Architecture Portfolio 2019 - Christina Nieters

architecture portfolio C H R I S TI N A N I E TE R S Master of Architecture University of Kansas

christina nieters

cmnieters@ku.edu 314 - 640 - 2507 linkedin.com/in/christina-nieters

Graphic design, photography, virtual reality, painting, volunteering

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CONTACT

INTERESTS

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, KS Master of Architecture, Minor in Business University Honors Program Graduation Year: 2021

EXPERIENCE

2016-2021 3.98 / 4.0

WORK Resident Assistant, Jayhawker Towers,

University of Kansas Desk Assistant, Jayhawker Towers,

University of Kansas Resident Assistant, Hashinger Residence Hall,

University of Kansas

Aug ‘18 - present Aug ‘18 - present Jan - May ‘18

LEADERSHIP

INVOLVEMENT

HONORS & AWARDS

SKILLS

Graphic Design Coordinator, KU Alternative Breaks Architecture Student Ambassador, School of

Architecture & Design

Aug ‘17 - present Aug ‘17 - May ‘18

Volunteer, Amigos for Christ Site-Leader / Volunteer, KU Alternative Breaks

July ‘14 - present Mar - May ‘17

Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society Architecture Honor Roll 1st Place - ARCH 209, Architecture Student Show Goldwin Goldsmith Scholarship Edward W Tanner Scholarship FAS Scholarship JL Constant Scholarship

Fall ‘17 - present Spring ‘17 - Fall ‘18 Spring ‘18 Aug ‘18 - present Aug ‘17 - May ‘18 Aug ‘16 - May ‘18 Aug ‘16 - May ‘17

Revit, Sketchup, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, 3DS Max, Unreal Engine, Grasshopper, Lumion, BlueBeam, Microsoft Office Communication, organization, teamwork, leadership, passion, discipline

PORTFOLIO

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CROSSROADS ELEMENTARY

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OBSERVATION TOWER

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INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSING

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CHAPEL FOR MEDITATION

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MARSTOPIA

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DRAWING & GRAPHIC DESIGN

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COURTYARD GARDEN VIEW

MAIN ENTRY VIEW

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crossroads elementary C R O S S R OA D S, KA NSAS C ITY, M O

Learning is unique to each student, so school must be designed to create opportunity for different types of learning to occur. This elementary school will allow its students to learn and engage in ways that foster their personal growth and success. Based on Montessori pedagogy, this radial classroom is centered around learning gardens, with paths leading to the garden, ceilings/ roofs angled toward the garden, and a clear view centered on the garden. In its open plan, the classroom offers movable furniture and varying types of study places in the four sections of Montessori learning. The flexibility of the classrooms creates stimulating and social spaces, but also allows for quiet and individual environments, so the children can move among them at various times of the day.

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observation tower TA L L G R AS S P R AIRIE NATIO NAL RESERVE, KS

The journey to the view is as important as the view itself. Tallgrass Prairie National Reserve, near Strong City, KS, possesses incredible views of rolling plains, but with no way to observe them. The design creates a sustainable solution, composed of three sizes of shipping containers, all 8 feet wide and 8.5 feet high, but with various lengths of 10 feet, 20 feet, and 40 feet. Not only does it offer 360 degree views of the prairie, but also the programs of a cafe, information center, restroom, and underground parking with the necessities of a mechanical room and handicapped accessible circulation systems.

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Creating a public space out of shipping containers is not only sustainable but also necessary for my design concept. The structural quality of the container forms the spaces of the journey. Each container leads to the next in a stairlike formation that draws the eye and person to the destination at the observatory deck.

The elevator follows along the stairs and separates the two circulation paths, one that blocks the view on the way up from the walking entrance or the parking elevator and one that openly allows the user to peruse the information center and the cafe while enjoying the views of the Tallgrass National Prairie Reserve.

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OBSERVATION FLOOR PLAN

INFO CENTER / RESTROOM FLOOR PLAN

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PARKING FLOOR PLAN

OBSERVATION FLOOR PLAN 76’-6”

OBSERVATION FLOOR PLAN 42’-6”

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intergenerational housing N O R T HE R N L AWRENC E, KS

Intergenerational housing has proven to improve the quality of life of all house-dwellers, young and old, in mental, physical, and social aspects. Encouraging community drove this project’s design. The northern ends are the personal spaces and gradually they develop into public/shared spaces that lead to the shared front yard/park available to all in the neighborhood. These separate spaces were designated by window size and roof height. Two forms of the same plan offer an opportunity for a family of four, two couples, or a single person to live in these units.

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PRIVATE SPACE SHARED SPACE

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chapel for meditation U N IV E R S IT Y OF KANSAS, KS

The interdenominational chapel can host various functions, a wedding, a gathering, or peaceful meditation. The design developed from an A-frame roof. The structure forms the spaces and the light/ shape inside the chapel. The structure could be covered to create the roof and space for the restrooms and mechanical room, or the structure could be celebrated and enclosed with glass to allow views outside from the main area.

MAIN CHAPEL VIEW

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RESTROOMS AND MECHANICAL ROOM

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marstopia MARS

1ST PLACE - ARCH 209 Architecture Student Show

Mars is the best chance we have for survival outside of Earth.

Despite its weeklong sandstorms, lack of breathable air, lesser gravitational pull, and nutrientless soil, Mars has the potential to become a better Earth, one where us humans are not destroying the land that provides so much for us. Mars is a second chance. So this time, our new home needs to be designed to support both human and agricultural growth.

In the first human city on Mars, a geodesic dome will cover and terraform a 1 km crater. In this spaceframe, humans will live, work, etc. in a space above and separate from where the land will be allowed to flourish. Inhabitable pods will fill in only parts of the hexagonal spaceframe dome, so sunlight can still permeate the dome. People will be able to access the flourishing agriculture, but the land will be able to grow on its own, with little negative human impact.

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First rocket(s) to Mars will contain chemicals necessary enhancing the soil and producing construction material as well as 3D printing robots programmed to construct this biodome before humanity comes to Mars. They will locate on a site of a crater with about 1 km diameter and close access to frozen underground ice scarps.

Robots will enhance the regolith to mimic Earth soil and will extract chemicals for material production and remove harmful perchlorates. The robots will also extract water in the form of underground access and connect that to the biodome.

3D printing robots will use chemicals from Earth and combine them with those from Mars to produce metal for the spaceframe,PVC pipe for the systems, and chemicals for other materials. Inside the spaceframe tubes, the robots will create the air, waste, water, etc. systems and transportation systems in their appropariate hexagonal layers.

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More humans will come and more habitable pod masses will be created to accommodate them until the biodome functions as a full-grown city. This same concept can be applied to larger craters once Martian technology advances, so that larger cities will exist and allow for more human occupation.

Eventually, the spaceframe geodesic dome can be adapted to craters across the entire planet, creating a terraformed Mars.

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STRUCTURE Vertical and diagonal members form triangles between the hexagonal layers and provide structure to the hexagonal spaceframe inspired by the ASM International geodesic dome.

TRANSPORTATION A path of horizontal tubes from one pod or pod mass are pressurized and allow transportation from one pod to the next. A solar panel covered shaft allows transportation from the dome to the land.

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The Martian regolith will be enhanced with chemicals/nutrients so that this land can grow into a luscious mini “earth” untouched by man. Humans can access it for recreational and agricultural reasons, but do not reside in this layer. Mountains, oceans, forests, plains, will produce food, oxygen, and materials that will be transported to the upper ECLSS and will also act as a renewal layer, to allow a circular, non-wasteful system.

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drawing

BUDIG HALL OUTLINE

WESCOE HALL PERSPECTIVE

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CROSS CONTOUR

PURE DRAWING

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graphic design KU A L T E RN AT IV E B R E A K S ‘17 - ‘ 18 Logo Social Media Graphics Posters Handouts T-Shirts

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graphic design KU A L T E RN AT IV E B R E A K S ‘18 - ‘ 19

same as ‘17 - ‘18 + Updated Logo Website Bus Ads Table Tents

K UA B. O R G

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cmnieters@ku.edu 314 - 640 - 2507 linkedin.com/in/christina-nieters