career fair portfolio 2012
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thomas bettcareer fair portfolio
ARCHITECTUREPHOTOGRAPHY
&GRAPHICS
2007-2011
INDEX
courthouse
integrated mediatheque
bakong technical college
branding
natatorium
light tower
resumé
community center
2025 skyscraper
photography
detail
graphics
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The Bryan Mediatheque project was part of the Integrated Studio, implementing all of our knowledge from systems and structures into the design. The site of the project is downtown Bryan, Texas. In recent years the town has been trying to redevelop itself into a hot spot for the younger generations with a focus on college students. The basis of the design was an effort to foster that development to move the town forward while not alienating the other buildings completely. The form originated from a site analysis and a concept of a ripple that was a metaphor for the epicenter of the change that is trying to occur.
bryan_tx mediatheque
ripple diagram
park sketches
site
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generative hierarchy
form response
The emanating ripple concept was incorporated all the way down through the layout of the floors. The redefinition of what an auditorium was, became essential too this idea creating a platform which the community could partake in generating a social or cultural ripple through interactions with each other, a speaker, or media. The concentric rings of this “ripple” remain unbroken until they reach the cores of the building representing the grounding stability in the metaphor of the building.
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level 0
level 1
level 2atrium wall concept
north and sourth facad iterations
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section a
1 - EPDM Metal Flashing Treated Wood 2” x 4”
2 - EPDM 6“ Extruded Polystyrene 3/4” Treated Plywood Metal Roof Decking
3 - C-Channel
4 - Plaster Ceiling C-Channel Metal Hanging Wire
5 - Plaster C-Channel 24” W Section Connected with 1/4” Steel Plate fastened with Bolts
6 - Double Pane Low E Glass with Sealant Window Mullion
7 - Aluminum Window Mullion Double Pane Low E Glass
8 - 10” Steel W-Section Column with Intumescent Paint9 - Carpet Floor Padding 1/4” Steel Connecting Plate 3” Concrete Slab 3” Metal Decking
10 - Aluminum Window Mullion Double Pane Spandrel Glass 1/4” Steel Connecting Plate 1/4” Steel L-Bracket
11 - Fire Proof Insulation 24 “ Steel W-Section 1/4” Steel Plates with Bolts
12 - Batt Insulation
13 - 1” Plaster Ceiling Metal Lath Hat Channel
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The screen was a key development in the project to shield our western facade from the heat and glare of the sun, but had a secondary purpose of braking up the large sweeping face of the western fin while maintaining linear continuity. The various iterations were generated through a process of parametric modeling in order to control the amount of light based on the type of room that was being shielded.
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preliminary screen sketch
A shadow study was conducted after the final version of the screen was developed to test the concept’s potential. The images above represent the solstices of the year and track the movement of the sun through the day to prove the screen would still function in the extremes of Sun’s posi-tions
8amjuly
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december8am 12pm 5pm
125 PSF - MECHANICAL ROOMS
60 PSF - ASSEMBLY WITH FIXED SEATING READING ROOMS
50 PSF - OFFICESRESTROOMS
80 PSF - CORRIDORS NOT ON FIRST FLOOR 150 PSF - SPECIAL COLLECTIONS STACKS
100 PSF - BALCONIESCOMPUTER LABSMEETINGROOMSROOFLOBBY FIRST FLOOR CORRIDORS
In addition to the design we were responsible for laying out the structural system, identifying various structural loads that the building would need to withstand as well as the creating a beam diagram to call out the various beam sizes and their locations to supplement the loading diagram.
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KEY:B1 - 5’ - 20”B2 - 19.5’ - 20”B3 - 18.5’ - 20”B4 - 17.5’ - 20”B5 - 16.5’ - 20”B6 - 23’ - 20”G1 - 5 - 30”G2 - 19.5’ - 30”G3 - 18.5’ - 30”G4 - 17.5’ - 30”G5 - 16.5’ - 30”G6 - 23’ - 30”G7 - 47’ - 30”
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Courthouses are governed by thier programatic association of spaces, as such this scheme developed a hierarchical arrangement of spaces that was inhierent to the basic func-tion of the courthouse. This became a component which I compounded its necessity into importance by implementing a degree of transparency through the use of volumetric arrangement and separtaion. The idea is that a person has an inate sense of where they are supposed to be before they even actually enter the buildings threshold. It began to determine the porportional characteristics of the individual volumes and started to indicate the form of each volume especially those of the courtrooms.
christiansburg_va courthouse
Floor Plan 1
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Scale 1/8”=1’
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Floor Plan 3Scale 1/8”=1’
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Floor Plan 2Scale 1/8”=1’
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Section AScale 1/8”=1’
Section BScale 1/8”=1’
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Section AScale 1/8”=1’
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Poble Nou is emerging as the one of the fastest growing regions in Barcelona and Spain. It has quickly become a hot spot for media and technology corporations looking for a European headquarters. The area is known for the experi-mental nature of its buildings as well as the adaptation of existing structures into contemporary ones. Our project was aimed to help facilitate this growth in through designing a community center in the neighborhood to accommodate the influx of young professionals to the area. The project had to respond to the existing conditions of the urban fabric as well as becoming more conducive to pedestrian traffic while maintaining the integrity of Cerda’s Eixample blocks.
poble_nou communitycenter
initial site
areas of interest
site context
final super block
Reunderstanding how people move in, and around, an eixample block guided the design. We studied the distribu-tion of pedestrians around the site to choose a typology that reorganized the preexisting block as it functions today, to be prepared for the functions of tomorrow. The streams of people were redirected from the peripheries of the block to the interior. This reversed the population concentration, turning the focus back in towards the center. Capitalizing on this shift, we expanded and improved the existing public space with minimal impact on the surrounding structures to revitalize the social and cultural aspect of what was a warehouse district.
density mapping
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Program
AdministrationReceptionPolivalent SpaceAssociation Rooms
Hall/Exhibition SpaceMechanicalMediatecaStorageRestroomsLudoteca
final mapping and plan
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evolution through sections
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The Natatorium project developed through this idea of push and pull of a single surface to generate space to occupy. The building explores the subtle relationship between people, buildings, and their uses through an investigation of site context, circulation of people, and the interaction between water and activities that require it. The project was placed on a fictional site surrounded by a residential neighborhood. The final design was built around respecting the existing suburban context while trying to develop a new community center. The possibility and need for a green roof became apparent once the building took shape to replace the open field that the project was built on. The project became a cohesive implementation of all these attributes into one design.
san diego_ca natatorium
level 0
level 1
preliminary sketches
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section c
contours
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The detail project was a study of how to interpret two dimensional drawings in three dimensional space to better understand how the drawing and object are constructed. The wall detail was reproduced the exactly to scale then transformed to an axonometric drawing. The axonometric’s layers were peeled away to reveal the materials used to construct the wall.
trumpf_campus detail
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module
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Bakong Technical College is an actual project in Cambodia that was given to our studio. We were charged to produce a master plan and design the individual buildings of the cam-pus. My group’s developed the winning design, which led to our designs being built and are under construction still today. The project had to take advantage of highly sustain-able practices due to the lack of resources available to the college and be extremely economical while not compromis-ing design. We focused on the local regionalism drawing inspiration from prominent Cambodian architects like Vann Molyvann as well as the ancient master plans of the Angkor Temples utilizing their symmetry and symbolism. The project was a successful attempt at understanding the cultural and design differences of a community that has drastically dif-ferent needs than us.
bakong_cambodia technicalcollege
master plan
monument cocept
HALF PARTITION WALL
administration and library plan
south elevation
perspective
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Over the next 15 years our current way of living will dramati-cally change. Having over extended our resources already, we are predicted to only increase our consumption rate due to the rise of developing countries such as China. This has prompted a need for a change in building typology, one that can change and adapt on a day to day basis for the varying needs of the people using it. Thus making a building that can adapt to its users the one that will survive. The skyscraper project was a study in how a modern building of some mag-initude can remain completely off grid while still fulfilling the predicted requirements. The final design capitolized on its form and size to produce engergy by means of wind and sun while still offering a spaces that can be adapted for any need of any occupant
houston_tx 2025skyscraper
balcony green space
preliminary sketches
below: main lobby; bottom: ground floor green space
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The light tower project was a study in the interaction between materials and the way light plays off of them. The tower had to represent a client, personifying the essence of the client in both the form and the elements of the of the tower. The adrenaline junkie’s essence was captured through the explosion of shards of glass and metal funneling up through the spiral elements representing the need for a nonstop, ever changing lifestyle of the client.
adrenaline_junkie lighttower
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graphics&branding
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peckerwoodgardenFebruary 27-28 March 27-28 April 17-18 May 8-9 October 16-17 November 6-7
Garden Tours 1pm & 3pm $10 each Mexican Folk Art Tour 2pm $15 each Plant Sale 12pm-5pm No charge
The Peckerwood Poster was achieved through photo manipulation. The poster was designed to make the gardens appeal to a younger crowd. Everything about this project had to be geared toward grabbing attention of college aged students (the new target audience), at the same time it could not loose the essence of the nature preserve and cul-tural center that is, Peckerwood Gardens. The final image epitomizes the current trend of pop art posters drawing on the simplification of the color pallet and flattening the image to produce a poster identifiable by my peers.
This piece is a study of how the whole can develop into something radically different than the sum of its parts. The concept was to take an object in it’s simplest form and create a new form using the element and its inverse. The final design was generated through the manipulation of the secondary design to produce a form with very little resem-blance to its predecessors but with a common theme of countering inverses.
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Tommy BettOwner/CEO
P [email protected] Wynkoop St.Denver, CO 80202
39˚ 45’ 7”N 105˚ 0’ 2”W
fictional tea company branding
[email protected] .202 . 525712319 kimberleyhouston.tx.77024
12319 kimberleyhouston.tx.77024
[email protected] .202 . 525712319 kimberleyhouston.tx.77024
personal identity branding
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photography My photography is a study on the way light transforms our environment into a sensual experience of texture and color filled with subtle complexities of light and dark.
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resumé
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[email protected] .202 . 525712319 kimberleyhouston.tx.77024
Texas A&M University2007 to 2011College Station, TXBachelors of Environmental Design, ArchitectureSumma Cum LaudeGPA: 3.91
Virginia Tech2011 to 2013Blacksburg, VAMasters of Architecture
Reynolds and ReynoldsHouston, TXSummer 2010Graphic Design InternDesigned logos, e-news letter, and commercial emails and letters
Creole DesignHouston, TXJanuary 2011DrafterFixed red line drawings, drew floor plans and electrical plans
LumenHAUS Graduate Teaching AssistantBlacksburg, VA2011 to PresentGraduate Teaching AssistantHelp operate the LumenHAUS and prepare it to be a research platform
Bakong Technical CollegeBakong CambodiaSpring 2009DesignerDrafted site plan, monument, and administration building
education
experience
Militia MariaeMissionary Work (Mexico and Costa Rica)Avenue CDCEagle Scout projectsFreshman Younglife LeaderWyldlife Leader
volunteering
Edward J. Romieniec Senior AwardEagle ScoutDeans ListAP Scholar
achievements
Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Inventor, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, After Effects
computer training
AIAS, Craggies Officer (A&M rock climbing team), AIGA, Tau Delta Sigma Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society, Sigma Alpha Lambda Honors Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
extra-curricular