The Boston Architectural College - Segment 2 Portfolio - Trenten Kelley

TRENTEN KELLEY SEGMENT 2 bachelor of architecture december 18, 2017 prv0002

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Table of contents

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About architecture studio 3: island community

1-2 3 - 12

architecture studio 4: filling the gap

12 - 26

Advanced interdisciplinary studio: lakeside museum

27 - 38

practice

39 - 48

about

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I am a Bachelor of Architecture student at the Boston Architectural College. I started studying architecture at Platt Technical High School in Milford, Connecticut from 2008-2012. I then attended Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, Connecticut where I received an Associate Degree in Architectural Technologies from 2012-2014.

While studying at Norwalk Community College, I worked for a high-end residential deisgn/build firm, Michael Greenberg & Asscociates in Westport, Connecticut.

I then moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend the Boston Architectural College in 2015 in hopes to earn my Bachelor of Architecture. While at the BAC, I worked at a Leslie Saul & Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Aside from architecture and design, I enjoy traveling and engaging in photography as much as I can. My most recent adventure brought me to England and Spain with my next adventure bringing me to the Domincan Republic, Malaysia, and Singapore. The reason I try to travel as often as I can is due to my interest and curiousity for other cultures.

In my course, Advanced Research Strategies, our goal was to pick a topic, research the topic, then produce a thesis research paper. My thesis question is: Can travel eliminate cultural boundaries and heal broken cultural relationships? Throughout the next year in Degree Project 1 and 2, my hopes is to explore the possibilities of answering the question and solving the issue of cultural boundaries through the built environment, potentially exploring the ideas of the travel and the built environment as one.

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Practice 2

island community architecture studio 3

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This studio focused mainly on site work and was very open-ended as far as what we wanted to design and where we wanted our site to be. The program that was given to me was residential and the site was one island in the Boston Harbor. I chose my site to be Peddock’s Island, an island eight miles from Boston, Massachusetts, with an area of 184 acres (288 acres at low tide). I chose the island because of the size, the shape, and the history. The island has had a history of being completely leveled and rebuilt over, which is related to my concept. The island is home to around 30 residents, most of which are permenant. During WWII, the island was home to a military base to defend the Boston Harbor. I visited the island during the off season which led to having to contact the Massachusetts head of national park services. They were able to take me to the island on an employee maintainence boat with other employees. My concept is directly influenced by the island’s natural features, such as the yearly wind directions, solar orientation, views, and sea level. My concept for the island is to create multiple “communities,” one on each new island that is formed in the next one hundred years. The communities are connected by bridges. Each community offers different amenities than the others, this causes the residents to travel between the communities. The traveling of residents between communities result in the formation of one singular community with three micro-communities. The amenities of each micro-community are located in one or two buildings that stretch over the water from the island.

The buildings are community centers, schools, health clinics, grocery stores, and more. The buildings point towards the surrounds towns and create views for the residents. Each community features single family homes for the residents. The homes are situated on the sides of valleys that I created by removing the island’s earth to different areas which resulted in higher hills throughout the island. The valleys get flooded during one hundred year storms to let water in versus keeping it out. There are around one hundred single family homes on the island with five amenity buildings throughout.

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Practice 4

I started my design process by analyzing the site’s features that include views, solar, and wind analysis (see right). I then researched the water level over one hundred years and calculated how much land would be left (see below). I let the features directly influence my decision making process when conceptualizing and designing the site.

View connections

Water Level - 2016

Water Level - 2066 (50 year

Wind directions

r flood)

Sun direction

Water Level - 2116 (100 year flood)

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Practice 6

Amenity Building - Blow-up Section A

Community

Section B

Community

Section B Community Valley with Residential Homes - Blow-up

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Practice 8

Amenity Building - Blow-up

Valley with Residential Homes - Blow-up

Red Bubbles: Amenity Buidlings Yellow Bubble: Communities

Energy Production of Amenity Buidlings (wind, solar, wave)

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Practice 10

Amenity Building - Section- Wave Energy Production

Section A - Residential Valley

Amenity Building - Section- Wave Energy Production

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Practice 12

filling the gap architecture studio 4

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My concept for this project starting in the early stages of conceptual models. My goal was to create unique spaces that were shaped directly from the structural elements of the design. The street edge of the site was 75’ wide, with the site stretching 100’ deep. The surrounding buildings are roughly 5-6 stories tall with our site having an allowed height of 12 stories. I worked mostly in section from North to South (Section A) due to its importance in the design. I first created a volume that filled the extents of the site as far as the size and zoning of the site go, 75’ wide by 100’ deep and 12 stories tall. I cut away at the volume to create the final volume of the building with each cut having a purpose. I let the site’s features shape the volume of the building, then applied my structure to the volume. The site features that influenced the building included the views, rain water, solar orientation, public space/access from the street, and the demographics of the area. My concept of creating unique spaces from the structural elements of the designs began with the series of conceptual models on the next two pages. I explored the idea of manipulating the standard four column core structure. I angled many sets of four columns in a way that all individual columns crosses another column, but never colides.

I applied the structural concept models to the volume that was being created at the same time. The result was a structurally sound building with angled columns that created unique spaces on each floor. The aspects of the building include an angled southern-facing roof edge to collect solar energy, a watertank behind the angled roof edge heated by the solor rays, a solar heat-gaining atrium to provide an open area when weather is bad as well as help to heat the building, an angled northern-facing facade to create a shaded area and open the street’s edge into the site. A multi-story gallery space that is below-grade, an exposed concrete structure, and much more. The project also required the building to be code-compliant. The MEP systems were applied to the building with the help of an in-class sustainability consultant. An in-class code consultant helped with the design of the core and the two required egress stairs. One of the egress stairs is a unique feature of the building that wraps around the core on the interior of the building and exits out of the building into the public street edge. This causes for the stair’s landings to be in different positions on each floor (see sketches). The landings were calculated to be in compiance with the building code of New York City.

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Practice 14

Structural Section of Building and Wrapping Stair

Secondary Wrapping Egress Stair Projection Plan Red outlines represent the stair landings of each floor

Red lines represent the structure of the wrapping egress strairs (flattened to a section plane)

This core was a first iteration of a core that was later developed

Green lines represent the structure of the building and central core (flattened to a section plane)

Floor Slab Section Exploration

Blue lines represent the structure/walls of the egress stairs

Elevation Exploration

Solar heat gain atrium Floor slabs Core structure Gallery space

Exposed concrete structure exiting the building Secondary egress stair exit from the building’s facade

Post-Semester Presentation Section Sketch Exploration

Spandral glass section exploration Solar PV panel angled edge

Street edge pushed back to have 1/3 of the site available for public access

Week 1: Conceptual exploration

Week 1: Conceptual exploration, iteration 1

Week 2: Conceptual exploration, iteration 2

Week 3: Conceptual exploration, iteration 3

Week 3: Conceptual exploration, iteration 3

Week 4: Conceptual exploration, iteration 4

Week 8: Conceptual exploration, iteration 4 in building scale

Week 9: Column locations explored through floor slabs

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Practice 16

Elevator Egress stair #1 Egress stair #2

Solar PV panels

Water collection tank

Solar heat gain atrium Concrete floor slabs

Glazed facade

Concrete structure

Gallery and public space

Multi-story gallery and public space

Site

Section B Fresh air system on roof

MEP distribution route

Shaded north-facing side

Section B

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Practice 18

Section B

Section B

Section A

6th floor residential floor plan

Section B

Section B

Section A Section A

1st floor commercial floor plan Section A

Building section B Section A

Section A

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Practice 20

Building section A Blow-up section A1

Blow-up section A2

Blow-up section A3

Blow-up section A1 Blow-up section A2 Blow-up section A3

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Drip edge and flashing Insulation sloped to drain Spandrel Glass Insulation behind spandrel glass Structural rebar Concrete floor slab Horizontal Mullion Curtain wall system

Curtain wall system Verticle mullion Horizontal Mullion Exposed concrete structure Structural rebar Concrete floor slab

Curtain wall system Verticle mullion Horizontal Mullion Concrete floor slab Structural rebar

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Solar PV panels. Facade cut back at about a forty-five degree angle for the collection of solar energy Views Solar heat gain atrium to save on heating costs through the collection of heat from the sun

Secondary egress stairway that wraps around the core of the building Views Shaded north-facing side.

Facade pushed back at an angle from street edge Natural street barrier

Structural connection from building to ground through exposed angled structural concrete collumns that use pin connections to switch the direction of the forces to a perpendicular angle into the ground Early conceptual sketch completed after midterm presentation

View from the 13th residential floor

View from the first floor gallery and public space

View from across Rivington Street

View from top floor apartments across Rivington Street

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View when approaching the site

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Practice 24

The final model was created directly from the 3D model in AutoCAD 3D. I produced files for both the laser cutter and the 3D printer. I creates a file to laser cut each floor slab with etched locations of each angled column. I also used the laser cutter to create the facades of the building, but I plan to update the facades on the model to match correctly with the design. For the 3D printer, I split the computer model at each floor slab which created sets of columns to be used on each floor. I then set up the 3D printing file which layed out each column on a flat plane. Once all of the material was ready, I assembled the model and site plan over a two week period.

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Practice 26

lakeside museum advanced interdisciplinary studio

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Our site was the Old Warren County Courthouse and Shepards Park in Lake George, New York. The site is just over 5 acres of land with a few existing structures, a boardwalk, and beach-like feature that connects the site with Lake George. My concept for this project was to lift the earth and use the volume below to create space (see site plan and sections). These newly created spaces would be home to a new museum, public spaces, and cafes. The newly created space’s layout was derived from the curvature of the new amphitheater, which was now larger and central to the site than the existing. By continueing its curves, I created more curves which became the “lifting points” that created the new spaces. I kept the main building, the Old Warren County Courthouse, but “edited” it to create new spaces from the existing building (see drawings and renderings). I made the “edit” by cutting the existing building with the same curvature of the new spaces. The newly cut plane is dressed with glazing to expose the interiors of the existing building. I preserved the existing window locations to create an eclosed feeling within. This concept was derived from the precedent studies. The gesture that I am attempting, represents a collission of new and old architecture. One of my precedents was the Alma Mater Museum in Zaragoza, Spain. The museum features a series of experiencial spaces and threshold spaces that are experienced one after another. The experience is created by following the directionality of pathways and spaces throughout the museum. I attempted to create a similar experience by creating directional pathways on the site that continued on the interior as walls and pathways on the floors. The directional pathways influenced the interior spaces. The earth that was lifted needed an enclosure, my concept for this was to make it seems as if the earth was being torn apart and leaving behind an organic-like webbed structure. I created the webbed facade by digitally creating a surface where I wanted the facade in Rhino 5, a 3D modeling program. I then used Grasshopper, a Rhino 5 add-on, to create an algorithm that would create exactly what I was looking for. Grasshopper uses algorithms to create 3D solids that can be then used when designing, I learned Rhino 5 and Grasshopper during the same semester as this studio. My goal was to create a site that connected all of the areas studied this semester, architecture, interior architecture, and landscape architecture.

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Practice 28

n ocatio Site l

Photos by Town of Lake George and Alma Mater Museum

Old Warren County Courthouse and Shepards Park, Lake George, New York

Alma Mater Museum, Zaragoza, Spain

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Practice 30

C Plaza areas created by the directional paths that are used for exterior cafe space and farmers markets Directional paths to create each aspect of the site. The paths were by connecting access points of the site or by extending lines from the existing and new buildings The new structure/ museum is created by cutting the earth, lifting it up, and creating space under the earth. The darker shaded area shows where the high point of each part is. This can be further seen in the sections and renders Stage/plaza area created from the directional paths that crossed through this are of the site

C

B

A Amphitheater is all grass and gradually slopes downward from the street to the stage/plaza area at the bottom Existing building is cut to match curve of new structure. Existing window locations were conserved to create an eclosed feeling within. This concept was derived from the precedent studies. The cut edges/facade of the building are now glass to show that a new gesture was made that collides the new architecture with the old New boardwalk pathway follows new directional paths and is a division between the site and the beach/ water area

B

A

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Practice 32

C

Level 0

The division of spaces is directly influenced by the directional paths on the site, they continue from exterior to interior to create walls (dark lines) and divisions on the floors (light lines) Cafe/public space Interactive museum spaces Transition spaces (thresholds) Public spaces, entrances, and cafes Site museum, main museum entrance

C

B

A Storage

Level 1

First experiential space in the museum, the double arrows show the entrance and directionality. The museum is experienced space by space that follows the arrows

Museum entrance

Site museum and information areas, also for temporary exhibits/installations.

These spaces use the existing structure.

The main museum is experienced by entering level 0 through the level 1 space.

B

A

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Practice 34

Green ro

Section B

Existing window position conserved for enclosure feeling where existing building was cut

oof access

Section A

Section C

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Practice 36

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Practice 38

practice

leslie saul & associates (September 2016 - December 2017) michael greenberg & associates (May 2014 - January 2015)

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My first experience in the field of architecture was at Michael Greenberg & Associates in Westport, Connecticut for eight months. The firm was a design/build firm that focuses on high-end residential projects. I participated in many different aspects of each project, as well as the firm. One of the areas that I participated with was construction documents for various projects which included electrical plans, lighting plans, interior and exterior elevations, and much more. I also engaged myself in the legal document aspect of the firm such as project manual agreements, some payment agreements, as well as drawings to send to banks for loan approvals for clients. I was fortunate enough to gain experience fully executing the design and construction phase of many smaller projects such as a dining room hutch, a bedroom record cabinet/shelving, a living room wash counter, and many interior closet layouts. Some more extensive projects included an outdoor fireplace and a pair of dutch doors, both projects were designed and managed by myself. I participated in the process of contacting clients, ordering samples, and site visits.

I also produced elevation hand renderings for two projects. After 8 months, I left the firm on good terms to move to Boston to study at Boston Architectural College.

My most recent experience was at an interior architecture firm, Leslie Saul & Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts for one year and four months. The firm focused mainly on interior architecture with a few small architectural projects. My starting position was as an intern, but was shortly promoted to a junior designer. At the beginning of my employment, I participated in many office related tasks with little project involvement. I was tasked with overwatching the intern email and Leslie’s email, scheduling office lunch and learns, writting legal documents (initial consult contracts, payment contracts, project proposals for residential, commercial, and governemntal), organizing materials library, and more. When promoted to junior designer, I participated and lead many projects from conceptual design stages through construction stages. I used Autodesk Revit for every project with the exception of a handful that were existing drawings on Autodesk AutoCAD. After gaining much experience for over a year, I decided to leave the firm on good terms in hopes of finding a firm in architecture that works on projects that are similar to what I want to do in the future.

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Practice 40

This project was a high-end residential project in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. The project consisted of a kitchen and pantry renovation. I visited the site with the client and took measurements, then redesigned the spaces with the help of Leslie. I produced all of the drawings, including demolition plan, proposed floor plan, interior elevations, and 3D views. I used only Autodesk Revit.

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Practice 42

Most of the project the I participated on were designed by Leslie through means of sketching. I translated the sketches to Autodesk Revit in order to produce construction drawings for the clients and contractors that were involved in the projects.

One of the tasks that I managed was to take photos of many spaces for the firm’s website. The two photos below were taken by myself of the Boston Society of Architects gallery space. I arrived early in the morning to get the lighting correct. I then edited the photos in Adobe Lightroom and then in Adobe Photoshop to add the figures.

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Practice 44

Date

DINING ROOM

MUD ROOM HALL

1 DN

OFFICE FOYER

UP

PANTRY

& ASSOCIATES

1

DRAWING TITLE:

DISCLAIMER

DATE:

DATE:

SHEET NO:

USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY WORK OR PROJECT OTHER THAN THE SPECIFIED PROJECT FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES. WRITTEN DIMENSIONS ON THESE DRAWINGS SHALL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SCALED DIMENSIONS, CONTRACTORS SHALL VERIFY AND BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DIMENSIONS AND JOB CONDITION. COPYRIGHT MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES 2003.

PROPERTY OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES LLC. NO Description Date PART THEREOF SHALL BE COPIED, DISCLOSED TO OTHER OR

THESE DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE IDEAS, DESIGN, AND ARRANGEMENTS REPRESENTED ARE THE

DRAWING TITLE:

PROJECT NAME:

          

No.

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REVISION LOG:

STORAGE

Michael Greenberg

UP

PROJECT NAME:

BATH

Description

& ASSOCIATES

Michael Greenberg

GUEST BEDROOM

No.

REVISION LOG:

THESE DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE IDEAS, DESIGN, AND ARRANGEMENTS REPRESENTED ARE THE PROPERTY OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES LLC. NO PART THEREOF SHALL BE COPIED, DISCLOSED TO OTHER OR USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY WORK OR PROJECT OTHER THAN THE SPECIFIED PROJECT FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES. WRITTEN DIMENSIONS ON THESE DRAWINGS SHALL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SCALED DIMENSIONS, CONTRACTORS SHALL VERIFY AND BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DIMENSIONS AND JOB CONDITION. COPYRIGHT MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES 2003.

DISCLAIMER

This project included an electrical construction document of four floors with a reflected ceiling plan to show lighting fixture locations, wiring diagrams, outlet locations, and light switch locations. These plans were also matched with interior elevations. Below is the basement and first floor, the right is the second and third floor.

W/D CLOS. GAME ROOM

CLOSET HALLWAY

STORAGE

JOB NO: 1356_rem

06-02-2014

SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

SHEET NO:

KITCHEN LIVING ROOM

2 CAR GARAGE

JOB NO: 1356_rem

06-02-2014

SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

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Date

MASTER BATH WALK-IN CLOS. No. 1

1

PLAY ROOM

STAIR

DATE:

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DRAWING TITLE:

PROJECT NAME:

& ASSOCIATES

Michael Greenberg

BEDROOM No. 3

Description

BATH No. 2

No.

PLAY ROOM

REVISION LOG:

D

BEDROOM No. 2

DATE:

Concept. Design. Construction

DN

THESE DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE IDEAS, DESIGN, AND ARRANGEMENTS REPRESENTED ARE THE PROPERTY OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES LLC. NO PART THEREOF SHALL BE COPIED, DISCLOSED TO OTHER OR USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY WORK OR PROJECT OTHER THAN THE SPECIFIED PROJECT FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES. WRITTEN DIMENSIONS ON THESE DRAWINGS SHALL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SCALED DIMENSIONS, CONTRACTORS SHALL VERIFY AND BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DIMENSIONS AND JOB CONDITION. COPYRIGHT MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES 2003.

OFFICE

DRAWING TITLE:

DISCLAIMER

MASTER SUITE ENTRY

Michael Greenberg

MASTER VEST.

PROJECT NAME:

MASTER BEDROOM HALL

Description

WALK-IN CLOS. No. 2

No.

REVISION LOG:

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LAUNDRY ROOM

LIN. CL.

UP

BEDROOM No. 4

BATH No. 3

JOB NO: 1356_rem

06-02-2014

SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

SHEET NO:

STORAGE

DN

JOB NO: 1356_rem

06-02-2014

SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"

SHEET NO:

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THESE DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE IDEAS, DESIGN, AND ARRANGEMENTS REPRESENTED ARE THE PROPERTY OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES LLC. NO PART THEREOF SHALL BE COPIED, DISCLOSED TO OTHER OR USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY WORK OR PROJECT OTHER THAN THE SPECIFIED PROJECT FOR WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES. WRITTEN DIMENSIONS ON THESE DRAWINGS SHALL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER SCALED DIMENSIONS, CONTRACTORS SHALL VERIFY AND BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DIMENSIONS AND JOB CONDITION. COPYRIGHT MICHAEL GREENBERG & ASSOCIATES 2003.

DISCLAIMER

This project was a newly constructed outdoor fireplace that was designed by myself. I produced the construction drawings and overwatched the construction

I produced hand rendered elevations for a barn-style residential project that required me to use two mediums, color pencil and markers from Prismacolor

This project was for a bar-style garage and guest house that we were working on at the time. I produced construction drawings for two Dutch doors.

I produced another series of hand rendered elevations for a residential project that required me to use only one medium, markers from Prismacolor

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Practice 48