GAVIN REA
Selected Works
2 Antarctic Design Build Shotgun House Bird Blind Water Conservation Center Ballona Arboretum 4 14 22 28 40
Table of Contents
About Me
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 2015-19
DISTINCTION
Solar Decathlon Finalist and Team Manager
UCLA
DesignBoom Architecture Feature
Tenka House
Architecture at Zero, HUD IAD Participant
Freedom By Design National Award PAL House
SKILLS
Presentation - Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign
3D Modeling- Revit, Sketchup, Rhino
3D Rendering - Enscape, Lumion, Twinmotion, D5
Energy Modeling - Seifira, Climate Studio, Cove Tool
Real Estate Pro Forma Modeling
Hand Sketching, Watercolor Rendering
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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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.
Ocean/Whales Black PT.
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
CHILEAN BASE
CONDOR HILL
CAPE SHIRREFF SITE DIAGRAM
RESEARCH
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WORK N’ WASH
RESEARCH
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WORK N’ WASH
1/4”=1’-0”
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LAB AND WORKSHOP SECTION 40
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SCHEME
SECTION A 2 0 4 8 16 ft
RESEARCH //sections
7 BIRD BLIND SECTION BIRD BLIND ONGL SEC TION 1/4”-1’-0” 74
MS. SKUA SECTION A 2 0 4 8 16 ft 2 0 4 8 16 ft 72 RESEARCH MS. SKUA //schematic floor plan [w/ wall @ mudroom and door]
SCHEME I (w.w.) SCHEME II (w.w.)
GOALS
Create efficiency between conditioned and unconditioned spaces.
Program
1. Workshop
2. Restrooms
3. Shower & Drying
4. Wet and Dry Laboratory
PROGRAM
CONCLUSIONS
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.
Scheme I hits all the intended goals better distribution of programmatic to the overall campus layout. Scheme II hits most of the intended have conditioned and unconditioned together. It also has a slightly less creating more material waste while away from the main camp, the generator creating more noise.
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11 conditioned
approach
unconditioned path generator
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1 4 2 3 37’ 2 1 2 3 2 1 EFFICIENCY [SOUTH HUT] WORK axons
LAB
WORKSHOP
AND
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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
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.
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BIRD BLIND
LAB SPACE
LAB SPACE MAIN TABLE
11 BUILDING SECTION
Louvre Doors
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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LAB AND WORKSHOP PREFABRICATION
LOUVRE CONSTRUCTION
14 BIRD BLIND ONSITE
LAB AND WORKSHOP ONSITE
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BLIND INTERIOR ONSITE
BIRD
LAB INTERIOR ONSITE
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
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SITE
NEIGHBORHOOD ISOMETRIC
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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FRONT ELEVATION
SPACIAL DIAGRAMS
19 TYPOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
SHOTGUN
+ =
DOGTROT
20 SIDE ELEVATION SIDE SECTION
BATH KITCHEN BREEZEWAY
BATH
STUDY KITCHEN
LIVING
BREEZEWAY BED BED UTILITY
PLAN ISOMETRIC FLOOR PLAN
BATH FLOOR
22 Program Program Program Storage Storage Storage SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS
1/2” Roof Sheathing
12” Rafters 32”oc with Purlins
8” Rafters 16”oc
12” Attic Joists 16”oc
2x6” Stud Wall 16”oc
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
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.
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DETAILS
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BIRD BLIND
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
CONCEPT SKETCHES
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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DEVELOPMENT
SECTIONS AND
27 EXPLODED ISOMETRIC
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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
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PROPOSEDPARKING
BUILDING
WETLAND (POTENTIAL CONVERSION TO ANNUAL) DRAINAGE TO RESERVOIR 50’
PROPOSED
SEASONAL
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 80% OF PRECIPITATION FALLS WEST 90% OF POPULATION LIVES EAST
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