PORTFOLIO Selected Works of Renata Southard

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CurriCulum viTaE 04ThE BuildiNg iN NaTurE 05

PaPEr STrEETS 17B-mOrE rESiliENT 21

FaçadE & TyPOlOgy 25viSual aNalySiS 31

POETiC dimENSiONS 33SPaTial SEquENCE 39

BridgE dESigN 41SElECTEd arTwOrkS 43

iNTEriOr dESigN PrOjECTS 49

Optical / An Illusion22” H x 10” W

Lithography

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CONTaCT

Renata Southard

renata.southard@gmail.com+1 (612) 385 6232

rensouthard.wordpress.comRenataSouthard.com

Hampden / Roland ParkBaltimore, Maryland USA

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EDUCATION

University of Maryland, College Park School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation M.ARCH: Degree expected December of 2017

University of Maryland, College Park College of Arts and Humanities BACHeloR of ARts: Degree in Studio Art, 2014

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro College of Liberal ArtsB.f.A. CAndidAte: No Degree, attended 2010-12

EXTRA CURRICULAR

GRAduAte AssistAnt: Antalya Province ResearchRoman Settlement in Turkey under Dr. Lindley VannUniversity of Maryland School of Architecture Spring 2015

teACHinG AssistAnt: ARCH 270 Design in Practice - A Fearless Ideas Course University of Maryland School of Architecture Fall 2015

CoMpetition: Honorable MentionBest Resilient Concept for Exiting CommunityB-More Resilient Row-house Competition Fall 2015

study ABRoAd: Turkey: Istanbul / Antalya Province Archaeological Survey of a Roman Settlement University of Maryland School of Architecture Summer 2015

VolunteeR: Center for Young ChildrenPedestrian Bridge (design-build project) Spring 2015

WORK

suMMeR desiGn inteRn, Summer 2015Himmelrich Associates (Baltimore, MD) ARCHiteCtuRAl AssistAnt, Oct 2012 – July 2014Chambers Architectural Associates (Baltimore, MD)

fReelAnCe desiGneR, Jan 2011 – Aug 2012 Chapel Residence (Nashville, TN)

desiGn CooRdinAtoR, Sept 2007 – Oct 2010Centre Management Company (Southfield, MI)

SKILLS

diGitAl: Proficient: AutoCAD Proficient: Sketch-Up Proficient: Adobe Creative Suite Proficient: Laser-cutter Beginner: GIS Beginner: Revit

HAnd: Sketching / diagramming Drafting / isometrics Renderings / perspectives Model-building Design boards

CoMMuniCAtion: Strong oral presentation skills Strong written & digital skills Proficient: MS Office Suite Interest in graphic design Experienced in sales

AdMinistRAtiVe: AIA CD software proficient CSI Master Format proficient Experience w/ Specifications and Material Schedules

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3rd SEmESTEr / Fall 2015

ThE BuildiNg iN NaTurE

iNSTruCTOr: Madlen Simon, AIA

Course Brief: a community-based design project for the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland (GSCM). Students will re-envision Camp Woodlands, in-cluding the site and buildings, both existing and new, for 21st century users and activities. The Chesapeake Bay waterfront site in Annapolis of-fers a rich environment within which to explore the relationship between the man-made and the natural world. Students will investigate this re-ciprocal relationship as they work both individu-ally and collaboratively to document the existing conditions, propose a new site plan, new camp-site and design a cabin, design a main lodge, and design a new gateway for Camp Woodlands. An important objective is to propose an environment rich in learning experiences for the girls, who progress through the scouts by earning badges reflecting their achievements. We will consider ways in which architecture can serve a didactic role, offering opportunities for the girls to learn lessons about topics such as sustainability, struc-tures, materials, and assemblies.

The program requirements included cabin de-signs for troops of 8-16 girls, arrangement of campsites within the larger context of the camp, a main entrance gate, and proposal for a new lodge to house offices and kitchen / dining facilities for up to 250 campers.

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CamP wOOdlaNdS is located on the Chesapeake Bay (The largest estuary in the United States), near Annapolis, Maryland. With this advantageous location, the camp could position it-self as the premier learning camp of the region.

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aNalySiS: ExiSTiNg

FEaTurESThe goal is to leave much of the site un-disturbed...

At Camp Woodlands, historically protected buildings, and wild-life important to the Chesapeake Bay co-exist in harmony.

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THE LODGE

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Diagram: Exploded axon / building in nature

Plan View: Upper Level with Offices / Mezzanine

Plan View: Lower Level with Kitchen / Dining Area

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Design Agenda: This pro-posal springs from a desire to unite the new with the old through a visual connection. The building is situated at a central point in the site where lines of sight from Lamb Lodge and Starlet (existing and his-torically protected buildings) intersect. The courtyard wel-comes campers as they ascend from Lamb Lodge. Upon ar-rival, they encounter a foun-tain, which slows the pace and reorients them toward the en-trance of the building. The earthen walls of the build-ing are designed to appear as if the ground plane has fold-ed up and over the building. Ground becomes wall, which transitions into green roof and reaches out over the edge of hillside. This rammed earth wall / green roof combination acts as insulator, protecting from harsh northwestern winds in the winter months. The green roof helps to filter rain water, which is collected in a cistern under the kitchen.

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Precedent: Pit Houses on Mesa Verde

Model: Iteration of lodge within larger site context

Model: Larger scale structural system

Models: Iterative formal studies Diagram: Circulation / reorientation

at intersection of old & new

3rd SEmESTEr / Fall 2015

PaPEr STrEETS

iNSTruCTOr: Jana Vandergoot, AFAAR, RA

Course Brief: This course approaches site analy-sis and design from the disciplinary perspectives of architecture, landscape architecture, ecology, and urban planning. The two primary themes that structure the course are Site Systems (hydrologic, topographic, vegetative, cultural, and historical systems) and Infrastructure (energy, waste, mo-bility, and food).

The course is centered around a real set of sites - paper streets - located in the heart of Takoma Park, Maryland. Proposals will be developed for this set of real sites, and presented to the Takoma Park Planning Department.

My focuses for this project were cultural / histor-ical systems, and energy.

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IDEOGRAM COLLAGE: Energy collection and storage Arch 460 Site Analysis and DesignProfessor VanderGootRenata Southard10 October 2015, Draft 002

PATH

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History: Hurricane Hazel - Storm Path and Wind Speeds Synthesis: Hurricane Hazel - Storm Path and Corridor

Synthesis: Hurricane Hazel - Storm Path and Density of Buildings

Density < 5 houses per acre: Grey / Density > 5 houses per acre: Black Low Density Commercial: Teal

Energy: Monthly Residential Energy Usage in kWh

Usage > 3000 kWh per acre: Light Grey / 3000 - 5999 kWh per acre: Med Grey6000 - 8999 kWh per acre: Dark Grey

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Ulmus americana(White Elm)

Juniperus virginiana(Red Cedar Tree)

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8’ x 24’ Battery Storage Unit

Juniperus virginiana(Red Cedar Tree)

Prunus serotina(Black Cherry Tree)

Ulmus americana(White Elm)

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DESIGN AGENDA: Armature for photovoltaic panels and energy storage unitsArch 460 Site Analysis and DesignProfessor VanderGootRenata Southard15 November 2015, Draft 003

The design agenda was formed after researching the history of Hurricane Hazel (October 1954). Because of Takoma Park’s location near the Chesa-peake Bay, and the frequent occurrence of severe weather systems, the likelihood of landfall is high during hurricane season (ground). This, along with the combination of old-growth trees above power lines increases the occurrence of power outages. The design agenda proposes a solar energy collec-tion system. 210 Solar voltaic panels cover approximately 2624 sq. ft. of the scaffolding (canopy), and the 5800 kWh of energy collected each month is stored on site in battery packs (edge). The battery storage units are connected to a smaller neighborhood grid that would supply the immediate vicinity with power in the event of a major outage. Red cedar trees planted along the east and west sides of the site help to reinforce the edge, and block wind.

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Ulmus americana(White Elm)

Juniperus virginiana(Red Cedar Tree)

COLBY AVE.

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8’ x 24’ Battery Storage Unit

Juniperus virginiana(Red Cedar Tree)

Prunus serotina(Black Cherry Tree)

Ulmus americana(White Elm)

249’

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Section a:a

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DESIGN AGENDA: Armature for photovoltaic panels and energy storage unitsArch 460 Site Analysis and DesignProfessor VanderGootRenata Southard15 November 2015, Draft 003

The design agenda was formed after researching the history of Hurricane Hazel (October 1954). Because of Takoma Park’s location near the Chesa-peake Bay, and the frequent occurrence of severe weather systems, the likelihood of landfall is high during hurricane season (ground). This, along with the combination of old-growth trees above power lines increases the occurrence of power outages. The design agenda proposes a solar energy collec-tion system. 210 Solar voltaic panels cover approximately 2624 sq. ft. of the scaffolding (canopy), and the 5800 kWh of energy collected each month is stored on site in battery packs (edge). The battery storage units are connected to a smaller neighborhood grid that would supply the immediate vicinity with power in the event of a major outage. Red cedar trees planted along the east and west sides of the site help to reinforce the edge, and block wind.

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Design Agenda: This plan was influenced by the history of Hurricane Hazel (October 1954). Because of Takoma Park’s location near the Ches-apeake Bay, and the frequent occurrence of severe weather systems, the likelihood of land-fall is high during hurricane season (ground). This, along with the combination of old-growth trees and above-ground power lines, increases the oc-currence of power outages. The design agenda proposes a solar energy collection system. 210 Photo voltaic panels cover approximately 2,624 SF of the scaffolding (canopy), and the 5800 kWh of energy collected each month is stored on site in battery packs (edge). The bat-tery storage units are connect-ed to a smaller neighborhood grid that would supply the im-mediate vicinity with power in the event of a major outage. Red cedar trees planted along the east and west sides of the site help to reinforce the edge, and block wind.

COmPETiTiON / SummEr 2015

B-mOrE rESiliENT

PriNCiPal: Alexander Dzurec, AIA

Competition Brief: When the power goes out, a big storm hits, or civil unrest disrupts the pattern of life in the city, the existing fabric of that city is challenged. As our physical and social cli-mate changes, the built environment, along with the people who reside within it, will continue to struggle. The sooner the urban fabric of Balti-more can adapt to these challenges, the more re-silient our city can be.

This competition focuses on how to provide in-novative design solutions to transform Baltimore City’s existing vacant housing stock to be more resilient. The COTE and Resiliency Committees of AIA Baltimore have partnered with represen-tatives from Baltimore City to develop a competi-tion that can help provide real ideas to solve real problems.

Team Members: Alexander Dzurec (Principal, Autotroph Design)Stephanie Deutsch, (Architect, Autotroph Design)Renata Southard (Student, University of MD)

Award: Honorable Mention for Best Resilient Concept for an Existing Community

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Design Agenda:

utility infRAstRuCtuRePower – Solar Electric generation, bat-tery storage & distributionWater – Rain water collection, storage & distributionGrey Water – Grey water collection & reuse for irrigationBlack Water / Sewer – Local sewer sys-tem loop to collect & treat Black water

nAtuRAl infRAstRuCtuRePermeability – The alleyways are re-paved with permeable paving to reduce storm water run-off. Urban Agriculture – Community Gar-dens provide residents with a means to grow their own food and the community with a valuable resource in the event of a catastrophe.Green Walls and Roofs – To combat the heat island effect as well as provide fresh air and greenery for residents.

CoMMunity infRAstRuCtuReResilience Hub – Neighborhood com-munity center.Community Outreach Police Station – Neighborhood police station.Resilience Storehouse – Neighborhood provisions warehouse to store food, emergency supplies and tools in the event of a disaster. It can also be used to store food from the community gar-dens and as a tool lending library for residents.Neighborhood Pop-up Commercial Space – A location for the incubation of home based business ventures in the community.

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Community Outreach Police Station

Community / Social Infrastructure Components

Hydrogen Cell Power Storage

Power Infrastructure Components

Pop-Up Market Space / Pocket Park

Natural / Green Infrastructure Components

Competition Submission Narrative: Distributed Infrastruc-ture & Resilient Technology (DIRT) is a 21st century infra-structure system for Baltimore. As opposed to the current paradigm of a centralized infrastructure system for utility and community services; DIRT is a distributed and interconnected infrastructure and technology system. It utilizes the concept of interconnected micro-grids to ensure resiliency in the event of catastrophe, but also to maintain stability in day to day usage of utilities and services. DIRT will enable community level mi-cro-grids to “Island” themselves from the city grid; in order to maintain electricity, water, sewer and community services in the event of a catastrophe. In day to day operations these resources are input into the overall city grid to meet the City’s sustainability goals.

This strategy uses a process of conditions assessment to place components for utility, green, and social infrastructure. By uti-lizing the most damaged structures, and keeping existing resi-dents in place, ensuring a more stable population.

DIRT can be applied incrementally, and support long-term im-provement of Baltimore’s neighborhoods. Revitalization will happen steadily but gradually, and the proposed process will support current residents instead of displacing them. The de-velopment of DIRT is a major and long economic development and infrastructure strategy that will transition Baltimore into a resilient future. Once fully implemented throughout the city, DIRT will enable Baltimore to be a dynamic and self-sustain-ing organism that is resilient to a wide variety of natural and man-made catastrophes.

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Water Collection Center

Rainwater Collection Infrastructure Components

Resiliency Hub / Community Gathering Space

Grey Water Infrastructure Components Sewer Infrastructure Components

Water Filtration Center

2nd SEmESTEr / SPriNg 2015

FaçadE & TyPOlOgy

iNSTruCTOr: Brian Kelly, AIA

Course Brief: Investigations into the relationship between the man-made and the natural world in-cluding introductory issues of assembly and ma-terial value. Design of the site and the building are combined into an integral process delimiting and probing the boundaries of each and explor-ing their reciprocal relationship. The architect’s obligations to the natural and urban contexts are explored in many dimensions including histori-cal, typological, environmental, and physical.

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View of Model - Looking east from intersection of 14th and G Streets NW

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Front (north) Elevation

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GROUND FLOORSCALE: 1/8” = 1’ - 0”

Ground Level Plan

Design Agenda: Located on a site near 14th NW and G Street in Washington, DC, this boutique hotel began with a study of building façade, and focused on how a new structure may interact with existing urban fabric. Plans and sections were developed in tandem to pro-duce a more cohesive whole, and the structur-al grid organizes the space from the ground floor up to the penthouse.

The hotel developed from a rigorous program, which called for a restaurant (3,000 SF) and kitchen (2,500 SF) on the main level, a fitness center, multipurpose rooms of various sizes, a balance of long-term and short-term hotel rooms, and a presidential suite at the top lev-el, all to be contained within the legal FAR of 8.5. The ground floor restaurant can be accessed through the main lobby, where the grand staircase and elevators are located, or directly from the street. A fitness center and re-ception rooms located on the second floor. The south-facing rooftop terrace is located above the fitness center; its location chosen after an intensive study of shadow patterns on the ur-ban site. Short-term and long-term suites are located on floors 3-9, and the 10th level boasts a presidential suite, private conference room, and outdoor terrace with impressive views of the National Mall & Washington Monument.

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GARDEN TERRACE: SECOND FLOORSCALE: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

FITNESS & MEETING ROOMS: FIRST FLOORSCALE: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

GARDEN TERRACE: SECOND FLOORSCALE: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

FITNESS & MEETING ROOMS: FIRST FLOORSCALE: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

PENTHOUSESCALE: 1/16” = 1’ - 0”

Typical Residential Floor (Levels 3 - 9)

Fitness Area and Reception Rooms (Levels 2)

Penthouse (Level 10)

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Section A:A

Building Form Shadow Study (Alternate - Winter) Building Form Shadow Study (Alternate - Winter) Building Form Shadow Study (Alternate - Winter)

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Section B:B

Building Form Shadow Study (Final - Winter) Egress Diagram (Fire Stair Towers)Building Form Shadow Study (Alternate - Winter)

2nd SEmESTEr / SPriNg 2015

viSual aNalySiS

iNSTruCTOr: Michele Lamprakos, AIA

Course Brief: The theme this course is type and transformation. Architecture can be understood in terms of types (buildings, spaces, structures, concept / parti) that evolve over time, with or without the intervention of architects. Both these processes will be of interest: the aim is to learn from iterative processes, and seek them out as creative opportunities.

This course explores the creative tension be-tween permanence and change in building types through drawing and diagramming. The focus will be on basic building blocks of the urban fab-ric; and the church, historically one of the most important public buildings in the city. Exercises will investigate both the building type itself, and how it shapes urban space.

I chose to examine the Österreichische Postspar-kasse (Austrian Postal Savings Bank) by Otto Wagner: Vienna, 1904 - 1910.

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New City (Expansion of Vienna / Ringstrasse begun 1857)

Old City (Medieval core of Vienna, 1529 - 1857)

Classically proportioned façade of Österreichische Postsparkasse

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Analysis Agenda: The goal of this project was to determine whether Otto Wagner’s archi-tectural work reflected his theo-retical writings. By focusing on his notions of urban planning and modern building techniques, and then analyzing his theories through a series of diagrams, one sees that Wagner’s buildings hover between classical design principles, and the encroaching modern movement. The Austrian Postal Savings Bank embodies the classical approach through symmetry and perfect propor-tion, but Wagner has encapsulat-ed a modern feature: his lobby is a train station of iron and glass. His work is truly transitional and can fit with Modernist or Clas-sicist principles, depending on how the work is analyzed.

1st SEmESTEr / Fall 2014

POETiC dimENSiONS

iNSTruCTOr: Michael Ambrose, AIA

Course Brief: Construct crafted media explora-tions that speak to your interpretation of, and in-tentions for, a cultural research center dedicated to a specific iconic figure. Can you bring clarity and definition of your interpretation and inten-tions by creating an ambiguity of the expression of boundary, threshold, and edge in the represen-tation that calls your architectural operations to the foreground of the observed point of view. Test your contention through multiple and varied acts of making.

This assignment is intended to engage and ex-plore the convergence of form and space in the project with the means of representation used to describe the project relative to the conceptual agenda of your study. This intent is to focus on a relationship between architectural design repre-sentation and the design of architectural space in which they agitate, inform, and alter one anoth-er. The motive is to bring about conflicts, identi-fy problems to solve and to resolve the resultant discordance in such a way that it brings about unanticipated forms, experiences and patterns of engaging the way one inhabits the event space of threshold as a conceptual form of convergence in the project.

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Design Agenda: A cultural center dedi-cated to Che Guevara, meant to serve the community of College Park. My approach considered the multi-faceted legacy of Guevara: as a doctor, as a revolutionary leader, and finally, as the Cuban Secretary of Education.

The Center houses a space for commemo-ration (main gallery located on the ground floor), a space for learning (reading rooms on the second level); and a space for reflection (lecture hall located in the lower level, which doubles as a gathering space with the walk-out patio area).

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Lower Level Plan Upper Level Plan

Primary and Secondary Axes / Poche Spaces / Occupied Wall

Grid / Poche Spaces Overlapping Spaces / Threshold

Cross-spatial Relationships

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Section C:C

Section B:B

Section A:ASeries of Corner Study Models

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1st SEmESTEr / Fall 2014

SPaTial SEquENCE

iNSTruCTOr: Michael Ambrose, AIA

Course Brief: Fundamental to this project is the notion of spatial sequence, or what Le Corbusier referred to as the promenade architecturale. The concept of the architectural promenade is predi-cated on ideas of movement and sequence as they relate to the arrangement of spaces. The inten-tion is to compose overlapping spaces in an ar-ranged sequence guided by and idea or intention. The formal definition and perceptual experience of a spatial sequence is dependent of how spac-es are assembled, linked and composed through or across the time of movement. This studio ex-perience begins by engaging issues of occupied threshold, edge and depth through a formal/spa-tial language through a conjunction of image, object and text. Through the acts of drawing and modeling the ideas, systems, and process-es of generation of this formal/spatial language we will seek to articulate among other things, a clearer understanding of what constitutes a threshold construct between two programed ac-tivities so that we might project an intervention in architectural terms. The project will include only three significant spaces. A space for the individu-al(s), a space for the collective(s), and a space of overlap constructed for interaction between the individual and collective in the binary program of a small coffee / beverage kiosk.

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Models - Spatial exploration of a 2-Dimensional image in 3-Dimensional media.

Precedent Image: Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park Painting Series (1967-88)

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Design Agenda: The develop-ment of this kiosk sprang from a collection of 3-dimensional interpretations of a 2-dimen-sional Richard Diebenkorn painting (bottom right image).

The end result strove to incor-porate the many variations of the work, and focused intently on the spaces shared by cus-tomer and service provider alike, while subtly guiding us-ers toward the areas designed for them, and away from areas deemed private.

Several variations of this de-veloped through an iterative process (immediate left).

uNdErgraduaTE / SPriNg 2014

BridgE dESigN

iNSTruCTOr: Powell Draper, PhD

Course Brief: This course considers bridges from conceptual to final design and construction. The course will begin with an historical survey of the development of various bridge forms, materials, designers and design tools. Students will per-form conceptual design of various bridge types and will ultimately design a bridge to serve as a crossing at a particular site. The relationship between structure and site will be explored, as will the social factors of bridge design. Students will use various tools (physical modeling, com-putational modeling, experimentation, and anal-ysis) to perform comparative critical analysis. This course also considers how the development of new sustainable technologies can change our approach to bridge design. Students will investi-gate new sustainable technologies to understand their potential impact on architecture, engineer-ing, and design.

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SOCial: McGavock Bridge links a fast-growing section of East Nashville with the nearby Nashville International Airport.

SCiENTiFiC: Total span of 649’ with a clear span of 258’; steel structure is 57’-10” high x 60’ wide (4 traffic lanes + 2 pedestrian sidewalks). Girder design utilizes modified I-beams and open steel grid deck with a concrete sidewalk for pedestrian comfort & safety. Dead load = 4,203 kips. Live load = 2,323 kips.

SymBOliC: The bridge will provide much needed access to areas of Nashville previously cut off by the Cumberland River.

miSCEllaNEOuS / 2014 - PrESENT

arTwOrkS

iNSTruCTOr: Varies by date and course

Artwork samples represent a small cache of the work completed during my undergraduate educa-tion, work completed on my own, process draw-ings, and travel sketches from Turkey and Greece.

Mixed media drawing / printmaking and sculpture were main areas of focus in my undergraduate work; each is very process-based and requires a great deal of development drawing and planning. My drawings examine the world through careful representation, and explore creative conceptual architectural ideas through layering and line.

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Sketch of Feet - Graphite on paper (2013) Life Cycle of a Skyline - Acrylic / Charcoal on Wood / Vellum, Series of 5 (2013)

Untitled (Interlocking) - Wood, Steel and Bondo (2012)Sketch of Hand - Graphite on paper (2013)

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Process Sketch (2014)

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Travel Sketch - Greece (2015)

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Travel Sketch - Turkey (2015)

COmPlETEd wOrk / 2009-12

iNTEriOr dESigN

SuPErviSOr: Varies by employer

The selected interior design examples are com-pleted projects from my freelance and contract residential projects, as well as one example of a commercial office building project that included lobbies, bathrooms and a “cafe” renovation for a pair of buildings totaling 10,000 sq. feet. All projects included minor construction, furnish-ings, equipment, and accessories.

Note: I was the lead or sole designer on each of the selected projects and worked with little to no supervision.

Employers (by project from L-R): Centre Management Company (Southfield, MI)GS Hinsen Company (Nashville, TN)Freelance - Chapel Residence (Nashville, TN)

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