEN-AIR VOID COMMUNICATION STAIRS

CREATE VISUAL ACCESS INTO BUILDING

CAFETERIA RECREATION

CREATE VISUAL COMMUNICATION WITHIN BUILDING

CORE

MISSION + 3RD JESSIE SQUAREYERBA BUENA

9

POINT REYES VISITOR CENTER

POINT REYES VISITOR CENTER

ARH 350: STUDIO 6 SITE CONDITIONS AND BUILDING PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTORS: MARK DONAHUE AND PAUL HAYDU

11

POINT REYES

EROSION

FAULTS

ROCKS

WIND

FAUNA

FOG WAVES

WATER LEVELS

FLORA

SEASONS SUN PATH

DISPLAY PROGRESSION DIAGRAM

FOUCAULT’S PENDULUM

PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN STRATEGIES WINTER SOLSTICE NOON SUN SUMMER SOLSTICE NOON SUN FRESH AIR CIRCULATION INTERIOR AIR VENT

TAFONI AS FORM INFLUENCE

13

OBSERVATION TOWER

DISPLAY DISPLAY

ENTRY INFO

BACK OF HOUSE

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

RIGID INSULATION SHAPED TO SPECIFIC PROFILE 2 LAYERS 1/4” PLYWOOD

WALL SECTION DETAIL

1” = 1’-0”

CURVED 16” GLULAM BEAMS @ 4’-6’ O.C.

CURVED GLULAM POST

WOOD SHINGLE SKIN

STEEL POST BRACE PRESSURE TREATED SILL PLATE TAR PAPER

ANCHOR BOLT AND PLATE

SHAPED PLYWOOD FIN FREEFORM LATH AND PLASTER FINISH

WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE WOOD FLOORING 1/2” PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR CONCRETE TOPPING SLAB WITH RADIANT HEATING TUBE DRAIN ROCK 4” PERFORATED DRAIN PIPE RIGID INSULATION STRUCTURAL SLAB CONCRETE STEM WALL

15

EMBARCADERO FILM THEATER

EMBARCADERO FILM THEATER

ARH 310: STUDIO 5 ASSEMBLEY BUILDINGS AND CONTEXT INSTRUCTOR: CAROL BUHRMANN

17

DIVIDE DE NUMBER O FROM SITE

MAKE REC ON THE FIG DIMENSION

MAJOR GE SEPERATE

“THE VANISHING POINT AS THE PLACE WHERE THE SUBJECT DRAWS ITSELF OUT OF THE PICTURE, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY” -LIBESKIND’S PRACTICE OF LAUGHTER: AN INTRODUCTION BY STANLEY ALLEN

TO EMPHA BASED ON CUT OFF A THE VOLUM

BASED ON THEIR SUR FIGURE WI

DEFINE AN OPPOSITE

Las Meninas

Vaillancourt Fountain

ESIGNATED FIGURE BY OF BLOCKS REMOVED TE

CTILINEAR FORMS BASED IGURES MOST EXTREME ONS

“AND OF ALL THE PARTS OF THE FACE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS EFFECT OF DYNAMIC ECONOMY, THE EYE IS THE MOST SUBTLE AND POWERFUL, THROUGH ITS MOBILITY AND THROUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GAZE ITSELF, WHICH, IN PAINTING FOR EXAMPLE, INTERPRETS AND STRUCTUES SPACE ITSELF.” -LOSING FACE, ANTHONY VIDLER

EOMETRIES WILL BE TED

ASIZE DIRECTIONALITY N IMPLIED LINES, A CORNER OR EDGE OF UME

N RELATIONSHIPS WITH RROUNDINGS, DIVIDE THE WITH A PLANE ACTION REACTION PAIR OF MIDGET KICKING DOG

N AXIS OF ROTATION E MAJOR DIRECTIONALITY

VELAZQUEZ AS A KEY COMPONENT OF MULTIPLE FIGURES AS AUTHOR

19

1

DIVIDE DESIGNATED FIGURE BY NUMBER OF BLOCKS REMOVED FROM SITE ACTION REACTION PAIR OF MIDGET KICKING DOG

VELAZQUEZ AS A KEY COMPONENT OF MULTIPLE FIGURES AS AUTHOR

MAKE RECTILINEAR FORMS BASED ON THE FIGURES MOST EXTREME DIMENSIONS

MAJOR GEOMETRIES WILL BE SEPERATED

CONCEPTUAL INTERPRETATION OF PERSPECITIVE AND DIRECTIONALITY

TO EMPHASIZE DIRECTIONALITY LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF ANALYSIS DRAWING BASED ON IMPLIED LINES, CUT OFF A CORNER OR EDGE OF THE VOLUME

USING STRUCTURE TO SHOW VISUAL CORRESPONDENCE, CONNECT THROUGH THE VOID

5

BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS, DIVIDE THE FIGURE WITH A PLANE

DEFINE AN AXIS OF ROTATION OPPOSITE MAJOR DIRECTIONALITY

9

NOW FIGURES CAN CONNECT STRUCTURALLY THROUGH THE IMPLIED LINES, USING THE NEWLY CREATED VOIDS

SITE: 370 DRUMM STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

10

KEY FIGURES WITHIN SITE VACINITY

11

EACH BLOCK FROM SITE REPRESEN DIVISABLE FOR PERSEPCTIVE

SENTS

COIT TOWER

1

PIER SEVEN

2

GATEWAY APARTMENTS

3

2 9

VISTA TOWER

4

3

12 TRANSAMERICA BUILDING

5

4 15

14 10

13 11

8

FERRY BUILDING

6

7

6

VAILLANCOURT FOUNTAIN

16

7

EMBARCADERO CENTER

8

N 12

13

14

15

16

21

DN

DN

DN

DN

RESTAURANT PATIO

AMPHITHEATER LOBBY

AUDITORIUM

PIT

DN

DN

DN

DN

23

FLEISHHACKER LIBRARY

FLEISHHACKER LIBRARY

ARH 250: STUDIO 4 SITE, CULTURE, AND AGGREGATE MASSING INSTRUCTORS: PETER STRZEBNIOK, KEVIN HACKETT

25

West Coast, San Francisco

66,430 Sq Ft

Site Major Roadways Major Biking Paths Public Transportation Major Walking Paths Public Parks

N

Diagrammatic Section

Bath house

Ocean

Great HWY.

Zoo

Zoo paking

Fleishhacker Pool House Site The Fleishhacker Pool once was the site of the largest pool in the world. The Fleishhacker Pool house, adjacent to the pool is 450 feet long, containing 22 skylights, and once grand upstairs restaurant that looked onto the 1000 foot long pool

abandon building (bathhouse) is currently being occupied by squatters and has two collections of books found by the squatters. The area is notorious to have a strong northeastern winds and dense fog in the early mornings. The coastal currents crashing against the sand are beginning to diminished the vast beach, but in attempt to keep the shore line as we

N

MAKING THE PRESENT AWARE OF THE PAST PRESENT MODEL OF A LIBRARY

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

TRADITIONAL MODEL OF A LIBRARY

HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

B R I D G E

BRINGING THE OUT-OF-DATE UP TO DATE

LOCKERS

ADDRESS “P.O.” BOXES

BOOK RESALE

ENTRY CHECK-OUT RESERVED MEDIA PICK-UP

VISITOR INFO CENTER

LISTENING ROOMS

CHILDREN’S

FICTION NON-FICTION

SCREENING ROOMS

READING AREA

PERIODICALS REFERENCE

DIVISIBLE CLASSROOM

TEENS

COMPUTER LAB

AUDITORIUM

BOOK RETURN LIBRARY PRIVATE OFFICES STAFF LOUNGE MEETING ROOMS

TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE SPACE

CAFERESTAURANT

S T U DY R O O M S

COPY CENTER

RESOURCE CENTER DISCUSSION AREAS

TANGENCIES AND RELATIONSHIPS OF PROGRAMS

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPRESSION

27

DN

DN

NON-FICTION SMALL GROUP STUDY AREAS PRIVATE STUDY ROOMS PRIVATE STUDY ROOMS PRIVATE STUDY ROOMS

MEETING ROOM

UP

UP

DN UP

OUTDOOR DINING AREA

DN

TECH ROOM

INFORMATION DESK AND

UP

RESTAURANT AND VENUE SPACE

UP

PERIODICALS DN

DN UP

UP

AUDITORIUM DN

COPY AND PRINT CENTER

LIGHT COURT

KITCHEN

LIGHT COURT

WALK-IN COOLER WOMEN’S RESTROOM

DN

BOOK STORAGE AND PRICING

MEN’S RESTROOM

DN DN DN

DN

CHILDREN’S AREA

TOURIST INFORMATION AND BOOK RESALE

UP

DN

AUDIO CARRELS

SCREENING ROOM

SCREENING ROOM UP

STAFF STORAGE

FICTION

TEENS COMMUNAL LOCKERS

UP

INFO DESK

P.O. BOXES

SCREENING ROOM

SCREENING ROOM

COMMUNAL LOCKERS

RESOURCE CENTER

RESTROOM AUDITORIUM

RESTROOM

UP

UP

COMPUTER STATIONS DN

WOMEN’S LOCKER ROOM

ORCHESTRA PIT STAGE

MEN’S LOCKER ROOM UP

REFERENCE UP

STAGE TECH/ DRESSING ROOMS

STAGE TECH/ DRESSING ROOMS

RESTROOM

RESTROOM

UP

OUTDOOR STAGE

BEACH ACCESS PARKING

GREAT HIGHWAY

WATER PUMP STATION

SLOAT BLVD.

DN

ZOO ENTRANCE

UP

29

PARKOUR ACADEMY AND CULINARY INSTITUE

PARKOUR ACADEMY AND CULINARY INSTITUE

ARH 210: STUDIO 3 SITE OPERATIONS AND TECTONIC SYSTEMS INSTRUCTOR: MONICA TIULESCU

31

Park Roulade

Samantha Buckley

A mix of breaking boundaries and play. Park Roulade is a public space containing learning facilities for a Parkour Academy and a Culinary Institute. The landscape is also programmed for many other activities. The park caters to the diverse surround of Downtown Oakland and the city’s very popular Art Murmur art walk. On the first Friday of each month, the Culinary Institute will cater to the public various appetizers from the kitchen in the tasting area. The Parkour Academy will also demonstrate their newest skills alongside street performers filling the various stages.

While walking through, the flooring of the pathways changes back and forth between concrete, synthetic lumber, grass, and herb gardens. These changes are designed around the potential for a contemplative moment. A contemplative moment can be a result of various things from the usual cup of coffee to a place to catch your breath, people watch, or reflect.

Creating access to what is “off limits”. The aggregate skin condition is composed of concrete tubes averaging in a two foot diameter. The skin provides easy accessibility to the roof tops. To blend with the landscape, the skin fades into the flooring when they meet at an obtuse angle.

class room

gym

kitchen

class room

cafe

0

33

CUBE STUDY

35

WILLIAM STOUT ARCHIVE AND TWIST HOME

37

STOOL DESIGN

39

Samantha V Buckley Currently, I am working towards a Bachelor’s of Architecture at the Academy of Art University. After my graduation in Spring 2015, I will work full time while obtaining licensure. I plan to specialize in restoration and preservation within the Bay Area while maintaining sustainable practice principles.

Skills:

organization

design

public speaking

leadership

detail oriented

record keeping

multi-tasking

patience

Work Experience: Michael Heacock Architects Summer Internship Drafting LEED consulting Design

Summer 2013

PVH Neckwear Inc. Summer Internship Customer Service & Sales Support assistant Merchandising Operations assistant

Summer 2011

Corazonas Foods Summer Internship

Summer 2012

outgoing shipments Prepared, packed and shipped out bound packaging

Education:

Academy of Art University: School of Architecture Current cumulative 3.61 GPA Northern Arizona University: School of Art, Interior Design La Serna High School, Whittier, California Graduated in June 2008 with honors, 4.21 GPA

Fall 2010 - Present Fall 2008 - Spring 2010 Fall 2004 - Spring 2008

630 Leavenworth St. #2 San Francisco, CA 94109 Cell Phone: 562.237.6996 E-mail: Samantha.v.b@gmail.com

Clubs and Other Activities: American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) President, Vice President, Secretary Planning Committee for the 2012 AIAS West Quad Conference Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Responsible for training and managing all volunteers, run silent auction, and $300,000 in six years Co-captain Liaison between the Mad Hatter Guild and CHOC for the annual “Walk in the Park” that has generated nearly $20,000 for the Mad Hatter Alpha Delta Pi, Epsilon Xi Sorority (ΑΔΠ, ΕΞ) Philanthropy chair, Historian, Spirit chair, Big Diamond Sister Actively participated in four recruitments, multiplying chapter numbers by four from 2008 to 2010

2012 - Present 2004 - 2013

2008 - 2010

Computer Skills: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Rhinoceros, AutoDesk 3dsMax, AutoDesk Revit, SketchUp, Vectorworks BIM+CAD, Microsoft Office, Mac and Windows platforms Academic Achievements: 2014 Spring Show nominee 2013 Spring Show President’s Honor List Fall 2012, Fall 2013 Northern Arizona University Honors College, accepted Fall 2008 Hobbies and Interests: Painting, Hand drafting, Architecture, Music (Clarinet, 10 years), Photography, Art History, History of San Francisco, Travel (13+ countries), Interior Design, Historic Preservation 41