Gavin Rea Master Architecture Portfolio

GAVIN REA

Masters Architecture

EDUCATION

Masters Architecture

University of Colorado - Denver 2022-24

Masters Architecture

University of California - Los Angeles 2021-22 (Transfer)

Bachelor Product Design

College for Creative Studies - Detroit 2015-19

DISTINCTION

UCLA Solar Decathlon Team (Finalist) Manager

DesignBoom Architecture Feature Tenka House

Architecture at Zero, HUD IAD Participant

Freedom By Design National Award PAL House

Together in the Middle Cohousing Publication Author

SKILLS

Presentation - Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign

3D Modeling- Revit, Sketchup, Rhino

3D Rendering - Enscape, Lumion, Twinmotion, D5, Procreate

Energy Modeling - Certified Passive House Designer in Training

Insight, Sefaira, Climate Studio, Cove Tool

EXPERIENCE

Shop Technician | College Of Architecture And Planning Denver, CO - October 2022 - Present

Architectural Designer | University Technical Assistance Program Denver - October 2022 - July 2023

Architecture Intern | Impact Housing Los Angeles - May 2022 - October 2022

Toy Designer | Kiwico Mountain View - May 2019 - July 2021

CAD Modeler | Jupiter Research

Los Altos - August 2018 - May 2019

Architectural Model Maker | Gemetti Model Art

San Francisco - March 2018 - August 2018

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About Me

Green Haus Vertical Farm, Market & Community Center Remote Research Station of NOAA Scientists Modern Living with Classical Details Natural Minimalism through Form and Materials Site Responsive Regenerative Educational Facility Light-Touch Biophilic Brutalism Antarctic Design Build Shotgun House Chatfield Bird Blind Water Conservation Center

Table of Contents

Ballona Wetlands Arboretum

Green Haus - Hydroponic Vertical Farm & Marketplace

This project was created as part of a final group studio centered around urban agriculture. We worked on a site in the rapidly gentrifying River North neighborhood of Denver which faces issues of acess to affordability, fresh food and community space. My team reinvisioned the site as a mix use marketplace and vertical hydroponic farm. We souht to integrate the bbuilding with the surrounding context through small brick storefront masses which are insected with a large greenhouse atrium structure. The atrium publicly activates the buidling year round and connect the retail, produce marketplace, growing and office spaces.

PROJECT INFO

Architects:

Client: Studio VI

Status: SD Design

Area: 7,000 sq. ft.

Location: RiNo, Denver, CO

Date: 2024

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Gavin Rea, Emily Walthers, Caleb Lawrence

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East Elevation North Elevation South Elevation West Elevation

8 9 Ground Floor Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor Third Floor Rooftop

12 13 Allows C02 rich air in Atrium to be moved to the greenhouse to stimulate plant growth Insulated quilt deployed over glazing at night to increase R-value Shading deployed to prevent overlighting and overheating during the day Connection of side rooms to atrium allow open exterior windows to cross vetillate and exhaust through atrium Provides low velocity supply and return air Combines ventillation and cooling by running supply air past hydronic chilled water. Also contains lights, cabling, fire sprinklers, alarms and speakers Efficeint form of hydronic chilled water delivery Circulates air to cool by creating convetion currents Mitigates echos from hard concrete and metal surfaces Doubles as sculptural element Provides efficient underfloor heating for improved occupant comfort Rigid insulation below ERV for enthalpy recovery Preconditioning through hydronic heating/cooling element Low velocity displacement ventillation Brazed Plate Transfers heat between geothermal ground loop and hydronic building loop Potential supplementation through boiler/evaporator Vents hot air accumulating at ridge to create natural stack ventillation Operable Vent from Atrium to Greenhouse Air Handling Unit Vertical System due to small footprint 20' spacing 200' depth 2-3 gpm capacity 13.4 EER, 3.1 COP Ventillation Diffuser Roller Mechanism for Insulated Quilt and Shading Hydronic Heat Exchanger Operable Windows Hanging Acoustic Panel Operable vent from greenhouse to outdoors Geothermal Heat Pump Hydronic Heated Floor Slab Multi-Service Chilled Beam Chilled Sail Exploded Construction Construction Details Exploded Details Systems Diagram

Antarctic Design Build

The design build studio partnered with NOAA to create a seasonal lab for ongoing seal and penguin research at Cape Shirreff in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula. Access to the central campus site is by a research vessel boat with additional travel by foot to a remote bird blind. A variety of wildlife lives along the site’s coast and strong gale force winds are present in the west.

PROJECT INFO

Architect: Colorado Building Workshop

Client: NOAA

Status: Built and Operational Area: 1,000 sq. ft.

Location: Cape Shirreff, Antarctica

Date: 2023

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Ocean/Whales Black PT. Ocean/Whales CHILEAN BASE

Scientists Penguin Colonies Whales Skua Elephant Seal Fur Seal Black Point Tangra Mountains Views Approach Wind Zodiac access

CONDOR HILL CAPE SHIRREFF SITE DIAGRAM

RESEARCH

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RESEARCH

//schematic floor plan [w/ wall @ mudroom and door]

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WORK N’ WASH

LAB AND WORKSHOP SECTION BIRD BLIND SECTION BIRD BLIND ONGL SEC TION 1/4”-1’-0” 74 RESEARCH //sections MS. SKUA SECTION A 2 0 4 8 16 ft 40 SCHEME 1 1/4”=1’-0”

WORK

SECTION A 2 0 4 8 16 ft 2 0 4 8 16 ft 72

MS. SKUA

N’ WASH //sections [scheme i]

RESEARCH

SCHEME I (w.w.)

SCHEME

II (w.w.)

1. Workshop

2. Restrooms

3. Shower & Drying

4. Wet and Dry Laboratory

LAB AND WORKSHOP PROGRAM

GOALS

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Create efficiency between conditioned and unconditioned spaces.

Program

Maximize outward views by placing programmatic elements in line with pristine views. Create shelter through a pass-through.

Minimize the number of total materials needed for construction.

The station interiors were designed to improve the experience and quality of life of the researchers on station. We selected an overall color scheme of light wood, black stain and grey steel.

Control wind by placing pass-though further south to create a wind-free zone in the central campus area.

The working counter and sink surface is stainless steel for while the central table and window casings are black stained plywood. Textured epoxy resin was poured directly onto the SIP panels and assembled to create a durable, cleanable floor finsh. 11

CONCLUSIONS

Scheme I hits all the intended goals and overall has a better distribution of programmatic elements in relation to the overall campus layout.

Scheme II hits most of the intended goals but doesn’t have conditioned and unconditioned spaces grouped together. It also has a slightly less efficient SIP layout creating more material waste while the toilets are farther away from the main camp, the generator is closer, creating more noise.

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FOUNDATION FOOTING LAYOUT ROOF AND WEATHER MEMBRANE DISSASEMBLY FOR SHIPPING SIP PANEL ASSEMBLY CLADDING AND WINDOW SHROUDS INSTALLATION ON SITE IN ANTARCTICA

conditioned unconditioned path generator approach

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1 4 2 3 37’ 2 1 4 2 20’ 3 2 1 EFFICIENCY [SOUTH HUT] WORK N’ WASH axons

Interiors

The station interiors were designed to improve the experience and quality of life of the researchers on station. We selected an overall color scheme of light wood, black stain and grey steel.

The working counter and sink surface is stainless steel for while the central table and window casings are black stained plywood. Textured expxzy resin was poured directly onto the SIP panels and assembled to create a durable, cleanable floor finsh.

20 21 BIRD BLIND LAB SPACE

LAB SPACE MAIN TABLE BUILDING SECTION

As part of the MEP team I worked on the heating, electrical, plumbing and outdoor systems for the buildings. I personally developed the louver design which mounts pivoting panels at the end of the breezeway which can be opened or closed depending on weather conditions.

I prototyped the louvers out of cardboard and researched the pivoting hinge design. With the team we selected an asymmetrical configuration raised off the floor to allow for shoveling of snow and reduce wear on the pivot. The structure consists of a welded aluminum onto which anodized aluminum panels are riveted.

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AND WORKSHOP PREFABRICATION LOUVRE CONSTRUCTION

LAB

Louvre Doors

24 25 BIRD BLIND INTERIOR ONSITE BIRD BLIND ONSITE

LAB AND WORKSHOP ONSITE

ONSITE

LAB INTERIOR

Shotgun House

This Studio focused on the design of a single family home in the historic New Orleans Shotgun style with emphasis on the history of the vernacular and classical detailing. The client was a couple of modest means constructing their first home and wanting to accomodate visits from their older mother who uses a wheelchair. In response the design included a smaller single story area with careful attentiont to ADA considerations.

Architect: Gavin Rea

Client: Couple with Mother

Status: Concept Area: 1,200 sq. ft.

Location: New Orelans

Date: 2023

40 20 10 NEIGHBORHOOD ISOMETRIC SITE

Special care was taken with the front facing elevation of the house to use classical proportions with modern design sensibility. A ramp functions as the primary approach to the front door that does not sideline wheelchair users. The central acis continues through the front half to a breezeway which divides the house in to, inspired by dogtrot, another southern housing typology. This serves to divide the public and private spaces in the house while acting as an axis of symmetry. It provides outdoor dining and is open on both sides for cross ventillation

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TYPOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

SHOTGUN

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DOGTROT

DIAGRAMS

FRONT ELEVATION SPACIAL

30 BATH KITCHEN BREEZEWAY BATH STUDY KITCHEN LIVING BREEZEWAY BED BED UTILITY BATH

ELEVATION FLOOR PLAN ISOMETRIC FLOOR PLAN

SIDE

SIDE SECTION

CONSTRUCTION

The design was taken all the way to the CD phase producing detailed drawings and sections. The foundation is an elevated crawl space with permiter footing to raise the building above the local floodplain. The construction is standard stick frame walls with OSB sheathing with an eposed rafter celing. The roof ends in a hidden gutter and exposed rafter tail while the floor overhangs the founda tion is key areas to avoid setback resitrictions and provide greater interior width on the skinny lot.

32 33 Program Program Program Storage Storage Storage

12” Rafters 32”oc with Purlins 8” Rafters 16”oc 12” Attic Joists 16”oc 2x6” Stud Wall 16”oc 1/2” Roof Sheathing 1/2” WALL SHEATHING 2x6” Decking and 23/32” Floor Sheathing 2x8” Deck Framing 16”oc 2x12” Floor Framing 16”oc Perimeter Strip Footing SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS DETAILS

This project was the design of a small blind shelter for the viewing of birds at Chatfield Reservoir, one of the largest stops for migratory birds on Colorado’s Front Range. My initial concepts revolved around the idea of a birdhouse style box elevated and perched above the lake water. I wanted to use natural materials found onsite to blend the structure with its context and settled on cordwood sections similar to stacked firewood.

PROJECT INFO

Architect: Gavin Rea

Client: Audobon Society

Status: Concept Area: 300 sq. ft.

Location: Chatfield Reservoir

Date: 2022

BIRD BLIND CONCEPT

SKETCHES

SECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

The bird blind primarily operates in section with a rectangualr box shape suspended above the water on a grid of thin metal poles. The approach is via a long ramp allowing acess for people of all abilities, with a lower ramp beneath at the water level that the stilts above form a cage around. The experience of the upper blind is one of a dark interior with a thin slit of light while below is the opposite with exterior aria dn light.

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EXPLODED ISOMETRIC

WATER CONSERVATION CENTER

This project was a continuation of initial work done on the previous Chatfield Bird Blind project. The brief called for the creation of a public nature center situated in the natural context. As Chatfield reservoir is the largest freshwater supply on the front range I decided to create a center devoted to the conservation of water in the front range. As global warming accelerates climate change models predict diminished rainfall and earlier snowmelt creating drier summers. Colorado communities must respond by adapting to this decreased supply and conserving water through intellient design and practices.

PROJECT INFO Architect: Gavin Rea Client: Chatfield Water Conservancy Status: Concept Site Area: 30,000 sq. ft. Location: Chatfield Reservoif Date: 2022 PROPOSEDPARKING

(POTENTIAL CONVERSION TO ANNUAL) DRAINAGE TO RESERVOIR 50’ 25’ 12.5’

PROPOSED BUILDING SEASONAL WETLAND

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 80% OF PRECIPITATION FALLS WEST 90% OF POPULATION LIVES EAST

FORM DEVELOPMENT

The overall form of the building is shaped by the slope of the edge of the reservoir where the building is situated. The entry through the rear of the building blends with the grassy landscape on the backside through a living green roof planted with the same grass. The front which opens onto the reservoir features a series of terraces which provide views across the reservoir to the front range mountains and capture rainwater in a series of glass roofs. The ground floor of the building continues to step down to the surface of the water in a series of activated plazas and stairs.

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LANDSCAPE HINGE EXTEND SLOPE BLEND TERRACE AND STEP RAINWATER CAPTURE FORM

MORPHOLOGY DIAGRAM

DEVELOPMENT

44 45 EXPLODED ISOMETRIC Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

This graduate studio project completed at UCLA involved the design of an Arboretum for the sensetive Ballona Wetlands estuary located along the Marina Del Rey oceanfront. The site had previously been degraded by industrial uses and is currently in the process of native habitat restoration. The arboretum would serve as a public amenity which would grow local speices and transplant them into the surrounding

PROJECT INFO

Architect: Gavin Rea

Client: Ballona Conservancy

Status: Concept Area: 50,000 sq. ft.

Location: Los Angeles Date: 2022

MODULE DESIGN

The buildng desing was inspired by Pierre Luigi Nervi’s Pallazo de Lavorro precedent which used stand alone mushroom columns to create a open roof structure. I experimented with similar roof integrated columns and produced an X shaped module which combined to form circular skylights. The columns have hte additonal funtion as acting as planters and caputuring rainwater which is convyed down the stem of the column to a planter at its base.