Scott Schafer Architectural Studies Portfolio

Architectural Design Portfolio

Scott E. Schafer

Washington State University | School of Design and Construction | Architecture | 2011 - 2014

Architectural Design Portfolio

Washington State University | School of Design and Construction | Architecture | 2011 - 2014

Scott E. Schafer

2200 NE Westwood Dr. Apt. C103. Pullman, WA, 99163 scott.schafer@email.wsu.edu (253)-653-5908

Education | Computer Literacy |

Washington State University , Pullman WA

Master of Architectural Studies

2016 (Anticipated)

Washington State University , Pullman WA

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies

2015 (Anticipated)

Autodesk

Autocad Revit

Rhino Grasshopper Elk Sketchup Adobe

InDesign Illustrator Photoshop

Microsoft

Word Excel Powerpoint Outlook

Work Experience |

Shop Technician, Washington State University

School of Design and Construction. Pullman, WA

August 2013 Present

-Worked inside the main shop preparing materials

for machining.

-Ran the model shop

-Maintained machines and tools

-Sold materials in model shop to students and faculty

-Laser cutter technician

Administrative Assistant, Society Council Representing Accused Persons. Kent, WA

-Work in the law office reviewing, sorting, and filing closed court cases into county databse -Handle confidential documents and information

Quality Control Technician, ICON Materials.

Pacific, WA

May 2013 August 2013

-Worked inside the main pit mine -Mud Plant operator -Aggregate sampling and testing -Sales hand for job sites -Product documentation

Customer Service, Del’s Farm Supply. Auburn, WA

May 2012 August 2012

Parts Runner, ICON Materials. Pacific, WA

June 2011 August 2011

D e s i g n

June 2014 August 2014

-Worked inside and outside assisting customers find appropriate feed, materials, tools, and supplies for their pets, farm, and businesses.

-Worked alongside service manager in warehouse picking, stacking, and organizing merchandise in a timely and orderly fashion.

Played key role in preparing a stock for shipping and loading for customers.

-Key responsibility in transport of parts, tools, materials,

and paperwork for shop, offices, job sites, and pit mine

-Shipping and receiving packages and distributing them

to different locations in timely fashion

-Organize and keep track of incoming and outgoing packages

-Stocking of parts in respected bins, shelves, and carts

Me

Scott Schafer Washington State University Fourth Year Architect 3.2 GPA

Personal Statement

Architecture is a field in which anything can be an influential to the design. As a designer we should find knowledge from all fields and apply them equally. I feel that all buildings should be in response to the environment in which they exist. As visual, spiritual, and cultural expressions, architecture has the ability to affect society in a positive manner. I want to create architecture that will foster positive changes within its community. Good design should look to the past, present, and future. History and technology are the building blocks of todays society and should not be taken for granted.

Courses Taken

7 | Semesters Studio Design 3 | Semesters Structures 3 | Semesters Architectural History 3 | Semesters Architectural Theory 2 | Semesters Materials 2 | Semesters Mechanical Systems 1 | Semester Digital Techniques 1 | Semester Sustainability

Ferry Building

Cloud Gate

Types|Prototypes|Systems

Pullman City Center Apartments

Pullman City Center Apartments

Architectural Design Portfolio Washington State University | School of Design and Construction | Architecture | 2011 - 2014

Table of Contents

Planar Elements

Linear Elements

Architectural Design Portfolio

Washington State University | School of Design and Construction | Architecture | 2011 - 2014

Major Works

Educatorium

Elevating the Level of Dirt

Dirt Area of Focus| Wall Elment| Design Description| This studio looked at developing a structural system that would fit the program for a educatorium with the focal point of Dirt. The overall design followed the direction of the layers of earth present here in the Palouse.

Looking at the site there is a geographical change of a slope increase from Northeast to Southwest, this slope was the starting point of the design. This project needed to have a close relationship with the land, therefore, the structure and program would need to fit this slope. Looking at precedents, the Solberg Tower by Saunders Architects displayed the element of the wall in a strong simplistic design. The wall would be the circulation as well as spatial arrangement of program as interior and exterior spaces. Building from this idea the wall would follow the slope of the site, cutting out an interior courtyard space that would reveal the layers of earth while continuing upwards. The circulation is concentrated on the interior side of the wall surrounding the courtyard space. Each floor plate became a series of steps to keep with the continuation of the slope as it wrapped around the courtyard space. The building site was set in opposition to the surrounding buildings so that it would become its own entity, allowing for a materiality difference to be possible without seeming out of place. Rotating the building site allowed for a shared courtyard space with the existing Education Addition building which would lead to the start of the wall and circulation patterns for the building and site. The structure of the building is concrete floor and column system with a double layer façade system that wraps around the building. The inner layer being a glass curtain wall that fully envelopes the building structure, and the outer being a rusticated steel mesh screen that exists on the South and Westward facing walls to provide sufficient sun-shading to the building’s interior.

Main Building Circulation

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Building out of Land

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Uninhibited View

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Pullman City Center Apartments

Residential | Retail | Restaurant

Design Description|

The aim of this project was to rehabilitate a defunct site, transforming it into a multiuse structure capable of containing retail, restaurant, and residential spaces and help bring new life into the heart of the Pullman downtown atmosphere. This project sought to develop public spaces to bring the townspeople and students together in a harmonious atmosphere. In doing this the issues of circulation around and on the site were addressed as well as visual imparities that were created. Focusing first on the building footprint, public access, space, and program were the main focus of the buildings ground condition. Programmatic arrangement was based upon demand and organized and oriented based upon program needs. Public functions of retail and restaurant spaces created ground and first floors, while residential single bedroom apartments created the expanded second floor, and two bedroom residential apartments created the further expanded third floor.

A trellised structure partially encloses the buildings surround leaving way to greenery to grow up and over it, bringing an element of change and life to the structure, while creating privatized public spaces that get more private as one moves into the building while creating a visual break to the verticality of the structure bringing the project to a more city scale.

The parking lot was transformed into a public plaza with parking moved to the street and public access to the river created with privatized lawn seating spaces along the rivers edge. Another sidewalk was constructed lining the entire edge of the river creating easier access to the site and building. This plaza will be open to public at all times for leisure, performances, markets, and events.

North Elevation.

Original Site Circulation Vehicular site access (shown in red) was congested on the site, with minimal parking that made the flow of traffic inefficient. Human site access (shown in blue) was minimal to non existent through the site itself.

Proposed Site Circulation Vehicular site access (shown in red) was changed to one circulation path through the site relieving congestion. Parking was moved to the street side, fitting with the majority of downtown parking. Human site access (shown in blue) was increased to and through the site itself. A walking path was added to the retaining wall on the northern edge of the site, making the site accessible to both the north and south edges of the site.

Original Circulation on site Proposed Circulation on site Proposed Circulation Through Building South Section

The original circulation onto the site uninviting due to its harsh corner condition that directs human traffic towards the back of the site.

Stepping the edge condition of the building outward as one moves deeper into the site it creates and eased edge that is less harsh visually and circulation wise. This eased edge is more inviting and offers a greater degree of possible interaction and accessibility

Stepping the edge condition was done by an exterior trellis system which had three layers of depth. Each layer which was supported by a row of column created in themselves a circulation path. Creating an even greater degree of accessibility, a central passage through the Northeast to Northwest corner allows for greater interaction throughout the site.

Perspective

Types | Prototypes | Systems Stacked Views

Design Research Description|

This studio looks at the intersection of parametric design and social dimensions of architectural space. The aim of the studio is to explore design techniques capable of producing innovative architectural prototypes in relation to social and cultural arrangements. The point of departure for my investigation is modes of translation between material and building scales with the aim toward constructing a hybrid methodology whereby material and structure becomes the synthesizing force that binds surface, space, form and program. Architects such as Herzog De Meuron and Toyo Ito are good examples who focused on form-finding methodologies to achieve structurally optimized building geometries where structure acts as the imperative connecting building material with form. However in contrast to those pure structural investigations, recent computational design methodologies have opened possibilities for intentionally blurring formal, structural and material performance to achieve specific architectural effects. Within this context, this project focuses on developing a building system capable of serving different architectural, programmatic and structural requirements and an emphasis on methodologies applicable to the transformation of spatial typologies and structural system.

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This project focuses on two key typologies; Stacked and Linear

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STACKED VIEWS| Stacked views would be formed out of a stacked/linear combined typology that would reflect the relationship between the built and the natural When analyzing the city of San Francisco and its relationship to Golden Gate Park there were two distinct height variations within the cityscape, the Natural (Trees) and the built (appartments public buildings). The natural was much taller than the surrounding structures. Assigning a typology to these two height variations created the basis of my structural form. The natual would become the stacked and the built would become the linear. The buildings design melded these two cityscapes together.

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Program Within: Inhabitable space created within the structural arrangement of library.

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1| West Coast Line , West G.G. Park,

West City 2| North Coast Line, Central G.G.

Park, N.W. City, De Young

Museum, California Academy of Science 3| North Coast Line, East G.G. Park,

N.W - N.E. City, Golden Gate Bridge 4| East bay area, East City

West Elevation

Perspectives

Model on Site

Exploded Building

Architectural Design Portfolio

Washington State University | School of Design and Construction | Architecture | 2011 - 2014

Presentation Documents

Chicago Study Tour Site Presentation Boards

Cloud Gate

CLOUD GATE Artist | Location | Cost | Date | Project details |

Anish Kapoor Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois $23,000,000 2002 - 2006

aka “THE

Structural Engineer | Structural Engineer | Fabrication | Construction |

BEAN”

Atelier One Aerotrope Performance Structures Inc. MTH Industries

66’x 33’ x 45’ 110 tons Stainless steel

"The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story"

Figure 1 | Reflection morphing surroundings into perspective

Section | Cloud Gate(aka The Bean) is one continuous complex curve that that bends up and in on itself creating multiple viewing conditions. This complex curve morphs the physical reality of its surrounding cityscape on both on its interior and exterior. From elevation The Bean appears to just be an arched spherical curve with an opening running under the center widthwise.

However from section the giant twelve foot omphalos (i.e. navel) opens up the underbelly of The Bean to a twenty seven foot space can be viewed. The omphalos multiplies and distorts any reflection that is shown on its polished surface.

Figure 2 | Longitudinal section showing the omphalos

Fabrication / Construction | The extreme temperature difference between winter and summer in Chicago meant that the Cloud Gate would experience an undesirable amount of thermal shrinkage and expansion. Engineers had to design a support system that would be able to not only support the weight of the 169, 6mm thick stainless steel panels that made up the 80 ton shell and prevent any distortion, but also be able to react to the thermal changes at the same rate as the outer shell.

Figure 3, 4, 5, 6 | Development of the internal structural support system for the exterior shell

Reflection | Motion, fluidity, distortion, morphological, spiritual, peculiar, and dynamism are just some of the characteristics that can be associated with Cloud Gate. Upon first sighting of this landmark sculpture, it appears as if it has just landed, touching the ground gingerly. Lacking connection to ground and site, gives the feeling of impermanence and the possibility of change and notion of mystery and other phenomenon’s . With the mirrored finish of the stainless steel and the curved shape the physical appearance is that of liquid mercury and a flowing surface that seems to be moving eternally. Because of the mirrored surface the physical and visual properties are in opposition, causing immateriality which adds to the mysterious being of Cloud Gate, it has no certain definition but a definition that is open to interpretation through personal connection and experience.

Kapoor has said that this work is “a manifestation, sign of a state of being, metaphor for a state of becoming or a transitional space, an in-between space, a space of becoming. Not a fixed or positive identity, but an illusionary space”. This morphological experience through the mirrored surface creates a new perception on what is commonly perceived as reality. Peoples perspective plane is linear, it has a defined range and is unidirectional. Human perspective only allows what is directly in front of them to be seen and experienced even though life is happening all around them. The completely curved surface of Cloud Gate allows one to view themselves proportionally depending on their angle in relation to its surface but also projects people, places, and objects that would otherwise be out of their normal perspective right next to them.

This morphing and mixing of reality makes the viewers presence realistic but their spatial relationship to their surroundings are manufactured and a play on reality.

Morphing the fabric of time and space creates this uncertainty that embodies Cloud Gate.

Bachman, Kate. “Http://www.thefabricator.com/article/arcwelding/metal-fab

ricating-in-a-new-millennium.” The Fabricator. N.p., 9

May 2006. Web.

Baume, Nicholas. “Anish Kapoor: Past, Present.” Future (2008).

Performance Structures Inc. “Performance Structures—Cloud Gate (The

Bean), Millenium Park”. Performance Structures Inc, n.d.

Web. 18 Sept. 2014.

Tusa, John. “ANISH KAPOOR In Conversation with John Tusa.” ANISH

KAPOOR. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2014.

Scott Schafer

Figure 7 | Reflection morphing surroundings into perspective

San Francisco Study Tour Site Presentation Boards

Ferry Building

Ferry Building: Keeping time in the Modern World Fig. 1

Structure: Architect: Location: Dates:

National Register: San Francisco Landmark:

The Ferry Building Arthur Page Brown San Francisco, CA 1898 Opened 2003 Remodeled #78000760 #90

First Bay Tradition:

Brown’s design helped popularize the First Bay Tradition. The First Bay Tradition was a reaction to the classicism that was used in the Beaux Arts design Style. This style is characterized by a link to nature, and the use of locally sourced materials, and has an emphasis on craftsmanship, volume, and form. The First Bay Tradition was rooted to the San Francisco, the Greater Bay, and the East Bay Area. There are many parts of the Ferry Building utilized the First Bay Tradition in its design, and made it a building that helped characterize the design style. The main building and the clock tower both were designed heavily with the style, and the transportation around the building was initially designed with the First Bay Tradition in mind.

The Main Building:

The main structure is made of Colusa Sandstone, steel, and brick. It is supported by a 160’ x 670’ foundation supported by 111 concrete piers. At its time of creation it was the largest above water foundation in the world. The foundation and the main Ferry Building withstood both the 1906 and 1989 Earthquakes with little to no damage.

The tripartite facade is made up of a lower colonnade that allows traffic to flow lengthwise of the exterior structure, then a central colonnade filled with glass which now illuminates the office spaces and then the cap of the facade is characterized by a simple overhang below the roof.

The entire facade is split in the center by the grand entry way and the clock tower.

The Main Structure has many aspects that tie it to the First Bay Tradition. The building uses Colusa Sandstone, which is a material that comes from the Bay area. The interior of the building uses the central colonnade to create space allowing the building to create volume.

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The Ferry House, opened when the need for more ferry services arrise

The Ferry Building, opened when the Ferry House became unsuitable to handle the increased ferry traffic from the Bay Area

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1936 Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge open, reducing need for ferries.

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The Clock Tower:

Centered along the front facade, the Clock tower dominated the waterfront skyline and the Embarcadero for many years, and today is an Iconic landmark, and a cultural symbol to San Francisco and the entire Bay Area. The 245’ tower stands on the waterfront directly at the end of Market Street and along the Embarcadero, became a beacon for all land and sea traffic surrounding it. Brown designed the tower after the 12th-century Giralda bell tower in Seville, Spain. The tower which was originally built using the same Colusa Sandstone as the entire Ferry Building, sustained substantial damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The towers structure became unstable, needing extensive repairs. Reinforced concrete replaced the existing structure in restoring the clock tower to its former glory.

The Clock Tower uses the characteristics of the First Bay Tradition in order to make it an icon to the city. The clock tower had many aspects that were handmade. The columns and other ornamentations were hand carved into the sandstone, and the parts of the clock were handmade to the needs of the tower.

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Crowds fill ferries headed to the Worlds Fair on Treasure Island, giving The Ferry Building its last heavy use for more than 50 years.

1939

Transportation:

After it was built, the Ferry Building was the second largest ferry hub in the world at this time. At its height the Ferry Building had street cars and ferries flooding in none stop with 50,000 people daily going through its terminals. Arthur Page Brown had originally intended for the form of the building to have three grand entrances in the building because of the amount of transportation coming to the Ferry Building. However, only the central grand entrance was built. The increased use of automobiles during the 1930’s created the Golden Gate and Bay Bridge dropping the public’s use of San Francisco ferry system. The Embarcadero Highway was erected 1968 blocking the view of the Ferry Building. Ferry usage resumed slightly in the 70’s and picked up again in 1991 when the Embarcadero Highway was torn down due to dam-

age done by the 1989 earthquake.

Elevated freeway is constructed above the Embarcadero, causing uproar, and consealing much of the Ferry Building from view, rendering the building obsolete

1958

Loma Prieta Earthquake causes sever damage to the Clock Tower and shakes loose portions of the Embarcadero Freeway's elevated ramps.

1989

1990 Mayor Art Agnos calls for the Embarcadero Freeway to be removed 1991 Demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway begins in February.

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Remodel of the Ferry Building begins. Plans to restore its interior spaces to former glory and bring back the entirety of the bay area population, by creating a marketlace and specialty shops for the community.

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2003 The Ferry Building re-opens after four year extensive remodel.

Architectural Design Portfolio

Washington State University | School of Design and Construction | Architecture | 2011 - 2014

Minor Projects

With complete design freedom, I was asked to seek inspiration in nature in which would be recreated using linear elements. The form in which this was modeled after was that of a snow drift blowing over the top of a mountain.

Strips of wood were then bent and cut to form the organic chaos in which wind blows snow drifts.

Section

Elevation

Drafting was to be done completely by hand, showing an emphasis on shading in perspective view, as well as development of elevation and section drawings.

Perspective

Linear Elements Design Description|

Elevation

Perspectives

Planar Elements Design Description|

With complete design freedom, I was asked to develope an experiental space using planes in which were develped out of a linear element. The modeled form is that of a cantilevered decking system that reaches out over a waterfall, creating a sensual experience, and a sense of place.

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Elevation

The Planar Element project had a close tie to site context, experiential behavior, and views.

Site Plan