Professional Architecture Portfolio

david burwinkel g ra d u a te a rc h i te c t u re p o r tf o l i o 2 0 1 5

statement of intent

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I am a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s Master of Architecture program, and am seeking employment as an architectural designer and draftsman.

I have over two years of professional experience through internships during my graduate and undergraduate education at UC’s College of Design, Art Architecture & Planning. I am passionate and committed to my work and my continued improvement on both professional and personal levels. I will be pursuing my professional license directly after graduation from the University of Cincinnati’s Masters of Architecture program in May of this year, 2015.

I am eager to continue my growth as an architect in the professional setting and would be excited to discuss potential openings to discover if our needs and interest align.

Sincerely, David Burwinkel

david burwinkel work

GBBN

2015 - now [7 months] cincinnati, OH

MSA

2013 [4 months] cincinnati, OH

EHDD

CV Arch

2012 [2 months]

Dean Violetta

2012 [6 months]

2010 [3 months]

2009 [3 months]

2009

[6 years]

cincinnati, OH

school

skills

nmelnyk@msaarch.com

p.schenker@ehdd.com

cincinnati, OH

NRG

Nestor Melnyk

san francisco, CA

blufton, SC

OTA

mschottelkotte@gbbn.com

Phoebe Schenker

portland, OR

CA Arch

Matthew Schottelkotte

2013 [4 months]

cincinnati, OH

ZGF

cell: [513] 377-0738 email: burwindd@mail.uc.edu

dean@cornette-violetta.com David Grigsby david.grigsby@zgf.com

Nathan Miller nathan.mill@courtatkins.com

Liam Ream reamwm@ucmail.uc.edu Gina Donovan [513] 403-3743

M. Arch

2015

University of Cincinnati | 3.8

B.S. Arch

2012

University of Cincinnati | 3.7

digital

physical

Revit, Rhino, AutoCad, 3Ds Max, Sketch

Operating laser cutters, Hand Modeling,

Up, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,

Drafting, Wood Working, Construction

Microsoft Of ice

Work

MArch THESIS

Chicago Crematorium 01 CHICAGO CREMATORIUM AND MEMORIAL Site: Chicago Harbor DAAP Thesis Studio Advisor: John Hancock Spring 2015

This thesis examines the role of death within the urban context and the potential bene its of translating our outlook on loss and grief into a positive catalyst for community building, place making, social equity, and personal growth.

The intent is to create a profound and lasting experience for the individual mourners so that they might mitigate the stages of grief, prioritize their relationships, focus their goals, and strengthen their sense of connectivity and belonging to the community. The diagram shows the 3 Architectural strategies which include: articulation, manifesting the unseen and poetics.

The formal articulation sought to create zones of space that drew human interaction through program, material, lighting, views, and the scale of material and space. This connects mourners with their support group. Formally the composition re lects care, attention and emotional upheaval of mourners through level of detail.

The unseen factors are death, placemaking, human equality, community and human history. The design achieves these ends by creating a shared story based around loss. The design creates private spaces that bleed into larger communal spaces. The design creates spaces to foster empathy and compassion with the end goal of creating a stronger sense of community.

The poetics of the space is about creating an architecture that does not seek to create meaning but rather frames the natural elements and allows individual mourners to assign personal meaning and comfort.

3 Architectural Strategies seeking to create a profound emotional experience for the individual

Title Render showing relation of intervention to city

Plans and Sections illustrating the three main floor plans and three transverse sections

Lobby Gathering Space these spaces are the first movement interpreting denial The First movement of the spacial sequence is confronting denial. This emotion along with anger and depression are the initial emotions of grief and are largely internal and isolating in nature. The space re lects this through a heavy composition with internal focus. The lobby has zones and programs that connects individuals with their loved one and the larger community. It also brings the mourners into direct visual contact with the cremation process. This touch of reality gives the space and individuals a sense of somberness and respect.

Five Stages of Grief this diagram shows a correlation between the spacial sequence, emotional upheaval and major stages the five major stages of grief. this theme led to the division of the spatial sequence into five movements, each inspired by a progression through these five stages.

Chapel with framed view of Lake Michigan these spaces are the second movement interpreting anger The second movement loosely correlates to the second stage of grief, anger. This space is the irst time in which the mourners directly interact with the deceased loved one. This is the point at which denial begins to fade and they are brought into direct contact with the reality of their loss. This point in the ritual is extremely emotional particularly at points of transition. The movement provides spaces of escape and transition for mourners to confront their loss in their own way while still being pulled back to the larger group spaces.

Cremation Gathering Space these spaces are the third movement interpreting depression The third movement encapsulates the spaces relating to cremation and speaks to the third emotion of grief, denial. These spaces are de ined by a decent and close relationship to the earth. The transition downward and visual engagement with this transition to subterranean space is important as it speaks to traditional ideas of burial. The weight of the spaces contrasts directly with the framed views of the sky which contrast starkly with the seaming weightlessness of the heavens.

Columbarium | Chicago Family Mausoleum these spaces are the fourth movement interpreting bargaining The spaces of the fourth movement interacts with the fourth stage of grief bargaining. It deals with the spaces leading up to the columbarium which is where loved ones are laid to their inal rest. The space serves as a human history, and family mausoleum for Chicago. It is a space and a place in which each member of the community has a place and ownership of as it is where their loved ones and ancestors rest. It is a place in which we can see ourselves within the larger context of the community.

Private Reception Space these spaces are the fifth movement interpreting acceptance The ifth movement is the conclusion of the spatial sequence and the inal stage of grief, acceptance. Acceptance is not about being okay with the loss but acknowledging it and adjusting your life accordingly. Acceptance is looking outward and releasing the weight of your loss. The tectonic composition mirrors this by progressively shedding layers and in this inal stage opens views once more toward the city. The space engages a large communal space with smaller personal rooms for families to gather and share a meal and memories.

Northwest Aerial this view is looking Southeast and shows the overall composition

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Culture Museum 02 CHICAGO CONTEMPORARY CULTURE MUSEUM

Site of the Tribune Tower DAAP Elective Studio Instructor: Jerry Larson Fall 2014

Chicago Contemporary Culture Museum is a proposal for a museum celebrating the present and recent past. The premise of this studio was the design of a new museum to replace the Tribune Tower addition, which, in the hypothetical situation had burned down. The museum I proposed derives much of it’s programmatic inspiration from the EMP in Seattle. It a museum focused on experiencing, exploring, celebrating, deciphering and recording the current cultural trends, particularly those that are digital in nature and leave no lasting physical artifact.

The proposed program calls for retail space predominantly on the irst loor, a hotel tower on the northeast corner and the museum which weaves itself through the site and other programs. Urbanistically this proposal seeks to provide the retail and hospitality component that Michigan Avenue is known and create engaging social space.

The main social space is a central winter-garden that engages all the programmatic elements of the site in a sectional dialog.

The public spaces are for spectacle. The retail, restaurants, cafes, museum, gardens, and sitting spaces are woven together around the winter garden to create an active and energized central space. This space will not only help to energize the public and retail spaces but also give exposure to the museum.

Chicago site location within the larger urban context

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Form finding diagram external form finding strategies

Circulation elevators museum pedestrian

Program museum commercial

Circulation + Program

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michigan avenue

Internal diagrammatic breakdown showing overlap and weave of program and circulation

hotel tower

green roof

main entry

winter garden

tribune tower

michigan ave.

pass through

equitable bldg

booth bldg

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Site Plan design seeks to mitigate forces and scale of site

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Diagrammatic section of winter garden section captures the planar tectonics that define the space

Interior perspective of central winter garden and activity hub

fabrication lab

legacy lab 04 FABRICATION STUDIO AND GALLERY CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART DAAP SEC Studio Instructor: Robert Burnham Fall 2012

The SEC studio challenged me to consider how the structural, environmental and construction aspects of architectural design could be utilized to reinforce conceptual intent. The design began with analysis of master works before zooming in on the human scale. By looking at the detail so early in the design process, I was challenged to consider in a very active and intentional way how human experience is shaped through the assembly of building tectonics.

The Design intent of my proposal was to divide the program into two parts: the enduring and the ephemeral. The logic of this division stemmed from the fact that everything digital is quickly made obsolete while gallery space design has remained relatively consistent. The underlying poetics of the composition was a play upon the idea that it is our work and ideas that can achieve a degree of immortality and thus act as our legacy.

This studio played a pivotal role in shaping and maturing my approach to the many aspects of building design. My design work is continuously maturing as I seek to integrate and synthesize the many layers of architecture into a sophisticated formal experience.

Threshold design + Analytique analyzed masterwork and applied that to detail design

Technical section fabrication on left, gallery on right

Interior perspective of central circulation core

TED works

TED works 03 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CAMPUS

TED Talks and University of Cincinnati DAAP Adv Bldg Studio Instructor: BHDP Arch Partner: Christopher Saunders Summer 2013

TED Works is a proposed partnership between the University of Cincinnati and TED Talks. These two prestigious organizations will select a handful of presenters’ ideas to develop. TED Talks will provide revolutionary and inspirational thinkers and their ideas. The University of Cincinnati will provide facilities, faculty, inances and students to assist TED’s visionaries in developing and exploring their ideas.

TED Works is the design for an adaptive reuse of an underutilized industrial block in Camp Washington, a nearly abandoned industrial area in close proximity to the University’s campus. Locating a site and developing a program proved challenging, as the Camp Washington area has almost no energy and any proposed program would need to be both self sustaining and a catalyst for further development. The proposed campus pairs the industrial grit of the neighborhood’s past with the hopeful future of Cincinnati as a center for tech and smart industry startups.

The campus will house many multidisciplinary teams and the programmatic layout, sectional discontinuity and circulation will provide opportunities for expertise and knowledge to cross pollinate.

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Site axonometric diagram overlay of demo, program and circulation

Site section: north - south showing two major shop spaces

Experiential walk-through diagram captures major moments of entry

Interior perspective of southeastern building

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floor plans of southeastern shop buildings

exterior perspective of central circulation courtyard

internships

INTERNSHIPS 05 PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE OVER 2.5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT SEVEN FIRMS

East Coast, West Coast and Midwest Professional firms 2009 - 2015

I worked as an intern at seven different irms during my undergraduate and graduate education, accruing over two years of experience. These internships helped to shape my understanding of the architectural profession and my place within it. My last year of experience was particularly productive and positive as I implemented my three big takeaways from work experience.

1. Each opportunity is what you make of it. Trust is something that needs to me earned and if you want to be given responsibility and be challenged you have to prove yourself capable in small tasks.

2. Always try to exceed expectations in regards to both quality and time spent. My work is a re lection of me and I take great pride in what I do. Good work will merit con idence and more challenging tasks and responsibilities.

3. Architecture is about teamwork. I worked with many different teams in my internships and wore many different hats. Each team had a different dynamic and understanding how that team functioned was critical to becoming a contributing member. I am a people person and coming from a big family I learned how to work with others from an early age and; and I consider this to be my greatest strength.

Work samples work from internships

GBBN 05.1 GBBN ARCHITECTS CINCINNATI, OH PROGRAMS: Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, CAD Four month Internship Summer 2014

The four months I spent at GBBN were very rewarding. I got to work on a little bit of everything, from scripting a parametric pattern, working on proposals, test its, construction of full scale mock-ups, acoustic installations, construction documents, 3D models, makerbots, competition submissions, site visits, research, and an in house intern design competition competition. I used a wide array of programs including: Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, CAD, SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, and ArcGIS.

One of the highlights of my time with GBBN was the Annual Intern Competition, which I was fortunate enough to win. The prompt challenged us to propose and design a new treatment for the of ices west wall. We only had 24 hours from when the prompt was given to when we had to present to the irm. My proposal was to use natural light and translucent colored acrylic to create an ever-changing kaleidoscope of color on the wall. The existing wall would be painted a very light shade of matte gray and the irms name would be a supergraphic painted in a glossy inish of the same hue. The pantone color wheel would be mounted onto the wall via brackets and depending on the weather and the time of day light would ilter through the acrylic washing the wall in a collage of color.

Design Proposal works with weather condition to create ever changing collage of color

Elevation + Existing condition left: light study on elevation | right: existing condition

Shading Study shading studies looking at how shadow changes with seasons

MSA 05.2 MSA ARCHITECTS CINCINNATI, OH PROGRAMS: Rhino, Revit, SketchUp, CAD Four month Internship Fall 2013

MSA is a mid-sized possessing expertise in a wide range of categories.

I really enjoyed my time with MSA and my initiative was rewarded with quite a bit of responsibility.

The project that stands out as particularly special was the model I created for Red’s Fest (an annual tradition celebrating all things Cincinnati Reds, our local baseball team) to help sell season tickets.

We had only a month’s notice that they would like a large model, and had nothing but a set of as-built drawings and a partial Revit model of the stadium. We decided to construct the model at a scale of 1”=20’ which would give us a model that would be 4’x4’x16”. This was to be a massive undertaking for a very small time frame.

I had worked on some very large models at ZGF, and I was con ident that I could utilize that skill set to take the lead on this project. My manager set me loose, and I began work on a digital model of the stadium. I distilled the drawings and existing model into a ile that we could send to get the base milled. This task took 1.5 weeks and I then transferred my energy into working on the model for the rest of the stadium. I was able to use the digital model to create cut sheets for the laser cutter and plan the assembly. The last week was a strong push to bring everything together. Michael Bruner was my tireless comrade in the assembly and we were able to deliver the model on time and well above and beyond any expectations.

1�=20’ Model of Great American Ballpark model was planned and constructed in one month with assistance of Michael Bruner

EHDD 05.3 EHDD ARCHITECTS SAN FRANCISCO, CA PROGRAMS: Rhino, Revit, SketchUp, CAD Four month Internship Spring 2013

My irst graduate internship was for EHDD in their San Francisco of ice. I used an array of programs including: 3Ds Max, Revit, CAD, Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and SketchUp. I worked on a couple education projects in both SD and CD phases, and spent quite a bit of time working on proposals as well. Perhaps most notably in my time there, I helped in to develop designs for a very large Mumbai project totaling 7 million square feet and the Presidio Exchange proposal. I was able to participate in design at all stages at the of ice.

I had an exceptionally positive experience and was energized by the passion and dedication to excellence that de ined their approach.

I was also able to do extensive modeling and visualization for a number of proposals and enjoyed the challenge this work presented.

EHDD, who had their start in housing before branching into larger projects with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is also one of the premier sustainable irms, so I was fortunate enough to see irst hand what sustainability can be in practice.

The Presidio Exchange Golden Gate National Park Conservancy [not my renderings]

Rivali Park Development Mumbai, India it will be a 24 acre development

[not my renderings]

Marketing and Visualization Work

cell: (513) 377-0738 email: burwindd@mail.uc.edu