Grace_Strecker_Portfolio2025

GRACE STRECKER

ARCHITECTURAL SELECTED WORKS PORTFOLIO -2022 - 2025

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GRACE STRECKER, AIAS

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gigistrecker@hotmail.com (314) 562-8383 linkedin.com/in/grace-strecker issuu.com/grace-strecker

EDUCATION 2022 - 2027 THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS / MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY HONORS COLLEGE

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ACOUSTICS

2018 - 2022 EUREKA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL / HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY & VARSITY SPORTS

PROFESSIONAL MAY - DEC. 2024 MAMMOTH SPORTS CONSTRUCTION / INTERN PRODUCED INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURES, RENDERED

ARCHITECTURE FLOORPLANS & DRAWINGS, HELPED CREATE MASTER PLANS

JUNE 2020 - JAN. 2024 CULVERS RESTAURANT / FRONTLINE EMPLOYEE HELPED TAKE, PRODUCE AND RUN ORDERS, PARTICIPATED IN OPENINGS AND CLOSING OF THE RESTAURANT

SKILLS MODELING RENDERING GRAPHICS OTHER

SKETCHUP, REVIT, RHINO/GRASSHOPPER, AUTOCAD ENSCAPE, LUMION PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, INDESIGN, HAND-DRAWING FLUENCY IN GERMAN, ADAPTABILITY, TEAMWORK

HONORS 2022 - PRESENT 2022 - PRESENT 2024 2025 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MERIT SCHOLARSHIP THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS DEAN’S LIST ELIZABETH & DEAN COLLINS SCHOLARSHIP BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG STIPEND BE LEADERSHIP HONORS COLLEGE AWARD

ACTIVITIES 2022 - 2025 2024 - 2025 2022 - 2025 2023 - 2025 2024 2025 2025

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS (AIAS) MENTORSHIP COLLABORATIVE HONORS COLLEGE ADVOCATES HER CAMPUS (UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CHAPTER) PARK(ING) DAY COLLABORATIVE RENT AN AMERICAN INTERCULTURAL COLLABORATIVE UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART EXCHANGE PROGRAM

REFERENCES JAE CHANG

PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE DEAN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS JDCHANG@KU.EDU

MATT KEYS

MAMMOTH SPORTS PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT MATT.KEYS@MAMMOTHBUILT.COM

TAWNIE KANE

STORE MANAGER CULVERS RESTAURANT (314) 280 - 5197 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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OZARXS RIDGE

0 1 MULTIPURPOSE DWELLING / BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS / 6 - 27 REVITALIZED GREEN UTOPIA

0 2 REHAB DWELLING / BRUNNEN, SWITZERLAND / 28 - 43 KANSAS CITY CORNER

0 3 CULLINARY FOOD HALL / KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI / 44 - 57 URBAN JUNGLE

0 4 RECLAIMED CONSTRUCTION POP-UP / LAWRENCE, KANSAS / 58 - 65 PROFESSIONAL WORK 0 5 INTERNSHIP / MAMMOTH SPORTS / 66 - 69 PERSONAL WORK

0 6 MISCELLANEOUS / VARIED PLACES / 70 - 73 04

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FALL ‘24

FALL ‘25

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Fall 2025, 4th Year

Bentonville Betterment Architectural Brief Bentonville, Arkansas Professor Andrew Moddrell

Softwares Used SketchUP Revit Enscape

This project is based in Bentonville and focuses on introducing multi-purpose living with an emphasis in missing-middle housing. As many people currently come into Bentonville for work, we were tasked to create a space that addresses not only the crisis of out-pricing potential citizens but also fill a void that Bentonville has been missing. My approach was for a Wellness Center and young family living. The Wellness Center is inspired by the Bentonville landscape and the nearby Hot Springs of Arkansas.

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Pub Arcade Bar Indoor Mini Golf Axe-Throwing

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Restaurant Food Hall

Group Site Framework Plan

When determining the use we separated each building into how it best fit into a district and energy level. Areas such as a “high energy level” would target young professionals and include things that would have lots of visitors and movement. “Medium energy zones” have a high energy but limited times. Young-professional housing and areas for co-working and shopping would fall into this zone.

The last zone was “low-energy” that includes aging professionals that may have families and low energy spaces such as libraries, a museum, a faith center and a healthcare facility.

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Wellness Dentist Optometrist Family Medicine

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Multi-Faith Center

Children’s Museum

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Retail

Care ace Library

Gallery Studio Space

Bike Shop & Cafe Mini Gym Coffee Shop

Co-working Rentable Office Spaces Office Set Tech Support

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Prototyping

These images show the top three massing ideas, selected from thirty studies inspired by Arkansas rock formations and based on stacking, shifting, and clustering forms. The three primary concepts—“The Equal Sign,” “The U,” and “The O”—were refined through diagrams exploring floors, multipurpose spaces, and egress cores, then tested on the site. One prototype was ultimately selected to move forward.

The “U” Variation The Equal Sign Variation The “O” Variation

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Pedestrian Approach

This render highlights two key conditions of the building: the pedestrian approach and a dusk view. The approach shows how the building sits on the site, while the dusk view captures the atmosphere during peak arrival and departure times.

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Using the Natural Land

This drawing, a section facing East, is meant to explore the stacking of spaces and flow through the space. The underground garage showcases the projects “people-first” idea as it removes the need for above ground parking, prioritizing people and bikes. The lower ceiling of the ground floor wellness center opens up into the free and airy spa pool portion.

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Ground Floor Key Building Management Spaces 1 - Lobby 2 - Reception 3 - Staff Office Space 4 - Staff Lounge 5 - Resident Support Space 6 - Egress 7 - Mechanical 8 - Storage 9 - Laundry Room 10 - Bathrooms Wellness Spa 11 - Massage Rooms 12 - Couples Rooms 13 - Facial Room 14 - Relaxation Room 15 - Treatment Room 16 - Sauna 17 - Salt Room 18 - Lockers (Spa) 19 - Mud Bath 20 - Mineral Bath 21 - Cold Plunge Pool 22 - Hot Plunge Pool 23 - Pool Mechanical 24 - Showers Fitness Wellness 25 - Retail 26 - Locker Rooms 27 - Pilates 28 - Group Fitness 29 - Strength Room 30 - Coaching Help 31 - Meditation 32 - Yoga Room

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Ground Floor Plan

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Multiuse Programming

Using the two “arms” of my building, one side is for the fitness part of wellness and the other side for the holistic spa. These images specifically show off the large open spa that features many different pools, such as Hot and Cold Plunge Pools, a Mineral Bath and a Mud Bath. The aim for this multi-purpose use was to bring wellness to all age groups. Children could use it for swim lessons, professionals as a way to relax and elderly as a form of therapy.

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Bath Spa Render

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Underground Parking

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Upper & Lower Floor(s)

The units feature 1, 2 and 3 bedroom layouts so there is as many choices for people to choose from. Following the data and scope, there is a majority 2 bedroom, then 1 bedroom and finally the least amount of 3 bedrooms. Each unit features an entrance space into an open floorplan kitchenliving-dining setup with bedrooms flanking the side(s).

The below-grade level moves all parking underground, maximizing the site space.

Open to Below

TYP Residental Floor

Key Building Management Spaces 1 - Resident Support Space 2 - Egress 3 - Storage Apartment Plans 4 - 1 Bedroom 5 - 2 Bedroom 6 - 3 Bedroom

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Structure & Ecological

The structural system would be made using mass timber and following a regular grid. Once the columns reaches the roof the regular grid would continue upwards with the beams slanting and sloping to reflect how the roof is made.

The water-sensitive landscapes and solar-responsive design enhances sustainability and the site’s natural character.

Sloped roofs, courtyards, native planting, and optimized building orientation manage stormwater, improve energy performance, and support a people-centered environment.

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MEP & Building Safety

These diagrams illustrate the building’s safety, egress, and systems organization, showing three code-compliant egress cores per floor with accessible circulation, including elevators at the primary entry. It also demonstrates how radiant heating, geothermal cooling, and air distribution are efficiently integrated through regularized floor plans to keep systems clear, simple, and continuous throughout the building.

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Spring 2025, 3rd Year

Green Utopia Architectural Brief Brunnen, Switzerland Professor Martina Bauer Rehab Project

Softwares Used ArchiCAD AutoCAD SketchUP

*Completed On Study Abroad This project was focused on revitalizing both the community of Brunnen, Switzerland as well as the particular site in the town. The site is an abandoned concrete factory that has now been left to rot and fade into nothing. A local architecture firm has taken over the left side of the site to create new construction but as a class we have been tasked with the main area. We were told to look into the history and use both the leftover ruins as well as new construction to bring life back. It has also been emphasized that the project must focus on sustainability to counteract the harm the factory had done in the past.

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Masterplan

Before beginning on our focused building, a masterplan was created as a group for the larger surronding area. Currently Brunnen has a large elderly community so we decided to focus on widening the community by inviting young graduates and families with multi-purpose housing. Additionally the masterplan focuses on bringing a green area in the center for the community. The area also features a new school and warehouse to the side as well as a general community building.

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1 - Affordable Student Housing 2 - Outdoor Music Pavillion 3 - Education Facilities / Trade School 4 - Mixed Community Use Center

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SITE VISIT BEFORE IMAGES

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BUILDING CHALLENGES & PROBLEMS

INSTABILITY

SAFETY HAZARDS, LACK OF COLUMNS, MISSING EXTERIOR WALLS

LACK OF DRAW

CURRENT ABANDONED BUILDING, AGING TOWN

HISTORY OF SITE

OLD CEMENT FACTORY THAT RUINED THE ENVIRONMENT

BUILDING DRAWS & RESOLUTIONS

AFFORDABILITY

1 HOUR OUTSIDE ZURICH OFFERS AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS

SCENERY

SITUATED IN A VALLEY, SWISS ALPS SURRONDING

MODERN LIVING

REHABED SPACE FOR MODERN TENANTS, INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE

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BIKE CIRCULATION

Ease of bike travel through site allows for better connections and minimizes car travel.

CAR CIRCULATION

Allowance for dropoffs near major ends of site but banning of cars through site.

TRAIN CIRCULATION

Near the Southeast corner there is a train stop that travels through Brunnen and to Zurich.

SITE FORM

Major lines of existing buildings impacts creation of new paths and buildings.

CONNECTION

Ease of connection from living facility to school to train line makes an ideal situation for students.

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Ground Floor Planning

To best market the building to the public, the decision was made to intigrate public features on the bottom floor. With the biking culture in Switzerland so prevelant, I chose to put a bike cafe and bike repair shop in the bottom floor.

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Loft Living

Though the target group is students, I wanted to offer an enhanced way of living. This came in the form of loft apartments as this best handles the small apartment footprints, making them double th height and size. This also provides a different way of living then the usual single story apartments.

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Studio Living

For students, the offer to live on their own yet affordably must still be offered in living options. Studio apartments allow students to live on their own while not having to face steep prices of living in Switzerland.

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Using the Natural Land

With a natural flowing river north of our site, exterior balconies that connect the apartments allow every tennant to enjoy the view of this river and the Swiss Alps behind it, creating appeal and draw through the scenery.

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Structure

As the building is loacted in Switzerland and focuses on sustainability, the choice was made to use as limited concrete as possible, focusing on areas that need reinforcment with recycled concrete. Elsewhere in the new construction, timber beams and columns were used. This decision also focused on retaining as much as possible from the original structure.

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Spring 2024, 2nd Year

Kansas City Counter Architectural Brief Kansas City, Missouri Professor Jae Chang

Softwares Used SketchUP Revit Enscape

The objective of this project was to focus on creating a food hall space in Kansas City that combines innovation with creativity and functionality that is intended to last.

The urban context also challenged to use prexisiting elements such as the street car and natural 8’ drop in the site to the advantage of the design. Overall, this project strived to create a new urban building that invited people from all walks of life to come together while also embracing Kansas City’s rich history and bright future.

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Site Analysis

The city heavily relies on the use of the KC Street Car that runs next to the site on Main Street. Surronding our site is the development of a long park, capping Interstate 670 as well as much entertainment like the T-Mobile Center, Kaufmann Center, Power & Light District and the planned Royals Stadium, making it imperative to develop a food center for all these places and their visitors.

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Spatial Layout

When planning the space layout, glass and the views it allowed played a large role in where each element was placed. On the ground floor level, with such valuable views, glass was placed around the “arm” of the building on the first floor. This glass then guided how the kitchens and seating was placed. With the glass and views at the front, that is where the majority of seating was placed so visitors could enjoy the view. The kitchens and utility

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Key 1 --- Kitchens 2 --- Bars 3 --- Offices 4 --- Bathrooms 5 --- Storage 6 --- Open Eating Areas 7 --- Balcony Eating Areas 8 --- Outdoor Courtyard

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Transition of Spaces

The struture builds on itself and allows for a smooth transition from each space into the next, with each floor serving it’s own purpose.

The outdoor courtyard serves as a welcoming area which easily moves into the below-grade floor that offers the most amount of kitchens. The first, grade-level floor offers interesting views and seating options. The second floor gives visitors the chance to sit outside underneath covered sitting areas and the roof offers a unique option to experience the beauty of kansas City.

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Movement Diagram

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Using the Natural Land

The site which the project is situated, there is a natural slope. The site experiences about a 9’ drop from top to bottom. Instead of choosing to level the site, embracing its natural height change creates the chance for another level. By embracing this slope, which could’ve been a challenge, instead it is used as a feature.

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Interior Views and Uses

When designing a space in such a central part of Kansas City and taking up such an important footprint, it is critical that the Food Hall can serve more than one purpose. The interior space showcase food ordering stations and seating options that directly tie into the Food Hall’s main purpose. But the top picture also shows how after hours, the space can be used to host gatherings of important people and events.

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Fall 2024, 3rd Year

Urban Jungle Architectural Brief (Park)ing Day Lawrence, Kansas Professor Kurt Hong

Softwares Used Rhino Revit

Manual Construction

Parking Day is described as a temporary exhibit where people reuse the size of a parking space to bring attention to safer, greener, and more equitable spaces.Sustainability was at the forefront our project, in which it used recycled materials in our community. We decided to base our design off of a greenhouse and we used the light covers to filter the natural sunshine instead of the artificial lighting. We combined the urban atmosphere ofDowntown Lawrence with nature to show the importance of recycling and sustainability. After we are done with this project, the container will continue to be a dumpster, the wood, PVC, and old light panels will be used in our next project or recycled, and our plants will be planted

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Concept

As a group, we wanted to create a parallel to the idea of a dumpster and instead create a “greenhouse” that brings life and air into a community. By creating this semi-enclosed space, we invite people into a physical space to explore the depths of recycled materials and what an area the size of a parking space could bring to a community and enhance it.

Panel “Greenhouse Roof” System Photograph

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Elevation

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Construction

The base of theis project was a dumpster but also materials that have been recycled or can be. We used recycled light covers from Marvin Hall to create our “glass” and held it up with wood that can easily be reused. To hold this all together we made homemade clamps using the same wood that again can be recycled.

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Summer-Winter 2024

Professional Mammoth Sports Kansas City, MO June - December 2024

I was brought onto the team to help develop masterplans for NCAA Division III schools and learn from those around me. For these masterplans, I helped develop design plan layouts, sometimes multiple iterations for spaces, as well as create renders of these new design options. I also worked to create spreadsheets that gave recommended updates to the facilities based on team and school growth.

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Space Layout 1

Space Layout 2

Space Layout 3

Space Layout 4

Color Iteration 1

Color Iteration 2

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- Present

Personal Work

My love for architecture began through my love of art. While my career may be focused in architecture, I still often use art use art as a form of expression and have featured some works here in my portfolio that have brought me particular joy and connect back to my personal life, family and schooling.

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Colored Pencil on Paper

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Oil Paint on Canvas

Etched on Plexiglass, Transfered Ink on Paper (Print)

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THANK YOU

GIGISTRECKER@HOTMAIL.COM (314) 562 - 8383

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