I’m Brittany Hodges Like many, I also grew up playing with Legos (and other inanimate objects) to build provactive spaces. Now my toys are Revit, graphite, an exacto knife and some bristol. My passion for architecture is now directed towards improving the relationship between society and the spaces dwelled in on an everday basis. I believe and am fascinated by sustainable design. I seek to help people by empowering the users and integrating nature. I love volunteering and going on service trips where I can put my skills to use. I also love researching and learning about new technology and ways of thinking. Need an enthusiastic and tenacious intern? You’ve opened the right book.
BRITTANY HODGES 12600 sherwood St. Leawood, KS 66209
education • • • • • • •
(913) 522 1022 brittany490@gmail.com
University of Kansas 2011-present Lawrence, KS
www.brittanyhodges.com
GPA: 3.9
Watkins-Berger Scholar (top 50 women in class of ’15 in Kansas) Published in Journal of Undergraduate Research University Honors Student Architecture Dean’s Honor Roll Officer of Women in Design Member of Alpha Chi Omega American Institute of Architecture Students
Danish Institute for Study Abroad Fall 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark
Institute for International Education Summer 2012 Freiburg, Germany
volunteer work • • • • • •
Leader for service trip to Milwaukee for The Urban Ecology Project Service trip to New Orleans with Engineers Without Borders and Historic Green Program Coordinator for University of Kansas’ Campus Garden and the Center for Community Outreach Marketing Committee for The House that Greeks Built Fundraising Committee for The BIG Event Service trips to Centralia, Illinois & Youngstown, Ohio
experience • • • • • •
HJM Architects Inc. Summer 2013 & Winter 2014 Architecture Intern
Helped design a town hall through physical and Revit models and completed to construction Designed presentation materials Construction documents for China in CAD Interior design for office buildings Site visits and studies Modeled schematic designs in Revit and SketchUp
Resource Management Inc. Summer 2011 • • •
Kansas City, MO
Documented oil well data Completed forms for the Kansas Corporation Commission
office Assistant
Kansas City, MO
Used RockWorks GIS software to map stratigraphy
Wright Career College
Summer 2009 Kansas City, MO Marketing intern
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Researched competitor’s advertising schemes and their success Designed new advertising agenda and presented it to owner Coordinated trips to other campuses across the Midwest and communicated with interviewees and campus managers Traveled to other campuses and helped film commercials and interview students
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Helped design new website interface
skills • • • • • • • •
Revit AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Sketchup Rhino Grasshopper 3ds Max Design Vasari
what I’ve designed...
sacrifice of space
JUNIOR 2013
SOLO PROJECT
1 MONTH
THE SACRIFICE OF SPACE How does form react to two different programs? Is it indifferent, dependent, or symbolic? This project is an exploration of form, program and the relationship of public versus private. It is a study of the sacrifice of space: how private is given to the public.
The building is part of a grand scheme to revitalize a historic industrial area of Copenhagen to become one of continual activity and culture. As a Carlsberg music & soccer sponsorship center, this building must become more than just a museum, it must be a destination.
site
pedestrian routes
main night squares
daytime squares
nightlife buildings
copenhagen, denmark
A SOCCER & MUSIC MUSEUM Soccer and music require very different environments. New technology and interactive learning played an important role in the design ideals of the interior gallery/exploration spaces. In both programs, the excitement happens in the event itself and therefore the goal is to brand soccer and music as Carlsberg in order to sustain the association of Carlsberg and a good time. SOCCER: spaces for playing and learing “hands on� places for watching soccer: spatial and visual idea of bleachers MUSIC: is more stationary and is private since users listen indpenedently give a space for concerts/night club for showcasing music and giving the building an after-hours/non-museum identity
Two programs isolated to two forms: two rectangles overlapping and reacting to each other’s geometries. The programs remain separate and independent until they intersect. The intersection is a rich fusion of angles, spaces and light. The two subjects mix at this intersection and create a high energy environment.
reception desk
cafe/bar/stage
store
circulation allows for the user to make a choice as to which subject to start with. From there, they are lead through the one program, the mixed program area, then lead to the next program
music
soccer path music path
soccer
mixed
soccer
UP
10째 4째 UP
soccer
mixed
soccer
mixed
soccer
UP
UP
music
music
soccer
reception & store
mixed
soccer
cafe/bar/stage
urban intersections
SOPHOMORE 2013
SOLO PROJECT
4 MONTHS
URBAN INTERSECTIONS Venice is characterized by its urban fabric as defined by water and restrictive urban passages. These spaces are intense, active places for tourists and residents with cultural and educational events occurring within.
The program for this project pays homage to the character of Venice, providing a culutural center that must mold and disintegrate into an urban context. It is a space that is an entry into the city and a threshold to the sea.
venice, italy
surrounding context
site
circulation
gardens
direction
solid facades sea
views
restrictions
typical venetian blocks:
layout configurations:
possible ways to develop the site with typical Venetian block patterns and maniuplated to north-south grid
by extending surrounding site boundary lines into the site, potential building layouts are studied
direct connection
overlapping uses
relative heights
plaza
observation tower
restaurant
garden
gallery
event space
relative sizes
PROGRAM ANALYSIS programs connect and allow for effective circulation and functional relationships plaza connects to restaurants and allows for outdoor seating and a tower (a traditional Italian affiliation) priority is given to outdoor and cultural activities arrangement places emphasis on the tower and its correlation and juxtaposition with the gardens building form creates outdoor seating on every level with a view to the ocean raised ground at thresholds of site allow for visual control of plaza and sea while distinguishing the spaces from its surroundings
low building near sea to allow views
tower mimics existing smokestack
raised ground to create overlooks and differentiate space
AN URBAN RELATION This design acts, not only as a threshold, but also completes a historic urban framework preserved as museum city wide. This cultural complex attempts to relate to the existing historic fabric while progressing the city into a contemporary approach to growth and community. Yet, what the design relies most upon is the traditonal link of water, light, space, and sight.
cylindrical light well/ circulation core mimics tower’s building steps back to allow outoor space on every level, allowing gallery to spill into nature
s u bu r b a n i n f i l l
SOPHOMORE 2012
SOLO PROJECT
SUBURBAN INFILL It is an accepted fate. We will have to densify the American suburbs resulting from our culture’s values of private property, freedom of transportation, and the right of privacy. The goal now is to keep these values of
2 MONTHS
our culture in a new, dense, and sustainable development. The goal isn’t to change society, but fit society to a new environment--one not reliant on individual transportation, environmentally ignorant design, or sprawled development.
lawrence, kansas, usa
SITE ANALYSIS Retail focused on 6th Street Traffic focused along 6th Street and Wakarusa Separation of housing from retail-requiring use of cars Expansive parking lots Excessively large stores Disconnected retail There is no “center� of activity
housing
retail
retail
parking lots
green space
PROGRAMMATIC ARRANGEMENTS
integrated into other programs to encourage sustainable living and to create a family friendly, healthy, and inspirational environment
parking garage
route to exit/ enter garage is by way of a green pedestrian path to increase safety and to create separatation from cars.
commercial
natural areas act as rest areas between shops in order to break up mundane errands and create gathering areas
housing
each household owns a plot of individual land to be used at their will to appeal to the American dream of private property and the desire for privacy
Green space is kept as a buffer between the new retail, housing, and the high school. Retail is focused traditionally along the main road for advertisement purposes. housing connects to both the retail and the green space. The housing is condensed to being on top of an existing big box store
big box + housing
cut in half
big box retail store to densify suburbia, sprawling footprints of existing buildings, like big box stores, will need to be repurposed and rethought.
add terracing on top
create an additional path of circulation and multiple access points for new retail. Also allows more light to enter the deep layout of a traditional big box store.
shift half up terracing of roof allows for universal views and privacy of the private gardens. Addition wraps down two sides of big box sore for vertical ciruclation and allows for space with natural light to minimize demolition.
add story to big box store so one side of building is taller than the other. This allows more light to enter. It also allows for more usable space
staggering of housing units to allow in northern light, views, and privacy from neighbors
increasing heights for differing and unique floor plans for each unit
terracing for yards, allowing views and privacy
community gathering and playground area
two bedroom, three story
three bedroom, two story
three bedroom, one story
A105 1
three bedroom
three bedroom, handicap friendly
rethinking suburbia
elevated path
green space
housing commercial
parking
EXCAVATION
excavation & dugouts
SCHEMATIC DESIGN Aesthetic to mimic triangular shape of housing Outdoor vertical circulation south of big box store and on side of parking garage for ease of access Fixed conventional facade along main road of 6th Street Cut east to west through every building for pedestrian-only ground circulation Elevated path for variant access points to buidings Dugouts in ground for parking and additional gathering space/ retail space Continuous roof landscape with terracing for pedestrian connections
roof lowers to allow pedestrian access from ground
north, school facing elevation
Southern faรงade of zigzag louvers that double as planters. Louvers block direct light
Traditional flat faรงade facing the busy street of 6th Street, contrasting with the abstract trainagular shapes of the buildings
Vertical circulation with elevated levels of housing repurposed big
combined path and complex, box, and retail
vertica
south, street facing elevation
al circulation
housing
Wide stairs act as terracing to allow access from one roof level to the next--making the roof line be a continuous landscape
housing
vertical circulation of parking garage
BIOMIMETIC FAÇADE Inspired by penguins, who fluff their feathers in the cold--allowing trapped air to act as insulation, this façade expands in width when it is cold. This is due to the use of Nitinol, a memory metal. When manufactured at a certain temperature, the metal “remembers” that shape and returns to the shape whenever that temperature is reached. The metal is made in the shape of a stent that is able to expand in width. This shape not only allows
for the double façade to expand and contract, it also blocks the direct sunlight in the summer. In the summer, the stent contracts, making the double façade’s air gap smaller because double façades don’t work as well with warm temperatures. This makes the stent act as vertical louvers that block the sun. In the winter, when the air gap is more necessary, the stent expands, also allowing light through.
winter shading
summer shading
miscellaneous
ON-SITE ANALYSIS While studying abroad, I analyzed local buildings through sketching. By doing this, I was able to appreciate my time there even more and learn about their architecture: old, new, and everything in between.
IOWAIOWA ST. ST.
distance to signs distance to buildings road
distance to signs distance to buildings road
FOOTPRINT COMPARISIONS
FOOTPRINT COMPARISIONS
50 businesses; 84 signs
50 businesses; 84 signs
PARKING LOTS
PARKING LOTS W
BUILDINGS
SIGNAGE
BUILDINGS
W
SIGNAGE W
MASSACHUSETTS ST.
500’ N
140 businesses; 150 signs
PARKING LOTS
BUILDINGS
SIGNAGE
Massachusetts Street and Iowa Street in Lawrence, KS differ on one main aspect: areas of space and areas of buildings. Massachusetts Street, set in East Lawrence, has its roots in history as the “urban core”—threatened to disappear by suburban sprawl of Iowa Street—causing urbanity to “rot” and be “overrun” by the thirst of consumerism, speed, and larger spaces (Lefebvre). With the use of cars, larger spacing of buildings was feasible and usually preferable by businesses and consumers alike. However, these larger expanses brought forth “anti-spatial” architecture—an “architecture of communication” with signs over space (Venturi). These signs seek to connect the fast moving driver to the minor buildings in the background because the lack of spatial context and enclosure requires a reaching connection to grasp the driver. The architecture therefore becomes a “symbol in space rather than a form in space” (Venturi). Massachusetts Street stands in contrast to this. It’s condensed masses and enclosure of space creates a feeling of solidity—which highlights the void—creating a sense of space. As Rowe would say, Iowa is an “accumulation of solids in an unmanipulated void” while the town center of Massachusetts Street is “the accumulation of voids in an unmanipulated solid.” Signs become minor, with store windows standing as the form of communication. The condensed footprint of buildings allows for almost three times the amount of businesses. In addition, condensed and limited parking—focused behind the buildings instead of in front—allow for space to be formed by the actual buildings—not the expanse of empty parking lots. The town center survives sprawl because of this creation of space and personal interaction with the forms. Massachusetts survives because it plays a “double role: as a place of consumption and as consumption of place” (Lefebvre).