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Contact

Skills

Education

Awards

Experience

[email protected](757) 647-2003Virginia Beach, VA

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA May 2015B.S. Architecture w/ Architecture History and Global Sustainability minors (GPA 3.9) Vice President of Student Council 2015; Secretary of Student Council 2014Courses - CAAD 3D Geometrical Modeling & Visualization, Design Development/Construction Documents, BIM and Revit 1&2, Structural Design, Systems, Sites and Buildings, Research Studio 1&2&3, Independent Design Research Studio

Member AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students) Participated in bi-weekly meetingsAttentendance to year-end conferences

Graphic Designer Sinolink Education Resource Center, ShenZhen, China• Worked with Director on advertising efforts• Designed custom logos for branding purposes• Generated videos for promotional and in-house use for advertisement and brand reinforcement• Taught English, geography and science to elementary students as assistant teacher• Participated in consultation meetings and improved brand image

Lighting Representative Lighting Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA• Filed lighting schedules for fulfillment of specifier quotes for pricing• Conducted business meetings with customers and firms in both field and office environment• Attended and networked in Las Vegas, NV trade shows and conventions in search for new clientele

Warehouse Manager Lighting Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA• Led a team of four, renovated and reorganized warehouse• Oversaw the cataloging and movement of donatable lighting fixtures and samples• Cataloged in-stock lighting fixtures, samples, and product literature

Warehouse EmployeeFirst Light VA, Virginia Beach, VA• Worked with a team to dismantle obsolete shelving and display stands• Organized and cataloged lighting samples and fixtures

September 2013 - September 2015

June 2014

June 2011 - August 2014

June 2009 - August 2010

June 2005 - August 2008

University of Virginia School of Architecture | LUNCH Design Research Journal “Parametric Composition” - Studio Project, Robin Dripps, Spring 2015 Selected to be publicized in LUNCHOESH Shoes / “OESH Collaborates with UVA School of Architecture” “World is Flat - Shoe Fashion Review” - Student ProjectOESH Shoe factory requested permissions to use my video for their official websiteUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture | LUNCH Design Research Journal December 2014 “3D Library: Hong Kong” - Studio Project, Lucia Phinney, Fall 2014 Selected publicized in LUNCHUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture / Vortex 3 January 2013 “Drone Zone” Team 29, Team of seven students Awarded Runner-up out of 32 teams for Faculty Selection for annual design competition

Computer Software - Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat), Apple iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote), Google SketchUp, Grasshopper 0.9, iMovie, Makerbot Makerware, Microsoft Suite, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 5.0, Stratasys Dimension, V-ray for RhinocerosPhysical Modeling - Concrete Casting, Foam/Wood CNC-Milling, Laser-cutting, ABS Plastic 3D Printing

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Glass tries to extend from the Voronoi towards the center

Everything is bound by the Voronoi Reticulation causes and sets Perimeter Extensions of Floor and Ceiling follow the Voronoi Concrete extrusions are pulled inward by the cells

Rooftop Garden - UVA Medical Center

Introduction Precedents Site Intervention Conclusion

UVA Medical CenterSection View of Garden

Section of proposed garden layout, focusing on the view from the south side

Scale: 1” = 150’-0”

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UVA Medical CenterX-Ray Room Rooftop, 3rd Floor

Scale: 1” = 640’-0”

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Path Design

1. Block

2. Open

3. Shift

6’ - 6”

10’ - 0”

14’ - 0”

14’ - 0”7’ - 0”

Wood Siding

Wood Column

Corrugated Metal Roofing

Scale: 3”=1’

Scale: 1/4”=1’

Use as Outdoor Concert Venue

Site Section Facing RoadScale: 1/8”=1’

Building PlanScale: 1/8”=1’

Transverse Section Facing BleachersScale: 1/8”=1’

View from Walkway Under Bleachers Interior View from Entry

View from Top of Bleachers

Exterior Section Perspective

Interior SectionScale: 1/8”=1’

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Table of ContentsUVA Carl Smith Center 4-5

UVA Medical Center 6-7

3D Library: Hong Kong 14-17

Intra-Ice 8-9

Parametric Composition 18-21

The World is Flat 24

Personal Projects 25

Grundy Teen Center 10-13

Competition Entries 22-23

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Rendering of the Stadium from the Endzone Rendering of the Stadium at Night with Stadium Lights on

Rendering of Bricks, Sand, and Field

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UVA CARL SMITH CENTERPrograms: Rhino 5.0, V-Ray, AutoCADProfessor: Earl Mark

This project was a model of the football stadium at the University of Virginia, the Carl Smith Center. The objective of the project was to create as close of a replica to a desired building as possible. Special permissions were granted to undertake this project as I acquired the actual construction documents. This project focused on rendering, 3D modeling, and lighting techniques that allowed for almost life-like recreations of certain materials under diverse lighting conditions and camera manipulation. The final products generated included renderings of important views, birds eye views, and an 18-hour time lapse video featuring lighting.

Rendering of the Student Section

Rendering of the Stadium

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Rooftop Garden - UVA Medical Center

Introduction Precedents Site Intervention Conclusion

UVA Medical CenterSection View of Garden

Section of proposed garden layout, focusing on the view from the south side

Scale: 1” = 150’-0”

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UVA Medical CenterX-Ray Room Rooftop, 3rd Floor

Scale: 1” = 640’-0”

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Rooftop Garden - UVA Medical Center

Introduction Precedents Site Intervention Conclusion

UVA Medical CenterCurrent Plan of Rooftop

Plan of current Rooftop of UVA Hospital showing structural support, drainage, and ventilation systems

Scale: 1” = 300’-0”N

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Programs: SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop, AutoCADProfessor: Rueben Rainey

The instructed goal of this project was to create a healing garden that was generated specifically for a selected site, the caveat being that the garden would not need to follow any structural design. Instead, my project focused on the feasible, a garden that could actually be built. This promped me to garner construction documents of the UVA Medical Center from the UVA facilities manager. This project focused on giving those who are in the UVA Medical center for life-saving treatment a place for social support, an area for physical movement and exercise, providing both a sense of control and access to privacy, nature, and other positive distractions away from the sterile walls of the hospital. The project features a feasible construction plan for a garden in the UVA Medical Center above the x-ray room, selected for its structural reinforcing. The garden maintains multiple entrances, exits, and viewpoints, as well as a wayfinding sytem from each intensive treatment floor. Trees and planters are included and located on top of supporting beams from the exisiting structure, other heavy ornamentaion is located similarly on top of key structural points. The design incorporates planning for year-round use in the designation of tree types, plant types, an enclosed warm room, access to sun and shade, and access to wind blocking elements as the winds in the area dominate from the south west.

Photograph of site from south east corner

Section Elevation of proposed garden

Construction document of site / X-Ray room Roof (Used with permission from the University of Virginia)

UVA Medical Center Rooftop Garden

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UVA Medical CenterPerspective of courtyard

Rooftop Garden - UVA Medical Center

Introduction Precedents Site Intervention Conclusion

UVA Medical CenterPerspective view of North-East corner

Rooftop Garden - UVA Medical Center

Introduction Precedents Site Intervention Conclusion

Patient/Doctor Gardening area

One-on-One private area

Social Table Area

Enclosed Structure

Community table and benches

Garden Entrance

Water Fountain

Pergola Promenade

Viewing Terrace

Extended Planters

Bird Bath

Turf

Swimming Stone Feature

Bird Feeders

Private Pergola

Ramp

UVA Medical CenterX-Ray Room Rooftop, 3rd Floor

Scale: 1” = 300’-0”N

UVA Medical CenterPlan with Labels

Labeled Plan of Rooftop Garden’s intention for use, and regularity of use for various spaces

Rooftop Garden - UVA Medical Center

Introduction Precedents Site Intervention Conclusion

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UVA Medical Center X-Ray Room Rooftop, 3rd Floor View of garden elements

Render of proposed garden design in the eastern corner

“In my Healing Spaces seminar, we explore the applicatin of design thinking to the creation of patient-centered medical facilities. The health-care environment is highly complex, fraught with stress for patients, their loved ones, and their caregivers. Such an environment demands close attention to both clinical functions and the application of proven design features for reducing stress. One must tread carefully, especially when experimenting, keeping in mind that design in a health-care context is conducted with teams of professionals and specialists, and often with patients and their family members.

Several exrcises, including the design of a staff lounge and a rooftop garden for oncology outpatients, are structured to resemble real-life situations. Actual medical staff and patients, as appropriate, provide relevant input and critique. Visits to state-of-the-art medical facilities are another important dimension of the course, acquanting students with outstanding examples of best practices. Students select their own final projects, with most choosing to design medical facilities. I encourage experimentation and risk taking. Evaluation is based on originality and intelligent application of best practices. This 25-year-old seminar remains a work in progress.” - Professor Reuben Rainey

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The idea behind the IntraIce connected structure is the concept of efficiency and cohesion with the natural, but brutal, elements of the Arctic. The structure features a family of 20 living in the Teardrop shaped that is based on an aerodynamic concept to reduce snow drift in two dimensions. However, by shaping the residential building in such as shape, forceful winds scouring through from the East, the predominant direction in Barrow, Alaska are midigated as they easily slip over the structure. The goal of the residential structure is to give new shape to the Arctic architecture, but as well as thinking about longevity at during the same moment. The complex itself acts as a semi-closed community, similar to having familial roommates, but while sharing an entire apartment complex between the families.Permafrost is a detremental building blockade in the arctic, disallowing direct placement of buildings on the Earth due to the fact that the permafrost can melt and crumble the building either quickly in a flood, or slowly over the course of a summer. The shape of the complex takes the idea of the permafrost by heart and creates a minimal footprint, but while still being able to make contact with the ground, with the need for only minimal supports. The reason behind this is because rounded shape only comes in contact with an incredible small area on a flat surface, which in the building design will disapate heat transfer into the ground as compared to a building that would like flat on the ground.The spherical design has an additional benefit to the complex and the structure which is the ability to not create massive snow drifts. Since the arctic is a desert by nature, precipiating very little throughout the whole year, snow isn’t snowed, but driven by strong winds. When these winds run into an obstacle, they deposit the snow they carried along the journey. Usually these obstacles are cars, squared buildings, or even fences. The reduced use of right angles significantly increases the flow of the air and snow around the building, while not creating an interferance that generates snow drifts.The location of the project is in Barrow, Alaska, the most northern settled area in North America. The site is two blocks from the airport, so the site would be visible for most air traffic passing through the airport. This will allow the complex to by see an noted, rather than shuffled into a random back neighborhood. This would allow a tourist or someone interested in the complex to view it in an easily accesable setting, rather than having to drive 5 miles out into the middle of nowhere to catch a glimpse.Through this design guided by building practices tailored for the northern and specifically arctic climates, a new generation of extreme architecture will be molded.

Barrow, Alaska

IntraIce and Interconnectedness Michael Peterson

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Average Temperature (*C)

Climate Information

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Quiet Space

Social Space

Elevator

Airlocks

Garage

Kitchen

Stairs

19.00%

5.27%

3.43%0.84%

53.77%

2.76%

3.56%

4.86%

3.16%

3222.70 ft2

892.67 ft2

9116.40 ft2

141.60 ft2

467.80 ft2

467.80 ft2

602.23 ft2

Services/Storage3.35% 568.35 ft2

823.94 ft2

536.27 ft2

16 Bedrooms

8 Bathrooms

3 Snowmobile Garage

8 Flights of Stairs

6 Floors

1 Elevator

16,954 ft2 Total Floor Area

Building Shape studies

Two Story Hexagononal

Capsule / Longhouse

Elevator Tower Surface Area to Volume models Begining of a story

Program Bar

Abstract Shape Massing

Design Strategies

AerodynamismMinimal Ground

FootprintReduced snowdrift

“Buildings at higher latitudes are not build for their conditions, but rather FROM adapted lower latitude standards”

to design for the Arctic

House in Barrow House in Barrow House in Barrow...?

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Intra-Ice InterconnectednessPrograms: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino 5.0, V-Ray, AutoCad, EcotectProfessor: Matthew Jull

The difficulty of building for extreme climates is that very few elements of the building are actually designed specifically for the climate or climates in question. Instead, most buildings that exist in the Arctic climate are only adapted for, as opposed to being designed specifically for the region. The focus of this “Arctic Studio” was to design a set of rules and ideas for various constructs that would or could exist above the 66th and one-third parallel including, but not limiting to: city planning, shopping centers, apartment retrofits, resort and spas, and individual single-family households.

This project began as an investigation into existing structures of the Arctic from cities in the US, Canada, and Russia. From this research, evidence garnered revealed that very few structures were actually designed for the region of occupation. In Alaska, for example, most structures were prefabricated in the continental US, shipped up to Alaska via ice road truckers during the late winter, early spring. This allowed for construction workers to quickly assemble the building, usually a domicile, and many others like it before winter returns and halts typical construction. The problem, however, was not shoddy construction or cut-corner work, but instead that those prefabricated buildings were designed for regular topsoil as opposed to permafrost. This meant that considerations for foundational support or foundational reinforcement were not thorough, resulting in major damage to the structure annually.

This prompted a study of regional methods of construction employed by the Native Americans of the area so it could be applied to modern Arctic design considerations. The most important aspect of this endeavor was the fact that in many cases, the implementation of thermal insulation using air barriers was widespread. Those that maintained sedentary communities built domiciles that maintained an extremely low volume-to-surface area ratio. This revealed that in order to retain heat, a reduction in surface area resulted in a higher rate of heat retention. This lead to a study of spherical objects in regards to arctic design issues such as snow drift, foundation longevity, and building materials.

The final design of the project materialized as a “teardrop” shaped domicile designed for a wealthy Native American family who is attempting to maintain their cultural identity while still flaunting their wealth. The shape minimizes snowdrift so entries are less likely to be blocked by built-up snow, minimizes surface area to volume to retain heat, and a minimized thermal footprint upon the permafrost to ensure that foundational damage was minimized over the life of the building. The spherical shape attempts to address multiple arctic design concerns in a passive manner in order to create harmony between ancient design techniques and modern building practices. Rendering of Overall Design

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Program Axo

Circulation Axo

Storage

Airlock

Garage

Garage Door

Services/Storage

ClothingRemovalSteps

Elevator

Pnuematic Lift

Floor Perimeter

Ceiling Perimeter

Pnuematic Lift

Elevator

Raised Platform

Living Room

Floor Perimeter

Ceiling Perimeter

Bedroom

Bathroom

BedroomBedroom

Bedroom

Bedroom BedroomElevator

Bathroom Bathroom

Dining Room(s)

Bedroom Bedroom

Elevator

Quiet Observatory

Kitchen

Living Room

Bedroom Bedroom

BedroomBedroom

BathroomBathroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Elevator

Sliding Glass

Observatory

Floor Perimeter

Ceiling Perimeter

Home Theatre

Living RoomBalcony

Laundry Room

Elevator

Glass Screen

Bedroom

Bedroom BedroomBathroom

Bedroom

TV

Family Heads/Parents Floor

Young Children’s Floor

Communal Floor

Young Adult’s Floor

Foyer/Showroom

Airlock/Garage

Cutaway Perspective + Dimensions

Floor 1

Floor 4

Floor 2

Floor 5

Floor 3

Floor 6

Plans1/8” = 1’-0”

Program Axo

Circulation Axo

Storage

Airlock

Garage

Garage Door

Services/Storage

ClothingRemovalSteps

Elevator

Pnuematic Lift

Floor Perimeter

Ceiling Perimeter

Pnuematic Lift

Elevator

Raised Platform

Living Room

Floor Perimeter

Ceiling Perimeter

Bedroom

Bathroom

BedroomBedroom

Bedroom

Bedroom BedroomElevator

Bathroom Bathroom

Dining Room(s)

Bedroom Bedroom

Elevator

Quiet Observatory

Kitchen

Living Room

Bedroom Bedroom

BedroomBedroom

BathroomBathroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Elevator

Sliding Glass

Observatory

Floor Perimeter

Ceiling Perimeter

Home Theatre

Living RoomBalcony

Laundry Room

Elevator

Glass Screen

Bedroom

Bedroom BedroomBathroom

Bedroom

TV

Family Heads/Parents Floor

Young Children’s Floor

Communal Floor

Young Adult’s Floor

Foyer/Showroom

Airlock/Garage

Cutaway Perspective + Dimensions

Floor 1

Floor 4

Floor 2

Floor 5

Floor 3

Floor 6

Plans1/8” = 1’-0”

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Visualization of key paths taken by various occupants Rendering of Structural Design

Sectional View of building

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Scale 1”=1’

Footing Detail

Bleacher Construction Detail

Aluminum Bleacher Panel

I-Beam

Angle Iron

Wood Siding

Roof-Bleacher Joint DetailScale 1”=1’

Ceramic SpacerInsulationGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Steel PurlinI-Beam

Roofing Membrane

Sheet Metal RoofingFlashingStorm Collar

Air Gap

Wall Section DetailScale 3”=1’

Wood SidingFlashingAluminum Bleacher Panel

Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Thermostat1” Insulation BarrierThermostat Sensor5” Concrete SlabPEX 1/2” Tubing3” Insulation6mm Polyethylene Vapor Barrier

Hydronic Climatization SystemScale: 1”=1’

Site Plan with Rain GardenScale: 1/8”=1’

Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

Site Section Facing CliffScale: 1/8”=1’

View from Site Entrance Nighttime View at Building Entrance

Interior Section Perspective

Walkways

Planting Sections

Solid and Void

Movement Around the Site

Water Flow

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Grundy Youth CenterLuke Gates and Michael PetersonSeth McDowell | Grundy Studio Spring 2014

How does one make a center for the teenagers of Buchanan County that will be practically and culturally meaningful? Look to vernacular conditions: high school aluminum bleachers, prefab steel barns, weathered wood cabins. Could the romantic ideas of Appalachia be useful in constructing a center to tackle the very real problems facing the region today? Extreme poverty, failing schools, and shrinking populations are issues that the users of this teen center will address using its flexible classroom and performance spaces. It will house after-school programs in music education and computer literacy, in partnership with the PICK (Playing Instruments Changes Kids) and the Boys and Girls Club. In addition to these programs, it will serve people of all ages as an outdoor event space for bluegrass concerts, movies, and barbecues.

The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Programs: InDesign, AutoCAD, Rhino 5.0, V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, Revit, Papakura, iMovie, Adobe PremierSeminar Professors: Seth McDowell, Peter Waldman, Suzanne MoomawStudio Professor: Seth McDowellProject Partner: Luke Gates

Grundy is a small town in Buchannon Country in the western part of Virgnia known for its coal mining operations. Buchannon County sticks out as an interest to the University of Virginia as it is the poorest county per capita in the entire United States. The goal of the seminar was purposed to educate the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia about Grundy, VA in order to set the ground work for the Studio.

The Grundy Studio explored various ways the city could invest in strategies to keep teens out of trouble due to the severely limited array of options currently available to the age group because of many recent closings of businesses (YMCA, Bowling Alley, Arcade). At the time, drug abuse and gang related crimes had been steadily on the rise in the age group as a result of the lack of a productive outlet for teens. The Studio surveyed 6 highschools in the area, inquiring about favorite hobbies and activies. Many teens polled that they would love to pursue music and or sports, but lacked the resources to enroll or engage in such activies because Grundy either didn’t have the resources, or they were spread too thinly. This lead the Studio to design various options to present to the City Council of Grundy on multiple occasions.

The design generated here purposed the buliding as both an enclosure for indoor activies, but as a platform for the audiance of various outdoor events. The location of this project is across the street from many of the teens’ favorite hangout spot, and attempts to blend the hobbies and interests of a range of teenagers into a single area. The Teen Center shares the site with an existing structure, and the last bastion of entertainment in Grundy, the movie theater and its parking garage. With an array of activies intended to intice teens during the pivotal time between school and dinner, the goal vof the Teen Center is to create an atmosphere conducive to learning and growing and to combat the rising tide of drug-use and gang related activies amongst teens living in Grundy and the surround area.

Grundy Teen Center

Sectional Rendering of Building and Site

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Scale 1”=1’

Footing Detail

Bleacher Construction Detail

Aluminum Bleacher Panel

I-Beam

Angle Iron

Wood Siding

Roof-Bleacher Joint DetailScale 1”=1’

Ceramic SpacerInsulationGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Steel PurlinI-Beam

Roofing Membrane

Sheet Metal RoofingFlashingStorm Collar

Air Gap

Wall Section DetailScale 3”=1’

Wood SidingFlashingAluminum Bleacher Panel

Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Thermostat1” Insulation BarrierThermostat Sensor5” Concrete SlabPEX 1/2” Tubing3” Insulation6mm Polyethylene Vapor Barrier

Hydronic Climatization SystemScale: 1”=1’

Site Plan with Rain GardenScale: 1/8”=1’

Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

Site Section Facing CliffScale: 1/8”=1’

View from Site Entrance Nighttime View at Building Entrance

Interior Section Perspective

Walkways

Planting Sections

Solid and Void

Movement Around the Site

Water Flow

Shadows

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Grundy Youth CenterLuke Gates and Michael PetersonSeth McDowell | Grundy Studio Spring 2014

How does one make a center for the teenagers of Buchanan County that will be practically and culturally meaningful? Look to vernacular conditions: high school aluminum bleachers, prefab steel barns, weathered wood cabins. Could the romantic ideas of Appalachia be useful in constructing a center to tackle the very real problems facing the region today? Extreme poverty, failing schools, and shrinking populations are issues that the users of this teen center will address using its flexible classroom and performance spaces. It will house after-school programs in music education and computer literacy, in partnership with the PICK (Playing Instruments Changes Kids) and the Boys and Girls Club. In addition to these programs, it will serve people of all ages as an outdoor event space for bluegrass concerts, movies, and barbecues.

The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Path Design

1. Block

2. Open

3. Shift

6’ - 6”

10’ - 0”

14’ - 0”

14’ - 0”7’ - 0”

Wood Siding

Wood Column

Corrugated Metal Roofing

Scale: 3”=1’

Scale: 1/4”=1’

Use as Outdoor Concert Venue

Site Section Facing RoadScale: 1/8”=1’

Building PlanScale: 1/8”=1’

Transverse Section Facing BleachersScale: 1/8”=1’

View from Walkway Under Bleachers Interior View from Entry

View from Top of Bleachers

Exterior Section Perspective

Interior SectionScale: 1/8”=1’

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Site

Mass

Enclose

Connect

Activate

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Sheild

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Scale 1”=1’

Footing Detail

Bleacher Construction Detail

Aluminum Bleacher Panel

I-Beam

Angle Iron

Wood Siding

Roof-Bleacher Joint DetailScale 1”=1’

Ceramic SpacerInsulationGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Steel PurlinI-Beam

Roofing Membrane

Sheet Metal RoofingFlashingStorm Collar

Air Gap

Wall Section DetailScale 3”=1’

Wood SidingFlashingAluminum Bleacher Panel

Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Thermostat1” Insulation BarrierThermostat Sensor5” Concrete SlabPEX 1/2” Tubing3” Insulation6mm Polyethylene Vapor Barrier

Hydronic Climatization SystemScale: 1”=1’

Site Plan with Rain GardenScale: 1/8”=1’

Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

Site Section Facing CliffScale: 1/8”=1’

View from Site Entrance Nighttime View at Building Entrance

Interior Section Perspective

Walkways

Planting Sections

Solid and Void

Movement Around the Site

Water Flow

Shadows

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Grundy Youth CenterLuke Gates and Michael PetersonSeth McDowell | Grundy Studio Spring 2014

How does one make a center for the teenagers of Buchanan County that will be practically and culturally meaningful? Look to vernacular conditions: high school aluminum bleachers, prefab steel barns, weathered wood cabins. Could the romantic ideas of Appalachia be useful in constructing a center to tackle the very real problems facing the region today? Extreme poverty, failing schools, and shrinking populations are issues that the users of this teen center will address using its flexible classroom and performance spaces. It will house after-school programs in music education and computer literacy, in partnership with the PICK (Playing Instruments Changes Kids) and the Boys and Girls Club. In addition to these programs, it will serve people of all ages as an outdoor event space for bluegrass concerts, movies, and barbecues.

The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Scale 1”=1’

Footing Detail

Bleacher Construction Detail

Aluminum Bleacher Panel

I-Beam

Angle Iron

Wood Siding

Roof-Bleacher Joint DetailScale 1”=1’

Ceramic SpacerInsulationGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Steel PurlinI-Beam

Roofing Membrane

Sheet Metal RoofingFlashingStorm Collar

Air Gap

Wall Section DetailScale 3”=1’

Wood SidingFlashingAluminum Bleacher Panel

Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

Plywood

Thermostat1” Insulation BarrierThermostat Sensor5” Concrete SlabPEX 1/2” Tubing3” Insulation6mm Polyethylene Vapor Barrier

Hydronic Climatization SystemScale: 1”=1’

Site Plan with Rain GardenScale: 1/8”=1’

Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

Site Section Facing CliffScale: 1/8”=1’

View from Site Entrance Nighttime View at Building Entrance

Interior Section Perspective

Walkways

Planting Sections

Solid and Void

Movement Around the Site

Water Flow

Shadows

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Grundy Youth CenterLuke Gates and Michael PetersonSeth McDowell | Grundy Studio Spring 2014

How does one make a center for the teenagers of Buchanan County that will be practically and culturally meaningful? Look to vernacular conditions: high school aluminum bleachers, prefab steel barns, weathered wood cabins. Could the romantic ideas of Appalachia be useful in constructing a center to tackle the very real problems facing the region today? Extreme poverty, failing schools, and shrinking populations are issues that the users of this teen center will address using its flexible classroom and performance spaces. It will house after-school programs in music education and computer literacy, in partnership with the PICK (Playing Instruments Changes Kids) and the Boys and Girls Club. In addition to these programs, it will serve people of all ages as an outdoor event space for bluegrass concerts, movies, and barbecues.

The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Rendering of Possible Interior Rendering of Walkway and Bleachers Photograph of Final Model

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Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

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Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

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The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Bleacher Construction Detail

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Ceramic SpacerInsulationGypsum Wallboard

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Sheet Metal RoofingFlashingStorm Collar

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Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

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Thermostat1” Insulation BarrierThermostat Sensor5” Concrete SlabPEX 1/2” Tubing3” Insulation6mm Polyethylene Vapor Barrier

Hydronic Climatization SystemScale: 1”=1’

Site Plan with Rain GardenScale: 1/8”=1’

Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

Site Section Facing CliffScale: 1/8”=1’

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The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Footing Detail

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Aluminum Bleacher Panel

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Ceramic SpacerInsulationGypsum Wallboard

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Sheet Metal RoofingFlashingStorm Collar

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Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

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Hydronic Climatization SystemScale: 1”=1’

Site Plan with Rain GardenScale: 1/8”=1’

Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

Site Section Facing CliffScale: 1/8”=1’

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How does one make a center for the teenagers of Buchanan County that will be practically and culturally meaningful? Look to vernacular conditions: high school aluminum bleachers, prefab steel barns, weathered wood cabins. Could the romantic ideas of Appalachia be useful in constructing a center to tackle the very real problems facing the region today? Extreme poverty, failing schools, and shrinking populations are issues that the users of this teen center will address using its flexible classroom and performance spaces. It will house after-school programs in music education and computer literacy, in partnership with the PICK (Playing Instruments Changes Kids) and the Boys and Girls Club. In addition to these programs, it will serve people of all ages as an outdoor event space for bluegrass concerts, movies, and barbecues.

The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Footing Detail

Bleacher Construction Detail

Aluminum Bleacher Panel

I-Beam

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Wood Siding

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Ceramic SpacerInsulationGypsum Wallboard

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Roofing Membrane

Sheet Metal RoofingFlashingStorm Collar

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Wall Section DetailScale 3”=1’

Wood SidingFlashingAluminum Bleacher Panel

Rigid InsulationWater Resistant Membrane

InsulationSteel Stud WallGypsum Wallboard

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Thermostat1” Insulation BarrierThermostat Sensor5” Concrete SlabPEX 1/2” Tubing3” Insulation6mm Polyethylene Vapor Barrier

Hydronic Climatization SystemScale: 1”=1’

Site Plan with Rain GardenScale: 1/8”=1’

Use as Climbing Wall Use as Outdoor Movie Theater

Site Section Facing CliffScale: 1/8”=1’

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How does one make a center for the teenagers of Buchanan County that will be practically and culturally meaningful? Look to vernacular conditions: high school aluminum bleachers, prefab steel barns, weathered wood cabins. Could the romantic ideas of Appalachia be useful in constructing a center to tackle the very real problems facing the region today? Extreme poverty, failing schools, and shrinking populations are issues that the users of this teen center will address using its flexible classroom and performance spaces. It will house after-school programs in music education and computer literacy, in partnership with the PICK (Playing Instruments Changes Kids) and the Boys and Girls Club. In addition to these programs, it will serve people of all ages as an outdoor event space for bluegrass concerts, movies, and barbecues.

The difficult site conditions are addressed through the creation of a climbing wall, rain garden, and grandstand. As the building is cornered between a parking garage offramp, a four-lane highway, and a cliff wall, these three elements work together to create a quiet, secluded activity space. Beneath the bleachers, the community center building offers a flexible event space with kitchen and dining area. By employing vernacular architectural typologies in innovative ways, the teen center provides familiar, usable space that will serve the youth of Grundy and Buchanan County.

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Path Design

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View from Walkway Under Bleachers Interior View from Entry

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Bike LiftAutomobile Bike-Over Pedestrian

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3D Library: Hong KongPrograms: Rhino 5.0, V-Ray, Grasshopper, Illustrator, Photo-shop, Dimension 3D Printing, GIS, SketchUp Pro, AutoCADProfessor: Lucia PhinneyAwards: Selected for Publication in LUNCH

With climate change impending, the goal of this studio was to design a library to both educate the masses in regards to various seeds and vegetation, but to store, distribute, and research the cycle of plants from seeds to seed bearing. The Poppy Seed was the most interesting of the options presented to me as there exists rules and regulations in the United States regarding the growing and ownership for both the seeds, and plant. The goal was to have a building design grow in a city setting, similar to the life cycle of a poppy.

The location selected was a strip of roadway underneath a one-way flyover in the city of Hong Kong, and the goal was for the library to grow with the city, and to design with the fly-over in mind. In order to create multiple access points and to foster a greater sense of connectivity, in this design the flyover has been converted into a bike and pedestrain path.

While studying the reticulation of individual poppy seeds, the implementation of a voronoi sequence in regards to the shape of a poppy seed was explored in Grasshopper, and became the basis of the project.

As the Library grows upwards, seeds and interations with seeds become prevalent as more sunlight is accessible to the higher floors, leading up to an observatory deck which grants users a hands-on experience with seeds and their growth. The design is to have as few chilling factors as possible to encourge the most widespread use of the library from all walks of life, from child, to teacher, to entrepreneurs, to loners, with access to a full array of library resources. More traditional library elements, such as a librarian, stacks, and computer resources, exist on the lower levels with the hope and intention that their proximity to the entrance entices pedestrians to stop by to quickly use those resources.

As the Poppy matures and bends to the force of the wind, it begins to release its seeds through vents that open as the poppy pod dries out. While not drying out, the Poppy Library aims to metaphorically shake and release seeds into the world, both plants and information over the lifetime of the library. Planting a few seeds of a vegetable in a garden to help offset purchased goods, or to plant a few seeds of curiosity in a young mind, the Hong Kong Poppy Library aims at making a positive effect on the city and its inhabitants.

Early Program Design

1 - Voronoi Pattern

3 - Pattern Replecated upon every Floor Plate 4 - Trim Pattern

2 - Floor Plates Respective to Pattern

Line Drawing of Building

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Glass tries to extend from the Voronoi towards the center

Everything is bound by the Voronoi Reticulation causes and sets Perimeter Extensions of Floor and Ceiling follow the Voronoi Concrete extrusions are pulled inward by the cells

Glass tries to extend from the Voronoi towards the center

Everything is bound by the Voronoi Reticulation causes and sets Perimeter Extensions of Floor and Ceiling follow the Voronoi Concrete extrusions are pulled inward by the cells

Glass tries to extend from the Voronoi towards the center

Everything is bound by the Voronoi Reticulation causes and sets Perimeter Extensions of Floor and Ceiling follow the Voronoi Concrete extrusions are pulled inward by the cells

Glass tries to extend from the Voronoi towards the center

Everything is bound by the Voronoi Reticulation causes and sets Perimeter Extensions of Floor and Ceiling follow the Voronoi Concrete extrusions are pulled inward by the cells

Glass tries to extend from the Voronoi towards the center

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Floor 513. Horticulturist O�ce14. Seed Storage15. Seed Research Resources

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Parametric CompositionPrograms: Rhino 5.0, Grasshopper, Weaverbird, MeshEdit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dimension 3D Printing, InDesignProfessor: Robin DrippsAwards: Selected for Publication in LUNCH

The goal for this studio was to dive into Rhino and Grasshopper and generate a building from coding alone. The studio’s focus was on personal tenancity for researching and communicating with complete strangers in order to solve various problems with or from the use of Grasshopper. The idea being that asking questions, and contributing the the wealth of knowledge on the internet would help ourselves improve, but help others improve and figure or find solutions as well. The secondary goal of the studio was to develop a performing arts center for the University, using only Grasshopper.

The idea behind my project was to generate a definition that could be applied to any site, and based on land use preferences, heavily influenced by LEED standards. For example, creating a building that has a footprint of 80% of the site, or the opposite with a building that only takes up 20% of the site. The project specifications used for this site was a building taking up a maximum of 28% of the site linearly.

The shape of the structure dilineates from a hierarchy of priorities set by rules within a Grasshopper definition, prioritizing; pedestrian, exisiting vegetation, exisiting site, new site, building|landuse ratio, building centerpoint, and finally building program.

The majority of the project was focused on making as many passively integrated measures to promote points towards LEED certification such as rooftop gardens, greywater cycles, rainwater collections, and public transportation in order to promote the idea of Sustainability in the design phase.

The generation of a performing arts center was second in priority for this studio as it was almost exclusively focused on Grasshopper and self-guided exploration of the software. Through the course and additional required Grasshopper education courses, students were often prodded to search the internet for solutions to problems encountered as the professor couldn’t offer a solution at the time and would often be taught techniques by the students, encouraging cross-collaboration on Grasshopper definitions between students and professor.

This project was inspired by catanoids, shapes that exist as minimal surfaces. The result is is a single surface object, generating a void while creating an extrusion as the final design of the project. Existing as an interior wall, exterior wall, ceiling, facade, and floor simultaneously

3D Print of Site with Building Footprint

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Photograph of Final Models - From Left to Right - Building w/o Meshing, Building with Meshing Activated, Section of Building with Meshing Rendering of Site

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Evolutionary SolverAs the name implies, Evolution, is the survival of the fittest.The solution “evolves’ in order to reach a certain goal or threshold

Imagine if a flood came every year towards an ant colony in Africa and their only means of survival was climbing a hill, and quickly. Each year the flood comes and washes away those who did not climb to find a suitable position on the hill. Those that survived by their natural ability to climb, live on and have offspring of their own with the natural sense to be highest on the hill. Those that do not climb the hill, die off, leaving weaker DNA chains at the wayside.

Annealing SolverAnnealing is the heating of metal and then allowing it to cool as so it can re-align it’s internal cystalline molecular structure in order to remove imperfections and become stronger. As the metal cools, “seeds’ begin to emerge in the liquid metal that are starting points for the internal structure. Seeds and jumps occur more frequently and agressively in the beginning of the annealing cycle, with less eraticism towards the cool end of the process. An annealing solver will attempt to go on until it reaches a threshold, or the perfect combination from the data it was given.

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Evolutionary Solver in Grasshopper Ant ExampleGrasshopper Definition for Project

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Programming of Program

Performance Spaces40’x25‘x12’, 1000sqftDistance Range: 50-70’Revolution Range: .125+(x(.25)) when x has a range of 0 to 3Rotation Range: 1-360*Elevation Range: 15‘-75’

BlackBox40’x50‘x25’Distance Range 50’-100’Domain Range: 0<t<1Parametric Location:x = cos(t)y = sin(t)when the values for U and V are from 0 to 2piRotation Range: 1-360*

Main Stage75’x75‘x35’Domain Range: 0-1Parametric Location:|x| = -2*(1-cos(v)/2) * sin(u)|y| = (2*(1+sin(v)) + 2*(1-cos(v)/2)*cos(u))*cos(v)when the values for U and V are from 0 to 2piRotation Range: 1-360*

Rehersal Stage75’x75‘x20’Location: 20’ below main stage

Stage Mechanics75’x75‘x30’Location: 30’ above main stage

Theater Seats70’x120‘x50’Range: 1/2 depthParametric Location: 90*Elevation: equal to stage

Music Classrooms20’x20‘x10’Elevation Range: (5’)(x)with 0<x<4Location: Under seats

Management 20’x20‘x12’Range: 50-100’Parametric Location: 0* or 180*Elevation: equal to stage

Scenery Shop40’x50’x16’Range: 1/2 depthParametric Location: 90* or 270*,opposite of Theater SeatsElevation: equal to rehersal stage

Costume Shop20’x25’x10’Range: 1/2 depthParametric Location: 0* or 180*, relative to Scenery ShopElevation: equal to rehersal stage

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This project required an exploration and revisitation to parametric equations as cartesian equations were unable to solve the issue of rotation with respect to the overall site. Through the use of parametric equations, multiple layers of building elements could align themselves regardless of previous vector. This meant that a single value, “C,” could affect the x and y values in an equation rather than requiring a vector reset upon each branching of the building program.

By setting the program to execute parametrically, this allowed a minimal amount of values to be determined by the controller, and those values are again restrained by design restrictions which include which rooms are required for a performing arts center, what size must they be to operate as intended, and what their place is in the hierarchy of the building.

The only element that I had direct control over was where the Main Stage began vertically. Everything else was controlled by an evolutionary solver. This means that I gave Grasshopper control of the values and it would attempt to solve the problem by finding the best fitting numbers. The solver will try every combination possible until it finds “the best one.” Well, whats the best one? The best one was the building shape, location, and program which had the least dense structure. The design that made the interior as complex as possible while following all the rules and restrictions removes 41.39% of the buildings original construction points, as solved by the evolutionary solver.

An evolutionary solver works most similarly to the survival of the fittest. Imagine a place inhabitated by colonies of ants, and for some reason, each and every year a 1” flash flood occurs. Only the ants that build nests above 1” survives while those that built shorter all drowned. Those ant colonies that met the 1” threshold will survive for another generation, and hopefully will have decendents that build at least 1” high nests. The evolutionary solver works by eliminating the sets of numbers that fall beneath the desired threshold, while keeping those that performed at or above the threshold. The solver will continue until it has generated the best set of numbers that return the desired output.

Point to Brep to Meshing diagram

Programming of Program

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3D Printed Site and Building w/o Meshing

3D Printed Building w/o Meshing

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Competition: Vortex 3Team Members: Amanda Coen, Zachary Carter, Brianne Doak, Bella Purdy, Emmitt Moore, John SimmonsAwards: Faculty Selection Award: Runner-up

Drone Zone was an entry into the Vortex competition which foresaw a future where shopping in person was a thing of the past as everyone shopped online, eliminating the need for large box department stores. This allowed for shipping facilities to rely on drones to deliver to residential areas, eliminating the need for wasteful parking lots and vehicular travel.

New Order: Drone Zone

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SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"I LOVE BEING IN A QUIET AREA ONLY A SHORT WALK FROM ALL THE FACILITIES I COULD NEED."

GRAD STUDENT

-A PLACE TO LIVE WHERE I CAN GO OUT WHEN I SEE FIT, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE UN-DERGRADS.-AREAS TO SHARE FOR STUDYING AND RESEARCH.-FACILITIES NEARBY FOR EXTRACURRICULARS.

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

CITIZEN

-A PLACE WHERE I CAN WORK AND BE ABLE TO RE-LAX CALMLY OR PARTY WHEN OFF.-KITCHEN SPACETO PREPARE MEALS FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS-AREA AROUND MY LIVING QUARTERS LIKE A YARD OR PARK.

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"MY ACTIVE LIFE MAKES ME AT-TRACKED TO A SOCIAL CENTER THAT I CAN ENJOY AFTER A DAY AT THE OFFICE."

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

3RD/4TH YEAR

-A SPACE THAT HAS EVERYTHING ONE NEEDS.-NOT HAVING TO DEAL WITH OTHER POEPLES LIV-ING HABITS BUT ALSO TO BE NEAR THE UNIVER-SITIES SOCIAL LIFE. -A PLACE OF MY OWN TO FOCUS ON STUDIES.

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"IT'S NICE TO BE ALBE TO HAVE MY OWN SPACE AWAY FROM THE FAST PACE OF COLLEGE LIFE, BUT STILL BE CLOSE"

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

1ST AND 2ND YEAR

-ROOM SIZE BIG ENOUGH TO SHARE AND NOT BE ON TOP OF A ROOMATE-A COMMUNAL KITCHEN AND BATHROOM.-COMMON AREAS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHER RESIDENTS THAT DOUBLE AS STUDY AND ACTIVE SPACES.

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"THE COMMON FLOOR IS A GREAT PLACE TO STUDY AND MEET NEW PEO-PLE"

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

FAMILY

-HAVING A PLACE WHERE I CAN LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH MY FAMILY WITH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CITY LIFE.-SPACE TO RAISE MY KIDS WITH A YARD OR A PARK NEARBY-A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL THAT WELCOMES MY KIDS AND THER BUSY LIVES GROWING UP.

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"THE WAY THE CITY AND UVA BLEND MAKES IT A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN."

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

STUDENT ORGANIZATION

-SPACES SO THAT LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE CAN COEX-IST COMFORTABLY-AREAS WHERE OUR GROUP CAN HANG OUT AND EN-COUNTER OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE SCHOOL-PLACESTO EXPORE OUR INTRESTS AND HOBBIES AS A GROUP.

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"THE MEMBERS OF OUR STUDENT GROUP SHARE A SET OF VALUES THAT MAKES LIVING TOGEATHER AN ENRICHING EX-PERIENCE"

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

COOP

-INDIVIDUAL ROOMS BUT SHARED COMMON AREAS.-A SMALLER SCALE OF LIVING WHERE WE CHOSE EXACTLY WHO WE LIVE WITH-COMMON RESOURCES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PETS.

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"LIVING WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AND SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES MAKES FOR AN EXCITING HOME"

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

PROFESSOR

-A PLACE CLOSE TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICES I NEED FOR MY RESEARCH. -CULTURAL RESOURCES LIKE GALLERIES, DECENT RESTAURANTS OR A THEATER. -NEAR ENOUGH TO THE STUDENTS TO FEEL LIKE I AM PART OF A LIVELY COMMUNITY BUT STILL HAVE SOME PERSONAL SPACE OF MY OWN.

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"I APPRECIATE THE CONSTANT FLOW OF STUDENTS INFORMATION AND ENERGY BOTH INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BACK INTO THE RESIDENTIAL COLLAGE ."

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

FORIEGN EXCHANGE STUDENT

-ROOM COMING PRE-FURNISHED AS IT WOULD BE A HASSLE TO PURCHASE OR MOVE FURNITURE-CLOSE TO OTHER FE STUDENTS AS WE SHARE EXPERIENCES BUT ALSO MAKE A DIVERSE GROUP-LOOKING FOR A QUIET PLACE TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE NOISE

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"I WANT A TRADITIONAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE - AND MAYBE SOME QUIET SPACES TO SKYPE WITH MY FRIENDS BACK HOME."

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

VISITING PROFESSOR

-ROOM SIZE BIG ENOUGH TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WHILE TRAVELING-CONVENIENT ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION ROUTES-ALL AMENITIES NECESSARY IN DOMICILE UNIT

SLEEP

WORK

PARTY

"TRAVELING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY JOB, AND HAVING SATISFACTORY LIVING CONDITIONS IS A MUST."

DESIRES

6AM 12PM 6PM

ARTICULATE

SCALE

200FT 200FT

HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION

ZONES OF EXCHANGE

VISUAL ANCHORS

VERTICAL INTEGRATION8:00am-10:00pm

24/7

9:00am-1:00am

ACTIVITY SHARED SPACES

LAWN

INTERSTITAL

POROUS

ZONES INFLUENCE

Charlottesville

Crozet

Rivanna River

US 66

Ivy Road

US 29N

Crozet Center

Boar

’s Head

Old Ivy

Emmett S

UVA

Downtown

Pantops

Airport

Barracks Rd

Fashion Square

6 miles

Highlands

City of Charlottesville

Albemarle County

IVY-TRAMCrozet-UVA-Charlottesville-Airport

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Operating TimesMON-THURS7:00am-9:00pmFRI7:00am-12:00amSAT9:00am-1:00amSUN9:00am-9:00pm

me.you.we team 12The educated citizen is the agent of democracy, and the academic village is her sanctuary and metropolis. The village must facilitate a productive and protected cohabitation of peers: a mingling of students, faculty, staff and residents. Through the built environment, this proposal links the individual to the multiple scales of identity and community. Qualities of the Jeffersonian paradigm are reimagined to accommodate nested units of up to 500 students and 100 residents, programed for living and learning. Soft edges with flexible programs integrate these new structures within the existing fabric and effortlessly connect to adjacent clusters. Thereby, each village celebrates the diversity of a network held together by a common set of ideals and a rich cultural and transportation infrastructure. Tight-knit communities and increased opportunities for overlap and exchange enrich the essential intimacy of village life. Horizontal and vertical integration of user groups, ages, and occupations breeds accountability, respect, and integrity. A center open to visitors but safeguarded from empty corridors and blank surfaces offers a healthy, whole environment for individual labors and social play.

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X Pavilions

You, Me, We

Competition: Vortex 2Team Members: Mariam Rahmatullah, Phoebe Harris, Harsh Jain, Rachel Brondstater, Jessica Hays, Barbara Porada, Gra-ham Snow, Sarah Karpinski, Isaac Hametz

This competition was focused on the Rivanna River which flows through Charlottesville and Albemarle County. In an effort to promote conservation and education about the river, this project focused on placing ten UVA Rotundas and Lawns along the river at key interestions hoping to promote caretaking of the environment for historical preservation.

Competition: Vortex 4Team Members: Katherine Gleysteen, Akram Sharaf, Owen Weinstein, Nicole Zaccack, Dana Wilson, Tyler Pitt, Ryan Hess, Jake Spector, Hallie Miller

This Competition was focused on revitalizing Ivy Road and the West Corridor into UVA. This project focused on creating new types of dorms and quads which promoted social integration of everyone who would occupy the University of Virginia from professors to visiting professors, undergrad and graduate students, and the families of those who work at or around the University. The idea was to have dorms designed as “exploded galaxies” which radiate parts concentrically from a center point. Five of these exploded galaxy dorms were strategically placed along the Ivy Road Corridor to coincide with a system of public transit that allowed for feasible integreation of these dorms into the University’s master plan for both it’s western approach and social hierarchy.

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Programs: Rhino, iMovie, Autodesk Fusion, Illustrator, Dimen-sion 3D PrintingProfessor: Melissa Goldman

This class was divided into three sections over its duration: Shoe Design, Group Project, and an Individual Research Project.

The Shoe Design portion saw the generation of different types of shoes that were able to be 3D printed. My group gener-ated sandals from the 3D captured images of one person’s foot. The shoe was then generated in Autodesk Fusion. The end result was a nylon and TTP shoe, printed at OESH Shoes factory.

The Group project focused on a proof-of-concept design for manually operated concrete extrusion mechanism. In collaboration with the VA DMV concrete division, a special concrete mixture was generated to allow for multiple layers of concrete to be printed on each other with no slump whatso-ever. Deliverables generated included six 3D printed nozzles, three extruder designs, and two videos explaining the project and process.

The route that my individual research took on the idea of “print-in-place” joints. This was done by printing modular joints, pre-assmbled, and without support material. This pro-cess allowed for simple joints to be printed with the focus on their maneuverability immediately after post-printing.

The World is Flat

Print-in-Place Modular Joints Concrete Extrusion Field Test`

Nozzle Diagram Diagram of the Three Extruder Variations

Sandal Printed in Nylon Diagram of Final Sandal

Sandal Printed in ABS Plastic

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Outside of the classroom, I took it upon myself to 3D print a myriad of items from Valentines gifts, to personal mementos, and including birthday gifts. I used a Makerbot to gener-ate my early prints, and a Dimension Elite from Stratasys. I experimented with filiment types, temperature settings, print speeds, printer maximums, etc, in hopes that a completed project would be awaiting my return in the morning.

Personal Projects

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Contact

Skills

Education

Awards

Experience

[email protected](757) 647-2003Virginia Beach, VA

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA May 2015B.S. Architecture w/ Architecture History and Global Sustainability minors (GPA 3.9) Vice President of Student Council 2015; Secretary of Student Council 2014Courses - CAAD 3D Geometrical Modeling & Visualization, Design Development/Construction Documents, BIM and Revit 1&2, Structural Design, Systems, Sites and Buildings, Research Studio 1&2&3, Independent Design Research Studio

Member AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students) Participated in bi-weekly meetingsAttentendance to year-end conferences

Graphic Designer Sinolink Education Resource Center, ShenZhen, China• Worked with Director on advertising efforts• Designed custom logos for branding purposes• Generated videos for promotional and in-house use for advertisement and brand reinforcement• Taught English, geography and science to elementary students as assistant teacher• Participated in consultation meetings and improved brand image

Lighting Representative Lighting Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA• Filed lighting schedules for fulfillment of specifier quotes for pricing• Conducted business meetings with customers and firms in both field and office environment• Attended and networked in Las Vegas, NV trade shows and conventions in search for new clientele

Warehouse Manager Lighting Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA• Led a team of four, renovated and reorganized warehouse• Oversaw the cataloging and movement of donatable lighting fixtures and samples• Cataloged in-stock lighting fixtures, samples, and product literature

Warehouse EmployeeFirst Light VA, Virginia Beach, VA• Worked with a team to dismantle obsolete shelving and display stands• Organized and cataloged lighting samples and fixtures

September 2013 - September 2015

June 2014

June 2011 - August 2014

June 2009 - August 2010

June 2005 - August 2008

University of Virginia School of Architecture | LUNCH Design Research Journal “Parametric Composition” - Studio Project, Robin Dripps, Spring 2015 Selected to be publicized in LUNCHOESH Shoes / “OESH Collaborates with UVA School of Architecture” “World is Flat - Shoe Fashion Review” - Student ProjectOESH Shoe factory requested permissions to use my video for their official websiteUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture | LUNCH Design Research Journal December 2014 “3D Library: Hong Kong” - Studio Project, Lucia Phinney, Fall 2014 Selected publicized in LUNCHUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture / Vortex 3 January 2013 “Drone Zone” Team 29, Team of seven students Awarded Runner-up out of 32 teams for Faculty Selection for annual design competition

Computer Software - Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat), Apple iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote), Google SketchUp, Grasshopper 0.9, iMovie, Makerbot Makerware, Microsoft Suite, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 5.0, Stratasys Dimension, V-ray for RhinocerosPhysical Modeling - Concrete Casting, Foam/Wood CNC-Milling, Laser-cutting, ABS Plastic 3D Printing

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