m. arch portfolio
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A compilation of my graduate student work at the Illinois Institute of Technology through Fall 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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1. RE-ENERGIZING CHICAGO, pg4
2. BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION, pg8
3. MERIT MUSIC CONSERVATORY, pg14
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PERSONAL STATEMENT
I am a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology and will graduate with a Master of Architecture in May 2014. My graduate work has included a variety of projects within Chicago with a consistent focus on the social capacity of contextualized architecture to foster new relationships between people and spaces. My undergraduate studies focused on Mechanical Engineering and have helped me gain a strong aptitude for the technical, structural, and environmental aspects of the built environment. I am seeking employment
design and visual communication skills, as well as an increased understanding of the technical and managerial side of the architecture industry.
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page 4
RE-ENERGIZING CHICAGO
Re-Energizing Chicago is a research-based proposal examining the city through the lens of Systems Theory. Research, mapping, and diagraming focused on the flow of materials, people, and money through urban systems. These included transportation infrastructure, data distribution networks, and the river ecosystem, with a particular emphasis on current trends such as Divvy bike sharing, the expansion of broadband cabling, and the invasion of the Asian Carp species. These flows were overlaid in a synthetic map and used to determine opportunity areas at points where the systems intersected and interacted. Finally, a proposal for intervention in these opportunity areas was created in order to optimize flows, increasing the use of local resources and decreasing waste.
RE-ENERGIZING CHICAGO
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page 5FALL 2013
page 6 RE-ENERGIZING CHICAGO
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page 7FALL 2013
page 8
The Bloomingdale Trail Connection proposes multiple routes to connect the planned Bloomingdale Trail to the Lakefront Trail, including means to cross the highway, railroads, and river that mark its end. At the river crossing, a new recreation center is proposed to promote biking and kayaking, as well as water
former use as a steel-making plant and its prominent form cut by the river, the building takes shape through a sequential process of molding and carving. The
undulating exposed steel trusses and a standing seam cladding which is traditional for shed structures. Thus it is a modern take on industrial building types and a diamond in the rough of the industrial corridor.
BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION
BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION
page 9SPRING 2013
MOLDING+CARVING
page 10 BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION
page 11SPRING 2013
page 12 BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION
Damen
Western
N Central Park Ave
N Kim
ball Ave
N Kedzie Ave
N H
umboldt Ave
N California Ave
N W
estern Ave
N D
amen Ave
N Milwaukee Ave
W North Ave
W Cortland St
W Armitage Ave
W Wabansia Ave
page 13SPRING 2013
Lakeshore Dr
N W
ells St
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Lakeshoreesh
N W
ells St
North/Clybourn
N W
ood St
N Kingsbury St
Sedgewick
N H
udson Ave
Armitage
Clybourn
N A
shland Ave
N Elston Ave
N Sheffi
eld Ave
N Racine Ave
N Southport Ave
N H
alsted St
N Larrabe St
N W
ells St
N LaSalle St
N Lincoln Ave
N Clybourn Ave
N Clark St
W North Ave
W Cortland St
W Armitage Ave
W Dickens Ave
W Webster Ave
N Kingsbury St
page 14
The Merit Music Conservatory is a proposed college for 200 students and an extension of the neighboring Merit School for younger students. The design intent is to foster a dynamic relationship between public users (concert- and café-goers) and private users (students, faculty, and administrators). This is accomplished in a central atrium, which separates but also links the private and public areas. The circulation through this space, consisting of a processional staircase with bridges to connect across the atrium, is inspired by
direction towards concert hall and rehearsal room. But just as valves in a horn open new pathways for air, the bridges allow opportunities for public and private users to interact and explore.
MERIT MUSIC CONSERVATORY
MERIT MUSIC CONSERVATORY
Public Spaces
Concert Hall - Audience
Coat CheckTicket BoothAnteroom
Cafe
Private Spaces
Concert Hall - Stage
ClassroomsS/M/L Practice RoomsFaculty/Admin Offices
Music Library
Rehearsal Room
page 15FALL 2012
page 16 MERIT MUSIC CONSERVATORY
page 17FALL 2012
[email protected] 630.639.1203