KATHERINE LEE 2007-present

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

TREEHOUSE SMART BUILDING SUPPLY Austin, Texas

Founded in 2011, TreeHouse is a start-up retail business in search of better means for suppling builders and customers with sustainable materials and products. I was brought onto the team two months prior to opening, and saw the business through its fi rst year of operations.

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Rain catchmentLawn demonstration Exterior retail and alternative

GARDEN DEPARTMENT RETAIL with TreeHouse Smart Building SupplyAustin, Texas 2012

The exterior of the store was designed to function as a retail space as well as a demonstration garden, showing rain water retention, native Texas plantings, and lawn alternatives.

Interior garden retail space

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Planting concept - mixed media

DEMONSTRATION GARDEN with TreeHouse Smart Building SupplyAustin, Texas 2012

As Design Director, I was responsible for designing and coordinating the landscape installation for TreeHouse’s fl agship store.

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“Elemental” organization system

Store entranceLighting department

Entrance options - constructed perspectives

STORE RE-DESIGN with TreeHouse Smart Building Supply Austin Texas, 2012

Shortly after opening, the store required a re-design to accommodate its changing retail needs. The new design integrated day-to-day function with larger concepts of education: the store itself becoming a tool for communicating the potential benefi ts of the products, materials, and systems within.

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

STORE ZONING with TreeHouse Smart Building Supply Austin Texas, 2012

We explored ways to organize the store. By organizing products through the personla expri-ence of living in a home, as well as the connec-tion of one home to the larger universe.

MARK WORD DESIGN + D2F Austin, Texas

MWD is a design-build landscape fi rm specializing in residential and small scale commercial projects. While there, I designed and managed projects, installations, and maintenance, and helped start a smaller branch of the company called Design to Fit, which focused on providing good design on small budgets.

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

EDIBLE GARDEN with Mark Word Design Austin, Texas 2011

Lead the design and installation of a functional garden in Austin, containing edibles in a low-maintenance, native garden.

New gravel terrace in place of lawn

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

507 EAST LIVE OAK STREET50' R.O.W.

CORAL BERRY existing

AGARITA existing

PECAN existing

HOLLY existing

YAUPON existing

LOQUAT existing

HACKBERRYHACKBERRY

Mountain Laurel MOUNTAIN

LAURELto trim

"TEXAS" SAGE to trim

WINTER HONEYSUCKLE

FRAGRANT SUMACtrim up

ASTER

NANDINA

BARBADOS CHERRY

POSSUMHAW HOLLY

ACUNIT

CHASMATHIUM LATIFOLIUM

LOQUAT existing

BERKELEY SEDGE

MEXICAN OLIVE

MEXICAN PLUMRED BUD

SPIDER WARTS

WHITE MIST FLOWER to relocate

KITCHEN GARDEN

LOQUAT existing

SAGE existing

ROSEMARYto replace

BEAUTY BERRY

RED BUD

MEXICAN PLUM

TETRAPANAX

CONFEDERATE JASMINE

BAMBOO

BAMBOO

RED YUCCA

HOJA SANTA

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BEAUTY BERRY

BEAUTY BERRY

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SEDUM PLUME POPPY

ROSEMARY

THYME

OREGANO

PENNISETUM

ANISACANTHUS BERKELEY SEDGE'

AGAVE WEBERII transplant

WHITE BONESET transplant

MOUNTAIN PEA

MOUNTAIN PEA

EVERGREEN CLEMANTIS

SALVIA PENSTEMONOIDES

PURPLE CONEFLOWERTURKS CAP

existing

SALVIA REGLA

GAURA

SALVIA MADRENSIS

BAMBOO MUHLY

PENNISETUM

BERKELEY SEDGE'

VERBENA

PIGEONBERRY

SCREENED PORCH

COVERED PORCH

KITCHEN

CARPORT

COVERED PORCH

CONCRETE STEPS

PAVESTONE DRIVE

WOOD DECKexisting level

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privacy fence

Steel planters were designed to give purpose and structure to herb gardens, which were strategically scattered throughout the garden, thereby making the most of diffi cult lighting conditions. The wood fence was designed to accommodate both the necessary light, as well as the clients privacy needs.

Herb garden Herb garden and bamboo barrier wall

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

FRONT ENTRY DESIGNwith Mark Word Design + D2F Austin, Texas 2011

The entrance of this 1960’s ranch house was converted to an outdoor living space with a gravel courtyard, and a low-maintenance garden.

Line drawing and colored pencil

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

VEGETABLE TERRACEwith Mark Word Design Austin, Texas 2011

This demanding site called for a terraced vegetable garden, and a water management system that thoughtfully moved storm water across the site. A robust deer fence was necessary to protect the clients’ vegetable garden.

Newly planted deer fence and terraced garden Patio and storm water drainage

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

RENOVATION FOR THE GRANDCHILDRENwith Mark Word Design Austin, Texas 2011

Our design-build team composed a new edge-condition, creating a safe place for the clients’ grandchildren to play, as well as a softer entrance procession across the site.

Line drawing and colored pencil

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

AN ORCHARD FENCE with Mark Word Design Austin, Texas 2011

This project required a new design for a semi-private fence along the side of a clients’ house, creating an infrastructure on which to grow a condensed fi g orchard, using espaliered trees.

Before

After

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

PERSONAL WORK

An example of a select group of competitions entered, some work from my involvement in starting RADfurniture, a product design and manufacturing company.

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

ROLL-UP LOUNGERDWR Furniture ContestantAustin, Texas 2010

A portable and adaptable beach lounger, made from reclaimed long-leaf pine and sunbrella scraps.

Photos

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

SUKKAH CITY2010 Sukkah City ContestantNew York City, NY 2010

This des ign was insp i red by the construction infrastructure of new York, perpetually building itself under a vale of temporary scaffolding. The sukkah is held together with woven fabric until it is ready to be taken apart and re-used.

Digital montage

Digital montage

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

RAD FURNITURECreative Direction Austin, Texas 2009-2012

Aside from the professional experience illustrated above, I have contributed creative & developmental direction to my husband’s start-up design and fabrication business, RAD Furniture.

Pop-up furniture shop

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Pop-up shop poster First photo shoot

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

M.Arch, The University of Texas at Austin2006 - 2010 (focus in sustainable design)

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

RESEARCH FACILITY at INKS LAKEat The University of Texas Austin, Texas 2010

Utilizing the existing infrastructure of a large dam, we created an open-air building comprised of small conditioned boxes, unifi ed as a composition of views and paths.

Process model photography

Elevation - mixed media

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Model photos Entrance - line drawing and transfer

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Observation deck - line drawing and transferEast/west section - cad dwg

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

North/south section - cad dwg Materials

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

site plan

CLEAN ENERGY PARKat the University of Texas Austin, Texas 2009

The fingered-layout of 3 buildings facilitate the strategic movement of people and breezes across the park. As the earth falls away, additional daylighting becomes possible when desirable, and views of the prairie unfold from within the offi ce spaces. Operable shade structures hover above the facility, allowing for adaptable light conditions.

Model photoModel photo Perspective - mixed media

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

North/south section - mixed digital

East/west section - mixed digital

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

WATER MUSEUM, CHAPULTAPEC PARKduring Travel Studio Mexico with Juan MiroMexico City, D.F. 2009

Interactive play area - mixed media Entrance to museum and water tower - mixed media

This project called for the re-design of a city park’s masterplan, with the addition of a water museum amidst Diego Rivera’s serpent sculptures and murals. Our idea for the museum became an educationally-interactive experience, tracking the movement and cleansing of water as it traversed the park.

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Monte alban - pen on paper National library - pen on paper

TRAVEL SKETCHESduring Studio Mexico with Juan MiroMexico, 2009

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

BOAT HOUSEat The University of Texas with Joyce RosnerAustin, Texas 2007

Pastel on trace depicting the edge of town lake where a crew boat house was to be designed and constructed.

Site analysis - pencil and pastel

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

The project became two buildings: a robust “fl oodable” structure on the land, serving as an anchor point on the Town Lake running trail; and a “fl oatable” boat hanger designed to accommodate for the rising waters possible during heavy rains.

Perspective of proposed building from water Model photo showing fl oating portion

TREEHOUSE MARK WORD DESIGN PERSONAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

boathouse elevation

KATHERINE LEE 203-979-5312 Katherine@RADfurniture.com