Caileigh Treash Selected Undergraduate Works 2020-2021
Resume E d uc at i o n Bachelor of Ar ts in Architecture, May 2023 Minor in Histor y, May 2023 Clemson University, South Carolina
R e l e va n t E x p e r i e n c e YAC Tree House Competition, May-July 2020
A ct i v i t i e s Amer ican Institute of Architects Students, September 2019-current Graphics Chair, Clemson University AIAS, May 2021-current Co-Vice President-Elect, Clemson University AIAS, November 2021-current
Honors Academic All-State Michigan, Volleyball, 2018 Excellence in Architecture Forest Hills Central High School, 2019 Dean’s List Clemson University, Fall 2019 President’s List Clemson University, Spr ing 2020 President’s List Clemson University, Spr ing 2021
Skills Rhinoceros Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Revit AutoCAD Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Google Docs, Sheets, Slides
Other Skills French, Inter mediate
D e s i g n S tat e m e n t Architecture defines the world around us. The way we live, work, and play is all defined by how the built environment interacts with nature. As designers, our job is to help influence and reflect this relationship. The way we view others is shaped through architecture; it is important to understand the impact our designs have on the environment and people. Architecture is culture creating. Architecture has been ingrained into me from a young age. Growing up moving around a lot, architecture showed me the power it has to define a place. The way architecture is designed in Central Texas is different from in Minnesota. The designs reflect and adapt to the environment. Travels to new places always included walking around studying and critiquing the different architecture. Different cultures have made an impact on the way architecture is designed. The built and unbuilt environment had an impact on me from the beginning. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be an architect. The ability to influence how the built environment interacts with the world around me is what attracted me to study architecture. The importance architecture has on how the world works is unique to the field. No other field of study has such an immediate impact on society as architecture. From birth architecture influences how a person interacts and sees people, culture, and society. The impact and importance of architecture is what drew me to want to study and work in the field. Being able to change or help shape people’s view of the world for the better is why I want to be an architect.
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O pen A ir C lassrooms
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R uled S urfaces
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S eashore C hapel
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A S pace to D aydream
Sight Lines West Chelsea, New York City Professor Clarissa Mendez, Fall 2021 Partner Thomas Meacham
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Site Panorama
Site Line Diagrams
Located on 10th Avenue between 26th and 27th Street, our design for an office space uses the existing area’s site lines and the idea of raising the street to elevate and reflect the West Chelsea Distr ict. Inside the building, geometr ic floor plates are created using the site lines—initially designed in sections. The sections were booleaned to create the for m. This first process created the initial massing for the building. The floor plates and solid exter ior moments were created to for m the final building design through more process. The core poché, for med using site lines, shifts as it r uns up the building. The public plaza, created using the same site lines found in the building, provides a space for rest and play—plants found in the plaza are found on the High Line.
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Longitudinal Section
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Roof Plan
Third Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
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Transverse Section
The inter ior implies the cultural aspect. It creates an idea of folding up the street. The architecture reflected this. The program became a creative public expression. People inside are visually able to connect with exter ior activity. The same can be said for the exter nal connection to the inside. The surfaces resulted in a collage of multiple urban textures in ter ms of mater iality. The mater ials echo the surrounding streetscapes and the High Line. Glass, concrete, and metal all reflect the exper ience of walking around the area. Mater iality creates an exper ience of the streetscape. The streets of NYC are the social veins and programs for displaying its culture. With this in mind, we studied the surrounding urban surfaces & site lines and began to iterate.
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Circulation
Spatial
Building For m
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Cayce Art Center Cayce, South Carolina Professor Joseph Choma, Spring 2021
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Sections
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Site Plan
West Elevation
Designed for the city of Cayce, South Carolina, the Fine Ar ts Center’s aim is to create a space where local ar t and perfor mance can come together and be displayed. Upon first glimpse of the building, visitors witness a glass box peeping out from below and above a stone skir t. The overall sculptural design of the building reflects its pur pose. Visitors to the Fine Ar ts Center exper ience a display and perfor mance space like no other. The main feature of the center is a perfor ming ar t space encased in a two stor y glass box. Visitors can exper ience perfor mances both within the space as well as from the exter ior. An usual stage design creates a creative challenge for a director and allows for a more interactive exper ience.
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Level II
Level I
Surrounding the perfor mance space are exhibition spaces that allow for visitors to see both the ar t and look down on a perfor mance. A separate building contains ar tist studios and classrooms. This creates a noise barr ier between the two main programs of the center. A ramped wing uses a common method of circulation to move people from one floor to another while creating an exhibit all of its own. Visitors arr iving to the center can enter the building in the front passing the glass str ucture. Visitors then move up into the second floor of the center to explore the ar t exhibits. The ramped wing br ings visitors down and out onto the site where an elevated boardwalk leads them through a sculpture garden and into the trees.
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Program Diagram
Par ti Diagrams
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Open Air Classrooms Clemson, South Carolina Professor Byron Jefferies, Fall 2020
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Floor Plan
Section
The Covid-19 Pandemic changed the way people live, wor k, and go to school. With the Pandemic changing how college is taught, the Open Air Classrooms were created with safety and social distancing at the center of the design. The complex is made up of six different buildings. Each building can be used as either a classroom or as a study space. The complex is made up of a mixture of different levels of enclosed spaces. While all spaces are open to allow air circulation some are more enclosed than others. While having the overall look and feel of enclosed buildings, the buildings are open air.
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Site Plan
Passive System Diagram
Due to the nature of not being completely enclosed, passive systems had to be employed to heat and cool the spaces. Passive systems are used to heat and cool each classroom as well as provide air flow for safety dur ing a pandemic. A louvered system, along with open areas, allow wind to move across the site. Each classroom is set up with either tables or benches that provide a 6 ft. distance from others. The tables use dividers to allow students to wor k comfor tably with others. All seating is placed at least 6 ft. apar t in order to maintain safety. After Covid-19, simple reconfiguration of the fur niture can create a higher capacity. Safety was at the forefront of this project, but it was also designed with the future in mind.
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Ruled Surfaces Workshop Professor Byron Jefferies, Fall 2020
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Axon
As par t of a ser ies of wor kshops, different design techniques were explored. Ruled surfaces or lofting explored taking a two dimensional drawing and tur ning it into a three dimensional str ucture. Lofting showed the capability of the technique to create different str uctures. Each 2D drawing can be inter preted differently causing different 3D designs to come from the same drawing. This design wor kshop focused on how straight lines can for m cur ves and movement. Hand drawing, digital drafting, and physical models were all components to fully explore r uled surfaces. From a hand drawing, a computer generated model was created both in 2D and 3D. From this model, a physical model was created using simple mater ials.
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Seashore Chapel Beidaihe New District, China Professor Brandon Pass, Spring 2020
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Light Analysis
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Str ucture
Completed in 2015, Seashore Chapel is situated just feet from the ocean. Designed by Vector Architects, the Chapel is imagined to be a ship wrecked on the shore. Where the building touches the site, sand blows across helping give this illusion. Light is one of the most impor tant exper iences throughout the Chapel. Windows and hidden openings br ing the outside in creating a tranquil and spir itual exper ience. The hidden openings allow light into the chapel without breaking the exter ior skin. Specific windows and openings in the Chapel create moments where light changes over the day and the course of different seasons. The cur ve in the roof illuminates the chapel and creates an interesting filtration of light.
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A Space
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Black Mountain, North Carolina Professor Brandon Pass, Spring 2020
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Ghosted Drawing
Exploded Section
Black Mountain College has a long histor y with creativity. The pavilion’s design was inspired to provide a place to help enhance creative thought. The site was the most impor tant par t of the idea behind the design of the pavilion. Located in the Appalachian Mountains, the campus is surrounded by picturesque views. Openings in the pavilion frame these views. Through boolean operations, spaces are connected and move people inside and out of the pavilion. The space is an ideal spot to daydream. Placed just offshore, the peace of the water and the views of the mountains provide a calm, peaceful space for daydreaming. People daydream in different ways, so the pavilion was designed to cater to the multitude of ways people think and dream.
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West Elevation
Nor th Elevation
East Elevation
South Elevation
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Caileigh Treash
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