amanda clay academic portfolio

Amanda ClayAcademic Portfolio

Cross Country researCh FaCilityArch 3BFall 2012Professor Maximiliano SpinaPartner: Pooja Patel

transit City housing Arch 3AFall 2012Professor Berenika Boberska

Boat launCh Arch 3BSpring 2013Professor Maximiliano Spina

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Selected Works

Design BuilD goat enClosureArch 4ASpring 2014

Furniture DesignPersonal Projects

Wrap arounD DeskWoodbury SHOPSpring 2015

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1Tijuana CirculationSan Diego Circulation

Shapes created by grid in elevation

Affect on Roof Affects Combined

Existing border lineAltered border line

Tijuana BuildingSan Diego Building

Intertwining BordersCooperative Cross-country Research Facilities

Grid imposed on site and building

Tijuana River

FENCE LINE

BORDER LINE

Windows

Major Structure

Minor Structure

Unfolded Structural Grids on Building Units

Tempered Glass Railing

Tempered Double Glass Windoww/ Cavity 30 mm

Stainless Steel Skin Grid Covering Major Walls

Large Window Openings Follow Skin Grid

Sitting and circulation zones

Interior flooring

Interior flooring held with secondary structure system that follows grid

Lobby And Information Desks

Tijuana Entrance

Transition roofing material

Main flooring frame

Major structure system follows the grid

Mexian Freeway alignment

Existing Border

Perpendicular to River

Perpendicularto Border

Rotated BorderPerpendicular to River

Mexian freeway alignment

Existing border alignment

Ramps seperating building masses

Voids in massingExisting bordergrid massing

Existing border grid subdivision

River grid subdivision 1st direction

River grid subdivision 2nddirection

Lowered roof sections

Tijuana CirculationSan Diego Circulation







Tijuana River

FENCE LINE

BORDER LINE

Windows

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Minor Structure







Interior flooring



Tijuana Entrance


Main flooring frame



Existing Border



















Tijuana River

FENCE LINE

BORDER LINE

Windows

Major Structure

Minor Structure







Interior flooring



Tijuana Entrance


Main flooring frame



Existing Border



















Tijuana River

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BORDER LINE

Windows

Major Structure

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Interior flooring



Tijuana Entrance


Main flooring frame



Existing Border



















Tijuana River

FENCE LINE

BORDER LINE

Windows

Major Structure

Minor Structure







Interior flooring



Tijuana Entrance


Main flooring frame



Existing Border












Cross Country researCh FaCility Project: The goal of this project was to create a research facility on the border of San Diego and Tijuana that would serve to research and improve conditions of both sides of the border. The building is to act as a blurring of the border, using ge-ometry and landmarks from both sides, and acting as a collaboration zone for the two countries. Each country has its own dedicated building, but they are intertwined, and land on the other countrys bank. This serves to blur where each country ends and reinforce the idea that both countries, as both buildings should work together to solve the problems near the border.

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Tijuana River

FENCE LINE

BORDER LINE

Windows

Major Structure

Minor Structure







Interior flooring



Tijuana Entrance


Main flooring frame



Existing Border












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5Boat Launch Project: This project is an overhead boat and ecological reserve viewing emplacement for the UCLA rowing team facility located at Ballona Creek in Marina Del Rey. This emplacement will be used to shelter the boat launch area, provide a view-point for observing and refereeing the boat races, as well as for birdwatching in the ecological reserve marsh across the river. The goal is to create a dynamic relationship between land and water in the way the emplacement works with both the viewers and the boat launch. As well as, to find creative ways in which to employ structural steel shells to create the form of the emplacement

Intersect shapes Join shapes and remove overlapIndividual shapes

SIMPLE COMBINATION OF SHAPES

REMOVE CUT PIECES DEVELOP STRUCTURE BASED ON FIGURE ALTER STRUCTURE TO ADAPT TO SITE

ADD COMPLEXITY TO FIGURE CUT FIGURE USING BOUNDING BOX

WORKING WITHING BOUNDING BOX

MANIPULATING BUILDING UNIT COMBINING BUILDING UNITS

AMANDA CLAYSTUDIO 3B








Remove Cut Pieces Develop Structure Based on Figure Alter Structure to Adapt to Site

Combine Simple Shapes Add Complexity to Figure Cut Figure Using Bounding Box





























61/4 Scale Final Model

7Transit City Housing Project:

This project creates a housing development along the newly completed Expo line in Los Angeles.In addition to looking at the requirements of an apartment complex, this project looks at how the residents would interact with the sur-rounding city, and how the building could be designed with public transportation in mind. In order to open up the building to the city, and take advantage of the Metro station nearby and the potential pedestrians around the site I programed the site to be partially commercial as well as residential. The center building on the lot maintains the existing buildings enclosure, while opening up the front and sides to house an open air market. The build-ings on either side are replaced with apartments, with all of the ground level lots opening up as artists studios, where the renters can create or sell their work. The residents have parking availible in the back of the existing shell, but both residents and customers are encouraged to utilize the metro and street parking.

Exploded Axon Showing Program

FOURTH FLOOR 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT

THIRD FLOOR 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTSRESIDENT RECREATION CENTER

SECOND FLOOR STUDIO LIVING SPACEBALCONIES

FIRST FLOOR STUDIO FACILITIES SPACESTUDIO WORK/RETAIL SPACE

LOUNGE/BAR

EXISTING BUILDINGS

WAREHOUSE SHELL

CENTRAL STAIR

WAREHOUSE ROOFSKYLIGHTS

EXPLODED PROGRAM AXON

AMANDA CLAY 3A STUDIO FALL 2012

8Roof Plan ViewBottom Floor Plan View Inside Bottom Floor of Unit

1/4 Scale Model of Two Apartment Units

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First Floor Plan

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN AMANDA CLAY 3A STUDIO FALL 2012SCALE 1/8 = 10

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SCALE 1/4 = 10SHORT SECTION

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Design BuilD goat enClosure For this studio we worked with the Taking the Reins program, which works with underprivileged girls, teaching them horseback riding, gardening, cooking and animal care skills. In order to expand the program, we were requested to build an enclosure to house two goats, providing shelter, views from the exterior, and room for people to interact with the animals within the enclosure. As a design requirement for the studio, we were challenged to design a project working mostly with lath material. Since we were also dealing with enclosing goats, which will chew up wood, we also worked with a metal fencing, seperat-ing the animals from the wood, and keeping them enclosed. We worked with the duality of the metal and lath materials by creating two triangular halves of the enclosure, each sloping into eachother, creating a continuous structure.

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Tilted front wall facade

Installing foundations Front wall joint roof connection Installing main structure and stairs

13 Insert x4 into mortise apeture in 4x4 Horizontal pieces - L brackets Vertical pieces - Simpson hangerMetal clad buildingWood clad building

1 foot wall length Void is left for 2x4 support structure

Materials required for 1 foot wall length:30 total pieces lath10 pieces uncut20 pieces with two cuts in one side

Connection to 2x4

Mortise apeture in 4x4 Insert 2x4 into aperture

Metal BuildingHorizontal peices - L bracketsVertical Peices - Simpson hanger





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Basic module Repeat module Connect modules into pairs Extend by connecting pairs

Wall Construction

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Interior looking into space

Window slots Exterior tilted lath wall condition Interior looking back to entrance

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Furniture Design I have worked with designing furniture for my job at the woodshop at Woodbury University, as well as on my own. This has given me experience in working with a set goal, specific materials and budget to create useable furniture for different needs. The largest project was a built in wrap around desk and shelving for an office in the architecture office at Woodbury University that was needed to serve four teachers who needed to occupy the same office. In creating the office space, consideration was taken to make workspace for each of the four teachers, as well as storage, and space for teacher office hours. The wrap around desk has structure that cantilievers off of the wall, leaving room under the desk for storage, without front legs to take up room. The simple steel and plywood lines in the desk are repeated in the shelves, making a unified and cohesive design.

Desk cantilievers off of wall

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Installed desk and shelves

Structural support Installation of desk Assembling shelves

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Furniture Design Different chairs I have made in my study of woodworking and furniture design. I looked at different techniques of woodworking, including kerfing, folding, inlay, lamination and mobility. Each of these pieces was designed to accomplish different design goal.

Pair of kerfed stools

Detail of kerfed top of stoolInlay on top of kerfed stool

Plywood garden bench top Plywood garden bench legsTop and leg connection

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Top view of folding chair

Chair in process of folding Folding chair based on medieval design

Small take apart lawn chairSmall take apart lawn chair

Chair in pieces

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