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SELECTED SKILLS

EDUCATION

STUDY ABROAD

ACHIEVEMENTS

Autodesk AutoCAD Hand & Computer Rendering Autodesk Revit 3D and Physical Modeling Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture FormZ Adobe Photoshop MS Office Adobe InDesign Windows Movie Maker Adobe Illustrator Rhino (basic) Vasari (basic understanding) Google Sketch-Up (basic)

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: MUNCIE, IN Current GPA 3.76 Master of Architecture Anticipated May 2012

MIAMI UNIVERSITY: OXFORD, OH GPA 3.63, Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Spring 2010

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - PANTHEON INSTITUTE GPA 3.95 Study Abroad: Rome, Italy Summer 2011

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY - FLORENCE Cumulative GPA 3.95 Study Abroad: Florence, Italy Fall 2008

Graduate Assistantship and Scholarship 2012, 2010 Recipient, University Student Service Leadership Award 2010 Graduated with University Honors 2010 Deans List, all semesters, Miami University 2006-2010 Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2006-2010 Miami University Honors College 2006-2010 Deans List, Kent State University Fall 2008

EXPERIENCEK M

The Estopinal Group: Architect Intern Jeffersonville, IN 01/2011-08/2011 I completed and coordinated changes among construction documents of life safety plans, dimension plans, reflected ceiling plans, floorplans, plan details, wall sections, elevations, and schedules. I worked with a senior architect to complete a set of record drawings with over 300 design changes, responded to ASKs, and designed details of a trench drain and a canopy. ecoREHAB: Home Reconstruction Muncie, IN 08/2010-12/2010 Volunteered 9 hours a week to rehab a historic, abandoned home into low-income housing. Assisted in demolition, paint stripping, rehabilitation of windows, construction, finishing, etc. Ball State University: Graduate Teaching Assistant Muncie, IN 08/2010-12/2010 Assisted with ARCH 373: Environmental Control Systems: monitored and responded to daily questions; distributed and taught students how to use equipment and run experiments; was responsible for running weekly lab sessions.

R. L. Beattie Jr., Architect: Preservation Pittsburgh Competition Assistant Pittsburgh, PA Summer 2010 Partnered in the schematic design process, was responsible for the CAD implementation, 3D model generation, and presentation regarding the reuse of the Civic Arena: three week project.

Camp Frederick: Director of Service Projects; Volunteer Coordinator (Promoted to director from a service-focused counselor in 2009) Rogers, OH Summers 2009; 2010 Acted as the companys liaison and sole communicator with volunteer groups; coordinated events and matched groups with appropriate community service opportunities; participant and leader of construction and renovation projects; led groups and staff while at camp. Habitat for Humanity; Architecture for Humanity: Volunteer Construction Jacksonville, FL and Biloxi, MS (Alternative Spring Breaks) 2007-2008 Gutted a community center ruined by Katrina; debris removal; sodded a yard; removed/hung siding; design charette for a farmers market; other projects.

KAREN MILLER 859.912.2612 mille211@gmail.com 108 beech dr. www.wix.com/mille211/mille211 edgewood, ky 41017

EXPERIENCE

hotel + med. center extended stay medical center; las americas virtual design studio

fort lauderdale, fl fall 2011; second year graduate studio

Revit, AutoCAD, Vasari, Photoshop

This extended stay medical facility desired to capitalize on the strict program requirements, city codes, aesthetic nature of the place, and sustainable features. A central, elevated street is exposed to the Floridian air to allow ample light and ventilation through the building. Angled room alignment and curved balconies allowed for shading and maximized views of the ocean and intercoastal waterway.

explore transformable facade

fall 2010; first year graduate comprehensive studioRevit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator

explore:

1. verb. to traverse or range over for the purpose of discovery 2. verb. to look into closeley; scrutinize; examine 3. verb. to investigate into 4. verb. to engage in exploration

MULTIPLICITY: User-operable and -transformable facade. The double facade creates a path: the goal is not simply to enter the building, but to explore the intricacies and freely choose your own path. MOVING: The facades manueverability allows for exploration and a constantly changing envelope. -sliding -extending -hinging

KAREN MILLER ARCH 501

COGGESHALL TRANSFORMATIVE SURFACE

CLOSED- Moir effect stimulates intrigue and desire to scrutinize

OPEN- Users choice to create a unique, exploratory experience

The goal was to create a movable facade system to exemplify a word (explore). A double facade creates a path that users are free to interact with as they explore their own path around or into the building. Panels slide, hinge, extend, and retract to create a dynamic facade that has ever-changing shadows.

bracken library addition cafe + reading room addition

muncie, in fall 2010; first year graduate comprehensive studio

Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator

Building off the explore facade, this addition to the Ball State University Library features a cafe, reading rooms, and individual reading nooks along a path. Users are encouraged to go explore the different levels of reading rooms via stairs or ramps and to find their preferred type of space. The perforated metal facade shades the harsh daylight yet allows in some natural light.

BRACKEN LIBRARY ADDITIONKAREN MILLER

+0 +10 +22 +32 south elevation floorplans 1/16 = 1 N

east elevation 1/16 = 1 section/axon section a 1/8 = 1 section b

vertical city cap+trade; mixed use tower

san francisco, ca fall 2010; first year graduate comprehensive studio

Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustratorpartner project with Michelle Armand

An intensive program was combined into a vertical city to provide residents, hotel guests, office workers, and researchers with amenities within one structure. Sustainable tactics implemented tidal energy, solar power, a ventilated double facade, and fog harvesting. An offset U-shaped plan allows for privacy for the residents. The structure is stacked box trusses for each three stories, that are suspended from each other.

piazza celimontana covered market; piazza; underground parking garage; apartments

rome, italy summer 2011; independent study graduate comprehensive studio

Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop

This project created a covered market, piazza, and apartments in a desolate plot of land. The market embraces the corner close to the Colosseum to invite visitors to interact with locals. The market is pushed down into the ground, with an accessible green roof from the piazza. Levels of privacy and more ownership of green space increase as residents go into their unit: some units have exterior circulation, while others are two stories to allow for balconies and interior porches.

bachelor hall court university courtyard infill

oxford, ohspring 2010; fourth year capstone studio

AutoCAD, FormZ, Photoshop, Hand Rendering

I revitalized a desolate university courtyard to make it usable space. Based on gallerias and Norman Fosters structural systems, my structure elegantly supports the fritted glass roof so the new enclosure does not bear on the existing building. Walkways allow for circulation in the academic building, breakout rooms can be classrooms or study space, and a raised stage allows for poetry readings for English majors.

-glass panels-purlins connecting glass panel to steel building structure-steel truss in compression-cables in tension connecting the columns-supporting I-beam-column capital-column (hollow for rain capture)-reinforced decking-supporting I-beam-column capital-column base (transfers into underground pylons)

wiikiaami roominterior cultural space

oxford, ohspring 2009; third year studio

AutoCAD, FormZ, Photoshop

The studio sought out to create a cultural space in the new studentcenter reminiscent of the traditional dwelling of the Miami Tribe. After all students proposed rooms, tribal members and University Architects chose to pursue my design and asked me to incorporate elements of my classmates designs. I adapted culturally significant elements, natural materials, and symbologies with modern technologies.

piazza brunelleschi addition to historical building & piazza renovation

florence, italyfall 2008; third year studio

AutoCAD, FormZ, Photoshop

My design revitalized the formerly dark entrance corridor to a university library. An inlaid, overriding glass box creates an indoor piazza. The glass box is interrupted by three main program spaces that open to the exterior, terraced piazza. Inside the box there are overlapping floating boxes suspended from trusses that act as reading rooms and breakout spaces.

work experience the estopinal group

jeffersonville, inspring-summer semesters 2011

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Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital; Matoon, ILRenovation, Expansion, Addition

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Trinity Health Systems Medical Office Building; Minot, NDNew construction (shell package)

(top L-R) Exterior elevations; Stair section(bottom) Wall sections

ecorehab clockwise, top left-bottom left: -Brick repair and replacement; bay window installation, framing and trim, reclaimed wood flooring; bay window exterior painting; final exterior; construction of bench from reclaimed wood flooring and paneling; finished bay window and stained floor; wooden and storm window installation; exterior building work; door framing.

service Morgantown, IN- Cabin demolition; roof removal; porch removal and rehabilitationEast Liverpool, OH- Gutting; preservation/restoration preparing Rogers, OH- Rustic bridge buildingBiloxi, MS- Destruction; gutting; restoration and preservation work Jacksonville, FL- housewrap and window sealant; siding; framing

K M karen miller859.912.2612mille211@gmail.com108 beech dr. edgewood, ky 41017www.wix.com/mille211/mille211