SD State DoARCH Portfolio

3508 S Bahnson AveSioux Falls, SD 57103

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ALEXJOSEPHKRUG

EducationFall10-Spring14

Awards

Organizations

Work Experience

Skills

Fall11

Spring12

Spring13

Fall08-Spring10

South Dakota State University

Barnstorming Charrette Honorable Mention

American Insitute of Architecture StudentsStudent Advisory Board ChairmemberSD State World Affairs and Language ClubKSDJ Radio DJIntermeral SwimmingCamelot Intermediate School Tutor

First Place Sandbox Design CharrettePublished Drawing Oakwood Literary Magazine

Independent Insurance Scholarship

South Dakota State UniversityBS Arch

2 years of Civil Engineering

Updated music selections, kept track of technical equipment, formed a yearly budget, and managed staff and student DJs.

Repaired and maintained interstate and highway bridges.

Cooked and prepped specialty dishes along with perpairing daily meals.

SDOT Bridge Crew - Sioux Falls, SDSummer11

Brownstone Restaurant - Brookings, SDWinter11-Summer12

KSDJ Radio Music Director/ Station Manager - Brookings, SDFall09-Present

Fabricated and restored needed furniture, assembled and disassembled work spaces, surveyed and formed site models for the department, supervised students in the wood shop and assisted with incoming student tours.

Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop and Audition, AutoCAD, FormZ, and Rhinoceros. Knowledgeable with Revit, Grasshopper, Vray, and RhinoVault. Studied four years of German language studies. Novice craftsman and metal worker. Efficient with welding tools, passing the standard skill proficiency test. Skilled with hand drafting and modeling.

DoARCH Student Worker - Brookings, SDWinter10-Summer13

ALEX J. KRUG | UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO

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The first process to this compilation of digital drawings was to photograph physical space so that the image became an abstraction of the quality of real space, much like an architectural drawing. Next a collage of the images was created using digital software to evoke movement and movement in time. A 2D drawing was then made to interpret underlying forces, geometers and structures. Lastly, a 3D model was created in Rhino by extruding and further interpreting the spaces and shapes that were made.

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Having the chance to work for the South Dakota State Department of Architecture has been a blessing for being able to hone in on my fabrication skills. Because of this opportunity I have been able to narrow my interests in architecture to more of the design build practice. Having the facilities and employer that allowed me to experiment and physically model as well as digitally model has smart and simple design possible. The three summers that I worked for DoARCH, I have been able to weld, craft objects with both wood and metal, survey and model potential building sites, and assist with the overall creation of the department.


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The department had acquired many different pieces of furniture what were very bulky. Since DoARCH was still new and trying to find its niche on campus, the idea of putting all the furniture on casters was implemented in my work so that everything was easy to move.

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Chicago was a great place to see how the modern skyscraper has shaped the American city and the high contrast to the wide-open plains of South Dakota. This experience reiterated how urban design affects its surrounding neighbors.

In Savannah, I studied how the simple yet complex design of the Oglethorpe Plan broke the city up into different wards and influenced the activities that began to inhabit Savannah. This unique grid system has made Savannah a prime example of the efficiency that comes with a well designed city.


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Although I only spent two weeks in three very different countries, I feel like I have taken away enough knowledge for Y�da^]lae]&�=mjgh]�k�rich history, iconic buildings and their structural makeup, has influenced me as a design student by showing me that an open mind and conciseness to your surroundings are very important.

When I was very young I never really gave a career much thought except for being a train conductor. But like my interests at that age, it quickly changed. The sporadic mind of my childhood was guided by my constant need to learn as much as I could while still being active. This concept, to me is learning by doing. It was something that my father placed in my mind and it seemed to have made sense even at an early age so it stuck. Since he was very active in woodworking and construction, I picked up building as an interest and would love to make little cities and buildings out of rocks, sticks, and whatever else was readily available. When not building outdoors, I would sit and watch my older brother play Sim City. With the passion for building and planning I soon decided I wanted to be an architect. I found myself drawing up floor plans and sections of huge buildings, ships and five-leveled airplanes. Then one day the dream of being an architect came crashing down. I had read in a Junior Achievement class that architects were beginning to be replaced by design catalogs. All a client would need to do would be to pick out a pre-designed floor plane and let the architect give him or her an estimate of what the project would cost. I carried on into middle school with the desire to build but in a different sense. I would build with melodies and lyrics along with my newly acquired musical talent. I put all my thoughts of what I wanted to grow up to be into what I wanted to be in that moment; a student of emka[&�:ml�làk�lgg�Z][Ye]�bmkl�Y�`gZZq�Y^l]j�eq�^Yl`]j�k�mf]ph][l]\�hYkkaf_&�Da^]�k]]e]\�lg�`Yn]�àl�e]�`Yj\�Yf\�lgd\�e]�lg�_jgo�mh�Yf\�_jgo�mh�^Ykl&�L`]�hjY[la[Ydalq�g^�^gddgoaf_�Y�\j]Ye�bgZ�\a\f�l�k]]e�dg_a[Yd�kg�A�Z]_Yf�dggcaf_�aflg�[anad�]f_af]]jaf_&�A�oYk�fgl�Yf�afalaYd�^Yf�g^�the idea but having better than average skills in mathematics and physics, the career seemed promising.

I found myself here at South Dakota State enrolled in the civil engineering department, but was not enjoying myself. I told myself I `Y\�o]fl�l`jgm_`�mfoYfl]\�[dYkk]k�^gj�lo]dn]�q]Yjk�kg�o`Yl�`Yje�ogmd\�Yfgl`]j�^gmj�q]Yjk�\g&�Al�oYkf�l�mflad�l`]�]f\�g^�eq�kgh`gegj]�q]Yj�that my original dream career fell into my lap. I had heard that an architecture program was starting up here at State so I went to see my Y\nakgj�^gj�egj]�af^gjeYlagf&�@]�hd]Y\]\�oal`�e]�fgl�lg�koal[`�eYbgjk�Yf\�lg�bmkl�kla[c�oal`�]f_af]]jaf_�Zml�A�[gmd\f�l�lYc]�l`]�\jqf]kk�g^�engineering any longer, so I parted with the program.

It was that summer before the first architecture classes started that I knew architecture was truly for me. I had gotten ahold of Brian Rex, the new department head, and ask to meet up with him to get a quick run down of what would be in store for me. A Flurry of ideas, projects, and precedence filled my brain and has carried me to where I am today. I have found my niche in architecture and have been ^g[mkaf_�gf�\]ka_f�Zmad\�Yk�o]dd�Yk�keYdd�lgof�_]fljaâ[Ylagf&�A�`Yn]�kh]fl�Y�Z]ll]j�hYjl�g^�eq�da^]�af�Kgml`�<YcglY�Yf\�A�n]�Ydkg�k]]�làk�program and department rise from the ground. I have been blessed that I have gotten to be so deeply involved in the building of DoARCH and I would be honored if I could continue my schooling here and help my fellow underclassmen to grow. As a graduate student I would enjoy sharing what I have learned and gained with other architecture students and continue to design and experiment with building techniques and ideas both new and old.

Sincerely Yours,Alex J Krug

Dear DoARCH,

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