Taylor McCallaArchitecture Portfolio

Taylor McCallaArchitecture Student

Iowa State University, Class of 2013

Bachelor of Architecture- Major

Digital Media- Minor

GPA- 3.40, 6 Semester Dean’s list

Internship at UIC, Summer 2012

Construction Framing Crew, Summer 2010, Sioux City

Rome Study Abroad Program, Spring 2012

BWBR Competition Finalist, third year study, New York project

Creative Director- Animation Club, Fifth year at Iowa State

Founder- Noblehaus DJ group, Ames Iowa, 2010-present

Passionate about architecture and design, Desire to learn and ability to

learn quickly, skilled at all levels of design work, experienced with

renderings, photography/photoshop work, physical/digital model making.

Familiar with environmentally sensitive design strategies, pursuing LEED GA status

Revit/AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Sketchup, Cinema 4D, others

Cal Lewis FAIA, Professor 515-450-3200, calewis@mail.iastate.edu

Sarah Gibson, Principle UIC 314-440-4641, Sgibson@uicstl.com

Jason Alread, Professor 515-778-4549, Jalread@iastate.edu

Education

References

Qualifications

Experience

taylormccalla@gmail.com712-389-1140

The progression of the city toward the bay has been a def in ing feature of Boston’s Historic NorthEnd for hundreds of years. The critical point where water meets soil has endured as an integral part of the culture, dispite the constant relocation. The approach to the Jazz Center site is marked by an unmistakeable view to the bay, no matter where the point of view. These views marked geometries that had to remain, and became integral to the development process of our project.

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Boston Jazz Center

3 person team 16 week project Fifth year work

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section through performance spaces

bay facade

main lobby

balcony entrance

street facade

When asked to consider the most fundamental element of a residence, it seemed to me that the most fundamen-tal element was that which defines all space and form: material. It was in contem-plating this idea when I studied the way matter interacts with the spaces in contact with it. The range of simply implied space to the explicitly defined became the foundation of the apartment unit.

Studio Apartment Unit

Individual work 3 week project Third year work

kitchen/living room

“Vandegrove is a voluntary effort by UIC that offers apotential framework for the redevelopment of St. Louis...Offers a structure for thecontinued development of the City that respects the integrity of our existing neighborhoods, while aggressively reposition-ing the many underutilized resources and fostering greater connectivity and mobility...”

Internship Work:UIC, St. Louis

3 person team 10 week project Fourth year work

Identifying opportunity areas,proposing changes,visualizing prospects,informing the community.

Gibellina, Sicily Imagined perspective, Rome

Ibiza, Spain

My partner and I perceived the city as an organic entity that is in continual growth and decay; creating and fill-ing in voids. In a manner that relates to the way an organic form is ‘grown’ the city mimics this using a unique material vocabu-lary. Focusing on the main materials of steel, stone, glazing, and organic mat-ter, we were able to study the way in which this site would ‘grow’ given its specific environment.

Residential TowerNew York

2 person team 13 week project Third year work

street view

Vertical Circulation

Double Unit

Lobby/ Front Desk

Restaurant

Single Unit

Penthouses

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