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Samantha Wellnitz
Samantha WellnitzPortfolio
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Cal Poly Design Competition
SDSU Engineering Building
Hand+AutoCAD+SketchUp
Study Abroad
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1.STEEL CONNECTION PLATE2. STRUCTURAL BEAM3. OPERABLE WINDOWS4. SUSPENDED CEILING5. 7’ WIDE CATWALK DECK6. CONCRETE SLAB7. WELDED CONNECTION8. 6” STEEL TUBE9. 1’ STEEL COLUMNS10. STEEL SUPPORT11. THERMAL BIMETAL PANELS12. ALUMINUM FRAME
Currently located within the SDSU campus, the existing engineering building expresses room for improvement. By pealing back the facade, and replacing the interior walls systems, the redesign allows for more interior lighting, natural ventilation, and visual connections to occur between interior and exterior. The new facade utilizes the folding of form to capture light through a thermal bimetal system. This material combines with a metal mesh, and openings to form an entire skin system that engages the user while allowing light to diffuse into the core of the building. Fully closed Interior walls have been replaced by sliding glass doors and nana walls, opening up the interior for creativity, engagement, and innovation.
SDSU Engineering Facade Renovation & Building Addition
10’ 20’ 40’10’ 20’ 40’
ENGINEERING BUILDING
ENGINEERING LABRATORY
LIFE SCIENCE NORTH
50’ 500’
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B
MESH PANEL
OPEN PANEL
THERMAL BIMETALPANEL
LONGITUDINAL SECTION BCROSS SECTION A
10’ 20’ 40’10’ 20’ 40’
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MONTEZUMA ROAD
REMINGTON ROAD
CANYON CREST DRIVE
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55TH STREET
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MTS GREEN LINE
AZTEC CIRCLE DRIVE
CANYON CREST DRIVE
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ALVARADO ROAD
MTS GREEN LINE
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MONTEZUMA ROAD
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LINDO PASEO AVENUE
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SDSU TRANSIT CENTER
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HILLTOP WAY
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AVENUE OF ARTS
COX ARENA
LOVE LIBRARY
BASEBALL FIELD
FOOTBALL FIELD AZTEC CENTER
50’ 500’
CAFE’
BABA
CAM LABHYDRAULICS/FLUIDMECHANICS LAB
HYDRAULICS/FLUIDMECHANICS LAB
MECHANICALENGINEERING LAB
ENVIRONMENTALLAB
PROJECT SPACE LAB
PROJECT SPACE LAB
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UP
AUDITORIUM
GROUP LEARNING/TEACHING LAB
LAB 1 HIGH BAY+SUPPORT
LAB 1 HIGH BAY+SUPPORT
LAB 1 HIGH BAY+SUPPORT
LAB 1 HIGH BAY+SUPPORT
LAB 1+SUPPORT
LAB 1+SUPPORT
LAB 1+SUPPORT
LAB 2+SUPPORT
LAB 2+SUPPORT
LAB 2+SUPPORT
LAB 2+SUPPORT
LAB 2+SUPPORT
LAB 2+SUPPORT
LAB 2+SUPPORT
LAB 3+SUPPORT
LAB 3+SUPPORT
LAB 3+SUPPORT
LAB 3+SUPPORT
LAB 3+SUPPORT
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UP
DOWN
DOWN
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CLEAN ROOM
WINDTUNNEL
ENERGY-EFFICIENTBUILDING DESIGN
SOILS LAB
OFFICE/WORK SPACEFOR RESEARCH TEAMS
Research SpacesCirculation
The Proposed SDSU Engineering building’s central focus is on the ground level where work spaces are used by researchers of the Engineering department. The ground floor offers a cafe’ for gathering to happen under a one roof concept. A green wall blocks Southern light in the summer and allows light in during the winter. A flat truss system hoists up solar panels that capture energy for the campus. Insulating glass with a copper inset also act as insulation, protecting against sun and glare.
Specialty SpacesExterior SpacesTeaching Labs
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The interpolation of splines led to the form of the torus and the study of its strength at full scale production. Designed for a San Diego gallery show as a space to pull you into a place for absorbing the essence of a singular structure from within. This was later modified for the Cal Poly Design Competition to transform into a space used for camping. The northern light entering in, and the western side being framed by the sunset.
Cal Poly Design Competition+Landscape Study
Entry Elevation1’ 5’
Section A1’ 5’
camping
water
waterrecreation
walking/bike path
bathrooms
queueing
parking queueing
queueing
queueing
Exercising the freedom of landscape manipulation for the design of food trucks.
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Balboa Park, San Diego offers a unique location for housing. Just across from the park, a housing designed for students enhances a main courtyard space, and allows each student their own unique as well as common social spaces.
Hand+AutoCAD+SketchupBalboa Park Studio+Case Study 21B
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1/8” 1/4”
3LE
VEL
5LE
VEL
7LE
VEL
SCALE: 1/4”= 1’
1/8” 1/4”
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NORTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
Case Study House #21B, used CNC to route a walk through experiential space display of a laser cut representation, and AutoCAD drawings mixed with layers of hand drawings.
PLAN
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At the Pathfinder Academy in Western Kenya, a school quickly growing in number was in need of a sports complex for children from Elementary School to High School. Using local materials from the town of Kitale, the design gives room for many different sports to be played. The only school in the town with a soccer team, meant a field for hosting games, locker rooms for changing, and seating for locals. Other aspects included a life size chess board, and a gabion wall system. The project began construction right after the design completion.
Study AbroadKenya & Copenhagen
PLANTER BOXES
FOUNDATION
COLUMNS
WALL SYSTEMS
TRUSS SYSTEMS
ROOFING MEMBRANEGABION BLOCK SYSTEM
MATERIALS:14 GADGE WELDED WIRE MESH 1 1/2” SQUARE16 GADGE WIRE APROXIMETLY 5”x5” CRUSHED RECYCLED CONCRETEWELDED
SINGLE UNIT CONNECTION:16 GADGE WIRE TIES & SPOT WELD AT ALL CONNECTION POINTS
CONNECTING MULTIPLE UNITS:FASTEN TOGETHER WITH WIRE TIES AND WELD FOR EXTRA STRENGTH
FILL WITH CRUSHED RECYCLED CONCRETE
1’-0”
2’-0”1’-0”1’-0”
2’-0”1’-0”
1’-0”
Kitale, Kenya
Copenhagen, Denmark
A place where many would rather spend more time at than in their own living room; this pavilion pulls in the essence of the waterfront location of Copenhagen into the King’s Gardens by maintaining a continuous form within a single gesture.
Samantha Wellnitz