Graylon Sestak's Undergraduate Portfolio

INTRODUCTION

Graylon Sestak

EDUCATION

Master of Architecture (2019-2024 Expected Grad)

- University of Kansas

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gmsestak@ku.edu

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I am a 4th year architecture student at the University of Kansas aspiring to apply my skills developed in a dynamic learning enviroment to a firm to jump-start my career in the architectual industry.

- 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

Hard Skills

- Sketchup

- Revit

- Rhino

- Lumion

- Adobe Suite

- Office Suite

SKILLS

Soft Skills

- Problem Solving

- Leadership

- Teamwork

- Communication

- Customer Service

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.

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.

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.

AWARDS

Presidential Scholarship Recipient

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

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

Current Condition

With the plan of developing a new arena to be aligned with Scissortail Park, my site (shown via dashed main entertainment district, Bricktown. The current conditions of the site have the permeability of the With Sapphire 32, that site would act as a pedestrian-friendly spine to connect both entities (200,000sf 157 apartments.

dashed box) has the unique ability to act as an anchor point to connect the arena to Oklahoma City’s the arena and Bricktown to be very low , due to unnecessary and pedestrian-unfriendly urban infill. (200,000sf of public outdoor space), while adding more entertainment & nightlife, 219 hotel rooms, and

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

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

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*Plans are scaled up from previous page due to large disparities in floor slab size.

South Elevation

West Elevation

Entertainment & Hotel

Central Entertainment Space Hosting a Concert

Exterior Render of Southeast Corner at Night

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

Form that fits entire site

VermontStreet

Add opening to create connection to back alleyway

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1st Floor Plan

2nd Floor Plan

8. Security Office

9. Loading Dock

10. Freight Elevator

11. Passenger Elevator

12. Shared Office Space

13. Copy/Filing Room

14. Library

15. Conference Room

1. Reception/Lobby

2. Janitoral Storage

3. Bike Storage

4. Grocer

5. Cafe

16. Mechanical Space

17. Boarding Units

3rd Floor Plan

1st Floor Local Grocer

DRIP EDGE

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

DOUBLE PANE GLASS WINDOW

STEEL TIEBACK

INSULATED COMPOSITE FLOORING

4” BATT INSULATION

HOLLOW STEEL TUBE SUPPORT BEAM

METAL STUD FRAMING

OSB SHEATHING

EXTERIOR FINISH

TERRA COTTA PANEL SIDING

TENSIONED STEEL CABLE

DRIP EDGE

METAL STUD FRAMING

OSB SHEATHING

4” BATT INSULATION

OSB SHEATHING

2” RIGID INSULATION

EXTERIOR FINISH

DOUBLE PANE GLASS WINDOW

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

REINFORCED CONCRETE FOOTING

3/8” scale Wall Section Model

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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

This hub also acts as a connecting link

link to connect two sections of Watson

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

Bus Transportation

Bike Transportation

Transportation Transportation History

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.