work samples feb'13

Image DescriptionCourse / Professional Position | Instructor / Organization | Semester | Project Notes (all collaborations are noted)

Software Program(s) or Method of Representation

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WORK SAMPLES - FEBRUARY 2013 c. abbott

(background image: design for new entry for the School of Architecture, UNC Charlotte, Spring 2009)

Central Ave Housing Complex, [physical] Schematic Model @ 1/32”=1’UNCC Pre-Fab Studio | Larry Scarpa | Fall 2006

Corrugated Cardobard, Chipboard, Colored Pencil

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Central Ave Housing Complex PlanUNCC Pre-Fab Studio | Larry Scarpa | Fall 2006

Autocad 2004, Photoshop CS, Colored-Pencil

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“Waste-Landscapes” -- inspired by t.s. eliotGSD 2241 Representation | Andrea Hansen | Fall 2010

Rhino v.4, Illustrator CS5, Photoshop CS5

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“Waste-Landscapes” -- inspired by t.s. eliotGSD 2241 Representation | Andrea Hansen | Fall 2010

Rhino v.4, Illustrator CS5, Photoshop CS5

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Aerial Site PlanGSD 1504 Jerusalem Studio | Alex Krieger | Fall 2012

Rhino v.4, Photoshop CS5.5

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Jaffa Wedge

Terraced Garden

Vertical Garden Intervention [5]

Vertical Garden Intervention [4]

[3]

tower / gallery

live - work

school / fabrication

library

Section thru Terrace Garden (w/ Reference Plan)GSD 1504 Jerusalem Studio | Alex Krieger | Fall 2012

Rhino v.4, Photoshop CS5.5

Analysis [left] and Proposal [right] for Arsenic Remediation of Residential Property in Weston, MA GSD 1908 Phytoremediation Research Seminar | Niall Kirkwoord and Kathryn Kennen | Spring 2012

Rhino v.4, Illustrator CS5.5

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Grating, galvanized steelHorizontal members - 0.25” x 0.19”Vertical members - 0.25” x 0.13”

Frame, galvanized steel0.5” x 0.19”

Wood Screws, steel 0.75” long

Surface Boards, wood 2 x 4’s1.5” x 3.5”

Frame, galvanized steel 2” wide x 0.5” thick

9” o.c.

4” o.c.

0.75” o.c.

0% slope

5% slope

Durability Study for Folding Benches at Harvard Business School Courtyard, Allston GSD 6242 Ecologies, Techniques and Technologies | Niall Kirkwood | Spring 2010

Rhino v.4, Illustrator CS5

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Rainwater Filtration Center, Interior View from Elevator shaft into cafeUVA Undergraduate Architecture Studio | Jason Johnson | Spring 2005

Maya v.5, Watercolor, Photoshop CS

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Weaving [left] Folding [right]; Explorations in MaterialityUNCC “Materiality: Hybrid Spatial Tectonics” Seminar | James Reitinger | Spring 2006

Wood Sheets, Bent Rod Steel [left], Melted Plexi-glass, Piano wire [right], Photoshop CS

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Chronology of Farm Equipment Technology and US Farm-Owning Population over the 20th CenturyGSD 1406 The Garden in the Machine | Peter Osler | Spring 2012 | Collaboration with Alex DelVecchio, MLA 1 ‘12

AutoCAD 2013, Adobe Illustrator CS 5.5

Chronology of Archetypal Depictions of Landscapes: Prairie, Forest, Farm and Water and US Population over the 20th CenturyGSD 1406 The Garden in the Machine| Peter Osler | Spring 2012 | Collaboration with Alex DelVecchio, MLA 1 ‘12

AutoCAD 2013, Adobe Illustrator CS 5.5

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Image Source : St. Louis County, Department of

Planning, 2002; Metropoli-tan Sewer District, 2002.

High-ground(720-900’)

Low-land260-360’

Middle-ground360-720’

Elevation Above Sea Level

ST. LOUIS CITY

SUNSET HILLS

missouri river

meramec rivermississippi river

21

[miles]

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Forest Park

Laumeier Sculpture Park

des peres river

Cottonbelt Building Riverfront Site

Tower Grove Park

Bluffs

Floodplain Edge

St. Louis County Watersheds:Hydro-Topo installation proposal

Adobe Illustrator CS5.5Graphics from “Hydro-Topo“ Installation Proposal for the Camp Out Exhibition at the Laumeier Sculpture ParkDesign Intern for Creative Exchange Lab | In collaboration w/ artist Kim Yasuda & Sarah Moore, WashU MArch Student ‘13 | Summer 2012

PLAY

GATHER

MANAGE

FISH COMPOST

HARVEST

Land Cover Plan and Use Calendars for Aquaculture and Sewage Treatment Facility, South Weymouth Naval Air Station , MAGSD 1211 Core Landscape Studio | Christian Werthman, Pierre Belanger | Fall 2010 | Collaboration with Judith Rodriguez MLA 1 AP ‘13 and Kenya Endo MLA 1 ‘13

AutoCAD 2010, Watercolor, Photoshop CS5

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Preserved Hardscape

Sub-Surface Flow Wetlands (left) Surface Flow Wetlands (right)

Aquatic Plants

Waste Water Treatment

Meadow

Aquaculture Ponds

Wet Meadow

Forest

Vernal Pools

Water Courses

Physical Model of Sparta Teapot Museum and Landscape @ 1/16”=1’UNCC Comprehensive MArch Studio | Kelly Carlson-Reddig | Fall 2005

Autocad 2004 (laser cut), Chipboard, Plexi-glass, Patinaed Copper Sheets

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Analysis of Richard Meier CollageUNCC MArch Thesis | Linda Samuels| Spring 2007

Sharpies, Watercolour, Photoshop

[original collage]

Sketch of Parliament Building Vienna [left] and Parthenon, Paris [right]UNCC Teaching Fellowship | Research Trip to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands | Summer 2008

Graphite Pencil (on-site)

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Sketch of Justi Gardens, Verona, ItalyUVA Vicenza Sketching Course | Charles Menefee III| Summer 2004

Graphite Pencil (on-site)