Hannah Fowler _ Architecture & Design

Hannah Fowler

Architecture & Design

I am passionate about how architecture can affect and improve the human wellbeing. What drives me is finding the right puzzle piece that makes a design grow and touch the lives of others. I believe that architecture should connect to those who will inhabit the design and relate back to the language of the surrounding area. When I am not designing, I enjoy working on my newest DIY projects like macrame and woodworking. You can also find me sitting in my hammock with a book, taking my cat on walks around town, or meeting new people to share ideas and interests.

Hannah Fowler

M. Architecture ‘23 - Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS | fowlerhannah22@gmail.com | (402) 278 - 2608

EDUCATION

AUG 2018 - May 2023

Masters in Architecture

Kansas State University - Manhattan, KS

Cumulative GPA: 3.588

Spring 2022 Italian Semester Abroad

Leadership Studies Minor

AUG 2014 - MAY 2018

High School Diploma

Blair Community School’s - Blair, NE

Cumulative GPA: 4.03

National Honor Society

Hall of Fame: Music Distinction

EXPERIENCE

MAY 2019 - AUG 2021

Architectural Design Intern

FNBO- Building’s Department

Summer and Winter Breaks

Assisted with interior design project

Coordinated with furniture vendors

Organized donating and removing equipment from floors

Recorded notes on building renovation meetings with architect firms

Tools

Revit, Rhino

Auto-Cad

Sketchup, Cura

V-Ray, Lumion, Enscape

Adobe Products

Microsoft Applications

Model Crafting

Laser Cutting

3D printing

Hand Drafting

Clifton Strengths

Includer

Belief

Positivity

Developer Input

Skills and Strengths

Adaptability & Empathy

Communication

Visualization & Renderings

Dedication & Initiative

Creative & Artistic

SEP 2020 - Present

Parking Attendant

K-State Athletics Parking

Sold and collected parking tickets during games

Provided surveillance of parking lot during games

Hobbies

Painting (Acrylic)

Woodworking

MAY 2022 - AUG 2022

4th - 8th Grade Day Camp Director

YMCA of the Rockies

Supervised fourteen counselors

Directed camp activities for up to 100 children ages 7-13

Created weekly camp schedules

Communicated with parents and guests daily

DIY Projects

Hiking

Hammocking

Cooking

Music

Land Magistrate Court House and Community Space

Kimberly, Australia

This building is meant to support the community of Looma and other surrounding aboriginal communities struggling with land right disputes. The heart of the design takes inspiration from cultural connections the Looma community has with nature. In the hot climate of Northwest Australia, creating a shaded space is essential. The circulation of this building is axial, terminating at the courtroom. When legal teams visit the space, the design serves as a reminder of who this building is for and who should benefi t the most from it.

LOOMA’S BLUFFS

Kimberly Looma Community

Old Looma

Site

Due to the location of the site, it was important to make the building self-sustaining. Rainwater is collected through a water catchment system on the roof during the monsoon season and stored in an above ground storage tank. A total of ten solar panels provide sufficient power to run the AC, lighting, and plumbing within the courthouse.

1- Water Storage Tank

2- Septic Tank

3- Drain Field

4- Parking

5- Police Camp Road

6- New Looma

The overarching lamella design represents the Eucalyptus tree. The criss-crossing fronds of the trees branches provide much needed shade for many plants and animals of the area. The Kimberly area can get extremely hot and humid, reaching 110 degrees farenheight in the summer monsoon season. This led to the design having a double roof structure which limits the amount of direct heat gain on the courthouse. Pilotis are used to elevate the floor to limit the amount of impact on the site, as well as keep the building safe from the annual floods during the Kimberly’s monsoons.

Wall Section

Ext:

Portland Cement Stucco (20mm)

Sheathing Membrane (.2mm)

Seathing Board, OSB (11mm)

Insulation (140mm)

Vapor Barrier (.2mm)

Gypsum Board (13mm)

Int:

LAMELLA / COMMUNITY SPACE

The south facade of the courthouse is covered by the lamella roof structure and a corrugated metal that bends in the same direction as the diagrid structure. This is to make the building look like an object within the landscape, with the true program of the building revealed as you move towards the entrance.

Boston Folk Art Museum

Boston, Massachusetts

Folk art is meant to reflect the cultural life of the community; it is the traditional, decorative, or utilitarian art of the people. The design is meant to showcase the Boston’s community local artists work. The entry and second floor overlooking café invite the public into the space. Located in the West End Boston area this design is meant to marry the traditional brick facade to a new modern style. The first five floors have a vertical brick column which connects to existing street facade. The final two floors, which house the permanent exhibits, push back away from the street as a modernized glass box sitting on the brick marrying the old with the new.

Triple Height Entrance

Service Core

Form Extrusion

Exterior Space

Finished Facade

Upon entering the Boston Folk Art Museum, the occupant is greeted by a three-story atrium with a grand staircase that allows entrance to all of the public spaces including the cafe, gift shop, auditorium, and library. Continuing up to the top three floors, the public is able to purchase tickets to see the digital and temporary gallery on the fifth floor, as well as the permanent gallery spaces housed in the “glass box.”

The panels within the gallery spaces are located on the building’s structural columns. Panels have dual hinge systems that allows them to rotate and lock into position with a peg that connects into holes located around the column on the floor.

MODEL

Double Rotating Axis

GALLERY PANEL DETAILS

TRIPLE HEIGHT ENTRY SPACE

Floor Peg Stopper

Net Zero Housing Project

Topeka, Kansas

The studio was asked by Topeka’s SENT (Strenghening and Equipping Neighborhoods Together) housing project to design a Net Zero low income house that would be able to blend into the existing community. For this design, we created a thesis for what a home meant to us. My thesis is titled “Looking Beyond: A Home is More Than the Picket Fence.” This thesis lead the design to be focused toward community involvement and connection, which took the form of the large patio space on the north side of the home, as well as the large awning windows that encourage looking out to the world beyond. The design was also driven by the optimization of passive systems and renewable energy to create a Net Zero Home.

CONSTRUCTION AND COST EMPHASIS

KITCHEN / LIVING AREA

BACK PATIO

KITCHEN ENLARGED PLANS

Community connection is important to the design of this home. The patio space located on the north side of the house creates privacy for the family, yet provides a visual relationship to the neighborhood.

SECTION THROUGH KITCHEN / LIVING ROOM

STRUCTURAL EXPLODED AXON

An open floor plan between the kitchen and living area, as well as the large northern windows allow the space to grow and appear larger than its square footage.

Roofing

Roofing

Foundation 6” inslulated concrete slab

MCDOWELL SONORAN PRESERVE ANALYSIS

The Gateway to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve building and surrounding landscape was designed by Weddle Gilmore from the Black Rock Studio in the year 2009. The building is located at 18333 N Thompson Peak Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85255. The building was designed with the intent of impacting as little as possible the surrounding site and its 45 miles of trails. The building was built out of rammed earth taken from the native soil allowing it to blend in and connect to the surrounding site. The building’s roof is sloped in a way that funnels the rainwater into an 20,000 gallon underground cistern. This system collects approximately 50,000 gallons of water annually. The water is used throughout the dry season to irrigate the surrounding natural vegetation. These systems are used to help minimize the impact to the surrounding environment.

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Distribution System

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Cistern RoofCatchmentSystem

Rainfall

DesertRockCobble

Rammed Earth

MATERIALITY

RAINWATER HARVESTING

MODEL Henry, Christopher. “The Gateway to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve / Weddle Gilmore Black Rock Studio.” ArchDaily. ArchDaily, May 10, 2011. https://www. archdaily.com/132764/thegateway-to-the-mcdowell-sonoran-preserve-weddle-gilmore-black-rock-studio.

The bridge and seat prints were designed for a 3D printing seminar class and both projects were designed primarily in Grasshopper. The bridge was meant to push the limits of a wire frame system and discover how the design could weave between itself. The seat was a surface based design that held a “quilt” texture to test the concept of materiality in a PLA print.

BRIDGE / GRASSHOPPER

SEAT / GRASSHOPPER

BLOOM PROJECT ANALYSIS

BY: EMERGING OBJECTS

Emerging Object’s designed the Bloom project to utilize a binder printer to produce lightweight concrete prefabricated blocks that are connected to create a temporary structure. These prints represent a scaled model of the design concept.

SINGLE LINE PLA / GRASSHOPPER TO GCODE

BINDER JET PRINTED BLOCKS

Hannah Fowler

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