lincoln davidson | selected works 2011-2015

1AUSTIN ROLLING CENTER

Spring 2014 | Design 6Professor Judith Birdsong

The Austin Rolling Center is a proposal for a bowling alley/roller rink in downtown Austin. The building sits at 7th and Red River, connecting one of Austins busiest entertainment districts to the planned green belt along Waller Creek.

My proposal consist of a 14 bay rigid frame structure that transitions from an inviting gable on the street side into an open shed on the creek side. The humble metal structure pays tribute to the decorated sheds that most bowling alleys and roller rinks are housed in, while making use of Austins extensive prefabricated metal construction industry. The project is clad in a perforated metal skin that integrates signage and a mural into the facade.

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The entire structure is bisected by a 20 foot wide precast concrete pathway that connects the urban fabric of the city to the greenbelt along Waller Creek. It serves as both a grand entrance to the new park plan by MVVA and as a second store front that charges The Rolling Center s spaces with pedestrian traffic and activity.

The path itself is conceived of as a linear park, It provides spaces to sit, watch, eat, and play. The path slopes down 12 feet over its 300 foot run: from the height of the urban street to become a bridge across the creek. Along its length it provides bench seating, becomes bleachers, stairs, a railing, pops up as signage, provides a reception desk, elevator housing, and channels water out between the two buildings.

A similar precast pathway makes up the buildings loading dock, which provides access for Austins many food trucks in a courtyard along the buildings south side.

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9 | Metal Gaurd Rail w/ Tensioned Cables

8 | 8" Concrete Slab over 2" Decking

7 | 1" Corrugated Metal, Rigid Insulation, and Ceiling Finish

6 | Double Layer Cold Rolled C-Section Structure

5 | Standing Seam Metal Roof over 1" Corrugated Steel

10 | W 12 Secondary Structure, Bolted Connections

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1 | Preforated Zink Fascia, Mounted on 1/2" Hat Channels

2 | Rigid Steel Portal Frame, Prefab Sections Welded on Site

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4 | Precast 8" Hollow Core Concrete Pavers

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6 | Double Layer Cold Rolled C-Section Structure

5 | Standing Seam Metal Roof over 1" Corrugated Steel

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11 | Undulating Mesh Drop Cieling Conceals Systems

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2 | Rigid Steel Portal Frame, Prefab Sections Welded on Site

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4 | Precast 8" Hollow Core Concrete Pavers

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LADY BIRD JOHNSON PAVILION

Spring 2012 | Design 2Professor Milovanovic-Bertram

A small pavilion composed of pentagonal units. The geometry of the units forces irregular patterning on the buildings curving surface, creating a variety of different openings. These openings provide views of the surrounding garden and create dynamic light and shadow in the space.

The pavilion covers a path at the entrance to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center creating a threshold for the park: a place for rest and gathering.

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6200 NORTH LAMAR BOULEVARD

Spring 2013 | Design 4Professor Charlton Lewis

Design for an apartment complex on North Lamar in Austin, Texas. The project explores a modular timber frame structure with curtain wall infill. The frames are assembled into 10 x 10 blocks, the blocks are then assembled and stacked as small communities. These clusters are then placed among the sites many existing trees, creating a meandering path way that links the major corridor of North Lamar Blvd. to the quiet neighborhood just beyond it. The buildings touch the ground lightly, minimizing impermeable cover in a suburban neighborhood where asphalt normally dominates.

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PERFORMANCE

Fall 2011 | Design 1Professor Robert Mezquiti

A sunken, outdoor performance space on 6th and Colorado in downtown Austin. The venue utilizes a system of irregular stairs to create a series of platforms of varying size that are inhabited by audience members. The surface is both circulation and seating.

The performance space is surrounded by a higher level balcony that allows passerby to stop and listen. The project aims to include, rather than exclude, its surroundings in the performance.

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DESIGN MARFA

Fall 2014 | Advanced Design: InteriorsProfessor Clay Odom

This Design Marfa competition entry served primarily as a catalyst to explore how spaces are programed, and how program leads to the generation of form. The process began with an extensive catalogue of the activities that make up living (cook, eat, sleep, play, study, etc.) The programs were then related to each other (cook - eat) and to specific site conditions (study - light). This data was fed through a grasshopper definition that explored ideal programmatic relationships and orientations, generating a series of diagrams that could be used to generate a residential unit.

Each unit generated by this process is unique. It provides a particular solution to the specific programmatic needs of the residents and the units location on the site. For the competition only one unit, a one bed/one bath, was developed, but the process would be the same for every other unit on the property.

As the units are developed they begin to merge together, creating a perimeter on the block with a large shared courtyard in the center. The irregular shape in plan generates a variety of smaller spaces with different levels of privacy: patios shared by several units or spaces that belong to only one.

The unit is rationalized with the needs of Marfa in mind, particularly the small towns isolation. The units are constructed of adobe masonry and steel, which are both available locally. Adobe also maximizes the thermal mass of the building to make use of Marfas large diurnal temperature swing. The buildings steel elements allow the adobe to be restrained in its geometry, while the steel provides the complex forms generated by the parametric process.

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The programs and subprograms are arranged as a data set. This data set is fed through a grasshopper definition that attempts to organize the programs in to an efficient arrangement based on programmatic affinity and site context and site context..

The diagram begins to explore sectional space; each program is assigned a diagrammatic section based on its specific needs, and these geometries begin to merge, creating form.

The last step is the rationalization of form: surfaces are cleaned up and become material,. The unit become functional.

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SITE PLAN

The geometry generated by the Grasshopper definition and the ensuing process creates unique form for each unit in the complex. The rambling plans of the units each address the site in a particular way: they deal with access points, light, utilities, and view. This irregular massing breaks up the 16 unit apartment complex, helping it relate to the scale of the surrounding single family residential neighborhood,

Units begin to merge together, sharing utilities or wet walls. Meanwhile the spaces between the units provide private outdoor space at a variety of scales and varying levels of privacy.

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CORE

Fall 2013 | Design 5Professor Clay Shortall

CORE explores the potential for parametric systems to generate solutions to practical problems in architecture, specifically the relationship of a highrises footprint to its fire core. Our studio project was the design a highrise on a site that is heavily restricted by Austins Capital View Corridor (CVC). The CVC cut our site into 4 pieces, only one of which was unrestricted vertically.

I produced a Grasshopper definition that analyzes a proposed buildings height, floor to floor, total square-footage, fire stair requirements, elevator requirements, and IBC restrictions to determine the most efficient floor plan and fire core for a triangular site.This process reduces the size of the buildings circulation space to 20% of total floor area, rather than the original 33% it would have to take up with a triangular floor plate.

The data generated from this analysis was then used by the majority of the class in their design, as it allowed the practical concerns of the buildings core to adapt to any proposed massing or floor plate.

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INTERFERENCE

Fall 2013 | Design 5Professor Clay Shortall

Following the exploration of CORE the final design project for this studio looked at how parametric processes can generate form: exploring subjective aspects of design like connection, view, and lighting.

INTERFERENCE refers to the combination of patterns (view, proximity, light) to generate a new pattern in which relationships are reinforced. This phase of the project explore the connections between programs in order to determine the desirability of space within each floor for program, as well as the shape of each floor and the massing of the building.

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INTERFERENCE and CORE are reconciled to create a building that responds to both subjective qualities (of view, light, and proximity) and the objective efficiency of the highrises fire core.

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PEMBERTON PLACE ORCHID GREENHOUSE

Summer 2014 | In Construction | Matt Garcia DesignFor Matt Garcia, with Nicole Meizer

Design for a greenhouse and hot tub at Pemberton Place. The project consists of a board-formed concrete structure that is embedded into a south facing hillside creating a outdoor terrace for entertaining with a hot tub and a greenhouse below. The greenhouse features custom steel windows and louvers to regulate temperature and humidity. The project is currently under construction with completion expected in early 2016.

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WIND SOCK

Fall 2014 | Construction 5Professor Judy BirdsongWith Cameron Benson

Wind Sock is a proposed installation in Sutton Hall at The University of Texas School of Architecture. The project aims to make students aware of the buildings unused (nailed shut) natural ventilation system by running a fabric structure through the building. The fabric gives air substance, alerting passerby of the presence of the buildings old systems and allows students to manipulate the form as though it were a column of air.

The installation connects to the existing window frames using a series of shims to generate tension. It touches the frames lightly, preventing damage of the buildings historic fabric.

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PARAMETRIC FIELD

Fall 2013 | Material InformationProfessor Danelle Briscoe

PARAMETRIC FIELD is an 8 X 8 object that explores the possibilities of both Revits parametric functions and the capabilities of 3D printing. The object consists of 16 double sided arches that weave together to form continuous surface. Each archs height, width and thickness are set by randomized parameters, so each of the 32 protrusions is unique.

The module acts as a column, diaphram, modulates light, and creates a dynamic form.

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COMPUTATION + COMPRESSION

Fall 2013 | Material InformationProfessor Danelle BriscoeWith Alex Dallas and Zach WaltersSupport from Nichole Wiedemann and Escobedo Construction

This project explores geometric form finding and the construction of compression only structures in dry stacked stone. Compression only vaults are defined by their stability and geometry, so we created a parametric process in Grasshopper that allows for the manipulation of inherently stable geometries to create unique form.

The arch that the definition creates is divided using a hybrid grid, generating a minimally distorted system of interlocking masonry units that can be fabricated on a 3-axis CNC router. Properties of both an orthogonal grid (as is applied to a vault) and a radial grid (as is applied to a dome) are merged. The final form tapers at the apex for structural efficiency and load distribution, units at the peak of the arch would be only 2 inches thick while units at its base are 6 inches. In addition, the parametric system minimizes the warping of the faces between adjacent hexagonal components, creating a smooth continuous vault surface

In order to evaluate this process, we fabricated a full scale portion of the arch in limestone and a 1 = 1 model of the completed arch.

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LIGHT INSTRUMENT ONE

Spring 2013 | The Cohen New Works FestivalWith Alex Dallas and Michael Rahmatoulin

In our daily lives the qualities and impact of light can often go unappreciated. Light Instruments aims to draw in UT students and New Works Festival attendees, creating a moment of observance, as light is captured and presented to the viewer.

The project consists of a modular system installed in the Payne Theater Lobby at The University of Texas Campus. The system is composed of a series of triangular light diffusion modules, that work together to create a continuous surface. Each element allows natural light though, creating a pattern of diffuse and colored light.

I led the design and implementation of the installation: from the production of drawings and writing for the festival application to the final laser cutting of the 1020 modules.

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EDUCATION

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINBACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE | MAY 2016GPA 3.95

EXPERIENCE

MATT GARCIA DESIGN | AUSTIN, TXINTERN ARCHITECT | MAY 2013 - SEPTEMBER 2014

Contributed to the schematic design and development of various residential projects. Lead the design of the Pemberton Place Orchid Greenhouse. Produced construction documents: including the integration of a car elevator into a house. Worked closely with both clients and contractors to realize projects. Created illustrations, renderings, and models for the office's portfolio and for presentations to clients. Generated detailed digital models for design development, visualization, and digital fabrication.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINRESEARCH ASSISTANT | FEBRUARY - MAY 2014

Worked closely with Professor Benjamin Ibarra Sevilla to complete his research on the open air chapel of San Pedro y San Pablo Teposcolula in Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributed parametric analysis of the constructive and geometric features of the 16th century chapel using point-cloud data to determine the original design geometry developed by the architects 400 years ago.

DESIGN ASSISTANT | JANUARY - MAY 2015

Worked closely with Professor Charlton Lewis to teach Design Four, a studio focused on urban planning and housing in Austin. Helped to develop lesson plans, guided students designs, provided technical advice and tutorials, and participated in desk crits and reviews.

THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM | WASHINGTON, DCINVESTIGATING WHERE WE LIVE INTERN | JUNE - AUGUST 2012

Wrote and developed lesson plans for National Building Museum Summer Programs. Taught lessons on photography, drawing, painting, and urban studies to DC area high school students. Supervised site visits and field trips. Ultimately led students in the design and completion of a year long exhibition on the DC neighborhood of Anacostia, which was on exhibit at The National Building Museum from July 2012 to June 2013.

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LEADERSHIP

TAU SIGMA DELTA HONORS SOCIETY | PRESIDENT | JULY 2014 - JULY 2015

UT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | DEANS AMBASSADOR | MARCH 2014 - MAY 2016

UT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | STUDENT MENTOR | FALL 2013 - MAY 2016

AIAS | PRESIDENT | JULY 2013 - JULY 2014

AIAS | AIA LIAISON | JULY 2012 - JULY 2013

RECOGNITION

COUPLING DESIGN COMPETITION - FIRST PLACE | SPRING 2015

CHARLES M. NETTLES ENDOWED PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP | FALL 2014

DISTINGUISHED COLLEGE SCHOLAR | SPRING 2014

DESIGN EXCELLENCE NOMINEE | SPRING 2014

SOUND BUILDING WITH DISTINCTION | SPRING 2014

COLLEGE SCHOLAR | SPRING 2013

THE NEW WORKS FESTIVAL SELECTION - LIGHT INSTRUMENTS | SPRING 2013

THE NEW WORKS FESTIVAL SELECTION - PERCEIVING CAMPUS | SPRING 2013

SKILLS

Proficient in Rhino 5, Grasshopper, Flamingo, Penguin, Auto CAD, Revit, Vasari, Dynamo, Sketch Up, T-Splines, Vectorworks, Adobe CC, Adobe Extendscript CC, Python, and Visual Basic

Familiar with 3ds Studio Max, Maya, V-Ray, Bentley Pointools V8i, Lecia Cyclone, Robot, Auto Desk Ecotect, C#, and Java

Experienced digital fabricator: laser cutting, 3D printing, and CNC Routing

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lincoln davidson | selected works 2011-2015

Documents

corrugated metal

humble metal structure

austin rolling centerspring

seam metal roof

rolling center s spaces

perforated metal skin

center sitetee plan

downtown austin