Derek McMaster Portfolio

Derek McMaster Portfolio Auburn University School of Architecture

Derek McMaster Fourth year architecture student from Denver, Colorado with previous intern experience the past three summers. Passionate about architecture and design on projects of various sizes. Looking to increase my skill set and contribute to a summer internship.

Skills

Education

AutoCAD Revit Rhinoceros Enscape TwinMotion InDesign Illustrator Photoshop

Auburn University Class of 2027

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• AIAS Executive Board Chairman • Auburn Hockey Club

Contents

The Living Archive 4th Year, Fall 4 - 15

Barcelona Infill 3rd Year, Spring 16 - 21

Jazz and Blues Museum 3rd Year, Fall 22 - 27

Sunny Slope Expansion 2nd Year, Spring 28 - 33

Montgomery Housing 2nd Year, Spring 34 - 39

Work Experience Summer 2025 40 - 41 3

The Living Archive The Living Archive is the relocation and re-imagination of what an archive can be. Within the proposed master plan, our group noticed the existing axis of I-35, Waller Creek, and the Capitol Complex. Our new master plan proposed a fourth pedestrian axis connecting UT Austin, the Capitol Complex, and downtown Austin into one continuous pedestrian friendly axis. Within the reposition of the archive, the connection between the Capitol Complex, the new axis, and Waterloo Park was imperative for circulation. This is facilitated by the archive being raised on a fully open pedestrian plinth to connect the capitol and the park. This allowed the existing archive to be sunk into the ground. The future history of Texas will be placed on the upper floor and as Texas grows, so does the archive. The apertures in the building and plinth symbolize the connection between Texas’s past, present, and future and will continue as the archive continues to expand.

Exterior Perspective

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Site Plan

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Upper Floor Plan

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Transverse Section

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South Elevation

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Plinth Perspective

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Courtyard Perspective

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1/32 Model Photograph 14

1/8 Section Model Photograph

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Barcelona Infill Project The Barcelona Infill Project challenged students to fill in the interior of a common city block of the Consell de Cent neighborhood. This project’s identity had to be portrayed from the inside of the courtyard to the city street. This was done by creating a diagonal axis that focused on an existing chimney that the entire project is based around. This axis is facilitated by a covered entrance from the street bringing people to the open courtyard. This axis moves people around the site with stairs guiding people up to the second floor. The program consists of multiple studio spaces placed around the courtyard and in the 6 story building along the street to continue the existing facade. The second story is pulled off of the courtyard allowing for exterior circulation around the second floor. In addition around the boundaries of the site the building is pulled inward creating private exterior spaces for each studio space. These moves expose the tectonics of the mass timber beams and columns allowing for the building to feel light and movable. Cross ventilation is facilitated by the large glass facades on both sides of the building demonstrating the light feel and movability of the space.

LongitudinalSection Section Perspective Perspective

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Axonometric Diagram

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Second Floor Plan

Site Plan

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Elevation 1/8” = 1’ Street Elevation

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Courtyard Perspective View from Covered Entry

Exterior Walkway Perspective View From Exterior Circulation

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Chattanooga Jazz and Blues Museum The Chattanooga Jazz and Blues Museum Project challenged students to design a museum within the Chattanooga, Tennessee urban fabric as well as a visual extension and connection to the Bessie Smith Museum. The museum extends the Bessie Smith Lawn by creating an exterior covered plaza allowing for exterior performances and events.

This is facilitated with a triple height experiential stair that brings the museum goer up two stories of gallery spaces. Each landing gives direct sight to the Bessie Smith Museum. The museum contains gallery spaces, music education spaces, recording studios as well as a museum shop and services.

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Street Elevation

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Experiential Stair View

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Exterior Event Space View

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Physical Model

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Sunny Slope Expansion Project The Sunny Slope Project was a group project and was designed by Derek McMaster and Trinity Griffin.

The Sunny Slope Project is a historic site with a plantation house in Auburn, Alabama. The project was to create an expansion for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute as a learning center for older adults. My partner and I wanted to split up the site into two areas: an area for education, and another area for reflection. Our reflection area included butterfly garden, walking path, memorial garden, and the Sunny Slope house. Within the memorial garden we included flowers that had connection to African American culture, specifically we used purple since it has meanings of power and resilience. Our building is two separate buildings with a connected structure. This structure creates a covered area in between the two buildings that moves people through the exterior space. The structure also shapes the roof to slope downward for water run-off. The building on the east has water flow into the swale and the building on the west has water flow into the memorial garden.

Exterior Memorial Garden View 28

Masterplan 29

Exterior Corridor View

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West Elevation

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South Site Section

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Ground Floor Plan 32

Physical Model 33

Montgomery Residential Project The Montgomery Residential Project is an affordable apartment complex with 35-40 units made from a mass timber construction. The Alternaterra is a social housing project that focuses on affordability in Montgomery, Alabama. This is achieved using a mass timber structure. The structure consists of glulam columns and beams combined with cross laminated timber and load bearing walls. The ground floor retail and lobby span 35 feet. The residential units have a depth of 25 feet and alternate creating balconies on one side and an exterior corridor on the other. Each type of unit is stacked on top of the same kind allowing for the structure to run down the building. Each residential floor terraces back 60 feet creating exterior gathering spaces. The demographics of Montgomery show a combination of families and students, and the Alternaterra is designed to accommodate all residents. The ground floor retail consists of two restaurants and a grocery store. The ground floor is a plaza and a large gathering space for both residents and non-residents. Each floor has more secluded spaces for residents to gather including the roof-top terraces. Each apartment has a balcony that contains an operable screen to shade from sunlight and can create a more private exterior space. The wooden screen combined with wooden cladding creates a wood focused facade.

Exterior Courtyard View

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Street Elevation

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Studio Transverse Section

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Physical Model

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Work Experience Eppstein Uhen Architects

Modeled in Revit and Rendered in Enscape

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Modeled in Revit and Rendered in Enscape

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