WA D E B Y E R S
Biogr aphy My name is Wade Byers and I am studying for my Masters of Architecture degree with an expected graduation date of May 2017. Architecture influences many people by forming and shaping the built environment around them. I am inspired by the idea of being a creator of change that affects many people on a daily basis. I was born and raised in Topeka, Kansas. I was lucky enough to live near parks, creeks, trails and the Kansas river in my childhood. While I was younger, I spent most of my days living outside taking full advantage of nature, and as I have become older I realize the importance that the natural environment has played in life. Preserving and saving the environment can easily be done through sustainable architectural methods. Architecture can go hand in hand with the environment and produce great buildings, and that’s what I aspire to see in architecture implementations. My time at Kansas State University has been one filled with many amazing experiences and memories. My KSU Taekwondo class, which I took as an elective course with no prior experience, quickly turned into a passion of mine. Over the course of the semester I fell in love with the sport and joined the club as KSU. I made it to the rank of Team Leader within the club where I facilitate practices and conditioning work outs. I have participated in two tournaments, in the event of sparring, during my time in the club. My first tournament I won bronze and my last tournament I took home the gold. I participated in a study abroad program my fourth year of school where I traveled to Orvieto, Italy. I spent one semester in Italy where I traveled every weekend to new cities in Italy, a one week duration in Southern Italy and one week in Northern Italy. During spring break and after the program has ended, I took the opportunity to travel throughout Europe. The experience of other cultures, languages, and native architecture widened my world view perspective. I am very appreciative of my time in Europe and cannot wait to go back. My architectural education has opened many doors for me while being in school, and I cannot wait for what the professional world has in store for me.
Wade Byers
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wbyers@ksu.edu
785-817-5435
Educa tion
Wor k Experience
:: Topeka West High School 2012 (top 5% of graduating class) :: Washburn University :: Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning and Design -Masters degree expected Spring 2017 :: Centro Studi Citta di Orvieto Italy - 2016 Spring Study Abroad
:: Schwerdt Design Group, Topeka, KS Architectural Intern (May - August 2016)(December 2016 - January 2017). Tasks included correcting redlines, working on construction documents, measuring buildings and putting them into BIM software.
Involvement :: Officer of Kansas State Taekwondo Club 2015 : Competed in the Midwest Collegiate Taekwondo Conference for sparring - Bronze 2015 - Gold 2016 :: Intramural Soccer :: Intramural Racquetball :: Intramural Volleyball :: Student Ambassador for the College of Architecture, Planning and Design
Honors 2012 - 2013 Activity Scholarship 2013 - AIA Topeka Scholarship recipient 2014 - Dean’s List 2015 - Schaefer, Johnson, Cox, Frey and Associates Scholarship recipient 2016 - Dean’s Italian Studies Scholarship recipient 2015 - 2016 Sheet Metal Workers’ Scholarship recipient Undergraduate - 3.50 GPA Graduate - 3.65 GPA
:: Subway, Topeka, KS Shift Leader and Employee (December 2009 - August 2015). Tasks included supervising employees, responsible for night deposits, and communicating to the public in a courteous and respectful manner.
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Rhinocerous Autodesk Revit 3DS Max Design Sketch Up
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S E L EC T E D WO R K S
A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH 6 - M A N H AT TA N , K A N S AS
NEUE NATIONALGALERIE 10 - BERLIN, GERMANY
TALLGRASS PRAIRIE RETREAT 12 - ALMA, KANSAS
TRANSPORTATION HUB 1 8 - L AW R E N CE , K A N S AS
GLOBAL CAMPUS 24 - M A N H AT TA N , K A N S AS
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A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
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The Manhattan Pavilion serves as a beacon of community interaction and engagement. The pavilion lights the way for public mingling daily, and can be used for special events. These special events can entertain a small or large crowd and with the availability of a permanent stage creates an atmosphere that is spacious and enjoyable. Storage is a concern for a public amenity, which is located below the dead space of the stairs. The stairs take you up to a path that allows for a bird’s eye view of the pavilion and the surrounding spaces. These sky bridges, which tie all three structural diamonds together, they add an element of special experience that is unlike most pavilions. Berms are in place, that mimic the structure, which provides comfortable seating for families to sit or concert patrons to see the stage.
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diamond in the rough bringing people together concerts, fun, and love
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NEUE NATIONALGALERIE three plains
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While having the opportunity to partake in a digital architecture course, the most challenging of programs was 3DS Max. The course taught how to create massing objects within the project, then apply materials to these objects. After learning the basics, we were then tasked with making renderings of an indoor and outdoor scene in the Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies Van Der Rohe in Belin, Germany. While making rendering of this project my knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator also increased. The final portion of this project was to make a short one minute film that was produced through 3DS Max Design.
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TALL GRASS PRAIRIE RETREAT
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In a society where we are attached or addicted to invisible electronic waves that transmit and receive information to us, we need to have a place that lets us reconnect with nature. The natural environment has so much to offer and teach us, so to design for a haptic environment was a priority. Physically touching, seeing, and being around nature reduces stresses that humans know all too well. This retreat was designed to have, almost at every instance, interaction with nature in the most basic sense. Each room has a view to the outdoors, which creates a relationship with the indoor/outdoor environment enticing you to appreciate the natural world around you. Views from the community buildings look onto a garden of natural grasses. These grasses are meant to teach you about edible plants that are native to Kansas, which provides knowledge for users to take back home when they leave. The individual living units, havens, have windows that look only toward the open prairie giving you the sense of seclusion and isolation in order to harmonize with nature once more.
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Proposed Gardens
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S TAT I O N E AS T: AN INTERMODAL HUB structure
Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this transportation hub will be the epicenter for the transportation of Northeast Kansas. The current Amtrak station is outdated, unused, and dilapidated. With this Amtrak revitalization, this train station will link people to cities like Topeka and Kansas City. This intermodal hub has the potential to alleviate transportation needs of Lawrence by incorporating a bus , bike, and walking route through the site will help disperse people through the city and beyond. roof system
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Designing a versatile singular cell that grows to become an established architectural identity of the buildings structural design intent. This train station encompasses all great aspects of a functional transportation hub: Internal program, structure, systems, and building envelope. This station ties the urban fabric of three major cities together creating a sense of unity instead of separation. Station East represents the future of transportation needs.
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K A N S AS S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y: GLOBAL CAMPUS COMPLEX Kansas State University’s Global Campus branch handles various international connections and partnerships with 20 countries. They also manage online learning and development courses. Their current headquarters are in an outdated apartment facility that was refurbished for offices. In anticipation of a potential client, the studio utilized the opportunity as a studio project. I helped conduct interviews with our clients, directed development of our program book, and helped assemble pages of our booklet. Afterwards my studio spent six weeks producing unique designs in teams of two. The new building would be built in partnership with the College of Hospitality and the neighboring Holiday Inn. Therefore, my partner, Lucille Sadlon, and I, created a complex based off layers of space and segments that are connected yet separate. In addition, a proposed sky-walk would allow for hospitality students’ access to the hotel. The design allows for potential to be build in phases, due to funding concerns, but would not hinder the design useless without its counterparts. Bringing staff, students, and academia together in a seamlessly simple, yet dynamic, design.
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Site Plan
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DESIGN+MAKE STUDIO WA L D O A F F O R D A B L E H O U S I N G “Rental rates in the Kansas City Area are increasing at a rate of 5.3% (as compared to the national average of 3.4%) with the highest increases hitting the neighborhoods with the lowest incomes. By integrating architectural students, real-estate developers, contractors, landscapers, architects, and tenants into a comprehensive, thoughtful, and didactic process, we will create a “cloud” (in this case a duplex), and this “cloud” will address the always shifting problems and needs that come about through unmanageable rental increases and gentrification. The per-capita annual income in the Waldo Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri is $42,299, and the average total household income is $87,179. Our duplex will be able to serve several combinations of tenants that fit within the HUD definitions of low, very low, and extremely low income. The duplex is within close walking distance to mass transit, numerous commercial opportunities, necessary amenities (grocery stores, pharmacies, etc.), and entertainment.” - David Alpert (client) We came together as designers to come up with a concept of ‘everything you need and nothing you don’t’, which progressed the design to utilize every piece of available space to its greatest potential. By having our own scopes of work, we alleviated the cost of labor on the duplex which allowed more money for materials which helps to dissipate the stigma of affordable housing. Through thoughtful consideration of programming, budget, constructibility, and context we have created a place which will help mitigate the crisis of affordable housing.
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“a need is present we integrate with waldo a new home is built�
affordable housing can be quality housing
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A R T WO R K
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, art is knowing which ones to keep.� - Scott Adams
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Alleyway - Charcoal
The Forest - Photoshop
Moose - Photoshop
Batman - Spray paint
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Fairy - Colored Pencil
TMNT - Spray Paint
Deer - Colored Pencil
Pokemon - Spray Paint
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Thank You
Wade Byers|Architecture Portfolio :: wbyers@ksu.edu :: 785-817-5435
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