Alice Kucherov Third Year Portfolio 2024

Architectural Portfolio University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design 2024

Alice Kucherov

314.762.8263 alicfleur@gmail.com

EDUCATION -Graduated Magna Cum Laude at Parkway Central High in 2021 -Third Year Student for M.Arch at The University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design

EXPERIENCE -Intern with Benton Design Group, 2023 -Host with Bengelina Hospitality 2022-2023 -Service Consultant at Waterway Carwash, 2020-2022 -Varsity Debate Team Captain, 2019-2021 -STL Literacy Program volunteer, 2019-2020

HONORS -Special Distinction Award for Speech and Debate Honors Society, 2021 -St. Louis Group Scholarship Recipient, 2021 -The University of Kansas Chancellor’s Scholarship Recipient, 2021-Current -St. Louis Artist’s Guild Young Artist’s Showcase Joanne Stremsterfer Prize, 2021

SKILLS Archicad, SketchUp, Lumion, Enscape, Adobe Suite, hand drawing, model making, mixed media

INTERESTS Stage design, urban policy, working with others

Table of Contents

THOM ALLEN 208 CHAPEL, LOOSE CHARCOAL

FILM ROW ARTS CENTER, Kansas City

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FOLLY PAVILION, KU Prarie Acre

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1341 RHODE ISLAND, Lawrence KS

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JAZZ LOUNGE & STRINGS SHOP, Lawrence KS

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RYAN GRAY SHADE PAVILION, Lawrence KS

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PERSONAL WORKS

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In order to express the legacy of historic Film Row, as well as define a physical identity of the modern day arts district, the empty lot under the Kauffman Center in downtown Kansas City is becoming an arts center holding a theater, film galleries, and community programs.

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Art galleries in the Crossroads KC, 1990

FILM ROW ARTS CENTER Kansas City Crossroads Remboldt, Spring 209

Site Axonometric

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South Elevation

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East Elevation

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First Floor Plan

Art lovers might approach from the south gallery enterance while meandering First Fridays, while theater enthusiasts might be attracted by the dome and north plaza just across the road from Kauffman.

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Proposed KC skyline

South Enterance

Gallery Lobby

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Second Floor Plan

The outdoor ampitheater sits in a natural hillside, projecting on the western face of the building. The parking lot extends for a movie drive up at the top of the hill. Elevation as well as plantings create a buffer from Broadway St. Adjacent to the main plaza, a food truck drive up also abutts a public picnic area.

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Site Plan Watercolor

Circulation Diagram

Daily Patron Concentration Diagram

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First Floor

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Section AA

Incorporating a 45 degree angle, spaces can imply direction, and move a visitor along by providing necessary previews of their destination. Working with steep topography on site also means improved visibility moving up and down the spaces.

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Second Floor

In order to maximize benefits from the site, the neighboring flood plains and local drainage had to be considered. The site might transform nto a living machine that cleans, stores, and diverts water to drainage points and local plantings. Living structures reinforce the sloping soil to prevent erosion, and support the human community as well with gardens and shade.

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Section BB

Sustainable Systems

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Behind Blake Hall, the University of Kansas has dedicated an acre of land to the preservtion of native grasses. Individual stalks of grasses catch sunlight, creating an effect of glowing rods covering the earth.

The folly pavilion enables play and relaxation, while framing views to the outside. It should feel like an extension of the prarie in its tiered elevation, and materiality that catches the light.

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FOLLY PAVILION Prarie Acre, KU Remboldt, Spring 209

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Precedent Interior Sketches

For our second project, we created a new addition to a local historic home.

This renovation explores how volumes can command space to define bounding lines.

Volumetric differences between the original house, hyphen, kitchen and dining, and bedrooms dictate how the house circulates.

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1341 RHODE ISLAND Lawrence, KS Thom Allen, Fall 208

East Elevation

North Elevation

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Beginning by researching a case study, this renovation is partially inspired by Vishaan Chakrabarti’s home in Berkeley, CA. Originally done by Walter Ratcliff in 1910, it balances loyalty to historic qualaties with modern cues to produce a charming home filled with light and warmth.

Both Chakrabarti’s home and our site sit just to the south of a busy college campus, and adjacent to a youthful urban area.

The addition has the public and family spaces open out to views and act as main channels of circulation to remain active in its site context.

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Section Looking West

Section Looking South

First Floor, Site Plan

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Second Floor Plan

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Section Looking North

Section Looking South

Site Analysis

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JAZZ LOUNGE & STRINGS SHOP Mass. St. Lawrence, KS Thom Allen, Fall 208

Located in Lawrence, Kansas, Nighthawks Jazz Lounge and Strings Shop sits on Massachusetts Street between 8th and 9th.

Previously an alley between the Antique Mall and Jock’s Nitch Sporting Goods, the main floor hosting the daytime bistro adjacent to the parklet for ease of service.

The upstairs acts as the strings shop, with the main luthier’s studio connected at the back. Downstairs holds the jazzy speakeasy, with a supplementary woodshop for the luthier.

Woven along the beams and potted roadside is a low maintenance garden of plants. While making the space more inviting and attractive, they also act as a carbon sink, as they can sequester the carbon that is left behind by cars, improving outdoor air quality.

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Second Floor Plan

A narrow cutout through the floor on the north side takes advantage of the southern angle of the sun’s path and injects a ray of light against the back wall of the lower performance space.

Ground Floor Plan

The lower story stage is arranged so groups are able to look at each other during improvisation, which is typical in the Kansas City style.

Basement Floor Plan

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RYAN GRAY PLAGROUND SHADE PAVILION Lawrence, KS Van der Riet, Fall 509 DesignBuild

Professor, Project Manager: Keith van der Riet

Teaching Assistant: Suzanne Hampton

ARCH509 Student Team: Ocean Babcock Allison Brooks Natalie Chalona Monet DeFreece Anna Dority Ellie Goodman Matthew Hahn Shyann Jonscher Alice Kucherov Ashley Loza-Hernandez Nick Peterson Kevin Rauch Jeffrey Tistoj-Lara Jillian Tomlinson Alex Ultzsch Rich Wiggins Elaina Wright

SURVEY, PRECEDENT STUDIES

The playground is dedicated to the late Ryan Gray, a dedicated Kansas basketball fan, and considered a “good luck charm” to the team.We visited and documented our targeted shade area; the picnic tables. To kick off the project, we were introduced to our site at Hillcrest Elementary. Their playground recently underwent renovations, meaning they lost most tree cover around the area, leaving recess exposed to the elements.

OASIS by OBBA Studios Hyojin Park, South Korea 2015 AmorePacific Museum of Art Project In order to explore what a shade canopy can mean in regards to our site, we studied a handfull of examples of shade structures and tried to detail the significant connections.

I explored the option of fabric structures, as I wanted to push the idea of movement and reaction in our design process. I also wanted to explore different geometric solutions to our structure.

Vifagoza by Archikon Budapest, Hungary 2021

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CONCEPT, MOTION STOP, SHADING We were challenged to address the street, school, and playground in our design. Column placement and angles suggest new paths. The benches are shaded by a bird’s wing, as if in a nest or midflight. Angles of the sun should be calculated and reflected in the design.

Developing our individual research, we also took inspiration from nature. I interpreted a bird’s wing as both shelter for the site, while incorporating the feeling of takeoff and play.

Motion Stop

Constituent Meetings

Stakeholder Presentations

Choice Form Concept

Shading Studies

As a class, we decided to go with the pleated pavilion, and develop a zig-zagging roof form with various shading options. Polycarbonate was considered as an option until cost and connection details proved powdercoated steel was our best option long term.

The class explored the idea of “komorebi”, light being filtered through trees..

The class continued in groups to develop the structure to a buildable stage, and solidify a shading strategy. I explored Rhino modeling, as well as flexible shading methods.

Northwest view

Sun analysis

Northeast view

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FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY

Plasmacutting

Column Plate

Beginning fabrication, we learned metal and wood shop skills, like welding, plasmacutting, saws, drilling, and communication. I learned a lot about teamwork since it was necessary to deal with heavy steel. We went on several facility tours including our galvanizers, seen to the left.

Galvanized Columns

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We moved carefully to our site from the warehouse. This is where we found it the most crucial our drilled, cut, and reamed hole alignments were accurate. We poured concrete, caulked, dug out the bioswale, and carried rocks.

Scaffolding allowed us to reach the highest elevations.

Footing

Concrete Pour

Infill Beam

Caulking

Bioswale

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OPENING

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SEQUENCE, AXONOMETRIC SKETCH Ockinga, Spring 109

INDIVIDUAL WORKS

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ALBION LIBRARY PRECEDENT STUDY Remboldt, Spring 209

ALBION LIBRARY PRECEDENT STUDY Remboldt, Spring 209

ARTIST STUDIOS, MODEL Ockinga, Spring 109

MOTION, MODEL Ockinga, Spring 109

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PAINTING Oil

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Acrylic

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DRAWING Pencil/Pen

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Marker

Oil/Soft Pastel

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