V Personal Information
Victor Trautmann Address: 2221 NW 59th Circle, Oklahoma City, OK, 73112
Email: Victor.F.Trautmann-1@ou.edu Phone: 1 (405) 593 - 3151
Website: http://victor.oucreate.com/
VICTOR TRAUTMANN
Victor.F.Trautmann-1@ou.edu 405.593.3151 http://tinyurl.com/victortrautmann http://victor.oucreate.com
2012 - 2017:
Education
University of Oklahoma College of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture
2014 - 2017: 2014 - 2017: 2016:
President’s Honor Role for the University of Oklahoma Dean’s Honor Role for the College of Architecture Academic Initiatives Abroad Rome, Italy
Student Involvement 2012 - 2016: 2012 - 2013: 2013 - 2014:
American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) AIAS First Year Chair Developed organizational skills
AIAS Mentorship Chair Developed communication skills
2013 - 2014:
Freedom By Design Member at Large
2014 - 2016:
Design Build Society Member at Large
Developed construction skills Developed construction skills
Competitions 2012: 2013: 2014: 2015: 2015: 2016:
AIA Central States Conference First Place http://www.aiacsrep.org/university-of-oklahoma-1/4582392188
AIA Central States Conference Second Place
http://www.aiacsrep.org/student-design-competition/4582392218
Creating Making 2014 Forum Workshop DBIA Student Competition AIA Central States Conference ACSA 2015 - 2016 Steel Competition
Work Experience 2015 - 2016:
University of Oklahoma Institue for Quality Communities (IQC) General Assistant http://iqc.ou.edu/project/bricktown/ https://issuu.com/ouiqc/docs/bricktown_report
2015 - 2016:
CallisonRTKL in Dallas Intern
Computer Literacy Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit, SketchUp, V-Ray Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Microsoft Office Suites
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Fourth Year Group Project (2015)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Third Year Individual Project (2015)
Route 66 through Tulsa, Oklahoma Third Year Group Project (2015)
Meghalaya, India Independent Group Project (2014-2015)
X Project 1
HELIX LOOP Digital Fabrication Project
Project Property: Group Project Cooperators: Willy Burhan,
Jorge De Loera, Connor McMichael Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Fourth Year Project (2015)
H E L I X L O O P G E N E R AT I O N P R O C E S S
Generation of the Helix Loop begins by constructing a base curve. The curve can be vary in length and curvature.
Circles are generated along the curve. Circle size and density can be manipulated. Two series of points are generated along the circles. These point series define two helix curves that coil around the input curve. Changing the distance between these two point series change the size of the openings along the Helix Loop. These two point series are used to shatter the circles into two segments. The larger of these segments is then selected and used in the generation of each crescent shaped piece of the installation. The unused segments form the openings. A second input curve is generated by offsetting from the original input curve.
This offset curve can be manipulated to alter the shape of the Helix Loop.
The circle segments are snapped to the altered offset curve to create unique moments along the Helix Loop.
Attractor points can be generated along the base input curve. Distances between points within the two point series created in step 3 can be manipulated relative to their distance from these attractors. The openings created in step 4 can now be varied. Larger bulges along the base input curve can have smaller openings to create areas of solitude, while narrower areas can have large opening allowing for entry into the installation at multiple locations.
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Threaded rodes are fed through each piece of the installation at several key locations and are held in place with nuts. The threaded rods allow the Helix Loop to hold its form, and makes it structurally durable.
To increase layout efficiency, each peice was split in half and a digital dove tail joint was created to connect the peices. This connection serves to enhance the structural integrity of each peice at its break.
DOVE TAIL CONNECTION
S Project 1
URBAN S A N C T U A RY Student Housing Project for the Students of Oklahoma City University
Project Property: Individual Project Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Third Year Studio Project (2015)
SITE ANALYSIS
CONCEPT SKETCHES
DESIGN INTENT The designing of space was addressed with the idea of transition from public to private space in mind. Spatial volumes are processional in nature, with clear visual transitions from total privacy to total community. Both building masses direct their attention towards the main communal volume, the green space, and as distance to this green space increases the privacy of the inhabited spaces increases. Not only do these buildings achieve the subtle nuances of properly transitioning between public and private, but it achieves this with simple, easily erectable forms. Because the skeleton of these buildings are so simple, extra attention can be given to creating beautiful interior and exterior building skins without pushing the price range of the units out of the reach of their desired audience. FORM DEVELOPMENT
SITE PLAN
20ft
The main idea behind the proposed student housing is to create a built environment that optimally facilitates the growth and development of the community, while providing a place of comfort and solitude for its residence. The site’s spatial arrangement is dictated by a grid of the four key elements of the program; housing, community space, parking, and green space. The placement of these four programmatic elements within the grid helped to clearly communicate the purpose of each section, while maintaining a clear visual connection to the rest of the site. The grid also provided a format with which to examine each space individually and then assess how it related to its context.
SECTION PERSPECTIVES
WEST
EAST
FIRST FLOOR
ROOM PLAN
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SECOND FLOOR
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BUILDING ELEVATIONS
EAST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
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SOUTH
NIGHT RENDER
INTERIOR RENDER
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
M Project 2
L I B E R AT I N G T H E MOTHERROAD Route 66 through Tulda Redesign Competition 2015 Project Property: Group Project
Cooperators: Victor Trautmann, Yvan Tran, Amanda Hood, Anika Saynyarack, Fatima Alabdullah Third Year Studio Project (2015)
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Engaging Street Corner
Repurposed Buildings
Pedestrian Green Space
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Route 66 through Tulsa is in desperate need of a cultural rebirth; a reevaluation of the road, and of the journey. The age of the automobile is nearing its end. Young people’s desire for convenient public transportation is on the rise, and in this day and age walkable cities reign supreme. This plan seeks to liberate the Mother Road from the its car-centric urban fabric while still remaining connected to its historic regional identity.
DESIGN MISSION We must acknowledge that our culture has outgrown its dependence on the automobile. No longer should urban sprawls be dictated by parking lots and traffic flow. We must re-design the road, not for the drive, but for the journey. To achieve this end we must re-engage route 66. Designing narrower roads with fewer lanes is a vital first step towards encouraging caution and cooperation among drivers, while leaving more room for pedestrian traffic on either side. Additionally, offering a rapid public transit system to pedestrians at key locations along the route will encourage the development of a pedestrian oriented streetscape. With wider pedestrian traffic lanes, easy access to public transit, and buffers to separate street from sidewalk, the Mother Roads street scape begins to offer people a much more accessible way to experience route 66. Re-imagining buildings currently facing away from 11th street is also crucial. Re-designing buildings to engage street corners and sidewalks fosters the development of a streetscape that will bustle with activity. These pedestrian focused environments strongly encourage social interaction and interconnectedness within communities, and promote positive cultural development. The proposed architecture along 11th street celebrates the ethos surrounding the automobile, and its profound impact on route 66’s development. The architecture draws precedence from the cultural identity of Tulsa, which is firmly rooted to the history of the automobile, while at the same time offering a new esthetic vocabulary by which to identify route 66. Buildings represent the idea of repurposing the past to accommodate for the future. Forms are derived from the automobiles that once ruled the road to give the intersection clear ties to its past. Buildings and signage are connected architecturally to the past, but are defined through unique material expressions that pull from modern esthetic. With these strategies in place, this plan creates a brand new architectural vocabulary to represent the revitalization of the Mother Road.
L Project 3
C L O U D C AT C H E R eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2015 Project Property: Group Project Cooperators: Victor Trautmann, Willy Burhan, Farshid Motian
Third Year Independent Project (2014 - 2015)
CONCEPT FOG CATCHER proposes a passive way with which to easily and effectively capture and store water. The construction of these megastructures would be accomplished by the assembly of modular parts offering flexibility of design, ease of maintenance, and efficiency of economy. The fog harvesting mesh would be stretched across the structure to provide a massive surface area for absorbing incoming clouds. CLOUD CATCHER seeks to provide a passive and efficient water collection solution for the modern era.
PRECEDENT
Living Bridge
Living Bridge Components
FOG CATCHER Components
ISSUE Meghalaya is a state in India where the Indian and Eurasian continental plates collide creating a huge plateau. The drastic change in elevation provides a perfect location for orographic precipitation to take place. Subsequently, the region of Meghalaya has long held the title of “Wettest Place on Earth� with an average yearly humidity of 84 percent, and average rainfalls of up to 1200cm annually. However, the geography of the region is also its curse. The region is comprised of 70 percent uninhabitable dense forest, while the tops of the plateaus are flat and barren with shallow soils that do not provide good water absorption. With no adequate means by which to collect this water, it simply becomes runoff.
TECHNOLOGY Researchers at MIT’s School of Engineering are developing a “Fog Harvesting Mesh” that holds great promise as an easily deployable and scalable alternative to other energy-intensive desalination technologies. These mesh systems are passive, inexpensive to fabricate, can be deployed in a number of environments throughout the world and have almost no operation costs. Recent tests have shown increases in efficiency by upwards of 500 percent when compared to other Mesh harvesting technologies.
Fog Harvester Mesh
Cloud
Mesh 1m2
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The fog harvesting mesh is a weave of hydroscopic polypropylene fibers. As clouds pass through the fabric, moisture is extracted and condensed on its surface. The mesh is applied in thin strips between tension cables ensuring mesh remains in constant tension to maximize efficiency. Water condenses on mesh and gravity pulls the water down, where it is filtered into the transportation pipes.
The larger pipes transfer water from mesh to large vertical storage tanks.
The pipe components allow easy assembly, repair, and expansion.
Storage tanks are stacked via coupling devices providing flexibility of design.
The water that collected in the tanks is filtered and treated.
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Additional Work
John Rex Elementary School AIA Central States Region Annual Design Competition 2013 Awarded Second Place Project Property: 16 Hour Group Charette Second Academic Year (2013) Cooperators: Bud Hardage, Minh Tran, Jessika Poteet, Corey Hardy <http://www.aiacsrep.org/student-design-competition/4582392218>
Dreamer Concepts Exterior Re-Design Creating_Making Forum, University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Cooperators: Willy Burhan, Yvan Tran, Michelle Oliphant, Laney Vela Third Academic Year (2014)
Skywalk Square AIA Central States Region Annual Design Competition 2015 Project Property: 12 Hour Group Charette Fourth Academic Year (2015) Cooperators: Willy Burhan, Carmen Bellis, Brittany Frost <https://www.facebook.com/AIACSREmergingProfessionals/photos/ pb.137673979734456.-2207520000.1451856138./496144167220767/?type=3&theater>
Bricktown Accessibility Review University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities Project Property: Group Project Fourth Academic Year (2015) Cooperators: Willy Burhan, Farshid, Motian, Matthew Crownover, Shane Hampton, Hope Mander, Ron Frantz