CARRIE E STRAYHORN PORTFOLIO OF WORK
CONTENTS SELECTED WORK SZOSTAK DESIGN, CHAPEL HILL, NC 01
ALOFT HOTEL, DURHAM, NC
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DUCK POND TRAIL, ORANGE COUNTY, NC
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BRINEGAR HOUSE, DURHAM, NC RESPACE DESIGN COMPETITION 2014
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THE INSIDE-OUT PORCH, WAKE FOREST, NC NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
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PINE ISLAND AUDUBON CENTER, COROLLA, NC
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PINE ISLAND SAILBOAT
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CAPE FEAR ESTUARY CENTER, WILMINGTON, NC
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CHIMNEY SWIFT CHIMNEY, RALEIGH, NC
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THE HIKER’S RETREAT, DEL NORTE COAST REDWOODS STATE PARK, CA RESUME & CONTACT INFO
PROFESSIONAL SZOSTAK DESIGN, INC CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA 2012-PRESENT
01 ALOFT HOTEL DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 2015 COMPLETION
PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE: PHILIP SZOSTAK, FAIA
The Aloft Hotel is located in the heart of downtown Durham, North Carolina. It wraps the existing Durham Performing Arts Center and boasts 134 rooms, ground floor retail, guest lobby, bar, outdoor patio, second floor swimming pool, and second floor President’s Club. The President’s Club is an event space that connects to the existing DPAC and offers elevated views of DPAC, The American Tobacco Campus and downtown Durham. PROJECT ROLE: Project intern for Design Development and Construction Document phases of the project. Responsibilities included conceptual design of the façade, 2D and 3D design studies, and material layouts for each of the three exposed facades (N, W,+ S). My work continued with the façade throughout Construction Documents by detailing the building enclosure systems from the podium level up. This work also included placing, sizing and choosing the colors for the final metal panels and stucco. Other involvement in construction documents included a roof drainage plan, exterior roof “swoop” geometry and details.
METAL PANEL AND STUCCO COLOR STUDIES
02 DUCK POND TRAIL ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 2015 COMPLETION PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE: PHILIP SZOSTAK, FAIA
Duck Pond Trail is a residence in rural Orange County, North Carolina. The clients and their two children wanted a house that felt both well connected to the beauty of the surrounding environment as well as secure. The main volumes of the house form a courtyard open to the north and are connected with a long soaring porch. The porch allows views through to the wooded areas behind the house while still giving that feeling of security and enclosure. Materials include graphite brick, cypress and zinc. PROJECT ROLE: Project Manager: I started working with the client during their first visit to our office and have walked with them through to construction. My work on this project includes hand sketches, 3D physical and digital models, 2D design studies, all construction documents, cost analysis, budgeting, pricing, value engineering, permitting, etc.
SITE PLAN
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03 BRINEGAR HOUSE
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 2015 COMPLETION PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE: PHILIP SZOSTAK, FAIA
BUILDING SECTION
CONCEPTUAL MODELS
COMPETITION RESPACE DESIGN COMPETITION PORCH 2014
04 HOPE PAVILION
back yard
The traditional southern porch is a threshold, a special space where storage a resident is securely “at home” but able to interface with the public folding door realmramp of the street. By recombining and pulling apart the elements of a porch, Hope Pavilion maximizes this threshold. Our process was to deconstruct the elements of a porch and deploy them on the site, forming a place out ofenclosure what is currently raw space. lattace wall
The traditional porch is a threshold, a special space where a resident is securely “at home” but able to interface with the public realm of the street. By recombining and pulling apart the elements of a porch, Hope Pavilion maximizes this threshold. Our process was to deconstruct the elements of a porch and deploy them on the site, forming a place out of what is currently raw space. The roof takes its slope and scale from Hope House. The primary walls do not simply sit under this roof, but slide apart and extend into the landscape. Building and site walls work in combination to form adaptable spaces appropriate for quiet contemplation, smaller gatherings, and larger public events.
The roof takes its slope and scale from Hope House. The primary gabion basket site wallsextend / seating walls do not simply sit under this roof, but slide apart and B into the landscape. Building and site walls work in combination to form adaptable spaces appropriate for quiet contemplation, smaller gatherings, and larger public events. The small building enclosure covered porch window provides much-needed storage space. serving Large folding doors can be porch left open to create a stage, or closed to contain interior activities fire pit lattace wall during inclement weather. The folding doors double as a projection surface for movies to be shown in backyard gatherings.gravel walkway front yard
Hope Pavilion: The Inside-out porch
The small building enclosure provides much-needed storage space. Large folding doors can be left open to create a stage, or closed to contain interior activities during inclement weather. The folding doors double as a projection surface for movies to be shown in backyard gatherings.
built-in bench
PROJECT ROLE:
gabion basket base
Creative Re-Use A
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During home construction, site dumpsters fill up with lumber off-cuts considered too short to be of any use. These discarded pieces form the tectonic unit of our two primary walls, which are built entirely of 2x4 and 2x6 pieces of no more than 2 feet in length. Rather than hidden behind siding and drywall, this lumber is stacked into a porous lattice—a wall that is simultaneously massive and translucent. Steel gabion baskets allow for the creative re-use of other seemingly non-useful material. field stone, construction by-products such as crushed concrete, and special materials like slag glass can be given new life. Much as the architectural elements of the traditional porch are re-combined to form the design of the Hope Pavilion, highly conventional materials are re-used and given new life.
ROOF STRUCTURE 2X6 JOISTS 1X2 STRIPS COLUMNS SISTERED 2X LUMBER ROOF GALVANIZED STEEL
N. Allen Rd
RESPACE DESIGN COMPETITION 2014 GRAND PRIZE WINNER SPONSORED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WINTER 2014
The Hope Pavilion project was a true group effort. From the beginnings of the process for this competition my group members and I sat down at a conference table together for hours for brainstorming sessions. We brokeAapart to do our own C sketching and then come back to discuss/critique the ideas. The final product ended up as an accumulation of each of the good ideas we came up with together 16’-10” during these brainstorming sessions. The production of drawings and models for the board was also done as a group effort. We worked independently on items then as a team 12’-7” porch If one person critiqued and improved. did a drawing then another one would edit it. There is nothing on this project that only one person touched. This seemed to work for us and we ended up winning the competition! It is set to start construction in the winter of 2014. june 21 1
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scale: 1’-0” = 3/16”
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sun study diagrams | 12 noon
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LUMBER WALLS 2X4 & 2X6 “OFF-CUTS” ROOF STRUCTURE 2X6 JOISTS 1X2 STRIPS COLUMNS SISTERED 2X LUMBER ROOF GALVANIZED STEEL
CONCRETE FOOTING RE-BAR TIE-DOWN SECURES WALL STRUCTURE
MULTI-USE ENCLOSURE 2X4s RECLAIMED SIDING, PAINT
GABION BASKETS CHAIN-LINK FENCING FIELD STONES CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS
COMMUNITY FIREPLACE SHEET STEEL PAVING STONES HOPE HOUSE EXISTING BUILDING All lumber, roofing, siding, chain-link fencing, and paving to be reclaimed materials acquired through Habitat ReStore. Wood “off-cuts” and gabion basket fill material to be obtained from area contractors and/or construction sites.
CREATIVE RE-USE During home construction, site dumpsters fill up with lumber off-cuts considered too short to be of any use. These discarded pieces form the tectonic unit of our two primary walls, which are built entirely of 2x4 and 2x6 pieces of no more than 2 feet in length. Rather than hidden behind siding and drywall, this lumber is stacked into a porous lattice—a wall that is simultaneously massive and translucent. Steel gabion baskets allow for the creative re-use of other seemingly non-useful material. Field stone, construction by-products such as crushed concrete, and special materials like slag glass. Much as the design of the Pavilion re-combines the architectural elements of the traditional porch, the construction of Hope Pavilion is a process of unconventional deployment of re-used or discarded materials from more conventional construction.
MULTI-USE ENCLOSURE WALL OF DOORS ENABLE MULTIPLE USES: CLASSROOM / STORAGE / KITCHEN / MOVIE SCREEN
folding door N. Allen Rd
ramp
back yard
enclosure lattace wall
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front yard
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Hope House
storage
serving window
30’ setback
accessible entrance from Hope House
movie viewing area
gabion basket site walls / seating
covered porch
community garden
porch
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lattace wall
fire pit
gravel walkway
or built-in bench gabion basket base
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scale: 1’-0” = 3/16”
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sun study diagrams | 12 noon
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ACADEMIC NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE 2010-2012
06 05 PINE ISLAND AUDUBON CENTER PINE ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA FALL 2010 The Pine Island Audobon Site was designed many years ago sensibly with a keen awareness of the surrounding ecological systems. The new building was designed to optimize the use of some of these systems such as summer breezes and minimize the effect from the harsh Nor’Easters ocurring in the winter. The plan is simple and functional. Glazing along the entire south face of the building is protected in the summer by a soaring overhang. This overhang provides an appropriate frame for a panoramic view of the historical campus of the Audubon Sanctuary. SUMMER
WINTER
PINE ISLAND AUDOBUN CENTER
GUIDE’S QUARTERS
CARETAKER’S UNIT
PINE ISLAND LODGE
OPEN PORCH
The Pine Island Lodge is the pride and joy of the Audobun Center. The north face of the building overlooks a large field with a duck pond. This facade contains the main entrance, which is rarely used. The lodge is often flooded so rather than raise it on stilts or tear it down I opted to berm the land up beneathe the building. Other renovations to the existing structure include adding a porch and second main entrance with a mudroom to the southern facade of the building, taking down interior walls to allow for more natural ventilation and light, and adding more storage for the patrons of the lodge.
SUNROOM
COMMONS
STORAGE
BATH
LAUNDRY/ STORAGE
BATH
BED/OFFICE
PANTRY MUD
ST.
KITCHEN/DINING
OPEN PORCH
PINE ISLAND LODGE PLAN AS RENOVATED
GUIDE’S QUARTERS SECTION THROUGH BEDROOM
BED
BATH
BED
BATH COMMONS
BATH
BATH
BED
BED
SCREENED PORCH
GUIDE’S QUARTERS PLAN GUIDE’S QUARTERS BEFORE
SPACIAL STUDIES OF RESIDENTIAL UNIT
SECTION/ELEVATION THROUGH CENTER OF BOAT
BOAT RIB CONTOURS
SECTION/ELEVATION OF TOP OF BOAT
06 PINE ISLAND SAILBOAT PINE ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA SPRING 2012
The Pine Island Sailboat is specially designed for the shallow waters surrounding Pine Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The design employs the concept of a weighted keel in that the ribs of the boat and the bottom spine that connects them are made of steel. The steel is coated with wood which provides protection against corrosion.
07 CAPE FEAR ESTUARY CENTER
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA FALL 2010
The Cape Fear Estuary Center is intended to be a learning center sited on Point Peter in Wilmington, North Carolina. The site is ideal in that it is set back off the main highway on a peninsula with views of both the battleship and downtown Wilmington. The design is based on massive boardformed concrete walls that form, cut through, and interact with the different spaces of the building. The lines of the walls come from the lines of the site and through a path that highlights the contours of the end of the peninsula and accentuates the natural experience of the estuary.
SITE PLAN
GROUND FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
PATHWAY PLAN
POINT PETER SITE
STRUCTURAL WALL SECTION
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STRUCTURAL AND SPACIAL STUDY OF PATHWAY The tip of the Point Peter peninsula in Wilmington, NC embodies an extraordinary view of the city. The path which begins and ends at the entrance of the Estuary Center accentuates the natural topography around the edge of the peninsula. The form as well as the choice of materials (wooden deck, metal roof, and sculptural metal rods mimicking the tall grasses) highten ones experience of the natural elements which surround you as you stroll along the path.
08 CHIMNEY SWIFT CHIMNEY RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA SPRING 2012
In 2012, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science asked my design studio to propose a refuge for chimney swift birds that would also serve as a tool for scientists to learn more about the birds and for civilians to view them. Industrial sized chimneys housing thousands of chimney swift birds are being torn down everywhere leaving many of these birds homeless. The Chimney project is to be built at Prairie Ridge in Raleigh, NC. My design is simply built with CMU and wood and formally reflects the funneling effect the birds create while entering the chimney.
SITE AND BUILDING PLANS
09 HIKER’S RETREAT
DEL NORTE COAST REDWOODS STATE PARK, CALIFORNIA SPRING 2010 The Hiker’s Retreat is sited on the Pacific Coast edge of Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park in northern California. The design relates to both the massive trees of the forest, to the bedrock that roots it, and to the openness of the Pacific Ocean.
NORTHWEST ELEVATION
SECTION LOOKING NORTHEAST