lindsey currey portfolio spring 2015

LINDSEY [email protected]

SPRING 2015

LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605

ABOUT THE WORKA Study of Solitude

In many built works, compressive spaces serve the grand event of expansion. Bright, double height lobbies are exaggerated by the preceding, smaller entry sequence. The latter serves the first. An over emphasis of this type of environment not only reinforces a “bigger is better” mentality within American culture, but offers a one dimensional public experience. However, quiet, compressive spaces can invoke a sense of reflection and solitude. This type of space deserves pursuit of similar fervor to its larger neighbor. Through her student work, Lindsey Currey investigates how to develop these powerful, smaller spaces of architecture.

In Florence, Italy, the still, colloquial texture of the interior courtyard violently contradicts the outside bustling streets and their adjoined styled facades. This juxtaposition empowers the threshold between the two. While designing a mixed use compound, Currey modulates the scale of the interior and exterior spaces with two opposing systems. Completely surrounded by multi-story buildings, the interior courtyard offers moments of pause and quiet. Programmed elements are liberated from the grid, contributing to the informal sense of the space. Amidst a bustling urban context, this building invites the visitor up and into the courtyard.

An artist residency colony embeds five live/work towers into the hillside of an Appalachian, railroad, ghost town. Currey crafted diagrams and a series of digital and physical models to place herself within the context of the site. With edited views and varied compressive qualities of the overhead plane, the gallery attendee is guided through the art displays in the underground exhibition space. The serene river and palisade views from the residents’ towers contributes to the contemplative effect of the live-work-exhibit spaces.

On another rural Appalachian site, Currey studies the phenomenon of memory as a metaphor for the pro-gram and form of a gallery. As grandparents and greats pass on, they bury with them the secrets of their time. However, as a series of fragmented walls project out of the ground, parallel a stream, so do these memories. Volumes and voids separate and brace the walls as they enclose the winding gallery and a spectrum of spaces within. This gallery documents history from the past one-hundred years. Nestled along this path, small, quiet rooms remove guests from the primary path of the building into moments of reflection.

In Charleston, South Carolina, the stacks of a public library fill the site; east to west, north to south, ground to sky. Layer by layer, the stacks are carved away to allow light to weave deeply into the building, and to modu-late the street presence into a scale recognized by its urban context. As dwelling units are inserted into the mass of stacks, internal voids make way for a variety public spaces. No longer does the library offer only a public living room, but everything from open public courtyards to narrow reading corners, that the avid reader must explore and find for themselves.

The work included in this portfolio continues to influence Lindsey Currey’s study of spaces of solitude. Persis-tent editing and consideration of threshold, module, scale, dimension, and experiences in finding contribute to the strength of these quiet places. Currey pursues influences of her developing stance in architecture and inspiration on a daily basis. As Currey continues to travel, sketch, paint and design theoretical architecture, she keeps her eyes wide open. The built world is architecture’s greatest teacher.

LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605 4214 Worcester DriveFairfax, Va 22032

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Dean’s List, Fall 2010 -Present Europe Fall Travel Program, Fall 2013 Chicago Studio, Spring 2014 Bachelor of Architecture, graduation May 2015

SKILLS Digital Revit, Auto cad, Rhino, Sketchup, Vectorworks, collage rendering, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign

Manual Technical Drawing, Sketching, Rockite Casting, Model Building, Painting, Xylol Transferring, Woodworking, Laser Cutting

SMBW PLLC, Richmond, Virginia; June 2014- August 2015InternAided firm in transition to RevitDesigned and modeled exterior details for ornate university projectProvided schematic design sketches for presentationsParticipated in-house critique sessions

Cannon Design, Chicago, Illinois; April 2014 Intern Prepared design development presentation for client, produced parti diagrams Contributed to design charrette sessions with project architect

TCA Architects, Annapolis, Maryland; June 2012- August 2013 Intern Produced Schedules, Templates and Elevations using Vectorworks Assembled Materials Boards for several projects Contacted vendors for samples

Habitat for Humanity, Baltimore, Maryland; May 2011-June 2011 Volunteer-Demolition team Sharpened my understanding of row houses’ structural system Exposed to a economic empowerment initiative within the community

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

AWARDS +COLLABORATIONS

G.T. Ward Scholarship, Fall 2013 Recipient $2000

Europe Travel Program Online and Lobby Exhibition, February 2014 Codesigner and Participant www.eurotravel.arch.vt.edu

TU Delft Workshop, March 2014 Collaborated with students from Delft, Netherlands on a weekend charrette

Rio De Janeiro Project Review, March 2014 Reviewed University of Minnesota student’s study of favela in Brazil

Professional and academic recommendations available upon request.


CANNON DESIGNInternship | Chicago, Illinois

THE WORK:During the internship at Cannon Design Chicago, I designed and built a site model for a community college project. During the Schematic Design process, I partici-pated with the design leaders within the team on discussions regarding various schemas for the building. In preparation for a client meeting, I quickly developed diagrams representing the design moves within the project.

Schematic diagrams for community college client meeting.

In-progress site model of college campus.

Spring 2014


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THE WORK:In my summer at SMBW, I came along side the firm in their first Revit project. The ornate admissions building for the University of Richmond demanded the creation of several new families in Revit. In developing these families, I assumed an amount of design responsibility for exterior architectural details such as the arches, windows, and eaves. I worked closely with a small team on this proj-ect for most of the summer, filling in on other projects as necessary.

SMBW LLC.Internship | Richmond, Virginia

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LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605Spring 2015

QUIET IN THE CITY: THESIS IN PROGRESSIn opposition of chaos | Richmond, Virginia

LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605 LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605Fall 2014


THE STUDY:The tectonic of these massive walls expresses the insulated nature of the urban vestibule. The repeated lay-ers of panels and vertically oriented masonry give a rhythm to the room. The depth of the walls are revealed in selected instances to remind the visi-tor of the physical boundary between them and the rest of the city.

Spring 2015

Wall Module.


LOCAL + VISITORMcCormick Place Convention Center | Chicago, Illinois

Spring 2014

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Site plan and program

Site and west interventions.


Southern view of east intervention

Sections of wall bridge.

THE WORK:McCormick Place is the largest conven-tion center in the United States. Its cam-pus consumes the equivalent of twenty city blocks. Over the life of McCormick Place’s expansion, the neighborhood surrounding the center lost all street presence and importance to this part of Chicago. Through a new master plan and a series of more detailed intervention, this area could begin to be stitched back together. Local residents and convention visitors alike enjoy new restaurants, markets and connections to existing amenities.


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NATURE CONSERVANCY EXTENDS RIDGE LINEVisitor’s center | Bath County, Virginia

Perspective of visitor’s center.

THE BRIEF:A 2,500ft2 visitor center with a meet-ing room, reception, two rest rooms and two offices.

THE STUDY:The site was initially flattened by man. What if a new visitor’s center restored what was lost? An intensive green roof defines a portion of the ridge line and is clearly visible from the valley. From the building itself, the view of the valley is obscured, until the visitor parks and travels through the visitor center.

Site of visitor’s center.

Spring 2013


Meeting700ft2

Office125ft2

Office125ft2

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Storage100ft2

Restroom100ft2

Restroom100ft2

Janitor100ft2

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Section of visitor’s center.

Plan of visitor’s center.

Spring 2013

LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605Fall 2013

Plaza in Verona, Italy


Alley in Siena, Italy


The Program:A residence, studio, and gallery for painters who temporar-ily will reside in Eggleston, Virginia.

The Study:The guest enters the gallery at the street and due to the se-vere topography, is soon underground. Framed views and a varied ceiling plain guides the visitor to the various works presented in the gallery. Dramatic rises in ceiling height of-fers greater creative opportunity to the curators and refer-ence at the same time the five dwelling-work units above. Each resident has a unique view toward the river and pali-sades in the valley.

ARTIST TOWERSArtist live-work-exhibit | Eggleston, Virginia

Residential towers and gallery entrance

Light guides the visitor through gallery.

Spring 2012


Site section and view ray from residences to palisades

Tower and gallery section

1. living 2. studio 3. rooftop

Spring 2012

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SOLITUDE IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTSMunich, Germany | Siena, Italy

Unamed courtyard in Siena, ItalyAmirahof in Munich, Germany

Fall 2013

THE WORK: In addition to analyzing and draw-ing dozens of buildings on a weekly basis, I took particular interest in two urban public courtyards. These spac-es differed greatly from many other I observed during my travel. They were both quiet and peaceful, removed from their entirely chaotic context within their cities. In further study, I found that these courtyards were similar in proportion, but shared also other characteristics.

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Plan perspective of courtyard in Siena, Italy

Fall 2013


The Program:A 12,000ft2 Research and Education Center near the Peaks of Otter Lodge in Bedford, VA. with 5,000ft2 for a specific area of study.

The Study:Over generations, we forget elements of once common knowledge and wis-dom. This architecture of Gathering Center engages the diverse age demo-graphic that visits the Peaks of Otter. The elongated spatial sequence offers the visitors a walk through a gallery recounting the last 100 years. The in-formation and imagery in this space encourages discussion that crosses the generational gap.

MIXED GENERATION GATHERINGResearch and Education Center | Bedford, Virginia

Site plan of center.

View of center from across lake.

Fall 2012


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Sections of Center

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The Challenge:Development of a program and a design for a 30,000 sf mixed use building in the heart of Charleston, SC. Programs must include a public use facility and twelve dwellings.

The Study:Book stacks fill the entire site. They are the rich texture of the building. The volume of the site is carved away to con-sider the scale of the library’s context, day lighting, and ven-tilation. Dwelling units and a circulation spine is inserted into the stacks. The various sizes of reading rooms created by these carvings and insertions offer a living room to the public and residents at many scales: from the personal cor-ner to the grand foyer.

BOOKS AS GRAIN | INTERSECTIONS AS QUIETPublic library | Charleston, South Carolina

Visitors in stacks

Ordering system narrative

Spring 2013

Grain Site Carve Scale

Insert Embed Anchor


Longitudinal section.

Entrance area

Spring 2013

LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605 Sectional Axon B-B1/4”=1’

1’ x 6’ Stained wood panels

Water proofing

2’ x 8’ Plywood sheathing

2” Furring Strips

Light gauge steel framing

Häfele Exterior woodfolding door assemblyEach door 3’-3” x 10’

Grade beamw/ rebar

Piles

Insulation

Concrete slab with rebar

Wood Panel Pilaster Assembly

Classroom Corridor

Corridor Library Stacks

Community Use Courtyard

Guard rail 4’ tall (Glazing unit)

Spandrel unit

Head Board

FasciaPacking Batton

LintelUpper track

Lower track

Spring 2013

LINDSEY CURREY | [email protected] | 443.802.1605Sectional Axon B-B1/4”=1’

1’ x 6’ Stained wood panels

Water proofing

2’ x 8’ Plywood sheathing

2” Furring Strips

Light gauge steel framing

Häfele Exterior woodfolding door assemblyEach door 3’-3” x 10’

Grade beamw/ rebar

Piles

Insulation

Concrete slab with rebar

Wood Panel Pilaster Assembly

Classroom Corridor

Corridor Library Stacks

Community Use Courtyard

Guard rail 4’ tall (Glazing unit)

Spandrel unit

Head Board

FasciaPacking Batton

LintelUpper track

Lower track

Exploded axonometric section through bridge.

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