Architectural Portfolio Brian Reeves
Contents
Mariemont Auto CAD Drawings Miscellaneous Wood Models Photography Europe Sketches Cedar Bird House Walnut End Table Awards and Recognition
Great Abaco Island, The Bahamas Glenwood Springs Colorado Dyer, Indiana Mariemont, Ohio Niles, Michigan Niles, Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan Mariemont, Ohio
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Construction Studies Independant Works Europe Study Tour 2007 Furniture Design Class Furniture Design Class 2005 - Present
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Brian Reeves
Email: briansreeves@gmail.com
Planning Abaco Summer Work Dyer Station Mariemont Hall Shop House Corner, Flex Building Heritage Hill Residence Construction Model
Mariemont Hall: Mariemont, Ohio
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Phone: 1.509.540.9068
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Planning Abaco Great Abaco Island, The Bahamas
The South Abaco master plan, which recieved a 2009 CNU charter award, was produced collabora-
tively by my class during Urban design studio of fall 2008. The final product that we gave our client was a book that can be downloaded online at planningabaco.org. This book is a master plan for South Abaco and Marsh Harbour that is to serve as a tool that will aid Abaconians with the knowledge needed to sustainably develop Abaco as a place that will still be cherished by many generations to come. The process began with a study tour of the good architectural and urban patterns existing in the Bahamas. This was followed by a public charrette in Abaco, attended by Stephen Mouzon, Sandy Sorlien, and Jaime Correa. When we returned to the university we refined the charrette work and published it in book form. I was mainly involved with the design of the eco-settlements, Abaco Station at the Y, Abaco National Park, sector planning, and drawing bird’s eye perspectives to illistrate the project’s various topics. Because this project was a collaborative effort I must specify that I am only partially responsible for the work displayed in this section and that it could not have been accomplished with out the help of everyone involved. I am not responsible for watercoloring these drawings, or in some cases, the designs, but I did draw all the drawings in this section, except those on page seven.
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These two images demonstrate how the area around Hole-in-the-wall and Lantern Head might develop if the proposed code and sector plan were to be adopted as legal devices. As an alternative to conventional resort development in the Bahamas, the eco-settlements would be a string of Bahamian hill towns perched on top of the coastal ridge. Located between the Ocean and the National Park, these settlements would offer a diverse selection of activities for both tourist and local to enjoy. 6
The two images on this page illustrate a proposed model eco-settlement located near Lantern Head which I helped design. It is a Bahamian hill town perched high up on the ridge overlooking the ocean and the vast expanse of the western woodlands. The access road leads into a central square at the top of the hill. This is where the resort’s main lodge, a small cafÊ and a small shop are located. From here, the network of streets and paths is draped on the ridge to align a view towards Lantern Head, the open sea, and the coppice. This network continues as trail connects each settlement to the next. The east side of the settlement includes guest accommodations. The western slope features a collection of organic gardens for limited self-sufficiency and the restaurant’s local flavor. A path leads through the coppice into a birding trail head and campsite for visitors. This makes the eco-resort accessible to a great range of price levels. 7
Abaco Station is located at the Y and serves as the entry of Abaco National Park. I designed Abaco Station so it would offer a park museum, a park chapel, a bus garage and station, and the park head quarters offices. With the national park and proposed Eco-Resorts to the east, Sandy Point and Sands Cove to the South, and the rest of Abaco to the north, the Y will become the cross roads of south Abaco. Thus Abaco Station is to provide services for the people passing through. 8
These drawings are part of the proposals for Sandy Point and Sand’s Cove, respectively. The top one, which was featured on the front cover of Planning Abaco, illustrates how an important square at the heart of Sandy Point is connected to the dock that is the portal to world-class bone fishing waters. It simultaneously illustrates typical block conditions. The second image shows the proposed square for Sand’s Cove that will feature a new secondary school as its backdrop.
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These images demonstrate the before and after of a Shanty Town in Marsh Harbour, known as the mud. In addition to fixing up some of the existing buildings, the “after� image demonstrates our proposal for the location of one of several public service courts featuring an important civic building and public gardens for food. It shows the implementation of a run off canal with aquatic plants that filter water as it is taken out to sea in order to rid the area of standing water after rain. 10
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This is a transect diagram for the Bahamas. The purpose of a transect diagram is to demonstrate the unique characteristics for every level of density in a given place. There are numerous features that make this diagram uniquely Bahamian, such as the dense bay street at the bottom of the diagram, the parade grounds in the center of the page, the lightly colored buildings intended to stay cool by reflecting the sun’s heat, and an organic network of generally straight streets.
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These are drawings I drew and colored during the charette to illustrate designs that I helped produce. On the left are proposals for the eco-settlements, which were carried into the final book. Above is an early proposal for Abaco station at the Y. As an idea for how much time it takes to do one of these drawings, the one on the top left took three hours. 13
Work with JLH Architects Glenwood Springs Colorado
During the summer of 2008 I worked as an intern with JLH architects in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Due to the small size of their firm I was fortunate to be involved with a wide variety of assignments such as construction documents, client meetings, site visits, and schematic design. The project featured here was for a client in Gypsum Colorado and is a schematic design for two studio apartments built over parking that is shared with some townhouses. 14
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Front Elevation
Side Elevation
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Dyer Station Dyer Indiana
In order to meet the future mass transportation needs of Dyer Indiana, this project is a design for an
intermodal station that I did during my fifth year of architecture school. The site is arranged to have the station in the middle with green space to the north, automobile and pedestrian access from the west, a parking garage to the south, buses and trains to the east. The building is organized in linier fashion, parallel to the train tracks, with the major spaces at the core and support spaces on the ends, providing quick access to the most important rooms and easy access to the rest of the station from there. The offices are at the north end of the building - the waiting room, ticketing, and platform access are at the center, and the restrooms and cafÊ are at the southern end. There is a clock tower next to the entrance that is to be easily visible above the canopy of trees, so that people will easily find the station when arriving from either the north or south. On all sides of the station there will be a ten foot bracketed overhang so that people either arriving from the kiss and ride or parking garage and people boarding busses can do so with protection from the elements. The office wing with its pass-through and distinguishable cupola will serve as the portion of the building visible to Seminary Drive’s secondary vista. Providing quick access to ticketing, busses, and trains from the kiss and ride, the pass-through will serve as a relief between the core of the station and office wing. 16
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North Elevation
Section Looking South
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Second Floor
West Elevation
Section Looking East
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Mariemont Hall Mariemont Ohio
This project is a block design for the town of Mariemont Ohio. It features an auditorium, library, and
market, but also has living and retail spaces to fill the rest of the block. I designed it during my 4th year as the project of Foreground Building Studio. The auditorium has a maximum capacity of 700 people, several smaller meeting rooms, a three story lobby, retail units on the first floor, dressing rooms, and other appropriate support spaces. The first floor is done in load bearing masonry and the upper floors are done in genuine half-timber construction with a heavy timber roof. The town of Mariemont has a large number of buildings done in half-timber, so I decided that it be constructed in genuine half-timber intending that, as an important building, it would be an emblem of Mariemont. The library features an adult’s library, children’s library, meeting room, and other appropriate support spaces. The building is to be constructed of load bearing masonry with a stucco finish and a heavy timber roof. The market is located underneath the dressing rooms of the auditorium with a grid of posts, both to support the rooms above, and to shape the individual market stales as recommended by Christopher Alexander in the book A Pattern Language under the pattern of “a market of many shops.” 20
Site Plan
Library Detail
Auditorium Detail
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Auditorium
Library
Auditorium
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Library
Library
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Shop House Niles Michigan
I designed this shop house as one of several buildings for Main Street in Niles Michigan during my
third year in background building studio. The program features 660 sf of retail, a 1600 sf dwelling unit above the retail, and a garage out back with a small studio apartment above. The dwelling unit above the retail space features two bedrooms and two baths on the top floor and a kitchen, living, half bath, and both indoor and outdoor dinning rooms. The walls are load bearing masonry, the floors are to be pre-cast concrete slabs and the roof is to be a light wood frame construction. 24
Alley Elevation
Main Street Elevation
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Corner Flex Building Niles Michigan
As the first project during background building studio, I designed this flex building on an important
corner that marks the arrival to downtown Niles. As a flex building it is designed with an open floor plan on all three floors that grants its occupants the freedom to arrange rooms as they see fit. Each floor is 3940 square feet with a total of 11820 square feet. It is presumed that there will probably be shops on the first floor and offices on the second and third floors. Many of the buildings visual elements harken to the train station, which is an icon for Niles that is built in the richardsonian style. Its construction is loadbearing masonry with heavy timber beams to support the floors and roof. 26
Main Street Elevation
5th Street Elevation
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Heritage Hill Residence Grand Rapids Michigan
This is a 2000 square foot house for the Cherry Hill historic district in Grand Rapids, Michigan that
I designed during the second semester of my 2nd year in architecture as a craft studio. The program features three bedrooms and a bath up stairs and a kitchen, living, library, and dinning room on the first floor, with a half bath under the stairs and a breakfast nook in the kitchen. The house has load bearing masonry walls, light wood framed floors, and a heavy timber roof. 28
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1st Floor
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Front Elevation
Side Elevation
Back Elevation
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Construction Model Mariemont Auditorium, Mariemont Ohio
As a continuation of the Mariemont Hall project this is a model done on the computer using the pro-
gram, Sketch-UP. The purpose of this model is that it exhibits all the basic elements necessary for construction of the Mariemont auditorium. You will see on the following pages the step by step construction process.
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Mariemont Auto CAD Drawings Mariemont Auditorium, Mariemont Ohio
These are drawings I constructed in Auto CAD for the Mariemont Hall project. When I completed this set of drawings, both the sections shown were new drawings. The wall section exhibited here is the section that I used to construct the Sketch-UP model shown on the previous pages. 36
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Wood Construction Models Construction Studies
The models in this section were done to better understand the construction methods for each specific
case. The model shown above is the model of a carriage house that I designed, to accompany the residence in Heritage Hill. The carriage house is to be built of heavy timber construction. It features a two car garage on the ground level with a studio apartment above. On the right page at the top is an eave section detail for the proposed residence in Heritage Hill. The model shown at the bottom of the page at the right is a light wood frame construction model for the purpose of learning this construction type. 38
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Photography Independent Works
Currently I enjoy photography only as a hobby, though I am not opposed to professional opportunities. Paris, France
You could say it started when I received a camera as a high school graduation present. I usually prefer nature photography, but the more I study architecture I find that I am gaining a greater appreciation for architectural photography. 40
Berrien Springs, Michigan
Pienza, Italy
Walla Walla, Washington
Pienza, Italy
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Prague, Czech Republic
California Coast
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Paris, France
Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia
Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia
Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia
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Europe Sketches Study Tour 2007
During the summer of 2007 I went to Europe with the European Architecture Studies Tour from An-
drews University under Professor Andrew von Maur. While there I was amazed by the incredible applications of traditional architecture found. The highlight of the trip for me was Brugge because the whole city seemed to be built by hand. These are the sketches from that trip. 44
Stockholm, Sweden
Mariefred, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden
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Corripo, Switzerland
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Vaux Le Vicomte, France
Brugges, Belgium
Rome, Italy
Sienna, Italy
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Cedar Birdhouse Furniture Design Class
This is a birdhouse that I designed and built for furniture design class that was auctioned off at
Andrews University as a donation for an orphanage. It received an award in the traditional birdhouse category. The types of wood used were walnut, cypress, and cedar, and the finish is a spar-urethane. No glue was used in its assembly. 49
Walnut End Table Furniture Design Class
This is an end table that I designed and built out of walnut wood for furniture design class in the fall
of 2008. I built it in such a way that use of glue was kept to a minimum. I took the extra time to do this so the end table would be built to last longer, and for the aesthetic appearance it renders. Additionally I chose to build it out of walnut not only for its rich dark color, but also because it is very strong wood which will further extend the life span of the end table. 50
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Awards and Recognition 2005 - Present
These are a few awards and recognition I have received during my time as a student at Andrews. The one, above, is representative of a CNU Charter Award that my class recieved for the Planning Abaco Masterplan. 52
SNU Events Coordinator 2007-2008
As Students for the New Urbanism Events Coordinator my primary duty was to plan study tours to Harbor Springs MI, Lake Forest IL, and West Clay IN.
1st Place AU Birdhouse Auction Spring 2008 2nd Place AU Birdhouse Auction Fall 2008
The Andrews University Birdhouse Auction features birdhouses built by students. The proceeds of the auction go to benefit the Cerinid Boys Orphanage in Bolivia.
1st Yr. Design Studio Certificate of Recognition 3rd Yr. Design Studio Certificate of Recognition At the end of the school year the professors of each studio select a few students to recieve this certificate for recognition of outstanding work in their respective design studios.
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