CHRIS CLASS c.class87@gmail.com (215) 407 - 8632
DESIGN BUILD: SCREEN WALL Professor Dave Kratzer (semester project)
DESIGN BUILD: PROJECT HOME RESIDENT POD Professor Dave Kratzer (semester project)
MOUNT AIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS Professor Chris Stromberg (semester project)
STEWARDSON COMPETITION ENTRY Professor Dave Kratzer (ten day competition)
READING VIADUCT SUSTAINABILITY CENTER Professor Jim Cassidy (seven week project)
LADDER 7 Professor Jim Cassidy (six week project)
ILLUMINATION DEVICE Professor Ian Toner (three week project)
ILLUMINATION DEVICE Professor Chris Kircher (six week project)
DIFFUSION WELDERS HOUSE Professor Louis Chang (six week project)
INTERDELI Professor Jim Cassidy (two week project)
DROPBOX Professor Brian Szymanik (semester project)
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23rd Street & Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
DROPBOX PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. BRIAN SZYMANIK
Dropbox serves as a DATA CENTER to the growing collection of digital data in Philadelphia and facilitates the development of new digital technologies. Along with this, it provides the public with the resources to understand these technologies through physical media, galleries, and public lecture space. The building is divided into PUBLIC and research functions connected with varying levels of STORAGE SERVERS between them. Each area is subdivided into large program areas with private functions above. The east facade reveals an exterior server wall that connects the functions of the building with the street.
The spatial qualities of this building were inspired by a perspective study created in sections over the course of the project. Each space is manipulated by a series of overlapping VANISHING POINTS and reflects the gradual development of the design.
DROPBOX PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. BRIAN SZYMANIK
South Facade Rendering: Revit Architecture & Photoshop
Final Model: foam core & sand paper screen
Structure Models
DROPBOX PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. BRIAN SZYMANIK
Facade Renderings: Prismacolor and pencil on watercolor paper
INTERDELI PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. JIM CASSIDY
Interdeli is located at the intersection of Kelly Drive and Midvale Avenue in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. This urban kitchen design allows for SEASONAL OCCUPANCY while retaining potential park space between Kelly Drive and East River Drive.
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. LOUIS CHANG
CASA RUDIN PING PONG PAVILION
Herzog and De Meuron’s Rudin House combines vernacular architecture with contemporary style. The proposed ping pong pavilion focuses on these elements while exploring the idea of FLOATING.
DIFFUSION WELDERS HOUSE PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. CHRIS KIRCHER This rowhouse was a conceptual design for a single resident diffusion welder. In diffusion welding two materials are heated and pressed together. The molecules of each material do not actually join, but rather push into the VOIDS of the opposing surface creating the connection. In this case the party walls of the existing structures act as a PRESSING ELEMENT to the engineered infill material that holds the program in place.
ILLUMINATION DEVICE
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. IAN TONER
Exploration of plastic cup MANIPULATION without using adhesives.
LADDER 7 PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. JIM CASSIDY Ladder 7 is located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia and houses one ladder truck and one engine. The focus of this design was to provide the users with full CONTROL over the LIGHT qualities in each space. The overhead large scale screening system allows light to enter the space while maintaining needed privacy barriers between adjacent buildings. An underlying glazing system encloses the structure with openings for natural ventilation. The exterior shape of the building directly reflects the changing needs of the users on a daily basis.
Germantown Avenue & Washington Lane, Philadelphia, PA
Structure and light models
READING VIADUCT SUSTAINABILITY CENTER PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. JIM CASSIDY 11th Street & Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
In a recent report from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, the city of Philadelphia was noted for lacking political drive and leadership in the development of sustainable buildings. Its rankings against other cities were among the lowest in the nation when comparing Air Quality, City Innovation, Green Building, and Recycling. Architecture has the greatest impact on the environmental issues the city of Philadelphia faces. The Reading Viaduct Sustainability Center BRIDGES the viaduct over the Vine Street Expressway and back into the center of the city. It houses both educational public spaces, galleries, and commercial gallery space for major sustainability organizations in Philadelphia. The buildings structure relies on the PUBLIC PATH and orients itself to reveal the galleries within the commercial spaces.
Mount Airy Center for the Arts is a multifunction community center designed through a process of LAYERING. The programmatic spaces were developed around an existing site ruin overlapping material pallets and communal spaces. This approach explored three dimensional space through conventional two dimensional drawings.
MOUNT AIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. CHRIS STROMBERG Emlen Street & Cresheim Street, Philadelphia, PA
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. DAVE KRATZER
DESIGN BUILD: PROJECT HOME RESIDENT POD
21st Street & Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA Located at 21st and Arch, Women of Change is a Project HOME operated SAFE HAVEN for the homeless in Philadelphia. The proposed project was to design an individual SLEEPING POD for each resident that would provide them a sense of privacy and storage space. The design creates a rigid structure from the organization of minimal materials.
FEATURED EVENTS - Philadelphia University’s Evening of Innovation - Design on the Delaware
PUBLICATIONS - Montgomery News/Roxborough Review - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Concept Proposal
DESIGN BUILD: SCREEN WALL PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. DAVE KRATZER
Along with the Women of Change resident area, Project HOME expressed needs for a redevelopment of their community space. The main issue was a lack of privacy between residents using the space and those using temporary beds during code blue situations. This SCREEN WALL design incorporates cost efficient SEATING with a transparent backing to create a privacy screen. At night the inside is lit to reveal interior components.
Concept Proposal
AutoCAD 3D Modeling, Revit Architecture, and Photoshop
Final Prototype - steel tube - high performance enamel - birch plywood with hardwood edging
CHRISTOPHER J. CLASS 3693 Stanton Street Phone: (215) 407-8632 Philadelphia, PA 19129 Email: c.class87@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY • •
Philadelphia, PA
Bachelors of Architecture, Graduation: Dec. 2012 Proficient in AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign, and Revit Architecture
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • • EXPERIENCE:
Associate in Applied Science GPA: 3.65
PECORA CORPORATION Packing Operator • •
May 2011 - Present
Blue Bell, PA
Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2009
Created and edited sets of civil, structural, electrical, and plumbing drawings Discussed design principles with project specific managers and engineers to produce technical documentation sets
HARDY MACHINE INC. Machinist • • •
Harleysville, PA
Operated packaging machines for architectural silicones Assisted in miscellaneous tasks as needed
O’BRIEN & GERE ENGINEERING CAD Operator • •
Blue Bell, PA
Hatfield, PA
June 2005 - Jan. 2007
Operated and set up Bridgeport hand mills and Hardinge hand lathes Programmed, setup, and operated Mori Seiki CNC lathes and mills Designed fixtures, jigs, and tooling
EDWIN S. BECHTEL INC. Salfordville, PA June 2003 - June 2005 Laborer • Assisted in paving roads and driveways by completing various manual labor tasks SERVICES:
NORTH PHILADELPHIA MISSION PROJECTS •
Housing and church repairs including copper plumbing, painting, and drywall
THE PITTSBURGH PROJECT •
REFERENCES:
Voluntary housing repairs to prevent resident evictions within the city
TOM KING, Production Manager PECORA CORPORATION (215) 723 - 6051 JEREMY AVELLINO, RA, LEED-AP BRIGHT COMMON DESIGN PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY (215) 913 - 3102