ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO | Erin Machado | 2023 2025
RESUME
CURRENT WORK EXPERIENCE
ARCHVES INTERN
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA)
August 2024 - Present
- Assisting Archives director in project-based digital archiving.
- Assisting to prep physical archives for location move.
- Testing transition from PastPerfect to Preservica online archives collection.
- Creation of Exhibition based on physical material.
- Launch Preservica database for public use and research with the creation of new homepage/website.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
Collins Cooper Carusi Architects
September 2023 - Present
- Assisting in portraying client needs and wants in drawings.
- Communicating between clients, architectural team, contractors and consultants.
- Participating in office committees and teams to promote internal office connectivity.
- Event planning for various outreach opportunities including sustainable practice, mentorship of younger staff, affiliation with architecture students in Georgia via program events, lectures at universities, firm crawls,
- Modelling (Revit), 3d Rendering, and visualization of project design ideas. Specializing in educational program of various sized projects.
ARTIST AND OWNER
ELM Art
June 2021 - Present
- Launched small art business for original large scale paintings, and limited edition prints.
- Original paintings on commission and introduced inaugural collection of original paintings in first solo exhibition in June 2021 and first print series released in August 2022.
- Gained proficient experience in marketing strategies via social media, event coordination, interest-growing, online shop creation, web design, financial record keeping, and overall business development.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE
DESIGNER 1
Cooper Carry
January 2022 - September 2023
- Specializing in hospitality program and guestroom renovation.
- Working primarily in schematic and design developmentphase documents.
- Helping research, pitch, and implement various computational design tools such as Grasshopper, Ladybug, and Conveyor as well as AI generation rendering tools such as Stable Diffusion and Midjourney.
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN
CNNA Architects
December 2019 - January 2022
- Working on small scale renovation projects in AutoCAD
- Lead a team of interns in small design projects and coordination with As-builts for various projects
ACHIEVEMENTS / ENGAGEMENT
CONVICTION X KAIROS with Oglethorpe University Museum of Art / Group Show (February 2025)
ART VENDOR MARKET with Community Market Atlanta / Group Marketplace (January 2025)
ARCHITECTURE ADVISORY BOARD with Kennesaw State University Dep. of Arch / Solo Nomination (January 2025)
FRESH START GROUP EXHIBITION with Gilly Brew Bar / Group Exhibition (December 2024 - February 2025)
ARTIST OF THE MONTH with Rev Coffee / Art Display (November 2024)
YOUNG ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD 2024 with Kennesaw State University / Solo Award (October 2024)
ARCHIVES + FLAT FILES COLLECTION & VENDORS MARKET with Cat Eye Creative/ Group Exhibition and Marketplace (July 2024)
SUMMER PRINT RELEASE 2024 with Print Shop ATL / Limited Edition Print Release (June 2024 - June 2025)
ARTIST OF THE MONTH with Rev Coffee / Art Display (May 2024)
MARCH ART MARKET with Artist Forum Atlanta / Group Marketplace and Exhibition (March 2024)
VITALITY with The Bakery / Group Show (March 2024)
COMMU.NITY ART EXHIBIT with U.Studio / Group Show (Dec 2023)
3RD ANNUAL SHOW with ELM Art / Solo Exhibition (Nov 2023)
BEST IN SHOW with IIDA Dressed / Garment Creation and Fashion Show (Oct 2023)
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITION with Artist Forum Atlanta / Group Show (March 2023)
SEPTEMBER MARKETPLACE with Artist Forum Atlanta / Group Marketplace (Sep 2022)
ONLINE PRINT SHOP LAUNCH with ELM Art / Online Print Drop Shop (Aug 2022)
THE DEAN’S THESIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THESIS DESIGN with KSU Thesis Design Competition / Solo Award (May 2022)
STUDENT’S CHOICE AWARD with KSU Thesis Design Competition / Solo Award (May 2022)
1ST ANNUAL SHOW with ELM Art / Solo Exhibition (June 2021)
STATE RECIPIENT FOR VISUAL ARTS with The Governor’s Honors Program / Directed Study (June-July 2016)
SKILLS
- Rhino 3D
- Revit
- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign)
- Hand Rendering
- Lumion
- Enscape
- Graphic / Web Design
- PastPerfect
- AutoCAD
- Painting (Oil, Acylic, Watercolor)
- 3d Printing and Lasercut Model Making
- Preservica
- Dublin Core
- Canva
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Architecture / NAAB Accredited
Kennesaw State University
College of Architecture and Construction Management
Kennesaw State University Honors College
Cum Laude Graduate
CONTACT
erinmachado2@gmail.com
770-778-4377
Erin is a graduate of Kennesaw State University and is a recognized recipient of the Dean’s Thesis Award for her thesis titled ‘Urban Arties’.
Erin is a graduate of Kennesaw State University and is a recognized recipient of the Dean’s Thesis Award for her thesis titled ‘Urban Arties’.
Erin enjoys painting, drawing, photography, hiking, and reading in her free time. Erin is the owner of ELM Art where she creates and sells large scale custom-commissioned paintings as well as developes a yearly portfolio of original work.
Erin is proficient in computational design programs and enjoys researching and developing new methods of design that she can learn, teach, and implement across architecture typologies and skill levels. Her ideal work is visualization and conceptual design. erins.art www.linkedin.com/in/erinmachado/ CONTACT erinmachado2@gmail.com 770-778-4377
Erin enjoys painting, drawing, photography, hiking, and reading in her free time. Erin is the owner of ELM Art where she creates and sells large scale custom-commissioned paintings as well as developes a yearly portfolio of original work.
Erin is proficient in computational design programs and enjoys researching and developing new methods of design that she can learn, teach, and implement across architecture typologies and skill levels. Her ideal work is visualization and conceptual design. erins.art www.linkedin.com/in/erinmachado/ www.erin-machado.com
FACADE DESIGN / ITERATION #2
MODULE | The module was made by extruding basic shapes via a pattern analysis and taking consideration to emphasize the contrast of smooth skeletal bones with the a flat rigid plate. Both the smooth “bones” and the plate are used for connection to the next module; both equally important in the module and via different views, both used for different visual effect. The module is reflected and thus the facade can be shown the same on both sides but, breaking down the module into it’s un-reflected piece the facade becomes a dynamic piece with an abundance of visual variety, all with the same module.
PORTFOLIO
FACADE APPLICATION | In the application of the facade, the modules’ overall thickness was increased from it’s 3D printed prototype. The elevational dimensions were also decreased in height to allow for the facade to become a structural component. With a floor plate width within boundaries to be held by the structural facade, the building can be a true open floor plan and allow for only one side to be structurally bound. The module’s inherent depth also allows for optimal solar shading.
NOTEWORTHY FEATURES |
-Modular slab edge design (4 repeating)
-Modular secondary soffit (4 repeating)
-Faceted glass railing in congruence with modular slab edge
NOTEWORTHY FEATURES
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-Consistent slab edge
-Consistent railing and ridge line
-Curved bottom (in elevation) extends past slab no more than 1’
NOTEWORTHY FEATURES |
-Modular slab edge design (4 repeating)
-Modular slat railing (4 repeating)
-Modular soffit return (4 repeating)
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROGRAM / AFFORDBLE HOUSING 17 / AFFORDABLE HOUSING / MACHADO / PORTFOLIO 21 AFFORDABLE HOUSING| KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY | INTEGRATIVE STUDIO 2020
PARTI / AFFORDBLE HOUSING
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING| KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY | INTEGRATIVE STUDIO 2020
PORTFOLIO 21 / MACHADO / AFFORDABLE HOUSING / 18
PAINTERS’ LAKEHOUSE DESIGN COMPETITION |
NARRATIVE |
The Painters’ Lakehouse and Workshop is the quintessential retreat in the form of a home and studio space for artists in temporary residence and their families. Their communal home offers picturesque and sustainable living opportunities with views of the surrounding farm country and lake. The easily accessible adjacent Workshop studio space offers ambient lighting and painting storage as well as spaces idealized for painting ‘en plein air’ on the workshop porch and the green roof of the neighboring, below-grade, storage shed.
PAINTING WITH WIND AND LIGHT |
As light may be the most useful tool and medium for painters, natural lighting and the orientation of spaces on the site to receive it are what will define the spaces as welcoming and intrinsic to the work of the artists.
Wind as a design tool in this rural waterfront landscape focuses on the use of a ‘wind tunnel’ between the occupied spaces. The wind tunnel has access to the communal spaces while also circumventing the spaces that are to be more private and warm.
As an artist would pay special attention to the qualities of a scene that exhibits the best light and movement and use skill and technique to exemplify such qualities in a painting, we aim to reap peak functional and spiritual benefits from lighting and wind in the design of the Painters’ Lakehouse.
NARRATIVE |
45% of Americans have no access to public transportation. The common Atlanta commuter alone will spend on average 72 hours per year in congestion. Both of these statistics include the workers, attendees, and residents of the Battery (home of Trusit Park of the Atlanta Braves baseball team). While mass transit allows for the commuter to become freed of their dependence on individual vehicles; historical, racial, economic, and social stigma as well as basic design inefficiences of mass transportation systems discredit the potent opportunity for a transit sop to become a consensus in design between economic, environmental, and social sustainability. When the stadium moved from inner Atlanta (Turner Field) to outside the perimeter of the city (2017), speculation arose as to how the demographics of the workers and attendees of the stadium (and now adjoining eat/shop/ dine attachment (The Battery)) were changed and how this correlated with access to public transportation.
‘URBAN ARTERIES’ THESIS| KENNESAW STATE
UNIVERSITY | SOLO THESIS STUDY 2021
PROCESS |
Zaha Hadid’s 4th year design thesis was based on the theory set fourth by the Russian Suprematist art movement and, more specifically, the works of Kandinsky. Utilizing ‘mutilation’ and ‘fragmentation’ she studied the process of the artist and recreated it when creating spaces. In the conceptual phase, Hadid researches exhaustively in a range of techniques and materials but uses paintings to show the direct link between her architectural process and where it derived; in painting. Focusing on the same factors such as ‘fragmentation’ I also focused on notions of ‘movement’ and ‘cohesian’ when creating my own triptych painting and when considering the function of my design and the greater goal in the urban context.
‘URBAN ARTERIES’ THESIS| KENNESAW
SITE CONTEXT |
The Battery, being a fairly new addition to Cobb County and the larger Atlanta Metropolitan Area, is heavily influenced by its surrounding building typologies which all existed prior to it. The surrounding neighborhoods are, in turn, heavily influenced by the addition of the Battery. All residents living off Cobb Pkwy now must adhere to gameday traffic, increased ticket prices, and although an increase in service-industry jobs, the common Marietta/ Smyrna resident are not the targeted audience of The Battery and thus Cobb County treats the site like the alien it is by rejecting any further connection to innercity happenings, first and foremost any access to mass transportation.
BUILDING TYPOLOGY |
Formal typology is concerned with questions such as what basic forms can be recognised, or which formal characteristics have remained constant over a significant period. Functional typology represents the functions of a building and analyzes these functions without making aesthetic judgements. By purposely matching each functional typology with its own individual formal typology, there is visual clarification to the visitor as to which buildings perform different intended functions.
‘URBAN
‘URBAN
RELIGIOUS CENTER RENOVATION | COLLINS COOPER CARUSI ARCHITECTS
BRING EXISTING BEAUTY TO LIGHT |
The religious institution's existing building dated back to the early 70's. Although there were some necessary maintainence and restorative work to be done, there was also an overall of interior colors and lighting. Despite many spaces being outdated, there were many beautiful aspects to the building that had been overshadowed by uncontemporary finishings - literally overshadowed. The building lacked sunlight completely in many main gathering spaces. This image is a render made to show the main sanctuary (religious gathering space) during the day and the refreshed quality some skylights and windows can make to an existing riverstone mosaic wall that wraps the back of the sanctuary.
RELIGIOUS CENTER RENOVATION | COLLINS COOPER CARUSI ARCHITECTS | 2024
BRING EXISTING BEAUTY TO LIGHT |
The elevation is a demonstration of how we can still portray the existing beauty of the building in construction documents through subtle visual queues highlighting existing and new elements.
“Whatever good things we build end up building us.”
– Jim Rohn