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Melissa J BrooksDesign Portfolio

Melissa J. Brooks Master of Architecture| Iowa State University

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Iowa State UniversityGraduate Research Assistant to Professor Sharon WohlTeacher Assistant for Science and Technology

HartmanBaldwin Design/Build, Claremont, California Marketing and Environmental Audit Intern

Pomona College, Claremont, California Contributing developer of the Strategic Action Plan for LEED-EBOM certification for Alexander Hall at Pomona College (Course credit).

ValueSelling Associates, Inc., Rancho Santa Fe, California Program Manager of Social Media and Marketing

Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, California Gallery Assistant and Sales Representative

U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce, San Diego, California Executive Editor and Web Content Writer

Congressional Painter, Peter Waddell’s “The Toy Theater,” Washington D.C Mural Assistant

Day Eight, Washington D.C. Administrative Intern

Student Member, U. S. Green Building Council

AIAS

Mentor in Iowa State University’s Graduate College Mentor Program

Expected Graduation May 2017

May 2011

August 2014 - May 2015August 2015 - Present

January - May 2011

January - May 2011

December 2012 - August 2014

December 2011 - August 2014

January- July 2012

August - September 2011

August - December 2011

December 2012 - Present

May 2015 - Present

August 2015 - Present

Iowa State University, Ames Iowa Master of ArchitectureGPA 3.8

Pomona College, Claremont, California. Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Analysis GPA: 3.4

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Revit | Sketchup | AutoCAD

Photoshop | InDesign | Illustrator

Sefaira | Coolvent | DIVA-for-Rhino

Microsoft office| Excel | Powerpoint

DreamWeaver | Wordpress| Hootsuite

Laser + hand modeling | Painting

Drawing | Basic woodworking + carpentry

L A N G UAG E SNative Language: English

Intermediate Spanish, Greek

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Market Square: Food Hub & Wellness CenterMarket Square is a square foot building that serves to promote long-term community health in Las Vegas and the surrounding area. It will create a hub for locally produced foods, food education, and the practice and study of wellness and healthy living.

Building Type: Food Hub/ Private Mixed use

Location: DowntownLas Vegas, NV

Team Members: Graham Hanson, Sasha, Daljevic, Sinisha Daljevic, Sankalp Gupta

Growing Facilities at Market SquareMarket Square | LBC Petal | Place: Urban Agriculture

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17.5 KWh/day 35 Gallons/Day -Lettuce -Arugula-Genovese Basil -Strawberries-Babt Thai Peppers

325 Plants/system 4 Weeks

Briefcase Aeroponics

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Indoor Farms for Education

SUGGESTED USE-Classrooms

-Indoor Commercial Farming

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Production/ Research Space

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Urban agriculture occurs within two spaces on Market Square’s site:the Production/ Research space and the Community Garden. The production space provides produce to the market space upstairs. It also acts a research center for future development in indoor growing systems. The community garden serves its member’s needs.

Both spaces utilize a combination of seedling tables and brief case aeroponic systems for growing. These systems were selected in an effort to conserve water and optimize yield per square foot.

Briefcase Systemby Indoor Farms for Education

Suggested Use:- Classrooms- Commercial Farming

Rock Filter + Nutrients

Water Tank Pump

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Urban Agricultural

production occurs within

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Square: the Research

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Garden.

The production space

provides produce to

the market space

upstairs. It also acts a

research center for future

development in indoor

growing systems. The

community garden serves

its member’s needs.

Market Square will help to nurture the local food system by providing a market for local producers and a source of fresh foods in the community.

Floor 2Corner of Bonneville and Main st. Outdoor Community Garden 10:00 AM

Food Map of the Las Vegas Metropolitan

Market Square’s Farmers Market 10:00 AM

Brief Case Indoor Growing System


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Urban agriculture occurs within two spaces on Market Square’s site: the Production/ Research space and the Community Garden. The production space provides produce to the market space upstairs. It also acts a research center for future development in indoor growing systems. The community garden serves its member’s needs.




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Local Economy Sourcing | Embodied Energy

Rammed EarthSource: Las Vegas, NV Manufacturer: Rammed Earth Works (Napa, CA)1174 Miles | Embodied Energy: 650 MJ/m3

Concrete (CMV)Source: Las Vegas, NV Manufacturer: Nevada ReadyMix (Henderson,NV)16 Miles | Embodied Energy: 2350 MJ/m3

Corten SteelSource: Michigan Manufacturer: RuJakes (NV)2023 Miles | Embodied Energy: 37,000 MJ

StuccoSource: Las Vegas, NV Manufacturer: Omega Products (Las Vegas, NV)10 Miles | Embodied Energy: 17.2 MJ/m2

Glulam TimberSource: Tualatin, ORManufacturer:West Wood Structures (Tualatin,OR)980 Miles | Embodied Energy: 6,700 MJ

Aluminum Curtain WallSource: Los Angeles, CA Specialist: KaWheel (Las Vegas, NV)20 Miles | Embodied Energy: 211000 MJ

Rock Wool InsulationSource: British Columbia Manufacturer: Roxul (Las Vegas, NV)10 Miles | Embodied Energy: 140 MJ/m3

Gypsum BoardSource: Las Vegas, NVManufacturer: Certainteed (Las Vegas, NV)10 Miles | Embodied Energy: 6,460 MJ/ m3

Cork FlooringSource: PortugalManufacturer: Cali Bamboo (San Diego,CA) 6031 Miles | Embodied Energy: 5-9 MJ/m3

Cedar TimberSource: Denver, CO Manufacturer: Cedar Creek Timber (NV)760 Miles | Embodied Energy: 15 MJ/m3

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Market Square is to be constructed out of materials that are responsibly sourced, free of harmful health agents, and low embodied energy.

InnerWellness

PhysicalWellness

NutritionalWellness

EducationalWellness

CommunityWellness

EnvironmentalWellness

Market Square will also serve as a source for ongoing community engagement on food, urban agricultural production, nutrition, and strategies for building a sustainable community.

Material Wall Section

Rammed Earth Walls - Made with local materials by local craftsmen - Non-toxic - High thermal mass

Glulam Timber - Forest Stewardship Council Certi-fied (FSC) Timber - Non-toxic - Low embodied car-bon

Corten Steel - Made by local fabricators in Las Ve-gas - Long service life - Low Maintenance - Non-tox-ic - 95% recycled steel content

Concrete - Manufactured in Las Vegas from locally-sources materials - Long Service life - High thermal Mass - Non-toxic

Natural Stucco - Made with local materials and by local craftsmen - Non-toxic - High durability - Low Maintenance

High Performance Curtain Wall - High thermal performance glazing - Daylighting - Long service life

• 50% of materials sourcedwithin 500 km

• 80% of materials sourcedwithin 1000km

• Exceeds LBC standards forlocally-sourced materials


Teaching Kitchen 7:00 PM

Beginners Yoga 5:00 PM

Casual Meetings 1:00 PM

Market Square is to be constructed out of

materials that are responsibly sourced, free of

harmful health agents, and low embodied energy.

Constructing a Healthy Environment

Biophilic Tour of Facilities 2:00 PM Communal Movie Night 7:00 PM

Market Square provides a green reprieve from the

surrounding built environment. Designs throughout

the project incorporate elements of the natural

world that contribute to wellness and offer a variety

of interactions with the living environment.

Rammed Earth

Local Economy Sourcing | Embodied Energy

Rammed EarthSource: Las Vegas, NV Manufacturer: Rammed Earth Works (Napa, CA)1174 Miles | Embodied Energy: 650 MJ/m3

Concrete (CMV)Source: Las Vegas, NV Manufacturer: Nevada ReadyMix (Henderson,NV)16 Miles | Embodied Energy: 2350 MJ/m3

Corten SteelSource: Michigan Manufacturer: RuJakes (NV)2023 Miles | Embodied Energy: 37,000 MJ

StuccoSource: Las Vegas, NV Manufacturer: Omega Products (Las Vegas, NV)10 Miles | Embodied Energy: 17.2 MJ/m2

Glulam TimberSource: Tualatin, ORManufacturer:West Wood Structures (Tualatin,OR)980 Miles | Embodied Energy: 6,700 MJ

Aluminum Curtain WallSource: Los Angeles, CA Specialist: KaWheel (Las Vegas, NV)20 Miles | Embodied Energy: 211000 MJ

Rock Wool InsulationSource: British Columbia Manufacturer: Roxul (Las Vegas, NV)10 Miles | Embodied Energy: 140 MJ/m3

Gypsum BoardSource: Las Vegas, NVManufacturer: Certainteed (Las Vegas, NV)10 Miles | Embodied Energy: 6,460 MJ/ m3

Cork FlooringSource: PortugalManufacturer: Cali Bamboo (San Diego,CA) 6031 Miles | Embodied Energy: 5-9 MJ/m3

Cedar TimberSource: Denver, CO Manufacturer: Cedar Creek Timber (NV)760 Miles | Embodied Energy: 15 MJ/m3


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Market Square is to be constructed out of materials that are responsibly sourced, free of harmful health agents, and low embodied energy.

Concrete

Corten Steel

Stucco

Glulam Timber

Aluminum Curtain Wall

Rock Wool

Cork

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Flexible Junction

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Bookstore Coffee ShopDeli Shop &Ice Cream

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Flexible Junction is a 15,000 sq ft mixed-use building that equally strives to achieve net-zero and create a contextually sensitive design through flexibility in its form and function.

Building Type: Mixed use

Location: 1593 6th Ave and College, Des Moines, IA

Team Members: Hu Di

Competition Entry: COTE 2016

Coffee shop Book store Icecream/Deli shop

Accessibleresidential units

Function

20% of the roof is covered in skylights to increase daylight efficiency (average 3-6%) and facilitate stack ventilation.

(U-factor= 0.2) | (SHGC) = 0.3)(VT) = 0.52

Permeable concrete ensures that the 36.02" average annual precipitation returns to the soil or is stored in our 2300 gallon sized grey/rain water tanks and reused for irrigation and toilets.

Geothermal offsets the heating and coolings loads placed on our domestic hot water heater and HVAC

Pv intergrated awnings on the bottom lower half of the southern facade provide dual shading and renewable energy.

3600 sqft. of PV panels generate electricity and offset both the appliances in the building as well as seldom needed HVAC

Southern residential facade utilizes the solar gain generated by the solar room for passive heating and cooling

U-factor= 0.37 | (SHGC) = 0.33(VT) = 0.57

Radiant heating/cooling on the floor, cooling on the residential, and heating in the store rooms

Net-zero Strategies

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Radiant floor cooling

Thermostatic skylight awning

Thermostatically linked fan

Geothermal working station

Domestic hot water tank

Radiant floor heating

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diffuse light

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Thermostatically operable curbed skylight

1 1/2”Bedding rock

Permeable paver

10” Gravel sub-base

6” Aggregate

Filterfabric

Concrete edge

restraint

Concealed galvanized steel connector

2” EPS rigidinsulation

House wrap

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Rain collecting gutter


Steel gusset plate and galvanized bolts

Plywood

Rigid insulation

Aluminium curb

Drainage

Aluminium plate

Roof to wall connectionRoof U-value: 0.03

CLT to concrete connection at grade Wall to �oor connectionWall U-value: 0.02

Foundation to ground connectionFoudation U-value: 0.03

Double-stud wallw. mineral wool insulation 5 1/2” each

6.66’’Cross-laminated

timber

Vapor Barrier

Brick/Wood Veneer

1” Air Gap

1/2” Insulated firing

7.87’’CLT

2” Rigid insulation

Radient heating/cooling

Wood flooring

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Flexible Junction utilizes a heating dominated strategy that is separated by the commercial and residential programs.

A high performance envelope (with a total R value) of 41

With a cross laminated timber panel system serving as the primary structure, Flexible Junction offers a socially and environmentally responsible solution that can be easily altered, deconstructed, and or infilled elsewhere as the corridor changed.

With slight variations to exposed platform framing and the environmental systems, this prefabricated, low carbon and recyclable panel system allows the most flexibility in our form ranging from townhouses to offices.

The programmatic solutions are inspired by the temporal parameters established by the live/ work dichotomy present in the existing neighbor. We envision their functions not only serving the surrounding community but enhancing it.

work

school ice cream/deli

bookstore

coffee shop dinner

travel shopping

wake up

sleep

shower

relax

Long life Loose fit

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Adjacent to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, this 10,000 sq. ft. building is an aural space, attuned to the learning and the production of music included but not limited to jazz, classical, marching, and extended soloing. Any person of any age may darken the doorway, find a music teacher, and pleasure in the making of organized sound.

Building Type: Institution

Location: 509 E 45th St.Kansas City, MO

Client: All people, all ages

Kansas City School for Trumpeters

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repair

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officepractice

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learning

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The organization of the spaces follow the logic that practice takes precedent over all other associations. Learning is the foundation. Performance and repair are offshoots, and practice is a constant and most important.

primary circulation

primary circulation

secondary circulation

sloping Style

skier style

Performance, whether as a group

or solo is another form of practice.

However the performance

is the most critical and must

embody stage presence. In each,

practice room, dual acoustic and

ergonomic rests are integrated

into the walls in either sloping or

skier style to help a player develop

their own presence.

Reflectors and absorbers

are strategically placed

(based on reverberation

calculations) throughout

the structure to ensure

sound quality.

auditorium

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An Intervention of Louis H. Sullivan’sMerchant National Bank

This iconic space receives a intervention which challenges the notion of what makes a space sacred. This semipermanent mezzanine structure gracefully renews both the function of the space as well as enhances the experience by providing an alternative way to visually and tactically sense the architecture.

Without disrupting the existing interior, the steel and glass structure allows the occupant to experience the original space while also allowing them to elevate to the previously uninhabitable levels of light.

Building Type: Historic Landmark

Location: Grinnell, Iowa

Client: All people, all ages

The bank’s interior spaces reflect a material logic that relates to the sanctity of the ground and sky. At ground level, he uses stereotonic materials of brick and marble flooring to create an intimate atmosphere. He then stacks lighter tectonic materials (wood, plaster, glass, to create an open and airy space above. The lightest material, glass, occupies the centered, void space where it is most open and uninhabitable, making it the most sacred.

Relating to Sullivan’s use of material, transitions from heavy to light, is translated within the design of the staircase and deck. The idea is to promote tactical in addition to visual awareness of the change in space. The risers are all perforated in order to maintain the horizontal sight lines in the space.

The sections and plans to the right document the existing vault structure with the intervention.

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Like a box unraveling, Sullivan

strives to mirror the same square

symmetry on every face of the

structure. To achieve this he repeats

a solid-void-solid pattern.

Utilizing perforated steal, and 1/2”

apertures, the tread in the stair

incrementally becomes more

transparent as it is ascended.

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This roughly 40’ x 25’ semi-permanent stage + seating structure enhances the operations of the Des Moines Social Club by unifying the disjointed courtyard of this former fire station. The presence of a stage allows for the integration of many existing outdoor activities as well as supports future programing for the arts.

Type: Design/Build

Client: Des Moines Social Club

Location: 900 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, IA

Team Members: Summer 2015 Studio, Iowa State University

DMSC’s Courtyard Stage

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The Toy Theatre is a surprising addition to the distinguished architecture of The Dupont Circle Historic District. Created by artist Peter Waddell, this 40’ high mural pays homage to the first two great mansions that distinguished the neighborhood.

Location: 1914 Sunderland Place NW, Dupont Circle, Washington D.C.

Funded by: The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Team Members: Peter Waddell with the assistance of select artists

The Toy Theater