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Vance Alan Heinrich Master of Architecture

Vance Heinrich was born September the 9th 1983 in Corpus Christi, TX. Realizing young his passion for design and creative thinking, he recognized this obsession would be implemented in his studies. He began his study in architecture at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In first year studio, he discovered a strong infatuation with model building. Studying under Professor John Webb, his abilities were constantly pushed and driven to completion. In second year, Vance furthered his interest and experience with physical modeling, taking Webb for an additional studio. Later, he achieved an award for chosen design in a student competition for a community center in Cotulla, TX. Under Professor Shantha Gunawardena, Vance studied for three studios including a design build project for a Buddhist Retreat Center in Willis, TX. He concluded his studies at UTSA with professor Candid Rogers AIA, developing a project for a Nature Center. The project was a design competition in Chicago, IL on Northerly Island. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Architecture, he paired with a fellow colleague and initiated a small design studio that focused on residential and interior design. They worked on several projects in the San Antonio area also collaborating with Candid Rogers AIA on several projects within his firm. In the summer of 2008 Vance began graduate school at Prairie View A&M University to pursue his Masters. He studied under Bill P. Price for three semesters, including a studio project in New York City. During his first semester with Price, he developed a Library design in Corpus Christi, TX. He concluded his studies at A&M with the design of his thesis; a travelers’ hostel in Austin, TX. Following graduate school, Vance began work with Luddeke Architectural Design Group in Corpus Christi, TX. After working for the local firm for 18 months Vance is seeking new horizons.

vispassana willis tx topic studio page 5

dav newark nj summer 2007 page 7

linked chicago il system studio page 9

ccc cotulla tx studio II page 11

axis havana cuba summer 2011 page 13

dos diez san antonio tx summer 2008 page 15

weec roscoe tx summer 2008 page 17

casa maru monterrey mx summer 2008 page 19

240 corpus christi tx design ix page 21

10x10 austin tx design thesis page 23

240 corpus christi tx design revisit page 25

shift house sydney, au design comp page 27

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education:

new york, ny. summer 2009. research and study of new york museums and firm visits for special topic studio.

prairie view a&m university. prairie view, tx. spring 2008 - summer 2009. cumulative gpa - 4.0

los angeles, ca. summer 2008. vacation and research on urbanism for independent study.

university of texas at san antonio. san antonio, tx. spring 2004 - fall 2007. cumulative gpa - 3.7 cum laude graduate

chicago, il. fall 2007. site study for nature center design competition. systems studio.

southwest texas junior college. uvalde, tx. fall 2002 - fall 2004. cumulative gpa - 4.0

monterrey, mexico. spring 2006. research studies on mexico plazas for design 4.

calallen high school. corpus christi, tx. fall 1998 - spring 2002. cum laude graduate with honors.

project: vance heinrich - port·fo·li·o material: student and professional work timeline: spring 2003- current media: photoshop; illustrator; in-design

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Vipassana Willis Meditation Retreat Center, Topic Studio Vipassana is a design build project for a meditation retreat center. The summer studio consisted of twelve students, one serving as our construction supervisor. The studio began with a design charrette to initiate ideas for the program and function.

The project is located on a dense site just outside Houston in Willis, Texas. The timeframe consisted of five weeks for construction with design meetings every evening. The structural piers were poured prior to our arrival, allowing for an immediate launch.

Our scope of work consisted of design, construction, and exterior finish-out. The landscaping, Interior finish-out, and MEP was completed by outside contractors. The projects’ overall master plan will incorporate a dining hall and short-term resident pods.

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project: design build, willis tx function: meditation retreat center area: 2,200 sf client: bhante rahula, phd

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DAV Digital Arts Village, Summer 2007 The DAV is a multifamily live-work community for the Digital Arts.

Through the use of discarded shipping containers residents would live, work and express themselves through their exhibits at the DAV. The proposal seeks to develop a relationship between the visitor and resident while fostering a unique community within the city of Newark. The project of artists studios allow for an interplay of the pedestrian and inhabitants to engage in dialogue via digital media works illuminating the glass facades of the volumes.

Resident artists would be able to exhibit work during process and finished works via transparent glass facades and enclosures within the units.

The project sites itself in response to the urban context. The two linear compositions of the box configuration allows for a pedestrian street plaza lined with galleries and demonstration spaces for visitors and residents to gather and engage the community.

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project: design competition, newark nj function: multifamily live/work community area: 46,000 sf client: live the box

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Linked Northerly Island Nature Center, System Studio The Northerly Island draws a great number of tourists as well as locals to its’ general area all year long. Our proposal for the site is to separate the peninsula into two Islands, an active section on the north end of the site allowing space for The Nature Center function activities as well as exhibits, demonstrations and the program function facilities. The south Island will be protected in a natural state providing a passive environment for permeable bike and pedestrian trails, and woodland areas to create a habitat for migrating bird populations.

When a structure is built the spaces are separated into internal and external, or objects and natural world. The idea is to create a structure that fuses with nature and in part merges human and nature. The indoor/ outdoor structure combines functions to create the path and program together. The building becomes a link for the transition from the active island to the passive island.

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project: design competition, chicago il function: northerly island nature center area: 16,000 sf client: the metal construction association

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CCC Cotulla Community Center, Spring 2006 CCC is a Community and Disaster Relief Center for the city of Cotulla, Texas. It is a design competition put on by the city of Cotulla. The project is 12,000 SF and the program includes: visitor center, exhibit space, reception hall, classrooms, flex-space, kitchen, bathroom and shower facilities, and disaster relief space.

The city of Cotulla served as a disaster relief center after the Battle of San Jacinto. The concept was developed from the idea of war barracks, temporary tent structures that housed civilians during the time of war.

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project: studio II, cotulla tx function: community and disaster center area: 12,000 sf client: city of cotulla

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AXIS Havana Cuba Recreation Center, Summer 2011 Axis is a recreational facility consisting of: a market, training complex, park space and a cultural arts center sited on three existing wharves in Havana, Cuba. The designer was motivated to rehabilitate the area of Havana by developing a center for the community that revives connection with the city and inhabitants. The design utilized the existing pathways to reconnect the site with the city. The extensions divided the site programmatically; creating park space, views in and out, multi-use space, and circulation. I was brought on for collaboration to create a better understanding of the site and space through model.

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project: design collaboration function: recreation center, havana cuba area: 80,000 sf client: cuban council

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Dos Diez Lavaca Street House, Summer 2008 Dos Diez is a residential project in the historic district of downtown San Antonio. The project includes a new extension to an existing 1872 stone cottage.

The extension seeks to respect the original residence while allowing the inhabitants to enjoy the beauty and charm of the historic home. The proposed design extension serves as a linking gallery between the existing home and the new secondary structure.

The project develops a relationship between interior and exterior spaces with respect of the historic structure while allowing for a contemporary response to modern lifestyle.

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project: residence design, san antonio tx function: single family home construction: completed 2010 architect: candid rogers, aia

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WEEC Wind Energy Education Center, Summer 2008 The Wind Energy Education Center is an interpretive center designed to provide the visitor educational experiences in addition to a phenomenal sensory experience. Sited nearby existing wind farms the building offers views of the surrounding sculpture filled landscape. The building becomes not only a refuge and exhibit center but an instrument of wind. The projects form was developed through studying the vernacular of the area. Many of the structures are dilapidated with wall panels torn from its faรงade, leaving behind bare structure. Remnants of metal corrugation left twisted and now part of the landscape, we wanted to create a similar experience. The corrugated walls twist and morph into the earth, then re-surface as if making a full revolution.

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project: schematic design proposal function: wind energy education center client: roscoe wind center, roscoe tx architect: candid rogers, aia

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Casa Maru Monterrey Mexico Home, Summer 2008 Casa Maru is a new residential design situated in Monterrey on the site of a previous existing residence.

The site has been reclaimed without any loss to the existing oak mountain forest. The residence is organized as a series of pavilions connected by an internal masonry spine. The program includes: living area, kitchen, dining, sleeping quarters, and a studio.

For the design, local building materials and passive climatic strategies were explored: water reclamation, natural day-lighting, embracing of the sloped site and views offered from the forest and into the forest.

Sited on a mountainside, the building overlooks the city of Monterrey.

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project: schematic design function: new residence, monterrey mx construction: spring 2012 architect: candid rogers, aia

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240 Corpus Christi Public Library, Design IX Approaching the library from the north, visitors travel across a fragmented landscape of permeable paving and softscape that appears to morph into the plaza from the existing coastline jetties. This plaza base continues up the library’s hillside, which becomes an outdoor amphitheatre. The plaza entry extends upward to form the building’s core. Addressed by this public space; along with a café, bookstore, and gallery, the visitor is drawn inward through the ground treatment, and upwards by the atrium and light.

The building will be constructed primarily from concrete, weathered steel and glass, thoughtfully sourced to be energy and cost effective.

Designed and detailed to be constructed efficiently with minimal material waste, capable of deconstruction and reuse. Internal space will be passively ventilated through light wells, and solar gain from the roof garden will be stored to heat the ground and intermediate floors. Supplementary renewable energy is provided by the tides. A hydraulic buoy system rises at high tide which fragments the skin on the eastern façade. As the tide subsides, the float system lowers with the water level which in part closes the eastern skin and opens western façade.

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project: kawneer design competition function: library for the 21st century area: 20,000 sf studio: design ix, fall 2008

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10x10 Austin Youth Hostel, Design X This project is a mixed use design consisting of a travelers hostel, residential units, and commercial units. The hostel accommodates all travelers: backpackers; visiting students; long term students; migratory birds as well as inner city birds. This project looks at both the built space: that is filled by human, as well as, the residual space: that is filled by nature. The design first forms around nature, then is consumed by it. This project focuses on the idea of components that together form modules. These modules are combined to then create different unit configurations. The idea is to create a simple set of prefabricated components that the client can use to develop a space for his or her needs.

Plots can be purchased and developed with these simple sets of components. Additional components can be later added to the unit if more space is needed. The module system is developed on a 10’ x 10’ grid and the module types consist of: sleep module; bath module; kitchen/ dining module; stair module; laundry module; game module; commercial module; bird module; tree module; garden module; sky module.

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project: design thesis, austin tx function: austin texas travelers hostel area: 48,000 sf studio: design x, spring 2009

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240 Corpus Christi Public Library, Texas This project design originally began during my graduate studies. I participated in a design competition for Kawneer architectural aluminum building products and systems. For this project, I utilized a perforated aluminum panel system to develop operable faรงades.

I designed a tide driven buoy system that controls the transparency of the east and west faรงades. Following graduation, I revisited the project and produced a design proposal package for the city of corpus christi. I developed the concept and design in further detail, then produced renderings and an animation presentation.

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project: corpus christi public library function: library for the 21st century area: 20,000 sf studio: post graduate city proposal

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Shift House Design Competition, Sydney, AU The Shift House Residence began with the examination of organic growth and the extension of space. Standard, modular shipping containers are utilized as a basis, though the concept forces an aesthetic transformation of the building’s façade, as well as a direct change in the function of space depending on its occupants. The idea being; allow the house to dynamically change in response to individuals or groups occupying the space. This is executed thru the use of compressing and expanding glass volumes at specific locations in the program, creating positive and negative spaces. Furthermore, the perception of organic growth permits accommodations ranging from 1 occupant to 8 or more, while maintaining control of energy consumption in any configuration. An individual may visit the site and inhabit a private guest module with singular growth, while on the other hand, if the entire family visits the home, a more complex growth is required.

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project: shift house, sydney, au function: design competition area: 2,500 sf studio: ac_ca.org design comp