2023 Architecture Portfolio

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Ben Lyons Architecture Portfolio Semester 8 Iowa State University

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Ben Lyons Work Experience Phone 515-975-6964 Email bjlyons@iastate.edu

Hammel, Green, & Abrahamson

Milwaukee, WI

Architectural Intern

2023 Assist in design and documentation of various Architectural projects Fletemeyer & Lee Associates

Boulder, CO

Architectural Intern

2022 Assist in design and facilitation of various Architecture and Master Planning projects Riverside Bible Camp

Software

Story City, IA

Camp Counselor

2021 Lead groups of 3rd-12th grade campers Education

AutoCAD

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Pursuing Bachelors in Architecture

Revit

3.50 Minors in Spanish, & Religious Studies Ankeny Centennial High School

Ankeny, IA

Honors Diploma - Class Rank: 7/386

Photoshop

3.93 Des Moines Area Community College Concurrent Program: 42 Credits Skills

Enscape

Rhino

3D Modeling

Leadership

Public Speaking

Model Making

Team Building

Sustainable Design

Hand Drafting

Collaboration

Historic Consideration

Awards & Activities InDesign

Hansen Prize Competition Winner

National Merit Scholar Semi Finalist

Kairos Student Ministry

Illustrator

ASC Design Build Competition Winner

National Honor Society

Iowa State Run Club

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Projects Polyphony 6

Retrouvialles 16

Roman Campagna 24

875 E. Wisconsin 32

Coffee Makes You Black 36

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Polyphony Portland, Oregon 45.51763° N

122.67397° W

Downtown Portland’s strides to be a socially equitable region has yet to resolve it’s homogeneous demographic that continually pushes marginalized groups to the edge. Partnering with IRCO, we seek to embed BIPOC presence into the urban fabric to claim space for marginalized communities. Polyphony is an entrepreneurship and cultural celebration proposal to build a more diverse business class in Portland. The intersectionality and intermingling of diverse perspectives aims to uplift and provide equitable opportunities for Refugee and immigrant communities to bring their ideas into fruition.

Team: Nick Cheung

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Retrouvialles Collegeville, Minnesota 45.57463° N

94.39697° W

Retrouvailles is a French word that roughly translates to ‘reunion,’ but has a deeper meaning about a moment that is not bound by the limitations of the linear progression of time. The emotion is described as a moment that feels like an eternity and a brief moment at the same time. In designing a crematorium, we aimed to capture the weight and gravity of the final reunion of life and death that will last only a moment, but live on for eternity. This is captured through the intersection of the two linear paths created in our building; one meant for the mourning family members, and one meant for the final journey of the deceased body.

Team: Tim Zhang, Saad Ouazzani

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Genius Loci: Roman Campagna San Lorenzo, Roma 41.98448° N

12.51583° E

Situated just outside the ancient Aurelian wall, the neighborhood of San Lorenzo has been engulfed by the urban sprawl of ‘modern’ Rome. This rapid expansion starved the community of both natural and manufactured open spaces that epitomize the historic character of the area. Roman Campagna uses the sloping terrain to create a series of terraced open spaces that work in harmony with communal, retail, and residential interior spaces to maximize the return of the natural landscape, or campagna, to the community.

Team: Megan Sawyer, Sophia Allen

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875 E. Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin 43.03880° N

87.90040° W

Working alongside a local commercial real estate developer, the existing office building at 875 E. Wisconsin was re-imagined to cater to a post COVID workforce.

With an emphasis on attracting young talent and remote employees into the office, this conceptual redesign focused on showing the curation of modern artisan amenity spaces and adaptive open workspace.

Team: Andrew Lasca, Alicen Damico, Samantha Mendiola, Marifer Gutierrez

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Coffee Makes You Black Milwaukee, Wisconsin 43.06963° N

87.93017° W

Focused on serving its community Coffee Makes You Black offers a community gathering space as well as entrepreneurship resources. Currently based out of an historic bank, this redesign highlights the historical significance of BIPOC culture in Milwaukee while Cultivating space for CMYB to influence the bright future of the community.

Team: Lyssa Olker

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