KENDRICK D. R. BOOTH2-Year Graduate Admissions Portfolio

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TABLE OF CONTENTSLake of the Isles Park Pavilion

Ceramics Showroom and FactoryValue in Drawing

The Redesign of Carmen Alto

LAKE OF THE ISLES PARK PAVILION Professor: Bob GanserStudio 3

Lake of the Isles is one of many lakes within the grand rounds in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The objective of this project was to create a park pavilion on the shore of the lake. Our design needed to blend with the community surrounding Lake of the Isles. This lake is set at a more personal scale when compared to other lakes in the area. The lakes personal scale is created by the small size of the lake surrounded by single family residential.

My design attempts to hide the pavilion within the site because with such a small shore line any building could be seen as intrusive to this environment. The building itself is built down into the ground with a retaining wall circling the street side of the site creating an outdoor courtyard between the street and the building. With the use of glass walls covering the majority of the exterior with dark interior materials a reflective quality is created on the façade that blends it with the site only to be revealed by those who look.

Cross Section North

Cross Section South

Visibility Illustration North

CERAMICS SHOWROOM AND FACTORYProfessors: Martha McQuade, Dan Clark, Andrew DullStudio 1

The focus of this design was to look into the materiality of a project and examine the differences that occur between the use of a concrete structure and a metal truss system. The metal truss system is a ceramic factory where the ceramics would be made and then moved to the showroom to be displayed and sold from the concrete showroom.

In Minnesota the changes in weather can be harsh. So combining these two elements into one cohesive structure was the logical move, but this created problems in itself. With the two frameworks being drastically different in materiality, creating a connection between the two was a problem. By controlling the connection and creating a transition, the two buildings became one cohesive design with both efficiency and beauty.

Process Models

Site Axon

Roof Detail Wall Detail Foundation Detail

VALUE IN DRAWINGProfessor: James HowarthIntroduction to Drawing in Architecture

These drawings were meant to develop a creative drawing method that forces us to look at a space in a different way. They are value drawings of the interior of a law firm in downtown Minneapolis and they focus on the lighting and shading that is all around us versus the solid image we normally see. By looking at lighting versus shading, the lines become blurred and images develop a depth that can be lost in other drawing methods. Also the use of white on black creates another challenge because once again the typical drawing methods are reversed and instead of the pencil creating shade it is producing light.

THE REDESIGN OF CARMEN ALTO Group Members: Amy Morgan & Sarah RosenzweigProfessor: Lance LavineStudio 2

Carmen Alto was originally a street fitted to the grid system present in Oaxaca, Mexico. The street was renovated into a plaza but renovation was unsuccessful and now the space is unused with the exception of temporary merchants that set up shop on its edge. The goal was to redesign the space into a welcoming space that fit within the City of Oaxaca.

To accomplish this, we took the space and broke it up into four different platforms of space. These four platforms connected by stairs and a diagonal grid that connected the plaza and the two churches adjacent to the spaces. In Oaxaca we had a heavy emphasis on hand drawing in our process and as a result all the final drawings were done with ink on mylar.

Process Models

Site Axon (Hand Drawn)

Library 1st Floor (Hand Drawn) Library 2nd Floor (Hand Drawn) Library 3rd Floor (Hand Drawn)

Library Section (Hand Drawn)

Cross Axial Section (Hand Drawn)