GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIOERIK LEAHY

SELECTED PROJECTS

4INTO THE SEAM:

THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOUNDARY

2HARD ROCK REDUX

1SURROUNDING SAN FRANCISCO

3BEMIS INFO SHOP

M.ARCH GRADUATE

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ERIK LEAHY

EDUCATION university of nebraska - lincoln august 2005 - may 2010 bachelor of science in design / gpa: 3.713 university of nebraska - lincoln august 2010 - may 2012 master of architecture / gpa: 3.788

HONORS / RESPONSIBILITIES teaching assisstant @ unl- second year design studio daad sip, german study abroad scholarship year abroad @ uni applied sciences bremen project hope - unrwa sponsored ngo volunteer teaching english in palestinian refugee camps in nablus, west bank tau sigma delta collegiate honor society president - usgbc students unl eagle scout EXPERIENCE min | day intern architect omaha, ne may 2011 - august 2011 despang architekten intern architect hannover, germany march 2009 - june 2009 union pacific railroad engineering dept architectural maintenance intern omaha, ne summer 2007, 2008

1TYPE: WATERFRONT REVITALIZATIONLOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, CATERM: FALL 2010

SURROUNDING SAN FRANCISCO

while activiting the negliected neighborhood beyond.

The project provides designs for the penninsula community typology; a housing typology, based on the San Fran row house; and the continuation of the “blue-greenway” along the waterfront, returning activity and focus to the unused port area of San Francisco.

A project looking at revitalization of the Mission Bay community in San Fransiscos’ former port, focused around the issue of rising global water levels. The master plan creates a series of design-centered ‘penninsulas’, capitalizing on San Franciscos young, educated population. These penninsulas, plugged-into the coastline and elevated above a future high water level, would provide a live-work location for small start-up venture companies

master plan axonometric viewsurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0

coastal pleat

+144

+96

-15

+36

building mass raises out to views and higher land value at water

building mass lowers towards south to provide efficient solar exposure

building mass lowers towards existing, re-purposed cultural hubs

*note: 1 story = 12 ft floor to floor

massing parameterssurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0

multi-family housing

massing parameters

office

shopping

pedestrian plaza

parking / service

HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS

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PROGRAM LAYERING

local and regional connectionssurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0

1000 ft

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TO:SAN FRAN +NORTH BAY

TO:OAKLAND

TO:SAN MATEO

TO:SAN JOSE

CAR / TRUCK

MUNI T-LINE

LOCAL PEDESTRIAN

PARKING / SERVICE ACCESS (BELOW)

FERRY / WATER TAXI

20th STREET

MARIPOSA STREET

23th STREET

16th STREET

MARIN STREET

The proposed waterfront structures plug into existing and pro-posed transit connections. Transit systems include automobiles, water-based transit, public mass transit, and pedestrian access. These systems provide access into the city as well as the wider bay area region and beyond.

Multiple means of transit and connections will provide a density of people coming and going, working, playing, and shopping in order to provide a strong local character and sense of active community.

3rd STREET

ILLINOIS STREET (PEDESTRIAN ONLY)

INDIANA STREET

MISSOURI STREET

4th STREET

UNIT 1

UNIT 2

UNIT 3

KITCHEN / GREAT ROOM

SECONDARY BED

MASTER BED

KITCHEN / GREAT ROOM

SECONDARY BED

MASTER BED

KITCHEN / GREAT ROOM

SECONDARY BED

MASTER BED

SCALE: 1/8” = 1’

housing axonometricsurrounding san franciscov e r t i c a l s t u d i o f a l l 2 0 1 0

coastal pleat

2TYPE: MIXED-USE HOTELLOCATION: CHICAGO, ILTERM: SPRING 2011

HARD ROCK REDUX

Situated on the site of the current Hard Rock Hotel in downtown Chicago, this project a hypothetical redesign of the building to be dedicated to its program: hotel and music experience. The design challenges the role of the urban tower as an engagement with the streetscape, wrapping streetfront shopping up and into the tower, culminating in an elevated concert hall and hotel lobby.

TOWER FACADE DEVELOPMENT

FLOOR PULLED FROM INITIAL MASSING MODEL - DIVIDED BY STANDARD 16’ ROOM UNIT 1

VARYING DEPTH OF FACADE CREATES BALCONY SPACE AND DYNAMIC PAT-TERN SHIFT 2

DEVELOPED FACADE SYSTEM ROOM WIDTHS ADJUSTED TO ACCOMODATE CHANGE IN DEPTH3

2’ 3’ 4’ 5’ REPEAT REPEAT

USE:

DEPTH:

SMOKINGWALK-OUT

LOUNGING / SUNBATHING

PODIUM FACADE DEVELOPMENT

INITIAL DOUBLE SKIN SYSTEM1 RAMP WRAPS SKIN SYSTEM2OUTER SKIN LAYER PULLED OUT TO ENVELOPE CIRCULATION WRAP CREATING A DIALOGUE BETWEEN STREETFRONT AND INTERIOR

3FACADE DEVELOPED INTO AN OCCU-PIABLE DOUBLE CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM.4

STREETFRONT EXTENSION

MICHIGAN AVENUE STREETFRONT

EXISTING LINEAR CONDITION REVISED VERTICAL STACKED CONDITION:

STREETFRONT IS PULLED INTO THE BUILDING AS A CONTINOUS RAMP CONNECTING A DENSE, VERTI-CAL SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT

SHOPSHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP

SHOPSHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

RETAIL TYPE A:FEATURED SHOPSCONNECTS TO RAMP3000 SF

AMOEBA MUSICSAM GOODYGAPH&MAMERICAN EAGLEURBAN OUTFITTERSBEST BUY EXPRESSBORDERS EXPRESS

RETAIL TYPE B:SUPPORTING SHOPSNOT CONNECTED TO RAMP1000 - 1500 SF

DUNKIN DONUTSSTARBUCKSRED BERRYFANNIE MAY CHOCOLATESBABBAGESSHARPER IMAGERADIO SHACKVICTORIAS SECRETKAY JEWELERSAT&TCHICAGO TOURISM

B

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

BCONCERT HALL

HOTEL B

B

B

BB

STREETFRONT EXTENSION

MICHIGAN AVENUE STREETFRONT

EXISTING LINEAR CONDITION REVISED VERTICAL STACKED CONDITION:

STREETFRONT IS PULLED INTO THE BUILDING AS A CONTINOUS RAMP CONNECTING A DENSE, VERTI-CAL SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT

SHOPSHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP SHOP

SHOPSHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

RETAIL TYPE A:FEATURED SHOPSCONNECTS TO RAMP3000 SF

AMOEBA MUSICSAM GOODYGAPH&MAMERICAN EAGLEURBAN OUTFITTERSBEST BUY EXPRESSBORDERS EXPRESS

RETAIL TYPE B:SUPPORTING SHOPSNOT CONNECTED TO RAMP1000 - 1500 SF

DUNKIN DONUTSSTARBUCKSRED BERRYFANNIE MAY CHOCOLATESBABBAGESSHARPER IMAGERADIO SHACKVICTORIAS SECRETKAY JEWELERSAT&TCHICAGO TOURISM

B

A

A

B

B

A

A

A

BCONCERT HALL

HOTEL B

B

B

BB

3F.A.C.T. CLASS IN COLLABORATION WITH MIN | DAYTYPE: ART GALLERY RECEPTION/ENTRANCELOCATION: OMAHA, NETERM: SPRING - SUMMER 2010 (DESIGN + BUILD)

BEMIS INFO SHOP

3/4” mdf finish surface- custom milled

1/2” plywood substrate- 4x8 sheets

2x6 stud structure- custom milled + site- built studs

connecting soffit- conceals ductwork through gallery opening- 2 options follow either duct or wall angle- finished in drywal

plan 1cut at 3’1/2” = 1’

plan 2cut at 6’1/2” = 1’

plan 3cut at top of main wall1/2” = 1’

bemis center for contemporary artsmin|day + FACT

structure diagramnot to scale

3’ mechanical closet door

air supply

air intake - patterned perforated surface

A design intervention within an existing art gallery in historic Omaha, Info Shop was a design/build collaboration between the Fabrication And Construction Team (FACT) course and firm Min | Day. Personal project responsibilities included pattern design for costume CNCed panels as well as design and execution of a cost effective construction process based on a traditional stud wall system while alowing the irregular angular folds in the wall surface.

4TYPE: BORDER SEAM FACILITY DESIGN THESIS PROJECTLOCATION: EAST JERUSALEM, WEST BANK PALESTINETERM: FALL 2011 - SPRING 2012

INTO THE SEAM: THE ARCHITECTURE OF BOUNDARY

shrouding barrier - the creation of a seam zone which at once becomes seperation and also connection and place. A barrier not through physical height but through depth and overlap. Israelis move into the seam through seperate, but overlapping, facilities which allow access onto artificial land masses set aside for cultivation, livestock grazing and recreation.An architecture of strangeness and otherness, sacred to no one but essential for the survival of both sides.

A design thesis addressing the role of architecture as a physicalization of border conditions between nations and peoples, an escalating trend in modern foreign policies.

The barrier wall between Israel and the Palestinian West Bank serves as the site for an intensive investigation into this condition. An intensive research project reveals the truth of the barrier, that of a shroud: an erasure of perception and communication across the seam. The design challenges this

PALESTINIAN FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL

ISRAELI FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL

WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION

WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION

PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION

PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS

ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION

ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES

GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES

GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES

PALESTINIAN FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL

ISRAELI FACILITYCOMPONENTS + CONTROL

WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION

WATER CONTROL AND DIVERSION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION + SEAM CONTROL

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION + OCCUPATION

PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION

PROGRAM SPACE CONSISTS OF PRIVATE OFFICES, SMALL MEETING ROOMS AND LARGE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FACITILTATING CROSS-SEAM DIALOGUE AND ARBITRATION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS

ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION

ARTIFICIAL LAND-FORMS FACILITATE ACTIVATED USE OF SEAM ZONE:AGRICULTURE, PAS-TURE GRAZING, RECREATION, CROSS-CULTURE INTERAAC-TION

VERTICAL CIRCULATION TOWERS CONNECT PRO-GRAMMED SUBLAYER TO CONSTRUCTED LANDFORMS

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES

HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION GENERATES OVERLAPPING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FACILITIES

GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES

GROUND SURFACE BECOMES A MANIPULATED WATER CONTROL SYSTEM ALLOWING DIVERSION OF FLASH FLOODS INTO NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES

100 FT200 FT

SHUFAT-PISGAT ZE’EV SEAM FACITILYSEAM ZONE SITE PLAN

CURRENT CONCRETE BARRIER WALL

DEFINED BORDER SEAM ZONE

DEFINED BORDER SEAM ZONE

SHUFAT REFUGEE CAMP

PISGAT ZE’EV SETTLEMENT

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