PORTFOLIO SS/15
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SS/15
PORTFOLIO
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CONTENTS
CONTACT
VISITOR CENTER
ORIENTATION DEVICE
AQUARIUM AND APARTMENTS
PHOTOS
SCREEN PRINTS
CONTRAPTIONIZED ENVIRONMENT
SUPERFURNITURE
APPENDIX (PRO. WORK)
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CONTACT
e. [email protected]. +1 703.220.6366i. @_curreym. 702 Progress StreetApartment #2Blacksburg, VA 24060
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Designed as part of a competition put on by the Nature Conservancy as a means of gathering ideas for a visitor center they want to build on their Warm Springs Preserve.
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Conceptually, the visitor center serves to return part of the hilltop to the hill, which was bulldozed and flattened for previous structures. It also becomesa threshhold, at first denying the view across the valley, then guiding the visitor and framing it for them.
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A place for time travelers. Built by intertemporal scholars and explorers, thethe building serves as an anchor point, a home base which the time travelerscan find, no matter WHEN they find themselves to be. It houses resourcesfor blending in with the culture and dress of whatever era they are visiting and offices for studying the people and customs there.
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Lobby1000 sf
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WC100 sf
WC100 sf
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Man and prehistoric beast living along side each other.
A mixed use project joining the programs of an aquarium with those of a residential community. The combination creates opportunities for unusualadjacencies between man and animal, each in their respective homes, and yet each being the subject of observation by the other.
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Some recent screen print work, used to explore interests and imagery in subjects rangingfrom hot rod culture to science fiction.
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A project done in collaboration with a Chicago theater troupe. My teamwas tasked with designing an intervention for Redmoon Theaters Pilsenwarehouse which would increase its functionality as an indoor performancevenue for the troupe as well as expand its usefulness as a storage and community outreach space.
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The proposal involves the installation of a secondary space frame structure within thewarehouse and the suspension of 24 removable platforms from it. These platformsare made operable by a motorized winches, allowing for a spatially dynamic and functionally enhanced headquarters for the troupe.
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CONTRAPTIONIZED ENVIRONMENT ephemeral spatial conditions
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Above and opposite: pages from comic I am writing and drawing as part ofmy thesis work this year.
The comic functions as documentation of the year, as well as a platformfor discussing ideas, and even self critique. The primary topic issuperfurniture, in this case, a superfurniture being designed and builtby myself as a means to examine the ways in which we personalize our workspaces.
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The superfurniture is an act of hyperbolic personalization (it replaces my studio desk at school) while also existing as an unfamiliar environment which can itself act as a canvas for personalization.
is a default,it springs into the mind when we think of a house. For many people, even the word-concept of home conjures up images of something fitting this shape. Superfurniture as home away from home away from home. The shape reminds us of something vernacular, something designed by people who arent designers. Which is perfect. An architecture studio vernacular?
The grid was used to determine the depth of the superfurniture.
Geometri-cally, the most obvious influence on massing is the floor grid.
Another important consider-ation is the width of the adjacent desk. To make the superfurni-ture wider would block impede traffic on either side, while narrower would make occupying the structure too complicated.
The last move in plan is a nod to the 1st years. To facilitate the easy entrance for both superfurni-ture occupant and 1st years, the lobby side corner nearest them is pushed back, leaving more open space and a welcoming passage to their desk area.
There are no climate concerns when building indoors, but non- pragmatic things can generate form.
Connotations, memory, associations.
48 is about the depth of the desk + a chair with someone in it.
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our hopeful protagonist launches into a lengthy and poorly worded explination of the fact that he us using time lapse photography to study the movements of his body and those of the objects on his desk to better inform the design of his superfurniture.
That thing ismaking me nervous.
Well, you see...
So whats up withthat... thing?
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above: Photos of assembly process and completed framework.
As this semester progresses, my superfurniture will evolve as I experiment with different cladding materials and the addition of elements such asinterior lighting and additional storage.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
APPENDIX
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SPATIAL AFFAIRS BUREAU
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A stitch to connect the city of Richmond, a place to enjoy its past and its present.
The Bridge Park Foundation contacted SAB to develop a study of options for an elevated parkthat would cross the James River using the existing piers from previous rail road bridges.
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The scope of the project has slowly expanded and morphed, transforming into an extended promenade which takes over two lanes of the under-used Manchesterto the south and extends all the way to the now derelict Kanawha Plaza.
My duties with SAB included drafting and modeling (physical and digital), and development of concepts for the bridge and for Kanawha Plaza and graphics for presentation.
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Manchester Bridge
9th Street
12th Street
Capitol
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Federal Reserve
Dam Walk
Browns Island
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above: A conceptual plan which shows the connection points and disconnections at various levels of the city.
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above: Perspective and plan of a previous iteration of the park.
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above: Perspective and plan of a previous iteration of the park.
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A repository for memories.
A driving idea behind the project is the delineation of the man-made and thenatural landscape, which is accomplished by means of a continuous cor-ten steelwall that cascades from the top of the property down to the yard below the house. This was partially influenced by an early Richard Serra sculpture called Shift.
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My primary tasks on this project were drawing and modeling a new design for the topography ofthe site, as well as updating and refining the design of the boathouse on the property.
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above: Roof plan, RCP, plan at clerestory, and main level plan for boathouse.
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ISAAC CURREYe. [email protected]. +1 703.220.6366i. @_CURREY
EDUCATIONBachelors of Architecture, expected May 2015, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VirginiaCHICAGO STUDIO, Spring 2014Virginia Tech Travel Program, Fall 2013University Honors, 2010-2014Deans List, 2011-2013AIAS, 2012-2013
ABILITIESmanual: architectural drafting, hand drawing, comics, model making,watercolorsoftware: (PC + MAC) AutoCAD, Rhino, MicroStation,Adobe CreativeSuite, GoogleSketchUpfabrication: woodshop, LaserCAMM
WORK EXPERIENCEArchitectural Intern, Spatial Affairs Bureau, Richmond, VA Summer 2014, Winter 2014/15creation of graphics, digital and physical models, and drawings forRichmond Bridge Park design proposal
Architectural Intern, von Weise Associates, Chicago, IL Spring 2014involved in the production and development of designs for privateresidences as well as proposals for the future of a Chicagotheatrical companys theater/warehouse
Architectural Intern, Lehman Smith McLeish, Georgetown, DC Winter 2013-2014involved in the development of fit-outs, construction drawings,punchlists, submittals and RFIs on a dozen projects
Carpenters Assistant/Laborer, Horizon Building Corp, Annandale, VA,Summer 2013participated in demolition, framing, insulation, window installation,drywall, and roofing on private residences throughout the DC area
Library Assistant, Art+Architecture Library, Virginia Tech, Fall 2012 - Presentoperated and organized the school library and assisted students andfaculty in finding library resources
AWARDS + EXHIBITS
Shriver & Holland Associates Scholarship recipientCube for Rain and Light first year lobby exhibitExplorations in Typography third year lobby exhibitTravel 2013 fourth year lobby exhibit
AFFILIATIONS + MEMBERSHIPSCHICAGO STUDIO, Spring 2014Rio de Janeiro Studio - U. of Minnesota, reviewer, February 2014Virginia Tech/T.U. Delft Urban Workshop, participant, March 2014AIAS, 2012-2013
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I think, you know, architecture should not just be something that follows up on events but be a leader of events
... by implementing an architectural action, you actually are making a transformation in the social fabric and in the political fabric. Architecture becomes an instigator.
-Lebbeus Woods
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