Amanda M Louise Graduate Portfolio

AMANDA LOUISE PORTFOLIO

RESUME

AMANDA M. LOUISE

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(630)815-2274

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EDUCATION HONORS

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS (washu)

master of architecture - with honors may 2020

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (uiuc)

bachelor of science in architectural studies may 2016

ESCUELA TECNICA SUPERIOR DE ARQUITECTURA DEL VALLES (etsav)

UIUC study abroad program - Sant Cugat, Spain august 2015 - may 2016

EXPERIENCE

RGLA SOLUTIONS, INC.

program associate

OCTOBER 2016 - AUGUST 2019 schiller park, IL

3980 approved AXP hours

10 hours remaining for Practice Management

96 hours remaining for Construction & Evaluation

Drew and issued retail architectural plans for landlord and city permit approvals

Created schematic layout plans and renderings for client approval

Corresponded with clients about specific project needs and expectations

Researched code requirements for projects in their respective cities/states

Compared project bids and communicated with contractors about site requirements

WILLIAM

K OLSON &

ASSOCIATES

architectural intern

MAY 2016 - AUGUST 2016 homer glen, IL

Drew and printed residential plans for bidding

Collaborated with clients and developers about specific project needs

SAM FOX SCHOOL OF DESIGN & VISUAL ARTS (washu)

teaching assistant

JANUARY 2019 - MAY 2020 st. louis, MO

Guided students in their designs through each of their studio assignments

Suggested techniques to model and build their designs

Gave tutorials for specific software

Answered questions from students regarding their classes or the architectural field

GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE COUNCIL

vp of academics in architecture

MAY 2019 - MAY 2020 st. louis, MO

Represented and spoke for architecture students at monthly faculty curriculum meetings

Notified department heads of student concerns and started monthly check-in meetings

Contacted students from every studio section regularly to monitor student concerns

JOURNEYMAN INTERNATIONAL

humanitarian designer

OCTOBER 2016 - APRIL 2017

Collaborated with humanitarian organization to establish project parameters

Researched local materials, building techniques, codes and local culture

Designed and presented elementary school design to client with a conceptual design packet

ALPHA RHO CHI PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURE FRATERNITY

worthy scribe / commissary chair

september 2013 - AUGUST 2015

Completed chapter reports each month

Planned house meals and grocery shopping each week

Cooked dinner for 15 people once a week

AIA NORTHEAST ILLINOIS STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP recipient - 2019

WIDMANN PRIZE washu nominee - 2020

GARGOYLE HONORS SOCIETY uiuc member - 2015

EARL PRIZE uiuc nominee - 2015

FMC AWARD OF EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP recipient - 2013

SKILLS

REVIT

AUTOCAD

RHINO

PHOTOSHOP

ILLUSTRATOR

INDESIGN

SKETCHUP

ENSCAPE

WORD

POWERPOINT

WOODSHOP TOOLS

LASERCUTTING

SKETCHING

HAND DRAFTING

PERSONAL INTERESTS

PAINTING

PHOTOGRAPHY

ITALIAN COOKING

PIANO

FAIR FOOD

graduate thesis

program: 40,000 SF culinary institute, market and urban farm

Spring 2020

WashU

Professor: Valerie Greer

Selected for Approach (see page 2 for details)

Much of St. Louis has low food access. The neighborhood around Fairground Park in North St. Louis is no exception. What was once a very dense and thriving area of the city, is now a neighborhood with high vacancy and only one grocery store for a square mile. Fairground Park, a 140 acre park with a long and significant history, is still a largely positive amenity for the community and this project strives to strengthen this connection with the neighborhood. The architecture aims to encourage all people to enjoy good food in many ways, whether that’s the act of eating, learning about food in preparation or in agriculture, or just as a gathering of a close community of people. Food is sustenance, medicine, and connection with others and this building intends to foster all of it.

See the full Thesis book online at: issuu.com/amandalouise1/docs/fairfood

POPULATE EDGE OF GRAND AVE

RAMMED EARTH STRUCTURE, BREAKS IN STRUCTURE FOR VIEWS THROUGH

WOOD BEAM STRUCTURE, SECONDARY PLANE OF SHADE AND SPACE COMBINATION

Main Entrance

SUBTERRANEAN LAB

architecture studio

program: 30,000 SF research lab

Fall 2018

WashU

Professor: Pablo Moyano

Phoenix, Arizona is one of the sunniest places on earth. It is also one of the least sustainable cities in the United States. In this studio, each student was assigned to a different Extreme Environment. Choosing the extreme environment of Light, I studied the technologies and challenges of building underground while still maintaining livable and workable spaces. The program required a 30,000 SF research lab with both laboratory space and residence space for the researchers. I chose the site in the Phoenix Mountains because the conditions, though extreme, are ideal for a subterranean architecture.

Selected for Approach (see page 2 for details) graduateapproach.samfoxschool.wustl.edu/course/comprehensive-options-studio-extreme-environments-moyano

PROCESS

Initial concept model to use a series of arches moving deeper and deeper underground to bring down light and provide heavy structure

Concept models

Interior of arches fluctuate and the top floor is pulled away from the side walls to allow light to the bottom floor.

Residential section pencil on trace

Subterrain section pencil on trace

Arches increase in thickness the further they are underground.

Arches are used to separate program and circulation. mirrors and other light throwing technologies are used between the gaps. The larger arches are filled with earth that would be removed from the site

section

Laboratory section pencil on trace

FLOOR PLAN

The lab is separated into two wings. the left is the residential wing where researchers can live on site. These arches are more exposed to give views to the bedrooms. The right wing has the research labs, library, and exhibition space and is also the main visitor entrance. These arches are deeper into the earth and have more controlled lighting. The two wings are connected by an excavated tunnel which serves as a dark lab that can be in complete darkness. In the event that light is needed there are solar tubes that project the light 50 ft underground.

rhino, illustrator & photoshop

FOR BROOKLYN, BY BROOKLYN

urban design studio

program: transit line with centers for education and training

Spring 2019

WashU

Professor: Petra Kempf Team of 4

In New York City all trains lead to Manhattan. The central island contains most of the jobs in the city, making Brooklyn residents highly dependent on the train system. But what if Brooklyn could be strengthened from within? If there were nodes of commerce and the available education for any type of small business, then there would be less need to travel to Manhattan everyday. In this studio we were challenged to rethink the systems in place in New York City and to redefine what it means to live and work in Brooklyn.

Selected for Approach (see page 2 for details) graduateapproach.samfoxschool.wustl.edu/course/lively-cities-core-studio-life-along-the-el-kempf

All concepts were a collaborative effort of the entire four person team. I took leadership of the style and design of the final drawings and of the final conceptual model.

Below are close ups of the four neighborhoods we have chosen to zoom into. Each neighborhood has its own industries that we will only strengthen through various education interventions and the connection of our proposed FB line that reuses an existing track owned by the Long Island Railroad.

The final booklet scales down the large drawing and contains all the descriptions of the characters and the proposed interventions along the train line. It also contains representative sections of the neighborhoods, referencing the final model.

final booklet, concepts by team, design by Anna Friedrich, execution by me.

We argue that each neighborhood would benefit from the new transportation and could empower the growth of small businesses within Brooklyn. By building jobs and empowering people through education within Brooklyn, it strengthened is economy and required less dependence on the central borough of Manhattan. To portray this we describe stakeholders within the city that would benefit from this change. The characters in our presentation are fictional but are representative of real demographics in each of the neighborhoods.

Below is a page from our presentation booklet.

To illustrate our story we made a transect of all the areas of Brooklyn that would be positively affected by this new line and the educational interventions. The final drawing was 13 feet by 3 feet and included all the characters and their corresponding businesses, jobs, and training.

final drawing, concepts by team, design and execution by myself & Paul Clark.

The final model did not have an exact scale but at six feet long it included over one hundred sections of existing Brooklyn typologies and represented over four miles of the borough. The black foam core represents existing infrastructure and the basswood represents all the intervention points.

ELEVATION

rhino, enscape & photoshop concepts by team, design by me, render execution by Sofia Aguirre

CONCRETE ENCLOSURE

concrete seminar

program: precast concrete piece

spring 2020

WashU

professor: Pablo Moyano Team of 3

Precast concrete is quickly becoming a standard medium of building. In this seminar we studied different applications of precast concrete and were prompted to design our own enclosure. In January 2020, the course was set up for us to design our enclosure in the first half of the semester, and then build the formwork ourselves to be brought to a fabricator to pour the piece for us. The changes that COVID-19 brought to the semester made it impossible to build the formwork, but we were prompted to document what our fabrication process would have looked like in a very detailed way. This piece is meant to act as an enclosure, a structural piece, and a tool for diverting rainwater.

All concepts were a collaborative effort of the entire three person team. I took leadership of the design of the piece, the style of the drawings, and the execution of the detail drawings.

rhino, enscape & photoshop concepts by team, design and execution by me.

Design Decisions

Divert Rainwater

Allow natural light through

Structural stability.

Change in color over time

Simplify enough to be able to build formwork in four weeks

rainwaterrainwaterrainwater

Dimension and glue XPS insulation.

CNC mill mdf inserts, adhere and screw to mold.

1” Roughing bit

3/4” Round Finishing bit

Make 3 sets for milling CNC mill foam, sand and apply sealant

Assemble within re-inforced wooden frame

Insert structural rebar and mesh

Pour Concrete and place anchors

PERSPECTIVE

EXTERIOR

rhino, enscape & photoshop concepts by team, design by me, render execution by Sofia Aguirre

CHICAGO LIBRARY

undergraduate architecture studio

program: 50,000 SF library

spring 2015

UIUC

professor: Andrea Melgarejo De Berry

Earl Prize Nominee

The city of Chicago is known for its art and culture. A public library should represent its city. The library holds the traditional functions while also holding a separate wing specifically dedicated to the fine arts. This is to provide the classic materials for learning while also celebrating the fine arts within the same building. It is separated by a large atrium extending throughout the floors where the main circulation is showcased. The Fine Arts wing is rotated around itself to represent the creativity and intrigue of the Fine Arts. This library shows the contrast between traditional and artistic values while contained under one roof.

Traffic patterns

Open up path

Rotate

RETAIL DETAILS

professional work program: retail architecture design

2016-2019

RGLA Solutions, Inc.

Drafter, Coordinator, Trainer

Before attending graduate school I worked for two years at an architecture firm specializing in retail architecture. These projects were small and fast-paced and I worked on many different clients, all of whom had different expectations, work-flows, and parameters. Other than drafting construction documents, I researched code requirements, coordinated designs with the client, collaborated with engineers, and eventually trained new employees on best practices. The images here are just a select few of drawings I created during my time at RGLA.

MATHINKA PRIMARY SCHOOL

volunteer design program: primary school

march 2017

journeyman international advisor: lynn dearborn

Journeyman International is a humanitarian organization which pairs thesis students and/or emerging professionals with humanitarian organizations needing design consultation on their projects throughout the world. The JI designer (Amanda Louise) is to collaborate with the client to create a meaningful and much needed project to benefit the community. Paired with the Sierra Leone based organization The Needy Today, the program needed was a primary school for the large number of orphans the in community of Mathinka. The scope was to create a design package of a possible project to help the organization advertise and gain the funding necessary. The collaboration was made in the high hopes that a structure could improve the lives of these underprivileged children and give them a stepping stone to a bright future.

This project is possible through the partnership of Journeyman International and The Needy Today.

How it Works:

1

JI accepts humanitarian projects from NGOs around the world

2

JI pairs projects with selected volunteers (i.e. Amanda Louise)

3

NGO and JI team work together to create meaningful projects

Classrooms separated linearly

Classrooms separated linearly

Rotate to accommodate wind direction

Rotate to accommodate wind direction

Metal roof sheeting

Concrete lintel

Custom steel gage trusses

Hand-woven shades

Brick pillars

Concrete base

Alternating sill heights

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

rhino, brazil & photoshop

Blackboard Built-in brick bench

Stagger for increased ventilation

Stagger for increased ventilation

Place toilets on Northeast side away from wind

Place toilets on Northeast side away from wind

accommodirection

Rotate to accommodate wind direction

Toilets

Toilets

rhino & illustrator

SKETCHES

study abroad year 2015-2016

Secession Building Vienna Austria

Sainte Marie de La Tourette Eveux, France

St. Vita Katedrala Prague, Czech Republic

Madrid, Spain

Kapelle der Versohnung

Berlin, Germany

Madrid, Spain

Fundacion Francisco Giner

Atocha Station

Pont l’Assut de l’Or Valencia, Spain