trenton Mays Design Portfolio
Resume
1204 Glenwood Drive | Ruston, LA 71270 | 337-794-4962 | trentonamays@gmail.com
Education
Louisiana Tech University Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies Degree GPA 3.0 Graduation May 2014
Experience
Pike Productions Co-owner, Winter, 2010-Present 110 Western Street, Ruston, LA 71270, 337-794-4962 Turned personal fund-raising initiative for fraternity into successful DJ business. Balancing personal and partners strengths and weaknesses to turn 100% increase in profit and assets. Three days a week booked and 6 employees, double booked events on weekends. Professional service for all types of events and activities. Everything from setting up and operating equipment, running public relations to negotiating contracts for long term relationships with local business owners and meeting with bankers, accountants, and consultants to project future productivity and solid profit margins. Louisiana Tech University Assistant Secretary, School of Architecture, Fall,2010-Present P.O. Box 3147, Ruston, LA 71272, 318-257-2816, Supervisor: Karl Puljak Managing print room and equipment, print projects, verifying students payments. M. B. Rich Jewelry Incorporated Part time Assistant, November, 2008-Present 615 W. Prien Lake Road, Lake Charles, LA 70601, 337-474-0080, Supervisor: Michael Richard, Owner Runner, delivery of jewelry items, bank deposits, personal errands for owner, and store supplies.
Awards/Achievements
Dean’s List Spring 2013, Summer 2013 Director’s List Winter 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Winter 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013 Additional Activities Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Historian Webmaster T-Shirt Design SOA Student Show 3 years AIAS Member 2010-2011, 2013-2014 Spanish Immersion Program 1997-2009
Software/Equipment Proficiencies Rhinoceros Grasshopper V-Ray AutoCad Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Sketch Up Microsoft Office Ableton
EPILOG Laser Printer Makerbot CNC Plasma Cutter Techno CNC Router Large Format Printer
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Table of Contents Habitat Nidus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Nesting ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Techtonic Skeleton ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Cyclist Community ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 [ISO] Algae ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 RSN Terminal ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Randomized Panelling ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Gowanus Flood Plains ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
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Habitat Nidus
[ni路dus] : a nest or breeding place; especially: a place or substance in an animal or plant where bacteria or other organisms lodge and multiply
Conceptual Development
Initial research was re-imagining the city to be a central point of focus where organisms originate, accumulate, and develop. A nidus is defined as a nest; especially one for the eggs of insects, spiders, or small animals. Further analysis of spider nests revealed that spiders enclose elements such as leaves and twigs to create protection for the eggs.
Form Studies
Biometric Analogue
03|04
Structure Core
Primary
Secondary
Public
Private
Green Spaces
People
Pods
program
circulation
Cable Support
05|06
Pod Function There are two different types of habitats, one for living and one for helping produce the things needed to live. Food, water, and energy is created within pods that are sent out and collected by the living habitats. When the habitats receive the pods they are sent up vertical structure and then dropped off onto a conveyor system that circulates the habitat for the inhabitants to receive the goods. Once the pods have been emptied they are sent back to the production habitats and the process repeats itself.
Energy
Food
Water
07|08
Parametric Experimentation
Nesting
This script takes a brep and wraps the surfaces with a random nest like structure. It was the primary strategy used to apply structure to Habitat Nidus.
Grasshopper DeďŹ nition
Plan Cut
Section Cut
09|10
Parametric Experimentation
Techtonic Sketeton
The structural ribs become wider the long the span becomes. This could be applied to dynamic structural systems or used for other structural strategies.
Grasshopper DeďŹ nition
Skeletal Support
11|12
cyclist community Shreveport, Louisiana
Community Revitalization Proposed: Roadways:
Pete Harris Parkway I-20 East & West Bound Exit Ramp Roundabout at Ford St. Connection to N. Common Parkway Bridges over Milam St. Abandoned rail line converted to Bike Path
Usage:
Hight flow of Traffic Alternative to I-49 extension Revitalize Allendale & Ledbetter Heights
15|16
Community Revitalization
Public to Private
Topography
Corridors from Surrounding Streets
Nodes on Site [Public vs. Private]
17|18
Program & Concept Study
Proposing new and sustainable ways of residential living is one ways to attract people to this site and community. An apartment building that allows people to bike into their apartment is one way of doing that. With the site location being close to the proposed Shreveport Common Cultural District and Shreveport’s Central Business District, it allows the potential for cyclist to have the ability to bike from their apartment to work. Commercial spaces that please the community will begin to tie together the disjointed connection between bicyclists and the rest of the community.
Concept Models
Public & Private Program Inventory
19|20
Steel Grid
Skin
Structure Pedestrian
Cyclist
circulation Private
program
Public
Skin Support
Cables
sustainable diagram
Solar Shading Roof structure provides shading from harsh east and west day lighting.
Energy Collection Photovoltaic panels capture sun energy.
Water Harvesting Water Retention Excess water drains to a concave area to disperse or evaporate slowly.
Water runs off of solar panels down on to the roof where it is gathered in pipes and ran to a cistern for storage or used in retention puddle.
21|22
Parametric Experimentation
[Iso] Algae
The script utilizes some internalized curves to produce the flowing algae effect. It is meant to grow under the control of the script and as the process continues the trail becomes more refined. The form is a result of layering processes together.
Growth Process
Grasshopper DeďŹ nition
23|24
RSn Terminal Ruston, Louisiana
sustainable diagram Ruston Residential & Commercial Growth
Surrounding City Use
27|28
Site analysis
Proposed: Size: Max Passengers: Usage:
7,600ft Runway 117 Sports Teams Public Business Additions: New Airport Rough Edge Road Exit Connection to Downtown Ruston New Hotels Commercial Areas Intermodal Railway and Train Station
Potential Building Sites
Program Percentage Delegating
Program Circulation
Diagrammatic Site Organization
29|30
Form Evolution
Concept Models
Program Manipulation
31|32
Scrim
Scrim Structure
Enclosures
Column Beam Structure
Metal Mesh Panels Suspended Acoustic Tile Ceiling
Support System
Glass Curtain Wall System Galvanized Metal Catwalk Galvanized, Coped Outrigger bolted to Plate
33|34
Parametric Experimentation
Randomized Panelling
The randomized open panels can be adptable to any surface, simple or complex. This could be applied to building facades as the panels respond to the internal forces.
Randomizing Iterations
Grasshopper DeďŹ nition
Randomized Panels
Initial Surface
Space Frame
35|36
Gowanus Flood Plains
Brooklyn, New York
Site analysis
The proposed site is located in Brooklyn, New York between Smith Street and the Gowanus Canal. Brooklyn has been known for many different things over the years, today it is an up incoming area of New York City for the people who cannot afford to live on the island of Manhattan. The streets surrounding the site are sixty feet wide with public street parking. Directly across Smith Street from the site is St. Mary’s Park and Playground, these two outdoor areas cater to the school children and young families in the surrounding blocks. The site north of the proposed site is slated to become a community center with outdoor spaces, day-care and a wellness center.
Residential
Mixed Use
Schools
Industrial
39|40
Concept Development
The Gowanus Canal presents unacceptable ecological and human health risks, primarily due to exposure to unhealthy contaminants. These contaminants are thought to have been deposited in the canal as a result of current and historical discharges into the canal. To improve the conditions, the projects needs to address the remediation of the canal. Conceptually the building would be a plug in or attached to the site just as antibodies bind to pathogens to prevent them from entering or damaging cells.
Concept Models
41|42
preformance & Experience
43|44
Remediation Process
Remediation of the Gowanus Canal is essential to the community. The building and site are designed to function as a filtration system that remediates Gowanus water through layers of phytoremediation. The various tidal heights flood the site exposing the water to layered retaining wall heights that are based off of seasonal tides studies. The site is adaptable to future developments such as a Slab Park or a multi-use, mid-rise residential complex.
March - June Tides HiTi: 3.9ft
July - September Tides HiTi: 6.2ft
November - February Tides HiTi: 4.9ft
Roof Panel experience
The roof panels are attached to a pulley systems that rises and lowers as the tides changes which cause the panels to slide over one another. The panels are preforated in a water style pattern. As they slide atop of each other the shadows cast down into the spaces are displaying as water movement.
Roof Paneling Glazing Structure Interior Partitions Foundation Retaining Walls
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