Graylon Sestak's Undergraduate Portfolio

GRAYLON S E S T A K U N I V E R S I T Y of K A N S A S UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO

INTRODUCTION Graylon Sestak I am a 4th year architecture student at the University of Kansas aspiring to apply my skills 614-439-5959 developed in a dynamic learning gmsestak@ku.edu enviroment to a firm to jump-start my https://www.linkedin.com career in the m/in/graylon-sestak/ architectual industry.

EDUCATION

Master of Architecture (2019-2024 Expected Grad) Har - University of Kansas - Cumulative GPA: 3.78 Master of Construction Management - University of Kansas - Accepted in the spring of 2022, set to start coursework in spring of 2023 High School Diploma (2015-2019) - New Albany High School - New Albany, Ohio - Cumulative GPA: 3.70

REFERENCES Nick Colbert - Project Designer, BIM Technology - ncolbert@manica.global - Co-worker & Mentor at MANICA Gregory Crichlow - Professor, University of Kansas - gregory.crichlow@ku.edu - Former Studio Professor Kent Spreckelmeyer - Professor, University of Kansas - kents@ku.edu - Former Studio Professor

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EXPERIENCE Architectural Internship (May 2022- Present) - MANICA Architecture - Kansas City, Kansas - Worked within the BIM team, helping develop deliverables for Concept & Schematic design documents. Deliverables included interior & exterior elevations, sections, plans, and adjacency diagrams. Helped develop final Design Narratives for both Concept & Schematic Design.

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Plant Nursery Manager (April 2020- August 2021) - Oakland Nursery - New Albany, Ohio - Cultivated, ordered, and sold a variety of trees, shrubs, and flowers while informing and helping customers find product.

- Sketchup

- Problem Solving

- Revit

- Leadership

- Rhino

- Teamwork

Design Intern (June 2018- December 2018) - Limited Brands - New Albany, Ohio - Completed, documented, and presented a 120hr internship with storefront designer specializing in storefront, store layout, and store interior design.

- Lumion

- Communication

AWARDS

- Adobe Suite

- Customer Service

Presidential Scholarship Recipient - Fall 2019, have maintained qualifications to renew every semester.

- Office Suite

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Downtown OKC Sapphire 32

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Located on the north end of Oklahoma City’s “Core to Shore” masterplan, Sapphire 32 is an 800,000 square foot building to revitalize the entertainment & nightlife around an NBA arena. While establishing 150,000 square feet of restaurant, bar, and entertainment space, the site & building form is sensitive to the surrounding context, such as OKC’s pre-existing entertainment district, Bricktown.

Creating spines to increase pedestrian permeability to develop a pregame-postgame atmosphere was held to a high priority. Juxtaposing a high-energy, vibrant entertainment program with the addition of 219 hotel rooms and 157 apartments varying from studio to four bedroom was a tall ask, but through unique form & the opportunity to make the building a high rise accomplished that task as well as adding a striking new addition to OKC’s skyline. The stepped terraces featured along many of the floors add a unique indoor outdoor relationship within a 420 foot high-rise.

Individual Project Fall 2022 Prof. Eddy Tavio

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Site Plan Graphical Representation done in part with studio to create greater masterplan

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1. Splitting the site in two and assigning loose program based on surrounding site context

2. Identifying axises on the site based on context. Prioritized the arena, Bricktown, Silo District, and Botanical Gardens

3. Applying first few levels of program to the site, being sensitive to the axises and the human scale

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4. Apply residential tower, stepping the floors to have more cohesive building form

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Downtown Lawrence Lawrence Transportation Hub Lawrence, Kansas

Located adjacent to Lawrence’s historic Massachusetts Street, Lawrence Transportation Hub is an Intermodial Transportation Hub serving the Lawrence Community.

Lawrence has a great bus transportation network, but no centralized docking location. Placed on the corner of 9th and Vermont street, this prime location ensures no bus routes will need re-routing. Its design fits the local vernacular, but stands out to create another landmark within the urban fabric. Supporting other forms of transportation such as bicycle, e-vehicles, and micromobility, as well as holding retail, office, and residential spaces, this one building has created a threshold, connecting Massachusetts street with Lawrence’s fantastic bus network.

Individual Project Spring 2022 Prof. Gregory Crichlow

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DRIP EDGE

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CANT STRIP OPEN WEB STEEL JOIST OSB SHEATHING METAL STUD FRAMING 4” BATT INSULATION OSB SHEATHING 2” RIGID INSULATION EXTERIOR FINISH 2X6 WOOD BACKING BACKER ROD AND SEALANT

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KAWNEER 1600 CURTAIN WALL FRAME BACKER ROD AND SEALANT 2X6 WOOD BACKING DRIP EDGE COMPACTED 3/4” WASHED DRAIN ROCK 2” RIGID INSULATION 4” WEEP HOLE

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Downtown Lawrence Watson Park Interconnection Lawrence, Kansas

Located just west of downtown Lawrence, the Watson Park Interconnection is a bold, yet exciting proposal to enhance and promote more efficient, healthy, and green modes of transportation. Watson Park is split in two, divided by a block of 7th street. By reimagining this block of 7th street, it not only creates this interconnection that conjoins Watson Park back as one, but it creates this unique opportunity to better the community with a transportation hub. This also creates a hope for the beloved 1073 locomotive, a monument representing the deep transportation history within Lawrence.

Group Project with Jackson Bontty Fall 2020 Prof. Kent Spreckelmeyer

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This hub also acts as a connecting lin Park broken up by the road, as one.

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Due to centralized location of the site, re-routing of bus routes can be done easily without losing any previous stops.

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The grand walkway is an ADA approved ramp system that allows for visitors to get from one side of Watson Park to the other without crossing traffic.

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Thank You.

Graylon Sestak (614)-439-5959 gmsestak@ku.edu www.linkedin.com/in/graylon-sestak