Clemson Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

PORTFOLIO SELECT WORKS

ARCHITECTURE + ART

SERINA VALDES B.A. ARCHITECTURE 2014-2018

ABOUT MYSELF SERINA RYAN VALDES My name is Serina Ryan Valdes and I am currently a senior architecture student at Clemson University in the upstate of South Carolina. When I am not in the architecture studio in Clemson, I am at home in Orlando, Florida where I was born and raised. In grade school my favorite subjects were art and math, it was only after somebody suggested I research architecture did my penchant for the field thrive. Since then, my world has revolved around architecture with an outlet in an expression of art. Here at Clemson I am minoring in sustainability hoping to use what I learn to design sustainable architecture. I think that this is extremely important for our future and has already began to make an impact on the architecture world.

OBJECTIVE This portfolio will give you a glimpse of my architecture beginnings and progression through my undergraduate degree. Over the years I have striven to take on sustainable methods with small changes such as green roofs and solar panels. The objective to my portfolio is to display the work that I have done thus far at Clemson University’s undergraduate architecture program in Clemson, South Carolina as well as off campus in the Barcelona Architecture Center. Clemson’s architecture program is unique and intensely hands-on; it advocates the improvement of built, natural and social environments, through design activism, public ser vice and public education– all methods for which I am extremely fortunate enough to have been trained.

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TECTONICS ON THE EDGE PRECEDENT + SCIENCE CENTER RE[ZONE] DETROIT CHICAGO 606 BIKE TRAIL BARCELONA PAVILION BICEFS LABORATORY ART RESUME

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TECTONICS

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

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01 Intro to Architecture + Architecture Foundations Fall of 2014-2015 Clemson University “Architectural design problems with a focus on structural and construction principles and their relationship to contextual situations. Instruction in oral communications skills and digital tooling support the design discussions.”

The beginning of my undergraduate architecture degree explored fundamental tools of the tectonics of architecture. We analyzed three very intricate mechanisms that give a solid base when introducing the design process. This chapter displays select works from this fundamental foundation of architecture: Boolean Operations, Folded Plate Models, and Ruled Surfaces.

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BOOLEAN OPERATION Fall 2015

The process of creating new geometric forms from the intersections of shapes into each other to create subtractive voids.

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12x12 cube

intersecting masses

subtractive voids

FInal Model 12x12 cube with subtractive voids resulting from intersecting wireframe model.

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PATTERNS IN NATURE | FOLDED PLATE Fall 2014

Recreating the intricacies in patterns found in nature with repetition of complex folded forms.

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intricacy

complexity

geometry

repetition

Final Model 40+ hand folded 8.5x11 pieces of copy paper crafted and held together by non-adhesive connections.

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R ULED SURFACES Fall 2015

The process of generating cur ves by the arrangement of straight lines only, both two-dimensionally and three.

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Final Model 100s of 1/16th� dowels held together by plexiglass and dowel spines.

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ON THE EDGE

UNKNOWN LOCATION

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02 Architecture Foundations 1 Fall 2015 Clemson University Using the fundamental tool known as ruled surfaces, during my second year of undergrad, we were assigned to creating a viewing apparatus atop a cliff-like site. Requirements such as seating area and several viewing portals were set so that we would learn how to manipulate the arrangement of straight lines in order to develop curves that could form both walls and seating. Hundreds of hand drawings and three dimensional models led to my final project entitled, “On the Edge�.

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Viewing Apparatus Final model consisted of hundreds of 1/16� dowels arrayed and pieced together to create unique viewing frames and seating for tranquil obser vations

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EAST ELEVATION

ruled surface

viewing port

simple wooden joint

WEST ELEVATION

EAST SECTION

WEST SECTION

Final Drawing 1:1 drawing in pen of the North Elevation of my final model.

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PRECEDENT STUDIES + CAMPUS MUSEUM WERKENDAM, NETHERLANDS | CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

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03 Architecture Foundations II Spring 2016 Clemson University During the second semester of my sophomore year at Clemson University we were assigned a project during which we had to create a museum on a site on our own campus. After much site analysis we were given a precedent study to analyze and draw similarities from. My precedent was the Biesbosch Museum Island by Studio Marco Vermuluen. This museum is extremely sustainable with a grass roof and water filtering system– an aspect I found very important.

Moving forward with this I design the Clemson University Environmental Science Center.

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BIESBOSCH MUSEUM ISLAND Studio Marco Vermeulen designed this exciting and unique museum island in Werkendam, Netherlands. Featuring extensive areas of fenestration, the wings opes to the museum garden on the island. The extension houses an organic restaurant that offers views of the adjacent water and landscape, and space for temporar y exhibitions. To the right is a 1/2 scale 8-foor hand drawn wall section of the Biesbosch.

Digital Drawing floating axon that depicts the hexagonal floor plans and maze-like programming

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tessellated forms

hexagonal exhibition

grass-covered shell

Skeleton Using my precedent, I adopted a ver y organic geometric shape that would mimic the unique walking paths of the Biesbosch as well as maintaining a sustainable building with green roofs and fenestration.

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CLEMSON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CENTER Program Five dodecahedrons connected at their faces made up the form of my building.

Then by using digital programs, I sliced the form into four different floors each with unique programming, wall shapes, and volume heights.

Café/Gift Shop

Back of House

Exhibit

Exhibit

Education

Lobby

Admin.

Back of House

Site Our site was on our on campus adjacent to the architecture studio.

Highlighted in green is the footprint of my building.

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NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

SOUTH SECTION

EAST SECTION

EAST ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

Final Render Organic geometric form invading the ground to creating a passageway underneath connecting the rest of the campus with the West elevation and main entrance on the South side.

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Re[ZONE] DETROIT DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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04 Architecture 351 Fall 2016 Clemson University The culminating project of the semester was to site and design a small, permanent building that will provide the infrastructure and space for budding entrepreneurs to temporarily house, market and test their restaurant concept to the public in Detroit, Michigan. For my intervention, I looked through the lens of greenspace: where I took the empty lots that had reverted into natural prairies and changed them into intentional greenspaces. Detroit is a degrading city in dire need of new development and intentional design. We studied the declining city through a series of figure ground maps that led us Investigating which infill sites would suit the city best to be filled with our restaurant.

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MATERIALITY + CONSTRUCTION Using 3 main materials: wood, green-roof, and concrete, I was able to create a threshold between the street spine in the South side of the building and the green prairie behind the building. An open atrium with a glass skylight allows natural lighting to the building that flows through the porous facades broken up with wood panneling on fenestration.

Construction Parti Diagrams

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Final Design A simple two level ‘cube’ in which I used materiality to show the gradient of greenspace from the strict urban spine of the street-side to the wild prairie on the south side of my infill site. I used wood and glass to show how my building could be a threshold between Detroit’s urban spine and intentional greenspace.

FIRST FLOOR Entrance Waiting Area Atrium Indoor Dining Open Kitchen Outdoor Dining Grand Stairway Exit Stairway Restroom

SECOND FLOOR Entrance Outdoor Bar Atrium Indoor Dining Indoor Bar Restrooms Grand Stairway Exit Stairway

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THE 606 BIKE TRAIL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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05 Architecture 351 Fall 2016 Clemson University The 606 is an elevated pedestrian and cyclist trail in Chicago suburb that runs East West along West Bloomingdale Avenue. The 606 was originally an elevated rail that cut through the suburbs to the factories downtown. The city of Chicago would envision the rail to be converted into usable public space in 2003, and the 606 officially opened in 2013. Today, the trail services exercising cyclists and runners, as well as leisure walkers.  Other Group Members: Diego Bazzini, Eric Bell, Michael King, Maria Mesa, Derek Williams

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SITE + CULTURE INTERACTION

N. Kedzie Ave

Bloomingdale Ave.

N. Kimball Ave

Our site was one of the most unique sections of the long 606 trail; found between the intersecting streets below of N. Kimball Avenue and N. Kedzie Avenue. Featuring one of the only elevation changes on the trail as well as grass burm, we had the opportunity for a pedestrian bridge accessing a proposed future park on the North end. The area is also an emerging art district, with a strong artistic culture, which we wanted to emphasize in our project in order to enhance this strong artisan culture.

Final Render A concrete structure with uniquely cur ved facades to mimic the fluidity of the public art and graffiti around our site.

The concrete holds a small air-conditioned portion as a rest stop for pedestrians and bike-riders.

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N Blank Canvas In order to promote appropriate public art, my team incorporated coves in the elevated walking paths that would ser ve as a blank canvas for local public artists.

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Sections Taken from the South and West elevations, these sections reveal the different interaction that our structure has with the street below as well as the pedestrians on the trail.

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BEACHSIDE RECREATIONAL PAVILION BARCELONETA, SPAIN

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06 Fluid Campus Studio Spring 2017 Barcelona Architecture Center During my semester abroad in Barcelona, Spain, we were given a unique site on the Barceloneta coast along the Mediterranean Sea. Inspired by the recreational use of the beaches in Barcelona, our design was a multipurpose structure that contained yoga studios, various spas, cafeterias, relaxation lounges, and other programming that promote a healthy lifestyle. Inspired by a coral reef and the holes within this marine life structure, we designed a building with various voids that let nature spill into the building. The goal was to embrace the beach culture of the site and extend the nature of the surrounding area through the manipulation of solids, voids, sunlight, materiality, and public vs. private space throughout our building.

Other Group Members: Olivia Sipler

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PROGRAM + LIFESTYLE Using hexagons that var y in size we were able to mimic the organic form of the coral reef while connecting interior spaces with the smooth connections of a hexagonal tessellation. The yoga studios and spa benefit from the views of the beach and Mediterranean Sea, while the various pools ser ve as a threshold between the street and the beach. Atop our structure we strategically placed both green spaces which add natural life to an area that is mostly artificial. The center of the building is the most private and intimate space– the main pool, which was designed to mimic an underground caved-in spring. A void in the center of the ‘cave’ illuminates the main pool furthering the spring effect.

ROOF PLAN

+2

+1

GROUND FLOOR

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MATERIALITY + SITE The use of materiality further incorporated and introduced nature into the site. We used a gradient of materials to achieve this threshold using a spectrum of concrete, wood, ceramic, and vertical green walls. Ceramic is an extremely common architectural tool in Spain because of its sustainability, durability, and versatility. Two main access points for the public: the atrium reception and the public cafeteria and restaurant, which connect the building with the site’s pedestrian walkways.

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BICEFS LABORATORY

GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA

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07 ARCH 4520 Synthesis Studio Fall 2017 Clemson University A 16,000 acre research reserve, Hobcaw Barony is one of the few undeveloped tracts on the Waccamaw Neck. The Native Americans called it “hobcaw,” meaning between the waters.

Hobcaw Barony has been dedicated to research by South Carolina’s institutions of higher education for over five decades. The primary project objective was to create a comprehensive Campus Site Plan for the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science. We were essentially tasked with addressing the programmatic needs of the client, the relationship between future buildings and existing buildings, the interaction between the Institute, and its neighbors, and the best build and management solutions to accommodate these needs considering the Baruch Institute's mission to support sustainable resource management and to set an example and the standard in sustainability.

Other Group Members: Logan White, Summer Anderson, RJ Wilson, and Austin Allen

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SITE INTERACTION The Spine Our proposed design for a new laborator y was enclosed in a large 50 foot by 220 foot barn-like structure. The two levels are almost entirely made up of new lab space with the exception of a 10 foot wide block that acts as a spine to the building and contained offices, mechanical, vertical circulation, and storage, which can be seen in the section cut along the roof center below.

Ventilation diagram to the right displays an HVAC System with a central return duct supplies that cold air from two supply registers in the ground. The warm air rises back to the return duct and is channeled to the exterior of the building or recycled into cool air again.

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LABORATORY ACTIVITIES A design dictated by linear pathways, on the interior and exterior, creates a campus feel throughout the site. We created adjacent lab and support spaces to illustrate an open working environment that invites collaboration between all disciplines. The site design is based around functionality of outdoor and indoor spaces while creating a natural experience in the environment. The design includes outdoor multipurpose space as well as circulation through the new lab.

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FIRST FLOOR

Hydrology

Garage

Vert. Circulation

Instrument.

Flex space

Mech.

Wildlife

Ventilation

Restroom

Biochem

Balcony

Office

Plant/soil

Shed

Storage

SECOND FLOOR

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CAMPUS-WIDE THRESHOLD Flex Space is the large unconditioned work area that provides an immediate destination from dirty lab space. The space provides not only a great open workspace, but also an area to consolidate vehicle storage and equipment. Being completely open on three sides to the site it provides great circulation and is extremely accessible to people and vehicles.

Linearity The Linear arrangement of our building on our site creates a large courtyard with the other two existing structures. This space is the new campus of Hobcaw and is emphasized by the addition of new vegetation and a gentle swale. The relationship between our linear building and the existing lab creates a space that houses a shed and several storage areas, consolidating the equipment space.

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ILLUMINATION Fenestration Slit-shaped windows that double as skylights illuminate the upper laboratories. A large curtain window frames out the gable and offers views of the campus that surround the new lab while bringing in more natural light to the collaborative lab spaces on the second floor.

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ART

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08 Expression Through Art 2014-2018 Growing up in a family of artists has always affected how I express myself through both art and architecture. I find the two fields so closely related and feel as if experience with one benefits on the development with the other. Throughout my undergraduate degree, I have found an outlet from stressful semesters worth of projects and constant deadlines with an expression of art. This chapter of my portfolio shows selected works that I have done in my free time with a variety of different mediums and subject material.

Enjoy.

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CR USHED CAN SERIES 2015-2017

3 DAUGHTERS 15x15 acrylic on wood

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BUDLIGHT

15x15 acrylic on wood

COCA-COLA

15x20 acrylic on canvas

ICONS

2014-2017

RHCP

4 12x12 mixed media + acrylic

TRIPPY TWIGGY 15x15 acrylic on wood

27 CLUB

18x24 acrylic on denim

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PORTRAITS 2014-2018

LITTLE PRINCE

30x10 acrylic + pen on wood

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PALMER

20x20 marker on bristol

BIRTH OF VENUS 24x18 marker on bristol

VARIED MEDIUMS 2014-2018

SIGN LANGUAGE 24x18 multimedia

EYE CANDY

5x7 graphite + pen on bristol

LEE III

18x24 marker on bristol

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RESUME

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EDUCATION

AWARDS + ACHIEVEMENTS

AFFILIATIONS Clemson University GPA: 3.68 BA in Architecture + Minor in Sustainability Anticipated Graduation - May 2018 101 Calhoun Dr, Clemson, SC 29634 (864) 656-3311

American Institute of Architecture Students 2014-Present

Bishop Moore Catholic High School GPA: 4.0 Graduation - May 2014 3901 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, FL 32804 (407) 293-7561

Chi Omega 2014-2017

Clemson Undergraduate Architecture Studio Tour Guide Spring 2015

Tau Sigma Delta Top 5% Architecture Class Women in Architecture- Students (WIAS) Graphic + Marketing Chair Spring 2016-Spring 2018

Clemson University Presidents List Fall 2014/15 and Spring 2015 Clemson University Dean’s List Spring 2015/17 and Fall 2016/16

SKILLS

Out-of-State Academic Scholarship 2014-Present

Bishop Moore Catholic High School Art Honors Society- President 2013-2014 Rho Kappa- Social Studies Honor Society Mu Alpha- Math Honor Society National English Honors Society

H C Mickel & L C Mickel Grant Spring 2017

Varsity Bowling Team Captain 2013-2014

REFERENCES

Language Basic Understanding of Spanish

George J. Schafer, RA, Ph.D Lecturer, Ph.d in Planning, Design + the Built Environment, Clemson University (2017) Clemson University, Lee Hall, Clemson, SC 29634 schafer@clemson.edu

Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign Drafting + Modeling Autocad, Sketchup, Podium, Rhinoceros 3D Printing + Laser Cutting

EXPERIENCE

Sallie Hambright-Belue, AIA Leed AP Co-Director, Undergraduate Studies / Professor Clemson University, Lee 3-121, Clemson, SC 29634 shambri@clemson.edu 864-656-3906

Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Powerpoint The Gravity Company Intern Summer 2015, Winter 2015 6675 Westwood Blvd, Suite 140 Orlando, Florida 32821 407-351-8787 Architects Lewis + Whitlock Intern Summer 2017 206 W Virginia St, Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 942-1718

CONTACT

Clarissa Mendez Lecturer, Professor Clemson University, Lee 1-158, Clemson, SC 29634 cmendez@clemson.edu 1333 Windsong Rd. Orlando, FL serinavaldes@yahoo.com 407-353-1122 www.SerinaValdes.com

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The Gravity Company Intern- Summer 2015, Winter 2015 Westwood Corporate Center 6675 Westwood Blvd, Suite 140 Orlando, Florida 32821 407-351-8787 Architects Lewis + Whitlock Intern- Summer 2017 206 W. Virginia Street Tallahassee, FL 32301 850-942-1718

www.SerinaValdes.com