jeff sanders portfolio

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Jeff SandersUndergraduate Work

Auburn University2009 - 2013

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Jeff SandersUndergraduate WorkAuburn University2009 - 2013

Table of Contents

Interact: Senior Thesis 4

Montgomery Public Library: Interior Thesis 20 Chicago Children’s Hospital 28

701 La Salle Offices 36

Hill Home 44

Ways of Seeing 50

Watercoloring Sketches of Rome

Resume 54

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INTERACTMontgomery Children’s MuseumMontgomery, AlabamaSenior Thesis

The concept of movement and how people interact with design became the focal point of the thesis. With the idea of movement interaction as the focal point of the thesis, the programmatic design arrived as a museum of interaction. With the site located in between the Alley Bar and the Biscuit Stadium, a museum, one designed towards children, added another entertainment spot for downtown as well as serves as a spot for entertainment for the use of children. The use of interaction to break down boundaries between the visitors of the museum and the everyday public while enhancing the entertainment district arrived as the key design initiatives.

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Ground Floor Plan

1. Ticket Lobby2. Staff Offices3. Cafeteria4. Gift Shop 5. Waste / Storage6. Mechanical7. Outdoor Space

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Second Floor Plan

Thrid Floor Plan

1. Exhibit Space2. Classroom3. Sound Proof Exhibit4. Outdoor Space

1. Exhibit Space2. Classroom3. Outdoor Space

Whether inside the museum or outside in the open public lot, the concept was to design spaces both inside and outside for visitors to interact with their environment. Inside, one is given the freedom to choose the way one moves throughout the museum whether from climbing walls or going down slides. The motive is for ones imagination to guide them throughout the site and allow oneself to create their own fun.

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Running along the entire facade is a series of louvers ranging in a large spec-trum of color. On the second / thrid floor outdoor space, the louvers become figures of interaction where a person of any scale, whether child or adult, can maneuver the louvers and have control of how the Tallapoosa facade will ap-pear. The adjustable parts of the louvers are set at different heights for different age groups so everyone can interact with the facade.

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Tallapoosa Street Elevation

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Tallapoosa Street Section

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Honey Locust

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Cherry Tree

Eastern Redbud

White Dogwood

Milburry Tree

Sugar Maple

Red Blaze Maple

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EF

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Section A - A Cut

Section B - B Cut

Section C - C Cut

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Section D - D Cut

Section E - E Cut

Section F - F Cut

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Montgomery Public LibraryMontgomery, AlabamaSummer 2012: Interior Thesis

The need specific areas for different age groups while preserving the openness of the interior became the main goal of the design. A new mezzanine, thirty inches higher than the main space, clearly separates adults from youths without barricades. The use of reflective colored light helps distinguish different areas in the main space of the library. Reflective color is displayed onto the ceiling and floor clearly distinguishes the different spaces due to a subtle difference in color scheme. Most of the color is refected off of the outside materials and vegetation. In addition, four study pods are added to allow more private space, and colored light designates their presence.

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With being presented with two identical libraries, the intent was come up with a scheme that would work for both libraries, but if desired, focus on the details of one particular library.

While the focus was towards the Lowder branch, both libraries display the same factors of the mezzanine and study rooms. While each library lies on different directions, both have the exact same section cut.

Lewis LibraryLowder Library

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1. Gathering Space / Gallery2. Staff Offices3. Circulation Desk4. Reference Section5. Adult Reading Mezzanine6. Children’s Section7. Young Adult Section

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Children’s Area

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Adult Mezzanine

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Sweet Gum: Ranging from bold green to deep maron

Japanese Maple: Reddish-purple foliage

Palo Verde:Bright yellow, pea-like blossoms

Existing Evergreens:Green leaves all year around

With the design focus being reflective color, the objective became using different materials to reflect the colored light. One study was on the south facing wall of using red pervious concrete and the existing brick to reflect subtle colored light into the space. The use of vegetation also contributes to reflecting color especially in the indiviual study pods on the back side of the library. Using vegeta-tion that changes colors throughout the year helps create subtle changes in the color throughout the library.

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Chicago Children’s HospitalChicago, IllinoisFall 2012

Located on the corner of Clark and Harrison, the intent was to separate the hospital into different categories of practice of civic and professional. With majority of the buildings in Chicago being rectilinear towers, the first step was to follow a similar blocking while challenge spacial environments on the inside.

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When determining the tower scheme for the hospital, it became ap-parent that the civic programming would take place in the lower sector of the tower while the patient rooms and doctor offices would occupy the upper sector. All programming used for medical procedures would occur in the lower south side tower.

The family space is designed with each two levels sharing the space to create a more open gathering / waiting area. Every patient room has a bay window for the purpose of designating the family space in the patient room. The bay window has a large window to allow views, as well as a clerestory window to allow a more intimate space with only light from above flowing in.

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Ground Floor Plan

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Patient Floor Plan

The layout of the patient floor is on a pin-wheel plan for no matter the direction of circulation, one will approach either a family space or window

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Harrison Street Section

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701 La Salle OfficesChicago, IllinoisSpring 2012

With an existing shell and floor levels, the intent was to create sequence of how occupants would experience throughout the building. The objective became a sequence of organizing different sounds and acoustics throughout different spaces. Different acoustics became the programming elements of the building. The acoustics were categorized into four kinds:

private / controlled, arrival, communal, and service.

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Spaces designed with the intend of all sounds from all bodies and floors combinding togerher. Concrete flooring as well as an open side bar to the office atrium allows dif-ferent levels of sound to come as one.

Private / Controlled Acoustics

Spaces designed with the intend of the acoustics to be controlled for more private area. Materials include carpet tiles and acoustic wood panels to absorb the sound. Operable windows are pro-vided to let the occupants control how much outside sound may enter the space

Communal Acoustics

Ground Floor Second Floor

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Spaces designed to welcome the occupants of the level with a col-lection of sounds. The wood flooring as well as the metal sidings of the elevators, allow sounds from floor up above or below to be heard and know of one presence. The perforated metal panel al-lows sounds from the ground floor to be heard all the way up but not allowing the origin be known.

Spaces designed with the intent of sounds to not be heard . Weather from the bathrooms or kitchen staff, the space is closed off at all times from other acoustics .

Arrival Acoustics Service / Closed Acoustics

Office Floor (Fourth - Seventh)Third Floor

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Arrival Space is designated for means of circulation weather from the stairwell or elevators

Commnual Space allowing every break room on the office floors to become one ascoutic commnunity

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Private / Controlled Space designed for every office and conference room allowing the occupants to have the option of closing their acoustics off from others or allowing them to become apart of the acoustic community.

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Office Acoustic Atrium

Building Acoustic Atrium

The building has two separate atriums for creating two different acoustic communities. One atrium goes from the multi-purpse gathering space to the arrival zone of each office floors. The other atrium resides in the office floors connecting every office floor through the break room. The object is that no matter what floor one occupies, the acoustics of the upper or lower levels can be hear.

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Office Acoustic Atrium

Building Acoustic Atrium

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Auburn Train StationAuburn., AlabamaSpring 2010

With an existing abandoned trainstation, the objective was design a brand new train station to be a welcome station for visitors to the city of Auburn. The design intent was to separate the waiting area from services stations so a separate waiting space was place on an upper floor to allow a more intimate space to wait for departure as well as have a panoramic view of the downtown.

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Lower Level Plan

Upper Level Plan

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The following diagrams display the sun level factors of each space used with the program EcoTech. The intent was to apply our principle from our Environmental Controls studies of bringing in natural light to a room without allowing the room to get too uncomfrontable in temperature.

Lower Level

Upper Level

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Lower Level / Ticket Station

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Upper Level / Waiting Space

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Hill HomeLake Martin, AlabamaFall 2009

With a site displaying extreme slopping conditions, the main objective of the project was to mimic the slope in the hill into the design and fol-low the slope to the exact measurement. By staggering the separate programs of living onto different levels, as one travels down the levels, it expresses that same feel of walking down the hill.

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Site Plan

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Entrance Level

Main Floor Level

Lower / Lake Approach Level

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Ways of SeeingWatercolor Renderings2010 - present

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Ways of SeeingRome, ItalySpring 2011

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Jeff Sanders2001 Scotchpine LaneMandeville, Louisiana [email protected]

Education Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Class of 2013 Bachelor of Architecture Bachelor of Interior Architecture Study Abroad Program, University of Arkansas Rome Center Rome, Italy, Jan 2011- May 2011

Fontainebleau High School, Mandeville, Louisiana, Class of 2008

Auburn University Cross Country/Track and Field Distance Specialist, Fall 2008-Present Competed at NCAA Cross Country Championship 2009

American Institute of Architectural Students (AIAS) Active Member: 2009 - 2013 Activities Chair: 2011 - 2013

Watercoloring Exploring a method beyond digital and drafting presentation

Activites

Awards and Honors Auburn University Who’s Who Award, 2011 Dean’s List, 2009, 2011 Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2008 - 2012 Varsity Letterman: Cross Country, 2008 - 2011 Track and Field, 2009 - 2013

Fontainebleau High School Optimus Optimorum Award (The Best of the Best) Wendy’s Heisman Louisiana State Finalist, 2007 Senior Class President Graduation Honors, Top 10 (500 graduating class)

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Magdalena Garmaz, Auburn University Associate Professor School of Architecture P. 334.844.5427 E. [email protected]

D. Mark Carroll, Auburn University Track and Field Head Cross Country / Distance Coach P. 334.844.9785 E. [email protected]

Benjamin P. Cummings, AIA, Cummings Architecture Principal of Firm P. 251.433.9600 E. [email protected]

Ralph A Hargrove, Hargrove Engineers + Constructors President P. 251.375.5674 E. [email protected]

References

Cummings Architecture Corporation, Mobile, Alabama Summer Internship, May 2011-July 2011 Worked on a residential project of adding an additional sunroom to an existing house. Produced construction documents and client consulting.

Skills

Computer Applications Autocad, Illustractor, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Suite, EcoTech, Revit, Digital Model Making. (Apple & Windows)

General Hand Drafting and Rendering, Design, Research, Teaming, Planning, Model Making, Watercolor.

Experience