TRAVIS WALSH
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TRAVIS WALSH Hillsboro, Oregon 503.707.1121 tralwa22@gmail.com
ABOUT ME
I can be found at the intersection of architecture and urban design. I have an incredible desire to design spaces that are commodities to the communities they serve and fueled by ambitious ideas and purpose. It is clear that solutions to the problems we face as designers deserve exploration, experimentation, and excellence. I have found through the sketching, conceptual modeling, and CAD processes, that our solutions may be highly intentional or purely accidental, but they are solutions nonetheless. I want to find an environment where this exploratory process is encouraged and allows for collaborative creativity and inspires everyone.
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
URBAN DESIGN INTERN
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
Civic Center | Hillsboro, Oregon | Jan 2018 - current Integrated affordable housing opportunities to city owned parcels * Reviewed and added code graphics to South Hillsboro Design guide * Attended community planning and development meetings
STUDENT PRACTICUM YBA Architects | Portland, Oregon | Spring 2017 Collected geographic locations of performing arts companies * Designed case study document for presentation
CPID RESEARCH AND DESIGN
Center For Public Interest Design | Portland | 2015 Engaged The Sacramento community through activities for quantitative data to address the growing needs of an under-served area
Masters of Architecture | 2016 - 2018 Specialized in Urban Design * Collaborated landscape architecture, planning, historic preservation, architecture, placemaking, and history * Rome study abroad: summer 2017
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Science in Architecture | 2016
Investigated architectural designs based on supporting human activities, structure, and theory * Integrated architecture, landscape architecture, and i nterior design * Extensive sketching and diagramming of structures and designs.
CONTENTS 01.
South Portland Learning Commons
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Ag:Row Agricultural Streetscape
03.
Haven For Hope Transitional Campus
04.
Social Spectacle Market and Auditorium
SOUTH PORTLAND LEARNING COMMONS
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The Problem With the increase of population in Portland, There is a growing need to create a new connection to OHSU that is also becoming a new transit station for a Trimet light rail extention. This is located in between the protected Terwilliger Parkway and a fragmented historic Neighborhood. All of these group dynamics have been synthesized to create a public commons area designated to become a unique sense of place for the city. Using inspiration from the Willamette Valley, The idea was to create a “front porch to OHSU.�
THE Urban design, Landscaping, and architecture Merge the integrity of the natural environment with urban communities. It highlights the natural proccesses that surround us, introducing itself in the form of educational civic space to reinvigorate how cities and nature coexist.
Aerial Perspective
Systems and Site Analysis
DECK
GROUND ATER
SOCIO PEDAL SEATING
TRAIL EXPANSION
INTERACTIVE ART EXHIBITS
OHSU
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ELEVATOR TOWER
SYNAGOGUE
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TERWILLIGER PARKWAY
RAINWATER HARVESTING RAMP
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
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TUNNEL ENTRANCE TO OHSU
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SKYDECK
CLE ACK
P-UP NHOUSE
VIEWING PLATFORM
UNDERGROUND THEATER
BLIC RARY
VATOR WER
BALCONY WITH VIEWS
VIEWI PLATF
FRAMED VIEWING PLATFORMS VEGETATED EDGES
BLACKWATER TREATMENT
TRANSIT STOP
POP-UP GREENHOUSES
WALKING PATHS
BARBER BOULEVARD
HABITAT PATCHES
RAINWATER TREATMENT
GIBBS STREET
HABITAT POCKETS
TRANS STO
HABIT PATCH
CYCLE TRACK ENHANCING COMMUNITY GARDEN
TUNN ENTRA
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
TERRACES OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
NAITO PARKWAY
PEDEST BRID
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Ecoregion Regional Habitat
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Regional Harvest Calendar
ROOFTOP PRARIE
ECOLOGICAL EXHIBIT
RIPARIAN WETLANDS
AGRICULTURAL ROOF
Site Plan - not to scale
PLATFORM AND TRIMET EXTENTION
CONVEYANCE
FOREST OF COLUMNS
VEGETATION PATCHES
CONNECTIVITY
ACTIVATED SITE
Site Design Sequence
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PLAZA LEVEL Not to scale RIPARIAN PARK
MARKET AND EVENT SPACE
EXHIBITION HALL
RESEARCH ROOM
EXHIBITION LEVEL Not to scale
CYCLE PARKING AND REPAIR
Floor Plans
Cross Section A
Cross Section B
Riparian Park
Barbur Station
Cultivation Center
Library of Ecology
Rooftop Prairie
AG:ROW AN URBAN AGRICULTURAL STREETSCAPE
The Problem With the new Urban Green Loop looking to become a reality in Portland, we were tasked with creating new place making opportunities along the many districts that the Green Loop will interact with. I felt that this was a great opportunity to introduce urban agricultural elements into the urban fabric which looked to engage the community, lower food insecurity, and evolve the agricultural industry.
By The Numbers
While researching urban agriculture in cities, I stumbled on some startling data about food insecurity in Oregon and wanted to focus my design intentions around creating an identity for the innovation district of the green loop. Using this information I wanted the space to become a catalyst for urban agriculture and a unique destination in the city that supports self sufficiency.
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South Portland Innovation District - Area of Focus
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SE 6TH STREET SITE PLAN AND WALKTHROUGH TRAVIS WALSH - ARCH 584 STUDIO - SPRING 2017
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TRAVIS WALSH - ARCH 584 STUDIO - SPRING 2017
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6TH STREET CONCEPT DIAGRAM 6th Street Concept Diagram
Possible Interventions
Street Sections
SCALE - 1:20
DETAILED SITE PLAN TRAVIS WALSH - ARCH 584 STUDIO - SPRING 2017
Site Plan Design
Section Perspective
Project Phasing • Phase out existing street parking • Add median • Add designated cycle track • use Porous pavers along length of site
Redesign the Street
• Build Rasied Beds and gardens • Volunteer/community support • Permaculture Techniques • Education and awareness
Implementation of Food Production
• Financing • Design and permits • Rennovation • Production/occupancy
Aquire Adjacent Lots
• Clients • Design and Permits • Construction • Occupancy
Build New Development
Concept Guidelines
Community Integration and Support
• Discussion • Charrette
Processing
• Job Creation • Skill building • Volunteer assistance
Local Assistance
• Urban Farmer • People’s food Co-op • CSA programs • Love farm organics
Local Business Growth
• Restaurants • Innovative industry • Farmers market
Food Growth
• Education • Volunteer support • Community stewardship
Distribution and Donation
• Distribution • Collection
HAVEN FOR HOPE TRANSITIONAL CAMPUS
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The Problem The Homeless crisis is blanketed by ignorance and temporary bandage solutions. Only until I was involved with this project was this more evident. The vast issues that induce homelessness throughout the country ask for more than a “one size fits all� solution. This group design studio focused on a holistic approach to help transitioning homeless individuals become contributing members of their community. By creating a comfortable and welcoming environment, their introduction into housing and professional skill building creates this opportunity.
Homelessness is the result from a set of a complicated situations that require people to choose between food, shelter, and other basic needs. Homelessness and poverty are inevitably linked. Poor individuals are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these basic needs. Often it is housing, which absorbs a large amount of income that must be utilized for shelter. Being poor means being one major illness, accident, or paycheck away from living on the streets. Individuals that suffer from Mental Illnesses or social disorders may have more difficulty getting back on their feet once they become homeless and it is the focused growth of trust building, along with self-evaluated guidelines and internal leadership, that can be the difference in one’s transformation.
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Our team was directed to study the prospected campus site on the east side of the river located adjacent to the I-5 highway along SE Water Avenue in Downtown Portland.
DINING HALL COLD STORAGE
CLOSET STORAGE
KITCHEN
SALVATION ARMY
WAREHOUSE STORAGE
FOOD BANK
Program Bubble Diagram
CRAFTING SPACE
LAUNDRY
COMPOST
PANTRY
RETAIL SPACE
GARDEN
MULTI-USE ROOM BARBER SHOP
LIBRARY
COMP. LAB
MEETING ROOMS
Form
Green Space Connectivity
Public vs. Private Space
Street Connection
Site Diagrams
Site Massing - Recreation center and Cafeteria
WOOD WORKING
THE MAKER SPACE is Designed to help residents who suffer from anxiety, depression or chronic pain. It may also ease stress, increase happiness and protect the brain from damage caused by aging.
COLLAGE
KNITTING
MODEL MAKING
CERAMICS
SCRAP BOOKING
SEWING
JEWELRY MAKING
WRITING
PAINTING
CALLIGRAPHY
EMBROIDERY
Program Linkages Diagram
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
Storage Open Lounge/ Theater
Fitness Room
Restroom
Restroom
Building Section
The patterned wall is a personally designed quilt. Each member of this transitional program stitches their own square to be attached to the growing facade, showcasing the individuals before them and creating a storyline of success that the program has created.
Makerspace
Cafeteria
Lobby Entrance
Social Spectacle Market and Auditorium
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The Problem The changing environment of downtown Portland is highlighting the issue of welcoming social spaces accepting to everyone and their social status. It is encouraging that the Park blocks create a shared space for everyone in the community, and these spaces should be enhanced with adjacent new development. This project is focused on combing a public market and a performance space. Using the Portland State University farmers market as inspiration, I wanted to establish nodes of activity for secondary performance spaces to accentuate the outdoor market atmoshphere during its use. The indoor performance space will be oating in the canpoy above the center of the site to create a transitional space from indoor to outdoor for the markets below.
Market Site Context
Site Plan
Market and Performance Concept Drawings
Inspirational Form
Market Space
Indoor Market
Circulation
Auditorium
Building Diagram
Building Section
Indoor Market
Outdoor Approach