Zach McLain Résumé and Portfolio

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATE | MAY 2018

EDUCATION LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY | BATON ROUGE, LA

ARCHITECTURE MAJOR | 2013 - PRESENT | GPA: 3.75

HONORS FIRST AND SECOND YEAR WORK WAS CHOSEN BY PROFESSORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS TO REPRESENT THE

SCHOOL IN STATE REVIEWS OF THE DESIGN PROGRAM AS WELL AS DISPLAY PIECES. ACE TORRE ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP 2014 RECIPIENT

LSU STUDENT AMBASSADOR FOR THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

WORK EXPERIENCE UNDERGRADUATE WORKER | COASTAL SUSTAINABILITY STUDIO

BATON ROUGE, LA | JANUARY 2015 - PRESENT COASTAL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH AND DESIGN ITERATION, OFFICE ASSISTANCE AND MAINTENANCE

DESIGN COORDINATOR & CONSULTANT | CREATIVE LIGHTING & ACCESSORIES

GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA, LA | JUNE 2011 - PRESENT INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF GAS LIGHTING, IRON WORK, COPPER AWNINGS, GAS LOGS AND

OUTDOOR KITCHEN ACCESSORIES

TEAM SHIFT LEADER | MENCHIE’S FROZEN YOGURT

COVINGTON & BATON ROUGE, LA | FEBRUARY 2013 - JANUARY 2015 OPEN/CLOSE STORE WITHOUT SUPERVISION: MANAGE STAFF, MONEY BALANCING IN REGISTERS AND SAFE,

CUSTOMER SERVICE

ASSISTANT MANAGER | THE COUNTRY’S BEST YOGURT

COVINGTON, LA | MAY 2011 - FEBRUARY 2013 OPEN/CLOSE STORE WITHOUT SUPERVISION: MANAGE STAFF, MONEY BALANCING IN REGISTERS, INVENTORY AND

SHIPMENTS, CUSTOMER SERVICE

SKILLS COMPUTER PROFICIENCY IN MICROSOFT WORD, POWER POINT, SKETCH-UP, PHOTOSHOP, IN-DESIGN,

ILLUSTRATOR, AFTER EFFECTS, AUTOCAD, RHINO | SOME EXPERIENCE WITH GIS/ARCMAP CURRENTLY LEARNING GRASSHOPPER (PANELING)

HAND PROFICIENCY IN MODEL MAKING (LASER CUTTING/3D PRINTING), PLASTER CASTING, SOME CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE (WOODWORK AND FINISH CARPENTRY)

RELATIONAL PROFICIENCY IN LEADERSHIP, SPEAKING & PRESENTING, SOME CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

CONTACT INFORMATION C: (985)-951-9523 | E: [email protected]

Z AC H M C L A I N

original watercolor designs

interpretation watercolor | The Eiffel Tower

sketch-up original designsoriginal concept sketches

ZACH MCLAIN | BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATE 2018 | LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYC: (985) 951-9523 | E: [email protected]

interpretation watercolor | New Orleans Streetcar

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sky bridge | section 6 | plan & section

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sky bridge proposed design | exploded axon / plan semi-cut

site model | 1/32” scale

1” X 12” SLAT ROOFING

2” X 6” STANDARD



HALF LAP WOOD JOINT

ZACH MCLAIN | BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATE 2018 | LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

sky bridge | section 6 | roof structure exploded axon

final proposed baton rouge pump station design | concept renderingpump station | 1/8” scale model interior

pump station | 1/8” scale model elevation

C: (985) 951-9523 | E: [email protected]

pump station section renderingdiagramming | circulation & network | proposed baton rouge pump station design

plaster & rhino models pump station plan


pump station model | 1/8” scale

PEDESTRIAN

WATER

BIKE

VEHICULAR


‘Red Wood Train’ original design | concept rendering

‘Dark Sleeping Accomodations’ original design | concept rendering ‘Guiding Light’ original design | concept rendering

‘The Power of Light’ original design | concept rendering

land losshealthy settlement trenching dead marsh

stages of degradation


land structure | Turtle Cove Research Center

site placement | Turtle Cove Research Center stages of wetland degradation | Turtle Cove Research Center

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D

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guest house | Covington, LA


site perspective | Divorcing Degradation

plan/wind and sun diagram | Divorcing Degradation site rendering | Divorcing Degradation


section/flood stage elevation | Divorcing Degradation

prospective rendering | Divorcing Degradation prospective rendering | Divorcing Degradation

a dark futurelouisiana levees industrial revolution

pull boat trench canals

maturing cypress treesbeautiful creation (+)

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To understand how wetlands will

undergo appropriation, the prospects contained in this

degredation spectrum must be acknowledged.

These words are affixed, analyzing the reoccuring

structure of degredation accross history.

A direction must take priority.

Average Half-Grown CypressDiameter 4 m = 13 ft

St. Francisville, LA CypressDiameter 5.21 m = 17 ft

Longwood, FL CypressDiameter 3.53 m = 11.5 ft

Louisiana Railroad | ALM Track1908

Manchac Cypress Logging1830 - 1956

Mississippi River Levee System1927

Alligator Bayou/Spanish Lake Flood Gates1953

Ward’s Creek Dredging Basin1895

Amite River Logging1916

Camp Settlement1972

Nutria/Wild Hogs

Salt Water Intrusion

Erosion

Oil & Gas


perspective section/structure of degradation | Divorcing Degradation

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