Seanna Drew Portfolio

SEANNA DREW. Academic Portfolio

2008 | 2013

California Polytechinic State University

San Luis Obipo

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SEANNA DREW. SEANNA DREW. tel

775-721-8203

Education

email

seanna.drew@gmail.com

California Polytechnic State University —Bachelor of Architecture

June 2013

San Francisco Urban Design Program 10 week intensive studio focusing on urban design issues

March-June 2012

Habitat for Humanity—Cal Poly Charter Vice President

2009-2012

Skills Digital— mac + pc, indesign, illustrator, photoshop,

rhino, sketch-up, v-ray,

revit, autocad

Experience The Guild, Design + Build Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA 3D digital modeling, research Part of the one week Blind Date Internship program

Analog—drafting, drawing, watercolor, oil paint, ceramics, photography, wood working, welding,

model building

Intern, Jones | Haydu Architects, San Francisco, CA Model building, research, duties as assigned Part of the San Francisco Urban Design Program

April-June 2012

Ceramics Instructor, Cal Poly Craft Center, San Luis Obispo, CA Teach wheel and hand building ceramic classes, run kilns, mix glazes

2009-2013

Financial Services Clerk, Ridge Tahoe Resorts, Stateline, NV P/T Promotional sales, customer service, accounts receivable

2006-2009

Fabrication—laser cutter, cnc

March 2013

Publication The Reacquisition of Perception 5th year selected work www.arch.calpoly.edu/gallery/index.html

August 2013

Contact Lamp MoCo, www.mocoloco.com

March 2013

ZIP suckerPunch: www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2013/02/28/zip/ Archinect: www.archinect.com/news/article/67340923/zip/

February 2013

Shift ADD XIII, Cal Poly Architecture Publication

April 2013

refUSE Vellum 7, Vellum Design Build Publication

May 2010

Honors & Awards Vellum Furniture Design Build Competition Runner-Up

October 2010

Dean’s LIst Northern Nevada AIA Raymond Hellman Memorial Scholarship

June 2008

Raymond H. Berner Scholarship

June 2008

resume

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The Reacquistion of Perception

5th year design thesis_ marin headlands, ca_ prof. karen lange_

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Innovation Playground

innovative installation pavilion_ paso robles, ca_ prof. barry williams_

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Shift

urban infill affordable housing_ san francisco, ca_ prof. hulett jones & paul haydu_

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Adaptive interface

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_pan am awards pavilion _toronto, canada _prof. margarida yin

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_a dharmic dwelling _santa margarita, CA _prof. robert arens

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_ZIP installation _furniture _drawing/painting _ceramics _photograpy

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_Institute for the Reacquisition of Leaning _5th Year Design Thesis _Marin Headlands, CA

The Reacquisition of Perception The society in which we live has become increasingly enthralled with the digital, the virtual, and the temporary. This developing network society has displayed an insatiable appetite for a constant flow of instant gratification its everyday activity.

Because of this progression, there is now an over-stimulation of our visual sense and a general neglect of our secondary means of perception. As a result which we have effectively begun to dilute every experience both enacted and received, and therefore have encouraged passivity as an acceptable way of life, learning, and understanding of the world.

This thesis seeks to explore the value and application of behavior modification in the built environment. Behavior is explored as a means to disrupt the current culture of passivity and engage individuals in active perception and participation.

In doing so the capacity for acquisition learning, or the gain of knowledge through physical experience, is greatly enhance.

With this newly expanded capacity, the opportunity to impact and improve our society through innovative means is unleashed.

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sequestered innovation entrepreneurially driven research based

The Institution for the Reacquisition of Learning serves as an alternative to the scrutinized system of secondary education and fosters an environment for innovation through tactile means.

Based upon the idea of independent, entrepreneurial research and development by students, rather than a traditional student-teacher relationship, the institution functions as an environment intended to distill the acquisition of knowledge into its purest, most propitious state.

technologically attached

response image inundated

endless consumption vicariously virtual financially blinded

insatiably entertained

production consequences

issue

concept diagram

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existing bunker

surrounding context

view from overlook

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site mapping

454’ 367’ 324’ 60’

sea level

site elevations

visual barrier

existing conditions: Battery Rathbone & main access road

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Programmed Spaces.

Level A 1. co-living kitchen and dining 2. single studio dorm 3. co-living bathroom and showers Level B 4. collaborative research rooms 5. independent research office 6. social stair Level C 7. prototype lab 8. independent research officew 9. reflection point

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independent research studios

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social encounters/ reflection

living

collaborative research labs

studio unit detail

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site model

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final model

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_Innovation Installation Pavilion _Concept and Masterplan Proposal _Paso Robles, CA _Collaboration with Erik Castro + Joel Rehbein

Innovation Playground.

The affordable housing and mixed-use building project is located on the corner of Polk Street and Broadway Avenue in San Francisco, CA. The site formerly served as a Walgreen’s parking lot and contributed little to the condition of the neighborhood. The main issues addressed by this project were the relationships between San Francisco housing typologies, solar access, livability for the residents, and connection to the rest of the neighborhood.

The creation of community occurs on multiple scales of interaction: public and interpersonal. The project is intended to recognizes the differences and the importance of both. The gesture of SHIFT in the building creates a series of voids linked by thoroughfares, encouraging both event-based community and everyday interaction.

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master plan

site plan

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concept models

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_Urban Infill Affordable Housing _San Francisco Urban Design Program _Collaboration with Wendy Truong

Shift.

The affordable housing and mixed-use building project is located on the corner of Polk Street and Broadway Avenue in San Francisco, CA. The site formerly served as a Walgreen’s parking lot and contributed little to the condition of the neighborhood. The main issues addressed by this project were the relationships between San Francisco housing typologies, solar access, livability for the residents, and connection to the rest of the neighborhood.

The creation of community occurs on multiple scales of interaction: public and interpersonal. The project is intended to recognizes the differences and the importance of both. The gesture of SHIFT in the building creates a series of voids linked by thoroughfares, encouraging both event-based community and everyday interaction.

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DIAGRAMS // PARTI

AGRAMS // PARTI Splitting Apart

Opening Up; Creation of Thoroughfare

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splitting apart

Splitting Apart

Opening Up; transverse section Creation of Thoroughfare

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Splitting Apart

Opening Up; Linking Spaces; Creation of ThoroughfareCreation of Path

Shift; Creation of Node

pull: creation of thoroughfare Opening Up;

Creation of Thoroughfare

Splitting Apart

Shift; Creation of Node shift: creation of communal node

Opening Up; Creation of Thoroughfare Linking Spaces;

Shift; Creation of Linking Spaces; Node Creation of Path

link: creation of path

tion of

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Linking Spaces; Creation of Path

Creation of Path Linking Spaces; Creation of Path

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_Pan American Games Pavilion _AIA Vinyl Competition _Toronto, Canada

Adaptive Interface.

The essence of the award ceremony pavilion is defined by the connectivity of people and the adaptability of design.

The gathering of people to inhabit a space is fundamentally essential to a pavilion’s purposing and repurposing. This awards pavilion provides an opportunity to connect the local, national and international communities.

Toronto is a uniquely diverse city in both its architecture and populous. Broken into a multitude of neighborhoods, Toronto is defined by districts of varying ethnicity, religion, industry and socioeconomic status. Between each district there exists a disconnect. The pavilion was designed as an opportunity for uniting not only America’s nations for this momentous occasion, but also the for uniting Toronto as a community unto itself. The design responds and adapts to the context from the climatic to the programmatic needs of Toronto .

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pivoting panels translucent vinyl panel

secondary steel beams

primary steel structure

seating and structure

ground plane

Current and Proposed Rapid Transit Stops

Current and Proposed Rapid Transit Stops Pavilion Site

Pavilion Site

Adjacent Parking Access

Adjacent Parking Access

Subway Transit

Subway Transit

Pavilion Site Adjacent Parking Access

Pavilion Site

Adjacent Parking Access

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Pavilion Site Pavilion Site

Adjacent Parking Adjacent Parking Access Access

stage and backstage

extended and fixed seating

primary circulation paths

secondary circulation paths

open

semi-closed

slide track connection

The award pavilion is semipermanent in its nature and the form and skin of the building are designed to lend themselves to repurposing.

The louvred wall system allows for flexibility in programmed space and responds to population and seasonal conditions

pivoting connection

louver wall detail

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closed

plan view sliding track

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_A Dharmic Dwelling _800 sqft studio home _Santa Margarita, CA

Inhabiting the Field.

This subtle awareness of the relationships between one’s physical and spiritual being is like that of the subtle relationships found in modern architecture. In both the practice of Buddhism and Modernism there is emphasis placed on the simplification of one’s life and space through the elimination of material luxuries, or in architecture, unnecessary ornamentation. The various aspects of the landscape are experienced through their translation into the five points of architecture as applied to the house. The site is located in rural Santa Margarita, CA. Previously undeveloped, the objective was to impact the site as little as possible as well as to embrace the natural qualities and imperfections of the land. For the project, the site’s unique quality was recreated through what began as an exploration of an everyday object. The process of drawing, deconstruction and plaster casting the forms of these objects allowed for a deeper understanding of their intrinsic qualities while contributing physical attributes to the site.

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The positions of the openings relate to the meditation platforms, sicnificant elements of the landscape and Buddhist lifestyle.

Through these openings, the owner is able to experience the subtleties of the architecture simply through daily activity.

Drawings: hand drafted, ink on mylar Model: section through living space, cast and carved plaster base

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_ZIP _Furniture _Drawing/Painting _Ceramics _Photography

ZIP. A quarter of a million zip ties formed a fabric, which eventually encompassed an entire gallery “storefront” space.

It transformed the gallery into a bristled vortex of swirling, cavernous forms magnified through reflective cellophane and augmented by subtle changing color. ZIP was the result of a collaborative effort through research, acquisition, design, and construction of an environment functioning as haptic reading room. The design was developed over the course of three weeks culminating in a four- day installation period. ZIP ultimately promoted visitor interaction with the fabric’s prickly surface, through books, light, music, color, and conversations, which allowed visitors to become involved in the each thesis.

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photos by minami mori

Furniture.

The featured furniture was designed and constructed between 2009 and 2012 for the Vellum Design Build Furniture Competition.

The pieces are constructed of entirely scrap wood and metal salvaged from a local cabinet shops and scrap yards. They are composed of a multitude of wood species including individual pieces of discarded walnut, cherry, hickory, mahogany, and coca bola. This method of salvaging supplies results in minimal production costs and a small ecological footprint. Rather than creating new waste, the designs are able to reduce the impact originally created by the industry of origin while maintaining the intrinsic quality of the material. The final result is cohesion between industry, the environment, and engaging design.

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Refuse.

Reveal.

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Contact.

Drawing/Painting.

The collection of selected works to follow explore the realms of design not immediately relating to architecture. This exploration of various media indulges and expands my understanding of the delicate relationship between art and architecture.

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Ceramics.

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Photography.

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