Dan Scofield
Portfolio of Creative Work
Dan Scofield
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scofield.da@gmail.com 330.391.1138
UO Woodshop & Fabrication Lab Shop Tech Portland Urban Architecture Research Laboratory Research Fellow
Van Auken Akins Architects Intern Herscoe Hajjar Architects Intern
OTRCH Intern
University of Cincinnati Bachelor of Science in Architecture
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[UP]S.T.A.R.T. Sustained Teaching and Regenerative Transitions Thesis Design Proposal University of Oregon M. Arch Student
An attempt to introduce new life into existing urban fabric, making two existing populations aware of a new context, their context. A catalyst at a time when change occurs at unknown cost, a design to unite both sides, to erase tension, to promote ownership of a neighborhood and unify a community through diversity
QUALITY OF LIFE JOB OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS D E V E L O P MENT ACCEP-
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IMPROVE COMOver-the-Rhine, Cincinnati ‘12 MUNITY-POLICE
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General Trades [MEP) Building Maintenance & Property Management
Academic Core Classrooms Media Center
Cafe/ Collaborate
Art & Design New Trades Programs
Construction Technologies
Craftsmanship
Education
General Finance & Accounting
Business Development
Counseling & Support Administration
[Student] Apartments
Management & Operations
Housing
Administrative Support
Preservation & Reuse
New Construction
Property Ownership
Project Site Employment Bicycle Co-op
Short-term Lease Space
Market-Rate Condos
Additional Retrofits
New Construction Public Buy-in Leasable Space
Public Investment Mixed-Use
Long-Term Lease Spaces
Neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine
Additional Storefronts
Progammatic Breakdown : Building, Site, Expansion
streetfront [a view from vine st]
Courtyard
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Multi-Use Room
Classroom
Reading Room
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Office Social Media Center
Trades Classroom
Business Development
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Reinforcing @ Connection between existing & new
Canopy @ Southern Elevation
media [UP]S.T.A.R.T
Structure
Section Perspective & Details
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[Transitional Self-Help] A model in which people are provided with the tools for self-sufficiency, transitional self-help aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to take control in their own setting. On the verge of being forced from their home, this project attempts to anchor long-time residents of Over-the-Rhine in their own neighborhood.
backyard
[semi-pubic social courtyard]
It’s intended that people who go through the program drive expansion and development at additional sites, taking control of their own property and furthering their education/business by sharing knowledge and experience with others. “The best way to learn is to teach.”
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[UP]START A new take on education, mixing vocational training with entrepreneurship and business development to create endless variation in curriculum. A non-traditional hierarchy allows students to learn not only from faculty, but more importantly from one another. Open work spaces and visual connections allow users to see and hear activities throughout the building, creating both direct and indirect interaction. It is in this collaborative environment that students learn the most, not specifically classroom lessons, but more valuable lessons about human interaction. [UP]START seeks to arm students with skills for self-sufficiency, from general education to specific vocational programs to business development & operations. The main focus, regardless of chosen curriculum, is ownership: the ability to have a stake in
one’s own life. From control of general academics to property ownership to developing and operating one’s own business, [UP]START aims to provide the tools to anchor oneself and be counted, to make an impact in his/her neighborhood and be an integral part of a larger community.
Vegetation Screen
Rainwater Collection
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Section Perspective & Details
Interior from Meeting Space
SE Belmont : Multnomah County Branch Library Studio Design Proposal University of Oregon M. Arch Student
Belmont Branch
Multnomah County, ‘11
Core Information Wall : Expanded Perspective
Parti Diagram
First Foor
Interior from Children’s Space
Belmont Streetfront
Multnomah County Branch Library : Southeast Belmont
A proposal for architecture as a two way information exchange in which not only can individuals learn from their environment, but the architecture itself can also learn, taking into account spatial and programmatic use patterns to adapt to new and changing needs. An attempt to engage users and the general public through information delivery systems, the library is based on three ideas : what a library currently is what a future library will be access to ‘public’ information
Spa and Wellness Center Studio Design Proposal University of Cincinnati B.S. Arch Student
DAAPworks 2010 Director’s Choice Award Winner
Cold Bath
As a Wellness Center, the project draws inspiration from the passage of time, creating a user based journey to wellness inspired by the passage of time as a continual healing process. Through programmatic organization, interpenetrating spaces create a dialogue of continual flow, echoing the progression of time. Each space within the design shares a connection with adjacent spaces, physically, visually, or implied through material. Within the spaces, such as the therapy pools, a specific entry sequence exists, helping patrons to focus on health and well-being, always looking to the future to continue the healing process. On the site, the building sits near the west end of the Grand Allee, east of the Natatorium and north of Gordon Hall of Science. This site presents a unique opportunity to unite disparate elements of the campus, creating a courtyard with Gordon and the Natatorium while providing a transition
Yoga Space Across Atrium
S.E.C. Cranbrook Academy, ‘10
across the Grand Allee from built environment to natural. This transition is emphasized in the interior and exterior through material choice and construction type. Nearest the architecture of campus, the design uses monolithic, poured in place concrete, speaking to the heavy masonry structures around campus and creating a massive volume with spaces carved out as voids in the interior. Moving across a central atrium, the construction changes to slender steel members with wood strip flooring and a good deal of glazing, allowing views into the trees to enhance the connection to nature. This construction is derived from a ‘kit of parts’ attitude, expressing and emphasizng connections and layering, mirroring the elegant density inherent to the northern trees. In plan, the design resembles two open-ended boxes, overlapping one another while pushing and pulling in a dialogue of tension, mirroring the existing tension between nature and architecture.
Hot Bath
Building 1/16”=1’
Glazing Detail
Structure Diagram
Longitudinal Section
Site 1/32”=1’
Section Perspective
Artist-Run Gallery Studio Design Proposal University of Cincinnati B.S. Arch Student Designed in collaboration with Jenna Hudson, BSID
Focusing largely on combining each individual aspect of our education in Australia, our study abroad studio proposal is a temporary, demountable space that various artists could use for their unique pieces. Learning from Aboriginal practices, we created structures that were temporary, sustainable, and easily adaptable for varied use. My partner and I chose Sydney’s network of laneways to find common yet specific sites. As a customizable project, it could adapt to any lane, creating interesting opportunities for us as designers and the artists as users. We chose to use scaffolding as a means of climbing the tall, narrow space of the lanes, allowing people to rediscover the often overlooked beauty within these utilitarian alleyways. We used the strong lighting characteristics of the lane to emphasize the artwork that was displayed within our ‘art bridges’: narrow, enclosed walkways spanning from scaffolding on the side of one building across the lane to another scaffolding system. Each ‘bridge’ had a customizable exterior shell that created varying light qualities. By opening different reveals, this allowed light to penetrate the space during the day and escape at night. In the end, we created varying spaces that could house two and three dimensional artwork as well as act as both a stage and grandstand for theatrical performances. Envelope Detail Connection Detail
ArtBridge Study Abroad, Australia ‘09
Bridge Exterior Elevation
Theatrical Performance
Envelope & Artwork Variations
Conceptual Furniture Prototype
can be purchased and added seamlessly to create larger pieces of furniture; sofas, lounges, etc. Kits include instructions for standard assembly, but allow freedom for the user to choose what form their furniture will take. Structure, ‘upholstery’, and connections are each chosen separately to allow further customization, while digitally fabricated, mass-produced base kits and reclaimed skin materials reduce cost.
Schematic Variation Sketches
PD410 UO Product Design ‘11
Wood + Seatbelt
Cardboard + Seatbelt
Wood + Leather
Wood + Pin
University of Oregon M. Arch Student
In an exploration of product design, I took a conceptual furniture design course. I chose to design a custom piece of furniture for low cost and mass production scale, effectively ‘mass customization. The piece allows the user/ consumer to choose their own budget and type of furniture, selecting components and parts kits to assemble as they see fit. A single kit assembles the final chair as seen opposite. Additional kits
Wood + Leather
MassCustomization
Prototypes
3D Modeling
Skeletal
Bike Tubes
Laundry
Skin Options
Final Prototype : Machined Wood + Bike Tubes
BurnBox Design Build Studio University of Oregon M. Arch Student Designed in collaboration with students of the University of Oregon and Oregon College of Art & Craft
Final Exterior
An exercise in 100% collaboration, this design build studio brought together the minds of 17 M.Arch students, 6 OCAC students of various programs, 3 architects from SanFrancisco, 1 professor from OCAC, 1 architect from Portland and the director of the architecture program at the University of Oregon. Add to that countless users, material companies, photographers, journalists and various interested parties. Put it together, shake it up, and you get the BurnBox, a smoking shelter for OCAC’s campus, constructed of charred, stacked 4x4 members. Designed to protect cigarette breaks from the elements, the structure also aids in way-finding and general
BurnBox DesignBuild, OCAC ‘11
interaction at the campus. From start to finish, design-build is an experience like no other in architecture school; Beginning with intial design charrettes, sketches and models, moving into final designs and appropriate documentation, then onto specifying and sourcing material, and finally to the groundbreaking and construction of the project. End to end, we worked as a team, attempting to please everyone along the way. The final result may not be what anyone envisioned at the start, but it was a unique experience that ended in a portfolio-worthy project.
Design Build Process
For additional images and information : http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2012/06/master-class-on-a-simple-shelteruo-and-occ-students-collaborate-on-imaginative-burn-box-shelter.html
S.H.E.D. Camp Adams Outdoor School Teaching Pavilion Proposal Student Volunteer Designed in collaboration with Ashley Blake Koger Study Model
Set in a dense forest, the teaching pavilion at Camp Adams was a volunteer undertaking to design a new storage facility and multi-use classroom structure for an outdoor school program. The camp and the outdoor school programs are run by separate entities, creating a need for flexible storage solutions. Both groups need secured access to their gear while preventing unwanted animals from living within the space. The design proposal created three individual spaces in an attempt to accomodate various sized groups as well as provide access to storage even while a class was in session. For the first space, the storage, we created four individual
closet spaces along the back wall, one for each of the outdoor school programs, sized for existing boxes that would need to be stored. This storage wall is completely flexible to accomodate gear of any size and shape. An additional closet was included on the side wall in order to separate Camp Adams gear from that of the outdoor school. The second space is the interior, including workstations for small groups to meet and a large enough space to store bulky items when classes aren’t meeting. The third space is simply an exterior pavilion where larger groups can meet and remain protected from the elements, turning the front, interior storage portion into a stage and display area for instructors.
Design+Build : PDX ‘10
S.H.E.D
Rear Elevation & Storage Variations
Gound/Site Plan
Study Model
The Belluschi House OHS Exhibition Model Student Volunteer
In the Model Shop
Meant to be a four weekend, two credit hour workshop course, this model was built as commissioned by Anthony Belluschi for an exhibit of the life and work of his father, Pietro Belluschi, at the Oregon Historical Society. Beginning with only hard copy drawings, I transcribed the house plans and elevations into AutoCAD in order to create laser cut files. Once cut, assembly of the pieces required a good deal of hand finishing, sanding, assembling wall layers and mitering corners.
Oregon Historical Society ‘12
Belluschi House
The materials in the model include acrylic, basswood, mdf, and scale trees. From ‘sandbox’ base and frame to topography to walls and roof and right down to interior fireplaces and exterior chimneys, each piece of the model had to be drawn, scaled, cut and assembled, sanded and fit together. A highly intensive process, the final model took approximately 100 hours of work.
Base Drawings & Photos
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S.E.E.D. Five Design Challenge 2012 Underutilized Spaces First Place Winner Designed in collaboration with Tom Schmidt
SEED: Sustained Employment & Entrepreneurship Development is a proposal for a small business incubator containing short-term lease spaces and start-up support services. This project takes advantage of three types of under-utilized spaces in Over-theRhine: vacant lots, empty buildings and alleyways. These sterotypically ‘bad’ spaces are reinterpreted to create a 24-hour mixed-use building that serves as a catalyst for the neighborhood, creating local jobs, promoting start-up culture, and improving perceptions of safety. The project demonstrates a
strategy of infill development in which the program and financial investment are spread to adjacent vacant buildings, introducing new energy while protecting historical resources. The project site includes a new three-story building placed on a vacant lot and repurposing of the adjacent two-story brick building to the north as well as a former auto repair shop located behind the site. A resident that wishes to start a business begins in the classrooms on the upper floors of the building. After developing their idea and gaining the necessary skills, they lease one of the
storefronts located in an existing alley on the site. This retail alley creates an extension of the pedestrian realm on Vine Street. Partition walls dividing the short-term lease spaces are made of modular units that allow views between spaces and varied arrangements to incorporate desks, storage, and displays to suit a variety of business types. Businesses that are successful in their temporary space would move to a permanent location nearby. This proposal could be replicated on similar sites around Cincinnati, providing the resources necessary to launch new local businesses.
shared space start-up lease space development and support new residential
Streetfront Context
cafe/dining
FiveDesign Cincinnati ‘12
S.E.E.D.
Programmatic Axons
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