shannon standish collection of design work
2016
shannon
Charlotte, NC (704) 962-6438 shannonstandish@vt.edu issuu.com/shann0n
standish architecture
industrial design
history
EDUCATION 2011 - present Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA VT Steger Center Riva san Vitale, Switzerland
Bachelor of Architecture, graduated May, 2016 Minors: Industrial Design & History Magna Cum Laude Travel and swiss residency program, fall semester 2014 Study of western european architecture and architects
EXPERIENCE August 2013 - Dec 2015 VT Dining Services, Qdoba Blacksburg, VA
Student Assistant Manager, busiest Qdoba in USA Managed subordinates and food production; trained new employees; assigned staffing and delegated tasks; ensured customer satisfaction
Summer 2014 CV Sustainability Intiative Cawtaba Valley NRV, VA
Architecture intern and renderer Conceived plans for future growth; designed possibilities for reuse of current infrastructure; construct renderings and presented ideas
2011 - 2016 College of A & D Ambassadors Blacksburg, VA
Co President and Treasurer, Founding Member Established and maintain a financial system; coordinated people and funds to launch design competitions; interviewed potential ambassadors
Summer 2010 - 2012 Keyauwee Program Center Statesville, NC
Counselor and Lifeguard Conceived and coordinated programming, facilitated activities, used ingenuity and leadership to problem-solve in demanding situations
SKILLS Software
Artistic Expression
Digital Based Outputs
Photoshop CC InDesign CC Illustrator CC Sketch-up ‘16
AutoCAD Revit ‘16 Rhino 5 MS Office
Grasshopper Muse CC 3Ds Max Brighter 3D
Graphic design, sketching, photography, molded ceramics, screen printing, watercolors, architectural drawing, model making, woodworking, roll-press printing Lasercutting, CNC routing, 3D printing, 6-axis robotics
HONORS & AWARDS ICFF 2015, NYC AIA Virginia Competition 2015 Studio North 2015 Second Year Design Competition Gold Award in Girl Scouting
Student exhibitor for Virginia Tech, present “Sliced Towers” created with new technologies and robotics. Work featured on Design Milk. Finalist for Virginia Tech, artistic interpretation of Wind Farm Selected to attend week long design-build studio held in Vermont. Project published in Dwell and Design New England, among others 1st Place, design of an Appalachian Trail shelter Designed and organized the construction of a shelter and storage facility for a new Girl Scout camp in Statesville, NC. Projected selected as top ten in the country and used as promotional materials for Girl Scouting.
ACTIVITIES AIAS Habitat for Humanity Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Girl Scouts Other Interests
Member PR Committee Alumna Weekend Volunteer, program staff Scuba, Etsy store retailer, hiking the AT, whitewater kayaking, rafting, soccer
contents
08 studio projects
28 constructions
34 competitions
42 extras
territory of memory
studio north cabins
mountain shelter
sketches
sustainable pulaski
sustainablity initiative
organic restrooms
photography
transforming shelter
ICFF sliced columns
industrial designs
modulor winery
kinetic wind farm
shop explorations
studio projects
ter r itor y o f m em o ry thesis year
2015-2016
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Studio project, memory, time & place The Appalachian Trail, USA Thesis: Architecture can engage a moment, a memory, and bring sensation to life. Design: This project proposes a series of cabins set along the length of the Appalachian Trail. Abstractly there is one per state, 14 cabins in all. They act as follies of sorts. They are a measure over a vast landscape, that allows a hiker to explore and discover the open expanse in between. Each cabin is responsible to the entire series, while revealing unique qualities of each individual site. The design for this series of cabins calls for a wood construction, where 4x4 wooden members stack together in a Lincoln Log fashion. Not only does this solve pragmatic issues of construction in a remote location, it allows for a clarity of material and form. A visitor can sense the compression of wooden members which act both as support and screen. Each joint offers a chance to explain, in a visual logic, the union of different parts. The adaptation a log house construction connects the local culture and territory in a form that becomes resilient in time. The cabins adhere to a strict grid of 4ft squares, from which floor plates, walls, and roof lines are allowed to shift to designate program differences or emphasize specific aspects of each site and bring them into the consciousness of the hiker. Pictured on pages 12-15 are other studies that were part of my thesis investigations.
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Material Aging Studies Materials, and how they come together to build a space, is a elemental question in architecture. An architect can engage the idea of patina, of impressions left by use, by choosing materials of consequence. As these materials age, they reveal qualities of their nature, their construction, and their environment. Patinas create beautiful connections with forces beyond the object itself, elevating its significance and meaning. Each of these materials asks for a unique way of making and aging.
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Local Building Types A study of local typologies was done to study essential aspects of the architectural language of the region. Building these graphics distilled information about how the buildings were built and informs how to make a new building. BOAT HOUSE
BATH HOUSE
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Unit Floor Plan
Unit Floor Plan
Scale 1/2” = 1’
Norwich Town Green This is a proposal for a community green on the site of the Vermont cabin. It offers a connection for trail hikers and this community to mix and grow their communities. This town green exists in three elements that serve to bound the site and create a central green that looks out towards the river beyond. The bath house serves as gateway through which hikers and walkers enter. The boat house defines the lower edge of the green and frames a view of the river. The farmers market holds the back edge of the green, and transforms from open in the day to a closed shelter for hikers at night, with the tactile action of raising a wall.
Scale 1/2” = 1’
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Moment. graphic
Moment. lasercut files
Moment. figure-formwork
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Moment
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Temporary Studies In order to better understand the difference between temporary and permanence (and therefore “change�), I created a series of graphics which I felt represented aspects of change. Moment (left), Variation (right), Impact (below), and Alignment (not shown) were investigated. Each 2D graphic was interpreted into a 3D sculpture. The sculptures were created from Rockite poured into 220 layers of stacked chipboard. The figure formwork relationship became the most interesting aspect of these sculptures. Each sculpture stands as a memory of its formwork and the processes used to make it, a testament to craft.
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Variation, graphic
Variation, lasercut files
Variation
Variation, formwork
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riva modular winery Senior year
Fall, 2014
4 weeks
Studio project, place and design Riva San Vitale, Switzerland Program: A winery on the site of the Bianchi house by Mario Boda. The house is perched as watchtower, a local building type, at the bottom of the Alps overlooking the town and the lake it boarders. Design: This winery splits the three main processes of wine making into a succession of different buildings, turning wine into a journey. The processing and fermentation of grapes takes place in the first building, the workshop. Careful attention is paid to scale and path, of the machinery and the winemaker. Red and white wine fermentation rooms subtly shrink and grow giving presence to their required temperatures. The winemaker’s office is given the only clear view out over the vineyard. The barrel vault is a long thin tunnel directly reflecting the scale of the barrel row. The tasting room is last in a procession through the other wine processing buildings. It aims to be pure and simple space, focused on the wine and human relationship, while looking out over and remembering the entire winery.
Site Plan
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Bianchi Scale
Building Typologies
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Process sketches
Tasting Room
Barrel Vault
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Red Fermentation 29° C
Interior courtyard of workshop
Workshop, Section
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Fermentation rooms sections
White Fermentation 19° C
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Door
When down, the door is at the scale of a single person. The door can then lift to allow entrance for machinery and trucks, while connecting the workshop to the barrel vault with the created ceiling plane.
Paths
People paths are along the exterior for views, while larger machinery paths are internal.
Rooms
Voids in the volume of other buildings on site create rooms, while establishing subtle connections to the entire vineyard complex.
Workshop, Plan and Elevation
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s usta inab l e Junior year
pu l ask i
Spring, 2014
6 weeks
Studio project, sustainable community Pulaski, Virginia Program: A mixed-use building with a coffee shop and three apartments. This building is meant as a catalyst for a sustainable community in the struggling region of Southwest Virginia. The property boarders a stream on one side and main street on the other. Design: The design references the 6 principles of a sustainable community (well connected, well served and thriving, well designed and built, fair for everyone, environmentally sensitive, and active inclusive and safe). The building begins to establish a path along the stream as urban park. Care is taken to move vulnerable elements above the 100 year flood line. New styles of brick laying respect and innovate on local materiality. Each living unit has its own private outdoor living space, a rare essential in an urban setting.
September Sun Path
July
Town Map, sun and wind diagrams
Site Model of Existing Downtown Pulaski, white buildings were optional sites
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March
Existing Door Opening
Existing Door Opening
Existing Door
2.37 ft²
This wall has to be completely rebuilt, can add doors/windows. Shown as is. -->
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Footprint of razed section. Space available for patio, back stairs, balcony, etc.
West Main Development 69 West Main Street Pulaski VA Second Floor Existing
11' 7" ft
Footprint of razed section. Space available for patio, back stairs, balcony, etc. 2.36 ft² 1' 0" ft
West Main Development 69 West Main Street Pulaski VA Ground Floor Existing
417.88 ft²
17' 4" ft
16' 3" ft
0.64 ft²
0.49 ft² 1' 0" ft
Existing Plumbing
Existing Plumbing
2028.66 ft²
96' 2" ft
96' 2" ft
67' 11" ft
1871.57 ft²
78' 0" ft
14' 5" ft
12' 4" ft
Storage under stairs
8' 11" ft
11' 10" ft 12' 1" ft
1' 4" ft
4' 3" ft
5.09 ft²
0.13 ft²
50.64 ft²
10' 4" ft
3' 11" ft 5' 8" ft
23' 4" ft
87.25 ft²
84.97 ft²
49.73 ft²
Balcony
Existing Building Interior Main Street Elevations with new building
4' 6" ft
Reuse diagram by Françoise Bollack Existing Building Plans
Studio Apartment
5' 7" ft 5' 9" ft
0' 8" ft 8' 6" ft 7' 11" ft
Single Bedroom, with Loft
4' 7" ft
24' 3" ft
Two Bedroom Apartment Flood Line 3’ Ground 0’
4' 5" ft
Coffee Shop
2' 8" ft 5' 1" ft 3' 9" ft 1' 0" ft 2' 8" ft 1' 0" ft 3' 9" ft 3' 11" ft 1' 10" ft
20' 7" ft 1' 10" ft
9' 6" ft 24' 3" ft 3' 5" ft 2' 10" ft 6' 4" ft
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Current 33’ 6”
Main Street Elevations
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Climate Considerations The creek side elevation is south facing and will benefit from net heat gain windows with movable shading. The main street elevation is North facing and will benefit from diffused lighting throughout the day. Windows on the North face have extra insulation to counteract a net heat loss. Winds are generally blocked by neighboring buildings except along the creek in summer which will increase the thermal comfort zone and maximize time spent outdoors. To increase efficiency, oper-
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able windows, solar heated hot water and storage of rainwater can be implemented.
Ventilation Pathways
Site Opportunities The site has opportunities for small scale hydroelectric power in the creek and wind turbines on nearby mountain tops. To mitigate the effects of devastating floods, a reliable drainage system and permeable pavement should be installedwhich would also pre-filter polluted water before it enters the river.
Solar Paths
Solar Hot Panels
Water
Rainwater Catchment System Shading Renewable Energy Radiant Heat Floors Heat Sink Cooling System
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36’ Roof 34’ Loft Ceiling
Coping Block EPDM Roofing Membrane Loose Fill 6” Rigid Insulation 1.5” Metal Decking W 6x9 Wide Flange
5 Loft 3
C Channel 6x10.5 W 10x15 WF steel column Brick Curtain Wall
25’ Loft Floor
3.5” Metal Stud ceiling 9’ metal stud wall
23’ Second Floor Ceiling
3rd Floor Loft
14’ Second Floor
2nd Floor Apartments
12’ First Floor Ceiling Studio Apartment
Coffee Shop, Flood zone
3’ 500 year flood line 0’ Street Level -3’ Bottom of Footing Structural Section
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Creek-side View
Site plan, creek side urban park
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Loft Apartment
Stair sketches
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shelter transformation Sophomore year
Spring, 2013
3 weeks
Studio project, adaptive construction Gulf coast, near New Orleans, Louisiana Program: Based off a thesis student’s design for disaster relief housing, this building explores how a shelter might become a home. Each shelter unit is constructed from a system of 4x8 ft Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) that create a 16x20 ft unit. Design: The design combines three of the shelter units and shields them in a protective rainscreen. The screen adapts to its daily climate conditions by unfolding to allow breeze and light during pleasant conditions, and folds to protect against extreme cold, heat, or future megastorms. All of the building systems are hidden in the two most protected sides of the house, while the middle is left open to adaptable living space that expands into the outdoors.
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Original shelter unit
Section AA
Floor Plan, made of 3 shelter units
Side Elevation, open
Front Elevation, open
Side Elevation, closed
Front Elevation, closed
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constructions
studio north cabins Fifth year
Summer, 2015
1 week
Design team workshop, fast paced design build Norwich, Vermont Program: A week long summer workshop to design and build a summer cabin in the woods of Vermont. Design: The three functions of sleep, study, and gathering are separated on top of three slightly overlapping square platforms. The sleep and study (could double as sleep cabin if needed) cabins resemble lanterns, each framing a view skyward of the stars. Stacked 2x4s spaced by 1x4s with interlaced end joins wrap around three sides of the cabins for privacy. The view of the beautiful carpet of ferns surrounding the cabins is left open at standing height in the sleeping cabin and at sitting height in the study to emphasize their intended functions. The central platform is open for eating and gathering. It is framed by benches on either end and a stair sized for sitting meets the ground.
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sustainability initiative Senior year
Summer, 2014
3 weeks
Internship, adaptive reuse renderings Catawaba Valley, Virginia Program: The C.V.S.C needed ideas for possible uses of their existing infrastructure. Design: By clearing away excess structure, a barn can be transformed into an elegant event space and a feeding shelter can become a farmers market. Small cabins were also designed, featured on page 26.
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Existing feeding shelter
Existing feeding shelter
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Existing barn exterior
Existing barn interior
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Existing barn exterior
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competitions
mountain Sophomore year
shelter
Spring, 2013
1 week
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Winner, 2nd year design competition Sinking Creek, Virginia
Appalachian Trail
Program: A shelter 1/2 a mile off the Appalachian Trail to accommodate hikers on short multi-day excursions and through hikers on the AT. The shelter should accommodate up to 12 individuals as they sleep, socialize in the evening, and watch the sun rise and set. Design: This shelter straddles a ridge just off the Appalachian Trail. Entrance is made through a narrow portal that contrasts the expanse of the outdoors and offers safety. The shelter immediately reopens to two porches aligned for views of the sunrise and sunset. A stone wall and sunken floor shield the sleeping area from harsh weather, while the multiple decks allow for separate parties to co-inhabit the shelter.
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organic restrooms Junior year
Fall, 2013
1 week
3rd year design competition Virginia Tech campus, Virginia Group project with Cari Thoenen Program: Thermally regulated toilet facilities for the Virginia Tech campus Duck Pond. The bathrooms should have two men’s WC, two women’s WC, and one accessible/ unisex WC- each with a sink. Design: Elevating the normally hidden process of waste management to a thing of elegance, these bathrooms use the process of hydroponic bioremediation to filter the blackwater and return it to the pond. A series of channels and waterfalls connect filtration tanks and play off a nearby waterfall. Drawing from site topography, the design incorporates bathrooms and small plazas at changing elevations to create public and private areas, while enhancing the thresholds between them. Once inside a bathroom, the visitor enters a world of serenity, where the light catches in a faceted skylight and a small pool references the form of the exterior tank.
Render by Cari Thoenen
Model photo
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Model photo
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sliced
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Senior year Spring, 2015 1 semester Studio project, innovative design technology Featured at ICFF 2015, Javits Center NYC Group project with studio, 10 students Program: This project explores how a single line can transform a block into a 3D sculptural form. A block of material is cut through on one face and then rotated and cut again. The resulting four pieces are then pulled apart, rotated, and reassembled to make the final form. Working with my studio, we developed a work flow which could use a digitally constructed line and a 6 axis robot with attached hot wire cutter to create these forms quickly and accurately at any scale.
ICFF display
Design: My sculpture designs explore the beauty of mathematical formulas. Each was created playing off simple math functions digitally expressed in Grasshopper. ICFF display
Small robot line cutting
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Design by Agnes Waterford-Thompson
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kinetic wind farm Fifth year
Fall, 2015
2 days
A wind farm engages natural phenomena of the environment and heightens the perception of Man’s relationship with the world. A series of kinetic sculptures across a landscape serve as markers for man’s connection to nature.
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extras
americana Junior year
stamps
Summer, 2013
3 weeks
Industrial design project, introduction New line of USPS stamps Design: This stamp set uses often forgotten, yet highly valued scenes of America in simplistic graphics to inspire nostalgia in a growing digital generation. The graphics are meant to increase business for the Untied States Postal Service as a return to the “good old days� at the reliable USPS.
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versitile ryobi lantern Junior year
Summer, 2013
3 weeks
Industrial design project, with RYOBI New uses for 4 volt and 16 volt battery Design: It is time for a lantern that can go further than the picnic table, and accept a wide variety of environments and applications. This lantern works for your backyard and in the middle of the ocean. It is waterproof and buoyant enough to float for nighttime water-sports, with a simple design that enriches any campsite.
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3D printed model
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a r c h i t e c t u r e
ph o t o gr a p h y
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a r c h i t e c t u r e
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s k e t c h e s
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Complementary colors watercolor
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Lasercut acrylic coasters
s i de
Light capture sculpture
pr o j e c t s
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Ceramic Bowl
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