Teia Kilian - UNDERGRAD 2023 portfolio

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TEIA KILIAN STUDENT OF ARCHITECTURE & ART

teia kilian

3RD YEAR ARCHITECTURE MAJOR, ART MINOR current address: LINCOLN, NE | permanent address: YUCAIPA, CA (909) 747 8367 | teia.meilin@gmail.com

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN | May 2024

GPA 3.94/4.00

Bachelor of Architectural Science | Major: architecture | Minor: art

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY | Summer 2019 embARC Summer Design Academy | Immersive design program exploring architecture, urban design, and sustainable city planning. work experience

LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS | Lincoln, NE Shop Front Desk Associate | September 2022 - Present

MG2 | Irvine, CA Architectural Intern, Costco Team | Summer 2022

ADRIAN GAUS ARCHITECTS INC. | Redlands, CA Architectural Intern | October 2019 – May 2022

ZENG GRANITE | Lincoln, NE Design Consultant | January 2021 – May 2022

FIRST PLACE, DRAWING CATEGORY | 2020 Young Artist Gallery

01. progrommatic projects 2022 p.8 THE CHAMBER p.62 FRAGMENTS p.30 THE FIRST FLOOR p.40 DINING UNDERWATER

2021 2020

02. conceptual

p.54 THE p.44 ARTIST IN RESIDENCY

03. art & design

THE TOOL

GMENTS OF TAO

onceptual projects 2022 FURNITURE: DESIGN & BUILD p.70 cabinet | p.74 tray table p.78 DRAWING 2021 2020

ommatic projects

the chamber

FALL 2022

IN COLLABORATION WITH ISSAC ALVARADO EMILY LORIUS GABE LOGAN

Our narrative for the site and project laid out the key concepts to our design: a central mixing water chamber, labs location above and within the water, and a connection between land & water.

Therefore, our research center has 2 labs located at ideal positions for water retrieval, a central mixing chamber within the core form, and a enhanced connection between land & water through exterior circulation pathways and a guided entry from land to water (submerged lab).

Our materials were driven by our narrative. The site is one that has been damaged. We recongize that any building construction does not aid in the healing of this damage, but we don’t want this further intrustion to be everlasting. Therfore, we chose local materials that allows the building to become one with the landscape within 10-15 years. The concrete elements will stay, allowing inhabitants of the site to reclaim it.

the sail

researchers came across an article discussing the discovery of a recent explosion on an abandoned island. they decide to investigate further and sail to the explosion location.

the journey

they travel through the site and find to relate to the water on the island. the island contains black water and

journey the explosion

find 3 different objects that seem island. after further testing, they find and white water.

after arriving and testing the explosion location, they want to dive deeper into the site and its damage. they come to us to request for a semi-permanent research center be built.

materials

bamboo facade pattern

THREADED ROD THROUGH BOLTS

ROOF MEMBRANE

COVERBOARD INSULATION AIR AND VAPOR BARRIER MOISTURE PROTECTION CLT PANEL AND STRUCTURE

TIMBER COLUMN CLT PANEL LEDGER BLOCK

PARTIALLY THREADED TIMBER SCREW

PARTIALLY THREADED TIMBER SCREWS CONCRETE

secondary labs & living

white water lab

core interior

secondary lab interior white water lab interior

the first floor

SPRING 2021

IN COLLABORATION WITH CHLOE MARTINEZ

The First Floor is a high class restaurant focused on user experience. It contains a restaurant, kitchen, and dining space. The second floor houses a living space where the artists (chefs) reside. While this building houses 3 international chefs to display their work and serve the residence of Lincoln, NE, the architecture also aids in the experience through use of space and circulation. The restaurant frames the prairie-like landscape that is home to Nebraska. This is an intentional contrast to the international food being served within.

There are 3 phases to the entry of the First Floor. The first is the promenade. The promenade can be accessed through a underground entry. This underground entry acts as a palette cleanse before they enter the space. The guests travel though a tunnel underground and arrive within the building. Phase 2 begins when they arrive above ground and walk around the center curve of the building to end in the dining room. The dining room (yellow lit room) and curved corridor (where a pink dressed figure can be seen walking) are shown in render. The long travel through and around the building reminds them of their surroundings and own history. The third phase is dining. The chefs present their international cuisine and heritage.

landscape context

NEBRASKAN PRARIE

dining underwater

FALL 2021

Dining Underwater was inspired and built upon the study of “Tao” by Kengo Kuma. The fragments of Tao used in this project were color, material, environment, and shape. Tao is a Taoist temple in Taiwan.

Dining underwater encourages a relationship with the earth and surroundings like Tao does.

artist in residency

FALL 2021

The form of this building was derived from an abstraction of the Sheldon Museum. We tranformed our abstraction into a building form. Then, we added program: Artist in Residency.

The first floor is museum/gallery space and the second floor is private living space.

Representation through collages were a heavy focus.

surrounding landscape contains sculpture gardens and green reflection zones

private

public public

curved form to create private zones

framed views out onto antelope park

entry hall .1 lobby .2 storage/closet .3 restrooms .4 exhibition space .5

office .1 storage/closet .2 restrooms .3 private living .4 studio/workshop .5

onceptual projects

the tool

FALL 2022

I started this project by first picking a tool with a moving component. We then drew it onto several layers of velum (page 60), to better understand the interworkings of the tool.

To finish this project, we reconstructed the tool by using eleven 2D sections presented within a box with strict constraints. I chose to represent my tool above the box, so that the supports of the 2D sections can be functional in addition to aesthetic. The white Shoji screen acts as a blank backdrop to see the tool from above, while also allowing the sections to be seperated from the supporting elements underneath.

fragments of tao

SPRING 2021

For this project, we chose a building to pull certain elements to recreate.

TAO is a taoist temple designed by Kengo Kuma. The temple is a roof placed onto the landscape. The elements I chose to extract from this form were the roof structure, roof texture/shape, floor materiality and joinery, and interior patterning/coloring from the structure. Materials used were clay, wood, and Shoji paper.

Keeping in line with the a Japanese design notion: “koi mon,” (respect for the landscape and incorporation of natural materials) I displayed the ground and roof relationship as well as refined natural material palette.

The following images display the roof material/texture, as well as the composition of the model. The clay roof was made by first creating a foam mold then covered with plastic bags. The clay was hand molded on top of the foam, then left to dry for about 48 hours.

furniture: the cabinet

FALL 2022

The final project for my sculpture course was furniture. One could either choose to re-purpose a piece of furniture, or build from scratch. I chose to build from scratch.

This design was inspired by a mug I saw at an art gallery. Themughadanirregularform and leg stands that reminded me of a bug. I thought it would be an interesting concept for furniture, so I decided to create a design that reflected this concept, but with a 50s twist.

The outermost frame has biscuit connections. The interior shelf was secured in place by pocket screws. The legs are attached by screws underneath plugs. The front facing edge of the outermost frame has been lipped with maple. The piece has been finished with a polycrylic protective finish.

furniture: the tray table

WINTER 2022

This project was inspired by a gift I had given my parents for Christmas of 2021. My dad brings my mom breakfast upstairs every morning, so I gifted them a dark wooden tray.

I then noticed them using makeshift table (blanket bin) when they eat their breakfast upstairs, so I looked to remedy this misuse for Christmas 2022.

This table is an extension of the tray. The tray is placed in the dropped middle section of the table and rests on the top edges of the two side pieces. The 2 side pieces are level with the bottom of the tray. Further, an extension of the tray, the two sides shooting off in the direction of their breakfast chairs.

I used mahogany for the legs and table tops of this project and dark walnut for the dowels.

drawing

2020 - 2023

The following drawings are a collection of the most architecturally relevant from 2020 to 2023.

life drawing, 2021

teia kilian

3RD YEAR ARCHITECTURE MAJOR, ART MINOR (909) 747 8367 | teia.meilin@gmail.com