Emilio Craddock Design Portfolio
La Push, Washington. August 2019.
Contents Personal
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About me and Curriculum Vitae
Design Driven Manufacturing
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An alternative to the common gutter
Seattle Center for Urban Water
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A water research center in downtown Seattle
Water Research and Education Center
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A connection to Puget Sound on the Seattle Waterfront
Flow
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A compost facility at the Union Bay Natural Area
Gateway to Broadway
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A public life plan for North Capitol Hill
Framing Restoration A schematic plan for the Heron Meadow
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About Me Born in Torino, Italy, I moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee when I was 6 months old. In Chattanooga I fell in love with nature and the outdoors. In my designs, I strive to think of how the natural environment is affected and how knowledge of the surrounding ecosystems can enlighten my design. Any intervention, no matter how small, can have a positive effect on our planet. I like to imagine that one day, my designs and ideas can be that positive intervention, and over time they will amount to a meaningful change.
Contact
Interests
1812 NE 65th Street Seattle, WA 98105
Outdoor
emilio.craddock@gmail.com 423-290-7801
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Ultimate Frisbee Biking Camping Rowing Climbing Gardening Photography
Indoor
Cooking Piano Cartography
Academic Experience University of Washington College of Built Environments | Seattle, WA
2018 - Current
Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture Expected Graduation 2021
University of Virginia School of Architecture | Charlottesville, VA
2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Landscape Architecture Minor Class of 2016
Professional Experience Circular City + Living Systems Lab | Graduate Research Assistant | Seattle, WA y y y y
Wolf Ackerman Design | Junior Architect | Charlottesville, VA y y y y
Spring 2020 - Current
Investigated opportunities for living systems in urban settings Contributed to CITYFOOD, an international research project studying Building-Integrated Agriculture Researched integration of aquaponics into sustainable infrastructure Studied how spatial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic relate to economic success 2016 - 2018
Collaborated closely with the principals on every phase of the design process Advanced projects from SDs through CDs and project management Communicated with general contractors on pricing and revisions Participated in a variety of projects ranging from private home remodels to a Class-A office technology center
River Street Architecture | Design Intern | Chattanooga, TN
Summer 2015
New Blue Construction Company | Contractor | Chattanooga, TN
Summer 2014
y Developed drawings and renders using Revit, AutoCAD and SketchUP y Produced packages for custom homes alongside a partner and developer
y Worked hands on with the company on the demolition and remodeling of historic homes and apartments
Awards Class of 1959 Endowed Scholarship in Landscape Architecture
2019-2021
Roland Terry Endowment for International Travel
2019-2020
Recipient of a scholarship providing financial assistance for students wishing to study the art landscape architecture and hope to design public spaces. Recipient of a scholarship providing financial assistance for international study-abroad programs.
Skills Digital
ArchiCAD 3D Modeling Rhinoceros 3D Modeling Google SketchUp 3D Modeling Revit 3D Modeling AutoCAD Adobe Suite (AI, PS, ID, LR) Cinema 4D VRay Render Grasshopper ArcGIS + QGIS Land F/X
Hand
Model Making Lasercutting CNC Routing Hand Sketching 3D Printing
Language
English - Native Italian - Fluent
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Design Driven Manufacturing Gutter Wall
with Christian Kochuba
This project is the outcome of a semester’s research into Design Driven Manufacturing. After a series of process and material tests, a bending and scoring pattern was generated and applied to aluminum strips cut using a plasma cutter. These strips can be aggregated in countless
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ways producing a variety of systems. One such system is an alternative to the common gutter. By slowing and directing water from the roof into a constructed wetland, rain water is allowed to infiltrate into the ground on site.
Gutter wall system with rain garden.
Design Driven Manufacturing - Undergraduate Studio
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Seattle Center for Urban Waters A Laboratory and Educational Space in Downtown Seattle Situated on the corner of Western Ave and Union Street, the Center for Urban Water consists of three bars, punctuated by three outdoor spaces. The spaces interact with the building to teach, provide lab space and connect visitors to the native environment of the Puget Lowland. The exposed concrete frame structure relates to the warehouse typology
throughout the district. Water is collected from the site and surrounding district and cleaned in the constructed wetland for reuse in the building. To mitigate the step grade change across the site, a curving pathway meanders through the tree canopy and the column grid allowing visitors to experience the site on multiple levels.
Alaskan Way | Perspective View
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Site - 120’ x 120’
Parcel Height - 95’
Canyon
Terrace
Channel
Sun Study Axons
38” of rain annually
resulting in hundreds of millions of gallons of stormwater runoff city wide
Storage for re-use in center Collected for testing and infiltration Water flow through bulding to Union Street wetland Living-machine purifies blackwater Constructed wetland Runoff from surrounding district
Waterflow Diagram
Seattle Center for Urban Waters - Autumn 2018
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Loading / Receiving
Staff Services
Small Lecture
Visitor Office
Visitor Lobby
Large Lecture
Black Water Education / Treatment
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Level 1 - Visitor Lobby E.V.
Labs/
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From North to South, the building steps down to the natural landscape on Union Street, allowing light to penetrate into the labs, residential spaces and alleyways. The living black water treatment plant on the ground floor connects the controlled system
to a natural pond near the entrance on Western Avenue. The space becomes a lush public park providing habitiat and rainwater retention along with with a raised bridge that navigates the steep grade change across the site.
North-South Section Seattle Center for Urban Waters - Autumn 2018
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East-West Section Perspective
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Seattle Center for Urban Waters - Autumn 2018
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Water Research & Education Center A Center for Water Education on the Seattle Waterfront The Seattle WREC focuses on the interactions between Research and Education, Water and City and the urban space generated by these relationships. The massing is divided into two bars, the east-west bar houses the laboratories for water testing, the north-south bar provides space for exhibits and presentations. The two are bridged by a communal space that connects the two programs and allows for building systems and circulation. The ground
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floors of both programs are open to a stepped amphitheater leading into the Puget Sound. Water is collected from the surrounding site is guided through an exposed channel that leads to the water. Water from the roof enters this channel after traveling down a cable system which slows and make the water flow visible. The steps act as a filtration system emphasizing the importance of water conservation and sustainable water practices on a city wide scale.
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
Circulation Circulation Circulation
Water Flow Water Flow Water Flow
EDUCATION
Mixing EDUCATION
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Ground Floor Plan
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Section A - East-West Water Research and Education Center - Winter 2019
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Green Roof Assembly - Low Vegetation - Growing Medium - Green Roof System - Water Barrier - Rigid Insulation - Vapor Barrier - Reinforced Concrete Slab - Gypsum Board Ceiling
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Wall Assembly
- Pilkington Profilit Glass Channels - Insulated with Lumira Aerogel - Fastened to steel truss
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- Tile Flooring - Heated Concrete Topping Slab - Reinforced Concrete Slab - Water/Vapor Barrier - Rigid Insulation - Exterior Ceiling
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ARCH 570 - Assignment 2 - 14 March 2019
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Section Axon - Final Submission
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Water Research and Education Center - Winter 2019
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Water Research and Education Center - Winter 2019
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Flow
A Compost Facility at the Union Bay Natural Area
This project examines the relationship between Ravenna Creek and a new composting facility in Urban Seattle. By returning Ravenna Creek to an ecologically centered flow pattern, the interaction between the water + compost creates zones that address the composting process, outdoor education, and stormwater management strategies for the University of Washington and surrounding neighborhoods. As compost is produced, these zones develop into a mounded landscape that frames a productive riparian habitat that is valuable for the native ecosystem and an amenity to visitors.
Stormwater Retention
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Composting Facility
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Research + Education Center
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UW Farm
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Compost Windrows
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Center for Urban Horticulture
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Stormwater Retention
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Mounds
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Riparian Ecosystem
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UW East Campus Master Plan
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Site Plan 0’
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Flow - Spring 2019
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small tree and shrubs
cover crops and prairie grasses mature trees with understory
added compost
Compost Management Section
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fill dirt clay landfill cap
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bio-retention ponds
overflow drain storm event typical
improved topsoil
old + new fill
water filtration + infiltration outlet to Union Bay
clay landfill cap
Ravenna Overflow + Stormwater Retention
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Flow - Spring 2019
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Gateway to Broadway A Public Life Plan for North Capital Hill Nightlife and vibrant local businesses characterize the north Broadway corridor of Capitol Hill, but it lacks connectivity and investment in the street life. Highlighting the already prosperous activity and movement, public life interventions enhance the Broadway corridor through water infrastructure
with Lauren Iversen
and social opportunity. Developing spaces based upon how people and water move, the street network can ebb and flow to function as a cohesive city ecosystem. To explore this movement, we can manage and play with water and people and in three ways: hold, slow, and flow.
HOLD
SLOW
FLOW
STAY
LINGER
MOVE
Water and Public Life concept diagram
Approach and pass through
Arrive and land
Traditional Stormwater System
Localized Stormwater Management
TO SWALE ON YALE & STORMWATER CSO
Car centered streets
People Centered Streets
Proposed changes on North Broadway 22
Private/Public Separated
Private/Public Integrated
Roy St Plaza
Gateway Plaza
E Roy Street
Bioretention Cells
Active Alley P-Patch
Street Typology Continues
Gateway Plan
Porous Street
People Oriented Street
10th Avenue E
Broadway
Community Space
E Mercer Street 0’ 10’
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Gateway to Broadway - Autumn 2019
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Proximity to Urban Nature
Broadway
Sidewalk
Active Edge
Bioretention
Bike Lane
Planting Area
Sidewalk
Broadway public life section
Street Stormwater
Cleaning & Retention
Silva Cell water storage
Cleaning & Infiltration
Sidewalk Runoff
Porous Wall
Roofwater Connection
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Broadway bio-retention cell detail, draiwng by Luaren Iversen 24
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Temporary Activation
Restaurant Patio
Active Alley
Bike Co-Op
Flexible Community Space
P-Patch
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Outdoor Classroom
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Event Person Weekly Market
Concert
Gateway to Broadway - Autumn 2019
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Covered Space
Community Space Bioretention Cells
Outdoor Classroom
P-Patch 0’ 5’
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Roof water
Cistern
Gateway Plaza public life axon
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Porous Street
Informal Gathering
Drive
Park
Traditional & Porous Pavers
Plant
Porous Pavers & Plantings
Planting Zone & Public Space
Porous street paving concept
BROADWAY
BIKE LANE
GREEN ROOF
P-PATCH
SIDEWALK PLANTING ZONE BIORETNTION CELL CISTERN Water flow concept section (nts)
Gateway to Broadway - Autumn 2019
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Gateway Plaza on a Saturday night
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Concept Site Model
Installation at 12 Avenue Arts in Capitol Hill
Gateway to Broadway - Autumn 2019
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Bench built for the Vashon Nature Center with Hans Nelsen. October 2020. Vashon Island, Washington.
Emilio Craddock Winter 2021