A RC H I T E C T U R E PORTFOLIO S C O T T
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“ARCHITECTURE, OF ALL THE ARTS, IS THE ONE WHICH ACTS THE MOST SLOWLY, BUT THE MOST SURELY, ON THE SOUL” - ERNEST DIMNET 2
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Hi-Pe+ TOWNHOUSES
FOSTERING COMMUNAL PRESENCE THROUGH PASSIVE HOUSE INSPIRED DESIGN
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HOUSING FIRST: THE PORT
A MEANINGFUL AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS
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L.C. FARMERS’ MARKET ACTIVATING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH SOCIAL COLLABORATION
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PIAZZA BRUNELLESCHI REVIVING HISTORIC PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH MODERN INTERVENTIONS
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ALT ACCESS CREDENZA
CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL NOTIONS THROUGH FAMILIAR FORM
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THE LOUVRE PYRAMID HOLISTIC COMMUNICATION THROUGH HYBRID DRAWING
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Hi-Pe+ TOWNHOUSES
FOSTERING COMMUNAL PRESENCE THROUGH PASSIVE HOUSE INSPIRED DESIGN
Inspired by the standards of the Passive House movement, this proposal aims to introduce efficient high-density housing to the Friendly Neighborhood of South Eugene. Through diversity in unit typology and target demographics, the project ensures a diverse range of inhabitants and promotes a sense of community through a varied selection of community-oriented spaces and amenities. Incorporating thick insulated wall assemblies, airtight construction, and passive heating/cooling strategies, each townhouse operates efficiently and provides residents with a fiscally and environmentally sustainable housing option. The design restricts vehicular circulation to the Northeast corner of
the site, resulting in safer and more generous public space, and places the townhouse clusters according to the prominent edges of the site boundary. Consequently, clusters that lie adjacent to the alley incorporate attached garages, while the Southern cluster utilizes detached garages that serve as an end cap and transition to Monroe Street. Furthermore, the units within the North and South clusters alternate between types, promoting a diversity of community and encouraging interaction. The remaining cluster houses the three bedroom units and includes the option of converting the ground floor bedroom into a rent-able unit or in-law space.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - SPRING 2016 - Hi-Pe+ URBAN INFILL HOUSING STUDIO - INSTRUCTORS: JAN FILLINGER & RYAN DIRKS
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Occupying an abnormally shaped site, the project organizes three housing clusters in relation to the site’s prominent boundaries and stitches together diverse public spaces between them. The community center, located on the Northwest portion of the site, addresses the surrounding community and serves as the public face of the development.
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AVE 8TH W2
FRIENDLY ST
MONROE ST
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3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE
2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE
PLAN KEY
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
- BEDROOM - BATHROOM - LAUNDRY / UTILITY - MASTER BEDROOM - MASTER BATH - REAR PORCH - STORAGE CHEST - BALCONY - LIVING ROOM - POWDER ROOM - KITCHEN - STUDY DESK - DINING ROOM - PERGOLA - GARAGE - RENTABLE UNIT
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SUMMER SOLSTICE
SUMMER WINDS
WINTER SOLSTICE
WINTER WINDS
PASSIVE HEATING & COOLING In summer months, strategic overhangs and deciduous vegetation minimize direct solar penetration through the enclosure, resulting in cooler interior temperatures while maintaining views/diffused light. During winter months, due to sufficient Southern glazing and bare vegetation, a maximum amount of direct sunlight is allowed through the enclosure, falling on thermally massive surfaces and heating the interior throughout cooler days. 7
CROSS VENTILATION Utilizing the site’s natural winds to passively cool its interior, the townhouse achieves a cross ventilation cooling capacity of 14.7 Btu/h ft2, sufficiently above its 8.47 Btu/h ft2 daily heat gain. In the winter months, operable transoms and a vertical variance in apertures restrict air flow to higher planes, preventing direct contact with inhabitants while maintaining a comfortable interior temperature.
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HOUSING FIRST: THE PORT
A MEANINGFUL AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - WINTER 2016 - HOUSING FIRST STUDIO - INSTRUCTOR: CHRISTINA BOLLO
Existing as a favorable alternative to emergency shelters and transitional housing progressions, Housing First takes a more direct and personal approach to ending homelessness. Operating on the principle that those suffering from homelessness cannot make substantial improvements or progress without a stable living environment, Housing First immediately places the most vulnerable individuals into their own permanent apartment. Additionally, residents are encouraged, yet not required, to utilize a multitude of services and caseworkers located within their building. Only through this process, can an individual struggling with homelessness truly find stability within their live, providing them with the necessary foundation on which to strengthen, improve and re-gain control of their life.
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Drawing both conceptual and formal inspiration from the port typology, this project provides those struggling with homelessness a stable and secure shelter from the storm. Located on the corner of Northwest Expressway and River Road, The Port reaches out to an existing tent site, and community as a whole, and welcomes all into its embracing arms. Consisting of a day center, multi-purpose community room, community garden, various services and 5O studio apartments operating under Housing First principles, the project promotes and ensures diverse community collaboration, helping to further integrate its residents back into the surrounding community. Every aspect of the project has been designed to accommodate and positively influence its residents, with particular emphasis on diverse and connected social spaces.
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ORIGINAL MASS
SITE INFLUENCES
PUSH WINGS
STEP SOUTHERN WING
SOCIAL SPACE VOIDS
RESIDENTIAL EXTRUSIONS
At its center, The Port utilizes a subdivided courtyard and hierarchical path system to delineate its various programmatic elements and promote social interactions amongst its users and residents. This interaction, representing a key component of the project, is both born from and strengthened by the proposal’s programmatic elements and adjacencies. By placing diverse spaces in close vicinity to one another, “chance interactions” amongst residents, staff, users and the outside community become common and develop beneficial relationships.
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Referencing the port typology’s transitional zones, the typical unit design employs a tripartite zone system, providing a comforting and manageable environment for it’s resident. Those who have been struggling with homelessness often require reinforced protection and safety in their living environment, largely due to the increased vulnerability of living on the streets. By utilizing a clearly defined zone system that increases with privacy, residents are met with a sense of security and control within their new home.
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L.C. FARMERS’ MARKET
ACTIVATING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH SOCIAL COLLABORATION
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - FALL 2015 - INTRO GRAD DESIGN STUDIO - INSTRUCTOR: MARK DONOFRIO
Exemplifying the strong community-based ideals of Eugene, OR, the Lane County Farmers’ Market has and continues to function as a key component of the city’s identity. While promoting communal talent and interaction, the farmers’ market fosters new connections and provides individuals with a consistent social hub. It is through these connections and interactions that the community is strengthened. Existing currently as an open-air market occupying two city blocks, this intervention proposes the addition of an enclosed market on an adjacent lot. The proposal maintains the social ideals set forth, and translates them into a flexible and diverse form, providing users with a permanent environment for continued social and economic interaction.
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Recognizing the importance of exterior public space to the market hall typology, this proposal incorporates a sufficient and diverse range of plaza space, providing users with various environments for multiple social functions. The Southern plaza serves as an extension of exterior vendor space, while providing multi-functional space for additional social events. The central plaza, incorporating seating planters and covered space adjacent to food trucks, provides users with a more intimate environment for social interaction and leisure. The raised Northern plaza, incorporating an array of individual and group seating options enclosed by greenery, provides users with a more private setting, elevated above the heavy traffic below.
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ESTABLISH PLAZAS
EXTRUDE NEGATIVE SPACE
EXTRUDE NORTHERN MASS
CREATE CIRCULATION VOIDS
EXPAND MEZZANINE LEVEL
ADD UNIFYING ROOF
On the urban scale, this proposal looks beyond the existing park blocks and acknowledges its additional key contextual elements. As a result, the underlying concept manifests itself in two public plazas placed on opposite corners of the site, equally addressing and interacting with both the Southern park blocks and Northern Hult Center. Strategic voids in the mass, paired with ground floor operable wall panels, allow for and encourage free movement through the site, maximizing exposure to vendor stalls and dissolving boundaries between interior and exterior.
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PIAZZA BRUNELLESCHI
REVIVING HISTORIC PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH MODERN INTERVENTIONS
Florence, one of the most historically significant cities in Italy, is a palimpsest of historical layers. These layers, each representing a different period of time, expose themselves in a seemingly random pattern throughout the architecture and hardscape of the city. This project draws inspiration from this characteristic and abstracts it into a pixel pattern, the underlying concept. One area of this historic exposure, Piazza Brunelleschi, has become neglected, riddled with graffiti/liter and overcome by vehicular parking. As a result, the public has lost meaningful contact with the space and access to the adjacent University of Florence facility has been gated off in fear of dangerous conditions for students.
In an effort to revive Piazza Brunelleschi, this proposal demolishes the rundown buildings within the piazza and introduces new programmatic elements. These elements, consisting of two student housing quarters and a centrally located public library, bring new life and function to the piazza. The proposal also relocates existing parking to an underground system and improves contextual access, creating a more pedestrian-friendly surface treatment and improving the quality of the piazza. As a whole, this project provides a modern solution while simultaneously referencing and respecting the historical qualities of its context, attracting the activity and attention that Piazza Brunelleschi deserves.
RWU SPRING 2014 - ADVANCED TOPICAL DESIGN STUDIO: URBAN - INSTRUCTOR: CARLO ACHILLI - COLLABORATION: SEAN SULLIVAN
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DEMOLISHED STRUCTURES
BUILT STRUCTURES
LANDSCAPE FEATURES
RAISED PIAZZAS
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
VEHICULAR ACCESS
By removing the ground level of two adjacent structures, pedestrian access to the site becomes more prominent and convenient, drawing in more people to its new public amenities. Additionally, the new Northwestern pedestrian tunnel aids in developing a jointed axis which dictates the placement of new structures and public features. On either side of this landscaped axis lies two raised piazzas, remaining largely unpopulated as flexible space for additional public/ social events. Ultimately, these strategies break down the scale of the piazza and make it more pedestrian friendly.
Each of the new built forms occupying the site directly correspond with/reference immediate context of similar programs. The student housing, split between apartment style and dormitory style, serve as theoretical extensions of existing buildings, apartments to the Southwest and university facilities to the Southeast. Similarly, the library, serving as a public attraction/amenity, stands alone and is heavily influenced by historical typologies just as Brunelleschi’s rotunda, occupying the Northern corner of the site. In addition, these built up forms have given birth to a more private and student oriented piazza existing in the Southern corner of the site, contrasting the more public and multi-functional spaces occurring elsewhere.
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In response to the site’s existing condition, specific strategies have been implemented to produce a lively and safe environment throughout all hours of the day and night. By incorporating solar powered light posts along the site’s main axis, access to the piazza and adjacent university entrance become illuminated, deterring potentially harmful and unwanted activity. Similarly, the public 25
library, given its heavily glazed and patterned facades, serves as a beacon of sorts, drawing more attention/public activity to the piazza and ensuring natural surveillance. Inversely, these facades, in addition to an interior court/lightwell, allow daylight to penetrate the library’s screened enclosure and provide users with diffused light for comfortable reading and leisure during the day.
The proposal also ensures a socially responsible interjection, given its illustrated respect for historical context. Referencing both their immediate historical context and the city’s historical context, each building form draws inspiration from historic typologies. The library for example, incorporates strong monumental corners, a structurally defined bay system and prominent roof overhangs.
The piazza’s main axis and remaining facade components receive more modern treatments, directly reflecting the abstracted pixel pattern derived from the city’s palimpsest like quality. These strategies, paired with a thoughtful material palette and restrained heights, allow the built forms to blend into the existing urban fabric and celebrate the rich historical content of Piazza Brunelleschi. 26
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ALT ACCESS CREDENZA
CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL NOTIONS THROUGH FAMILIAR FORM
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - FALL 2016 - FURNITURE DESIGN STUDIO - INSTRUCTOR: SARA HUSTON
Drawing conceptual inspiration from an “interior architectural anomaly,” the Alternative Access Credenza has been designed as a storage unit that challenges traditional notions of access through familiar form. When first presented with the piece in its closed form, the user recognizes it as a storage unit and quickly formulates opinions on how it operates based on previous experience and knowledge. However, when interacting with the piece, these notions become either confirmed or denied based on the component being interacted with. After being denied, subtle gestures existing within an overall uniformity either arouse
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or dismiss curiosity, prompting exploration or maintaining secrecy. By challenging the preconceived notions associated with furniture use/operation, this piece forces the user to imagine possible solutions and fully engage in his or her interaction. This thoughtful interaction, contrasting the subconscious interactions often found in furniture use, ultimately provokes a critical analysis of furniture’s role in our daily lives. The piece’s predominantly modern and minimalist aesthetic, heavily influenced by its interior architectural anomaly, lends itself to the mystery of function, required interaction and typological references.
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TRADITIONAL FORM OF ACCESS
TRADITIONAL FORM OF ACCESS
SIMPLIFIED REFERENCE
SIMPLIFIED REFERENCE
PREVENTED ACCESS
PREVENTED ACCESS
ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION THROUGH DISCOVERY
ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION THROUGH DISCOVERY
Many of the design decisions behind the Alternative Access Credenza have been driven by the aesthetic and concepts found in this in-filled doorway. Upon noticing the clearly defined outline, the observer instantly recognizes the anomaly as a doorway, but through further observation and interaction finds that it no longer operates as one. Faced with this dilemma, the observer questions the nature of the anomaly. Is it simply a reference of previous use or an indicator of current/future use? What lies behind the doorway and how do I access it? The Alternative Access Credenza borrows this dilemma/interaction and applies it to a piece of furniture for the domestic environment. Similar to the anomaly, the credenza contains clear yet minimal references to traditional forms of access, one of which not operating as expected. Only through thoughtful exploration is the user presented with the solution needed to access the space behind this door.
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Equipped with push-to-release ball bearing drawer slides, both the drawers and shell slide with ease yet require user interaction before opening. The drawers, operating in the traditional sense, contrast the unconventional shell and reinforce preconceived notions of furniture operation, thus strengthening the concept of the sliding shell. Additionally, the “floating� top surface allows the operable components to move while maintaining uninterrupted storage space above.
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Employing a variety of different wood joints, each joinery strategy has been tailored to its specific location and purpose. The splined and triple splined miters for example, allow for a seamless “waterfall� aesthetic on the sides of the piece, creating the illusion of solid, hollowed-out wood. Similarly, the piece, composed almost entirely of walnut veneer plywood, utilizes hotmelt edge banding to cover exposed end grain, further contributing to the appearance of solid wood construction. Finally, added moments of craftsmanship to the otherwise modern and minimalist aesthetic, paired with a natural oil finish, yield a warm and unique storage unit perfect for the domestic setting.
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THE LOUVRE PYRAMID
HOLISTIC COMMUNICATION THROUGH HYBRID DRAWING
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - FALL 2015 - MEDIA FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT - INSTRUCTOR: JOHN BROCKWAY
As architects, we constantly rely on drawings to communicate and document our ideas and designs. This communication typically occurs through a set of multiple drawings, each highlighting specific concepts and components at different scales and in different media. While this approach is effective in communicating the entirety of the project, it doesn’t allow the observer to understand multiple relationships in one glance. Hybrid drawing, combining a variety of techniques, ideas and media into a single highly informative image, attempts to do just that. Employing several techniques, including the juxtaposition of constructed and exploded axons composed respectively of line work and rendered material, this image uses digital detailing to provide insight on a
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real-world construction detail. The chosen detail, occurring in the structure of the Louvre pyramid in Paris, appears to be relatively tame and unnoticeable from the exterior yet seemingly complex when viewed up close. By exploding and rendering a portion of the structure, the image depicts how each piece connects to form a component which then connects with other components to form a whole. Through this strategy, the observer quickly recognizes the materiality and composition of the various nodes and stiffeners and grasps how they operate as a coherent structure through partto-whole relationships. In essence, the drawing simultaneously dissects and constructs, revealing the DNA that informs the entire structure of the Louvre pyramid.
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