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Architecture portfolio of academic work from California Polytechnic State University. 2008-2013TRANSCRIPT
SEANNADREW.Academic Portfolio 2008 | 2013
California Polytechinic State University San Luis Obipo
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EducationCalifornia Polytechnic State University —Bachelor of Architecture June 2013 San Francisco Urban Design Program March-June 201210 week intensive studio focusing on urban design issues
Habitat for Humanity—Cal Poly Charter 2009-2012
Vice President
ExperienceThe Guild, Design + Build Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA March 20133D digital modeling, researchPart of the one week Blind Date Internship program
Intern, Jones | Haydu Architects, San Francisco, CA April-June 2012Model building, research, duties as assignedPart of the San Francisco Urban Design Program
Ceramics Instructor, Cal Poly Craft Center, San Luis Obispo, CA 2009-2013Teach wheel and hand building ceramic classes, run kilns, mix glazes
Financial Services Clerk, Ridge Tahoe Resorts, Stateline, NV 2006-2009P/T Promotional sales, customer service, accounts receivable
PublicationThe Reacquisition of Perception5th year selected work www.arch.calpoly.edu/gallery/index.html August 2013
Contact LampMoCo, www.mocoloco.com March 2013
ZIPsuckerPunch: www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2013/02/28/zip/ February 2013Archinect: www.archinect.com/news/article/67340923/zip/
ShiftADD XIII, Cal Poly Architecture Publication April 2013
refUSEVellum 7, Vellum Design Build Publication May 2010
Honors & AwardsVellum Furniture Design Build Competition October 2010 Runner-UpDean’s LIstNorthern Nevada AIA Raymond Hellman Memorial Scholarship June 2008
Raymond H. Berner Scholarship June 2008
SEANNADREW.
tel 775-721-8203
email [email protected]
SkillsDigital— mac + pc, indesign, illustrator, photoshop, rhino, sketch-up, v-ray, revit, autocad
Analog—drafting, drawing, watercolor, oil paint, ceramics, photography, wood working, welding, model building
Fabrication—laser cutter, cnc
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5th year design thesis_marin headlands, ca_
prof. karen lange_
Shift
The Reacquistion of Perception
Innovation Playground
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urban infill affordable housing_san francisco, ca_
prof. hulett jones & paul haydu_
innovative installation pavilion_paso robles, ca_
prof. barry williams_
Adaptive interface
And/Other_ZIP installation_furniture_drawing/painting_ceramics_photograpy
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_a dharmic dwelling_santa margarita, CA_prof. robert arens
Inhabiting the Field
_pan am awards pavilion_toronto, canada_prof. margarida yin
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The society in which we live has become increasingly enthralled with the digital, the virtual, and the temporary. This developing network society has displayed an insatiable appetite for a constant flow of instant gratification its everyday activity. Because of this progression, there is now an over-stimulation of our visual sense and a general neglect of our secondary means of perception. As a result which we have effectively begun to dilute every experience both enacted and received, and therefore have encouraged passivity as an acceptable way of life, learning, and understanding of the world.
This thesis seeks to explore the value and application of behavior modification in the built environment. Behavior is explored as a means to disrupt the current culture of passivity and engage individuals in active perception and participation. In doing so the capacity for acquisition learning, or the gain of knowledge through physical experience, is greatly enhance. With this newly expanded capacity, the opportunity to impact and improve our society through innovative means is unleashed.
The Reacquisition of Perception
_Institute for the Reacquisition of Leaning
_5th Year Design Thesis
_Marin Headlands, CA01
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sequestered innovation
entrepreneurially driven
research based
technologically attached
image inundated
endless consumption
vicariously virtual
financially blinded
production consequences
insatiably entertained
issue
response
The Institution for the Reacquisition of Learning serves as an alternative to the scrutinized system of secondary education and fosters an environment for innovation through tactile means. Based upon the idea of independent, entrepreneurial research and development by students, rather than a traditional student-teacher relationship, the institution functions as an environment intended to distill the acquisition of knowledge into its purest, most propitious state.
concept diagram
existing bunker view from overlook surrounding context
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visual barrierexisting conditions: Battery Rathbone & main access road
site elevations
sea level
454’
60’
367’
324’
site mapping
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Programmed Spaces.
Level A1. co-living kitchen and dining2. single studio dorm3. co-living bathroom and showers
Level B4. collaborative research rooms5. independent research office6. social stair
Level C7. prototype lab8. independent research officew9. reflection point
A CB
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independent research studios
social encounters/reflection
livingcollaborative research labs
studio unit detail
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site model
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final model
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The affordable housing and mixed-use building project is located on the corner of Polk Street and Broadway Avenue in San Francisco, CA. The site formerly served as a Walgreen’s parking lot and contributed little to the condition of the neighborhood. The main issues addressed by this project were the relationships between San Francisco housing typologies, solar access, livability for the residents, and connection to the rest of the neighborhood.
The creation of community occurs on multiple scales of interaction: public and interpersonal. The project is intended to recognizes the differences and the importance of both. The gesture of SHIFT in the building creates a series of voids linked by thoroughfares, encouraging both event-based community and everyday interaction.
Innovation Playground.
_Innovation Installation Pavil ion
_Concept and Masterplan Proposal
_Paso Robles, CA
_Collaboration with Erik Castro + Joel Rehbein02
master plan
site plan
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concept models
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The affordable housing and mixed-use building project is located on the corner of Polk Street and Broadway Avenue in San Francisco, CA. The site formerly served as a Walgreen’s parking lot and contributed little to the condition of the neighborhood. The main issues addressed by this project were the relationships between San Francisco housing typologies, solar access, livability for the residents, and connection to the rest of the neighborhood.
The creation of community occurs on multiple scales of interaction: public and interpersonal. The project is intended to recognizes the differences and the importance of both. The gesture of SHIFT in the building creates a series of voids linked by thoroughfares, encouraging both event-based community and everyday interaction.
Shift.
_Urban Infi l l Affordable Housing
_San Francisco Urban Design Program
_Collaboration with Wendy Truong03
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Opening Up;Creation of Thoroughfare
Shift; Creation of Node
Linking Spaces; Creation of Path
Splitting Apart
DIAGRAMS // PARTI
Opening Up;Creation of Thoroughfare
Shift; Creation of Node
Linking Spaces; Creation of Path
Splitting Apart
DIAGRAMS // PARTI
Opening Up;Creation of Thoroughfare
Shift; Creation of Node
Linking Spaces; Creation of Path
Splitting Apart
DIAGRAMS // PARTIsplitting apart
link: creation of path
shift: creation of communal node
pull: creation of thoroughfare
Opening Up;Creation of Thoroughfare
Shift; Creation of Node
Linking Spaces; Creation of Path
Splitting Apart
DIAGRAMS // PARTI
Opening Up;Creation of Thoroughfare
Shift; Creation of Node
Linking Spaces; Creation of Path
Splitting Apart
DIAGRAMS // PARTI
transverse section
longitudinal section
THIRD FLOORSECOND FLOORFIRST FLOORSCALE: 1/16”=1’-0” (typ.)
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FOURTH FLOOR FIFTH FLOOR
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Adaptive Interface.
The essence of the award ceremony pavilion is defined by the connectivity of people and the adaptability of design. The gathering of people to inhabit a space is fundamentally essential to a pavilion’s purposing and repurposing. This awards pavilion provides an opportunity to connect the local, national and international communities.
Toronto is a uniquely diverse city in both its architecture and populous. Broken into a multitude of neighborhoods, Toronto is defined by districts of varying ethnicity, religion, industry and socioeconomic status. Between each district there exists a disconnect. The pavilion was designed as an opportunity for uniting not only America’s nations for this momentous occasion, but also the for uniting Toronto as a community unto itself. The design responds and adapts to the context from the climatic to the programmatic needs of Toronto .
_Pan American Games Pavil ion
_AIA Vinyl Competition
_Toronto, Canada04
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ground planeseating and structure
primary steel structure
pivoting panels
secondary steel beams
Current and ProposedRapid Transit Stops
Pavilion Site
Adjacent Parking Access
Current and ProposedRapid Transit Stops
Pavilion Site
Adjacent Parking Access
Subway Transit
Pavilion Site
Adjacent Parking Access
Subway Transit
Pavilion Site
Adjacent Parking Access
Bicycle Transit
Pavilion Site
Adjacent Parking Access
Bicycle Transit
Pavilion Site
Adjacent Parking Access
translucent vinyl panel
extended and fixed seating
stage and backstage
primary circulation paths
secondary circulation paths
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louver wall detail
slide track connection
pivoting connection
open semi-closed
The award pavilion is semipermanent in its nature and the form and skin of the building are designed to lend themselves to repurposing. The louvred wall system allows for flexibility in programmed space and responds to population and seasonal conditions
plan view sliding track
closed
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Inhabiting the Field. This subtle awareness of the relationships between one’s physical and spiritual being is like that of the subtle relationships found in modern architecture. In both the practice of Buddhism and Modernism there is emphasis placed on the simplification of one’s life and space through the elimination of material luxuries, or in architecture, unnecessary ornamentation. The various aspects of the landscape are experienced through their translation into the five points of architecture as applied to the house. The site is located in rural Santa Margarita, CA. Previously undeveloped, the objective was to impact the site as little as possible as well as to embrace the natural qualities and imperfections of the land. For the project, the site’s unique quality was recreated through what began as an exploration of an everyday object. The process of drawing, deconstruction and plaster casting the forms of these objects allowed for a deeper understanding of their intrinsic qualities while contributing physical attributes to the site.
_A Dharmic Dwell ing
_800 sqft studio home
_Santa Margarita, CA05
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The positions of the openings relate to the meditation platforms, sicnificant elements of the landscape and Buddhist lifestyle.Through these openings, the owner is able to experience the subtleties of the architecture simply through daily activity.
Drawings: hand drafted, ink on mylar
Model: section through living space, cast and carved plaster base
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ZIP.A quarter of a million zip ties formed a fabric, which eventually encompassed an entire gallery “storefront” space.
It transformed the gallery into a bristled vortex of swirling, cavernous forms magnified through reflective cellophane
and augmented by subtle changing color. ZIP was the result of a collaborative effort through research, acquisition,
design, and construction of an environment functioning as haptic reading room. The design was developed over the
course of three weeks culminating in a four- day installation period. ZIP ultimately promoted visitor interaction with
the fabric’s prickly surface, through books, light, music, color, and conversations, which allowed visitors to become involved in the each thesis.
_ZIP_Furniture_Drawing/Painting_Ceramics_Photography
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photos by minami mori
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The featured furniture was designed and constructed between
2009 and 2012 for the Vellum Design Build Furniture Competition.
The pieces are constructed of entirely scrap wood and metal
salvaged from a local cabinet shops and scrap yards. They are
composed of a multitude of wood species including individual
pieces of discarded walnut, cherry, hickory, mahogany, and
coca bola. This method of salvaging supplies results in minimal
production costs and a small ecological footprint. Rather than
creating new waste, the designs are able to reduce the impact
originally created by the industry of origin while maintaining
the intrinsic quality of the material. The final result is cohesion
between industry, the environment, and engaging design.
Furniture.
Refuse.
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Reveal.
Contact.
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The collection of selected works to follow explore the realms of
design not immediately relating to architecture. This exploration
of various media indulges and expands my understanding of
the delicate relationship between art and architecture.
Drawing/Painting.
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Ceramics.
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Photography.
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