TRAVIS L. HICKS, M.Arch. Associate Professor • UNCG
Department of Interior Architecture
Director • Center for Community-Engaged Design
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CONTENTS
1 STUDENT WORK SAMPLES UNC GREENSBORO IAR 412 • Spring 2018 • Duke ALS Clinic IAR 301 • Fall 2017 • Steelcase NEXT Competition IAR 501 • Fall 2014 • Glenwood Grove Mural IAR 301 + 412 • 2012-13 • Canopy House IAR 302 + 451 • Spring 2011 • Mock Firms IAR 412 • Spring 2009 • Lee Street Studio
2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR • CENTER FOR COMMUNITY-ENGAGED DESIGN UNC GREENSBORO • DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
3 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Durham County Courthouse Biogen BIO 26 Administration Building Fuquay-Varina Middle School Addition + Renovations
TRAVIS L. HICKS, M.Arch. Associate Professor • UNCG Department of Interior Architecture • Director • Center for Community-Engaged Design
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STUDENT WORK SAMPLES UNC GREENSBORO IAR 412 • Spring 2018 • Duke ALS Clinic IAR 301 • Fall 2017 • Steelcase NEXT Competition IAR 501 • Fall 2014 • Glenwood Grove Mural IAR 301 + 412 • 2012-13 • Canopy House IAR 302 + 451 • Spring 2011 • Mock Firms IAR 412 • Spring 2009 • Lee Street Studio
clinic hallway with clinician touch-down area in foreground, Dr. Bedlack with patient
Duke ALS Clinic • Durham, NC
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For this senior capstone studio I drew upon previous professional connections to pull together a team of external collaborators and clients for the design of a site, a campus of buildings, and complete space planning and interior design for a new ALS Clinic for Duke University [DukeHealth]. Phil Freelon, a former mentor and a current ALS patient at Duke, connected me with Dr. Richard Bedlack, one of the leading ALS researchers and medical professionals. From that connection came a vision for the project that was ultimately designed by a group of 4th year UNCG students. One of the students has a father with ALS, and this student was a content expert and resource for the entire studio.
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4th year Capstone Design Studio Collaborators: Perkins + Will, Durham, NC and Duke University Hospital ALS Clinic Staff, Doug Leckie, model maker
site plan diagram; site selected and designed by UNCG students
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preliminary sketches, study models, and working concept statement
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FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
site model
model - north facing
exterior rendering looking east rear - bird’s eye view
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lobby
FIRST FLOOR Patient-Centered Spaces
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Lobby | Queue
2500 sf
Reception
250 sf
Nurse’s Station
500 sf
Lab | Triage
775 sf
Exam Rooms - typ.
315 sf
Therapy Rooms - typ.
425 sf
Massage and Acupuncture
315 sf
EMG | LP Procedure
315 sf
Restrooms w/ Shower
225 sf
Consultation Room
375 sf
Guest Restroom
100 sf
typical exam room
nurses’ station
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dining/cafe
Dining | Cafe
1900 sf
Dining Exterior
1800 sf
Kitchen | Cash-wrap
725 sf
Studio Apartment
600 sf
Retail Kiosk
first floor - nts
400 sf
Library
1750 sf
Library Exterior
1800 sf
FIRST FLOOR Amenity Spaces
library
dining/cafe
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work cafe • lounge
PARTIAL FIRST FLOOR + SECOND FLOOR Staff Spaces
Team Work Room
230 sf
Nurse’s Station
500 sf
Conference | Telemedicine Work Lounge Break room Collaborative Touchdown Office - typ. Executive Office Roof Terrace
first floor - nts
second floor - nts
1085 sf
Quiet Room
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office + touch down spaces
team work room
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demonstration apartment
extended stay pods DUKE ALS CAMPUS ALS CAMPUS \ 1200 SF
- ACCOMODATIONS FOR MULTIPLE GUEST - ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS WITH LIFT - PRIVATE COURTYARD VIEWS - FULL VIEW WINDOWS
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EXTENDED STAY PODS
extended stay pod • kitchen + living room
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Node Chair with Work Surface
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IAR301• Fall 2017 Steelcase NEXT Competition 3rd Year Commercial/Institutional Studio Collaborators: Perkins + Will, Durham, NC, Steelcase Raleigh/Durham Rep., Storr Office Environments
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process work by Faye Milford
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The reception area features multiple spaces for patients to spend their time while waiting. The first space includes a comfortable couch and allows mature visitors to relax and enjoy television entertainment. The second space, geared towards the millennial generation, features tablet stations and a beverage stand.
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slides from presentation by Faye Milford, second student submittal from UNCG
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Throughout the active spaces, yellow is used because it is psychologically the happiest color, stimulates mental processes, instills optimism, and sparks creativity.
Throughout the inactive, respite spaces, blue is used to promote tranquility and calmness in order to encourage rejuvenation.
Next: Innovation that Never Stops Moving Forward
This concept is derived from the goal to achieve a space that is inspiring, collaborative, flexible, innovative and supports patient and staff well being. In order to connect the interior to its location, shipping containers are added throughout the office to represent the culture of the seaport city. The support of patient and staff well being is seen throughout the space through flexible office spaces, rejuvenation rooms, nutrition bars, connections to nature, and much more.
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The large office space includes multiple different work and relaxation areas. The office features high top desks for those who prefer to work in a standing position and low top tables for a more private option. There are also numerous conference tables around the space in order for staff to be able to touch down with their colleagues.
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The exam rooms provide comfortable seating for the patients and other visitors . A mobile chair is included for the medical facilitator in order for easy movement through the space. There is a projector in order to allow the patient and doctor to view medical results.
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slides from presentation by Kimberly Bracht
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Floor Plan
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Locating the hallways around the building helps to distribute daylight to everyone. Moreover, it enables circulation in the building that helps people to find the closest exit
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slides from presentation by Navid Hajhashemi
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STUDENT WORK SAMPLES UNC GREENSBORO IAR 412 • Spring 2018 • Duke ALS Clinic IAR 301 • Fall 2017 • Steelcase NEXT Competition IAR 501 • Summer 2014 • Glenwood Grove Mural IAR 301 + 412 • 2012-13 • Canopy House IAR 302 + 451 • Spring 2011 • Mock Firms IAR 412 • Spring 2009 • Lee Street Studio
community painting mural • image by UNCG, David Wilson
IAR501• Summer 2014 • Glenwood Grove Mural Vertical Summer Studio • CC-ED-based Collaborators: UNCG Art Dept., Chris Thomas, Stoel Burrowes, Tommy Lambeth, Avery Dennison, Sherwin Williams, Hope Academy, Glenwood Neighborhood Association, Morning Star Academy, Greg Porter, Alan Brilliant, NCA+T This project emerged from a community member, Greg Porter, who reached out to me and asked if my students would assess his building at the intersection of Glenwood Ave. and Grove St. in the heart of the Glenwood neighborhood adjacent to the UNCG campus. A year-long design process that involved a number of partners and collaborators resulted in the execution of a mural on Porter’s building during the summer of 2014. The completion of the mural was punctuated by a ribbon cutting that included campus and community dignitaries as well as many contributors from all walks of life.
various process pictures • see following pages for details
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student design charrettes + Glenwood neighborhood design sketches from holiday bazaar
Christopher Thomas works with students to enlarge sketch by Glenwood resident, elementary school student
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Avery Dennison staff and UNCG students, faculty prepare wall for mural painting
design charrette with Hope Academy middle school students, led by UNCG Interior Architecture students
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~420/450/500 sq ft
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finalizing mural design and paint color palette
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(house shadow, Building shadow, tree stumps) 90 sq in per people
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Glenwood neighborhood volunteers, UNCG students + faculty, and Avery Dennison staff paint mural
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Hope Academy and Morning Star Academy students contribute to mural
ribbon cutting, media attention
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media coverage, Glenwood Grove Mural
revisiting Glenwood Grove, UNCG + NCA+T students paint building exterior
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STUDENT WORK SAMPLES UNC GREENSBORO IAR 412 • Spring 2018 • Duke ALS Clinic IAR 301 • Fall 2017 • Steelcase NEXT Competition IAR 501 • Summer 2014 • Glenwood Grove Mural IAR 301 + 412 • 2012-13 • Canopy House IAR 302 + 451 • Spring 2011 • Mock Firms IAR 412 • Spring 2009 • Lee Street Studio
exterior renderings by Jack Kennedy + Heather Williams
IAR301• IAR412 • IAR527 • 2012-13 •Canopy House 3rd Yr Residential + 4th Yr CapstoneStudio Summer Vertical Studio w/ Stoel Burrowes Collaborators: Hampton University Architecture, Old Dominion University Engineering, Michael Graves, Columbia Forest Products, Davidson Industries, Inc. Over multiple semesters I led groups of students in designing and supporting the design of the Team Tidewater entry into the 2013 Solar Decathlon, “The Canopy House.” Students developed their own designs and mocked-up the Canopy House full-scale in their studio (IAR301). A small group of these students then presented their designs to world renowned architect Michael Graves in Princeton, NJ (IAR301). Students then designed and fabricated interior products for display during the Solar Decathlon (IAR412), and later designed and built furniture and light fixtures for the house (IAR527).
design charrette + full-scale house mock-up in studio
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Hampton University’s Emancipation Oak, image © Patrick Lee Lucas
www.canopyhouse.org
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ASSIGNMENT 3.0 product Development Acoustic Dock “an unplugged solution for the iPhone using passive amplification to create a unique accessory”
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Canopy House acoustic dock, interior accessory designed and fabricated by Corry Mears, IAR412
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rendering with wall art by Kayla McDonough
Canopy House wall art by Kayla McDonough, bowl by Anna Behrendt, IAR412
IAR412 final presentation, exhibit design by Anna Behrendt
Canopy House bedroom furniture designed and fabricated by Brian Peck, IAR412
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dining room furniture, light fixture, and accessories by IAR527 students
construction of Canopy House chairs (l) and finished chairs (r) by IAR527 students
Canopy House bedroom furniture, light fixtures, and accessories by IAR527 students
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STUDENT WORK SAMPLES UNC GREENSBORO IAR 412 • Spring 2018 • Duke ALS Clinic IAR 301 • Fall 2017 • Steelcase NEXT Competition IAR 501 • Summer 2014 • Glenwood Grove Mural IAR 301 + 412 • 2012-13 • Canopy House IAR 302 + 451 • Spring 2011 • Mock Firms IAR 412 • Spring 2009 • Lee Street Studio
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IAR302 + IAR451 • Spring 2011 • Mock Firms 3rd Year + 4th Year Commercial • Skyscraper Collaborators: Stoel Burrowes, UNC Charlotte, Thomas Forget, Gensler Charlotte, Holly Christian For this studio I collaborated with Stoel Burrowes who led half the third year students in the same design competition as my half of third year students, the Mock Firms International Skyscraper Competition. The competition challenged students to design a skyscraper for Stockholm, Sweden, a city that consists mainly of low to mid-rise architecture. I connected the design studios with my IAR451: Professional Practice in Interior Architecture course, for which 4th year Interior Architecture majors generated business plans, marketing materials, web designs, and promotional videos for the mock firms competing inperson in Chicago. A field trip to Chicago punctuated the semester-long student efforts, and one of my studio’s teams placed first among American teams.
UNC Charlotte design charrette + UNCG students making models
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competition-winning final boards by UNCG students in tertia studios
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international skyscraper competition third year 2011 group project winner of top american firm award winner of top marketing firm award stockholm, sweden mechanical space
c. anderson The design of this skyscraper, exterior and c. gustafson interior, was formed from a collaboratived. harrill group of 8 students called Tertia. Our i. loloci m. kaufmann objective in the competition was to design c. smith a 60 story skyscraper occupied by offices h. talley c. located in Stockholm, Sweden. We werewallace able atrium spaces to select a specific site within Stockholm. Our greatest challage was intergrating this building with the exisiting architecture. Buildings within Stockholm are about half this size, which is why we devleoped a solution to reduce the scale while following the copmpetition guildlines. We chose to position our skyscraper within a 150 foot high rock that overlooked the water. By doing this, we visually reduced the height of our skyscraper. We indvidually designed interior floors of this strived to bring !"#$%&'!(()&$,+$-'./,!0& building. Within my interiors, retail lobbyI circulation the outside in while keeping the beautiful natural elements that already existed. Two of my designs, the ground lobby and sky lounge, were chosen for the final submissions. This competition allowed me to develop my leadership skills within a group and gain experience with large scale projects.
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Project Group Members: Clairissa Anderson, Ino Loloci, Cassandra Gustafson, David Harrill, Meghan Kaufmann,Carlos Smith, Hope Talley, Christy Wallace
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Lobby This interior was designed around the idea of bringing nature in. The back wall is exposed to the exisitng natural rock that the building connects to. The floor consists of glass walkways over streams to create a walking on water experience.
Personal Project Duties 01 Physical Model 02 Sketchup Model 03 Lobby Design 04 Sky Lounge Design 05 Inteiror Renderings 06 Site Diagrams 07 Project Manager
Sky Lounge This space offers a relaxing interior that overlooks the water and the Stockholm skyline. It can be enjoyed during lunch, client meetings or after that long day of work. Natural elements also fill this space with greenery and built in furniture constructed from the rock on site.
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marketing materials prepared by IAR451: Professional Practice in Interior Architecture students
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STUDENT WORK SAMPLES UNC GREENSBORO IAR 412 • Spring 2018 • Duke ALS Clinic IAR 301 • Fall 2017 • Steelcase NEXT Competition IAR 501 • Summer 2014 • Glenwood Grove Mural IAR 301 + 412 • 2012-13 • Canopy House IAR 302 + 451 • Spring 2011 • Mock Firms IAR 412 • Spring 2009 • Lee Street Studio
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IAR412 • Spring 2009 • Lee Street Studio 4th Year Institutional • Studio Arts Building After teaching architecture studios at NC State University for 7 years, I first taught at UNCG as an adjunct in the spring of 2009. In the “Lee Street Studio” I challenged 4th year students (in what was then a five-year B.S. in Interior Architecture) to reimagine their studio arts building on a different site along Lee Street. Working in teams these students developed four different schemes, inside and out, after conducting post-occupancy analyses, precedent studies, site analyses, and programming. The sites along Lee Street (now Gate City Blvd) have been prime real estate for the university’s expansion, and these 4th year students were some of the first UNCG students to consider real estate on which many new campus buildings now stand almost 10 years later.
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR • CENTER FOR COMMUNITY-ENGAGED DESIGN
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THE SMALL BRICK BUILDING bookended by empty storefronts on Greensboro’s West Gate City Boulevard doesn’t command much attention. With the exception of its lime-green “CC-ED” sign, you’d be hard-pressed to notice it at all. But inside, the energy is palpable as interior architecture students and their professors join forces with community partners to provide design solutions for nonprofits and Greensboro’s underserved populations. Travis Hicks doesn’t mind the center’s physical surroundings. As director of UNC Greensboro’s Center for CommunityEngaged Design since its headquarters opened in 2014, Hicks celebrates the advantages of an unassuming building. “For some community partners, it helps to have a place that doesn’t have the same institutional feel of the campus,” he says.
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Center for Community-Engaged Design Department of Interior Architecture • UNCG In 2013 I was given the opportunity to reconsider the Department of Interior Architecture’s research center, then the Center for Innovation in Interior Architecture directed by professor Tommy Lambeth. Through a collaborative research, visioning, and benchmarking process, I proposed a name change and a change in mission to reflect the department’s longstanding history in community-engaged design. In 2014 the Center for Community-Engaged Design (CC-ED) was launched, with myself as its founding and current director. I secured a storefront space for the CC-ED and funding for student fellows to take on research and design work for projects requested by community partners. Since then I have maintained a series of high profile community-based projects and have led the planning of the annual Novem Mason Symposium for Community-Engaged Design which began in 2014 to coincide with the opening of the CC-ED storefront.
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save the date...[march 5-7] 2nd Annual Novem Mason Symposium on Community-Engaged Design
[housing the homeless]
featuring brent brown engage connect share learn march 5 community service + design charrettes march 6 + 7 presentations + workshops sponsors and participants from facilitating meaningful discussions between faculty, students, design professionals, government officials, ARc non-profits, ecumenical Interior Architecture partners, and community HES Foundation members about creative solutions to house the homeless in the triad.
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Graphics from previous Novem Mason Symposiums (this page) Graphics, schedule, and photographs from the 5th annual Novem Mason Symposium, 2018 (opposite page)
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CC-ED Center for Community-Engaged Design The University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Department of Interior Architecture
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UNIQUELY QUALIFIED Hicks began his career working alongside worldrenowned architects Michael Graves and Phil Freelon. The work was challenging, he says, involving teams of people from different disciplines collaborating on difficult, large-scale “puzzles” of building designs. But, he says, the CC-ED is just as complex. “The number of design professionals involved is fewer, but the number of community stakeholders is higher.”
AT HOME IN THE COMMUNITY As CC-ED director, Hicks facilitated more than 10,000 hours of public service in the past year alone. The CC-ED has provided fellowships for more than 40 students and has engaged in over 30 projects, ranging from the Glenwood Grove Mural to home renovations for Community Housing Solutions. Above, Hicks works with graduate student Jessica Ocasio.
Plus, the associate professor of interior architecture knows good design starts from within. The most basic element of a building isn’t a brick; it’s the person who uses the building. So when Hicks and his students partnered with Peacehaven, a working farm for adults with developmental disabilities, to design a new community center, they started by talking with the residents. And when they partnered with Tiny Houses Greensboro, an organization committed to reducing homelessness, they began with a Greensboro citizen who needed a home. “The concept of community-engaged design is a new and rising force in interior architecture,” says Hicks, who is certified as both an architect and interior designer and practiced 13 years in the professional realm before coming to UNCG in 2009. In his previous career, Hicks worked as lead design architect on large-scale projects ranging from office buildings to courthouses and schools — with little to no collaboration with the end users. “We would work with maybe a couple of specialists here and there. But we rarely consulted the people who would have worked in or occupied those public projects,” Hicks says. “That’s not what the CC-ED is about. We want to bring our students and practitioners together with the people who will occupy and live in these spaces.”
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COMMUNITY CENTERED Buck Cochran (above center), the CC-ED team, and representatives from a local architecture firm tour Peacehaven and discuss the next steps in turning the community center vision into reality.
A PARTNER IN PEACEHAVEN There’s more to interior architecture than picking out paint colors and accessorizing. Students in UNCG’s Department of Interior Architecture are exposed to building structures and to electrical and plumbing systems. They learn about sustainable design for historic preservation and dive into public-interest design, where issues like low-income housing and energy efficiency are front and center. Through the CC-ED, they put these ideas into practice working with community partners needing real and immediate solutions. One of these partners is Peacehaven, a working farm with rolling hills and lush woodland in Whitsett, North Carolina. As Peacehaven grew from a plot of land in 2007 to a home for four residents with developmental disabilities — plus a long wait list of people needing services — co-founder Buck Cochran realized a need for a community center where Peacehaven’s residents, service providers, and volunteers could gather. “We have so many trusted partners at UNCG, including social work interns who perform essential programming and training for our residents. They needed a place to perform that training,” says Cochran. “We went to Travis Hicks and said, ‘Hey, this is what we’re thinking. Can you help us think about what type of structure would fit with this farm vernacular?’” Cochran was blown away by the CC-ED’s approach. “They started by listening,” Cochran says. “Then they asked clarifying
questions, ones that may challenge you a little in your thinking. And they were able to combine a lot of different ideas in a way that was really meaningful.” Not only did the students’ brainstorming sessions include Cochran and other members of the Peacehaven leadership team, they pulled in residents and their caretakers to better understand how the space would be used. “I’m afraid when most people think about folks with disabilities, they discount the value they could bring to this process,” Cochran says. “But when you create the right setting, those ideas will come.” When Peacehaven’s new community center is constructed, its residents will recognize many of their ideas. “Folks on the autism spectrum can be overwhelmed by a large space,” Cochran says. “Because of the input from our residents, Hicks and his students carved out smaller spaces in the community center where residents could go to find respite from larger group activities, if they need a retreat.” Cochran sees the CC-ED as an economic catalyst for the broader community. “They’re an unbelievably important resource. We don’t have the capacity to generate these things on our own, but they got us to a point where we could see their plans to fruition. We’re now able to hire builders who will bring it to life,” Cochran says. Not to mention the impact a project like this has on the students, he adds. “Soon, they will drive down the road, point to a new building and say, ‘I designed that, and it is having a positive impact on my community.’ That is incredible real-life experience.”
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GROUP EFFORT Volunteers, Ocasio (above), and other CC-ED fellows and alumni help with construction of a new Tiny Houses Greensboro community. CC-ED students were also at the table in the organization’s early days, participating in the development of THG’s vision and strategic planning.
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Hicks and his students understand that sometimes big projects come in small packages. In her last semester as an MFA candidate in the interior architecture department, CC-ED student fellow Jessica Ocasio accepted a design internship that would allow her to use her skills to transform people’s lives. As the summer intern with Tiny Houses Greensboro, or THG, a young nonprofit committed to reducing homelessness by building affordable and permanent tiny houses, Ocasio received an extraordinary challenge: to design their first tiny house, which would serve as a blueprint for five homes in a new tiny house community. “Working at the CC-ED, I’ve learned the importance of partnering with the community — not just designing something and imposing it on them,” Ocasio says. “As designers, we shouldn’t assume we know what’s best.” Ocasio applied that principle as she set about designing a 288-square-foot home with a kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. “One of the board members of Tiny Houses Greensboro is experiencing homelessness, and I got feedback from him,” Ocasio says. She also listened to advice from colleagues at THG, who worked directly with homeless people and understood the features required for a sustainable dwelling space. “I’d first envisioned designing a loft for the bedroom in order to maximize the vertical space a tiny house would have,” she says. “But something I learned is that people who are living in these spaces want to feel like they have a home they can call their own. So, things like including a closed-off bedroom, even if it is a smaller space, gives them that feeling.” THG broke ground on the community last summer. “Seeing it being built is surreal,” Ocasio says. “Just last week, I made some adjustments to that original design, and now the new version is being used to get permits for the last three houses in the community.”
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the organization’s first six-house community. The experience went hand-in-hand with her thesis, where she’s studying microdwellings — tiny houses, included — and how these spaces could be better designed to fit the lifestyle of millennials. “Millennials are looking for a sense of community. They want their own space and privacy, but it’s also important to them to be a part of a bigger community where there’s walkability and connectivity,” she says. These spaces are often found downtown, where spacious — and expensive — loft apartments are the growing trend. “Young adults should be our economy’s biggest group of first-time homeowners or renters, but since the recession, that financial activity has decreased because it’s no longer affordable,” says Ocasio, who believes microdwellings are a great solution to millennials’ housing needs. In addition to tiny houses, Ocasio explains, microdwellings encompass microunit apartments and accessory dwelling units — additional residences on existing properties, such as garage or basement apartments. “People in their 20s tend to be more transient, so offering them a small space that they could rent for a while and then easily move out piqued my interest.” Ocasio is working to identify a set of design elements that could be incorporated in microdwellings to make them more attractive to millennials — features like a table that folds out from the wall or transformable, modular furniture like couches that turn into sofa beds. “You also want to maximize the natural light and utilize all your vertical space,” she says. “It’s all about giving people a space that is comfortable — a place they can call home.”
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“Assembly Required,” article from spring 2018 UNCG Research magazine
“The CC-ED is the first community design center to be housed in a department of interior design or interior architecture,” says Hicks.
FROM THE GROUND UP As part of the design process, Hicks teaches his students how to talk to their end users to get their input. There’s not a single formula with a guaranteed outcome; some creativity is required. As a student fellow at the CC-ED, UNCG senior Elizabeth Graves remembers a project with Greensboro’s Cottage Grove community. The neighborhood had a vacant outdoor space atop a former landfill, and Graves and her peers were tasked with recommending landscaping and design improvements. The CC-ED already had a strong relationship with Cottage Grove residents. Under Hicks’ leadership, students had helped to design a new Mustard Seed health clinic in a former parsonage offered by New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. They’d also designed a master plan for a future community center, community garden spaces, and education spaces.
TEACHABLE MOMENTS Hicks has received two UNCG teaching excellence awards. He brings that excellence to his work with the CC-ED. “I use plain language to communicate complex concepts in ways that meet students and community stakeholders where they are.” Above, Hicks and undergraduate fellow Elizabeth Graves visit a project site in the Cottage Grove community.
ALL TOGETHER As part of their work with Collaborative Cottage Grove, the team — incuding Ocasio and graduate student Emily-Kate Hannapel (l-r) — assessed the community’s Apache Park for potential improvements. Thanks to the efforts of residents, the collaborative, and the CC-ED, Greensboro selected Apache Park to receive city funds.
To get the Cottage Grove residents’ feedback on the new project, the students printed out images of different outdoor designs, such as lamp posts and playground equipment, and asked residents to circle the things they would most like to see in their space. Having a visual aid was especially important for a diverse group of end users that included non-English-speaking immigrants and refugees. Graves says she and her team members expected the Cottage Grove residents to gravitate toward features such as a playground for their children. “But they circled things like trash cans and covered bus stops.” Soon, those worksheets will translate into visually appealing, functional spaces that enhance the lives of Cottage Grove residents. Hicks adds that not only was the team able to use those circled images as a way of sparking conversation, they got more feedback than they would have with a standard survey. “With my experience teaching and observing other community-based designers over the years, I’ve been exposed to a lot of different techniques for working with community members to get their input,” he says. “Knowing which ones are most appropriate requires a lot of listening and trying to understand the people with whom we’re collaborating.” This thought leadership and approach to fostering the next generation of designers caught the attention of the national Council for Interior Design Accreditation, who honored Hicks and the CC-ED with the 2015 CIDA Award of Excellence. That same year, the North Carolina Campus Compact recognized Hicks with the statewide Robert L. Sigmon Service-Learning Award. “Students who study under me in UNCG’s interior architecture program are exposed to a different way of practicing design — one that includes participants from all walks of life, from the CEO to your average neighborhood Joe,” Hicks says. “I hope my students come out of UNCG with a bit more empathy toward different perspectives and different populations, and are able to work in meaningful ways that will impact their own communities wherever they go.” By Robin Sutton Anders • Photography by Martin W. Kane • Learn more at https://iarc.uncg.edu/cc-ed uncg research spring 2018
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Durham County Courthouse Biogen BIO 26 Administration Building Fuquay-Varina Middle School Addition + Renovations
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Durham County Courthouse • Durham, NC 296,000 SF • Public • Justice $83 Million Project Total Cost LEED® GOLD Certified
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Role: Senior Design Architect I was responsible for the overall design concepts for the downtown site, building exteriors and interiors, from initial sketch through construction documents. The design includes a courts tower, sheriff’s wing, parking deck, public plaza, and support spaces. I led a team of intern architects and interior designers to develop the design that began as hand sketches on trace and was ultimately modeled and documented in Revit. The following pages are from a national AIA “Justice Facilities Review” awards submittal that I created.
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“AND JUSTICE FOR ALL” ART WALL Durham County leaders wanted to celebrate the history of Justice in Durham County. The design team came up with the idea of creating a mosaic of images representing important people, events and buildings in the County related to the justice system. This mosaic was made up of approximately 225 images repeated for a total of 6000 images. Put together, the images create a homage to the historic 1916 courthouse on Main Street. This mosaic is installed next to the three story monumental stair that services the high trafficked areas of the courthouse so passersby can look at the images close up as well as the overall image when passing thru security. The images are augmented by a computer kiosk which gives more information about each person, event and building and its importance to Justice in Durham, NC. It has a companion web site called http://andjusticeforall.dconc.gov/ run by the Durham County Library.
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TRANSPARENCY OF JUSTICE Public corridors are oriented towards the public plaza and Durham Bulls Athletic Park to the south and the American Tobacco Complex to the west. Full height windows provide daylight that is controlled by a series of light shelves that provide indirect light into interior courtrooms through clerestory windows. Ceremonial courtrooms on the west side of the building have exterior windows in addition to interior clerestory windows. TRAVIS L. HICKS, M.Arch. Associate Professor • UNCG Department of Interior Architecture • Director • Center for Community-Engaged Design
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PUBLIC BUILDING • PUBLIC SPACES The building is organized around the circulation which has the public entering from the south side of the building and the primary corridor running east-west the length of the building accessing all public spaces. The single loaded corridor has a curtain wall along the south face that overlooks the public entry plaza and the residential portion of the city. The infusion of light and identical location on all of the public accessed floors makes it easy for pedestrians to orient themselves.
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Durham County Courthouse Biogen BIO 26 Administration Building Fuquay-Varina Middle School Addition + Renovations
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Biogen BIO 26 Admin Building • RTP, NC 189,500 SF • Private • Corporate Workplace $Confidential Project Total Cost LEED® GOLD Certified
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Role: Senior Design Architect I was responsible for the overall design concepts for the RTP research campus site, building exteriors and interiors, from initial sketch through design development documents. The design includes a139,000SF office wing and a 50,000SF site amenities wing for the entire campus. I led a team of intern architects and interior designers to develop the design that began as hand sketches on trace and was ultimately modeled and documented in Revit. Final design decisions were made after I started full-time at UNCG.
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“Main Street� area, amenities wing looking out to courtyard
cafeteria, amenities wing
“Main Street” sitting area
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site plan
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Legend Administration Office Administration Workstations Conferencing Convention Center Core Dining Kitchen Lobby Serving Area Support Spaces
main level floor plan
outdoor dining terrace
courtyard looking towards office wing
main entry
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Durham County Courthouse Biogen BIO 26 Administration Building Fuquay-Varina Middle School Addition + Renovations
amphitheater, view looking downhill towards stage + cafeteria lobby
Fuquay-Varina Middle School •Fuquay-Varina, NC 178,000 SF Total • Public • K-12 Education $11.4 Million Project Total Cost
Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee [now Clark Nexsen] • Raleigh, NC
Role: Lead Designer I was responsible for the overall design concepts for the suburban middle school expansion and renovation project, including building exteriors and interiors, from initial sketch through construction administration. This was the first project in my professional career where I was ultimately responsible for “what the building looks like.” Previously, I was an intern with Michael Graves Associates, for which I had to design everything “in the manner of” Michael Graves. For this project in Fuquay-Varina, NC, I led a team of intern architects to develop the design from sketches and AutoCAD computer drawings and models, and I followed this project through its completion. This was the first project where I provided the day-to-day construction administration all the way to ribbon cutting, truly following a project from start to finish as the lead designer.
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carpool lobby with views into cafeteria TRAVIS L. HICKS, M.Arch. Associate Professor • UNCG Department of Interior Architecture • Director • Center for Community-Engaged Design
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cafeteria
auditorium
quad looking towards classroom wing
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bus drop-off with auditorium lobby beyond
renovated historic classroom building with addition beyond
carpool lobby with classroom wing to left
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amphitheater with carpool lobby beyond
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TRAVIS L. HICKS, M.Arch.
1807 Brookcliff Drive Greensboro, NC 27408 336.447.5468 • tlhicks@uncg.edu