Heinrich_Portfolio

VANCE ALAN HEINRICHA R C H I T E C T U R EW O R K S H O P

P O R T · f O · L I · O

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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Vance Alan HeinrichMaster 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 comple-tion. 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 Rog-ers AIA, developing a project for a Nature Center. The project was a design competition in Chicago, IL on North-erly 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 De-sign Group in Corpus Christi, TX. After working for the local firm for 18 months Vance is seeking new horizons.

vispassanawillis txtopic studiopage 5

davnewark njsummer 2007page 7

linkedchicago ilsystem studiopage 9

ccccotulla txstudio IIpage 11

dos diezsan antonio txsummer 2008page 15

weecroscoe txsummer 2008page 17

casa marumonterrey mxsummer 2008page 19

240corpus christi txdesign ixpage 21

10x10austin txdesign thesispage 23

shift housesydney, audesign comppage 27

travel:

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

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

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

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

education:

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

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

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

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

axishavana cubasummer 2011page 13

240corpus christi txdesign revisitpage 25

VipassanaWillis Meditation Retreat Center, Topic Studio

Vipassana is a design build project for a meditation retreat cen-ter. The summer studio consisted of twelve students, one serv-ing as our construction supervisor. The studio began with a de-sign 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 exte-rior 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 sfclient: bhante rahula, phd

DAVDigital 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 visi-tor and resident while fostering a unique community within the city of Newark. The project of artists studios allow for an inter-play 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 fin-ished 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 pedes-trian street plaza lined with galleries and demonstration spac-es for visitors and residents to gather and engage the community.


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project: design competition, newark njfunction: multifamily live/work community

area: 46,000 sf

client: live the box

LinkedNortherly 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 ac-tive section on the north end of the site allowing space for The Nature Center function activities as well as exhibits, demon-strations and the program function facilities. The south Island will be protected in a natural state providing a passive envi-ronment for permeable bike and pedestrian trails, and wood-land 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 sfclient: the metal construction association

CCCCotulla 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, bath-room 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 de-veloped 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

AXISHavana 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 inhabit-ants. The design utilized the existing pathways to reconnect the site with the city. The extensions divided the site programmati-cally; 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 collaborationfunction: recreation center, havana cuba

area: 80,000 sf

client: cuban council

Dos DiezLavaca Street House, Summer 2008

Dos Diez is a residential project in the historic district of downtown San Antonio. The project includes anew extension to an existing 1872 stone cottage. The extension seeks to respect the original residencewhile allowing the inhabitants to enjoy the beau-ty and charm of the historic home. The proposeddesign extension serves as a linking gallery between the existing home and the new secondary structure.The project develops a relationship between inte-rior and exterior spaces with respect of the historicstructure while allowing for a contemporary re-sponse to modern lifestyle.


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project: residence design, san antonio tx

function: single family home construction: completed 2010architect: candid rogers, aia

WEECWind Energy Education Center, Summer 2008

The Wind Energy Education Center is an interpre-tive center designed to provide the visitor educationalexperiences in addition to a phenomenal senso-ry experience. Sited nearby existing wind farms thebuilding offers views of the surrounding sculp-ture filled landscape. The building becomes not onlya refuge and exhibit center but an instrument of wind. The projects form was developed throughstudying the vernacular of the area. Many of the struc-tures are dilapidated with wall panels torn fromits façade, leaving behind bare structure. Remnants of metal corrugation left twisted and now part ofthe landscape, we wanted to create a similar experi-ence. The corrugated walls twist and morph into theearth, 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 txarchitect: candid rogers, aia

Casa MaruMonterrey Mexico Home, Summer 2008

Casa Maru is a new residential design situated in Mon-terrey on the site of a previous existing residence.The site has been reclaimed without any loss to the existing oak mountain forest. The residence isorganized as a series of pavilions connected by an in-ternal masonry spine. The program includes: livingarea, kitchen, dining, sleeping quarters, and a studio. for the design, local building materials and passiveclimatic strategies were explored: water reclama-tion, natural day-lighting, embracing of the sloped siteand 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 2012architect: candid rogers, aia

240Corpus 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 pub-lic space; along with a café, bookstore, and gallery, the visitor is drawn in-ward 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 ma-terial 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. Sup-plementary 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

10x10Austin 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 com-ponents 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 com-ponents. 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; commer-cial 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 sfstudio: design x, spring 2009

240Corpus Christi Public Library, Texas

This project design originally began during my gradu-ate 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 façades. I designed a tide driven buoy system that controls the transparency of the east and west façades. following graduation, I revisited the project and produced a de-sign proposal package for the city of corpus christi. I de-veloped 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 sfstudio: post graduate city proposal

Shift HouseDesign Competition, Sydney, AU

The Shift House Residence began with the examination of organic growth and the extension of space. Standard, modular shipping con-tainers 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; al-low the house to dynamically change in response to individuals or groups occupying the space. This is executed thru the use of compress-ing 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 pri-vate 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 sfstudio: ac_ca.org design comp

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