Earl Kwofie Architecture Portfolio 2022

EARLKWOFIE 2022

Email: kwofie@cooper.edu & earlmkwo@gmail.com

Cell: 1-(650)-454-9858

Web Portfolio: https://issuu.com/earlkwo/docs/portfolio_2022fall

Education

The Cooper UnionAugust 2018 - May 2023 (expected) Bacherlor’sofArchitecture(B.Arch)

Work Experience

AACE Lab Robotics, Cooper Union

September 2022 - current Researcher

-Programmingandscriptingsoftwaretoolsforstudentstousetherobotarminthedigital fabrcationlab,alsoknownastheAACELab.

-Collaboartingwithmyclassmatesonwaystocreateprototypesfordifferentattachementsthat wouldbeusedfortherobot,andcreatingsoftwaretoolsforthoseattachements.

Machine Learning for Architecture, Cooper Union

September 2021 - August 2022 Researcher

-ProgrammingamethodtocollectuserCommandHistoryfromtheRhino6/7program -Workingonadatasetofarchitecturalanalysisdrawings

-Creatingprocuderalgenerationtoolsforcreatingarchitecturedatasets

-Programminganapplication/tooltodoweightedsearchesthroughimageembeddings witharchitecturalreferencesanddrawings

Architecture Summer Intensive, Cooper Union

July 2021 - August 2021 TeachingAssistant

-Setuplessonplansforhighschoolandcollegestudentsinterestedinlearningarchitecture -CreatingtemplatesforstudentstolearnsoftwarelikeRhinoandBlendertocreateprojects -Givingstudentsfeedbackontheirprojectsandhowtheycanimprove

Knippers Helbig, New York, NY May 2021 - August 2021 ArchitecturalIntern

MainProjects:JohnsHopkinsStudentCenter,AVRAMEHomes

-3DModeling/DraftingStructuralDesignConstructionDetails -Workingwithcalculationsandloadmaps -SettingupPresentations -MeetingwithCollaborators

Housing Epistemologies, Cooper Union

January 2021 - May 2021 Researcher

-Discoveringmethodsforhowtoteachacourseontheunderlyingconceptssurrounding affordablehousinginNYC

-Workingtowardshumanizingdesigndecisionsmadeinaffordablehousing

Peter Coffin Studio, New York, NY(Remote)

January 2021 - May 2021 Freelance3DModeler

MainProjects:FruitRim,BrokenObelisk

-3DModelingObjectsforPotentialSculptures/DigitalFabrication

-Workingwiththeartisttodeterminefabricationmethods

Skills

Steinberg Hart, San Jose, CA May 2019 - August 2019 ArchitecturalIntern

MainProjects:CampbellLibraryRennovation,ChicoStatePhysicalScienceBuilding -3DModeling/DraftingDesignConceptsandideas -WorkingonPresentationsandSetup -Modeling/3DPrinting

Programs:

AdobeSuite,AutoCAD,Blender,Substance,Grasshopper,Maya,Rhino,Unity,Unreal Engine,PureRef

Skills:

Programing(C/C++,C#,Java,Python),Drafting,FreehandDrawing,Rendering, 3DModeling,ModelMaking

Awards/ Honors

Menschel Fellowship 2022-23

Agrantforoneofmyproposedinterdisciplinaryprojectsforoutsideof class

CFA Design Scholorship 2022

Atuitionscholarshipgiventoselectnominatedstudentsfromschoolrelatedtodesignand constructionbytheCenterofArchitectureandtheAIA

Concrete Industry Foundation Scholorship 2022

AtuitionscholorshipgiventoselectnominatedstudentsinschoolsofDesignandConstuction withinterestinthefutureoftheconcreteindustry.

Refrences

- Available upon request

ACADEMICPROJECTS

TheBargeNGo,Blender,Substance,Unreal: orthographicviews(bottom),perspectives(top)

PORT-A-SERVER

Port-A-Server,September2022,Blender&Substance: incontext(top),perspectives(right,bottom)

Renderings:Blender,Substance,Unreal

SELF-DRIVINGLIVINGROOM

Renderings: Blender,Substance,Unreal

DEPTH-FIRSTCONSTRUCTIONSYSTEM

COLLABORATORS

:MIN(ELLA)CHENG,SEYUNPARK

PROCESS

SpatialScenarios,September2022,Blender,Grasshopper,Rhino: incontext(top),detailedscenes(right),interactivetool(bottom)

THEPORTALSOFJAZZ

4THYEARSTUDIO-FALL2021

PROCESS

DrawingsoftheArchiveofJazz;Rhino,Grasshopper,Blender,Illustrator;persepectivesectioncuts(toptwo),floorplan(bottom)

TheA-Trainasaportal;section(top),axonometric(bottom)

HOUSINGAGAINSTTHEHILL

INDEPENDENTSTUDY-SPRING

BoyleHeightsConcept,Blender,Photoshop: finalimage(top),progressshots(right),reference(bottom)

STUDIO

Drawings,Blender,Photoshop,Rhino,Illustrator: section(top),interiorcondition(topright), unitplan(bottomright),backfacade

INDEPENDENTSTUDY-SPRING2022

(bottom)

DEPTH-FIRSTCONSTRUCTIONSYSTEM

COLLABORATORS:MIN(ELLA)CHENG,SEYUNPARK

2NDYEARSTUDIO- FALL

DrawingsandRenderings,Blender,Photoshop,Illustrator,Rhino: finalimage(top),plan&section(bottom&topright),modelrendering

rendering(bottom)

OTHERPROJECTS

FRUITRIM

Renderings/Model,Blender,Rhino, Metashape: texturedmodel(top),basemodel(bottom)

PETERCOFFINSTUDIO-SPRING2021

Prototypes/EarlyBuilds, Blender,Unity,Substance: GamplayPrototypes(top&right),ArtPrototype(bottom)

GROCERY

STORE-INPROGRESS

ProgressShots,Blender: shelvingmodel(top),sceneblockout(bottom),lightingtests(right)

PAINTINGS

UnittiledPaintings,AcrylicPaintonWood,24”X24”