Portfolio: Spring 2017

Emily Bell Portfolio 2017

Contents Resume Thesis progress Competing Orders: Three Studies

Competitions AIA Virginia Society Competition - Finalist WWI Memorial Competition 3rd Year Competition

Undergraduate Work Library in Winston Salem, NC Montessori School in Radford, VA Study of rope

Emily

Bell

emilyb7@vt.edu

919.724.0592

Education Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Bachelor of Architecture GPA: 3.8

Graduation date Spring 2017

Programs and Skills Adobe CC: Other:

Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Rhino Sketch Up Office Suite

Autodesk: Practical:

AutoCAD Revit Sketching Drafting Wood working Navigating

Awards and Recognitions AIA Virginia Competition Finalist LEED Green Associate A. J. Davis Undergraduate Research Award Ryan T. McGuiness Travel Abroad Scholarship National Conference of Undergraduate Research Participant Dean’s List West End Dining Hall Employee of the Month

Fall 2016 July 2016 Spring 2015 Spring 2015 Spring 2015 Fall 2012-Present February 2017

Work Experience Wilson Architects Architectural office in Boston, MA specializing in university laboratories and classrooms Created architectural drawings and models in AutoCad for a variety of projects Wendel Architects Architectural office in Alexandria, VA which focused in transportation infrastructure Assisted with company projects using Revit 2015 and Adobe Photoshop BuildSense, Inc Architect led design-build firm in Durham, NC On-site manual construction work and office work developing company graphics Undergraduate Research Assistant Vibration Serviceability Study, focused on portable tuned mass damper (PTMD) fabrication, field and lab testing, data analysis and research

January 2016July 2016 Summer 2015

Summer 2013

Fall 2014-Fall 2016

Service and Leadership Associated School of Construction Design Build Competition Co-Capitan Six person team responded to RFP over 12 hour period and present their proposal to panel acting as project owners and are judged against with other university’s teams Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults: 4K for Cancer Participant Volunteered and raised funds ($5,500) for the support of young adults diagnosed with cancer. Participants biked from Baltimore to San Francisco to help raise awareness Virginia Tech Triathlon Club Member Members train for, participate, and support each other in triathlon races Out of the Darkness: Blacksburg Chapter Member Suicide and depression awareness student organization AIAS (American Institute for Architecture Students) Member

Fall 2016

Summer 2014

Spring 2013-Present Fall 2014-Present Fall 2013-Spring 2014

my thesis developed as three separate studies; of form, of society, and of building. the first two studies explore the scope of distinct lines of questioning and the third seeks to find their overlap within architecture the studies are linked by a common concern: the definition of order within each context.

a study of formal order this study is concerned with the relationship between rule and form, formmaker and material

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a study of societal order this study is concerned with the identification of societal order and how it is manifested within existing architecture

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a study of built form this study is concerned with the process of creating the form of a built object

Forward progress: Through the program of a grocery store with apartments above, I look for how geometric and social rules impact an architectural form.

AIA Virginia Society Competition Board 2016 School Finalist

WWI Memorial Competition entry drawings contributed to board completed with team of designers at Wendel Architects

a star library in seattle. third year competition. partner project, model and board required. egress is the theme.

a library holds a responsibility beyond that of the safety of books it stores when a public library is established there is an expectation of public service, a place without prerequisites for entry downtown Winston Salem, NC

a study in concrete of volume and subtraction informs the massing of the library

the program of a library contradicts itself there must be darkness and silence for the pages of books, while the occupants demand light and space to gather an opaque volume can house the library collection, and subtractions yield to the needs of natural light

a Montessori school in Radford, VA

oversized beams take the responsibility of support. the roof is protected by the perimeter of skylights.

first year exercise: a study of rope