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Raymond Dwyer

Xavier Chicago, IL Multi-family residential Completed April 2016 LEED Gold certified Best in the Midwest award Residential/Hospitality Engineering News Record

280,827 GSF 240 Units 18 stories 198’-8” tall

Ground floor retail space Affordable housing Fitness amenity Pool and terrace Roof deck

HGI Hotel Chicago, IL Hospitality Completed July 2015

95,877 GSF 192 Units 26 stories 233’-5” tall

4730 SF lot 50’-0” wide 3” from adjacent buildings

The Emerson Englewood, CO Multi-family residential Under Construction

OSO - Acoma Denver, CO Multi-family residential Under Construction

Design technology Laser scanning is a method of surveying buildings that produces an accurate point cloud, or 3D model, of an environment as it once existed in time, using high grade equipment such as the Leica P40 I’ve operated in the field. With this equipment, I scanned the building shown below, the State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Springfield, IL, while at Bailey Edward in 2019.

Photogrammetry is a method of scanning buildings that produces a less accurate point cloud estimated from a collection

of photographs, and less expensive equipment, but is still sufficient for less stringent 3D documentation. These technologies allow for potentially more accurate documentation of existing conditions than field measurements while producing visualization models in one process.

Automation is the use of preprogrammed scripts to

perform simple and repeated tasks that would otherwise be done manually. This can be done with Dynamo in Revit, SCR script files with AutoCAD, and BAT processes for Windows tasks. This allows for the efficient completion of tasks such as layer management, sheet setup, backups, and file management.

Shown on this page is a dynamo script that traces wall boundaries for an area plan in Revit.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an advanced example of

automation, but differs from normal scripting in that AI is programmed to learn and make decisions independent of the original programmers.

Though application of this technology is in its infancy, my experience with this includes a simple chat assistant that quizzes and assists with studying the Architectural Registration Exam. Looking to the future, AI can be utilized to interpret drawings, code, and project parameters to efficiently perform tasks and produce higher quality drawings and designs.

Virtual reality is the use of digital visualizations to immerse users into spaces and create the illusion of being physically present within them. This can be used to more accurately preview designs and convey ideas to those outside the design team. More practically for designers, equipment such as 360 carmeras can be used to document existing and finished spaces more thoroughly than standard photography. The 360 photos shown below are ones that I’ve taked at GREC, Bailey Edward, and Studio 804.

Augmented reality, in contrast to virtual reality,

is the use of digital visualizations to insert digital objects into the real world. This gives digital objects the illusion of physical presence, rather than the user. This can be used to present digital models that can be interacted with in physical space. Shown to the left is a 3D model of the HGI Hotel that can be moved and manipulated like a physical model.

Building information modeling, or BIM, is software

that follows an integrated approach to design to coordinate all facets of the project concurrently with documenting it, rather than as separate tasks. Used effectively, this technology allows designers to “digitally construct” entire building long before ground is ever broken, and allows teams to collaborate with one another across the world in real-time.

Geographic information systems, or GIS, utilizes

data available publicly to visualize and gather information for any given site and building context. This technology, developed over decades, is now widely available and can provide many valuable uses to designers from zoning, utility, and topography information to city models, buildings models, and site photography. Shown below is an easily available model of the downtown Chicago loop and surrounding areas.

ACE Hotel LA Los Angeles, CA Hospitality Completed January 2014 UA Theater Renovation

99,066 GSF 186 units 13 stories 183’-3” tall

Design Excellence Award - AIA Chicago Award of Excellence/Hospitality Award - LA Business Council Restaurant Design Awards - AIA Los Angeles Recognition of Excellence - Best Renovated or Restored Project - PCBC Restoration and Adaptive Reuse Award - Southern California Development Forum Gold award for Best Hospitality Property - LA Business Journal

Hoxton Hotel Chicago, IL Hospitality Completed April 2019 AIA Chicago 2020 Design Excellence Awards Distinguished Building Award

One Bennett Park Chicago, IL Multi-family residential Completed March 2019

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CISCO Pride in Construction Awards 2019 Residential Project of the Year Engineering News-Record Midwest 2020 Award of Merit Residential/Hospitality AIA Chicago Design Excellence Awards 2020 Distinguished Building Award

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784,837 GSF 69 condos 279 apartments 69 stories 836’-3” tall 4 parking levels underground below public park

Pavilion Overland Park, KS JCCC Campus Education Student lounge and sustainable classrooms Completed June 2012 3,231 GSF LEED Platinum certification

Photovoltaic solar panels Green roof Interior green walls Wind turbine Rainwater harvesting Overflow rain garden Reclaimed chalkboard exterior Frosted glass louvers

ACE Hotel Chicago, IL Conceptual renderings Completed August 2017

architecture education

southwest view facing northeast

The geometric complexity of the structure will require eccentric connections for the skewed beams, such as using end plates and bent plates together into an intersection at a column.

Below, a diagram displays and simulates any and all deformities that arise from the structure while it is under stress. As can be seen, the structure appears practically identical to its original conception, with no distinguishing features that fail to provide stability

The structure was assembled and analyzed within BIM software to determine structural stability despite the eccentricity. Stresses acting against the supported floor planes are shown to varying degrees according to color. A building framed using more traditional methods was used as a control group throughout the design process for comparison.

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