Taylor Maine Portfolio by Taylor Maine

Employment

Starbucks - Lawrence, KS, 2008 - 2013 Part Time Supervisor

Taylor Maine

Atlantic Engineering Group - North Kansas City, MO, May 2013 - Present Design Engineer I use Autocad and 3-GIS live to create cost-effective FTTh network plans for Google Fiber within the rightof-way in Kansas City and Austin. I was responsible for about 5% of the preliminary design in Raytown, Lees Summit, Shawnee, Leawood, Lenexa, Olathe, and Austin, and I refined the construction documents for much of North Kansas City.

References

Paula Sanguinetti - paolas@ku.edu Chair of Architecture, University of Kansas

Steve Padget - spadget@ku.edu Instructor, University of Kansas

Joe Collistra - j407c521@ku.edu Final Instructor, University of Kansas

Tim Sherman - tim.sherman@aeg.cc Project Manager, Atlantic Engineering Group

Qualifications Building Laser cutters, extensive wood and metal shop experience, model photography, concrete (mixing, reinforcing, pouring, and molding), carpentry, and basic framing, electrical, and plumbing.

Honorable Mention, 2012 ACSA/I2SL Design Competition Third Place, 2014 AIA Central States Conference Student Design Charrette Relevant Interests Concrete furniture construction, glass-fiber reinforced concrete, fiberglass fabrication, acoustics, loudspeaker design and construction, woodworking, metalworking, landscape design, home improvement, gardening, small electronics repair.

(785) 393-3384 taylor.d.maine@gmail.com 9513 Booth Ave Kansas City, MO 64124

University of Kansas

Bachelor in Architectural Studies, 2011 Emphasis in Economics Masters of Architecture, Fall of 2014

Concrete Chair

Concrete Coffee Table

Outside of Academia Before I entered grad-school, I had time for sleep and recreation. I used this time to play with concrete. I started with a concrete chair. After a few failed attempts, I contacted Dr. Kevern at UMKC to get help. He convince me to switch from steel to alkili-resistant glass fiber as reinforcement. The next attempt was successful. After a few hours of wet-polishing, I acid-stained and sealed it, and bolted the walnut seat into place. I took what I learned from the chair and applied it to a coffee table. I built it with my then girlfriend (now wife). After further contact with Dr. Kevern, I abandoned pre-mixed concrete, and developed a mix of my own. The mixture had to be perfect, because it had to support a 26 inch cantilever that tapered from 2” to 3/4” thick. Glass fibers were generously mixed in along with the sand, portland cement, color, and plasticizer. In addition, the wood legs had to be robust enough to resist the torsional forces of the cantilever at the concrete-to-wood joint, so the Katalox species was decided upon for its ridiculous density and strength. The joint relied on 1” cross-drilled steel bolts embedded in the concrete, with slotted nuts and cotter pins to secure the legs firmly into their inset. I let my wife take over the inlay and colors on the top while I poured the concrete and worked out the bubbles. After several hours of wetpolishing the surface and Amethyst and stainless-steel inlay, I clearcoated and waxed the surfaces.

Fall, 2011 In the Fall of 2011, we were asked to imagine a wellness center that would fit into an empty lot on Massachusetts St in downtown Lawrence, as an extension of the Eldridge Hotel. My partner and I called ours â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eldridge Extended.â&#x20AC;? The facade was obviously an important part, since the area consists mostly of historical buildings, and new construction made to look historical. We decided that the North half should engage the Eldridge, miming the bricks and window shapes of its facade, allowing the South half to pull back from the street and address the modern restaurant neighbor, 715.

East Elevation

South Elevation

Fall, 2011 Since there are very few places on Mass Street that are not hardscapes, we wanted the building to be a bit of an oasis from the heat, fumes, and noises of the street. A reflecting pool cooled the breezeway, while a courtyard in back was shaded by the third and fourth floors. This public area would work to soften the harsh urban environment for the users of the downtown businesses.

Spring, 2012 First Iteration A basic low intake, high exhaust form. None of the air made it to the back.

Second Iteration

An exhaust is added at the back of the building, and the concrete structure is hollowed out. After a brief attempt at learning Flovent to account for convection, time dictated that Vasari would have to remain the CFD program of choice.

Third Iteration

The intake was moved from the ground to a retaining wall in front, a curvilinear shape was adopted, and the sizes of the air channels were made larger.

Final Form

The insides of the channels were further smoothed, and the retaining wall at the front was moved back to the base of the structure to increase air pressure at the front.

Result

The goal of this four-week-long project was a Net-Zero laboratory and educational center. The site is in St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands. An almost constant breeze from the East brings air at a temperature of 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit over the island all year long, so natural ventilation was the main driving force of building form. I was in charge of the student and staff housing, shown here. The diagrams show airflow through hollow concrete structural members. The members can be seen in the rendering as the grey elements of the roof. It took four iterations of the model to achieve the desired airchanges per hour. In addition to the housing building, I completed and illustrated the energy and airflow analysis, the essay, and most of the renderings. This project received an Honorable Mention in the 2012 ACSA/I2SL Sustainable Laboratory Student Design Competition. My team and I were able to attend the 2012 I2SL convention in San Jose and present our project to the rest of the attendants. I encourage you to take a look at our work, viewable here: http://issuu.com/taylormaine/docs/ maineacsa

Summer 2012 This month-long studio focused on Universal Design and Aging in Place. The client was the KU Field Research Station. They require three houses for their researchers and a groundskeeper/maintenance person. The site has a slight southern slope, and is populated by wild grasses and a small forest of early-successional deciduous trees. The ecosystem here is an ecotone, a transition space between forest and prairie. There are three existing buildings on the facility, but the houses will be located about 500-100 feet away, and shall be connected by a path. The buildings had to be single-story, and contain three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and one half-bathroom. The users of the space could be several graduate students, a family, or an elderly person and a caretaker. It was essential that the spaces be able to change to suit each of these users.

Summer 2012 A detailed section and a 1/8”-1’ model were required deliverables for the final review. These are still the most detailed things I’ve produced in a studio course.

roof structure: 18 gauge galvanized steel DuPont™ RoofLiner underlayment ½’’ FSC certiied Oriented Strand Board 2x12” FSC certiied joists 12” high-density berglass batt insulation (R-40) ½’’ EcoRock wallboard 1‘x1’ glulam beams made from recycled utility poles awning window: 2x6” pinewood as side boards water barrier metal ashing 2’’ plywood head cover board wood window frame rolling shades laminated safety glass & 4mm oat glass straw bale wall foundation construction: interior cement plaster with diamond lath prefabricated straw bale exterior cement plaster with diamond lath 4x4” 4x4 sill plate ½’’ anchor bolt crushed gravel for drainage 3/8’’ bender board with weap holes at 12’’ on center galvanized sheet metal ashing 6mm plastic vapor barrier

radiant oor construction: 8’’ site case concrete slab with ¾’’ diameter reinforcing bar ½’’ diameter radiant oor tubing 4’’ rigid form insulation 6mm plastic vapor barrier 2’’ sand 6’’ drainage gravel 3‘’ diameter drainage pipe undisturbed soil deck construction: beam hanger post-consumer recycled HDPE #2 pos deck plastic lumber 3’’ deck screw 4 by 8 HDPE recycled plastic lumber galvanized steel post cap with ½’’ A490 bolts-nut crushed gravel 3’’ diameter drainage pipe column construction: 12’’ by 12’’ glulam timber galvanized steel column caps #46 with 1’’ a490 bolts-nut 1‘ precast concrete footing louvers: lou 2 by 4 recovered pinewood head 8’’ by 1’’ thick recovered pinewood louver 2 by 4 recovered pinewood sill

Fall 2012 This semester continued the Aging in Place and Universal Design discussion of the summer studio. There were two small projects, and the instructor stressed the importance of the inside-out design process, where handles, shelves, lighting, and storage are designed first, and the building form is a secondary, but integrated piece. For one of the projects, we were asked to attempt another version of the Field Station project we had completed over the summer. The program and site were the same.

Spring 2013 My group was given the challenge of expanding and unifying the schools of Architecture and Design at KU. The program requirements were extensive, and the site and existing buildings were a challenge to resolve, but we finally decided on a series of blocks stacked on top of each other, connected by glass cores containing ducts, pipes, and wires. My responsibility within the group was creating the more complex geometries in the Revit model, calculating and modelling the structural and mechanical systems. For the final boards, which ended up being 6ft tall and 30ft long, I illustrated the elevations and diagrammed circulation, skin, structue, and ductwork.

South Elevation

East Elevation

Spring 2013 I wanted the school to act as a textbook. Architecture schools are a unique opportunity among educational facilities; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a microbiologist attending classes within an amoeba, or a meteorologist studying for an exam within a hurricane. As architecture students have a unique relationship with buildings, a building made for them can introduce aspects for education and inspiration that the public may find unsightly. With this in mind, we exposed parts of everything we could; ducts, structure, pipes, and systems. If we had more time, filling this out further would have been the first priority. Each item could be labelled and stamped with a QR code that would lead a laptop or mobile device to computer models, simulations, specification sheets, or realtime data. Field trips could be conducted within a classroom or a hallway, and it would provide for further growth of content as the abilities of technology increase. Clarity of structure, circulation, HVAC, and skin would do more for a school than even the most enlightened professor.

Spring 2013 Each team member was responsible for detailing in 2D and modelling in 3D I created a pattern-based adaptive family in Revit that allowed us to model the sculpted glass circulation cores, complete with primary and secondary structure, glazing, and glazing attachments.

Spring 2013 The second section contained a wall from one of the studio spaces. This part of the building is a sort of bridge, so the underside is suspended above the ground to allow for foot traffic underneath.

Aluminum Panel [16 GA] w/ Mullion over Rigid Insulation[3”] on Metal Deck [24 GA 1.5”] Flashing Fiberglass Batt Insulation Glass Fiber under Perforated Metal Sound Absorbing Panels (Wire Hung) Glazing [1/2” Double Pane] Hex Bolt Joint Sealant [1/2”] Lightweight Concrete [3”], Metal Deck [2” 18 GA], Sprayed Insulation [4”], Neoprene Pad Lightweight Steel Channel [14”] Mullion [2.5”x5”] Mullion [4.5”x5”, Steel Channel Inside] Plywood [3/4” CDX] Punched Plate [CorTen Steel], HSS 1.5x1.5x1/8” [Frame], HSS 4x2x1/8” Steel Tube Shim [HSS 8x2x1/4”] on Steel Tube [HSS 20x12x3/8] Aluminum Panel Connection, Rigid Board Insulation [2”], Glazing [1/2” Double Pane] Space Frame [Top Chord: 4” Steel Tube, Web: 4” Steel Tube, Bottom Chord: 4” Steel Tube] Steel Angle [3x3x1/4”] Steel Tube [HSS 12x8x3/8”] Steel Tube [HSS 12x12x1/2”] Steel Tube [HSS 8x4x1/8”] Vapor Barrier Under Metal Panel Duct [20” Insulated]

Fall 2014 During my final semester, a team of myself and three other students represented the University of Kansas at the AIA Central States Conference for the student design competition. The challenge given to us for the 16 hour charrette was to design a urban infill “makerspace” and FEMA storm shelter for the our host city, Springfield, Missouri. We earned third place. The logic for our concept revolved around historical connections within the city. In a place where the cultivation of the land and harvest are so important, we looked to cultural precedents of inhabiting a region prone to extreme weather events. We investigated both the craft and shelter typologies of vernacular structures in order to build a complex of Maker Spaces that can inspire creativity while inhabiting the landscape in a way that speaks of shelter and security. The vernacular Dugout, or earthen shelter, uses the earth for protection against high winds. Images from more than a century ago show families standing in front of these bunker-like structures with pride and confidence. We used this technique in lowering programmatic space partially below ground. Buildings at both the East and West sites contain multi-use FEMA-compliant safe rooms below grade.

Sandborne Map, 1902

Tripartite Scheme

(Below) Dugout (1903) and Kickapoo Wickiup Structure

The historic fabric of downtown Springfield was also studied to understand development patterns. As illustrated by the 1902 Sandborne Map, the blocks that comprise our sites have had a “maker” culture for more than a century. This graphic presents a snapshot of a rich and vibrant mixed-use manufacturing and retail district. Its increasing density can be tracked from the 1880’s and shows a consistent zero-lot-line setback. This facade wall was effective in creating a cohesive pedestrian experience along South Street that terminates at Park Central Square, a featured public space of downtown and representative of the town’s optimism and respect for the public realm. We tried to capitalize on this pedestrian experience by widening the sidewalk on the west side of South Street in order to accommodate cafe seating and street trees. The west side of the street will receive the sun’s warmth early in the day melting snow and warming the streetscape for much of the year. This was accomplished by removing parallel parking on the west side and reconfiguring 60 degree angled parking on the east side only. This reconfiguration of the streetscape is a strong urban gesture that reinforces the pedestrian connection to the square along South Street.

Fall 2014 The historic building stock of Springfield is typical of the region with facades consistently organized in a tripartite scheme. We designed our facades to blend sensitively with the form, mass, and scale of the surrounding blocks while being constructed to be of our time and to represent contemporary building techniques and values. Glass storefront provides a perforated edge and allows visitors to activate the street. Included is an image of a wind-break constructed by the Osage people. The evidence of a tripartite geometry indicates inspiration not only from Europe but also vernacular understandings of how buildings meet the ground and meet the sky.

Exploded Axonometric View

Tunnel Concept

Section, Looking North

The East and West complexes are similar in articulation. A space-frame that recalls the lamella lattice work of the Wickiup provides the primary spanning capacity with the ability to resist both gravity loads and significant wind uplift generated by large cantilevered canopies. The overhanging roof maximizes the potential for solar panels and provides a protected outdoor sculpture garden for receptions and gatherings.

Fall 2014 The judges applauded the research we illustrated, as well as the clear and concise logic we used when building our concept. They also appreciated the fact that we chose to add an auditorium to the program. We needed a sizable space that could house a large number of people in a weather event.

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Since an auditorium is empty most of the time, the galleries could be free to display the makers’ products in the best way possible, since they would not have to be moved several times per week during tornado season. Furthermore, since tornado sirens often give only a few minutes’ warning, a space that requires even a minute to convert into a safe environment could be considered irresponsible.

A OFFICE

N Robberson Ave

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South Ave

OFFICE BATHROOM

BATHROOM

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Plan for East Site: Makerspaces with FEMA Shelter Core

AUDITORIUM / FEMA SHELTER

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South Ave

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Plan for West Site: Auditorium/FEMA Shelter

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OUTDOOR SCULPTURE GARDEN

N W Pershing St

Site Plan

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Grit I have been very comfortable filling the role of “wild-card” when in groups or classes. I enjoy researching, crunching numbers, and bringing something new to the table. I made full-size models when my peers were making 1/2”1’ versions. I sought out and learn new programs to be able to model or analyze an idea. I poured a concrete site model while my classmates cut foamcore. I bought, gutted, and renovated a mobile home while my friends paid Lawrence-level rent. The shot to the left is from a six week project that I had to do in two, because the park I had been renting from went out of business, I got married, and I attended the I2SL conference in San Jose all within one month. Although mine did not have the depth of development that my classmates’ projects had, it did rival theirs in complexity and graphics. It is probably my least favorite project, but it is an example of what I can do under pressure. The rest of the project can be seen here:

issuu.com/taylormaine/docs/3feetunder

In the words of Bill Carswell, “I am trying to teach you all ‘do easy’, but Taylor is firmly in the mindset of ‘do hard.’”