Portfolio

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the design work of

TOM ELMENDORF 10526 Highlawn Ct Cedarburg, WI 53012

262/957/6635 elmendorft@gmail.com



selected work from

NEXT.cc

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social media

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print

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web

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video

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student design projects

UWM School of Architecture

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Kern Park Primary School

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Architectonics: Urban Campus Study

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Frederick Law Olmsted Visitor Center

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ARCH 420

ARCH 410

ARCH 320

samples

Design Development & Diagramming

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NEXT.cc

selected projects from work as graphic designer social media

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print

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web

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video

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Facebook Cover Photo Series Design of a series of cover photos along with a template to be used for future additions to the series. Attract, inform, and encourage viewers to explore the NEXT.cc website. Software Utilized:

NEXT.cc design for social media

Adobe Illustrator CS5 Adobe Photoshop CS5 Perfect Resize 7


DESIGN 4 2 related journeys 1 0 4 activities

E N E R GY 1 5 related journeys

3 4 activities

WAT E R

1 8 related journeys

5 8 activities

images are the first run of an ongoing series of cover photos to generate interest in topics covered on the website.

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1 5 related journeys

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place solar panels find wind direction place wind vanes designate water runoff

Green a School!

place rain gardens place shading trees place outdoor classrooms place raised planting beds

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asphalt play area

standard 8.5x11” A4 prints for laser printer

softball field

Left: Sample Worksheet for kids Right: Cover Sheet & Informationial Page 8.5”

Software Utilized: Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator

green roof playground

prairie nature area

NEXT.cc design for print

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about: NEXT.cc NEXT.cc is an eco web that develops ethical imagination and environmental stewardship. NEXT.cc introduces what design is, what design does, and why design is important. It offers activities across nine scales – nano, pattern, object, space, architecture, neighborhood, urban, region, and world. NEXT.cc’s journeys introduce activities online, in the classroom, in the community and globally. NEXT.cc journeys and activities are supported with links to virtual field trips, museum interactives, and contemporary architecture, art, science & design practices.

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Choose from 200+ journeys. At the top of the page, you may also select to view journeys that relate to specific topics.

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To begin your journey, become familiar with background and terms associated with the journey.

4. Explore

Expand your horizons into the world of design. Explore other art & science websites!

5. Activities

Observe, write, sketch, model, make, imagine, and create... in your community!

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After you complete the activities, submit your work to the Gallery!

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FO OO OD

water . waves . watershed . water quality . water conservation . rain . precipitation . rainwater harvesting . raingardens . clouds . climate . rivers . wetlands . lakes . great lakes . oceans . coral reefs . aquaponics . fish . water taxis .

fo . senses . pl food plantss . wat ater . soil . fish . food culture . farme ers markets . growing g food . vermiculture . vegetable gardens . mo obi b le e meal . eating local . urban agriculture . aquaponics .

www.NEXT.cc is an educational non profit that offers information, object, experience and environmental activities connected to larger earth, air, water and energy systems.

www.NEXT.cc is an educational non profit that offers information, object, experience and environmental activities connected to larger earth, air, water and energy systems.

For more information visit www.NEXT.cc or email lkeane@NEXT.cc

For more information visit www.NEXT.cc or email lkeane@NEXT.cc

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EN NE R RG GY G Y energy . wind power . solar energy . electricity . artificial light . natural light . green home . mass transit . green building . green roofs . house of the future . waves . architecture . green materials . skyscrapers . www.NEXT.cc is an educational non profit that offers information, object, experience and environmental activities connected to larger earth, air, water and energy systems. For more information visit www.NEXT.cc or email lkeane@NEXT.cc

DESIGN

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www.NEXT.cc is an educational non p profit that offers information, object, experience and environmental activities connected to larger earth, air, water and energy systems.

NEXT.cc design for print

For more information visit www.NEXT.cc or email lkeane@NEXT.cc

NEXT.cc Information Cards

4.25 x 5.5 individual cards; printed 4 at a time on A4 paper

Cards to be distributed at workshops, seminars, etc. Software Utilized: Adobe Illustrator CS5 Adobe Photoshop CS5


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2d geometry

air

alphabet

color

design thinking

diagramming

3d geometry

adobe

animals

area

art noveau

artificial light

21st century classroom

7 natural wonders

acoustics

air quality

architectonics

bauhaus

animation

architecture

architecture and fashion

bridge design

business card

cartoons

font

food

form

imagination

journal

line

beams

birds

books

ceramics

chairs

climate

bicycles

biomes

bridges

building types

buildings as bodies

coral reefs

cereal box design

chair design

design making

eating local

game design

graphic novel

maps

matter

measure

media

modeling

nanotechnology

clouds

columns

composition

drawing types

energy

ergonomics

de stijl

design process

detail

earth

electricity

farmers markets

green cities

green home

green roofs

house of the future

industrial design

information architecture

natural light

painting

paper

patterns

perspective

placemaking

experience design

facade elements

figure ground

food culture

glass

grass

forests

great lakes

green building

green schools

growing food

mass transit

interiority

kites

landscapes

light design

logo design

mobile meal

plants

scale

senses

shading

shape

shelter

green materials

insects

isometric

materials

metrics

nature patterns

mobiles

music and architecture

oceans

outdoor classrooms

place experience

prairie

poster design

rain gardens

shoe design

signs

skyscrapers

space planning

sketching

soil

speech

symbols

time

visual note taking

object description

origami

precipitation

proportion

sculpture

streets

rain

recycling

rivers

self portrait

solar energy

solar system

stage set design

suburbia

sunglasses

tesselations

tiny house

toy design

walking

water

waves

weave

word webs

writing

structure

systems thinking

tree identification

vernacular architecture

walls

watershed

texture

truss

vermiculture

water quality

well-being

wind

urban design

vegetable gardens

water taxis

wind power

workstations

zoom

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tools

language

discovery

design

NEXT.cc introduces what design is, what design does, and why design is important. It offers activities across nine scales- nano, pattern, object, space, architecture, neighborhood, urban, region, and world. NEXT.cc’s journeys integrate virtual field trips, museums, institutions, and contemporary practices connecting classrooms with the world. NEXT.cc reaches young people, their teachers, and their families with meaningful learning experiences that create positive influence on lives.

nano

pattern

object

space

architecture

neighborhood

urban

region

world

NEXT.cc Journey Icon Banner 4’ x 12’ banner printed on vinyl

Layout design and printing preparation of large banner to displayed at workshops. Design work includes a portion of the icons pictured.

Sample of icons designed for website, also featured in banner and various other NEXT. cc promotional graphics

Software Utilized: Adobe InDesign CS5 Adobe Illustrator CS5 Perfect Resize 7

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Assorted Graphics for Water Journey Series Software Utilized: Adobe Illustrator CS5 Adobe Photoshop CS5

ush a toilet

700 gal 630 gal

5 - 7 gallons / flush

take a shower

7 - 10 gallons / minute

ďŹ ll a bathtub

36 - 50 gallons

500 gal

brush your teeth

10 gallons

wash your hands

( if tap is left running )

2 gallons ( if tap is left running )

200 gal 132 gal 50 gal

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NEXT.cc design for web

FI LT R AT I O N

How much water does it take to make...

STORAGE

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PROFILE

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NEXT.cc design for web

STEM to STEAM: animated graphic A series of images to be animated and accompanied by either a live speaker or as part of a video recording Software Utilized: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Adobe Illustrator CS5


schools schoolyards

K-12

families teachers contemporary art, science & design careers

students

design practices college students

museum interactives

professionals

virtual ďŹ eld-trips

Connections: animated graphic A series of images demonstrating how NEXT.cc works with other groups. To be accompanied by either a live speaker or as part of a video recording Software Utilized: Adobe Illustrator CS5

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SARUP

Selected projects from education at UWM School of Architecture Kern Park Primary School

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Architectonics: Urban Campus Study

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ARCH 420

UWM

ARCH 410

Frederick Law Olmsted Visitor Center ARCH 320

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kern park primary school

a school

a school should create a safe learning environment that engages students, and encourages interaction between students, teachers, the built environment and the park

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site. community context

Industry & Community

riverworks

business improvement district

Building in Urban Context PRECIOUS RESOURCES

Kern Park lies along the Milwaukee River at the northwestern corner of the Riverwest neighborhood, and is adjacent to the Riverworks Business Improvement District

Water

stormwater runoff a series of raingardens and bioswales will slow water runoff

Greenspace Building Placement

UWM SARUP Kern Park Primary School

building location on site responds directly to its service to the riverwest neighborhood

riverwest

neighborhood

natural vs. manicured low-maintenance will be used as a substitute for high-maintenance grass expanses where grass is unneccessary


site. kern park

a school in a park:

community amenities basketball courts baseball field walking pathes/trails flexible mutli-use greenspace tennis court open-air amphitheatre outdoor classrooms/meeting areas playground

front yard back yard

(approach, buffer, access)

site plan

(improvise, play, gather, explore)

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the building: diagrammatic beginnings Volumetric Process athletics

core learning

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three volumes spliced by two long corridors

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programmatic volumes

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volume shift in x-axis

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volume spread in y-axis

primary programmatic delineation legible circulation

program areas respond to context

public vs private delineation

UWM SARUP Kern Park Primary School

daylight and fresh air for entire building

Passive Sustainable Strategies create central court

Spatial Strategies

volumes explode

specific programmed areas

Organizational Strategies thin plan design

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create library outdoor room

secondary circulation


The Learning Community

double height corridors

directed

creative

service

flexible

learning

three independent mezzanine levels

directed learning

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the building. plans

upper level plan

Outdoor Connections the building form creates outdoor rooms that compliment adjacent interior spaces

UWM SARUP Kern Park Primary School

dining room outdoor eating area library outdoor reading room

Central Court

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B

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A hardscape B grassy lawn C amphitheatre

groundfloor plan


primary entry

library outdoor room

kindergarten & library section

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ARCHITECTONICS

urban campus study

A study of Architectonic Design and Analysis in 8 parts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Precedent Tectonic Analysis - Drawings Precedent Tectonic Analysis - Modeling Modeling Tectonic Joints Tectonic Drawing - Organizational Road Map Tectonic Design Drawing Digital Fragment Tectonic Campus Model Auditorium Design

Parts 1-3 are a primer in the principles of architectonics. The application of these principles starts very gradually in Part 4. Beginning in pure abstraction of form, as the project advances through each of the 8 parts, it becomes increasingly more concrete and directly connected to the built environment. 1�=20’

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Precedent Tectonic Analysis: Drawing

expressing abstract spatial concepts & tectonic elements

UWM SARUP Architectonics: Urban Campus Study

(mass, plane, frame)

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Precedent Tectonic Analysis: Modeling

exploration into expressing abstract, intangible spatial concepts, and tectonic components through different modeling techniques. mass, plane, frame

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Modeling Tectonic Joints further exploration of jointing conditions that express a tectonic circumstance


the road map is translated into a digital format, and spatial ideas begin forming with the introduction of sectional development

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Tectonic Drawing: Organizational Road Map

A complete abstraction, this drawing has no more intention than to represent a ‘centered’ compositional organization.

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Tectonic Design Drawing

It will guide the direction of the rest of the project however, as a road map to maintaining a centered organization

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UWM SARUP Architectonics: Urban Campus Study

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Digital Fragment A selected portion of the 2-Dimensional Design Drawing is translated into a 3-Dimensional object through the application of virtual modeling & 3D printing

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Tectonic Campus Model

With the digital fragment as a base to build from, the 3D translation of the Design Drawing is expanded further to the full potential of the drawing. Programmed spaces begin to take shape. Each tectonic choice has a spatial consequence.


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below: multi-purpose sun shade & acoustic panel installed as part of the wall system

Auditorium Design

designing an auditorium into one of the structures designed in Part 7 an enclosed, formal auditorium space sits upon a cradle of support structure, above an informal, open-air auditorium

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Frederick Law Olmsted

Visitor Center Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI

According to Frederick Law Olmsted, a park should serve as a departure from the urban bustle of the city. When one enters into a park, he or she should feel as though they are within a limitless rural landscape, without any hint of the city lying beyond its borders. In Olmsted’s view, nature and the landscape itself hold precedent over the environment. Any constructions of man are less important, and as such are de-emphasized, hidden, or tucked into the landscape. This proposal seeks to create a visitor’s center that not only captures the spirit of Frederick Law Olmsted, but also creates an effective visitor center for Lake Park that would become an asset to the community.

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nature and the landscape hold precedent over the built environment...

circulation & view corridors

ravine

UWM SARUP Frederick Law Olmsted Visitor Center

lake view

The visitor center is tucked into the hill. At the top of the grand stair is a large plaza that would serve as a hub for the park.


...de-emphasized, hidden, tucked into the landscape

building concept an elevator shaft wrapped in stairs functions as the heart of the building. all vertical circulation occurs about the core, with the different floorplates acting as landings of the staircase

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UWM SARUP Frederick Law Olmsted Visitor Center

northern approach from bridge

The building lies tucked within the trees, embedded in the bluff. The building is mostly hidden from view from the interior of the park, but presents a intriguing face to the public outside of the park, drawing them inward to discover more.


From within the park, the visitor center is initially realized as a simple pavillion perched atop a lowered terrace. It tucks itself within the trees to the side of a central patio space which sits at the top of the existing grand staircase. central patio atop the grand stair

Not until one ventures within the pavillion and begins winding down about the central core through the various spaces created within does the extent of the function of the building become revealed. The various programmatical elements are experienced individually, creating a narrative that continues to unravel itself, encouraging visitors to journey through the space.

north-facing site section

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DESIGN diagrammingDEVELOPMENT

Selected examples of design development sketching from the following projects: Kern Park Primary School ARCH 420

Frederick Law Olmsted Visitor Center ARCH 320

Selected examples of diagrams from the following projects:

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HVAC Function Diagrams ARCH 303

Rainscreen Wall Assembly Diagram ARCH 303

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Gestural Sketching

Diagramming & Design Development Examples

5-10 minute loose sketches develop ideas quickly transferring an idea of an imagined design or space onto paper


Serial Vision

expressing the sequencing of spaces to develop a narrative

Concept Development

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Diagramming & Design Development Examples

HVAC System Diagrams


outside to inside

inside to outside

Wall System Assembly Diagram

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light gauge steel framing infill between heavy gauge steel columns

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extruded polystyrene insulation added between rainscreen brackets

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6” fiberglass batt insulation added between steel studs

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3/4” plywood sheathing attached to exterior of steel structure

aluminum vertical brackets and individual gussets attached to hold terra cotta panels (see figure 1)

vapor barrier to keep moisture off of wall assembly

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spray-on moisture barrier applied to exterior of plywood sheathing

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terra cotta panels installed (see figure 2)

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aluminum horizontal rainscreen brackets attached

2 sheets of 1/2” gypsum attached to steel studs

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