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Samuel R. Wirth
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Makana Village Project- Congo On a trip to the Congo with Engineering Ministries International in March 2008, I had the opportunity to work on a multidisciplinary team of architects and engineers on a village planning project in the Republic of the Congo. The team surveyed the entire existing village in order to locate which buildings would be removed from a road right of way. The team also worked towards trying to located a clean water source for the village and design new homes for the village. I helped to develop and render the master plan which we presented to the US Ambassador to the Congo for funding. The article on the following page was written by US Embassy personnel and outlines the work we did while in the Congo.
This is an article written by the US Embassy in Brazzaville Congo. The pictures below were taken of the people in the village we were working in.
University Project- Musanzee, Rwanda
While interning with Engineering Ministries International, I had the opportunity to travel to Rwanda to work on the design for a University master plan and building architecture. For this project I assisted in the master plan design and graphic presentations. I also spent time building a sketch-up model of campus to present in a “fly-through� movie to Rwandan government officials in our final presentation.
Pictured left- The design team reviewing master plan concepts and meeting with the client to review the program. Below- Sketch Up models built and made into a movie to convey the architectural style and design. The design was presented to the Presidential cabinet in Rwanda through a video fly-through of the model.
BROWDER PATIO PROJECT
BROWDER PATIO PROJECT
HERNANDEZ PLAN
HERNANDEZ CONCEPTS
TAYLOR POOL DESIGN
CARRINO POOL DESIGNS
WATER GARDEN
This is a photoshop concept was used to sell the customer a concept of a water gardena nd gazebo in a the backyard of the residence. The completed project is pictured to the right.
WATER FEATURES
WEXFORD HOUSE PLANTINGS
CITY OF KINGSPORT
PALAZZO RESIDENCE
PARHAM ENTRANCE PLAN
Carlton Residence- Roswell, GA This project was a design build project designed in collaboration with and built by Integrity Landscape Group. For this project I created several sketch-up models of the pergola structure to present to the client showing different shapes and materials. The pictures to the right are before, during and after pictures of the design build process. The construction process of this project was filmed for an episode of HGTV.
Carlton Residence- Roswell, GA
The Carlton residence master plan, designed in collaboration with Integrity Landscape Group. This rendering was created in AutoCad and photoshop. This color rendering used to depict the overall design intent during the filming of the episode of “Ground Breakers� on HGTV.
Arch Plaza- UGA Campus
This project was to take a space on the UGA campus and make it into more of an urban plaza for large gatherings. The driving forms are an abstraction of the historic UGA arch. Some design process graphics are featured to the left.
ARCHITECTURAL POSTER
This project was a research and presentation on architectural styles. The goal of this project was to create a graphic poster which mixed words and graphics that accurately described and reflected the style and era studied.
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT This is the master plan for a large mixed used development. This development contains retail space, town homes and 190 single family lots.
CONSERVATION COMMUNITY
SCHOOL ENTRANCE
This project was for a planting design class. The goal was to design a planting plan for a local middle school and draw an elevation of a proposed sign for the school. This drawing was hand rendered with pen and pencil.