undergraduate architecture portfolio
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by benjamin bremnerTRANSCRIPT
educationpre - diplomacedar falls high school class of 2009post - diploma iowa state university department of architecture class of 2014
identitythe expectations of soho as a neighborhood and a place of residence propose a need for a formal language that is both indicitive of the rich history and yet unique to the conditions of an ever evolving metropolis.
how do we design to inspire a promising future for new york without diminishing its historic role in the shaping of residential architecture? 1 2
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kitchen charretteto what degree of flexibility is a kitchen artistically functional
single unit apartment charretteownership through modulation within the construct of a “studio”
ground floor(lobby, restaurant, sitting room, and conference room)
second floor(exhibit space, lecture hall, and sitting rooms)
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third floor (apartment units)
fourth floor (apartment units)fifth floor (apartment units)
sixth floor (apartment units)
seventh floor (apartment units)
professional referencespre - diplomafaculty of high school art departmentlinda sneed - [email protected] - diploma dsn 102 professorsamantha krukowski - [email protected] 301 professorjungwoo ji - [email protected] 302 professortom leslie - [email protected] 302 professorrob whitehead - [email protected] 546 professorjason alread - [email protected] 403 professormitchell squire - [email protected] referencesowner of seymour avchris seymour - [email protected]
fractureinnovation of any and every design implementation at times requires a seismic shift in the trajectory of an urban planning development.to oppose the historic vision of designers in an architecture rich city takes careful attention and intention when designing programmatically flexible exhibits that are defined by unique forms and at times the shaping of geometrically foreign housing for those spaces. 15 16
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iterative processfracturing light, and program through complex structure
lighting studies explore intuition of circulation and function
work experiencesummer 2009the music station in cedar falls, iowacontact ken miller - 319.277.7722summer 2010rowan equipment and fabrication in dysart, iowacontact cletus rowan - 319.476.3100summer 2011suburban extended stay hotel in cedar falls, iowacontact natalie cummings - 319.268.2222summer 2012 to presentseymour av/ seymour screen excellencecontact chris seymour - 515.450.5694
free versemuch like the artistic flexibility of loosely constructed free verse poems, a unique architecture present in south beach must allow its guests to operate within gestural pragmatics and functional spaces.how do we open interpretation of an object,, or a specific destination as the key to maximizing intrigue of the user and the ultimate flexibility of how that place can be organized? 29 30
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site circulation delineated land mass
program parti daylight by urban context