Portfolio_Aaron Loomans

Education University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Bachelor of Science in Architecture Graduated Magnum Cum Lade - Spring 2014 GPA - 3.78 Appleton North High School, Appleton, WI Graduated June 2010 GPA - 3.85 Design Software Familiarity: Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper (Ladybug & Honeybee among other plugins), AutoCAD, Sketchup, Energyplus, Ecotect, Therm, Window, Open Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Blender, Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Microstation

Experience Stutzki Engineering – Specializes in structural glass, light-weight structure, and building facade consulting Intern: February 2014 - Present Energy Analysis Research and Development: Provide insight to emerging technologies and energy analysis software - FocusonRhinoGrasshopper,andGrasshopperpluginswithworkflowtoEnergyplus,studyingtherelationshipofaparticularsitewitha facade/canopy/space/building design Proposal Renderings: Detail renderings of proposed engineering systems for bid proposals - JobdutiesincludeParametric3Dmodeling,basicsystemsdesign,finalimageediting

Community Design Solutions (CDS)–Providesdesignsolutionstononprofitclientsandlocalorganizations. Design Assistant: February 2013 – May 2014 Layton Boulevard West Neighbors Turnkey Intiative: Purchasing of foreclosed homes to remodel and sell back to the community. - Jobdutiesincluderemodelingdesign,multiplefloorplantypes(forcontractors,formarketing),occasionalconstructiondocuments, flyerswithhybriddigital/hand-drawnrenderingsformarketing.(Primaryclient) Home Improvement Workshops: Milwaukee neighborhood residents looking to improve their home - Job duties include in person meetings with residents to discuss their homes and give advice on improvements to be made. Hand-sketches in person.Honors and Awards - Centennial Festival of Riverboat Pavilion Design Competition 2nd place award by judges panel & 2nd place Peoples Choice award - International Design Competition open to students, architects, anddesignfirms - David Salisbury Conservatory Design Competition shortlist nominee and 3rd place runner-up - International Design Competition open to students - 2012 Kent Keagen Memorial Scholarship Award; Awarded to a UWM undergraduate architecture student based on academic merit - Frank Gehry design based birdhouse received second place award in a class of over three hundred students at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s School of Architecture

Aaron [email protected]

1541 N Farwell Ave, Apt. 3Milwaukee,WI 53202

Ameliorate Conservatoryp.1-4

Residential Collegep.5 - 8

Bronzeville Jazz Centerp.9 - 12

Paddle Flux Pavilionp.17 - 20

Hanging Systemp.21 - 24

Tectonic Matrixp.13 - 16

Stutzki Engineeringp.25 - 28

Projects

Ameliorate Conservatory

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eProfessor - Matt JaroszArch 537 - Spring 2014

(David Salisbury Conservatory Design Competition shortlist nominee and 3rd place runner-up overall)

Project Description

Ameliorate seeks to challenge the preconceived idea of a conservatory by redefining

form, and experience. The typical conservatory is flat, rooted, horizontal, and box-like.

By raising the form on columns, the conservatory has a much smaller building footprint

which has less impact on the environment around it. The ramp spirals around a reflect-

ing pool situated on the ground set directly beneath the sphere. The journey up the

ramp and around the reflecting pool offers a calming experience, relieving stress and

transitioning the journeyer physically and mentally. Once inside the space the occu-

pant finds themselves surrounded by a garden oasis of plants and flowers. A spiral

stair case traces the interior perimeter bringing the occupant up to the second balco-

nied level. Surrounded by glass and raised up, this second level becomes not only a

conservatory but a type of observatory as well. A round glass floor centered directly in

the middle of the first floor landing offers a view down to the reflecting pool. This glass

floor also allows light from above to filter down and display on the shallow waters of

the pool. The sphered form is able to naturally take in more light at different angles

throughout the day, bringing light, warmth and revitalization to the plants and occu-

pants inside. Shelves trace the interior at varying heights, serving several important

functions. Most importantly they offer a simple platform for shelving various plants, with

their varying heights able to accompany multiple types and sizes of greenery. These

platforms are also used as light shelves. Stacked at differing heights, light is filtered

in at varying degrees to each shelf in a way that creates a controlled system. With

this controlled system, plants that desire more sunlight can receive it and plants that

require less sunlight need not be subject to over consuming.

Entrance Ramp

Light Shelves / Planters

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Residential College

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eInstructor - Sara KhorishidifardArch 410 - Fall 2012

Project Description

A resedential college is not only a place for

living but also for learning. The design

should reflect a working relationship between

living and learning. The project should break

free from a strict simplistic approach and

become an organic composition that

shapes both interior and exterior spaces in a

fluid, cohesive manner . The site is set in

place of a parking lot on the UW Milwaukee

Campus. It is on the far western portion of

campus and embraces a large quadrangle

just to the west. The design embraces the

quadrangle while also creating smaller

exterior space courtyards. Rooms are

seperated into suites and then six suites

are grouped together to form a house. Each

house has one RA room and a lounge space

opposite of the side of the rooms. These

lounge spaces all look out onto a courtyard

formed by the organic shape of the residetial

college itself.

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UP

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Offices

Service

Storage

Lecture Hall

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Open toBelow

First Floor - Classrooms Typical Floor - Dormitories

Cafe - 2nd Floor Lounge - 2nd Floor East / West Path

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NS Section

NS Elevation

EW Section

EW Elevation

Back Elevation

Residential College Physical Model

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Bronzeville Jazz Center

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Instructor - Kerry YandelArch 420 - Spring 2013

Project Description

Jazz is something that holds significance beyond

just music. Jazz is an art that has shaped history

and culture. The Bronzeville Jazz Center should

combine music and architecture into a unified

composition. The site is set in a primarily African

American neighborhood of Milwaukee that once

thrived with culture, personality, and jazz. Today

the neighborhood is a shadow of it’s former self

and the idea of this project is to draw people

in and help boost the neighborhood back to its

former splendor. To do this the design takes on

a self-developed concept called “spatial bleed,”

the idea that spaces can overlap and bleed into

each other and out onto the street to draw in an

audience. This concept can be seen throughout

the design layout but also through the materials.

Dense wood is used in the performace hall , then

reflected along a balcony path as a bit more

permeable with gaps and openings, and then

finally seen on the front faced as deteriorated

strips allowing light to flow out.

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Spatial Bleed Density Layers Material Layers

First Floor

Second Floor

Front Elevation

NS Section

EW Section

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Tectonic Matrix

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Professor - Karl WallickArch 320 - Spring 2012

Project Description

This was a semester long project broken into

different parts. These parts include spatial

organization, tectonic joints, the overall

construction of a field, and then a detailed

analysis through a bay model based on a portion

of the constructed field. A type of scheme is

assigned that determines how the system is to be

constructed. It is later announced that the project

is a community college campus at a 1”:20’ scale.

The program needed to be addressed includes a

large event space, classrooms, an eating area,

and offices. The field is constructed and critiqued

on a primary focus of understanding the scheme,

and developing a cohesive system of joints and

style. This must work with an exisitng context but

by no means should it take it over. A portion of

the event space is then modeled at a 1/4” inch

scale in a much more detailed and defined

manner to express style, joints, and overall

tectonics.

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Exterior Sectional Auditorium Model

Interior Sectional Auditorium Model

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Professor - Matt JaroszArch 537 - Spring 2014

(Centennial Festival of Riverboat Pavilion Design Competition 2nd place award by judges panel & 2nd place Peoples Choice award)

Project Description

The paddle wheel has powered riverboats up and down the

Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers for hundreds of years. It

is an innovation and testament to human achievment proven

by its continued use today. This design serves to honor the

paddle wheel and the riverboats it powers. The conceptualiza-

tion of the design form developed from the idea to push and

move people in symbolic resemblance to the way the paddle

wheel moves through water. A grid matrix of deep fins offered

a simple tectonic solution. The fins are notched and slotted

together as a system of peices that when assembled, creates

a powerful and elegant gestural form. Each fin is made from

two layers 3/4” plywood glued together for a total thickness of

1 1/2”. Plywood peices are CNC machined to form the appro-

priate shapes before assembly. The assembled grid is then

bolted to precast concrete blocks to provide weight. The con-

crete block rests on the ground but is concealed between the

plywood fins at various base points in the design. The flexibility

of the plywood matrix allows for this attachement. Lighting fix-

tures, audio speakers, and any other necessary systems can

easily be attached and bracketed to the plywood. In addition,

canvas or tarp can simply cover or attach to the plywood if

weather conditions deam it necessary.

Paddle Flux

Form Conceptualization

Physical Fabrication of Form - Left

Physical Fabrication of Form - Interior 20

Hanging SystemProfessor - Gil Snyder

Arch 615 - Fall 2013

Project Description

A detail can drive a system, which in turn can drive an

entire composition. The intent of this project was to uti-

lize the abilities of BIM software to create a design that is

dynamic and takes on a unique expression. The overall

project was a team collaboration for a masterplan of the

gateway site to Milwaukee’s Inner Harbor. The masterplan

developed was broken down so that each team mem-

ber designed one of the significant buildings. One of the

buildings was designated as the hydroponic reasearch

bar. This research bar was designed through a subtrac-

tion process in which an organic structure interupts, and

penetrates through all six floors of the narrow bar. The

organic structure is combination of timber verticals and

steel horizontals. It is penetrated by bridges that have

steel catwalks hung from them. From these catwalks hang

the aquaponic garden tubes. The organic structure is an

enclosed system which operates as a sort of living lung

suspended above large fish tanks. Large four foot col-

umns support a massive truss system on the upper floor.

Hung from this truss system are all of the floor slabs by a

series of suspension cables. The organic structure is then

clipped back to the floor slabs to be held frimly in place.

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Stutzki EngineeringMentor - Chris Stutzki

Intern - February 2014 - Present

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The idea behind Stutzki Engineering is to combine state

of the art engineering and applied science with creative

industrial design. Part of my work at Stutzki Engineer-

ing involves the research and development of new and

emerging technologies. I use Rhino/Grasshopper software

extensively coupled with environmental analysis plugins

to study building performance. By utilizing Honeybee

& Ladybug plugins developed by Mostapha Roudsari, I

analyze projects and gather data that is crucial in con-

sulting clients on the most effective type of glass to use,

and where that glass should be placed. The workflow

involves developing 3D geometry in Rhino, environmental

analysis of the location and geometry using the Ladybug,

adjusting zones and material properties in Honeybee,

inputing custom glazing properties through using LBNL’s

Window 6 software, and then running an Energyplus

simulation to gather specified output about heat gain/

loss through different glass surfaces as well as total zone

energy usage. My job responsibilities at Stutzki also

include preparing graphics to better illustrate engineering

design concepts, parametric modeling for client projects,

and fabrication drawings of custom glass connetions.

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Develop 3D Geometry Assign 3D Geometry Location / Site Analysis Radiation Analysis Daylight / Shadow Analysis Geometry into Zones Adjust Zones Assign Zone Load Schedules Develop IGU Properties Adjust Constructions / Materials Set Analysis Period Set Outputs Run Simulation Analyze

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Develop 3D Geometry Assign 3D Geometry Location / Site Analysis Radiation Analysis Daylight / Shadow Analysis Geometry into Zones Adjust Zones Assign Zone Load Schedules Develop IGU Properties Adjust Constructions / Materials Set Analysis Period Set Outputs Run Simulation Analyze

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[email protected]

1541 N Farwell Ave, Apt. 3Milwaukee,WI 53202

Aaron Loomans

(920) 428-8911

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