Anna KueckM.Arch CandidateColumbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

119 W 104th st apt 2E New York, NY 10025 ak3266@Columbia.edu 224-422-7508

EDUCATION

2002-2006 Northwestern College St. Paul, MNB.A. Studio Art Women’s Cross CountryCommunications Director/Graphic Designer for student global awareness organization Two years formal study and conversational proficiency in Mandarin Chinese

Summer 2011 Columbia University New York, NY Intro to Architecture Summer Program

Aug2013 –Present Columbia University New York, NY M.Arch Candidate

WORK

2006-2008 International Schools of China Qingdao, China Taught elementary, middle, and high school art, designed posters and promotional materials for the school, coached middle school futsol (soccer), co-authored school wide standards and benchmarks Nov-Dec 2008 American Symphony Orchestra New York, NY Achieved highest fundraising status of the holiday season

2008- 2010 Rizzoli Bookstore New York, NY Designed and installed window displays, oversaw merchandising of featured material, handled billing and accounting of co-op income, hosted store events 2010- 2012 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY Docent August-November 2011 d/b/A Design Build New York, NY Intern

EXPERIENCE

Summer 2004 English Language Institute of China Lhasa, Tibet Instructed Chinese high school students in ESL

April-May 2009 Architecture for Humanity New York, NY Co-planned and executed design of new learning environment in global classroom design contest.

REFERENCES

Janette Kim Professor jkk16@columbia.eduMark Rakatansky Professor mr657@columbia.edu

Core Studio I: Tide Pools

This project derives its formal and programmatic elements from nature. Three pools accommodate both wet and dry programs, and lend themselves to formal and informal use. The gradual shifting of water from one pool to the next establishes a more abstract relationship with time than is normally experienced in the city, as well as recreating a temporal relationship with the sun, for light and heat. The variety of spaces offered by the building are to become an extension of nearby centers for children, seniors, and parents, al-lowing these organizations to offer new activities. It is the aim of this design to draw visitors to the site for both swimming and cultural functions.

Core Studio II: Culture Bank

Three stages of this project are shown, while they are being brought to completion througought the semester. The culture bank is a local manufacturing incubator in downtown Brooklyn.. The building hosts a bank, which invests in new manufacturing, and an exhibition center that connects the neighborhoods shifting present with its industrial past.

Program Drawing

Site Analysis

Stage 2 building render

Stage 3

Architectural Drawing and Representation Section through marble factory

Giancarlo Mazzanti/Plan B: Four Sports Complex

Photography

Installation and Drawings There is no purer form of measurement than the grid. As a subject I believe it appeals to our desire for order. For these pieces I spent a great deal of time with a simple grid in the form of 8x10 sheets of graph paper, finding in them form, and the potential for redistribution of space. In the topographic model to the right, the grid is transformed into a machine-like 3D rendering. In the series on the following pages, I have reorganized the squares and lines in multiple combinations. The second set of drawings in this section depict non-literal forms constructed from one repeated mark. The mark used in each image is of equal importance with the image as whole, being not a traditional mark but an irregular shape that combines to easily form a radial or linear slanted trajectory. This process was shaped through the habit of repeatedly filling in the punch mark in my free sandwich card to make drawings without lines. Eventually I decided to make the game intentional by creating my own small templates and applying them to studies in light. The process leads to a temporal quality, exaggerating sight through atmospheric perspective.