COLE E. KARAM ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO (2016-22)

A R C H I T E C T U R E

COLE E. KARAM

P O R T F O L I O

UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE WORK 2016-22

Table of Contents CV

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Graduate Architecture Work 1. The “Module” Hotel

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2. Wexner Art Gallery

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3. Jesse Owens North Recreation Center

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Undergraduate Architecture Work 1. Revit Basic House

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2. SketchUp Tiny House

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Undergraduate Selected Work 1. Bass Wood Model Projects

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Graduate Selected Work 1. Miscellaneous Study Projects

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Cole E.Karam

Graduate Architecture Student The Ohio State University (484)-695-5372

Phone number Email Website

colekaram@yahoo.com Issuu.com/colekaram

About I am seeking an internship to help me further my education in the field of architecture. I am

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currently enrolled in graduate school, and I

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believe that an internship is the logical next

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step for me to take as I pursue a career in this

Revit

field.

Model Making

Education I have a unique background with my studies

2020-present

and undergraduate experience comprised of a

M.Arch

plethora of history courses mixed with design. I

The Ohio State University

am early on in my development as a designer

2018-2020

and feel as though I have so much room to grow

Bachelor of Arts (Urban Design and Arch.

and improve as I take on new challenges and

Studies)

acquire the necessary skills. My background in

New York University

athletics, and specifically wrestling, has helped

2016-2018

me to develop valuable skills in work ethic and

Undergraduate Arch. (Transferred)

persistence in order to get where I desire to be.

Lehigh University 2012-2016

High School

Experience

Bethlehem Catholic (PA)

2022

Achievements

Graduate Teaching Assistant

-Member of National Honor Society

The Ohio State University

-Recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences

In this job I am teaching Architecture Theory to a

Academic Scholarship

group of third year undergraduate students. It is a

-National Scholar All-American (NWCA)

one-hour recitation-style course each week.

-Ranked Nationally in wrestling (15)

GRADUATE WORK

THE “MODULE” HOTEL (Studio Project - 2021) This project was about wanting to challenge the stack typology of a hotel and the associations that it has with it. Hotels typically include a standard stack rising up, with little to no variation throughout.

The goal was to find a way to introduce differences in it through the use of a module system, as well as by layering separate systems of massing overtop one another. The modules allow for a new kind of spatial experience to open up between floors in the stack, while also creating a continuity and connection that is otherwise forgotten in hotels. The maneuver of “shifting” aids in breaking up the interior spaces by creating forms that move apart from each other, leading to openings and intersections. Through the utilization of these conditions, an interior environment comparable to a city street is formed.

WEXNER ART GALLERY (Studio Project - 2021) For this project, I was tasked with creating a new art gallery for the Wexner Collection in Columbus, Ohio. Using inspiration from Renzo Piano’s art galleries, I devised a roof panel system that could filter light into an open atrium space, while also protecting the artwork within. The building also had to provide space for visiting artists, which I incorporated through the utilization of a long bar along the right-hand side. The art gallery atrium pulls out from the artist space like a drawer sliding out of its housing. The roof paneling tacks on to this and utility spaces wrap around the ramped atrium.

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JESSE OWENS NORTH RECREATION CENTER (Studio Project - 2021) Jesse Owens is an athletic icon as The Ohio State University and this studio project was meant to be an homage to him. We were given the site of the current Jesse Owens Recreation Center, which is nowhere near fitting enough to represent a figure of his stature. To represent him efficiently, I devised a form based around speed with a “swooshing”, “swooping” look. From there, the project became about how I could include the student population within the project. To do this, I made use of a green courtyard spaces engulfed within the inner part of the “swoosh”. In addition to this, student-friendly activity spaces such as a rock-climbing wall along the east-side of the site, lap pool to the southwest and plenty of squash and basketball courts were added all throughout the design.

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UNDERGRADUATE WORK

BASIC HOUSE (REVIT - 2016) This project was an introduction to the basics of Revit. It is a very simple 2-story home that was designed to teach the basic functions of Revit and to give a small background in rendering with light.

TINY HOUSE (SketchUp - 2016) This project was done in an undergraduate introductory course about different architecture programs.

The idea was to take a box about the size of a shed and build off of it to create a house capable of providing amenities for a single person to dwell in. In the end it became more of a freeform/organic design with no real springboard for design inspiration other than reacting to what was going on with the amenities needed within the house.

UNDERGRADUATE SELECTED WORK

CUBE PROJECT (Basswood Model/Drawings - 2019) The goal of this project was to play around with a 9 square grid expanded into three dimensions. A cube was taken as the base and planes were to be filled inside of the cube to create potential spatial arrangements. It ended up being more of a springboard for potential architecture projects than anything. After creating the cube by using basswood sticks and matte board for the interior planes, I also did axonometric drawings to further explore the implications of the spaces created within.

RED-BLUE CHAIR (Basswood Model/Collage - 2019) In this project I was tasked with recreating the famous Red-Blue Chair by Gerrit Rietveld. The model itself is done with basswood. I then represented the chair through a series of elevation drawings and in a collage. The collage was based on the idea that the chair had a huge social/cultural impact during its day, which I represented through it popping out from a series of newspaper clippings.

GRADUATE SELECTED WORK

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2016-22