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Drawings and wire sculptureWoods GerryProvidence, RI 2002
Degree Project selected to representArchitecture departmentProvidence, RI 2007
Boston, MA I Intern Summer 2006Created a series of physical models showing variations of a loft complex, for the renovation of historic mill buildings into mixed-income housing.
Boston, MA 2000 Awarded for a proposal to redesign theShawmut train station in Dorchester, MA. Completed a series of drafted renderingsand scaled model of proposed design.
Cambridge, MATheory of Globalization, SociologySummer Continuing Education, 2007
Providence, RIBachelor of Architecture, 2007Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2007Liberal Arts, Pending
AutoCAD4 yearsIllustrator2 YearsPhotoshop7 yearsIndesign6 yearsLasercutting1 yearHand draftingPhotography: digital and traditionalWood working: General woodshop
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY2001-2002
Boston, MAAdvanced AutoCADSummer Continuing Education, 2008
18 Palfrey Street Watertown, MA 02472 617.429.3787 [email protected]
Cambride, MA I Architect Assistant Fall 07-PresentWorked on a wide variety of retail and residentail projects, primarily in AutoCAD, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Involved in process from Schematic Design through Design Development, as well as Environmental Graphics.
Sample of studio project selected byArchitecture DepartmentProvidence, RI 2006
Photoshop rendering of Thornes, Northampton selected for publication inNY real estate magazine.Completed for APD, Cambridge MA 2008
Watertown, MA I Architect Assistant March-August 09Worked on a varity of MBTA train station projects, particularly focusing on the interior restoration of a station in Attleboro, MA. Designed the casework, and chose the lighting fi xtures and tile work.
Center Sandwich, NH I August - September ‘09Began construction of a house I have designed for my parents. Design includes general structure, lighting plan, window specs, and sourcing of all interior furnishings.
“Sensations of experience become a kind of reasoning distinct to the making of architecture. Whether refl ecting on the unity of concept and sensation, or the intertwining of idea and phenomenon, the hope is to unite intellect and feeling, precision with soul. “
-Steven Holl Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture
Knox Residence
These are recent progress photos taken of a house I have designed for my parents, located in Sandwich, New Hampshire. This is phase one of an ongoing project - The barn-like structure has a year round apartment above a garage, which will ultimately be the guest house when phase II is complete. My involvement included the design of the barn, and I also worked for our contractor in building the foundation last August.
Master plan drawing for Masons Grand Lodge Final plans of design development phase for Joy Road ResidenceRendering for Thornes, a marketplace in Northampton, MADrawings of guest house, schematic design phase for Orsi Residence
These renderings were completed for a retail revitalization project, Thornes Martketplace in Northampton. The project was the renovation of an existing historic mill building, including a new restaurant in the courtyard, new elevators and gathering spaces, and recladding the existing staircases.
Thornes_Northampton, MA
Environmental Graphics
Sign for Marketplace Facade
After showing the client several ready-made fonts, I proposed a more personal approach for the look of the market. Using sumi ink and a bambo pencil, ‘Thornes’ was written out until a font with the right look was achieved. The logo was then turned into a font using Illustra-tor, and will be used as the sign for the marketplace, as well as interior graphic wayfi nding and other forms of branding.
Web Layout and Brochure
A set of documents were created for the Tenant Design Criteria, intended for a website and brochure to attract potential new tenants to the marketplace.
Signs for Levels of Marketplace
Signs were created for the three fl oors, using a font which mimicks the hand-written one used for ‘Thornes.’
Text was used as the back-ground, serving a decorative and functional purpose of indicating the type of merchandise sold on each level.
Level Two: Fashion‘Glamour, Boutique, Classic, Original, Fun, Fashion, Casual, Haute- Couture, Occasion, Style, Costume, Seasonal, Modern, Glamour...’
Level Two: Drape/Curving
First Floor: Screens/ Planer
Linear, evocative of delicate machinery
Lightbulb within abstract globe of lines and shapes
Evocative of factory windows
Glass windows with random colored panes
Layered in progression down hall
Pendant lights between windows
Lower Level:
Ceiling Concepts L2
L1
LL
SOUTH STAIR
NORTH STAIR
Passage < A Collaborative Installation for Watching
Passage _ A Collaborative Installation for ‘Watch’_ Instructor Kyna Leski, Fall ‘03
Beginning with the word ‘watch’ our team of seven students with shared design responsibility realized a passsage using eight foot furring strips and bolts tocreate a moiré pattern . This provided the experience of having the view broken up into varying degrees. The installation was constructed in segments and assembled on site.
Urban Renewal _ Jewelry District, Providence Rhode Island_ Instructor Lili Herman, Fall ‘05
was also brougt further into the city.
With the relocation of Interstate 195, the historic Jewelry District will be reconnected with downtown Providence. The district’s waterfront location was an incentive for continuing the city grid to its edge by creating canals lined by student housing with an avenue of open park bisecting it. The river
The concept was to divide the complex into separate spaces for different functions, similar to a fac-tory. This was applied to create intimate interior and exterior courtyards for focusing on the works of art. There was also an experience of progression towards the increasingly enclosed, and arrival at the main performance hall where the view opens up of the river.
Slaughterhouse to Museum _ Lugano, Switzerland_ Instructor Lynett Widder, Spring ‘06
Through analysis of Giacometti’s bronze ‘City Square,’ an understanding of the ability for objects to guide and impel one through a space was gained. An interactive sculpture was designed to act as a brand for the promi-nent corner locations of the Boston Center for the Arts. Images are projected onto cast-glass panels which re-fract light, and shadows created as one moves through the space.
Light Sculpture _ Boston Center for the Arts_ Instructor Leonard Newcomb, Spring ‘04
The sloped nature of the site allowed for an opportunity to address the horizon, visible in the distance. Given the program, the design specifi cally dealt with how a child’s view could be raised to that of adults, and thus provided with a heightened and unique experience of what it means to be in alignment with the horizon.
Kindegarten, Horizon _ Providence, Rhode Island_Instructor Kyna Leski, Fall ‘06
From the study of a leaf cell, a tectonic wire system was created based on the concept of a subsystem that operates within a larger framework. Because of the confi gura-tion of its joints, the interior has the ability to expand and contract, affecting the outer form. When several of these ‘cells’ are linked, they each impact the larger structure.
Techtonic Wire Structure_ Instructor Jack Ryan, Fall ‘03
The proposal was to defi ne the edge of the North End with seven buildings that act as gatehouses to the neighborhood. The conditions for the sites vary, predominantly corner lots where the blocks were severed by the Interstate. All of the sites call for a need to maximize land. The buildings are intended as cultural centers, the connection to benefi t both those Downtown and the residents of the North End.
Degree Project _The North End, Boston_ Advisor Ann Tate, Spring ‘07