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WARD TALIAFERRO

wardtaliaferro@gmail.com

205 . 907 . 3460

Taliaferro Portfolio

2015 - 2021 Ward Taliaferro Professional Portfolio

Table of Contents Professional Work 4 – 11

OCLC Interior Phases 1 & 2 Dublin, OH Opened 2019

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Waste Management Houston HQ Houston, TX Expected 2021

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Chapman and Cutler LLP Chicago, IL Expected 2021

Educational Work 24 – 29

Neo Urban Studio Architectural Thesis - Published, 2020 Birmingham, AL 2018

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Vivid Walls AU Design Competition Entry - Selected as Finalist Auburn, AL 2015

Work Sample #001 OCLC Interior Phases 1 & 2 Dublin, OH Opened 2019 OCLC is an interior-fit out and revitalization project in a twentieth century brutalist building located on a remote office campus outside Dublin’s downtown. The project spans over two floors, and progressed through two phases. Phase 1 consisted of reception, security checkpoint, lobby, open collaboration, conference center, and employee cafeteria programs on the first floor. Phase 2 consisted of workstation bay, small café, private office, team room, and conference center programs across the fourth floor. 102,000 SF Total.

Phase 1 began early in 2018, and was completed in 2019. I was brought onto the team at the tail end of Phase 1 and remained on the project through Phase 2. My duties on this team included the following: Developing the schematic design of the interior program by providing test fits and programmatic analysis for open office layout Detailing millwork for cafeteria and lobby Producing renderings for open office Design Development during Phase 2 Selecting and reviewing all interior furniture, flooring, wall, ceiling, and workstation finishes Constructing full CD Set for multi-phase project

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Work Sample # 001

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OCLC Interior Phases 1 & 2

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Furniture Plan, produced in Revit

Role Architectural Designer, Interior Designer, CD Set Construction, Architectural Renderer, CA Management

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Sample Systems Sheet for Enlarged Plans, produced in Revit. Lifted from Issue Set for Construction for Phase 2

OCLC - INTERIOR PHASE 2

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Work Sample # 001

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OCLC Interior Phases 1 & 2

Perkins and Will

Opened 2019

Renderings produced for Phase 2 Design Development

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All 3D views rendered using Enscape and Revit

Role Architectural Designer, Interior Designer, CD Set Construction, Architectural Renderer, CA Management

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All 3D views rendered using Enscape and Revit

Work Sample #002 Waste Management Houston HQ Houston, TX Expected 2021 Waste Management Houston HQ is an interior fit-out project in a multi-tenant, LEED Platinum high-rise located in the city downtown. The project spans over nine floors and contains open office, executive suite, conference center, barista, and employee cafeteria programs. A portion of the floor plate along the southern edge of the building is carved out to fit a connecting stair and a green wall spanning the full nine-story height. Adjacent on each floor is an adaptable hub space, featuring high-top collaboration and pantry programs for team meetings or break space. The hub connects the new stair to the elevator lobby on each floor while capitalizing on the best view of downtown Houston. 240,000 SF Total.

My duties on this team included the following: Heading CD Set construction and organization Building design in Revit and rendering design process through all Design Development phases Reviewing submittals, RFIs, consultant drawings, shop drawings, and permit deliverables Specification of workstations for open office and executive suite by collaborating with vendors Leading LEED certification process to achieve the LEED Platinum certification

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Work Sample # 002

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Waste Management Houston HQ

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Renderings produced for Final Design Development

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All 3D views rendered using Enscape and Revit

Role Architectural Designer, Interior Designer, CD Set Construction, Architectural Renderer, CA Management

On-Site Progress Imagery

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All photographs taken on iPhone 11 Pro from site visit, October 2020

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Waste Management Houston HQ

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Furniture Plan, produced in Revit

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Detail c FLAT BAR GUARDRAIL TOP, PAINTED WHITE 1 1/2” DIAMETER STEEL HANDRAIL. SECURED TO BRACKET

HSS STRINGER / FASCIA, SEE STRUCTURAL SCHEDULED ANGLE, SEE STRUCTURAL 1/2” REVEAL SCHEDULED BEAM, SEE STRUCTURAL

5/8” SQ PTD STEEL. SECURED TO BRACKET 1/8” DIAMETER TENSION CABLE @ 3-1/2” O.C. MAX

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Stair details, produced in Revit. Lifted from Issue Set for Construction

5/8” FLAT BAR VERTICAL POST, PAINTED WHITE, SEE ELEVATION FOR SPACING 2-1/2” THICK PRECAST CONCRETE TREAD

TENSION CABLE 3-1/2” O.C. MAX

JAKOB VERTIGUIDE VS11 CABLE AND FITTING

5/8” FLAT BAR GUARDRAIL BOTTOM, PAINTED WHITE

CONTINUOUS 5/8” FLAT BAR BOTTOM RAIL, WITH CONTINUOUS 1/8” WELDED VERTICAL FLAT BAR, PAINTED WHITE

HSS STRINGER, PAINTED WHITE, SEE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS

1/4” FLAT PLAT WELDED TO STRINGER AND CONTINUOUS FLAT BAR GUARDRAIL, PAINTED WHITE

1/4” THICK STEEL PLAN

HSS STRINGER, PAINTED WHITE, SEE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS

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Work Sample #003 Chapman and Cutler LLP Chicago, IL Expected 2021 Chapman and Cutler LLP is a corporate interior project in a multi-tenant office building located in the city downtown. The project spans over two floors and contains central open office bays and perimeter private offices for the law partners. Each perimeter office is encased in glass with a privacy film, allowing natural light into the central open office bays without compromising confidentiality.

The project also features conference center and employee cafeteria programs. A stair connects the entry lobby to the employee cafeteria below.

53,000 SF Total.

My duties on this team included the following: Performing program studies and test fits Collaborating with workstation vendors to costeffectively specify necessary finishes, storage, and equipment for client specifications Setting up 3D views in Revit and producing renderings for Design Development meetings Review of all interior furniture, millwork, and finish selections

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Work Sample # 003

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Chapman and Cutler LLP

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Above: View of Hallway outside Multi-Purpose Room. Below: View of Multi-Purpose Room. All 3D views rendered using Enscape and Revit

Role Interior Designer, Architectural Renderer

Interior Elevation of Hallway facing Multi-Purpose Room, produced in Revit. Lifted from Issue Set for Construction

Interior Elevation of Multi-Purpose Room, produced in Revit. Lifted from Issue Set for Construction

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Work Sample #004 Neo Urban Studio Architectural Thesis Birmingham, AL 2018 Published in Margaret Fletcher’s Visual Communication for Architects and Designers, 2020 Neo Urban Studio is my final undergraduate architectural project, completed during the Auburn University Urban Studio program I was accepted into for my thesis year. The Urban Studio takes 15 students from the university campus to Birmingham, to study urban design as it applies to the rich history of the largest city in Alabama.

The project anchors a street corner of a newly revitalized area of a previously blighted downtown district. A newly developed public park and public transportation hub sits adjacent, attracting populous of all socioeconomic classes. The concept of the building is to integrate the public realm into the built environment by hollowing out a series of unconditioned spaces and eliminating building threshold.

The first floor is entirely public. While businesses exist on this floor, such as a restaurant/bar and cafĂŠ, the interstitial areas between programs are populated with furniture, rotating gallery walls, and other amenities. Without the barrier of threshold, the building extends the sidewalk into its campus.

Overhead light wells enhance the interior, and guide the public through it.

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Work Sample # 004

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Neo Urban Studio

Ward Taliaferro

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Diagrams and Furniture plans, produced in SketchUp and AutoCAD with Adobe Photoshop and Indesign post processing

Distinction Architectural Thesis, published 2020

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Final boards as they appear in Margaret Fletcher’s Visual Communication for Architects and Designers. Featured in chapter “Basics of Graphic Design as Related to Presentations - Using Color for Cohesion”

Work Sample #005 Vivid Walls AU Project WOOF Design Competition Entry Auburn, AL 2015 Selected as a Finalist Project WOOF is a West Coast non-profit organization that aims to improve the reputation and practices of dog adoption centers nationwide.

Our undergraduate class was tasked with actualizing their manifesto architecturally. The top ten projects were selected to present to a design jury comprised of designers, professors, and a representative of Project WOOF. My submission, Vivid Walls, incorporates rehabilitation, friendlier residence, and adoption facility programs. The building presents the programs in a powerfully colorful gesture aimed at consumers to represent the joyous feeling of giving a needy animal a better life.

Five colored monolithic concrete walls separate the building into two major masses and frame a courtyard in between. The masses are separated and grouped according to public and private programs, with the mass facing southward containing the public spaces. Each wall is painted a different color to convey senses of enchantment and welcoming positivity. The walls are three feet in width, and the interior spaces celebrate the thresholds that they offer.

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Work Sample # 005

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Vivid Walls

Ward Taliaferro

2015

Outdoor Rehab

Indoor Rehab

Doctor Offices Surgery Assembly

Surgery Break Room Office Animal Housing

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Lobby + Reception

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Plan of facility, produced in SketchUp and AutoCAD with Adobe Photoshop post processing

Animal Housing

Adoption Center

Distinction AU Project WOOF Design Competition Entry, Selected as a Finalist

West section through medical mass (left) and visitor mass (right)

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Precedent study of color and walls of Luis Barragán House

By studying the architecture of famous Mexican architect Luis Barragán, his use of color and his monolithic walls as a means to frame space began to resonate with the ideas put forth by Project WOOF. Barragán’s house creates a powerful sense of wonder from the scaleless walls and vibrant colors on both the interior and exterior. It is almost is as if a visitor

into his home was in a dream. These abstract ideas compliment the client manifesto. When the walls intersect, their color and hierarchical relationships are highlighted. Colors of adjacent walls alternate between complimentary and analogous. In addition, the walls act as a sort of way finding in the building, and programs housed within them compliment the

colors in their interior design. The walls frame long corridors and axes within the building, as well as radically simplify the floor plan. By simply seeing the placement of the five walls, visitors already understand the building they are about to enter, contrasting the familiar with the extraordinary.

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205 . 907 . 3460

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2015 – 2021 Ward Taliaferro Professional Portfolio