A R C H I T E C T U R E

P O R T F O L I OC H R I S T O P H E R A O W E N SU N I V E R S I T Y O F K E N T U C K Y BA_ARCH 2012

U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E N N E S S E E M_ARCH 2015

Table of Contents

42 OFFICE BUILDING

LEAP COLLABORATIVE

36 TRANSPORTATION HUB

WESTSIDE INTERMODAL

4 HIKING LODGE

FONTANA DAM

10 RICHARD MIER’S SMITH HOUSE ADDITION

ARTIST’S STUDIO

18 BRIDGING CONTEXTUALISM

EMERGING FIELD

22 VIBRANT URBAN SPACES

TSU DEVELOPMENT

28 INSERTION AND ADAPTION

18TH STREET ARTS CENTER

14 EXPERIENCE THE EXPANSE

DEATH VALLEY RESORT

32 PHOTOGRAPHY & PAINTING

MIXED MEDIA

H I K I N G L O D G EF O N T A N A D A M L O D G E

FONTANA, NORTH CAROLINADESIGN STUDIO: BA_ARCH SPRING 2011PROFESSOR: KYLE MILLER

AGGREGATION of folding planes:

The Fontana Dam Hiking Lodge was designed after the experimentation of mulitiple techniques of mass aggregation. The primary goal of this project was to design a hiking lodge developed from a system of organization that coordinates building mass and landscaping manipulation strategies. The is project utilizes pinching folded planes to define programmatic volumes. These folded planes overlap to build internal and external spaces; a representation of the surrounding jagged terrain.

site plan

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visual of roof plane

circulationexisting terrain

massingbuilding envelope

organizational strategy organization variants optimized program resultant

public private

final model

lodge section

detailed section

12” air space

6” fiberglass insulation

5/8” plywood

drop ceiling

2”-4”concrete

metal truss @ 6ft o.c.

24 ga steel corrugated metal panel

S T U D I O A D D I T I O N T O R I C H A R D M I E R’ S S M I T H H O U S E A R T I S T’ S S T U D I O

DARIEN, CONNECTICUTDESIGN STUDIO: BA_ARCH FALL 2010PROFESSOR: CLYDE CARPENTER

program organization circulation dynamics

integration of program & circulation massing sketch final model

This addition to Richard Mier’s Smith House, located on Long Island Sound in Darien, Connecticut, is an independent studio separated from the house. While the studio was designed with similar proportions and spacial configurations of the house, it does obtain its own identity. The addition is characterized by a dynamic volume created by two rectangles equally offset and protruding into the exterior.

On the approach to the studio one receives a taste of the view to come, partially blocked by a portion of the building. A continous ribbon of circulation extends from the entry, to the second floor office space, and across a catwalk which leads to balcony and up to the roof garden. The catwalk acts as a visual separation between the entry/ gallery space and the open glass studio space. Each point along one’s journey provides a spectatular view of the sound from the comfort of this studio atelleri.

E X P E R I E N C E T H E E X P A N S ED E A T H V A L L E Y R E S O R T

DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIADESIGN STUDIO: BA_ARCH SPRING 2012PROFESSOR: AKARI TAKEBAYASHI

material experimentation

SURFACING of structure:

Death Valley Resort is located in the hottest environment in the United States. It provides a safe haven for outdoor enthusiasts, drawing visitors closer to the environment that captivates them. The form of the resort acknowledge’s the ecosystem, geology, and climate with building mass that coincides with the buildup and weaving of the dunes in surrounding valleys. The curvature of the buildings passively allows wind to cool the complex.

environmental controls

B R I D G I N G C O N T E X T U A L I S ME M E R G I N G F I E L D

DESIGN STUDIO: BA_ARCH FALL 2012PROFESSOR: JASON SCROGGIN

single unit

unit assembly diagrammatic plan

field of units activated field field activated by program and environment

sections

This project was a brief, two week long charrette to design a bridge flexible to the context of multiple environments. This bridge is constructed by an aggregate of spacial components which can be globally manipulated by the conditions of its environment. Each unit, a parallel tandom of square planes, creates a field that can become activated by specific programs to build solidities, transparencies, and intermediary spaces.

final model

V I B R A N T U R B A N S P A C E ST S U D E V E L O P M E N T

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEEDESIGN STUDIO: M_ARCH SPRING 2013PROFESSOR: T.K. DAVISPARTNERS: RIJAD HELDIC & THOMAS PETTERSON

This transit-oriented development would offer Nashville a mixed-use neighborhood which includes retail, apartments, townhomes, office buildings, and two new parks. The scheme supports the strong axis of the rail line while negotiating between the existing street grids of the northeast and southeast neighborhoods. It also recognizes and supports two existing student housing communities in its immediate proximity. Railroad crossings link streets from the northeastern neighbor-hood into the development as a way to provide easy access to the light rail transit stop and other amenities such as new shops, restaurants, and the two new parks.

The light rail transit stop is centered within the development, easily within walking distance of all residents in the neighbor-hood. On the north side of the track a new early learning center provides an amenity to the entire area. On the opposite side of the tracks the transit stop opens up to a hub of new shops, restaurants, and a series of courtyards that led to a wooded park and grassland. Townhomes line along the railroad, provid-ing a scale appropriate to the pedestrian friendly greenway that would extend from the river and along the rail line into the development. Apartments also occupy the same block, wrapping a low parking garage with a green roof which supplies both parking needs and a quiet landscape to each block. Office buildings stand across the street allowing residents to live in close proximity to their jobs.

A round-about on one side of the development organizes three primary streets; the main axis through the entire development, a linking street to the northeastern neighborhood, and the extended 26th Avenue North which continues southeast to Jefferson Street. On the opposite side of the development a small triangular park provides a capstone to the main axis street through the neighborhood.

shopping plazalight rail station

existing condition axon of proposed plan

figure ground of proposed plan

light rail transit hub & shopping plaza surrounded by townhomes, apartments, & offices

elevation of six-story apartment building with retail on the ground floor

apartment building wraps the parking garage, townhomes line the rail line and proposed greenway connection

I N S E R T I O N A N D A D A P T I O N18th S T R E E T A R T S C E N T E R

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIADESIGN STUDIO: M_ARCH SPRING 2014PROFESSORS: LARRY SCARPA + BRANDON PACEPARTNER: CATHERINE FELTON

The 18h Street Arts Center has expressed an interest to recreate their campus. The proposed plan provides for more live/ work units while opening their campus to the public, the center’s primary source of funding. The plan supports a new courtyard to invite the public into the site, and a cafe allows them to enjoy the courtyard. Public programs center the site, while live/ work units balance each side. The design includes a bridge that easily allows its residents and the public to access a roof top garden. The glass facade wraps new and existing buildings, creating a singular rhythm that reflects the vegetation in the courtyard, a rare patch of greenery in Santa Monica. A new light-rail transit station by the site will more easy allow the public to visit for exhibitions.

existing site plan

existing circulation

proposed site plan

public space

gallery/ theatreliving living

cafe

proposed circulation

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N H U B W E S T S I D E I N T E R M O D A L

NEW YORK, NEW YORKDESIGN STUDIO: BA_ARCH FALL 2012PROFESSOR: JASON SCROGGIN

initial geometry divisional strips mulitple levels shifting floors

BUILDING SYSTEMSAXONOMETRIC

solar panels@ 52O

glazing pattern

concrete skin

structural system

first floor plan

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EXPANSION of the Urban Fabric:

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second floor plan

Along NYC’s Hudson River, this intermodal transportation hub facilitates a variety of circulation routes by expanding the city’s edge, negotiating between the border of a highly urban context and the serenity of the ferry traffic along the Hudson River. Overlapping park/ landscaping and building conditions transform traffic paths along one of the city’s busiest routes and converge those routes into a centralized space from which other means of transportation can be accessed.

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NEW YORK INFORMATION CENTER

O F F I C E B U I L D I N GL E A P C O L L A B O R A T I V E

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEEDESIGN STUDIO: M_ARCH FALL 2014PROFESSOR: WILLIAM MARTELLAPARTNER: CASEY KUNTZ

LEAP Collaborative is a progressive, sustainability consulting firm with 90 employees looking to relocate to Knoxville, Tennessee. This multidisciplinary group of mechanical engineers, architects, landscape architects, and other environmental specialists work as consultants to architects, owners, engineers on a wide variety of environmental-minded building projects.

A main goal of this project is to help market LEAP’s sustainable agenda. In addition to on-site water recycling, the building is clad with local Tennessee marble, a resource Knoxville is historically well-known for producing. The landscape also makes use of the local material, drawing its influence from nearby quarries, it serves as a source of local pride, education, and motivation for the public to visit abandon quarries which now serve as city parks.

There are two primary site conditions that influence the project’s design. The low-rise building footprint is much smaller than the site, allowing for implementation of a public courtyard that supports the required program of a cafe and retail. The site is also very unique because its irregular shape has two street fronts, stretching around a corner building and presenting the possibility of allowing pedestrian traffic to cross through the block. The design responds with a breezway that slices through the building. A glass box appears to move through the solidity of the building, creating an atrium and representing the circulation through the breezeway.

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BACKLIT WATERFALL

PEDESTRIAN ENTRY

PEDESTRIAN ENTRY

TO UNDERGROUNDPARKING GARAGE

BREEZEWAY

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STONE PAVING CONCRETE PAVING

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Reinforced Conc. Columns - 18”

Reinforced Conc. Footings - 5’ x 5’ - 2’ Deep

Reinforced Conc. Footing - Designed for theedge of the property line

Reinforced Conc. Retaining Walls

Elevator pit

Concrete slab - thickness 6”

Joist Band - Reinforcing tied to joist reinforcing

Concrete retaining wall

Reinforced concrete slab cast-in-placewith concrete beams and joists - slab thickness 5”

Reinforced Conc. Retaining Wallsfor parking garage exhaust

Reinforced Conc. Joists - Cast-in-place - @ 2’ o.c. - 6” wide - 2’ Depth from top of slab

Reinforced Conc. Beams - 18” wide - 2’ Depth fromtop of slab

Reinforced Conc. Footings - 4’ x 4’ 2’ Depth

Wide flange Columns - 6”

Reinforced Conc. Footing - Designed for theedge of the property line

Reinforced Conc. Retaining Walls

Elevator shaft

Supply Duct

Infloor Chilled BeamsInfloor Chillled Beams

12”x16”

23.5”

23.5”

12”

12.5”

12.5”

12”

20.5”

20.5”

12”x15”12”x25”

12”x17”

12”x17”

12”x22”

12”x22”

33”

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Zone 2 - Five OfficesZone 1 - Four Offices

Zone 1 - Conference Rm

Zone 3 - Lab

Zone 2 - Print & Copy Rm

VAV Boxes

VAV Boxes

VAV Box

Zone 3 - Workstation Open Floor Area

Zone 4 - Workstation Open Floor Area

Acoustic Tiles in OfficesVisible Structure, Lighting,& Ductwork in Workstation Area

Gypsum Ceiling, Visible HangingDuctwork & Lighting

Light gauge steel joists - 2” wide - 12” Deep @ 1’ o.c

Steel Columns from ground floor to topof parapet - w6 - structural bay is 20’ x 20’

Steel Beam w6 - 12” Deep

Duct shaft

Secondary cantilevered steel beams - w6 - 18” Deep @ 5’ o.c. - bolted connections to primary beams

Secondary cantilevered steel beams - w6 - 18” Deep @ 5’ o.c. - bolted connections to primary beams

Primary structural framing provides support for cantileved steel beams - w6 - 12” Deep - bolted connections to columns Concrete slab on corrugated

steel decking - slab thickness 5”Duct shaft

Beam (Channel)

Beam (Channel)

Light gauge steel joists - 2” wide - 12” Deep

Steel Beam w6 - 12” Deep

Steel Columns from ground floor to topof parapet - w6

Steel Beam w6 - 12” Deep

Secondary cantilevered steel beams - w6 - 18” Deep @ 5’ o.c. - bolted connections to primary beams

Beam (Channel) Elevator shaft

Duct shaft

Beam (Channel)

Secondary cantilevered steel beams - w6 - 18” Deep @ 5’ o.c. - bolted connections to primary beams

Primary structural framing provides support for cantileved steel beams - w6 - 12” Deep - bolted connections to columns Concrete slab on corrugated

steel decking - slab thickness 5”Duct shaft

31WORKSTATION AREA 28

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166CAFE SEATING

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35RETAIL

10ELEVATOR LOBBY

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EXIT ACCESSPATH FROM ROOMTO EXIT ACCESS

BUSINESS

workstations in atrium

building systems diagrams

conference room

atrium from fourth floor breezeway below conference and break rooms

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d - 2

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Rigid Insulation, 2.5” thick

Spandrel Glass, same tint of glass curtain wall

Gypsum Board

Metal StudsLED BacklightsTranslucent Glass

Batt Insulation

Primary Wide Flange Beam, W 6” x D 12” bolted to columns

Rigid Insulation, 2” thickCover Board, Asphalt, Ply Sheeting, & Reflective Roof Protection

Spandrel Glass same tint of glass curtain wallConcrete on corrugated metal decking

Light Tinted Glass Panels, 10’ x 6’

Glass Curtain Wall, 9” wide vertical mullions for lateral support

C H R I S T O P H E R A O W E N SUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BA_ARCH 2012

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE M_ARCH 2015