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undergraduate portfolio b. arch / b. interior arch
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urban housing for the elderly
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contextual scale
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learning through design-build
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extending senses
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interstitial light and space
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intricacy of space, material, and function
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craft and jointery
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rendering quality of light
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visual travel notes
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careful observation
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urban housing for the elderly
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4th year fall 2014 - spring 2015 Professors: Christian Dagg and Kevin Moore location: Birmingham, AL, USA The goal of this urban design project was to develop an assisted living facility that reacted to the proposed neighborhood plan for Birmingham, AL. In this plan, each set of four blocks has buildings that hold the street edge with one corner pulling back to allow for a community gathering space. This housing design facilitates exterior space for the community as well as private space for residents in the back. There are three types of units that respond to their location and relation to the city: eyes on the street units, one bedroom courtyard units with balconies, and independent living walk-up units for more mobile elderly persons. Additionally, it was important to develop these unit plans so that the individual could customize the space and have ample access to windows for light as well as views.
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“eyes on the street� studio unit
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proposed Birmingham, AL urban plan with assisted living facility design highlighted
1 bedroom courtyard unit
independent living walk-up units
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initial building form to create dense street edges
creation of two courtyards / one public street square and one private courtyard for the residents
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form pushes down and pulls up to respond to surrounding context and street hierarchy
addition of exterior viewing roof terraces
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perspectives of possible room arrangements for the “eyes on the street� units. large window seats, storage, and lighting create comfortable spaces for the elderly who spend long hours in their housing unit.
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specifications
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Upon further development of the project, stacked brick was chosen to relate as a contextual material, but also create a tiled look that further breaks up the scale of the building.
052100 steel joist framing [W 14 x 10]
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051200 structural steel framing [W 24 x 9]
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072100 thermal insulation [rigid insulation]
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071900 water repellents
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057000 decorative metal [copper interior details]
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057500 decorative formed metal [custom fabricated copper window boxes]
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053100 steel decking
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042113 brick masonry [stacked bond]
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076200 sheet metal flashing and trim
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078123 applied fireproofing
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085123 steel windows [Hope’s windows- Jamestown 175 series]
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088000 glazing [double pane]
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092216 non-structural metal framing
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092900 gypsum board
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096400 wood flooring [vertical grain pine]
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basswood, museum board, vellum physical model
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contextual scale
2nd year spring 2013 Bibb City Branch Library Professor: Robert Sproull location: Bibb City, GA, USA The objective of this Bibb City library is to create a landmark that contextually fits into the surrounding residential neighborhood. The scale and rhythm of the structure directly relates to the residential nature of the area.
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A memorable interior experience is created through various day lighting strategies that relate to different aspects of the library’s program. Small pyramidal skylights direct light to the path of circulation towards the front of the building and rectangular light wells illuminate the books and reading areas. The formal move upward on the corner separates this civic building from the scale of the rest of the neighborhood. This form points toward the nearby water tower and allows it to stand out as a landmark.
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exploded axonometric drawing shows direct relationship of library design to the scale of the residential neighborhood
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daylighting study models test various skylight configurations to create the most effective daylight for each area of the program.
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light wells provide even, natural lighting through the stacks and serve as a well lit spot to sit and read.
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learning through design-build
3rd year fall 2013 Rose Lee and Jason’s Houses Professors: Xavier Vendrell, John Marusich, and Alex Henderson location: Auburn Rural Studio Footwash, AL, USA Built in collaboration with JP Alexander, Lauren Barker, Nathaniel Bartlett, Jack Bigbie, Josh Banks, Henry Boyle, Forrest Burleson, Michael Callaway, Krystal Duchene, Ellise Gallagher, Will Gaskill, Saxon Gibbs, Robert Gray, Quinton Jones, Abby Katsoulis, Kyle Kiersey, Lauren Lloyd, Jonathan Kneely, Rubi Carrero Ortiz, Will Ready, Caitlyn Salters, LIbby So, Samantha Speed, Felipe Vaz Stadthagen, Sarah Wahlgren, Tim Wang
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Our class was tasked to test the 20k house product line and choose two to place on Rose Lee’s land for her and her son Jason. Careful study through drawing, computer modeling, rendering, structural, environmental, view, and circulation diagrams of five 20k houses allowed us to strategically choose the two best 20k houses for the site. Eddie’s house provided Rose Lee a long porch similar to her previous home, and Mac’s house was an excellent choice for it’s orientation, front porch that connected to the existing courtyard, and relation to the site.
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many schemes were presented to best determine which 20k houses to choose and how they would be oriented. we tested the options through drawing, models, and physically marking out options on the site. to the right is the final plan: eddie’s house in the front with an additional bedroom and mac’s house to the rear with the porch overlapping the old courtyard.
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TYVEK
DASHED LINE
OSB
INSULATION
CONCRETE
CHICKEN WIRE
PLYWOOD
tear away axonometric section of mac’s house
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tear away axonametric section of eddie’s house these drawings helped us to understand every piece that would be used to construct each home.
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These construction photos show the development through fall and spring of Rose Lee and Jason’s houses. Communication, teamwork, collaboration, as well as thoughtful, quick decision making were skills further developed through time spent on site.
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extending senses
4th year interior architecture thesis studio summer 2015 weeks 1 - 6 Professors: Matt Hall and Rebecca O’Neal Dagg location: Birmingham, AL, USA This project is a renovation of an existing building that is no longer in use. Tasked to create one aspect of a potential food hub for Birmingham, this design strives to be the central piece to a greater plan for the building. The restaurant/ demonstration kitchen provides specific views into the food collection and distribution area towards the back, apertures that peer into the local food market, and a large door that opens to a larger eating area that is open during dinner hours.
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Through specific apertures in the walls and a large skylight lined in metallic gold, this space offers a refuge from the hot Alabama sun and provides a relaxing atmosphere for people spending time here. The restaurant is not only a place to eat, but a space where the community is able to enter at any time of day and participate in cooking classes centered around locally grown food. A strong connection from interior to exterior is created through a bar that extends the senses of sight, smell, and taste onto the street outside.
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interior / exterior connection unfolded elevation
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1/2� scale physical model with photoshop rendering showing reflective light qualities from skylight and hexagonal tiles
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interstitial light and space
4th year interior architecture thesis studio summer 2015 weeks 7 - 12 Professors: Justin Miller and Lida Cunningham Sease location: Birmingham, AL, USA Expanding on ideas and programmatic elements from the first six weeks of the summer studio, we were given an abandoned school to reuse as a potential site for Birmingham’s food hub.
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The goal of this design project was to develop a spine that had specific light, air, and material qualities. The small amount of square footage developed focused on creating a space where people eating could experience different levels of detail from pattern on the wall to blue reflected light from a light shelf above the seating. Other surfaces [including a glass, reflective railing] were strategically placed so that light could vibrantly bounce around the interstitial space.
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interstitial light and space
differing sizes of apertures allow for intense changes in light throughout the year in a single space. light reflects and bounces off surfaces to provide color and life in an interstitial eating space.
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intricacy of space, material, and function
4th year spring 2015 Co-Working Space Professor: Kevin Moore location: Birmingham, AL, USA Intricacy as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary: “the quality or state of being complex or having many parts; something that is complex or detailed.”
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An emphasis on complexity of program led to the development of a space where the function could be changed throughout the day– from typical co-working to event/lecture space. Furthermore, multiple types of spaces are identified through specific furniture, lighting and spatial qualities. A single person is able to choose where to work: a cafe table, couch and coffee table, chair and small table, long public table, or nook bench. Each of these options allows for a different type of possible social interaction and atmosphere for coworking. Heavy storage creates some divisions and also connects both the first and second floors. Similarly, light curtains create intricacies of material through pattern as you experience them close and far away as well as flexibility for spatial uses.
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intricacy of material inspiration photographs from Chicago, IL and New Haven, CT
above are existing photos of the First Federal Building on the corner of 1st avenue north and richard arrington jr. blvd. north to be reused as a co-working space.
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spatial diagram – heavy permanent storage v. light flexible curtains
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dune da bomb
design within reach bilsby two seater
dune bosco chair
herman miller table first
kastel kimbox stool
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knoll stromborg table
dune wouly ottoman
kastel kicca chair
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event / lecture use 47
everyday co-working use
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plan floor 2 co-working desk space, flexible meeting space, and private call/meeting rooms 48
vitra joyn desk system
vitra level 34 desk / bench curtain color / pattern / texture
vitra pivot chair- high / low
herman miller eames conference table
vitra id chair concept
mohawk group insatiable fascinated 929 carpet
knoll d’urso swivel chair
knoll saarinen table
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craft and jointery
3rd year fall 2013 Gerrit Rietveld Zig Zag Chair Reproduction Professor: Steve Long location: Auburn Rural Studio Newbern, AL, USA Built in collaboration with Sarah Wahlgren “The purpose of every stylistic period is not to come up with variations of form, but rather to find the true and only possible solution for construction and manufacture; a balanced whole in which the practical requirements of a practicable construction.” The Origin of Things: sketches, models, prototypes, Gerrit Rietveld
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This reproduction of the zig zag chair aims to exemplify the craft, jointery, and finish of the original zig zag chair built in 1934. Sarah and I researched the chair to find the exact dimensions and original intentions as there are many different reproductions of this chair today. The chair is built of laminated cherry wood and employs dovetail joints as well as bolts to keep it together. Rietveld’s chair had a revolutionary effect on furniture design; it changed how designers thought of the distribution of load bearing members and the absorption of stress, in addition to a new way of approaching chair structure.
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rendering quality of light
1st year spring 2012 Professors: Margaret Fletcher and Rusty Smith Pencil rendering of an image of the Menil Collection by Renzo Piano located in Houston, TX. Particular attention to the quality of even light and reflections on the floor create an accurate grey scale reproduction of this image.
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visual travel notes
3rd year spring 2014 Professors: Scott Finn, Katherine Krizek, Davide Vitale These pencil drawings, sketches, and watercolors document many places traveled in Italy. Drawing every day honed skills in many mediums including pencil, cante crayon, charcoal and watercolor. We were taught to observe and draw what we actually see in order to accurately represent the built environment. Careful geometric studies, multiple plan drawings, perspectives, and sections were drawn to gain a complete understanding of each building.
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Campidoglio studies Santa Maria Maggiore studies in perspective, geometry, and blind contour San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane geometries
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3rd year spring 2014 1 week intensive figure drawing class location: Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
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EDUCATION 2011-2016 Fall 2013 Spring 2014 2013-2016
Bachelor of Architecture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL Rural Studio, Newbern, AL University of Arkansas Rome Center, Rome, Italy Bachelor of Interior Architecture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
LEADERSHIP 2015-2016
President Auburn AIAS Elected as the President of Auburn University’s chapter of the AIAS by the chapter of 180 students. Responsibilities include holding monthly chapter meetings, coordinating events, delegating responsibilities to members who hold chair positions, email correspondence with members as well as faculty and staff, and the promotion of AIAS within Auburn and the National organization.
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2014-2015
Social Chair Auburn American Institute of Architecture Students [AIAS]
2014-2016
Auburn CADC [College of Architecture, Design, and Construction] Ambassador
2014-2016
Freshman Mentorship Program
COMPETITION AWARDS spring 2013 fall 2014
Second Year Wood Competition Honorable Mention Fourth Year Alagasco Competition Honorable Mention
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 5 year scholarship
Academic Charter Scholarship
spring 2012
W Warren and W Warren Jr. Scholarship
spring 2014
George McCraith Jr. Scholarship
SKILLS
Hand Drafting & Sketching, watercolor, critical thinking, physical modeling [including some experience with plaster] SEO knowledge, [some knowledge of relief printmaking and ceramics] Digital proficiency in: AutoCad, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite [Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator] Microsoft Office
INTERNET MARKETING ASSISTANT summer 2008-2013
Connecticut Basement Systems, Seymour, CT Six summers of experience in this position gave valuable insight into the process and skills associated with internet marketing. Responsibilities included writing articles to be included on websites around the country and a basic level of HTML knowledge was aquired.
References Christian Dagg Robert Sproull Richard Fencil
334.332.3227 | daggchr@auburn.edu 713.518.6947 | sproura@hotmail.com 203.463.9319 | rfencil@basementsystems.com
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